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Wildgate Patch Notes - December 18 (Winter Festival + Proximity Chat)

[p] A new patch for Wildgate is now available on Steam![/p][p] [/p][p][/p][p]Keep reading to learn about the latest changes. For full details of all our Hallowed Beyond fun, check out our Hallowed Beyond Blog![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]PATCH HIGHLIGHTS [/h2][p][/p]
  • [p]❄ Winter Festival - Seasonal event from December 18 to January 15[/p]
  • [p]🎁 Winter Scrap Crates and Daily Login Rewards - Includes 24 new items[/p]
  • [p]🗣 Proximity Chat - Give the gift of your voice[/p]
  • [p]🔫 Loadout Presets - There are many like them, but these ones are yours[/p]
  • [p]🛡 New Hardpoints - Coolant Button and Ship Flash Shield[/p]
  • [p]🛠 Custom Lobbies - Treasure Hunt and Fleet Battle added[/p]
  • [p]🎇 Community Fireworks - Your winning choices are in-game[/p]
  • [p]💬 Discord Integration - Game invites and status[/p]
  • [p]⚒️ Queue and Game Mode Changes - Two week trial[/p]
  • [p]💻 UI improvements - Better pings, chat scrolling, reticle customization[/p]
  • [p]…and more![/p]
[p] [/p][h2]WINTER FESTIVAL - NEW SEASONAL EVENT[/h2][p][/p]
  • [p]An Icy Reach - Dive into a chilling area of the Reach, with freezing storms that slow your ship and Ice galore![/p]
  • [p]Winter Crates - Dropping into a loot room near you, with 16 new items to collect. [/p]
  • [p]Snowball Fights - Grab a pile of snowballs, wage war! Watch out for rocks in the ice…[/p]
  • [p]Login Rewards - Earn up to 8 extra festive treats, one per daily login![/p]
  • [p]Festive Furnishings - Enjoy all the trimmings in the Lucky Docks and out in POIs in the Reach.[/p]
[p][/p][p][/p][h2]NEW FEATURE - PROXIMITY CHAT[/h2][p][/p][p]You can read a full break down of Proxy Chat in our Preview Blog.[/p][p][/p]
  • [p]Proximity Chat is now available in all Wildgate game modes.[/p]
    • [p]Enable Proximity chat in Options > Audio > Voice Chat settings[/p]
  • [p]PC: Push to talk and open mic settings are available[/p]
    • [p]Open mic proxy chat transmits to proximity, team and party channels - everyone will hear you![/p]
    • [p]Push to talk when bound for proxy chat will transit to proximity chat only - your teammates won’t hear you when pressing this bind[/p]
  • [p]Console: Has open mic settings only (DEV NOTE - due to a drastic lack of buttons - sorry!)[/p]
[p][/p][p][/p][h2]NEW FEATURE - LOADOUT PRESETS[/h2][p][/p]
  • [p]Loadout presets are now available in the Loadout tab of the main menu.[/p]
  • [p]You can now save up to three predetermined loadouts.[/p]
  • [p]These will be accessible anywhere that loadout can be accessed currently.[/p]
[p][/p][p][/p][h2]REACH DROPS - NEW HARDPOINTS[/h2][p][/p][p]Coolant Button[/p]
  • [p]Activates ship’s coolant[/p]
  • [p]60 second cooldown[/p]
[p][/p][p]Ship Flash Shield[/p]
  • [p]Activate to make your ship invulnerable to all damage[/p]
  • [p]Lasts for 5 seconds[/p]
[p][/p][p][/p][h2]CUSTOM LOBBIES[/h2][p][/p]
  • [p]Fleet Battle and Treasure Hunt are now available to run in custom lobbies.[/p]
[p][/p][p][/p][h2]DISCORD INTEGRATION[/h2][p][/p]
  • [p]Display if a user is online, idle, or offline.[/p]
  • [p]Show detailed game stats (e.g. what level they're playing and time played).[/p]
  • [p]Allow players to send game invites through Discord and in-game.[/p]
[p][/p][p][/p][h2]QUEUE ROTATION AND GAME MODES UPDATE[/h2][p] DEV NOTE: We’re making Treasure Hunt unavailable as a separate queue for now. This is to try to support queues and games starting more quickly for the next couple of weeks. It's now available to play in custom lobbies.
[/p][p]The game mode rotation that we’re implementing with this patch (and the removal Treasure Hunt from standard queue) are both planned to be a temporary test over the holiday season for two weeks until January 1. [/p][p]As things stand, we intend to launch a new patch, then remove game mode rotations, along with an initiative that we hope will bring some new players into Wildgate over the first week of January.[/p][p][/p]
  • [p]Treasure Hunt is now disabled as a separate queue.[/p]
  • [p]Artifact Brawl and Fleet Battle will now be available to queue alternating on a 1 hour rotating timer.[/p]
  • [p]All game modes are now available to play in Custom Lobbies, including Treasure Hunt.[/p]
[p][/p][p][/p][h2]NEW, FREE COMMUNITY FIREWORKS PACK[/h2][p][/p][p]DEV NOTE: Thanks to all who took part in our Build-A-Boom Community Contest! The winning “Game Over” and Comms Pack Fireworks (plus two bonus cooperation fireworks to round out y’all’s bloodlust) are ready for you to use in-game. We hope you now have enough ways to motivate and inspire friendly and enemy crews alike.[/p][p][/p][p]New Community Fireworks Packs added:[/p]
  • [p]"Game Over"[/p]
  • [p]"Point!" 🫵[/p]
  • [p]"RIP"[/p]
  • [p]"GGWP"[/p]
  • [p]"Raised Hand" ✋[/p]
  • [p]"Ghost Muster"[/p]
[p][/p][p]Community Fireworks already in-game:[/p]
  • [p]"Eyes 👀"[/p]
  • [p]"Peace Sign (Comet)" ( "Flock of Ravi" firework will now be unlocked instead in the Scrap Crate reward track)[/p]
[p][/p][p][/p][h2] UI AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS[/h2]
  • [p]Fleet Battle: Artifact hold state added (changing the ping based on whether an ally vs enemy holding it)[/p]
  • [p]Ping Wheel: Various improvements made[/p]
  • [p]Custom reticle settings: [/p]
    • [p]Choices of reticles added (default, crosshair, circle, circle with crosshair), color, size, and opacity[/p]
  • [p]Text Chat Improvements:[/p]
    • [p]Chat keeps track of more messages and you can scroll for longer[/p]
    • [p]Added additional chat settings (chat length, opacity, fade-out time)[/p]
    • [p]Visual style updates[/p]
    • [p]Fixes to whisper functionality[/p]
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