Risk of Rain 2 News

Hi! It’s been a minute since we shared some of our Dev Thoughts - so let’s get right into it.



One thing we pride ourselves on at Hopoo Games is our relationship with our players. We love making the games you want to play, and hearing what you have to say about them. We thought the time was right to bring someone on board to make sure all voices, both in the community and the dev team, are heard.

Introducing…me.



Hello everyone! My name is Jonathan and I am your new Community Manager for Hopoo Games. I am a long time fan of Hopoo Games as well as an occasional collaborator (I was a beta tester on DEADBOLT and an alpha tester on RoR2), and as you can imagine I was absolutely thrilled to join Hopoo Games in an official capacity.

I will be your eyes, ears, mouth, and whatever other body parts you need in the development team, so no matter the feedback, let me know (especially you @plz_add_chef_to_ror2 guy.)

You can catch me on our Discord as @SeventeenUncles, or you can email me at [email protected]. Alternatively I will be active on all our official social media platforms (Twitter/Instagram/Steam/Facebook). However you’d like to chat, I'll be there. Watching. Waiting.

Nice.





The Risk of Rain 2 Anniversary Update is now available on all platforms including the Nintendo Switch as of August 17th, and on that same day we pushed a bug fix update to the PS4 & Xbox One versions of the game - so if you haven't played recently on console give it a try and let us know what you think!







We are now aiming for a Q1 2022 release window for the first Risk of Rain 2 Expansion.

In the last couple of Dev Thoughts we have told you about the first expansion to RoR2 that we have been working very hard on. We want to make this expansion the biggest & best content update for RoR2 so far, and in order to meet these goals we need a little more time than anticipated.

We know some of you may be bummed out with this updated timeline - however, I have faith that you will absolutely love what we have in store.





In our original roadmap we told you what we hoped to include in the new expansion. Now that we’re deep into development we are excited to give you a better idea of what content you can actually expect.

At this moment, we are planning on releasing with:

Alternate Final Boss & Stage
2 New Survivors - Unique new survivors to give you a fresh way to experience the game
40 New Items - Including an entirely new item-tier exclusive to the expansion
9 New Monsters
2 New Bosses
2 New Elite Types
4 New Stages
3 New Interactables
1 New Alternate Game Mode - can be played solo or multiplayer and includes any unlocked artifacts for use
New Music
Tons of other fixes, changes and improvements

The above list is not exhaustive, and is also subject to change.

We know that a big part of the fun of Risk of Rain is unlocking and discovering the content as you play, so we won’t spoil too much until you have a chance to play it yourself - But what’s the point of being a Community Manager if I can’t smuggle some secrets out of the Hopoo dev vault for you all…









This is just a sneak-peak at the 40 new items we have in store.





Going forward, we plan to have one Dev Thoughts post every month between now and release. Not only that, we are planning on showing off a bit more than we did during Early Access teasers, since this is a paid expansion - and we want players to know what they’re getting. Drop by again soon for further sneak peaks at upcoming content!

Well, that’s all for today, thanks for reading and your continued support!

And his music was…. electric?

- Hopoo Games

The goal of this minor patch is to address bugs.



• Fixed Artifact of Dissonance breaking monster spawns and other systems
• Fixed some of Commencement’s navigation/spawn nodes being placed underground, potentially causing a softlock loop
• Fixed the landing blast for H3AD-5T v2 not activating from non-host players
• Fixed language chosen in-game (instead of through Steam) not being correctly restored on startup
• Fixed MUL-T’s Power Mode description not accurately reflecting in-game values
• Fixed “Regenerative” keyword description not accurately reflecting in-game values

The goal of this minor patch is to address balance and bugs.



• Cleansing Pool

• Irradiant Pearl Chance: 4% ⇒ 20%
  
• Can no longer be pinged to reveal its contents
  

• Resonance Disc

• Charge Buff Duration: 5s ⇒ 7s
  
• Updated Logbook description for more detailed explanation
  

• Power Mode

• Armor Buff: 200 armor (66% damage reduction) ⇒ 100 armor (50% damage damage reduction)
  
• Developer Notes: Power Mode is gated behind a difficult challenge, but its current iteration is a bit too insane. Players should be motivated to leave Power Mode every now-and-then, and this is a safe way to make it less powerful while still keeping it fun.

• Updated Bandit: B&E and Captain: Smushed challenges to have a short window of leniency

[h3]!FINAL STAGE SPOILERS! !SPOILERS![/h3]
• Update the rescue ship’s charging zone to be infinitely tall, i.e you can charge it while floating above
• Update escape portals from the final boss arena to be more portal-looking



• Fixed a crash during the last boss fight
• Fixed MUL-T not properly stopping its second primary in all cases when exiting Power Mode
• Fixed MUL-T’s Scrap Launcher not resetting its cooldown timer on firing, making it reload much faster
• Fixed MUL-T’s Power Saw behaving strangely with Power Mode, making it fire much slower
• Fixed stray nodes causing lockboxes to spawn midair on the final stage
• Fixed Bandit’s alternate skin not properly masking limbs for items
• Fixed Bandit’s secondary palette on character select not reflecting actual coloration
• Fixed Planula’s material not becoming invisible
• Fixed some incorrect icons displayed for pings/Radar Scanner
• Fixed Old Guillotine’s behavior for enemies with shields or barrier
• Fixed some typos in the logbook
• Fixed some typos in survivor skills
• Fixed Frost Relic applying its slow debuff even when inactive
• Fixed repeated jumping animations not being able to interrupt themselves
• Fixed Lunar Chimera (Exploder)’s icon changing with texture resolutions
• Fixed the stat screen’s pickups discovered category using achievements completed instead for its value
• Fixed Cleansing Pools not rerolling on purchase
• Fixed Deskplant and Mini Mushrum’s healing wards sometimes appearing underground
• Fixed the secret survivor dying instantly if she got the Perfected elite buff
• Fixed the tracking for the Mercenary: Flash of Blades challenge
• Fixed Loader’s Thunder Slam not working in conjunction with H3AD-ST
• Fixed Titans not showing their map-unique skins
• Fixed The Crowdfunder not working on characters without the display (i.e Heretic)
• Fixed Milky Chrysalis not working on characters without the display (i.e Heretic)
• Fixed AI sometimes getting position updates on invisible characters more frequently than intended
• Fixed drone AI following its leader too aggressively
• Updated outdated icons for Lunar Chimaera, friendly Beetle Guards, and achievements
• Updated item display on Bandit and Captain to properly display all items
• Updated Altered Siren’s Call very slightly to prevent clipping under certain terrain
• Updated Wetland Aspect with a geyser to prevent a softlock in Wetlands Aspect
• Updated some textures to better wrap on lower resolutions
• Updated Bandit with idle breathing animations
• Updated Magma Worm’s movement speed to be more consistent

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