Risk of Rain 2 News

• Old Functionality - 55% (+5% per stack) chance on being hit to reflect 10% (+10% per stack) damage back to the attacker.
  
• New Functionality - Increases movement speed by 7% (+7% per stack). Spawns orbs of energy nearby every 10 seconds (-10% per stack) giving +12% movement speed up to 3 times (+1 per stack) for 12 seconds.
  

• Old Functionality - When below 50% health, receive a damage increase of 20%
  
• New Functionality - Increase your attack speed by 10% for up to 4 (+2 per stack) enemies and allies within 20 (+5 per stack meters.)
  

• Old Functionality - While benefiting from 5+ unique buffs gain 20% (+20% per stack) bonus stats for 5 seconds.
  
• New Functionality - Grants 7% (+7% per stack) increase to ALL stats for each buff, up to a maximum of 4 (+4 per stack).
  

• Old Functionality - On damage taken 50% of the damage is dealt immediately while the other 50% is delayed for 3 seconds. This effect has a cooldown of 10 seconds.
  
• New Functionality - The next source of damage is reduced by 30% and spread into 3 (+1 per stack) hits. All echoed damage is non-lethal except for the final hit. Recharges every 15s (-3% per stack.)
  

• Old Functionality - Yields 75 gold (+25 gold per item stack) based on current difficulty level and the survivor's level at the start of every stage.
  
• New Functionality - During boss events, 5 missiles bombard the area, dealing 2.5% of the bosses Max Health in damage (+2.5% per stack.) Before the boss event, gain additional missiles, up to a maximum of 20 (+5 per stack) per 25 gold gained. Gold requirement scales over time.
  

• Old Functionality - Overspill. 5% chance (+1% per 100% done on initial hit plus 1% per item stack) on hit to summon a meteor on the target, dealing 2000% damage.
  
• New Functionality - 3% chance on hit to call a meteor strike, dealing 2000% base damage. Every 100% attack damage dealt increases the activation chance by 3% (+3% per stack) and damage by 150% (+50% per stack.)
  

• Old Functionality - 7.5% (+7.5% per stack) chance on hit to knock enemies into the air. (height increases per stack).
  
• New Functionality - Grounded enemies hit with any skill are launched and stunned. Enemies hit while airborne are launched again up to 2 times (+1 per stack.) Launched enemies take increased damage by 20% from all sources per launch. Recharges after 10s. Increased to Uncommon (green) rarity.
  

• Old Functionality - 25% chance on being hit to inflict nearby enemies with 2 (+1 per stack) stacks of bleed. If enemies are already inflicted with one or more stackable debuffs, add 1 (+1 per stack) to those debuffs instead.
  
• Updated Functionality - Gain 10% chance to bleed an enemy. On killing an enemy, transfer 33% of every debuff stack to 1 enemy (+1 per stack) within 20m (+5m per stack).
  

• Old Functionality - When reaching below 25% health the Survivor explodes, dealing 350% (+350% per item stack) damage to nearby enemies and teleporting to a random location. This effect has a cooldown of 2 minutes (-5% per item stack).
  
• Updated Functionality - Falling below 25% health gives you 75% of your maximum health as a temporary barrier. Gain a dimensional aura for 8s that bleeds and teleports away enemies. Enemies killed by the aura extend the duration by 1s. Recharges every 45s (-10% per stack.)
  

• Old Functionality - Using the secondary skill charges the next primary attack, dealing +150% damage (+25% per item stack) per charge up to 5 times (+1 per item stack).
  
• New Functionality - Activating Secondary skill stores up to 5 charges (+1 per stack.) Requires 3 charges for your Primary skill to fire lightning strikes, dealing 175% TOTAL damage (+50% per stack) each. Reduces Secondary skill cooldown by 20%.
  

• Old Functionality - Every 5 enemies slain grants a damage counter bonus increasing the players damage by 10% (+5% per item stack), lasting as long as the player stays in combat.
  
• Updated Functionality - Killing an enemy increases your damage by 3.5% (+1% per stack,) up to 10 (+5 per stack,) for 7s. Dealing damage refreshes the timer.
  

• Old Functionality - Generated an aura that made all allies inside reflect damage to the player.
  
• New Functionality - Leashes itself to nearby enemies. When those leashed enemies take damage, this Elite begins to charge a Lunar Crystal. Once fully charged it’s unleashed and will track the player until it either hits them or impacts a surface. If a player fails to dodge that crystal, they’ll take a huge chunk of damage and become temporarily afflicted with Lunar Ruin.
  

• Old Functionality - Periodically steal gold from the player when attacked. Gold stolen increases the armor of the Elite.
  
• New Functionality - These elites attack the player with Golden Spikes that emerge from the ground after a short warning. Damage done to the player forces gold to be dropped by the player in the form of short-lived collectable Gold Nuggets.
  

• Railgunner can no longer build stacks of Luminous Shot by repeatedly using the zoom scope while holding down her primary attack.
  
• Blacklisted Unstable Transmitter, Breaching Fin and Sonorous Whispers from situations where enemies can obtain items (such as Simulacrum.)
  
• Following player reports of Railgunner’s picky fashion sense, Kjaro’s Band now correctly displays on the character model once collected.
  
• Updated Wetland Aspect and Distant Roost (variant) to correctly allow DLC content to appear.
  
• Updated Golden Dieback to now spawn the correct monster pool (distinct from Treeborn Colony.)
  
• Both Magma Worms and Overloading Magma Worms now have functioning weak spots when playing as Railgunner.
  
• Updated multiple player reported instances of floating items (such as Defense Nucleus and Frost Relic) displaying strangely on Seeker/Chef/False Son.
  
• Players who have collected Plasma Shrimp during gameplay will no longer have a pink health bar when being affected by Lunar Ruin on Prime Meridian.
  
• On Prime Meridian Lunar Ruin will no longer slow players.
  
• Addressed issue where a Scavenger’s Thqwib attack was being blocked by the Scavenger itself.
  
• Geodes no longer spawn in the air around the False Son arena on Prime Meridian.
  
• Removed reference to False Son’s Lunar Spikes ability slowing enemies.
  
• Updated a spot on Siphoned Forest where players couldn’t escape without movement boosting abilities.
  
• Resolved player reported issue where survivors could dash/blink through certain stage geometry on Aphelian Sanctuary.
  
• Players can no longer clip into a specific pillar on Reformed Altar.
  
• Re-introduced some map features on Commencement that went missing with the launch of Seekers of the Storm, including one of the jump pads up to the final arena (personally, I blame Mithrix). We’ll keep monitoring reports in case anyone finds anything else he may have nabbed.
  
• Gilded Elites now correctly appear when using the Artifact of Honor.
  
• Fireworks no longer collide with the Halcyon Shrine they have been activated from.
  
• Following player reports when playing with a controller, players are no longer forced to jump when picking an item from Scrappers, Void Potentials and Command Essences. This has been corrected on all platforms.
  

It's been a very rocky road for Risk of Rain 2 over recent months. Once regarded as one of the finest roguelikes out there, on a par with The Binding of Isaac, Dead Cells, Hades, and Noita, it's definitely gone on to take a beating. Thankfully there's still hope for it, as its new developer is attempting to right the good ship Seekers of the Storm and set sail for calmer seas. That brighter future just took a step closer, in the form of a roadmap that shows exactly how the game will come back from the brink over the coming months.

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• Redesign the items to feel more transformational
  
• Make the new items fit into the existing build synergies better
  
• Make some particularly weak items more powerful
  
• Re-establish a better balance within the item pool between defensive, movement, and damage items
  
• With the elites, the planned changes are every bit as significant.
  

• Make boss abilities more clear & fair
  
• Prevent The False Son from attacking through obstacles
  
• Move the locations of pillars for better blocking and coverage
  
• Reign in some of the ancillary damage sources (like the number of Golems & lightning strikes)
  
• Rebalance the overall encounter, including damage & swapping flat armor for adaptive
  

• Resolved a player reported issue that resulted in the spawn rate of elites being too high after stage 2.
  
• The Mul-T Sentry skin has been tweaked to eliminate a small spike seen and reported by some players
  
• Resolved a reported issue where the Voidling would not re-appear upon starting the second phase of its fight.
  
• False Son would have trouble using his ‘charged’ attack if your attack speed became extremely high. This has been resolved, so resume printing syringes at your leisure.
  
• As a connected client, some players reported that Seeker’s Spirit Punch had a chance to collide twice with the enemy and deal double damage. That has now been addressed.
  
• As a connected client, players reported that The False Son’s Boss fight would sometimes not show certain animations. He’s back to using those abilities properly.
  
• Players reported that on a certain version of Aphelian Sanctuary, a mysterious floating tree would spawn. The tree has been returned to the ground where it belongs.
  
• Players reported that the lightning on Prime Meridian would only ever target the Host in multiplayer sessions. The lightning will now attack everyone equally.
  
• Platforms for The False Son’s arena on Prime Meridian would sometimes not change for clients when moving between phases. They will now appear/disappear just as they would to the host.
  
• Resolved a reported issue that led to players sometimes not properly spawning in when entering cross play sessions.
  
• Players that use PlayStation controllers on PC reported to us that Xbox glyphs were being displayed instead. The correct glyphs will now be displayed.
  
• As a connected client, players reported that sometimes The False Son’s large boss health bar would not reappear after changing phases. It will now show back up for all players.
  
• Resolved a reported issue with the Prismatic Trial leaderboard not displaying any times.
  
• Players have reported a mysterious Xi Construct creature appearing in the new Aphelian Bulwark Ambry Variant. That monster has now been removed from the monster pool.
  
• Addressed a reported issue where the affliction stacks that Tonic gave you would display a place-holder description.
  
• Resolved an issue where - when fighting the False Son Boss with Artifact of Swarms - the Prime Meridian event achievement would unlock after only killing one of the bosses.
  
• Players who attempted to join lobbies reported to us that sometimes it would just not allow them to join and not tell them why. An issue has been resolved that made certain error messages not appear when joining lobbies. The most common of those was not receiving a message when a crossplay-enabled user attempted to join one without crossplay enabled.
  
• Resolved an issue that could sometimes trap players outside of The False Son’s boss room upon being resurrected by Seeker.
  
• When playing as Mul-T and using the Sentry skin, sometimes players would not receive the visual effect when frozen. You are once again able to turn Mul-T into an ice cube.
  
• Resolved an issue players reported where applying bleed with Noxious Thorns could make monsters turn on each other and ignore the player.
  
• Addressed another reported issue with Noxious Thorn where it would not correctly apply + 1 stack of another active debuff. It had sometimes only been applying its bleed stack.
  
• Resolved an issue where using Sojourn, Eccentric Vase, or Volcanic Egg could lock you out of viewing the False Son fight into or teleporting up to the platform.
  
• Players reported that the Wandering Vagrant’s homing orbs could sometimes turn invincible. That issue should now be addressed.