WAR ROBOTS 6.6
[h3]Known issues[/h3]
Halloween event in War Robots will start soon after the update 6.6 lands.
Get coins by completing daily tasks. Use them to open special chests with new items. Each chest can give you different rewards. Press the info button to get more info on each chest.
The event will be split in 2 phases, the second phase will start on November 12th. The following weapons will be added to the event chests in phase 2: Havoc, Grom, Squall.
For more details on the event, please watch the video.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
Free spawns, more chips, lower prices, less randomness and revamped balance — in the first round of drones improvements.
There were 3 key issues with drones that were often discussed in the community: drones are too expensive to get and maintain, they are too random and they make combat way harder to control and predict.
We looked at the issues at hand and went on to the drawing board — to figure out what we can improve right now according to your feedback.
Here’s what we’re changing.
[h3]1. Drone power cell costs — REMOVED[/h3]
You are now able to spawn every drone for 0 power cells. Yes, that’s right. Got a drone? Feel free to use it whenever you need it.
[h3]2. Randomized drone energy capacity — REMOVED[/h3]
All new drones come with the maximum base energy capacity by default. All drones you already have are also bumped up to their maximum possible base capacity.
WARNING: changes to old drones’ capacity might take a couple of days after the update to apply. If your drone’s capacity didn’t change yet, it will soon!
[h3]3. Daily Tasks with microchip rewards added[/h3]
Tasks with microchip rewards will start appearing in your task log every day. Every day you’ll be able to grab a couple of new T1 microchips just for playing.
[h3]4. Microchip Store updated[/h3]
Microchip store refresh cost is greatly reduced: 50 for the first refresh of the day, 100 for the second and 200 for all subsequent ones.
T3 microchips will now be occasionally appearing in the store. That should let you cut your way past the combining hassle.
T2 Lockdowner, Freezer and Suppressor microchips are removed from the store due to their overwhelming effect in lower leagues. If you have them, you will be able to keep them, but getting new ones will be impossible from now on. (NOTE: you can still get their T3 versions from the microchip store)
[h3]5. More control over chip combining[/h3]
Fusing together microchips of the same name will now yield you the same microchip — just with a higher tier.
[h3]6. Microchip rebalance[/h3]
1. We tune down the power of most T1 and T2 microchips. If you were using the low level chips, you will experience a slight power drop — unfortunately — but we firmly believe that this change has to be made to even out the playing field in lower leagues, where drones only start appearing.
2. Lockdowner, Freezer и Suppressor chips are nerfed. The microchips created too much uncertainty on the battlefield. They allowed every weapon to inflict status effects often even better than effect-focused weapons. That also made situational builds very tricky to use, because everyone suddenly became great at everything.
While we definitely wanted people to have access to special effects on more occasions, making Atomizers as good at locking people down as Pulsars was never the goal. We are tuning down the Lockdowner, Freezer and Suppressor chips to make them less of a must-have. You still should be able to apply effect once per magazine but it'll take a bit longer and thus give your opponent a better chance of countering you actions and making the game more interesting for both of you.
This should also highlight other options for A socket. Anticontrol-focused builds might be a good idea, especially if you don’t want to dedicate a separate robot slot for the Anticontrol module (or want to have it saved as a trump card).
3. Finally, we buff lots of C and B-type chips, while also giving a slight nudge to AC-type weapon chips. Some other T3-4 chips also received buffs. For detailed info on microchip rebalance, please see the table in this article:
https://warrobots.com/en/posts/326
In 6.4 we changed how movement speed bonuses stack together, so all booster-pilot-ability combinations behave in a more consistent way. Certain speed bonuses became less effective as a result — we buff their numbers to make up for that.
- The Halloween event will be shorter on Steam and Gameroom due to the release delay — to compensate for that we are adding extra daily tasks and make Halloween Loki challenge easier to complete. The event begins tomorrow.
- Robots in PC version may appear transparent in the inventory screen on certain hardware configurations. This is a purely visual glitch. It will be fixed in one of the upcoming updates.
Halloween event
Halloween event in War Robots will start soon after the update 6.6 lands.
Get coins by completing daily tasks. Use them to open special chests with new items. Each chest can give you different rewards. Press the info button to get more info on each chest.
The event will be split in 2 phases, the second phase will start on November 12th. The following weapons will be added to the event chests in phase 2: Havoc, Grom, Squall.
For more details on the event, please watch the video.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
Drone improvements
Free spawns, more chips, lower prices, less randomness and revamped balance — in the first round of drones improvements.
There were 3 key issues with drones that were often discussed in the community: drones are too expensive to get and maintain, they are too random and they make combat way harder to control and predict.
We looked at the issues at hand and went on to the drawing board — to figure out what we can improve right now according to your feedback.
Here’s what we’re changing.
[h3]1. Drone power cell costs — REMOVED[/h3]
You are now able to spawn every drone for 0 power cells. Yes, that’s right. Got a drone? Feel free to use it whenever you need it.
[h3]2. Randomized drone energy capacity — REMOVED[/h3]
All new drones come with the maximum base energy capacity by default. All drones you already have are also bumped up to their maximum possible base capacity.
WARNING: changes to old drones’ capacity might take a couple of days after the update to apply. If your drone’s capacity didn’t change yet, it will soon!
[h3]3. Daily Tasks with microchip rewards added[/h3]
Tasks with microchip rewards will start appearing in your task log every day. Every day you’ll be able to grab a couple of new T1 microchips just for playing.
[h3]4. Microchip Store updated[/h3]
Microchip store refresh cost is greatly reduced: 50 for the first refresh of the day, 100 for the second and 200 for all subsequent ones.
T3 microchips will now be occasionally appearing in the store. That should let you cut your way past the combining hassle.
T2 Lockdowner, Freezer and Suppressor microchips are removed from the store due to their overwhelming effect in lower leagues. If you have them, you will be able to keep them, but getting new ones will be impossible from now on. (NOTE: you can still get their T3 versions from the microchip store)
[h3]5. More control over chip combining[/h3]
Fusing together microchips of the same name will now yield you the same microchip — just with a higher tier.
[h3]6. Microchip rebalance[/h3]
1. We tune down the power of most T1 and T2 microchips. If you were using the low level chips, you will experience a slight power drop — unfortunately — but we firmly believe that this change has to be made to even out the playing field in lower leagues, where drones only start appearing.
2. Lockdowner, Freezer и Suppressor chips are nerfed. The microchips created too much uncertainty on the battlefield. They allowed every weapon to inflict status effects often even better than effect-focused weapons. That also made situational builds very tricky to use, because everyone suddenly became great at everything.
While we definitely wanted people to have access to special effects on more occasions, making Atomizers as good at locking people down as Pulsars was never the goal. We are tuning down the Lockdowner, Freezer and Suppressor chips to make them less of a must-have. You still should be able to apply effect once per magazine but it'll take a bit longer and thus give your opponent a better chance of countering you actions and making the game more interesting for both of you.
This should also highlight other options for A socket. Anticontrol-focused builds might be a good idea, especially if you don’t want to dedicate a separate robot slot for the Anticontrol module (or want to have it saved as a trump card).
3. Finally, we buff lots of C and B-type chips, while also giving a slight nudge to AC-type weapon chips. Some other T3-4 chips also received buffs. For detailed info on microchip rebalance, please see the table in this article:
https://warrobots.com/en/posts/326
Buffs to speed bonuses
In 6.4 we changed how movement speed bonuses stack together, so all booster-pilot-ability combinations behave in a more consistent way. Certain speed bonuses became less effective as a result — we buff their numbers to make up for that.
- [Leech Pilot Skill] Thomas's Guile. Speed bonus increased x2 (15% → 30% at max T4 level).
- [Regular Pilot Skill] Road Hog. Speed bonus increased x1.5 (8.2% → 12.3% / 12.5% → 18.75% at max T4 level).
- [Regular Pilot Skill] Adamant Road Hog. Speed bonus increased x1.3 (25% → 32.5% at max T4 level).
- [Regular Pilot Skill] Spy, Scout. Speed bonus increased x1.5 (6.25% → 9.4% at max T4 level).
- [Regular Pilot Skill] Ghost. Speed bonus increased x1.1 (62.50% → 68.75% at max T4 level).
- [Booster] Speed Booster. Speed bonus increased x2 (10% → 20%).
Bug fixes and QoL changes
- Titans are now available at account level 25.
- Fixed Fujin not taking any damage and not being able to capture beacons.
- Fixed robot selection panel not appearing at the start of the match.
- Fixed Alexander Frost pilot skill not increasing Cerberus built-in weapon range.
- Fixed an issue that prevented players from equipping ECU on Ravana or Scorpion.
- Fixed Ao Qin and Ao Guang not accelerating in flight.
- Fixed Ravana moving slower than intended.
- Fixed an issue that caused camera angle to reset at the end of the match countdown.
- Fixed several crash cases on devices fitting the minimal requirements.
- Fixed several graphical bugs in Minimal quality preset.