Red Solstice 2: Survivors News

Attention Marines!!!

It's time for your 2022 roll call!
So sit up straight, (or slouch in your woven rattan chair if that's how you choose to live your life) and hear my wise words.
It's time to feel some sense of normality. It's time to get back to Mars and say hello to your fellow squad members. To be honest it's time to remember where the mute button is (so I keep telling myself).
So, with your head held high, let us head into 2022 with an explosion of STROL entrails and the odd limb or two.

[h3]LET'S CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE TIGER![/h3]

From the 27th of January to the 3rd of February, get 40% off Red Solstice 2: Survivors! A perfect time to get in those new recruits - just in time for the Lunar New Year!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/768520/Red_Solstice_2_Survivors/?utm_campaign=Lunar22&utm_source=SocialMedia&utm_medium=SM_organic
[h3]We've even added some Lunar New Year items to the game in celebration![/h3]



[h3]Our motto![/h3] (which I have decided just. now.)
'SPREAD THE LOVE AND GUTS – NOT THE INFESTATION!'
I'm sure you're thinking "that's a rubbish motto", but I can assure you, I rejected nearly 50 other ideas, suggested by myself.
(please leave any other ideas for mottos in the comments)

Tell your granny, your granny's bestie, your granny's bestie's dogwalker, the dog. Everyone is welcome to join the fight against the STROL infestation. And I've heard that doggo loves a good bark-gain, so remember to let them know they can get 40% off in the Steam Lunar New Year sale!



That's all for now marines. You can go back to HQ now.
...The new series of Real Housewives of Mars is on - AND I KNOW YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT!
Marines, DISMISS!!!!!

Do you enjoy that fragrant essence of blood, guts, sweat, tears and stale beverages thrown out from the night before? Do you have an imperious sense of self belief?
Experience all the fun, nightlife, adventure and gooey entrails the red planet has to offer in the Mars & Veles Bundle!

Use all your tactical action skills on the infested Mars in Red Solstice 2: Survivors or on Veles, the packed cyberpunk world in The Ascent.

GET THE MARS & VELES BUNDLE HERE

The sequel to the best-seller The Red Solstice, Survival Strategy: Red Solstice 2: Survivors combines tactical missions with ongoing survival against the STROL virus. Explore the entire planet in a campaign that expands over time with a single goal - survival of humanity.

Plan your strategy and infiltrate a real-time tactical battlefield - alone or with up to 7 squad members.
With 8 player co-op, you can join campaigns and combat missions from other players – or let them join yours. Play together and work towards the survival of the planet.

Take command of your squad to fight the mutants with the all-new WASD controls!
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The Ascent is an Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. Meet new allies and enemies and find loot as you explore the brimming world of The Ascent and its wide range of districts, from the deep slums to the higher luxury spheres.
Play the entire game solo or work together with up to three friends in local or online co-op.

Aim low or high, switch weapons and equip lethal gadgets, take cover and use the destructible environments at your advantage and keep adjusting your tactic as you face new enemies.
Customize your character with cyberware that suits your playstyle.

Allocate new skill points as you level-up and try various augmentations to take down your enemies in new creative ways.



Want some gore-soaked sightseeing? Get the Mars & Veles Bundle today!
Do you enjoy the dusky hues of vermillion blood and an interesting new colour called hint of brain? Get the Mars & Veles Bundle today!
Need to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday earth-life, without the added smart devices and bots, that want to take over the world? Oh wait... Get the Mars & Veles Bundle today!

GET THE MARS & VELES BUNDLE HERE

Marines! Drop it like it's hot! No, I mean, drop and give me 20! Yeah that sounds more like it.
We have just dropped a new patch - all the information is down below, so consume these shiny words and allow a least 25 minutes to completely digest the knowledge.
And don't go swimming afterwards!

Control and Medals Patch Notes (2022 January 27)

[h3]WASD CONTROLS[/h3]
• The community has been asking for WASD controls and we are happy to announce these controls are now available. We will continue to listen to your suggestions on how to improve the game further.



[h3]DAILY CHALLENGES[/h3]
• We have added daily challenges which will reward you and XP to keep your progression towards unlocking skill tree.



[h3]MEDALS[/h3]
• Our new feature is medals, those can be earned through combat if your performance is good enough. Medals can be equipped in loadout for various effects, explore and see what fits your build.
• We will continue to introduce various medals in upcoming patches with various bonuses, penalties, and requirements.



[h3]NOTABLE[/h3]
• Added first batch of medals
• Added daily challenges with rewards
• Added WASD control type

We added several changes to the strategy layer to make the first months of the campaign more interesting.

[h3]STRATEGY[/h3]
• Initial months have much more weak monsters
• Initial wave timer reduced from 250 seconds to 100-150-200 for first 3 waves
• Reduced gap between night shift and hunt begins missions on strategy layer
• Increased wave points for first 3 months of strategy campaign to make it more interesting
• Improved dialog consistency in coop campaign
• Intel gives 5% bonus movement speed and 3 magazine capacity to all friendly units
• Secondary missions slider now cost deployment
• Secondary missions spawn frequency depends on amount of difference between intel and infestation, intel 7 and infestation 0 will result in secondary missions spawning in first few waves
• Secondary missions in campaign and skirmish have been increased from 1,3,5 to 1,4,7

[h3]COMBAT[/h3]
• UBAS exoskeleton can be controlled via RTS mode now instead of only WASD
• Waves after 16 will slowly increase in points with this formula 200points for each player per wave
• Fixes to lobo terminators
• Music level is calculated by considering killed monsters in last 15 seconds
• Unlock camera on dropship skill
• Added messages o player joins/leaves session
• Fix for whale not allowing pickup interaction
• Various monster navigation fixes
• Bots will no longer damage friendlies when using skills like Plasma Gun
• Minefields work properly with extender
• Silent hunter and conceal should no longer remove each other concealment
• Whale will destroy biomasses in huge radius around them after they are destroyed
• Whale will occasionally spawn a boss if left untouched
• Destroying the whale stops wave timer for certain amount of time

There will be more updates in the future!
Marines, DISMISS!!!!!

MARINES! IT’S TIME TO GET YOUR HOLIDAY HELMETS ON!

It’s beginning to look a lot like the holiday season on Mars! You can have fun and frolic among the multiple STROL guts and limbs with your friends and family! But this time, you can do it while wearing some very festive headgear!

For a limited time, you will find some very seasonal items in-game. We do like to try and keep the morale high on Mars by sending over fun wearable items!
I mean, who doesn’t love a hat? Anyone found to ‘not love a hat’, must be reported to me for toilet cleaning duties – and no one wants that after I’ve eaten granny’s famous chilli.



ATTENTION MARINES! From the 22nd of December to the 5th of January, get 40% off Red Solstice 2: Survivors base game in the Steam Winter Sale!

Experience life on Mars! Take command of your squad to fight the mutants and find a cure to the virus that threatens to end mankind!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/768520/Red_Solstice_2_Survivors/?utm_campaign=Winter21&utm_source=SocialMedia&utm_medium=SM_organic

Let us keep the STROL infestation under control by recruiting more and more marines to fight the good fight. And by that, I mean stomp on the heads of STROL with a nice pair of freshly polished steel toe capped boots! Ahh the memories!

[h3]HAPPY HOLIDAYS from Mars and The Red Solstice 2: Survivors Team![/h3]

ATTENTION MARINES! Get ready for a debriefing! We are not on shore leave yet!
Get them armored backsides out of those armchairs, turn off Mars Extreme Makeover and line up!
We are dropping a rebalancing patch so we need all Marines on the front line, as all of the details from the latest patch note are listed below.



[h3]Rebalance Patch Notes (2021 December 16)[/h3]
[h3]NOTABLE[/h3]
• Skirmish missions can be chosen now
• Daily challenge can have any available map in skirmish

[h3]GENERAL[/h3]
• Optimized the game and the network slightly
• Frost skills and items will apply chilled effect before applying freeze, monsters that are no longer Suppressed cannot be frozen
• Improved vehicles splines
• Fix for using specialized weapons (grenade launcher) while jumping with thrusters and crashing the game
• Added ARC shuttle to launchpad prefab
• Fix for emergency extraction terminal not working

[h3]UI[/h3]
• Remade match summary
• Overwatch range display fix for component
• In-game weapon tooltip will display final spread instead of current spread
• Improved kinetic spear tooltip
• Enemy vehicles now show on map as red
• Unranked games will correctly display non limits now
• Added storm tooltip in region compact and region list

[h3]MISC[/h3]
• Improved tentacle generation for biomass
• Localization fixes
• Demolition explosives will be protected by random cars now and destructibles



[h3]ITEMS[/h3]
• Increased claymores damage and added 40 suppression damage per claymore, reduced radius by 100
• Leaper mine can taunt very high threats now (Fluffies)
• Satchels will always break walls
• incendiary explosive adds 15 stacks on detonation and burning effect lasts for 15 seconds
• Increased claymore, satchel reaper, incendiary, chain explosives max stack by 5

[h3]MONSTERS[/h3]
• Zombie types will have roughly 50 suppressions
• Overall improvements and bugfixes to Ripjaw

[h3]SKILLS[/h3]
• Cryo pulse mine now shreds 1-2 armor
• Shockwave no longer triggers gas pipes to prevent accidental teamkills
• User of team thrusters will also get Death From Above buff
• GenerateAmmo no longer reloads and wastes advanced ammo when weapon is out of ammo
• Plasma Discharge now consumes stacks on clicking the skill
• Improvements to fortify and rebuild so it works better with people who hotjoin
• Reduced efficiency of equalizer and consumption by 33%
• Fixed for Repeller not applying resistance debuff
Full list of class skill changes listed here



[h3]MISSIONS[/h3]
• Crimson Storm will have better biomass spawns at final stand
• Gather Test subjects will not expire anymore
• Fix for blocker when traveling away after completing Crimson Storm 1 during dialogs
• Fix for world map state when quitting For Humanity mission
• Fixes Edge case issue of Artillery Mission splitting enemy marines and now reaper turret from the terminal location.
• Supply Cache now has an enemy marine drop pod assault force that attempts to recapture supply box.
• Fixes Edge Case issue of terminal splitting and issue where storm stopped growing by only activating power relays.
• Moved monster ambush to run parallel to turning on the terminal instead of spawn bulk and end.
• Added ambush of low tier monsters to disruptors to make it more engaging.
• Fixed Edge case splitting issue of Enemy HB marines from spawning somewhere else then the terminal being tagged.
• Slightly reworked Elysium Grand Skirmish where the Elpida Marine arrives later, but learned how to use a dropships evac rope.
• Fixed an Edge Case issue of support UBAS on Jungle Of Madness from spawning underground
• Various fixes and tweaks for Howell-Barrex DLC missions where Enemy Marines that defend a location stand their ground better.
• Added missing main mission 9 - Brotherhood in Howell-Barrex Campaign which completes the brothers storyline

[h3]FOLLOWERS[/h3]
• Buildable items can be completed via followers now (turrets etc.)

NOW GET BACK TO THE HEADQUARTERS! Stay alert and stay tuned for more updates coming in the future.
Marines, dismiss!