Red Solstice 2: Survivors News

Marines!
Remember the days of hard work and making your squad proud?
Well, the war on the STROL is about to begin, but gosh darn it, it will be a short one with the NEW Howell-Barrex Inc. DLC bringing all that fire power!
Alongside the new DLC, you can continue your mission on Mars with the Red Solstice 2: Survivors Season Pass!

Let’s take a little look at what’s inside the Howell-Barrex Inc. DLC and the Season Pass.



[h2]HOWELL-BARREX INC. DLC[/h2]
Play as the Strike Commander, and follow the story of Edward Howell, General Barrex, and the IRON HAWKS.
- New campaign story! Experience a new story line with new characters and settings.
- UBAS is a combat exoskeleton with a wide range of firepower and survivability options.
- The Engineer suit is a master of creating new tactical options and bunkering up.
- A new tech tree will bring improvements to the UBAS and the Engineer suit.

VIEW THE DLC!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1736390/Red_Solstice_2_Survivors__HOWELLBARREX_INC/


[h2]SEASON PASS[/h2]
Get access to all released and upcoming DLCs - CONDATIS GROUP (coming Q1 2022) INSURGENTS (coming Q2 2022) and M.E.R.C.S. (coming Q3 2022).
Also get two exclusive in-game skins: Froghemoth Armor & Dragon Skin. Experience new story lines, new classes, new maps and much more!
(Does not include the full game Red Solstice 2: Survivors)

VIEW THE SEASON PASS!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1751750/Red_Solstice_2_Survivors__Season_Pass/
[h3]For more info, make sure you visit the Howell-Barrex Inc. DLC and Season Pass pages linked above! [/h3]



MARINES! It's your lucky lucky day!
Alongside the launch of the DLC and the Season Pass, a new patch for the game has also dropped!
Make way, for the Mechanical Man Patch Notes!

[h3]Mechanical Man Patch Notes (2021 November 4)[/h3]

[h3]NEW FEATURES[/h3]
• Added tactical info for each mission, now players will be able to see in detail what will they encounter on each mission, this is reliant on intel level in that region.



• Added Overlord ultra boss: New boss that will challenge you on the highest difficulty of the game or in late stage of the campaign. Can you survive? One of the strongest bosses in the game, good luck.



• Added Ripjaw ultra boss: Hunt him down before he hunts you down, search the Ripjaw nest and eliminate the creature or suffer the consequences. This boss draws strength from his nests around the map, in order to defeat him you need to locate those nests and destroy them.



• Enabled bot renaming: You can now rename your bot as you want



• Added profanity filter
• Added UNRANKED game mode: Players can now play the game without class limits, but those games will not count towards stat progression. Only experience can be gained in this mode and all experience gained is reduced.

[h3]CONCEALMENT[/h3]
• Only bosses can detect concealment now
• Sniper Ammo does not give 2 magazines at max level

[h3]GENERAL[/h3]
• Specialized weapon damage will be logged as secondary damage properly now
• Fixed bug where final primary mission wouldn’t appear if wave 16 was reached and evac was on the map
• Rescue civilian mission will fail now if all civilians die
• Bots no longer apply burning to player
• Rapid fire adds proper amount of secondary based on weapon
• Reduced jammer health

[h3]SKILLS[/h3]
• Gunship activation is more correct now
• Equalizer will not store extra ammo if used multiple times while having already the effect of toxic
• Fixed an exploit with Consumption that enabled infinite ammo generation
• Improved teleport skill location tracking
• Plasma discharge has proper duration
• Stinger magazine capacity increased from 4 to 6
• Wallbreaker now destroys all walls instantly

[h3]UI[/h3]
• Added threat level (number) info to archives
• Added monster threat level number display in archives
• Increased chat row length
• Chat will not receive any messages from Avoided player list
• Added suppression info for nitrogen ammo
• Fixed some buff descriptions

[h3]MONSTERS[/h3]
• Rebalanced Lyganesh, now it acts as a moving biomass
• Rebalanced enemy marines so they now get stats based on difficulty

MARINES!
It’s that time of year where things start to get a little less ghoulish around here. Things on Mars are scary all year round, so Halloween time is almost a breath of fresh air!

But don’t you worry! Your old sergeant is here to look after you and to kick your metal marine backsides out of the barracks and into a Halloween Event!

[h3]ON SALE[/h3]
From the 28th of October to the 1st of November, get 40% off Red Solstice 2: Survivors! A perfect time to get in those new recruits. The STROL are keeping up their infestation and we still have plenty of steel toe caps to go around.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/768520/Red_Solstice_2_Survivors/

SO SPREAD THE LOVE – NOT THE INFESTATION!

In fact, I heard that granny wanted to kick some STROL butt too! So, let’s show granny what she is missing by recruiting her for the cause.

[h3]THE HALLOWEEN EVENT MISSION - IF YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT![/h3]
Over the Halloween period (28th Oct to the 1st Nov) Red Solstice 2: Survivors will be a little more spooky than usual. Expect to see pumpkin headed STROLs all over the place! And not only that, check out your own hat wardrobe! Halloween themed helmets and armory!



Because you are all hard-working Marines and enjoy showing off how ‘marine-y’ you all are, I have put a challenge in place for this year’s Halloween. Don’t worry, it is super easy, you won’t even break a sweat.

THE BEST HALLOWEEN SCREENSHOTS! See, easy!
Frolicking amongst a STROL Pumpkin patch? Make sure you take a SNAP OF THAT!
Hosting a Marine Helmet Fashion Show? Make sure to set the derelict fashion world on fire with your pumpkin attire and not sashay way looking like something dire.



We want to see all your ghastly pictures! (No, not those kind of ghastly pictures…
THE BEST PICTURES GET NOTHING!
Erm, I mean, THE BEST PICTURES GET NOTHING BUT MY DEEPEST RESPECT AND GRATITUDE!

So how do I show off my or screenshot (or ghoulish works of art) they all ask?
Firstly, you can post your screenshot on that social media thingy!
Tag us in your screenshot via our Twitter using @TheRedSolstice – feel free to use the hashtags #RS2Halloween #PictureForTheSarg

Secondly show off your screenshots on Steam for all to see and judge!
To add your Screenshot to Steam, do follow the instructions below, and you’ll be fine, I promise.
To upload artwork, go to the Red Solstice Game Hub's Artwork tab and look for the Upload Your Artwork button at the top right.
Use F12 to take your screenshot from in-game.

To add your screenshot to the comments.
Select your ghoulish screenshot
Click on the pumpkin filled screenshot you want to link to. And an image window will open up.
At the top of the image window will be a URL address. Highlight it and Ctrl+C that link AND JOBS A GOODEN!

Come back to this page and post that link in the discussion below and wait for your fellow marines and squad members to give you lots of loving and caring support. Aka judgement.

The Halloween Event runs from 28th October to the 1st November! SO GET A MOVE ON, MARINES!

Marines!

We wanted to give you a heads up that the Howell-Barrex Inc. DLC along with a Season Pass will be available on November 4th.

For more info please, visit the Howell-Barrex Inc. DLC and Season Pass pages.

Howell-Barrex Inc. DLC
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1736390/Red_Solstice_2_Survivors__HOWELLBARREX_INC/
Season Pass
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1751750/Red_Solstice_2_Survivors__Season_Pass/

Attention Marines
I have some very important information.
Yes, it really is important information and if you put down those feta and olive bread sticks and look over here for one moment you will see that all hell has broken loose!
AND BY THAT, I mean the new Hell and Fire update is now here!
(What did you think it was, bad news? Like when we cut back your ration packs and gave you that bag of dust instead.)

Prepare yourselves to tower over others like a human battle tank!
BUT OF COURSE, if you are going to be a human tank, you need do some work! So get out there and detract attention from those who are less armoured than yourselves!

The full list of changes for the Hell and Fire Update are below.

(Patch notes October 12)
[h3]NOTABLE[/h3]

[h2]Hellfire Class and Hellfire follower[/h2]
Towering like large human battle tanks, Hellfire soldiers expose themselves to damage in order to draw attention from less-armored troops.
Armed with deadly flamethrower weapons, they set the mutant hordes ablaze even before they reach attacking range. The units excel at taking damage as they inflict destructive damage over time on their foes.


[h2]Arclite[/h2]
Uses exorbitant amount of ammunition, and burns everything, a new primary heavy weapon.


[h2]Skirmish followers[/h2]
Followers have now been added to skirmish - as you unlock the class, you will automatically receive a new follower under soldiers tab. They work slightly differently in skirmish and have the same xp distribution as player, they do not require any challenges.


[h3]Detailed Item descriptions[/h3]
Every item now has detailed description of its stats - like the skills it has. This should help to show all values that may have been hidden so far.


[h2]Buildings Buffs[/h2]
Special purpose buildings now have a "Calibration terminal" which will give a permanent buffs to the player, explore and find out all combinations.


[h2]Lockdown terminals[/h2]
We have added one use lockdown terminals that will lock all viable doors and windows in entire buildings, useful for getting a break from STROL horde.


[h2]New skirmish boss: Saffron[/h2]
Saffron is a new mech boss that arrived into skirmish from campaign, enjoy the fight!

[h3]Primary weapons improvement[/h3]
All damage from primary weapons versus suppressed and ARMORED targets is now increased. This will help primary weapons in taking down armored targets as they will chew through armor faster.
Shooting a stunned target from primary weapons will make it receive increased damage even if the target does not have armor.


[h2]Strategy layer tutorials[/h2]
We have added a lot of tutorials on each strategy screen, explaining some crucial stuff like moving your landship, using solar etc.

[h3]MISSIONS[/h3]
- Assault nest has hold position instead of 2nd destroy nest
- Blacklight will spawn high threat after each biomass is destroyed
- Gather Intel mission is more swarmy when you are inside bunker
- Small improvements over other critical strikes

[h3]SKILLS[/h3]
- dio striker also reduces weapon spread

[h3]NETWORK[/h3]
- refactored network part of skills, should remove a lot of desyncs related to skills

[h3]GENERAL[/h3]
- tentacle cannot be targeted if burrowed
- destroying any biomass will now freeze waves for 5 seconds, this effect is not stackable
- pickups are destroyed or teleported(mission items) if they are located on the bridge at the moment bridge is destroyed
- seeker mine will not deploy over edges anymore
- fixed heal drone targeting
- improved black ops button tooltip
- small increase to energy blade radius
- weapons will now visually eject magazines when they start reload
- improved orbital targeting skill so it has less chance to bug out
- all captures stat works properly now
- barricades will now be destroyed by vehicles instead of shooting them
- biomass kills will now properly award experience to the area around the killer instead on the area around biomass
- fixed Big Brain achievement
- fixed missing head problem with skins

[h3]MONSTERS[/h3]
- immortals will revive after 5 seconds now
- lazarians will revive after 8 seconds now
- mrityunaja will revive after 5 seconds now
- ghouler now revives more monsters and has bigger radius


[h3]UI[/h3]
- added a warning if you are starting a game with not all slots filled in loadout
- buffs are now displayed above enemies when they are affected by it and in the enemy info widget
- added more detailed information on follower level upgrades
- added HQ shortcut to toolbar
- added detailed information of items to archives
- regions now have terraformer icon
- added social tab to profile with an Avoid list
- fix for black voice cinematic at the beginning of tutorial
- loadout now has class icons instead of portraits
- removing modules with right click will open that section in the armory
- save and load premade has class icon now next to it
- slightly improved skill tooltips

Right Marines! Get back to HQ and stay tuned for more updates in the future.
Marines, dismiss!!!

Attention Marines,

Stand up! ...or at least sit up straighter than normal!
Some of you may have never sat up straight before - it is the action of sitting up, off the couch 'slightly higher' - it is surprisingly good for your posture.
Anyway, enough of this chit chat! Let's get down to business and let us show you the reason why you are here and reading this article.
We have just dropped a patch for you to drool over - the list of changes are below.

[h3]1.65 Patch Notes (2021 September 15)[/h3]

[h3]MISC[/h3]
• Barricades now give added 3 suppression per bullet/projectile
• Barricades now reduce aiming and overwatch time by 70%
• Barricades now add 40% reduced reload
• Players cannot be grabbed near barricades
• Key card picked up by drone won’t break game
• Field Status terminal will activate after first objective

[h3]SKILLS[/h3]
• Rescue cost reduced to 75
• Scan area now shows items and monsters in area when used
• Communications skill now reduces MS by 40% instead of rooting the player
• Spike strip adds 10%-30% move speed reduction to monsters
• Extender works like amplifier and adds 1 armor shred to explosives
• Stimulants heal 50-90 health
• Energized bullets now give 20-40% energy bullets + 3% per energized stack
• Rapid fire energy per shot cost reduced from 4 to 2

[h3]UI[/h3]
• Added wave generation type to loading screen
• Changed Research CTAs to show up on Clients as well when in a multiplayer campaign.
• Fixes for Weapons tooltip showing incorrect ammo for some secondary weapons
• Added list of events/tutorials to main menu

Stay tuned for more updates in the future.
Marines, dismiss!