Red Solstice 2: Survivors News

Attention Marines.

Reports are coming in that there are a few squad members that are just not pulling their weight.

Now we could blame the churros, but I believe that it is just too much day time TV and that couches are just too comfortable.
So, what I have done is put an exciting and highly motivational challenge in place.
It comes from a personal experience, so I know it can be done, but I believe it can be done better and with far more grace and dignity. I am not afraid to admit that!

Team! As part of 505 Games 15th Anniversary, I want you to have your 15 mins of fame.

I want you to submit you best screenshots from your battle with the STROL infestation. Whatever the outcome.

For example... CAN YOU...
Without killing any STROL, round up as many STROL on screen as you can… without shooting any of them and well, without dying – let's see how long you can last!
Go out for a stroll, with some STROL.

I want to see a screenshot full of STROL with a little marine in the center, looking so very proud of themselves.
You can do it alone or as part of a team. But remember – PICS OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN!
My favourite 15 screenshots will get a personal thumbs up from me! NOTHING MORE NOTHING LESS!



So how do I submit my or screenshot (or wondrous work of art) they all ask?
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. Capture the carnage! Here's how you look at all the glorious gore you capture:

• Open Steam and click on View and then Screenshots.
  
• Click on Screenshots and the screenshot uploader window will appear - appear like a zombie in the night!
  
• Use the dropdown menu located at the top left of the window to pick Red Solstice 2.
  
• You should be able to see all the Red Solstice 2 screenshots you’ve taken. Yay!
  
• Give your screenshot a snazzy and appropriate title, e.g MOAR STROL LESS LIMBS (if you want - no time for titles, more time fore killing).
  
• Confirm your screenshot selection by clicking Upload.
  
• To share these screenshots with your fellow squad members make sure visibility is set to public.
  

To add your screenshot to the comments.

• Select your snazzy screenshot
  
• Click on the screenshot that you want to link to. 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 like a gooden!
  
• Come back to this page and post that link in the discussion below! POST POST POST!!
  Ctrl+V. Ctrl+V ya hear!
  

You have until September 10th! Good luck marines! Dismiss.

Marines! Line up, single file and pay attention.

505 Games are celebrating their 15th anniversary and while some of you have been sat in the mess hall eating avocado on toast and watching The Real Housewives of Mars, I have been preparing a few ways for us as a squad to show our appreciation.
Because it has been 15 years, instead of giving a big round of applause, I thought we would instead give 15 individual claps...

Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap

Nicely done everyone…

http://505.games/SteamPublisherSale21

If you love a bargain, 505 Games have a sale on! With such a vast catalogue of titles, there is something for everyone – even the most seasoned battled hardened marines like us!
If you have friends who have yet to become a marine, then do tell them that Red Solstice 2: Survivors is currently 30% off!

http://505.games/RS2505AnniversarySale

Also, to mark the occasion, I thought I would give you my top 15 favourite weapons in Red Solstice 2: Survivors. Of course, this is my opinion – other opinions may vary - so please feel free to add those additional top 15’s in the comments below.

1. My Pistol, named Barbara
2. Strike V
3. Stinger 50
4. Vindicator
5. Viking
6. Gauss Assault Rifle
7. Some persons poor old car exploding (hope they have insurance)
8. GRENADE!!
9. M1GL (when I need more booms!!!)
10. Shotgun
11. LAW-57
12. Submachine Gun
13. My very own salmon pink chinos (who needs a flashbang when you can wear those beauties)
14. Minigun GMG-4
15. Turrets

Anyway marines, stay alert, stay hydrated and keep me updated on the latest Mars Housewives scandal, erm I mean, update me on those very important STROL reports!

DISMISS!

Attention Marines,

Update 1.6 just went live and you know what that means…?
Of course you do - lots of lovely updates and changes to the game. The development team have been busy, and this update is the BIGGEST one so far!

Before we go into detail, let’s recap what we have done until now:
• Added new Terminator Class
• Improved network
• Added offline play
• Added new missions

For Update 1.6, we’ve added a bunch of missions for the Skirmish mode from the campaign as well as a completely NEW MAP that will keep you on your toes on Mars! And of course, we are saying NO to cheaters and improved our anti-cheat and anti-grief system!

We've also added a "co-op" campaign which enables a few things;
• Everyone can now see the world map events and experience the full campaign together - with the host making decisions.
• An option that is enabled by default and limits the equipment of the campaign to the researched technology, can be turned off so that players use their profile and not technology - but must be done at the start of the campaign.

You can now vote to kick players as a team and personally mark players through the ""Avoid Player"" system. If there should be some problems within your squad, and the majority of the team does not get along with another team member, you can make that member leave and mark them.

As you can see, we put a lot of time into this update and hope you will enjoy all the changes!

But wait, that's not all, you can now save 30% on Red Solstice 2: Survivors!

http://505.games/RS2505AnniversarySale

We will continue to work on new updates including Skirmish Bots and Prestige System which will arrive very soon along with the Hellfire Class.

Below you can find all the changes we have made…

1.6 Update Notes (2021 September 2)

NOTABLE
• Added "co-op" campaign where players can share technology and are limited by the technology and research of the host, clients can see the world map also now
• Added 16 critical strike missions to skirmish secondary mission pool
• Added hidden votekick that can be initiated by anyone on anyone other than host if more than 50% of players agree player will be kicked
• Anti griefer system
• Anti-cheat system
• Daily challenge has double the points for monsters now
NEW MAP
• Shield Generator / Cities of flesh



NEW MISSIONS IN SKIRMISH
• Boss Emma
• VIP Howell
• Rescue Troops
• Gauntlet
• Supply Defense Condatis
• Get Supplies Mercs
• Insurgents Gauntlet
• Gather Intel
• Howell Barrex Assault
• BlackLight
• Assault Nest
• DisableJammer
• Fallen Fury
• VIP Founders
• Rescue Specialist
• Rescue Condatis

MONSTERS
• Hellspawn will no longer get stuck in certain cases if he ends up off walking area
• Red Hunter is more dangerous now and requires preparation, this will affect terraformer missions
• Fluffy now uses his 3-chain attack when low on health
• Biomass will no longer spawn under the ground
• Flameburst cooldown increased by 5 on all levels
• Gass pressure mission will detonate on failure visibly on the client now
• Improved muzzle flashes
• Barricade destructive resistance reduced by 5% so convoy has easier time destroying them
• Added information on the profile when buying modules in which slots they go
• Bestiary is showing correct hunter now
• Biomass tentacles can be hurt the moment they get out
• When eaten by creeper player will no longer end up in the broken state
• UI improvements
• Convoy vehicles do less damage so in certain missions you have to protect them
• Red storm will not reduce your energy to 0 anymore
• Synced Red Storm lightning strikes



Right, that’s it! Stay tuned for future updates.

Now get back to the mess hall - those tacos won't eat themselves.

Marines, dismiss!

Attention Marines,

We have just deployed a balancing patch to the game. Here's the list of changes.

Balancing Patch (2021 August 24)
[h3]FIXES[/h3]
• WAVES are normalized now
• Fixed major suppression problem where suppression wasn’t properly regenerating, and monsters could be suppressed only once in a long time
• Stun now lasts for 3 seconds and cannot be removed if suppression reaches 0
• Fixed a bug that caused breach shotgun does normal damage instead of half damage to armor
• Fixed issue where terminator had lower overwatch range
• Fixed bug where waves would reroll after certain missions spawned
• Energize bullets will not overwrite current advanced ammo
• Vanguard no longer goes to cooldown if preview ability is aborted
• Teleport camera fixes
• Fixed a bug that caused zombie marine having 90% energy resistance
• Ker range tweaked and fixed
• Dropship fix
[h3]CLASSES[/h3]
• Marksman primary slot increased by 1
• Recon health increased from 300 to 350
[h3]SKILLS[/h3]
• Increased buckshot damage to 3k and adds shred lvl3+
• Dio striker made cheaper by 2 energy regen
• Exhausts will drop by 1 stack each time instead of all stacks
• Stalker increases crit multip 0.2 - 1 and crit chance 2 - 10%
• Increased nanites damage
• Energy shield will no longer prevent energy regeneration of teammates
• Nanite swarm reduces energy resistance by up to 30%
• Weapon overload duration fixed and reduced energy cost of firing weapon by -4
• Jetpack has range of 2000 now
• Fixed terminator teleport issue
• Forcefield cooldown set to 52-40
• Nitrogen grenade energy cost reduced to 40
[h3]WEAPONS[/h3]
• Gar damage increased by 5, upgrade bonus reduced to 30%
• Viking damage increased to 80
• AJAX initial cooldown set to 0.1 sec (from 0.3)
• AJAX lockdown time reduced by half (from 0.2 to 0.1)
• AJAX mag size increased by 1 (from 4 to 5)
• AJAX firing rate increased by 0.1 (it was 0.3 now it's 0.2)
• Autocannon primary mode damage increased to 110
• Autocannon secondary mode dmg increased from 70(+130) to 100(+250), does double damage vs armor now
• Autocannon sound fix
• Autocannon spread regeneration increased from 4 to 10
• LMG damage increased by 5, suppression increased to 8, shots per mag by 10, reduced spread and is much more accurate if the person is standing
• ASV does double damage to armor in secondary mode, costs 5 less energy
[h3]GENERAL[/h3]
• Changed suppression by difficulty to be more manageable
[h3]MONSTERS[/h3]
• Atrocity projectiles won’t block all other skill projectiles (like rocket launcher)
• Atrocity projectiles are 50% slower
• Atrocity hp regen reduced from 120 to 80
• Hellspawn cannot destroy vehicles while unborrowed anymore
• Driller health reduced to 12000, energy resistance to -10%
• Immortal energy resistance reduced to 50%
• Fiend energy resistance reduced to 30%
• Burrowers will not burrow for 10 seconds after being affected by resonator

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

Attention Marines!

Coming soon! More missions! Co-op Campaign!
…No new ration packs. You have to eat what you’ve got and like it.

A quick update for you all! So, in future updates we will be adding a new Cities of Flesh Map to Skirmish mode. That will give you even more chances to get ripped limb from limb by the enemy.
If that wasn’t enough carnage, even more missions will be coming, so you’ll have more infected to light up.

Bored of battling alone, you can bring a buddy along to get killed in the co-op campaign.
On the other hand, if you think you’re tougher than last week’s rations, there will be new prestige ranks - so you can really prove that you’re the best of the best… of the best.

So marines, here’s what’s coming up in our future updates.

1. Map Cities of Flesh for Skirmish
2. More missions
3. Co-op Campaign
4. Skirmish Bots
5. Strategy Layer new tutorial
6. Prestige ranks

Features are subject to change based on testing.

Right, that’s it! Get back to the HQ.
Marines, dismiss!