Defiance 3.3: Winter Bash - Patch Notes

New store bundle, pvp changes and quality of life improvements.

NA: 12/26/15 @ 10:00 AM PST | EU: 12/26/15 @ 6:00 PM GMT

Source: http://forums.defiance.com/showthread.php?232339-Defiance-3.3-Winter-Bash

FEATURES

New Bundle: Arctic Assassin Pack!

• Stay frosty Ark Hunters! This limited time pack will contain the following items: 
  • Legendary Weapon: 'SB-32 Freezer Burn' incendiary detonator. It fires snowballs!
  • “Arctic Assassin” Outfit + Headgear
  • Vehicle: Duni Shetarru Racer "Avalanche"
  • 30-day Patron Pass
  • Unique Titles: 'Arctic Assassin' and 'Special Snowflake'

PVP Changes!

• Many PVP multipliers have been adjusted to make PVP more engaging for all players!
• All Damage in PVP has been reduced by 65%.
• The base Crit Multiplier in PvP has been increased to 3x, compared to 1x outside of PVP.
• While in PVP, each Armor plate reduces damage by 2%, compared to 10% outside of PVP.
• All players now scale to 6000 ego in PVP.
• All vehicles now scale to 6000 ego.
• XP rewarded for PVP has been increased.
• Rewards for PVP have been increased.
• Arkforge, keys, and scrip have been added to the possible rewards.
• Players are now immune to all damage-- and are unable to deal damage-- while at spawn.
• Players now receive a temporary PVP-only buff immediately after spawning, it prevents them from receiving or dealing damage. 

GAME UPDATE

QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS

• The QuickMatch option now automatically looks for matches that you have been disconnected from, and will return you to that match to continue.
• Chip Pullers are now listed in the Character Stats screen.
• The clan members list now has multiple pages that can be sorted through, making it much easier to locate a member.
• Added information about Online/Offline status to the clan members list. You can also now sort the list by online status.
• Players disconnected from a co-op or expedition match now have 5 minutes to reconnect to the same match. 
• Updated the text on the Cyber Rig menu options.
• Colors for the self-revive meter have been adjusted.
• Enabled mouse/keyboard functionality in the Retrieve Mods section of the Salvage Matrix.
• Various store UI layout fixes.

EXPEDITIONS

• Expedition timers have been removed. 
  • Instead, your expedition progress will reset on a weekly timer (resets during the normal weekly contract reset). 
  • Failing or Extracting from an expedition will still cause progress to reset.
• The Cyber Rig Vendor in Alcatraz now sells epic tier keystone chips.

BUG FIXES

• Bugs spawned from hatchling grenades now do damage appropriate to the EGO of the character that threw them. This affects both PCs and NPCs.
• Fixed a known issue with clan lists causing crashes on consoles.
• Colors for the tiers in the breakdown settings of the Gameplay Settings menu have been corrected.
• The minimap will no longer disappear in arkbreaks.
• Fix an issue causing wwwwwwwwwwww text to show up in deathmatch PVP leaderboards.

PC ONLY CHANGES

• Increased the maximum amount of memory that players can dedicate to graphic performance. This can be found in the graphic settings menu.
• Fixed an issue with the Store UI triggered by minimizing/maximizing the client.