Patch 1.6 - Free to Play (Draft Notes)

May 30, 2014 | Etaew | Viewed 2,275 times | Patch,

Morgana has posted draft notes for the 1.6 Free to Play patch on the Defiance Forums.

Defiance 1.6 – Free-to-Play Patch (Final Name Pending)

Features

The full write-up is pending, and includes:

GENERAL FIXES

Fixed an issue causing clan key bonuses to not apply.
Fix some inconsistent calculations regarding inventory size. If your inventory was full, some of your items might now be in the claimables window.
Weapons should now more reliably reload while in zoom.
Fixed a bug that caused grenades to disappear when trading with higher EGO rating players.
While in the tutorial, your primary weapon will not be locked if you don’t have a secondary weapon equipped.

Score can now be acquired by breaking through an enemy’s armor plates!
Roadside emergencies that are not part of any larger event now give increased rewards based on each player’s score.

Explosions 101: Dekuso will now go through all his stages when dealt massive damage.

Sieges now progress when all the encounters are defeated instead of requiring specific point values.
Conflict Site: Hellbug Horror: The Happy Pow Farms conflict site will now complete even if you kill the monarch quickly.
Conflict Site: Dark Matter Disguise:
- This site will no longer get stuck at the last objective.
- You now have to clear out the enemies and unlock the door before the third soldier will join you.
Conflict Site: Major Miner Rescue: This site no longer spawns enemies endlessly even after completion.

Fixed a UI issue causing the Score Total to display on the screen after logging off.
Fixed the Score Total text overlapping the mission offer popup.

Armor Plate values have been adjusted for all enemies to better differentiate between enemy groups.
- Scrappers and other robots now have very high values of armor plates.
- Raiders have far fewer.
- 99ers have armor that is more fragile.
Additionally, Armor Plates do not scale so drastically with enemy tier.
- Bio and Rad were too necessary for all high-tier builds, and that was contributing to their dominance against enemy groups that were not intended to require armor damage.
Fixed a bug with the Monolith’s Hard Points getting out of sync on the client after scaling up from new players appearing.

All shields without resistances have had their stats moved up a tier.
Extra Life Shields have had their stats adjusted, they should now have roughly 20% more capacity than their non-extra life counterparts, but otherwise have identical stats.
Rare bio grenades no longer have a stronger snare than all other bio grenade tiers.
The Chimera Horn has been changed to a cluster rocket, and should now do more damage as a result.

Competitive multiplayer damage reduction is now capped so that no combination of perks, shields, stims, or anything else can reduce incoming damage by more than 95%. PvE damage reduction is unchanged. We will monitor the amount, and adjust as needed!