Patch 1.30.550 (19 February 2019)

Hi everyone,

When the Winter Update was released, the balancing of the game was negatively impacted by some bugfixes (notably the fix on stun durations). Since then, we’ve been working hard on balancing, and especially on frame data. Special abilities for Faejin and Windfall have also been tweaked, as well as the Sharp Impact and Unbreakable powers, and a couple of other bugs.

You will find detailed information on all the changes below. We hope you like them! Please note that at this stage, the patch is live only on PC; we’re waiting on feedback from PC players (Steam & GOG) before deploying it on PS4 and Xbox One in a few days if all is well. So if you’re on PC please let us know what you think, whether it’s on our forums, Reddit, Discord or Twitter !

All the best,

Sloclap Team

Gameplay Balancing Frame data

Frame data have been reworked in this patch, the main goal was to get back the pressure game while keeping a good reaction time against fastest attacks.

We’ve also done some work to differentiate attacks with similar properties by trading blockstun frames with hitstun frames and damage. So some attacks now have a better blockstun value (to stay safe and keep the pressure) while others are more risky but have better rewards (better damage and hitstun to follow-up with other attacks)

We have also nerfed some attacks with several properties (jumping breakers for instance), and ankle stamp has now a startup of 11 frames.

You can see the full frame data here : Absolver 1.30 Frame Data https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/137K5enErK3GuWo9dLuOe7m4teMnJuutmK8wtAZx7sW0/edit?usp=sharing

Special abilities Faejin Front abilities

Left/Right (Parry):

Startup : 18 > 16 frames

Damage : 40 > 50

Shards bonus : 0.1 > 0.15
Faejin Back abilities

Left/Right/Down (Avoid):

Stamina bonus : 20 > 25

Shards bonus : 0.1 > 0.15

Slowdown duration 6 > 9 frames
Windfall

Avoid Side (Left/Right):

Slowdown duration 14 > 12 frames
Powers Sharp Impact

Cut damage repartition : 100% > 80%
Unbreakable

Damage received reduction : -50% > -25%

Damage multiplier on weapon durability : xInf > x8
Bug fixes

It’s no longer possible to guard an incoming attack when parried or avoided.

We fixed a bug when someone received a snatcher without any weapon in hand (after that, only one hit was needed once he/she had a weapon in hand to be disarmed)

We’ve also fixed the startup frame number displayed for the following attacks (There was a difference of -1 between what was displayed and the reality):

Head Splitter

Side Wind Thrust

Light Swing Slash

Limbo Thrust

Body Slicing

Whirl Slash

Swirl Slash

Puropera Cut

Wrist Jab

Double Spike Kick

Stumble Slash

Wrist Roll Slash

Drunk Stomp

Hadrunken

Forward Lean Slash

One Inch Punch

Lastly, the animation of Cleaver Blow is slightly slower, to fit with the 16 frames startup displayed.

Patch 1.29 543 (07 February 2019)

Hi everyone!

We’re happy to announce that the Winter Update is now live for PC and PS4 players – Xbox One players will have to wait a few more days as the version is validated by Microsoft testing teams. As mentioned previously, we were hoping to release it earlier, but with the Xbox One version release and the debugging efforts, it took more time than expected. Winter maps and equipment have been ready for a while, but we thought that it would be a bad idea to release a content update without addressing the major gameplay concerns from the community, so we decided to wait until the fixes were done before releasing any new content.

Update Content The 1.28 Winter Update features :

Four new Winter equipment sets available in the Essence Shop: Guide Lieutenant, Mountain Warrior, Uring Idolator, and Uring Heathen.

Two “snow” versions of maps (Birdhouse, and Shipyard)

Gameplay balancing and bugfixing (see below for more information)

Other bugfixes and optimizations (too numerous to list precisely!)
Gameplay balancing

We have been reading a lot of complaints on manual dodging since the Downfall update. Pretty much everybody has different opinions as to which combat style is the best, which attacks should be nerfed to the ground and which ones are totally useless, but one thing everyone seems to agree on was that manual dodging had become overpowered since Downfall, that it was a sort of free “get out of jail” card that didn’t require much skill, and made combat less interesting overall.

We therefore focused on improving this for the Winter Update update, in two ways: by fixing a bug we identified which made the issue worse, and by changing some gameplay parameters around manual dodging:

Fixed an issue on the dodge iframe duration (could be 4 instead of 2 in some cases)

Reduced the iframes on dodge side from 2 to 1 (still no iframes on dodge forward/backward)

Reduced dodge distance, and decreased walking speed in combat. Both of these changes make it harder to escape attacks, since the attack movement speed was not changed.

Two other important gameplay issues have also been fixed:

Fixed an issue where the avoid side (both Windfall special ability and attack property) was not working in specific cases: this issue was also one of the reasons manual dodge was perceived as overpowered.

Fixed an issue where inputs were delayed (3 frames) after any stun, resulting in wrong advantage frames: advantage frames will now be much more consistent, and in line with their intended design parameters. This will impact attacks, but also Earthquake power, which had an unintended frame advantage up until now.

These may seem like subtle fixes, but they actually have a significant impact on the game’s balancing, especially for experienced high-level players. We feel that the balancing of the game will be in a pretty good place with this update, so we hope lots of you will try it out, and let us know what you think!

All the best,

Sloclap Team

Update 1.2 (2nd July 2018)

improved the overall online stability in the open World and Combat Trials.
Update 1.14 (2nd February 2018)Debug

Fixed Revived animation being stuck when the rescuer was interrupted by a hit

Fixed avoided not slowing down and not preventing use of perfect link Balancing

Kahlt freeze frames have been reverted back to 1.12 state for this patch

Kahlt stamina cost increased 10 → 15

Tweaked gold link timings previously changed to have a better game feel

Tweaked standard release (recovery) to have a lesser difference with gold link timings

Tweaked knockback in guard previously changed
Update 1.13 (26 January 2018)GAME MODES New content

Added new 3v3 intro and outro animations, specific to combat style

Level Design modifications on the Oratian Quarters map

AFK feature: inactive players are warned, then kicked from 1v1 and 3v3 games after 60 seconds.
Debug

[SFX] Debug on intro music

[SFX] Various tweaks on music and SFX events

[Gameplay] Debug on timer notification for extra time

[Gameplay] Debug on 3v3 maps: invisible walls should not occur anymore

[UI] Fixed issue where points gauges would not update when joining an active game
OVERALL Design Updates Stagger:

Add stamina regen bonus (x1.2) & actions stamina cost (x0.8) during 5s when avoid with an attack.

Increase range & stun of stagger special attacks
Windfall Avoid:

Increase stamina gain (35 → 40)

Slowdown increased when avoided
Kahlt Absorb:

Add freeze frames (6) on attacker

Increase stamina cost (5 → 10)
Shockwave:

Increase stun 20 → 30

Decrease knockback when blocked 168 → 100cm

Remove stamina instant bonus

Decrease stamina regen bonus

Combat

Combat Style attribute bonuses have been decreased & attack damage scaling increased

Increase weapons durability & disarm gauge. Give back amount of shards when sheath weapon
Balancing on all attacks:

Gold link release set specifically per attack

Damage take in account this release

Grab Punch: start-up increased 19 → 21

Breaking attacks: increase knockback when blocked

Charging attacks: decrease damage and damage scaling

Increase slightly impact on stamina when guarding

Dodge anti-spam: increase release 13 → 16 (no changes when cancelled by attack or special ability)
Debug

[Gameplay] Fixed a bug where some attacks had a faster startup than expected after absorbing a hit (including Grab Punch and Back Tripped Kick)

[Gameplay] Fixed a bug where Donkey Slap 2nd hit does not connect after absorbing a hit

[Gameplay] Fixed Twist Parry Strike active frames

[Gameplay] Fixed parry direction for Twist Hips Slash and Parry Slash

[Gameplay] Set the target on middle for Spiral Palm

[Gameplay] Moved the startup visual feedback on the other arm for Collar Chop

[Dye] Various debug on dye issues with some cloaks and undertops

[Text] Various text typos fixes in English language

[SFX] Various tweaks on music and SFX events in the World and cutscenes

[UI] Debug on picto issues

[Menu] Essence Shop: Fixed a warglove issue in the shop: Barbarian War Gloves are now available

[1v1] Fixed a bug occuring when the user score was not reset after matchmaking with a different opponent

[Gear] Fixed a bug where the Tear Chief Undertop would have better stats when broken compared to repaired

Misc

The Attribute panel has been updated

Menu: The Credit menu has been updated

Dye Menu: The Dye menu layout has been updated

Attacks’ advanced details have been added

We updated the error message displayed when a player can’t get online. If the issue happens to you, please send an email to support_pc@sloclap.com or support_ps4@sloclap.com (depending on your platform) with the error code you have, we’ll look into it

Update 1.11 (8th December 2017)3v3 Combat Trial - Overtake

Overtake Combat Trial is played with 6 players, two teams of 3

"Coop 3v3 Match": play with your coop group against other players in 3v3 game modes

3 Maps are available in this mode
Private matches

Private 1v1: "Friendly Match" play against a player in your coop group
Prestige expanded

Players can now exchange fragments for Gear and Weapons

Players can now exchange crystals for Emotes

New gear is available through the Prestige System

Players can now dye their equipment with fragments [EDIT: there is currently an issue with the dye system, it will be fixed very soon!]
Anticheat v.1

Detected cheaters are now automatically kicked from online play. Additional measures may be implemented, please let us know if you encounter cheaters/hackers.
New screen ratios support

21:9 monitor are now fully supported, as well as other screen ratios
Misc

Players can now customize their emote wheel with newly obtained emotes

Equipment menu have been slightly updated to fit better with the new features

Log feed has been updated

Matchmaking can now be launched from the post-fight menu in Combat Trials
Art

Players can now fight in both Day and Night versions of the Combat Trials maps

Combat Trial Maps are now running at 60FPS on PS4

Various debug in the Main Map (collisions, LODs, shader optimization)

Lighting issues have been fixed, no more black assets

[FX] Various debug on all FX
Gameplay Parry

active frame reduced from 7 to 5 (same value as absorb ability) Gravity

hit character goes in overweight state

overweight now also impact lockmove speed

guard impact reduced from 50 to 15

stun reduced from 32 to 20, and block stun from 18 to 12 Earthquake & exhaust

“charging” property replaced by Absorb property during buildup Shield

add Absorb property during buildup
Debug

Fixed some issues regarding keyboard + mouse behavior when scrolling and right-clicking

Fixed some issues with sound, especially regarding to reverb effect and missing audios on some attacks

Fixed some infinite loadings issues

Kuretz & Risryn now give the intended amount of XP

[Gameplay] Avoid successfull now always affects opponent (slow down)

[Gameplay] Player cannot use shards after being silenced anymore

[Gameplay] Charging attacks are now always interrupted when hit twice
Known issues

GOG overlay is currently not functional, this will be fixed very soon.
Update 1.10 (13th November 2017)

[Design] Lower XP gains when defeating Level 3 boss and beyond

[Design] Higher XP gains in Combat Trials

[Design] Cost of Rift Disks changed to 5 Crystals

[Design] Marked ones have been reverted to their original form. Halloween masks now only available through Rift Disks.

[Design] Cost of the Attribute Points reset changed to 3 Crystals

The very high amount of XP given by Bosses made it too easy to farm XP and prestige levels in PvE, which was not the original intention, so this has been rebalanced. Combat Trials also now give more XP, so players will now win Prestige levels and Crystals faster. Rift Disks cost has also been updated to reflect this change.

1.10 and 1.09 also include a number of bugfixes to improve the overall experience.
Update 1.08 (30th October 2017)NEW CONTENT

Prestige levels unlocked after level 60

Rift Coins replace random loot drops in Combat Trials

Rift Disks allow to get rarer equipments and weapons

Win Crystals at each Prestige level

Spend Crystals to reset attribute points

Spend Crystals to acquire Rift Disks

Inventory management: Sort by, Salvage and Repair.

New equipment:

4 new sets

3 new Absolver Cloaks

9 new masks, including 6 Halloween masks dropped by Marked Ones

1v1 maps are now in night mode (temporary)

New “Bald” haircut available at character creation!
DESIGN UPDATES Parry :

Almost all attacks, including thrust attacks, now require a specific parry direction to be countered (exceptions: Hadrunken, Obvious Slash and bare-hands Rush Attack for Stagger style)
Rush :

Decrease rush acceleration

Closer rush camera

Rush attacks: increase stun duration

Rush attacks: decrease knockback
Note: These are first steps to address fleeing behaviour.

Rush attacks were intended to counter players fleeing, but until now the player hit by a rush attack had the time to rush again directly after. With a longer stun and shorter knockback for the rush attacks, and a slower acceleration for the rush, the issue should be less present.

Also the new rush camera is closer to the character, so the player has not the whole vision of their surroundings, and it feedbacks more clearly when the character is rushing.
Camera :

The camera position is now lower when close to walls.
Shockwave :

Range 230cm -> 280cm (as before 1.06) BUT knockback now depends on distance to caster (from 280 when close to the caster, to 84 when at the limit of the range)
Items :

Added rarity levels to all equipments

Updated drop rates (Rift Coins and Rift Disks)
BUG FIXES

[GAMEPLAY] 1v1 rematch : clear shards

[GAMEPLAY] Shards cannot be filled in practice anymore

[GAMEPLAY] Charging attacks now lose their property when parried

[GAMEPLAY] Silence power cannot be used without a target

[GAMEPLAY] Parrying a double hit attack doesn’t result in being hit by second hit anymore

[GAMEPLAY] Fixed issue in which character finished in the wrong ending stance when being hit while changing stance

[NETWORK] Fixed a bug in hit knockback resulting in some awkward teleportation

[NETWORK] Fixed dodge position replication

[SAVES]: The game now detects if save is not valid and rollbacks to previous save if needed

[AI] Fixed a bug when AI would get stuck after a player’s successful dodge

[SFX] Fixed issue with boss gate SFX sound was playing in PvP maps and during boss fights.

[DESIGN] Loot drops in Rift Coins and Rift Disks now give items in different color variants
Patch 1.07 (26 September 2017)

we have identified a bug which caused animations to play incorrectly and hits not to be detected: this has been fixed and is included in the 1.07 update.

from a gameplay side, we probably made too many changes at the same time; we have therefore reverted changes made to the dodge mechanic, and done some tweaks to ranges and guard impact of previously changed attacks.

Patch 1.06 (20 September 2017)Code

Fixed power loss issue (powers will be given back to the player)

Optimization

Fixed bugs in schools menu

Fixed item loss issue in inventory menu

Fixed crash in cutscene

Improved Combat Trials disconnection issue

General Stability improvement
Design

Special abilities

absorb successful :

increase ghost damage refill (x2)

decrease stamina bonus (50 -> 20)

add +20 protection during 5s

Avoid successful : decrease stamina bonus (40 -> 35) increase stamina cost 5 -> 10

Character avoided : Decrease stamina refill (x0.3) during 1.5s

Stamina malus (-10)

Parry successful : decrease stamina bonus (30 -> 15)

Stagger style : decrease range of side special attacks (190 -> 145)
Attacks

Decrease range and impact on guard of fastest attacks

Increase impact on guard of Breaking attacks
1v1

health refill on kill now take in account the health ratio of both players at the beginning of the round
Others

Increase weight/mobility impact on stamina

Increase dodge iFrames (2 -> 4)

Keep shards after death
Shockwave

cost 2 shards

decrease range

add stamina bonus + boost stamina refill during 5s
Exploration

Decreased maximum number of enemy AIs spawned at the same time

Improved some enemy AIs detection range

Fixed navigation issue in Oratian Quarter zone
1v1

Fixed out of bounds issue in Adalian Columbary arena

Modification on the cross arena
UI

"Victory" & "Defeat" localised

Corrected misspelled english texts

Fixed cut off localised texts

School creation: added notification confirmation when school is successfully created

Social menu: "offline"/"online" information replaced by a colored dot
Art

NEW: Added six unique masks in the Guidance Bridge, inspired by Devolver Digital games

Collision and navigation bugfixes

Performance Optimization
Audio

NEW: Added two new tracks to 1v1 Game Mode

NEW: added variety on foleys

Sound corruption issue improvement
Patch 1.05 (11 September 2017)

Various improvements to server connection and matchmaking

Added double save to avoid complete progression loss if a save get corrupted

Bug fixes when joining a school

Beat an AI to unlock your due achievements, there could be a small delay before the achievement pops :)

Cross-region invitations added

Fixed Boss progression not being updated (For now, this fix only works for bosses, we’re still working on fixing the Marked Ones progression issue. We apologize about this issue and are still investigating)

Improved overall stability.
Patch 1.03 (1st September 2017)

Crash fix related to combo edition

Engine crash fixes than can produce corrupted save data

Crash fix on dialog

Improved overall game stability

Fixed save data corruption issue