Nosgoth

Matchmaking
• Fixed an issue with not being able to select server region filtering.

Perks and Item Statistics
• "Quick Wits" perks now reduce cooldowns by 10% (was 15%)

Boosters
• Fixed another bug causing some users to be unable to successfully equip boosters, causing you to "see" the booster as equipped but not receive the correct bonuses.

Matchmaking
• Fixed an issue with party matchmaking causing permanent 4v3 matches.
• Optimized how we retrieve the list of servers to reduce impact on internet connections when searching
• While the full overhaul to matchmaking is still in the works, tweaks have been made to the existing system to improve the chances of finding an ideal match (nearby, of similar level). Searches may take longer to complete as a result as the system now spends longer widening your search incrementally.

Parties and Playlist Level Requirements
• Players too low level to join a specific playlist will now be allowed to if a member of their party is qualified for that playlist.
• For example, a level 2 will be able to play in the "Team Deathmatch" playlist if a higher level friend invites him to a party and searches for it. We want friends to be able to play together and never see a screen where they are ineligible for all playlists on offer.
• We still prevent players from joining a playlist they are too high level to join. Players above level 10 cannot play "New Recruit" regardless of who they party with.

Optimization
• Further optimization on Sommerdamm and The Fane maps

Perks and Item Statistics
• Fixed a bug causing Vampire Special Abilities to not receive the correct random buff and debuff values. They are meant to be identical to those Human weapons receive, but they were using the "minor" versions of buff/debuffs instead. This has been corrected and your items will automatically update.
• Cooldown perks and random item stats have been reduced in effectiveness as they were too powerful relative to other options.
• "Undying Wisdom" and "Quick Wits" perks now reduce cooldowns by 10% (was 15%)
• Random item statistics now reduce or increase cooldowns by 5% (was 10%)

Bugs
• Fixed multiple bugs with Siege Mode objectives not displaying correctly.
• Fixed a corpse in Sommerdamm that was preventing damage from grenades and other AOE effects
• Fixed Deceiver's default armor not properly using APEX cloth
• Fixed a bug with Deceiver's silhouette outline interacting poorly with Backstab
• Fixed a bug preventing Sentinels from flying for half a second after vaulting over a wall or obstacle

Party System
• Disabled Party Server deployed on August 4 while we investigate issues with it. We have reverted to the previous Party System

Boosters
• Fixed Bug that prevented Boosters from being equipped correctly, which also kept players from receiving the correct XP and Gold bonuses when using that Booster

Hunter Class
• Grenade damage reduced to 500 (was 550), radius reduced to 525 (was 600)
• Sticky Grenade damage reduced to 450 (was 500)

User Interface
• Message of the Day will only be shown as "Unread" if had not been viewed previously
• Fixed a bug that resulted in Tooltips sometimes displaying off-screen
• Fixed a bug that caused the Chat box to get stuck

Optimization
• "Low" Details setting now disables video settings more aggressively for better performance gains
• The Fane has received an optimization pass for users on "Low" and "Medium" Detail settings
• Video Settings may reset as a result of these canges, our apologies for the inconvinience

Options
• Fixed a bug that kept FOV and Max FPS Settings from saving​
• For advanced users until UI Support is added:
  • ​Exposed "bOneFrameThreadLag" setting in BCMPUserProfile.ini
  • ​​Exposed "bUseMouseSmoothing" setting in BCMPUserProfile.ini
  • ​​Exposed "bSmoothFramerate" setting in BCMPUserProfile.ini​



Miscellaneous Bug Fixes
• Vampire Melee sounds no longer get too loud
• User Status is now only checked once when the game boots to verify access to the Beta. This should fix or reduce problems that players have seen with "Failed to Retrieve User Status" errors​



Known Issues
We are still urgently looking into the following issues left over from the Nosgoth Free Weekend event:
• "Ghost" players creating 4v3 games
• "No Servers Available" matchmaking errors when the servers are actually up
• Some players getting random or consistent server disconnects
• Some players inability to connect to the Online Suite
• Matches not starting when the Lobby appears full

Party System
• Fix for joining a party while already in a game and failing to connect to the host's lobby
• Fix for party clients not properly exiting the party when closing the application via Windows "exit" button or Alt+F4
• Your party will now appear on the persistent bottom bar next to your own player icon rather than in the PLAY tab.

Reaver
Leap Attack
• Adjusted damage values, now deals 225-375 damage (was 200-350)

Sentinel
Dive Bomb
• Motion Blur effect now correctly disables when Motion Blur is turned off in the Video Options.

Deceiver
Shroud
• Reduced Deceiver's visibility with the new visual FX.
• Can now cancel early by melee attacking.

Loadouts
• Fixed an issue causing saved Loadouts to be erased

Intermission
• Match intermission time increased to 45 seconds, was 30
• End-of-game UI duration reduced to 20 seconds, was 30

​Radial Blur Effects
• Last update, many abilities with "radial blur" effects, like Grenade explosions, were adjusted. Based on feedback, we have auto-disabled the blur components of these effects. You can turn them back on again if you set the when the "Motion Blur" option to "On" in the"Video" settings

​Patch Sizes
• This is another large patch -- we are aware that this isn't ideal and have a solution to reduce patch sizes in place, please bear with us on this one. We are definitely working to limit the number of large patches being sent out.

User Interface
Interface Update
- The Frontend UI has been overhauled for a cleaner, more functional experience.
- Please report any severe bugs on the forum!

Store
- New, more space efficient display for better browsing
- Weapons and Skins can now be previewed in 3D by clicking on the "Eye" icon for eligible items
- Sales are now supported and will begin appearing soon!

Armory
- 3D preview is now the default view and will show your current loadout, including equipped weapons and skins.
- Rewards for Class Leveling now shown on Class Info page.

Party System Beta Test
New Party Server
- We are rolling out the first pass at our new Party system backend.
- This replaces the existing Party backend with a faster, more reliable system that should make partying up a much smoother experience.
- This is a public BETA of the system and THERE ARE BUGS! Please report issues you encounter on the forum, and see the known issues list below. We intend to rapidly hotfix major problems with this system.

Party Balancing
- In significantly unbalanced matches, player parties will now be split up amongst teams to achieve a better balance. This will only happen if the average rank of one team is at least 10 ranks higher than that of their opponents, and will typically only affect larger parties (3-4 people). You will be notified in lobby chat when this occurs.
- Parties will still be kept together in all other circumstances. You will not be split up against evenly matched opponents.

Matchmaking and Team Balancing
Team Deathmatch Level Requirement
- The primary "Team Deathmatch" Playlist now requires Rank 3 to queue up for. New players must play in "New Recruit" until they achieve that rank.

Matchmaking Tweaks
- While the full overhaul to Matchmaking is not ready yet, we have made a few small changes to place more emphasis on finding a match of players close to your Rank.
- Intermission time between matches has been reduced to 30 seconds from 60.

|The Fane
Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue preventing some abilities and other actions like Execution from functioning correctly inside the center of the map
- Fixed miscellaneous collision issues

Deceiver
Infect
- Reduced impact damage to 205 (was 225) and DoT damage to 200 (was 250)

Shroud
- Shroud is now more visible than before to enemies

Reaver
Sweeping Kick
- Damage increased to 400 (was 375)
- Now pushes enemies backwards while they stumble
- Cooldown reduced to 8 seconds (was 10)

Leap Attack
- Damage reduced to 200-350 (was 225-422)

Tyrant
Charge, Marathon
- Tyrant now has a latent telekinetic "shield" effect while charging to indicate that he will deflect incoming projectiles like Bolas while Charging.

Prophet
Eldritch Guard
- Cooldown increased to 20 seconds (was 15)
- Duration reduced to 8 seconds (was 10)
- Shield reduced to 325 (was 350)
- Fixed a bug causing the tooltip to show 0 Shield Amount.

Known Issues
- Infrequently, the host of a party may not see the invited player in their party list in the UI.
- If two players quit an active game and form a party, the party host can matchmake successfully but the client may encounter difficulties.
- Closing Nosgoth via Windows (or alt-F4, etc.) while in a party may cause adverse effects. For now, as long as you quit via the in-game Exit prompts, you will correctly leave your party.

General
- Fixed images not appearing in the Menu / Store

Prophet
Eldritch Guard
- Prophet's Eldritch Guard ability will no longer block Stuns and Knockdowns (this was unintended)

Hex Shot
- Prophet's Hex Shot ability effects now fade more quickly from targets to address an issue where users would see an enemy start a melee attack while the Hex visuals still appeared active.

The Fane
• Added the new map, the Fane! Explore the depths of an undisturbed city of the Razielim.
• For this initial release, it only supports New Recruit and Team Deathmatch playlists.

Prophet
New Ability - Eldritch Guard
• Cast a protective shield on a teammate that absorbs 350 damage before breaking

Deceiver
New Ability - Infect
• Slash at nearby foes to infect them with a plague that will spread to nearby humans and deal damage over time

Reaver
Shadow Bomb
• Halved previous update’s Throw velocity nerf

Choking Haze
• Halved previous update’s Throw velocity nerf

Evolved Dumahim Skin
• Brightened Evolved Dumahim skin to improve visibility of Reavers with this skin equipped

General
- Twitch.tv integration is now live! This is a work in progress feature, and will be improved and optimised further in future updates.

Deceiver
- Melee damage increased to 205 (was 200)

Backstab
- Base damage reduced to 275 (was 300), backstab damage increased to 550 (was 510)
- Reworked attack animation to improve hit detection

Disguise
- Fade time reduced to 1.0 sec, was 1.25 sec
- While disguised, humans will no longer see hit markers when shooting you
- While disguised, you will no longer play take hit animations when taking damage

Illusions
- Illusion max health increased to 25% of Deceiver’s health (was 20%)

Phase
- Renamed to “Shroud”

Reaver
- Melee damage reduced to 180 (was 185)
- Base health reduced to 1000 (was 1050)

Shadow Bomb
- Throw velocity reduced by 25% to limit maximum bomb range

Choking Haze
- Throw velocity reduced by 25% to limit maximum bomb range

Prophet
Banish Shot
- Replaced with “Hex Shot”
- Fires a projectile instead of an instant hit beam, so cannot snipe with it anymore
- Interrupts attacks and abilities such as Pounce, Kidnap, etc. but does not cancel flight or other movement
- Victims are slowed by 50%, but can dodge roll and climb walls
- Cooldown is now 15 seconds (was 20)

Vampires
- Execution can no longer be cancelled after you have fed on your victim

Human Weapon Recoil
- Ironsights recoil reduction increased to 30% (was 25%)
- Recoil on Prophet Pistols, Hunter Crossbows, and Scout Bows reduced slightly

Tyrant
- Adjusting scaling of fall / impact damage when using the Throw ability

Sentinel
- Air dodging no longer cancels any of your existing flight momentum

Tutorial
- Invert Look prompt has been clarified to be less confusing
- Human dodge tutorial adjusted so you are not attacked until you press Dodge
- Vampire Evasion tutorial adjusted so you aren’t shot at until you press Evasion

Maps
- Sommerdamm optimization pass to hopefully reduce framerate issues on lower spec machines

Boosters
- Boosters will now only begin their expiration timer when they are equipped for the first time

UI
- The prompt for linking your Square Enix Members account will now only show once each time you run the game
- Users who have submitted an email to link their Square Enix Members account will not be forced to re-enter their email, but instead reminded to complete the process sent to their email address.

Bugs
- Resolved an issue with Loadouts not saving correctly

Tutorial
- A basic Tutorial has been added that teaches players the basics of both human and vampire gameplay. It can be accessed via the "TUTORIAL" button on the main menu.

Voice Chat
- Complete rewrite of voice chat systems to improve quality and consistency

Hunter
Whip
- Range increased

Prophet
Skins
- Prophet skins are now available in the store!

Pistols
- Damage reduced by another 5%

Draining Curse
- Activates 20% faster
- Damage increased to 90/sec-180/sec

Disabling Curse
- Activates 20% faster

Life Leech
- Increased cast time before ability fires
- Damage reduced back to 200, healing kept at 200
- Reduced maximum range ability can hit a target at
- Further reduced aim assistance

Human Weapon Balancing
Recoil
- Addressed an inconsistency with how recoil was handled across human weapons. Some weapons were receiving recoil correction (Scout Bows, Alchemist Cannons, Prophet Pistols) and others were not (Hunter Crossbows). This was making the Prophet’s Pistols in particular too easy to use from afar as they were compensating for most of their own recoil between shots. Recoil compensation has been disabled for Scout Bows and Prophet Pistols. It is still enabled for the Alchemist as her weapon is designed around a brief kick but not sustained recoil, but this can be revisited later if necessary.
- Vertical recoil (upwards “kick” when weapon is fired) has been increased on Scout Bows and Prophet

Pistols
- Horizontal recoil (left or right “kick” when weapon is fired) has been increased on Prophet Pistols
- Recoil reduction from ironsights is now 25%, was 50%. Hunter Crossbow recoil no longer increases as quickly to compensate. In general we don’t want ironsights/scoping to be required to aim successfully, and would prefer more consistent recoil between targeting modes with more freedom for player movement out of ironsights.

Clip Sizes
- In an effort to address ongoing win rate deficit for human teams, many human weapons have received slight increases to clip size or reload speed to increase effectiveness without buffing raw DPS numbers, which could break high level play.
- Hunter Crossbow clip sizes restored to pre-nerf values
- Alchemist Launcher reload times reduced across the board
- Prophet Pistol clip sizes increased slightly

Humans
- Reduced fall damage from non-Kidnap/Abduct related falls