Tribes 3: Rivals/Patches/v0.1.3.1

TRIBES 3: Rivals Playtest #3 - Patch Notes

TRIBES 3: Rivals | 12.14.2023 | Prophecy Games

LOADOUTS

• Heavy Class
  • Max health decreased to 2500.
• Weapons
  • BTX1 Moved to the Heavy Loadout
    • Damage increased from 250 to 350
  • Added a Light Chaingun
  • Chaingun moved to the Medium Loadout with reduced damage
  • Added the Stormslicer to the Heavy Loadout. The Stormslicer is a weapon similar to the chaingun with a slower rate of fire.
  • Removed Heavy Honorfusor
  • Increased the interval between Gladiator explosions to improve area denial
  • Grenade launcher
    • Reduced damage and explosion radius by 10% each.
• Packs and Grenades
  • Shield pack now also increases mass by 50% while active.
• Perks
  • Removed the Egocentric Perk
  • Removed Banner Breaker
  • Survivalist
    • Health Nuggets heal the player to full over 10 seconds instead of instant.
  • Reach renamed to Flag Capper
    • Removes the additional air resistance and speed cap reduction while carrying the flag.
    • Flag pickup range increased.
  • Rage renamed to Flag Chaser
    • Rage no longer requires the player to be within a certain distance of the enemy flag capper to activate.
    • Energy auto regens 20%.
    • Deals an additional 20% damage to enemy flag holders.
    • The perk cannot be used while the owning player has the flag.
  • Super Heavy renamed to Banner Guard.
    • Now adds health and ammo regen after a 10s delay of not being damage
    • Only active within 20 meters of your team’s flag stand
  • Infiltrator
    • Your player marker no longer shows on the minimap
    • You cannot be targeted by base turrets
    • You deal additional damage to base generators

GAMEPLAY

• Movement
  • Addressed a number of issues related to falling off steep hills while skiing or initiating a ski.
  • Tuned the physics to be more reactive to gravity.
  • Made various tweaks and adjustments to overall physics based on testing feedback.
  • Created a new keybind “Jump Without Jetpacking” for those that want to jump independently from igniting the jetpack.
• Time Trial Mode
  • New single player mode! Ski through hoops and try to get the best time through the course
    • Recall instantly sets you back to the start and reset your time.
    • Kill bots for a time bonus.
• General
  • Added in Party Voice Chat
  • Player reporting moved to the scoreboard screen.
  • Ability packs are blocked while holding the flag.
  • Players holding the flag cannot use Team Portals.
  • Players holding the flag can no longer pick up Health Nuggets.
  • Players holding the flag have increased air resistance and their max speed is decreased.
  • Standoff timer no longer activates if the match is in Overtime.
  • New bindings added for regular jump and jet.
  • Health Nuggets now heal over a 10 second timer instead of instant.

MAPS

• New large map added: Wavemist.
• Spawn room improvements.

FIXES

• Fixed an issue where players would sometimes get red Fresnels stuck on.
• Fixed an issue where weapon swapping would be blocked after throwing a grenade.
• Fixed an issue where some HUD elements would not be anchored properly.
• Fixed an issue where AOE damage would not correctly damage players.
• Fixed an issue where the Flag icon would incorrectly overlap with the player if the Flag was picked up while in view.
• Fixed an issue where the Repair Tool laser distance was incorrect.
• Fixed an issue where the Radar collision was incorrect.
• Fixed an issue where the player’s shadow was still visible while in Stealth.
• Fixed an issue where pings would not properly clear after dying or recalling.

Known Issues

• Some FX sometimes stretch in front of the player.
• Cannot fire chaingun in Time Trial mode.