Downfall MMORPG news & patch notes

• Added new endgame armor sets for both factions:

  • Coalition: Arclight armor (Light / Medium / Heavy)

  • Lumen: Demon Hunter armor (Light / Medium / Heavy)

• Fetch skill now also affects characters on a mount

• Fixed a bug with the Auction House not displaying items from certain categories

• Fixed a bug where it was not possible to accept a new daily quest at certain times

• Fixed a bug where bounties occasionally did not get removed from the list after completion

• Various minor bugfixes

• Implemented a friends list

• Fixed a bug with the guild UI not showing levels and online status correctly

• Bosses now have an increased resistance to sleep effects

• Changed Demon Lord's skillset

• Increased Vexomorph Queen's movement speed

• Increased the damage and reduced cooldown of Artillery Strike skill

• New players now start with 100 Arrows or Bullets depending on their faction

• Minor changes to the tutorial messages

• Fixed a bug with trap explosions triggering repeatedly

• Various minor bugfixes

• Implemented a Gathering mechanic into the game

• Added four tiers of crystals across different maps to be mined

• Scout NPC in the HQ has been changed to the Prospector

• Prospector NPC gives a daily gather quest. Bring him crystals to receive a daily reward of gold, experience, faction points and even Premium Store tokens!

• Both faction's HQ and Outpost maps now contain a randomly spawning Mimic miniboss. Find and kill it to receive Upgrader loot boxes.

• Premium Store now has Teleporter Scrolls directly to Demon Lord and Vexomorph Queen spawn locations

• Increased the effectiveness of Athleticism attribute

• Fixed a bug with the equipment preview window occasionally showing another player

• A message is now displayed in chat when attempting to summon a pet or mount that has 0 health

• Various smaller bugfixes

• Implemented the Auction House, allowing you to list items for sale asynchronously

• Added Auctioneer NPC to both HQs and Outposts to access the Auction House

• Added the following NPCs to both faction’s Outposts:

  • Bounty Board / Bounty Terminal

  • Smith / Specialist

  • Mercenary

• Most Premium Store items can now be traded and auctioned

• Fixed a bug where the range of certain projectile skills could be increased by changing targets

• Minor fixes and translation corrections

• Stealth and Camouflage cooldowns reduced to 10s
• Hunters can now cast self buffs while stealthed
• Ranger's Precision and Rush buffs can now be cast while moving
• Added back the 20% stun chance to Precise Shot skill
• Fixed a bug with scrolling the leaderboard. The leaderboard is limited to the top 20 players in each faction.

• Added an upgraded Combat Mech for level 50 Drivers.

• Improved Combat Mech movement and targeting logic.

• Charmed monsters now attack the target proactively when the owner attacks.

• Introduced an anti-heal mechanic to the game, applied by certain skills (see "Balance changes" below). Anti-heal reduces the effectiveness of healing abilities and potions by 80%.

• Mercenary NPC now displays the faction point leaderboard for each faction.

• Fixed a bug allowing to equip another faction's equipment.

• Fixed a bug with not being able to terminate your guild.

• Various smaller bugfixes.

Balance changes:

• Battle Tech's Return ability has been replaced with Cripple. Cripple applies anti-heal.

• Bow's Precise Shot ability no longer has a possibility to stun. Instead, it now applies anti-heal.

• Artillery Strike ability has been reworked. It now has three upgrade levels, providing increased damage with each level. Cooldown has also been increased.

• Stealth and Camouflage ability cooldowns have been increased and duration reduced.

• Fixed a bug with Robotics Lab monsters not properly shooting projectiles
• Changed Slother level from 21 to 17 and adjusted stats accordingly
• Changed Xoruit level from 17 to 21 and adjusted stats accordingly
• The damage over time component of Fire Arrow and Poison Round now properly scale with skill level
• Server performance improvements

• Added background music to each map.

• Added sound effects for various events, such as level ups and task completions.

• Optimized performance when the chat window is open.

• Camera can now be rotated using Q and E keys.

• Added a fast sell functionality when trading by holding shift and clicking on the item.

• Added a second hotbar for additional skills and items.

• Reset Potion now also resets all skill levels.

• Class change now also resets skill levels.

• Sleep ability now works also for PvP.

• Victory buff from destroying the opposing Power Crystal is now applied to all players on the winning faction.

• Victory buff duration has been reduced to 2 hours.

• Increased Epic Quality Upgrader success rates up to +10.

• Fixed a bug with Burst Fire ability's bullets not showing.

• Various smaller bugfixes.

Balance changes:

• Hacker class is now Expert at the Axes attribute.

• Battle Tech class is now Expert at the Short blades attribute.

• Battle Tech's Reconstruct ability cooldown increased to 6s.

• Machine Gunner class is now Expert at the Medium armor attribute.

• Machine Gunner class is now Proficient at the Heavy armor attribute.

• Machine Gunner's Overdrive ability now also increases damage dealt by 10%.

• Reduced the cooldown of Burst Fire ability.