HARDCORE UPDATE 218787

A new update is available now for Remnant: From the Ashes! This update includes a new game mode, communication wheel, quality of life improvements, and more. Read up on the changes!

Build Number: 218787

NEW CONTENT
New Mode: Added Hardcore Mode (permadeath) option
New Feature: Added Communications / Ping / Emote System
New Rewards: Added 6 new account-bound items (rewards for Hardcore Mode achievements)
New Rewards: Added Emotes (3 base emotes, additional Emotes as gameplay rewards)
DEVELOPER COMMENT: To give players a new way to play, we added a Hardcore Mode (permadeath) option. This requires the creation of a new character and allows you to play the game on Story or Adventure Mode on any difficulty with the caveat of permadeath (die once, GG!). In multiplayer, the team does not die until everyone is knocked down. This means that even if only one person is alive, they can revive the entire team at a World Stone. We also added a few rewards for beating biomes (and the game) on Hardcore. GOOD LUCK!

Additionally, we created a new Communications system. This is the initial implementation and will only get better over time. The goal is to allow players to more-easily communicate with each-other when the tried-and-true "crouch a lot" method just won't do. You can now request either Ammo Type, point in a direction, request help, request a return to a World Stone, Request Rest at Stone or Return to Town, and play emotes! Don't forget to play the game to unlock more hidden emotes!!!

We look forward to your feedback so we can continue to make this feature even better.

QUALITY OF LIFE
Settings: Added the ability to hide helmet (Gameplay > Show Helmet)
Settings: Added the ability to hide Tutorial Prompts (Gameplay > Tutorial Prompts)
Character Creation: Added ability to skip tutorial
Gameplay: Changed Scope option to Double Tap + Hold RMB/L2 (to facilitate Comms wheel)
General: Added the ability to support account-bound items (including the new Hardcore and Emote rewards)
General: Added another character slot
General: Many tooltip descriptions have been updated for clarity and accuracy
DEVELOPER COMMENT: One of the most-requested features was “Hide Helmet”... so now you can! We also added the ability to disable tutorial prompts which is extremely helpful when making new characters or playing the new Hardcore Mode. In addition, you can completely skip the tutorial sequence.

Additionally, to best support the new communications wheel, we adjusted how Scoping works. This allows players on console to have a dedicated ping button which can be used while aiming. We found it to be a fair trade-off. Players on PC can re-bind the original scope functionality on a button should they so desire.

MATCHMAKING
General: Added public session browse
PS4: Fixed matchmaking for Power Level 20 players
PS4: Fixed "Session is Full" error

WEAPONS
General: Removed minimum crit range on all weapons
DEVELOPER COMMENT: We've decided to revert this change until we have a better solution for players using weapons intended for long range at closer ranges.

ARMOR
General: Many armor values adjusted (generally no greater than 1-2% up or down)
General: Increased the speed and recovery of Light, Medium, and Heavy Rolls
Elder: Increased healing effectiveness of Dragonheart vs NPCS by 100%
Elder: Increased Believer buff significantly (from 20% max to 35% max)
Osseous: Increased damage ramp-up speed
Osseous: Increased damage ramp-down delay (damage remains higher for longer)
Osseous: Decreased damage ramp-down speed
Void: Reduced Power Transfer time from 10s to 5s (regain damage buff faster)
Leto: Increased the overall resistances of Leto's for all elements and status
DEVELOPER COMMENT: We feel that most of the armors are in a good spot for different playstyles but we wanted to ensure that the focus of each primary damage-related armor is enhanced. While the effectiveness of Radiant has served as our baseline (and remains so) we've made a few tweaks to Elder, Osseous, and Void to give them a stronger unique identity.

MODS
Seed Caller: Increased base damage from 20 to 50
Seed Caller: Reduced power cost from 500 to 400
Beckon: Increased base damage from 15 to 40
Beckon: Reduced power cost from 500 to 350
Iron Sentinel: Increased base damage from 4 to 5
Iron Sentinel: Increased power cost from 600 to 750
Tentacle Shot: Removed soft-collision (to reduce blocking issues)
Tentacle Shot: Increased power cost from 350 to 400
DEVELOPER COMMENT: As promised, we've increased the overall effectiveness of the summoning playstyle. In addition to significant buff to Elder armor (from 20% to 35% max damage), we've also increased the base damage of 3 of the 4 core summons. We also removed the soft-collision on Tentacle Shot which allows enemies to get closer to them and take more hits overall.

ITEMS / TRAITS
General: Adjusted many Trait & Item values to better coincide with heavier reliance on items/armors
General: Fixed an issue with Shadow Walker Trait not activating properly
DEVELOPER COMMENT: Since our Trait system allows players to have all of the bonuses at end-game with no tradeoffs/choices, we are gradually reducing the massive gains from Traits and shifting more of the benefits towards items. The goal is to bring back more choice in your loadouts and allow Traits to be smaller boosts

MISC
Gave the Wasteland Goodboy a nice bath. He immediately proceeded to roll around in the dirt, and is just as happy as ever.

Please restart your game client to apply the update. Players will need to be on the same version to group up in multiplayer.

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