Quake Champions – Juni-Update: Bots, Gore-System und mehr

Für Quake Champions ist das große Juni-Update (Download via Steam: 12,9 GB) veröffentlicht worden. Es umfasst die erste Stufe der Bots (computergesteuerte Gegner), das neue Gore-System (Blut-und-Körperteile-System), eine Beta-Version des 3D-Soundsystems (HRTF), die Tri-Bolt-Funktionalität, viele Balance-Anpassungen und Performance-Optimierungen.

Added AI Opponents – “Bots Phase 1 ”

• Used in Training
• Fill in slots in Match Making during long queue times
• Fill in for players that leave matches, until a human can Join-In-Progress
• Bot Phase 1 focuses on movement, weapons, and standard game modes. Stay tuned for further information on Phase 2!

Added Gore System – “Gibs”

• Unique death animation sequences now occur based on the weapons used during frags

Added Free Champion Rotation

• Grants Free-to-Play players free access to one Champion on a weekly rotation

New Tri-Bolt Functionality

• Explosive bolts are now armed upon firing the weapon, not when the bolts make contact with their target, resulting in bolts now being able to explode mid-air creating an array of explosions around your enemy

New Vanity Weapon: Reconciler

• A strange, alien weapon of unknown origins. Its elegant design is a stark contrast to the destruction it brings

Updated Tutorial

• Bot Match Training
• Starting Challenges

Continuous Play Flow Updated

• After you have completed your Starting Challenges, we now auto-queue you after completing a match and create a lobby that you can choose to return to during the matchmaking process.

Added Quick Play Multi-Mode Playlists

• Solo & Team Playlists, vote for the mode within the Match Lobby.
• Voting now has 3 options: 2 selected game mode & match combinations, and one random option
• This change was made to further reduce matchmaking times and to improve skill matching conditions

User Experience

• Added Killer Cam – outline killer on Death Screen
• Added HP/AP of killer on Death Screen (for Unranked modes)
• Added Teammate Health & Armor Bars
• Added Active Ability HUD text for first and second stage abilities
• Added Disable Private Chat option in Game Settings
• Visual highlight for all pickups

Added 3D Positional Sound “[BETA] Stereo Headphones with HRTF” option in Audio Settings

• Must toggle while in the main menu, cannot while in match

Progression

• XP Curves have been updated to make leveling significantly easier
• XP boosters. These are known in-game as Haste Potions and give +50% XP bonus.
• Champions can now be purchased for Favor.
• All loot boxes have been updated (Backpacks, Chests, Reliquaries) and now use a new loot box drop system that gives developers more flexibility and has additional features such as reduced drop rates of Duplicates.
• Chests can now be purchased with Shards
• Armor and Weapon Skins can no longer be crafted with Shards
• Added XP/Favor boost for playing with PARTY

Store

• New Tri-bolt skin: Reconciler
• Additional Profile Icons
• Additional Nameplates
• Updated Peacemaker Rocket Launcher, red display screen has been added to the side of the gun
• Added support for Store & Welcome Screens Dynamic Image Loading
• The Spring Celebration has ended therefore all Spring Celebration content will no longer appear in backpacks, chests or reliquaries
• The Spring Celebration Vanity Bundle has been removed

Weitere Details findet ihr hier.