Super MNC: Okay TDOT, something actually happened.

TheySlashThem

It's the rules versus changes you've all been waiting for and it starts right... NOW!

This week we took a lot of the feedback about the early game to heart. We're looking at making the early game a little more frantic by slightly reducing the base health of all Pros and moving that health into the defensive passive. This change is intended to make players slightly more squishy but players can make up for the base health loss by choosing the defensive passive skill early on. We've also increased the lethality of all Pros versus bots to help increase that intended feeling of power. In other words, stuff blows up more!

The other big changes are content inside and outside the game. You can now spawn Black Jacks, Bouncers and Jackbots for your team at new locations in both maps. What better way to look good spawning new minions than with two new uniforms and a new taunt? As usual, feel free to leave feedback on our forums and enjoy this week's rule changes!

New Rules
New Free Pro Rotation: Gunslinger, Assault, Gunner, Wascot, Support
Added more descriptive and colorized text for Annihilator usage, kills, turret kills, bot kill streaks, multikills and kill streaks.
Pressing ESC will now cancel out of a taunt preview.
Added the ability to set a default custom class for a Pro. Selecting that pro in the class chooser will automatically use the custom class.
Adjusted bot path and turret icons in the HUD.
Adjusted scoll bars so that it is more noticeable that you can scroll.
Adjusted the size of the class chooser to see more Pros.
Defensive Passive: Health Bonus: 100/200/300 -> 170/270/370
Mouse Smoothing now disabled by default.
Bot Rating: All Pros (level 1/15): 100/300 -> 100/200

Bullet Gorge Arena
Continued art revisions.
Added player-purchased Black Jack, Bouncer and Jackbot spawners.

LocoMoco Arena
Added player-purchased Black Jack, Bouncer and Jackbot spawners.

Bots
Removed all bot health increases based on game duration
Slim: Damage: 20 -> 18
Slim: Health: 100 -> 90
Slim: Speed: 415 -> 455
Shady: Damage: 30 -> 27
Shady: Health: 3000 -> 2700
Shady: Speed: 420 -> 460
Black Jack: Damage: 36-> 40
Black Jack: Health: 3000 -> 2700
Black Jack: Speed: 700 -> 770
Bouncer: Damage: 500 -> 250
Bouncer: Health: 7500 -> 7750
Bouncer: Speed: 700 -> 770
Bouncer: Grapple Damage: 750 -> 680
Scrambler: Health: 2000 -> 1800
Scrambler: Speed: 420 -> 460
Gremlin: Health: 500 -> 450
Gremlin: Speed: 700 -> 770
Jackbot: Health: 30000 -> 27000
Fujibot: Damage: 150 -> 135
Fujibot: Health: 12000 -> 10800
Fujibot: Speed: 425 -> 460

Assassin
Base Health: 825 -> 755

Assault
Base Health: 1000 -> 915

Captain Spark
Base Health: 840 -> 770

Cheston
Base Health: 1425 -> 1305
Banana: Updated slip animation.
New Uniform: Hippy

Combat Girl
Base Health: 1000 -> 915
"Humble Rumble" Taunt: Fixed her left pigtail from moving oddly.
Combat Healer: Fixed healing giving money but not contributing to the player's XP.
Combat Healer: Money Per Heal Pulse: 0.1 -> 0.25
Combat Kitties: Increased early game effectiveness vs bots

Gunner
Base Health: 1425 -> 1305
Deploy: Now speeds up reloading while deployed.
Ground Slam: Pancake kills are now called out and rewarded with a bonus.
Mortar: Fire Interval: 1.5 -> 1
Mortar: Damage: 65 -> 50

Gunslinger
Base Health: 770 -> 705
New Taunt: "Line Dance"
Lucinda: Damage: 35 -> 40
Lucinda: Head Shot Multiplier: 4.5 -> 4

Karl
Base Health: 1000 -> 915

Sniper
Base Health: 750 -> 680
Sniper Rifle: Damage: 41 -> 50
Sniper Rifle: Ammo: 8 -> 4
Sniper Rifle: Headshot Multiplier: 4.5 -> 4
SMG: Damage: 18 -> 16

Support
Base Health: 1000 -> 915
Heal/Hurt Gun: Fixed healing giving money but not contributing to the player's XP.
Heal/Hurt Gun: Money per heal pulse: 0.5 -> 1
Firebase: Base Health (Skill Level 1/2/3/4): 1120/1180/1365/1610 -> 1230/1300/1370/1480
Firebase: Increased early game effectiveness vs bots

Tank
Base Health: 1690 -> 1550

Veteran
Base Health: 1690 -> 1550
Death Bell Taunt: Fixed missing description.
Action Hero Taunt: Adjusted Veteran's walk
New Uniform: Fairy Tale

Wascot
Base Health: 840 -> 770

Bug Fixes
Fixed a few skills that would be refreshed when the player respawned when they shouldn't be.
Fixed a few rare cases that caused grapples to be misaligned.
Fixed taunts not properly cancelling when the player taunting is stunned, knocked back or grappled.
Fixed a few more issues with jump pad 'dead' areas.
Fixed a handful of typos in skills and bios.
Fixed an instance of being locked out from choosing a Pro if someone else locked the pro you currently had selected.

Shabooty

hasn't gone live yet, though

Uriel

Sweet support changes.

Even the health nerf.

I feel he is a little too hard to kill.

What Endos should I buy for him?

TheySlashThem

looks pretty live to me

FirmSkater

TDOT just owned me

Also unless I just couldn't find the right buttons to spawn the different bots - that patch isn't live yet

Buttlord

How do I get a beta if I'm signed up already

TheySlashThem

Buttlord wrote:

How do I get a beta if I'm signed up already

if you've signed up you wait for them to email you a steam key

it might take some time, they tend to send those things out in batches

FirmSkater

Once you sign up you will get an email with the Steam activation code.

TheySlashThem

FirmSkater wrote:

TDOT just owned me

Also unless I just couldn't find the right buttons to spawn the different bots - that patch isn't live yet

yeah, it's not live yet, my bad

wonder why

Buttlord

Oh shit I got it already and was bein a dumb

TheySlashThem

I'd call you a mean name

but you're already buttlord

how the hell does one top that

Buttlord

Buttlord's not a mean name

It's a title

Passed down for generations from one lord of the butts to another

FirmSkater

Game is patching right now

TheySlashThem

oh good

I'm itching to try out those new bot spawns

FirmSkater

That was a huge patch. I downloaded a full gig of something

Gonna check it out tomorrow

TheySlashThem

first impressions of new bot spawns: :^:

TheySlashThem

god I hope matchmaking gets improved

I ran into an enemy assassin whose name I recognized for making youtubes of himself playing assassin since the original MNC

mostly consisting of stomping on random pubbers

he killed me like nineteen times, usually as soon as I walked out of spawn

and then a teammate mocked another teammate and I for being feeders

Antimatter

ThatDudeOverThere wrote:

and then a teammate mocked another teammate and I for being feeders

okay so the exact same community that got me to quit LoL exists here and presumably in every DOTA style game okay

Uriel

There was some assassin in the enemy team my last match called Sora-link or something like that that kept stomping me, and all he did was bunny hop and roll around so none of us could do any damage to him. He only died like 3 times and got like 20 kills of me and my team mates.

Ginger Mijango

Steam just told me i have 2 copies of this to gift, who wants?
Edit: Gone.

TheySlashThem

that's odd

TheySlashThem

@Antimatter sort of

it's also drawing in a lot of shooter fans

and after something like fifty games I've only run into that buttholish sort of nonsense twice

Mr. G

It's not odd

They just gave everyone 2 giftable copies

Antimatter

ThatDudeOverThere wrote:

@Antimatter sort of

it's also drawing in a lot of shooter fans

and after something like fifty games I've only run into that buttholish sort of nonsense twice

hrmph

MrMonroe

Ginger Mijango wrote: »

Steam just told me i have 2 copies of this to gift, who wants?

of the new one?

hook me up, they haven't put me in the beta yet

http://steamcommunity.com/id/BillMonroe

TheySlashThem

Mr. G wrote:

It's not odd

They just gave everyone 2 giftable copies

it's odd because I haven't gotten them!

MrMonroe

bitchin'

thanks, Ginger!

Ginger Mijango

I just got like 4 kills with one activation of the annihilator. We were getting stomped pretty hard to begin with, then we managed to get the Annihilator 3 out of the 4 times it was activated.

We won.
I think the Gunner feels kinda about the same as he was in MNC.

Mr. G

ThatDudeOverThere wrote:

Mr. G wrote:

It's not odd

They just gave everyone 2 giftable copies

it's odd because I haven't gotten them!

Restart Steam if you haven't gotten them yet

WeedLordVegeta

I would like a copy of this, yes

TheySlashThem

Mr. G wrote:

ThatDudeOverThere wrote:

Mr. G wrote:

It's not odd

They just gave everyone 2 giftable copies

it's odd because I haven't gotten them!

Restart Steam if you haven't gotten them yet

okay there they are

who wants them?

WeedLordVegeta

Woah, ginger

woah! Thanks, dude!

Stinge

Just got the email today, gonna check it out tomorrow. I'm Scruffinat0r on Steam, I'm already in the group listed earlier in the thread.

Gonna check the game out tomorrow, looks awesome.

MrMonroe

interesting game

the bots have a lot more health these days

also they found a way of making assassins even more annoying somehow

mostly by making them able to leap through walls and ceilings with their special ability

any time they're in trouble at all they just magically disappear

FirmSkater

MrMonroe wrote:

interesting game

the bots have a lot more health these days

also they found a way of making assassins even more annoying somehow

mostly by making them able to leap through walls and ceilings with their special ability

any time they're in trouble at all they just magically disappear

As a captain spark kind of guy this is 100% true. I usually try to kill someone, and if I drop to ~50% health I just pop through a wall/ceiling/floor and tumble away

Caulk Bite 6

so, I just got two giftable copies of this. who wants them?

psyck0

Could I get one please? Steam account is in my sig. I enjoyed MNC although it could be a bit bullshit at times. I am doubtful that this game will be for me (not a fan of the MOBA genre) but it's worth a shot.

Caulk Bite 6

friend invite is out.

psyck0

Thanks!

Ginger Mijango

I have had the shittiest teams playing this today.
From the game where we started with only 3 people because 2 left at exactly 0 on the countdown to start, to the one where only me and the support were defending the annihilator from the entire enemy team because our other 3 teammates were morons.