Test Server Update - 11/27/2019

Episode 36: Metal Part II (PC TEST ONLY)

Open World: Thanagar

• Cult of the Seven Devils has changed the color of their home uniforms.

2 Player
Metal Prt. II: Batscape

• Updated the location of the final boss' heal barrel so it's less likely to be inadvertently destroyed.
• Reduced the number of Dark Knights that players need to find in the Batcave from 3 to 2.
• Additional steps being taken to try and make sure there are no missing actors in the cinematics.
• If both players have completed the Batscape Duo, they'll be presented with a couple of opportunities to skip certain cinematics.

• Players will be able to skip the cinematic cam in the Oblivion Bar and a few of the cinematic in Crime Alley.
• On-screen instructions will appear if both players meet the condition to skip the cinematics, and the cameras will be skipped only if both players opt-in to skip them.
• In Crime Alley, the optional interactions will show up near the entrance but will affect cinematic cameras in that region.

• Tuned the difficulty of all of the Event mode boss fights to be a little easier, and made slight adjustments to the Normal mode boss fight in Batcave to be a tad more challenging.

4 Player
Metal Prt. II: Damage Control

• Living Metal mind control now takes less damage to remove in Normal Mode and even less damage in Event Mode.
• Fixed an issue with there being too much knockback with the Drowned .
• The Drowned's laser beam will now hit more consistently.
• Living Metals move faster in Normal Mode.
• Taurus Guardians now do damage in Normal Mode when they charge.
• Added a Tell to the Dead Water projectile attacks.

8 Player
Metal Prt. II: The Phoenix Cannon

• Dawnbreaker will fight in the early phases of the Dark Knights fight.
• The Drowned will no longer become unattackable in the middle of the fight.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the Dark Energy Tether beam from appearing.
• Reduced the frequency of Dark Energy Tether.
• The ring FX for Dawnbreaker's Dark Contruct Eruption should be more visible and appear much more reliably.
• Dawnbreakers orbital strike uses a different sound effect from player versions.
• Dawnbreaker's orbital strike should no longer target anyone protected by the ring FX from his Dark Contruct Eruption.
• Dark Knights should no longer get stuck on the consoles in their fight area.
• Speed Force Corruption has an arrow FX similar to Dark Energy Snare. In both cases, the idea is to move away from teammates.
• Reduced the frequency and number of stuns used by Dark Knights.
• Improved the visibility of Speed Force Vortex.
• Polished the security room encounter.

Metal Prt. II: Into the Dark Multiverse

• Fixed an issue where the puzzle encounter would break if players wiped previously.
• Fixed an issue where too many adds spawned in the pocket dimension.
• Teleporters into the boss battle will stay open for event mode.

Other Changes:

• Raid bosses now offer Pristine Thanagarian Exobytes as choice loot.

Powers:

• Fixed issue where Water's Torrent damage was not updated with recent Finisher buffs.

Artifacts:

• Reduced the overall damage increase of Gem of Horus by 10%.
• Increased the Power over Time aspect of Strategist Card by 33%