Secrets of the Machine God - OUT NOW - Pt.2

[FatsharkStrawHat]

Devoted Rejects,

You are now reading pt. 2 of the patch notes for Secrets of the Machine Gods.
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Additional Weapon Changes

• Atrox Mk VII Tactical Axe
  • Increased the range of the Light 2 and Light 3 attacks to be more in line with the Light 1 range, to avoid missing on the following attacks when chaining light attacks at the very edge of the weapon range.
  • Tweaked the hitbox of the Light 2 attack to be more aligned with the crosshair position.
• Duelling Sword Mk II
  • Aligned chain timing for the Heavy 2 attack to be equal when chained from every attack.
• Devil’s Claw Mk IV
  • Fixed the icon in the Inspect screen for the Light 3 attack to display the correct attack type (changed from Strikedown to Vanguard).
• Cadia Mk XIIIg Assault Chainsword
  • Changed the Heavy 3 attack to chain into Light 3 instead of Light 1 to allow for a Vanguard attack loop.
• Deimos Mk IV Blaze Force Sword
  • Fixed an issue where an incorrect push direction was used if an enemy survived the Heavy 2 attack. It will now correctly push enemies away from you, instead of sending them to the right.
• Autoguns
  • Lowered the amount of hits that do increased damage on a critical hit string:
    • Colmnus Mk V Autoguns from 4 to 3
    • Braced Autoguns from 3 to 2.
• Locke Mk IIb Spearhead Boltgun
  • Increased ammo reserve from 80 to 100.
• Obscurus Mk II Blaze Force Sword
  • Added a new Heavy Strikedown damage profile for the Heavy 1 attack that suits the actual attack better, including slightly better Weakspot / Critical Hit values.
    • First Target:
      • Damage increased from 100-200 to 150-350
      • Stagger increased from 4-8 to 7-15.
    • Second Target:
      • Damage reduced from 80-160 to 60-130.
• Maccabian Mk II Duelling Sword
  • Fixed a bug where the Heavy 1 attack dealt less damage than it was supposed to do.
• Fixed an issue causing melee weapons to get blood spatters when hitting inanimate damageable objects such as explosive barrels.

Talent and Blessing Tweaks

Dev Note: This is part of ongoing prep work we are carrying out for itemization as we rebalance existing weapon blessings. We are curious to collect player thoughts and feedback as we continue optimizing.

• ‘Brutal Momentum’ weapon blessing: Removed Ogryns as possible enemies whose Hit Mass can be ignored.

Dev Note: The ‘Brutal Momentum’ blessing paired with powerful Strikedown attacks (like the special activated attack on Ogryn folding shovels) led to possible one-hit kills on multiple stacked Ogryn-type enemies, like Crushers. This expanded too much out of the single target nature of those Strikedown attacks, and also made Strikedown weapons which did not have access to the blessing to feel comparatively less useful in situations where they should have excelled.

• ‘Run ‘n’ Gun’

  • Close Damage while sprinting: 10% → 12%.

• ‘Perfect Strike’

  • Now also grants 7.5% Crit Chance.

• ‘Surge’

  • Now also grants 5% Crit Chance.

• ‘Focused Channelling’

  • Now also removes 30% of Charging Movement Speed Penalties.

• ‘Blazing Spirit’

  • Tier 3:
    • Stacks Per Crit: 2 → 3
    • Max Stacks: 10 → 9.

• ‘Sunder’

  • Now also grants 20% Heavy Melee Damage.

• ‘Man-Stopper’

  • Now also grants 15% Bonus Impact.

• ‘Adhesive Charge’

  • Now also grants 15% Damage vs Ogryns and Monstrosities.

• ‘Infernus’

  • Tier 3:
    • Stacks per crit: 4 → 3
    • Max Stacks: 10 → 9.

• ‘Ceaseless Barrage’

  • Suppression Bonus: 20% → 10%
  • Damage vs Suppressed: 6% → 4%.

• ‘Blaze Away’

  • Power Level: 8% → 7%.

• ‘Point Blank’ weapon blessing: Fixed an issue where the blessing failed to trigger from kills with the primary weapon.

• ‘Take a Swing’ weapon blessing: Fixed an issue where the bonus weakspot damage failed to be added upon triggering the blessing.

Psyker

• Changed ‘Perfect Timing’ to trigger once per hit, instead of once per attack.

Ogryn

• Fixed an issue where the talent ‘Bullet Bravado’ failed to replenish toughness when shooting projectile-type weapons (e.g. Rumbler, Grenadier Gauntlet).
• Fixed an issue where the Close Range Damage bonus from the Ogryn ‘Thick of the Fray’ talent was applied also to damage from the primary melee weapon.
• Fixed an issue where stacks of the keystone talent ‘Feel No Pain’ would be removed incorrectly also when successfully blocking an attack, or when hit by friendly fire.
• Fixed an issue where the talent ‘Pacemaker’ could fail to be triggered.
• Fixed an issue where the talent ‘Crunch’ failed to be triggered if the talent ‘No Pushover’ was also selected.
• Fixed an issue where the Blitzes ‘Big Box of Hurt’/‘Bombs Away’ and ‘Big Friendly Rock’ would fail to instakill Poxbursters and special Mutants spawned from the related Maelstrom mutator.
• Increased the interval in between explosions of ‘Big Box of Hurt’ from (0.3 - 0.5) To (0.4 - 0.8).

Dev Note: This will reduce the overlap of the staggers, to allow for a slightly longer total Stagger Duration for those hit by the explosions.

Zealot

• ‘Punishment’
  • Impact per Stack: 30% → 5%. The ‘Uninterruptible’ bonus still remains the same.

Dev Note: A total of 150% Stagger left very little room for other bonuses such as ‘Hammer of Faith’ and various Weapon Blessings.

• ‘Chastise the Wicked’ and ‘Fury of the Faithful’
  • 100% Rending → 100% Melee Rending

Dev Note: This talent was always intended to emphasize the melee prowess of Zealots allowing them to charge up to enemies and devastating them with their melee attacks. This change is made to bring this talent back to its intended purpose.

Combat

• Bolt-type Explosions
  • Bolt-type explosions are now always the same size, no matter if they hit or kill.
  • Added additional damage to the explosion when killing an enemy.
  • Removed the VFX explosion effect on close range hits where the bolt does not have time to prime the explosive package.
• Fixed an issue where the visual targeting effect of the secondary attack of Trauma Force Staves was mismatched to the actual explosion radius.
• Fixed an issue where it was not possible to cancel into a block while starting an heavy attack with Force Swords.
• Updated reflector pattern and colour of weapon flashlights. There are now specific styles of flashlights used for Infantry Lasguns, Recon Lasguns, Infantry Autoguns, and the Shredder Autopistol, instead of all sharing the same.
• Fixed issue that could cause some players to be left behind when hogtied players were moved further ahead.
• Made improvements to placement of rescued hang ledged players to avoid them being placed on the wrong floor.
• Fixed an issue where players grabbed by a disabler enemy could fall through elevator floors once released.
• Fixed a multitude of hang ledges issues.
• Changed so that all player shots ignore body mass from other players.

Dev note: Before, only attacks from specific weapons were able to go through players, but now shots from every weapon should be able to.

Enemies

• Fixed a crash that could occur when dodging into enemies while performing a chain-weapon sawing attack.
• Fixed a case where enemies could appear burned also from non-burning effects.
• Fixed a case where the Pox Hound leap could fail if staggered during approach.
• Fixed Martyr’s skull doors being already opened by enemies.

Missions

Smelter Complex HL17-36:

• In the mid event enemies can now path to the platform above the elevator and can shoot from there.
• The end event now has a new stage where players turn valves to restart the smelter.
• Minor tweaks and adjustments to the end event area, added guardrails and covers for enemies.
• Tweaked the difficulty of the event spawning to provide a better challenge.
• Reduced camping scenarios by the extract door at the end event.
• Fixed enemies that could spawn inside the Martyr’s skull room.
• Re-worked the area after the airlock in The 'Fab to have a more organic game flow and in-world purpose.

Dev Note: With this change we wanted to show a bit more of the ongoing battle for Tertium and how it’s affecting pre-existing areas and structures.

• All corruptors in The Foundry will now be active from the start, allowing players to choose their approach. Additionally, we’ve made some performance improvements and art updates to the area.

Dev Note: We wanted to try adding some more agency to events, please let us know what you think of this more open approach.

Enclavum Baross:

• The mid event now has more spawn locations for enemies.
• The mid event now has power core spawners more spread out.
• The end event now has the lower part of the landing pad as an enterable area.
• The location for the batteries in the “Lower the Skylink” event section have been moved around, and additional variety to the enemy spawn locations has been added to the side spaces next to the control room.

Mercantile HL-70-04:

• Tweaks and adjustments to the end event layout.
• Added a drop leading into the end event area.

Dev note: The corridor leading to the end event funnelled enemies into a too easily defended chokepoint, and therefore was the de facto best area for players to fight in, ultimately turning most of the huge play space to be unused. This change will force players to enter the arena proper and engage straight on with enemies.

• Fixed an issue where enemies could spawn inside an unintended area of the penance puzzle.
• Fixed indestructible heretical icon.
• Fixed issues with the pickup spawning.

Consignment Yard HL17-36:

• Added more spawn locations and teleporters for enemies.
• Removed a hacking point on the balcony in the mid event and expanded the open space to add another hacking point there. Increased the amount of enemies spawned on the balcony and intensified the event.
• Increased the number of AA-guns that are needed to be destroyed in the end event and decreased the fortification time afterwards to compensate. Increased the overall intensity of the event.

Magistrati Oubliette TM8-707:

• Added more covers to allow more ranged combat to happen over the chasm before the mid event.
• Added more spawners and teleporters for enemies.
• Made it possible for enemies to shoot from above in mid event and increased the amount of places where they could drop down to make it harder for players to camp the spawns. Increased overall intensity of the event.
• Increased the amount of spawners and intensity of the end event.
• Added a lever in the Martyr’s skull puzzle area to prevent players to get softlocked.

Silo Cluster 18-66/a:

• Added more enemy spawners.
• Changed spawners and enemy pathing in the end event.
• Tweaks and adjustments to the geometry in the end event.
• Minor general tweaks to covers and hang ledges.

Ascension Riser 31:

• Minor tweaks to event enemy spawning and smoother level collisions to provide better player navigation.
• Fixed location where enemies could spawn and clip through a wall.
• Fixed an issue where players could land on top of an elevator and get stuck.

Excise Vault Spireside-13:

• Minor art and layout changes.
• Added an additional decode location in the mid event.

Chasm Logistratum:

• Moved the end event respawn beacon location.
• Tweaked geometry and covers, especially in the broken tunnel section for smoother player navigation.
• Removed a ladder at the end event and replaced it with crates.

Chasm Station HL-16-11:

• The end event traitor captain now spawns inside one of the two trains.

Power Matrix HL-17-36:

• Minor layout changes.
• Added a side walkway above the steel conveyors in The 'Fab to broaden the traversal options.

Dev Note: This area would often become a very tight and unforgiving corridor, the new side path connects it up in a way that should alleviate it and give a new one-way backtracking drop.

• Fixed a spot where players could end up floating mid air.

Refinery Delta-17:

• Fixed players not respawning at the mid event respawn beacon before its activation and completion.

Hab Dreyko:

• Minor tweaks and adjustments to level for smoother collisions and layout.
• Fixed an issue where Ogryn characters could pick up the Martyr skull without solving the puzzle.

Comms-Plex 154/2f:

• Tweaked the difficulty of the event spawning to provide a better challenge.

Vigil Station Oblivium:

• Added line of sight blockers to prevent snipers from shooting through walls in a specific location.
• Added more spawners and variety of enemy compositions in mid event.
• Reworked parts of the end event to make the gameplay space less filled with chokepoints. Increased the overall intensity.

Warren 6-19:

• Fixed an issue where enemies could potentially open the gate to the penance puzzle.

Relay Station TRS-150:

• Fixed places where players could find a way to get out of gameplay space.

Archivum Sycorax:

• Fixed walls that would not break when monstrosities broke through it.

VO and Audio

• Fixed an issue that caused “out of ammo” sounds to play every frame when trying to shoot automatic fire weapons without any ammo in reserve nor magazine.
• Added custom VO lines for Zealot Chorus of Spiritual Fortitude.
• Added more banter responses for female Veteran Cutthroat.
• Hestia may now be a mission handler for Enclavum Baross.
• Implemented male Zealot Fanatic killstreak responses.
• Added some new Mourningstar announcement VO.

HUD/UI

• Using the Tactical Overlay now blocks interactions in the Mourningstar.

Dev Note: This was done to avoid triggering other actions in the Mourningstar while browsing the tactical overlay.

• The Change Tactical Overlay Tab key can now be rebound.
• Fixed issues where the auspex would not aim directly towards some scan targets.
• Fixed an issue where the “Title Colour in The Mourningstar” and “Title Colour in Missions” options didn’t reset when selecting “Reset to default settings”.
• The locked emotes now show on all emote slots when looking at equipping them in the inventory.
• Fixed an issue where a player could sell the wrong weapon because a new weapon got selected after the confirmation timer started.

Cosmetics

• Voice modulation effects granted from a large amount of cosmetic headgears are now more noticeable than before.
• Added opacity dithering to hair, which will improve the overall quality of hair rendering.
• Fixed an issue where boots could clip with pants on multiple Zealot lower body cosmetics rewarded from Penances.
• Fixed an issue where the Veteran “Veteran’s Sentry Uniform” cosmetic upper body right hand was clipping through the glove.
• Fixed an issue where the arms would clip with the vest on the sides of the Ogryn “Hired Muscle Leathers (Sub-level 101)” upper body cosmetic.
• Fixed the Psyker “Scryer’s Mantle With Psykhana Collar” headgear cosmetic removing hair completely.
• Fixed an issue where ponytails would clip on the Psyker “Witchshroud” headgear cosmetic reward.
• Fixed the Veteran “Arges Pattern Augmetic” headgear cosmetic incorrectly removing eyebrows.
• Fixed instances of the “Mortis Rag Mask” headgear cosmetic clipping with the ears.
• Fixed clipping issues on the Zealot “Cowl of the Avenger” headgear cosmetic reward.
• Fixed some minor visual issues on the Veteran “Atoman Pattern Combat Helm with Rebreather” headgear cosmetic.
• Fixed an issue where the Zealot “Krieg Greatcoat (Marked by Faith)” upper body cosmetic’s shoulder candle light did not show up as intended.
• Fix for an issue related to clipping on the Zealot “Ecclesiarchy-Approved Diadem (Words Of Faith Pattern)” headgear cosmetic while viewing it in your loadout.
• Fixed an issue where the Zealot “Phaeton Pattern Rebreather” cosmetic headgear failed to modify the operative’s voice.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where button mapping could be reset or incorrect on controllers when booting up the game if a non-default layout was selected.
• Fixed a text issue in the descriptions of the Veteran Executioner’s Stance talent and other talents referencing it.
• “Completed” in the penance menu is now translated into other languages.
• Addressed a uniform infringement on an NPC Guard stationed by the Psykhanium on the Mourningstar.

Missed Patch Note(s)

• There is a known bug for the Antax Mk V Combat Axe where the stats appear incorrectly. This is visual only and there is a hotfix coming in 1.4.1.
• ‘Invocation of Death’
  • Can now only trigger once per attack.

Dev Note: While class Abilities are really fun to use and a key part of a character build, they are also balanced around their cooldowns.

However, the Abilities cannot find a healthy balance when the cooldown can vary by large degrees due to Ability Cooldown Reduction effects.

We are therefore looking to rebalance the Ability Cooldown Reduction instances which result in extremely high uptimes of Abilities.

Invocation of Death, combined with the Zealot’s crit-focused kit, led to unhealthy situations when paired with huge cleaving strikes into multiple enemies; the new version will still be a really valuable pick in the talent tree, but not as overpowering as before by normalizing the amount of cooldown reduction awarded to players when fighting elites or hordes, with single target or cleave based weapons.

Additional Missed Patch Notes (added 28 June, 2024):

Note: It’s our bad for not catching these sooner, and it was not our intention to keep these from players. Thank you to the players who helped point them out!

Faster Groaners

• To differentiate Groaners from Poxwalkers, their movement speed has been increased by approximately 18%.

Dreg Rager Attacks

• To further distinguish Dreg Ragers from Scab Ragers, Dreg Ragers now have faster combo attacks to better match their non-armored bodies.

Scab Rager Headshot Damage Adjustment

• Removed headshot damage reduction (was 15%) from Scab Ragers.

Shooter Changes

• Scab Shooters now have a tighter shot spread, making them more threatening at range. While they still have ranged damage falloff, they will be more consistent in how they hit players at range.
• Additionally, Scab/Dreg shooters will now stay in cover longer (and remain exposed longer) with a reduced cooldown between sprays, making cover-taking enemies more of a threat but also enhancing the viability of player weapons that apply suppression.

Reaper Faster Movement and Shooting

• Reapers now move slightly faster when shooting while moving, making it more challenging to evade them once they commence their attack.

Ogryn

• ‘Too Stubborn To Die’ talent
  • Changed from being calculated multiplicatively to additively.

Veteran

• ‘Krak Grenade’ blitz
  • Increased Close Damage: 2000 → 2400

Indignatus Mk IVe Crusher

• Windup time for the Heavy 1 attack from 0.5 to 0.53
• Windup time for the Light 2 attack from 0.1 to 0.12
• Chain time after the Light 2 attack to the Light 3 / Heavy 1 attacks start from 0.55 to 0.62
• Windup time for Light 4 from 0.17 to 0.13
• Light 4 attack speed time_scale 1.2 to time_scale 1.1
• Push Followup attack speed time_scale 1.1 to time_scale 0.9.

Warren 6-19:

• Destructible mission objectives will take reduced ranged damage

Dev note: This change was done while tweaking the newly added ice blocks used in Clandestium Gloriana, to invite players to be up close and personal when approaching these types of objectives instead of just blasting them from afar.

[jackjackson]

@gpkgpk I summon you to give us an answer whether the close range value bug has been fixed or not.

[CommanderJ]

Can’t help but notice that Close Range…

IS STILL BUGGED.

[Cheturnadcatii]

Sorry for ask…but (if i understand correctly) u can insert this information not on second topic, but in a second post of first topic. Im sorry if i mistake this.

Also patch is great. tnx u all for work)

[CommanderJ]

Blazing Spirit’

Tier 3:
    Stacks Per Crit: 2 → 3
    Max Stacks: 10 → 9.

So you’ve taken a blessing that was terrible… and made it worse? Because it was already 3 stacks per crit. It’s a straight nerf, reducing the max stacks. What the hell is going on with your balancing?

[Cheturnadcatii]

It this blessing that no one uses? With soul fire?

[Emu]

yes

[Cheturnadcatii]

Maybe its nerfed as a “premade” decision (maybe it will burn enemies better with itemization update)

[CommanderJ]

Yep. Because it was completely terrible. Absolutely no one used it. So they decided to make it worse. Because they are brilliant.

They have also, in their infinite wisdom, decided not to add the new weapons to Brunt. Or the new map to map rotation, for that matter.

[FatsharkStrawHat]

I feel like that would’ve perhaps made it more confusing. But if y’all prefer it, I can do that next time. o7

[Riku]

Bolter buff @Lt.DavinFelth gonna be exited to see that

[murphIV]

I didn’t see removed crafting locks so I guess we have to wait for Christmas

[Ragnarok101]

Darn, Thunder Hammer, Flamer, and Auto pistol remain unpatched.

[Cheturnadcatii]

No, its ok, do as u wish, im just curious

[CommanderJ]

Why was Blazing Spirit nerfed? It already gave 3 stacks at max tier (3), so all you did was nerf max stacks. It’s a blessing no one uses, because it’s terrible. Why was it nerfed instead of buffed?

Why wasn’t Surge fixed to work on Trauma?

Why aren’t the new weapons in Brunt?

Why wasn’t Close Range fixed to 15m instead of 8m?

Why weren’t the locks removed in this patch?

[Riku]

locks removal is confirmed

Subaru Duck Dance - Hey Ya (Full)

[Emu]

Can we please get a difficulty tweak to make damnation harder again or a new higher difficulty.

[Emu]

It’s part of itemization update in fall

[Yuma310]

@CommanderJ

So you’ve taken a blessing that was terrible… and made it worse?

Well of course! And why shouldn’t they if they’re drunk?

[murphIV]

Back to sleep then!

Good luck with the update all!!