Behemoth is now released to all players

• Quick run down of his changes below: [list]
• New Passive: Living Fortress
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• Behemoth will gain stacks of damage resistance after a certain damage threshold. [/*]
• Each stack lasts for a short time. The main goal of this is to block burst damage during combat. [/*]
• As Behemoth gains stacks, his armor will start glowing brighter to inform players he is taking less damage. [/*]
• Current tuning:
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• +75 Direct Damage to apply a stack.[/*]
• 4% Damage Reduction applied per stack.[/*]
• Stacks will expire after 4 seconds.[/*]
• Stacks max out at 10.[/*]

• Maneuverability has been increased dramatically to give Bob more control.[/*]
• No longer blocked by wildlife.[/*]
• Can quickly change directions while in the roll. [/*]
• Gravity has also been increased while inside the roll. [/*]
• No longer grants 50% damage reduction while inside the roll. [/*]

• The ability has undergone a complete code refactor to assure it will properly work when cast near Hunters. [/*]
• Slabs will always spawn at the cursor’s location when casted. [/*]
• Minimum cast range was decreased to allow closer casts of the Rockwall.[/*]

mproved consistency when cast near cliffs and hills.[/*]

• Behemoth is now able to aim the ability until it is casted. [list]
• (Similar to how Goliath can aim rock throw)[/*]

• Improved overall consistency with the ability. [/*]
• Targets within the visual effect will be grabbed unless a major portion of the target is blocked by geometry. [/*]
• Visual effect will light up when a viable target is inside the effect radius.[/*]

Tutorials are now mandatory again

• If you have not played a tutorial, this is now forced before playing a multiplayer match.
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• Note: If you have not played a Co-op vs AI match there is now a 3,000 Silver Key reward for completing one match in Co-op vs AI.[/*]

Store Content (all live today)

• Weapon Skins
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• Lennox Gold[/*]
• E.M.E.T. Gold[/*]
• Crow Gold[/*]
• Kala Gold[/*]

• Behemoth Gold[/*]
• Behemoth Blood Rock[/*]
• Behemoth Sandstone[/*]

Balance Updates

• After 3000 damage dealt to Hunters, a Monster will gain 1 bar of Evolve energy. [list]
• This only works when dealing damage to Hunters.[/*]
• Armor is not gained when the energy is gained.
Hunters[/*]

• Autocannon [list]
• Travel speed increased to 240 from 120[/*]
• Explosion radius increased to 3 meters from 2.5 meters[/*]

• Rocket Launcher [list]
• Damage reduced to 83 from 90[/*]

• Stasis Grenade [list]
• Slow reduced to 45% from 50%[/*]
• Radius reduced to 14 meters from 17 meters[/*]
• Reduced to 13 seconds from 15 seconds [/*]

• Teleporter [list]
• Toss distance increased to 10 meters from 7 meters[/*]
• Health increased to 150 from 70 [/*]
• Activation radius increased to 1.8 meters from 1.3 meters[/*]

urret toss distance increased to 10 meters from 7 meters [/*]

• Damage Amp [list]
• Capacity reduced to 315 energy from 350 energy[/*]

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the wrong loading screen would display for specific characters. [/*]
• Fixed an inconsistency with Goliath’s Leap Smash indicator not properly displaying the correct size.[/*]
• Fixed an issue where selecting a preferred role would give the user a random role in Arcade matchmaking. [/*]
• Fixed an issue where hunters can shoot through Behemoth Rock Wall. [/*]
• Fixed Random Role Preference not actually being random. [/*]
• Added Wraith’s missing image to the Deploy screen and Versus screen in co-op matches. [/*]
• Accolades have been re-sorted. [/*]
• Paladin Parnell’s Rocket Launcher now plays an explosion sound in multiplayer. [/*]
• Fixed the incorrect mode being displayed in lobby when joining on a friend.[/*]
• Fixed an issue where AI Wraith would not use abilities for long periods of time. [/*]
• Loading screen will no longer show Goliath while it’s loading the selected character’s loading screen. [/*]
• Bucketfall weapon skin preview has been added. [/*]
• Text fixes and character ability clarification and consistency fixes.[/*]