Get ready for the latest update!

4 min readNov 2, 2022

The Open Beta season is officially underway, and what better way to celebrate than by launching a brand new game update!

This game update just comes after the Beta Refresh with players now able to access the revamped Blast Hub.

So what can you expect in this new game update? ⤵️

New in-game store button. There is a button for our new in-game store however it will not be activated in this update.

“Ranked” game mode will have bots again. We decided to bring them back for now while we don’t have enough concurrent players to fill the matchmaking
Matchmaking time in “Ranked” was reduced to 60 seconds
As our Bots aren’t yet great in Battle Royale, their Trophies will always be set to around 1000
Added option to delete the account in the account settings to give you more ownership of your First Light ID account

Armor, Movement speed, Damage and Pickup speed stats visuals are now showing 2 digits after dot
Attack range stat is now showing 3 digits after dot
Winning Trophies VFX added to the Home Screen after the match is ended
Improved UI feedback when network errors happen during the account logout process
UI feedback added to improve the game state when game requests to quit the app. For iOS devices, it might not always quit the game but a visible screen will explain what to do next
Now the last selected game mode is maintained between game sessions. If the previously selected game mode is no longer available, the system will auto default to a new one

“Warrior” gear set was split into 5 bonuses which was a bit too much as each bonus in this case is tiny. That’s why the number of bonuses was reduced to 4, but each one got bigger. The following bonuses were removed:

WarriorAmulet — no Pickup Speed bonus

WarriorArmor — no Shields Capacity bonus

WarriorShield — no Movement Speed bonus

WarriorHelmet — no Ammo Capacity bonus

As Upgrading feature is available in the Blast Hub we fixed some issues so each level up is meaningful and change is visible. Particularly the potential max values of bonuses for Health, Attack and Shields Capacity got increased on around 100%

Fixed some issues where the trophies calculations would proper be processed in the end of the match
Fixed issue that would drop a hammer from chests during the match
Fixed issue that would crash the game when opening chests or players would die with their weapons
Fixed issue that would allow the players to collect the airdrop mid-air
Fixed issue that would cause disconnects to happen in the end of the match or doing any action on the main menu
Fixed issue that would crash the game if errors happen during the account logout process
Fixed issues that would potentially crash the game when playing multiple matches in a row
Fixed issue where the green arrow weapon upgrade in the match wasn’t properly shown
Fixed issue that would crash the game during the match start or match exit
Fixed the issue that game would crash if a player dies in the exact moment is collecting or changing to a new weapon
Fixed an issue that text on the HUD would not work properly if changing spectators very quickly