September 4 No-Downtime Patch Notes (Ember Returns, Kui Dou Nerfed)

Dear Lightcatcher:

Greetings!

A game update will be released on September 4 at 02:00 UTC. No server downtime will be required. See below for details on update content:

Return of the Hero

• Ember

A limited-time trial event for Ember will take place following the update on September 4 and last until September 7 15:59 UTC. The event will allow you to try out Ember for free.

New Mode

• Added Arcade Mode - Respawn.

New Events

• Added the Sugar Rush set, available for purchase after the update on September 4.

• Added the 8-Bit Bonanza event, available after the update on September 4.

• Added the Faction Clash event. The event will begin on September 8 at midnight UTC.

• Added the Epic Ember Skin Inkstained Visitor and Epic Sticker Uh-Oh to the Farlight Store.

Feature Changes

• Improved ban account notification pop-up content and player report feedback details.

Balancing and Adjustments

• Beau

  • Ultimate Skill Vengeance Bomb: Reduced cooldown from 135s to 120s, and from 108s to 96s following Trait 1 upgrade. Skill cancellation cooldown reduced from 50s to 30s.

  • Tactical Skill Thunder Shockwave: Increased shrapnel damage from 10 to 20.

• Freddie

  • ·Tactical Skill Spectral Trap: Increased decoy duration from 13s to 16s.

  • ·Tactical Skill Spectral Trap, Trait 1: Increased detection range upon decoy destruction from 30m to 65m.

  • ·Ultimate Skill Backup: Increased HP recovered when Freddie is knocked down and transfers to his clone from 50 to 80.

• Kui Dou

  • Ultimate Skill Cosmic Authority: Damage at center of Endless Thunder reduced from 45 to 38 (at standard 30m distance).

  • timate Skill Cosmic Authority: Shield durability reduced from 600 to 550.

• Phantom

  • Tactical Skill Origem Trap: Impact detection radius increased from 15cm to 25cm.

  • Tactical Skill Origem Trap: Damage infliction upon trigger reduced from 20 to 10.

• Ling Bo

  • Tactical Skill Dragon's Lair: Increased Ling Bo's Damage Reduction from 40% to 45%, and from 50% to 55% after Trait 1 upgrade.

  • Tactical Skill Tidal Shield: Human form - Durability increased from 80 to 105, and from 120 to 145 after Trait 1 upgrade; Dragon form - Durability increased from 100 to 125, and from 150 to 175 after Trait 1 upgrade.

• Reduced the chances that the final Safe Zone will appear at the edge of the map.

Fixes

• Nextara Map

  • Fixed occasional object clipping issues in the Drilling Platform area.

  • Fixed an issue where Syfer could teleport inside hills.

  • Fixed an issue where characters could sometimes be stuck at the top of hills.

  • Fixed occasional floating rock issues.

  • Fixed an issue where the countdown timer would sometimes not appear at the top of a hill.

  • Fixed collision issues for certain buildings.

  • Fixed an issue where characters would sometimes be stuck after finishing climbing in the Dispatch Station area.

  • Fixed an issue where characters would sometimes be stuck on Supply Chests in the Emergency Center area.

• Fixed an issue where black patches would erroneously appear on the ground in the Sunder Realms map on mobile.

• Fixed an issue where weapon animations were not available upon landing after being sucked up by Cyclone while riding Momoi's pet Bitesy.

• Fixed tag display issue for Maychelle's Skin Kraken Party.

• Fixed an issue where summoning Nimbus after being knocked down would create an unusable Nimbus.

• Fixed an issue where multiple invalid squads would appear on the recruitment screen and increased the effectiveness of recruitment information.

• Fixed display issues for some Hero Skins and equipment models.

• Fixed an issue where the mic icon would shake during squadmate audio input.

• Fixed the link to chances for the Fortune and Favor event.

• Fixed an issue where some players could repeatedly launch the nickname change pop-up.

*In-game content may differ

F.A.R.L.I.G.H.T.