BWR - Changelog 04/05/25

@ Server Changes

  PUGs Server rebranded to Standard#2, using same PUGs mapcycle

  Server runs Standard rules by default

  Admins can change the server to Highlander and 6s rules for running PUGs (via Admin->Server Commands)

Results from the poll showed that most people wanted a 2nd server for running vanilla rules. At the moment the mapcycle is remaining the same as PUGs, but otherwise rules should be the same. If PUGs do wish to be ran, admins may be able to run them through convenient commands.

 

@ Fixes

  Direct Hit, Reserve Shooter

    Corrected an issue with it's crit damage against blasts jumper

  The Homewrecker

    Fixed damage penalty against sappers

  Buildings

    Fixed bug where support buildings were not constructing at the expected time

  Hitman's Heatmaker

    Fix to bug that retains tracers during Focus on respawn

  No more spookiness/krumpkins

Fixes done to improve consistency in weapon behavior.

 

@ Changes

Voice Commands

  "Sniper Ahead!" command no longer highlights the Sniper

  A pop-up message will appear for nearby teammates where the Sniper was spotted

The prior highlight was a bit too revealing for the Sniper, revealing him a bit too much even if he retreats. This current version will be less obtrusive for the Sniper, only popping-up where he was spotted. The message itself being at a consistent size also makes it convenient for your team, however it is limited to only teammates near you (within 640 HU).

 

Flying Guillotine

The recharge on kill made it too fast to get back, thus it was reduced to help cut back on spam as intended, while still rewarding active play with it

 

Cow Mangler 5000

A couple tweaks to the weapon - give a more consistent downside to it's sustainability, while reducing one of it's downsides that polarizes it's play against engineer.

 

Righteous Bison

The downside was a little excessive for a weapon already unideal for fighting buildings.

 

Natascha

The healing seemed to need a little nudge, as it appeared to require a little extra sustainability in-combat.

 

Pomson 6000

The downside was a little excessive for a weapon already unideal for fighting buildings.

 

Short Circuit

  Alt-Fire charge only influences orb's speed

  Orb speed slightly tweaked to decelerate at lower charge just after being fired

Charging was added to limit the weapon's mobility, but the height at max charge was itself too extreme and required just a reduction to prevent engineer from taking up too many cheeky spots for little effort. It was however given a consistent jump height at every charge. Duration was also made consistent to make only speed affected by charge, making the choice to use the charge now dictate how much area the orb will cover.

 

The Machina

The charge speed was a bit too much of a downside to a weapon already struggling to justify it's use-cases. Additionally the health of target simply replaces the damage number, due to the former being inconistent based on the user's HUD and the latter being not very necessary for the Sniper if they know their charge damage.