New Content / Functionality
Hostile Takeover - PVP Expansion
SyndiK8 and Eden Corp forces battle for control of a central Data Core throughout Eden Tower. Access this mode by selecting PvP in the front-end menu or selecting the PvP tab.
Gain control of the Data Core through king of the hill style point control. Stand on the objective point to take control of it, and keep enemies off the point to maintain your control. The more of you on the point, the faster you can control it.
All characters use manual/joystick locomotion and can walk or sprint
Attacking or being attacked will end sprint
Ultimates begin match on cooldown and do not automatically refresh on respawn
Turrets are disabled in PvP
PvP character classes start with all their abilities
PvP Hero Classes - The PvP classes embody the spirit of the central heroes, but exist as separate entities with tweaked power sets for more engaging pvp battles.
Gun Cleric - Long- to mid-range class that excels at duck and cover, ranged gunplay. Crusader Pistols hit instantly with great accuracy. Charged Shots and Fusion Charge Shots can be lethal when getting the drop on someone. Bulletstorm mows down enemies, but be aware of your surroundings before deploying!
Cyber Ninja - Close range assassin who can attack while running. Swords are lethal: get close and finish them, or use Focal Strike to extend your range! Telekinesis can be used to pull targets directly towards you. Shadow Slash sends out heat-seeking beams with every katana slash that will target other players.
Street Merc - Close to mid-range powerhouse whose fists provide great mobility. Shotgun is lethal at close ranges, but quickly falls off in power. Well placed grenades can take care of pesky snipers. Iron Fist pummels players that get too close, and Fury lets you go on a melee rampage.
Rogue Hunter - Long range assassin: if you can see them, you can kill them. Tagging arrows provide reliable shots at long ranges. Decoy can throw off your opponent and let you know they are closing in. Multi Shot sends out a spray of arrows that can hit multiple players at once. Explosive Arrows turns all your arrows into incendiary projectiles.
New Arena Maps
Samsara - Among the many spaces here in Sector G Eco Habitat, none can compare to peace and tranquility of the Watson Genomics zen gardens! Sign up now and enjoy a period of rest, enlightenment, and ultra-violence as we eradicate the SyndiK8 forces currently storming the complex. Defend Edens crucial data in the simulated sun and genetically sculpted plants of our finest organic landscapes! A lush, open map set in the Gardens of Watson genomics featuring plentiful organic cover and hidden paths flanking the Data Core.
Attunement - Eden Tower is home to a beautiful relaxation and meditation suite thats currently occupied by SyndiK8 terrorists. Help defend Edens noble data in an interior facility designed for peaceful thinking and mindful awareness of your deadly opponents. Take advantage of our second floor balconies to stay ahead in ranged conflicts, or hide behind our modern outdoor planters for surprise close encounters!
Terminus - Come and explore the Sector J Shipping Harbor like never before! Enjoy scenic vistas from the tallest tower in the world while protecting Edens confidential data from insurgent activities. Take cover behind Zaitomos state of the art cargo containers and find the upper hand among our sprawling catwalks and vertical pathways! A dense, industrial area surrounding a heavily fortified Data Core.
New Hero - Elder, Rogue Hunter - Update 0.7 brings Elder, the Rogue Hunters eagle eyes, stealthy gameplay, and powerful archery abilities into the fight.
Weapon: Viper Compound Bow: Unique weapon used by Elder that can form arrows out of crystalline nanotech.
Basic Shot: To create a Basic Arrow, hold your hand near the bow string and press the Trigger button to start forming an arrow while pulling back. Take aim, and release!
Charged Arrow: Much like Bishops Crusader Pistols, Elder can charge up an arrow so it deals additional damage. To create a Charged Arrow, form a basic arrow, pull it back, and hold for a brief moment.
Tagging Arrow: These special arrows tag targets in an area with a homing signal. For a short period, all your other arrows (including Multi Shot Arrows) will automatically aim at any tagged target at which youre looking, so this is your time to rapid-fire away!
Multi Shot Arrow: The Charged Arrow also has a split personality, in that it can be configured to fire in a spread of five individual arrows. Each of these Multi Shot Arrow projectiles deals less damage than a normal basic arrow, but is an effective spray-and-pray that can stall a massive horde of robots or drones surging toward you. Form a Multi Shot Arrow by creating a Charged Arrow while holding Trigger on your bow hand to freely toggle between Charge Shot and Multi Shot.
Holo Decoy: Elder has more than just arrows up his sleeve. The aptly-named Holo Decoy is a lifelike illusion that, once deployed, draws enemies awayessentially lining them up for you to take them down. The best part: the Crystal Decoy explodes after taking a set amount of damage. Press the Grip buttons near your dominant-side hip to generate a decoy.
Crystal Hazard: Both of Elders ultimate abilities create crystalline arrows that hit with a decisive impact. The first of these is Crystal Hazard; wherever a Crystal Hazard arrow lands, it shatters on impact to leave behind a lingering AoE that slows and damages enemies, as well as increasing additional damage taken.
Explosive Arrows: Elders second ultimate ability is straightforward, but definitely hits hard. Explosive Arrows does just what it says: it modifies the composition of your crystalline arrows so they explode on impact! While active, all crystalline arrows formed are Explosive Arrows.
New Environment - Botanical Gardens
A lush, bioengineered garden environment created for executives of Eden Corp. Complete with killer robots and psychotropic nanobots.
New Mission - Mission 7 - Soul Decrypt
Take a tram ride into the Eden Corps Botanical Gardens--just watch out for the security systems on your way in.
Carry your briefcase with you as you travel throughout the Watson Genomics compound to acquire new intel on Edens technology.
There are hallucinations aplenty...keep close to the trees for safe havens.
New Tutorial and Combat Configurations
Bow Tutorial: Become a master sniper with our Viper Bow Tutorial.
Ninja Bots (Tekomo Series): Both Stealth and Teleshifting models have received significant upgrades to help give them a more diverse feel, and present a more dynamic challenge in all missions. Stealth Bot now focuses exclusively on killing the player: it approaches from stealth, and will reveal itself with a palm strike that temporarily disables all your locomotion options. Once revealed, can now approach the player while protecting itself with its sword. After sustaining enough damage, it will flip backwards while entering stealth and will attempt to re-engage. From long range, Teleshifting Bot will channel briefly before teleporting to the player with an attack, and then retreating to origin point. Will continue behavior until a player engages them. Once engaged, will slowly walk forward while teleshifting. Once in melee will slash, and occasionally leap backwards into a teleshift
and then fly right back at you with a powerful slam attack.
Heavy Bots (Dynomo Series): Heavy robot models have behavior improvements as well as the addition of weak spots. Heavy Charger now chooses its attacks more intelligently and is more likely to punch players, instead of always trying to use slow overhand slam and stomp attacks. The overhand slam has been changed to trigger if it suffers enough damage while near a player. (Warning: few player abilities can stop this, so get ready to run!) Its legs are now considered a weak point: focusing fire on the legs will make them spark and malfunction. The next time this enemy charges, it will destroy itself. Heavy Rocket Bot changes behavior based on distance to players. At long range, it will fire rockets that seek the player. If left alone will flash eye and fire multiple rockets upward; mid range, will attempt to side strafe left and right while firing forward; close range: will punch players, knocking them a medium distance. Additionally, the rocket arm is now considered a weak point. Focusing fire on it will cause it to spark and malfunction, causing it to explode the next time it attempts to fire a rocket.
New Joystick/Trackpad Locomotion Options: One of the most requested features of Raw Data has been the ability to use non-teleportation based forms of movement. With the advent of PvP, were also setting up an option for players to experience the main campaign with direct locomotion! In campaign mode, players can choose between Teleport Only, or Walk. Teleport Only is the classic experience. Walk is a hybrid option that lets you manually move around, but still allows you to Teleshift by clicking in your joystick/touchpad. Enemies will attack faster, shoot longer, and get in your face more often to provide a competitive challenge. PvP only supports joystick/touchpad locomotions and features sprint instead of teleport.
Walk Movement Options: The new Walk movement style features new adjustable options! Head-Based Steering - The reference direction is determined by where you are facing, so pressing forward will move your character towards where you are looking. Controller-Based Steering - The reference direction is determined by where your secondary hand is pointing. Rolling your hand left/right also causes you to strafe. Click to Move is an option for Vives trackpad that changes how you interact with the touchpad. On Touch, any movement on the touchpad will translate into motion. On Click you must first press the button to move, or double-click to teleport/sprint.
Comfort mode setting: FOV is now dynamically modified during particularly intense moments/actions. You can turn this default behavior off in the Gameplay option settings.
You can now enable smooth turning on devices that support quick turn functionality in Gameplay options.
Helper System: Tutorial pop-ups will now trigger to guide players who might be struggling or to remind them of unused features. This system can be disabled in the Options menu.
Rack-up Screen Polish Pass: The screen that displays after completing a mission has received significant visual polish to be more rewarding and streamlined for the player.
Privacy Bubble: When enabled in Options, this feature will prevent other human players from invading the personal space of the player, transforming interlopers into a harmless semi-transparent avatar.
New Ability Selector Implemented: Activated abilities can now be accessed quickly by holding down the trackpad or clicking in the joystick on the players main-hand controller to create a holographic interface. Abilities can be triggered by physically moving your hand into the appropriate holographic cube.
New Meta Tool Selector Implemented: Pressing down on the touchpad/joystick activates the defense mode selector. Use it similarly to the new Ability Selector.
Gameplay / Balance Improvements
UI/UX Polish: Most of the front-end menus and in-game menus have been adjusted, streamlined, and simplified to improve navigation throughout the game.
Mission Waves Difficulty Pass: All missions in game have had their difficulty adjusted for co-op and single-player, with somewhat reduced enemy numbers and more intermittent enemy spawns to make combat better balanced for all classes.
Mission 1 (Hardpoint) Time Limit: Increased time limit on Mission 1 - Hardpoint.
Boss: Pump-to-Reload: Manual magazine loading on Dominator Shotgun has been removed. Only pumping is required. Additionally, the Dominator Shotgun can be pumped/reloaded with one hand by quickly tilting it up and down or punching it back and forward.
Boss: Iron First: Iron Fist is no longer a starting power, but once unlocked, you now dash forward with each punch, and the charge up time has been removed. (There is a brief cooldown per fist after use)
Boss: Nade Launcher: Nade Launcher is now a starting unlock. The ability to detonate grenades in the air is an additional unlock.
Boss: Dominator Shotgun: Shotgun position no longer averaged out between both hands: the trigger grip will stay at the held hand position, regardless of how far you pull the pump hand.
Saija: Shadow Slash: Shadow Slash has been reworked with improved projectile spawning and homing behavior. Enemies can now be delimbed after death, and enemies legs will now delimb on torso delimbing.
Saija: Dual Katanas: Saija now has access to Dual Katanas. At least one blade needs to be put away in order to use Telekinesis.
Bishop: Crusader Pistols: Pistols reworked to feel more responsive in multiplayer settings.
Bishop: Charged Shot: Charged Shot now consumes ammo on use.
New Unlock Progression: Cryptos have been removed from the game. Tech unlocks should now be available automatically upon mission completion.
Ability Cooldown Notifications: A notification will now display when an activated ability cooldown is completed and is ready to use again.
Oculus Touch Controls Improved: Quickturn joystick controls - Snapping joystick left/right turns you 45 degrees, holding joystick left/right turns you 90 degrees, snapping joystick back turns you 180 degrees. Ability Quick Activate buttons - Pressing X/A activates left/right abilities.
Graphics / Performance Optimizations
UE4.15 Engine Upgrade: Forward Renderer enabled w/ MSAA.
Graphics Options Improvements
Boss: Dominator Shotgun: Improved performance on Bosss shotgun fire.
Mission: Extermination: Improved performance on Extermination.
Mission: Thundershock: Improved performance on Thundershock
CPU Optimizations: CPU optimizations across the board improving CPU performance by 40% on average.
