Unlocked & Loaded - Weapon, Blessing & Class Changes Balancing Patch Notes - PT1

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• Thunder Hammers
  • Heavy Special activated attack:Increased damage against Carapace armor to make the weapon more effective against Elites.1.0→1.5
  • Light attack:Improved headshot and critical damage bonus multiplier for all Light attack profiles.0.3→0.5
  • Light Strikedown attack:Increased damage for Light Strikedown attacks.{150,300}→{180,350}
  • Heavy Relentless attack:Increased damage for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd targets of Heavy Relentless attacks.{150,300} / {80,160} / {50,100}→{180,350} / {100,200} / {75,150}
• Crucis Mk II Thunder Hammer
  • Special activated attack:Significantly reduced self-stun duration after a Light Special activated attack.1.3→0.3 s
  • Special activated attack:Significantly reduced self-stun duration after a Heavy Special activated attack.1.3→0.5 s
  • Heavy activated attack:Added a small amount of cleave to Heavy activated attacks, allowing them to pass through at least one lesser enemy.None→Added
  • Special activate action:Added a new chain from Special activation into Light 1 and a unique vertical Strikedown Heavy attack.→Added
  • Special activate buff:Increased the duration of the Special activate buff.4s→5s s
  • Light activated attack:Significantly improved the damage of Light activated attacks.{300,600}→{400,750}
• Ironhelm Mk IV Thunder Hammer
  • Special activated attack:Reduced self-stun duration after a Light Special activated attack.0.7→0.25 s
  • Special activated attack:Reduced self-stun duration after a Heavy Special activated attack.0.7→0.4 s
  • Light activated attack:Improved the damage profile of Light activated attacks.{250,500}→{300,600}
• Boltgun / Bolt Pistol
  • Reduced sway intensity to make aiming more stable and transitions to ADS smoother.1.0→0.3
  • Extended the hitscan radius for bolt projectiles to make shots more forgiving.→Extended
  • Bolt projectiles now ignore limbs on non-Monstrosity enemies if the trajectory would have hit the torso or head.Standard→Ignore limbs
  • Increased damage modifier against Carapace armor for both near and far range.0.4→0.5
  • Significantly increased damage modifiers against Infested enemies.0.5→0.9 (near) / 1.0 (far)
• Locke Mk IIb Spearhead Boltgun
  • Significantly improved the wield speed.1.9s→1.6s s
  • Improved stagger properties of subsequent hits on the same target.→Improved
• Godwyn-Branx Pattern Bolt Pistol
  • Added cleave properties to bolt projectiles.no_cleave→{1.0,3.0}
  • Special Push:Reduced chain timings after the Special Push action for hipfire, unwield, and special.0.56 / 0.54 / 0.9→0.4 / 0.4 / 0.75 s
• Devil’s Claw SwordsSpecial parry:Extended the block property of the Special parry to remain active for 0.2s at the start of the riposte attack.→0.2s s
• Slab ShieldPush:Added ranged block properties during the Push action.None→Added
• Branx Pickaxe
  • Special bash:Changed stagger category to 'uppercut' and increased impact power distribution for the first 3 targets.melee→uppercut
  • Reduced chain timings after Heavy 2 and Push follow-up attacks.0.87 / 1.05 / 0.69 / 1.1→0.8 / 0.8 / 0.62 / 0.9 s
• Combat AxesHeavy attacks:Significantly improved damage and stagger against Maniac enemies for all Heavy attacks on Rashad and Antax marks.0.5→1
• Achlys Mk VIII Combat AxeHeavy attacks:Increased damage modifier against Carapace armor for all Heavy attacks.0.6→0.8
• Lucius Helbore LasgunsMinimally charged shots:Aligned minimum ammo usage for minimally charged shots across all marks to 2.3 (Mk I) / 4 (Mk III)→2
• Tigrus Mk XV Heavy EvisceratorHeavy attacks:Reduced windup timings for Heavy 1 and Heavy 2 attacks when chained from other attacks.0.76 / 0.85 / 0.6→0.65 / 0.65 / 0.4 s
• Orestes Assault Chainaxes
  • Slightly improved the Dodge Distance range on the Mobility stat.{0.8-0.9}→{0.9-1.0}
  • Heavy attacks:Significantly improved the movement speed curve for Heavy 1 and Heavy 2 attack windups on the Mk XII mark.→Improved
  • Push follow-up attack:Improved stagger properties of the Push follow-up attack to more reliably create space.→Improved