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STAR WARS: Hunters™ 0.16.0 UPDATE

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DISCOVER WHAT’S NEW IN UPDATE 0.16.0

We’re releasing the next Soft Launch update of Star Wars: Hunters, 0.16.0! We’ve been hard at work to make sure this update is jam packed with both exciting new features and crucial improvements for a smoother, more engaging gameplay experience. Read below to discover everything this update has to offer!

NEW MAP: MOS ESPA WAYSTATION

There’s a brand new Squad Brawl Map to explore, inspired by the heart of Tatooine's capital: Mos Espa Waystation!Players will encounter this map both within our updated Tutorial as well as within Squad Brawl. Keep your eyes peeled for some lively droids, iconic vehicles, indigenous creatures, and some hidden surprises around every corner of this winding market labyrinth.

EXPANDING SOFT LAUNCH

We are excited to announce we’re now expanding our soft launch to include Austria, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Italy. With these, we will be adding German and Italian language support. Welcome to The Arena!DAILY

Introducing the New player Daily Login Calendar. Log in daily to claim amazing rewards like Hunters, Crystals, Avatars, Credits and much more!In addition, there are themed event calendars to run alongside their respective events. Play daily and reap the rewards!These calendars will roll out for players in the coming weeks.

NEW COSMETICS

There’s an astonishing 64 new cosmetics coming in this update, including:

48 Costumes and Weapon Wraps

10 Victory Poses

6 Avatars

HUNTERS UPDATES

ABILITY VARIANT REWORK

The Ability Variant system has undergone an exciting rework that will allow for more varied playstyles and matches.

Ability Variants now offer the player two unique leveling tracks for each ability. Each Variant track can be upgraded by leveling up their Hunter Fame to gain Ability Points.

The Variant tracks offer added customization for changing and adapting a Hunter's gameplay and will provide players with long term progression rewards for each Hunter.

All old variants will be removed and replaced with the brand new system.

HUNTER FAME TRACK REWORK

Hunter Fame Tracks now have 20 levels instead of 25.

Any Hunter at or over level 20 will now be at max level while Hunters at or below level 19 will remain at their current level.

All earned cosmetics will be kept, however earned ability variants are no longer necessary with our new and improved ability system. Fame rewards for Match Wins or as Event rewards are also adjusted to this scaling and player level is not affected as part of this change

BALANCING OVERHAUL

Widespread weapon, ability and ultimate balance changes to all Hunters aimed at speeding up combat.

RESPONSIVENESS IMPROVEMENTS

To improve responsiveness during combat, we’ve made a number of changes, including:

All melee Hunters' movement speed in combat increased significantly.

All ranged Hunters now lower their weapon more quickly upon releasing manual fire input.

Decreased time before enabling other abilities when using:

Vex's Missile Launcher

Zaina's Bacta Bomb and Time Bomb

Sentinel's Barrel Slam

Several Hunter abilities can now be manually canceled or interrupted by other abilities, including:

J-3DI's Deflecting Stance

Grozz's Stampede

Sentinel's Suppressing Fire

Skora's Adrenaline Boost

J-3DI's Overhead Strike is now much faster, and hits upon landing if used in mid-air

J-3DI's melee attack now hits earlier in the animation

Updated Zaina's grenade throw animations with new, more responsive ones

Rieve's Vicious Leap no longer takes away camera control when used without an enemy target

Time to enter Slingshot’s Rollout reduced

More reliable responsiveness to Ability Buttons

GROZZ

Grozz’s Frenzy ability has been replaced with a brand new ability, Upheaval.

Upheaval: Grozz slams the ground, rupturing the ground in a segmented line to throw up rocks and debris. This damages enemies, launches them upwards and slows them for a short duration.

SPROCKET

Sprocket's ability kit has been updated. Sprocket's Blaster Turret has been moved to his Ultimate ability and has been rebalanced to be much more powerful and impactful.

To lean into Sprocket's kit of supporting and empowering the team he now has a Drone Defense ability, which applies a damage reduction effect to Sprocket and his allies.

SLINGSHOT

Slingshot's Ultimate ability, Rocket Stomp has been reworked to deal more reliable damage and slow with numerous, smaller bounces.

GAMEPLAY UPDATES

HUNTER PROFILE

We’ve overhauled the Hunter profile screen, to improve the readability and conciseness of the screen, and present Hunters in a more compelling way.

UPDATED TUTORIAL

An updated tutorial has been added to the start of the game to help teach players the base mechanics of Star Wars: Hunters and introduce them to new iconic characters. New players will experience this tutorial at the beginning and current players can access it from the Game Mode Select menu.

NEW SCORE FEATURE AND BADGE UPDATES

A new Score feature has been added in matches that reward players for their skill and prowess in matches. Players will earn more Hunter Fame at the end of matches, based on the Score accumulated in a match.

GAME MODE SELECT

We’ve improved the mode selection experience to be easier to use and provide more information to our players about the different mode types.

HUNTER SELECTION AND PRE-MATCH IMPROVEMENTS

We've made some large changes to the way players load into a match and how they pick their Hunter.

INTRO ANIMATION REMOVAL

With the overall changes made upon entering a match, Intro Animations are no longer part of the Hunter selection experience and are being removed from the game.With this update, the Intro Animation section will no longer be available from the Hunter Profile and they will not appear as rewards anywhere in the game.

POST-MATCH IMPROVEMENTS

DUNE SEA OUTPOST BALANCING:

Improved balancing and player flow of Dune Sea Outpost through a layout overhaul of paths in and around the map center.

HUNTER TOKEN REMOVAL

From 0.16.0 onwards, there will be no way to earn additional Hunter Tokens. However, players will still be able to spend any previously earned Hunter Tokens. Hunters will remain purchasable with Hunter Tokens, and any missing tokens can be substituted with Crystals.

For more information about this decision please check our FAQ at Hunter Tokens.

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