Battle for Neighborville May 26 Patch Notes

Reminder that downtime today will be from 11AM - 2 PM PST

Here are the Patch Notes for Today's Update

Patch Notes

• New Turf Takeover Map:  Tourist Trap Island
• New Super Brainz Legendary Upgrade: Brainium Basher 9001 (The Final reward in the July Festival)
• Updated Landing Page and Onboarding Tutorials
• Added AI backfill to multiplayer games
• New Item Bundles have been added to Rux.
• The Revive Stat has been updated to count for all players who participate in reviving an ally, not just the first player who begins reviving an ally
• Sprint speed increased and characters can strafe faster
• Fixed issues with explosions going through walls
• Fixed an issue where the Trolly Message constantly plays (in Giddy Park)
• Fixed the Wizard Gesture
• Fixed Broken Reloading animations
• Fixed the Piercing Power upgrade
• Fixed the Wizard’s invincibility bug
• The two-headed dragon upgrade comes back to players who unlocked it
• Fixed the bug where Thorn apart wasn’t keeping orbs after being revived
• Made the Battle Arena groups more random
• Fixed the Super Brainz not being able to use shield depending on your aim setting

Detailed Character Notes

Common

• Sprinting
• Increase speed multiplier 1.425->1.5x
• Movement
• Increase strafe speed multiplier 0.8->0.95x
• Increase backwards speed multiplier 0.5->0.75x
• Decrease in air speed 8.35->7.75 m/s
• Add in air deceleration
• Revive
• Can now be canceled
• Increase area that an ally can be revived 4->4.5 m
• Increase mobility when reviving, speed multiplier 0.5->0.65x
• Explosions
• Change explosion distances on all character abilities so min damage does not go through walls
• More details below (in character specific notes)
• Melee
• Chomper and Super Brainz melee attacks are now considered critical damage so they can earn critical vanquishes
• Upgrade Hard Target
• Increase speed multiplier 1.15->1.25x
• No longer stacks with Sunflower’s Quick Egress upgrade

Peashooter

• Pea Cannon
• Switch to automatic fire
• Increase blast radius 3->3.25 m
• Increase shockwave radius 3->3.25 m
• Chili Bean Bomb
• Increase blast radius 5.5->8 m
• Decrease shockwave radius 10->8.25 m
• Pea Gatling
• Allow camera manipulation during rooting animation
• Increase blast radius 2.75->4.75 m
• Pea Suped
• Fix speed multiplier not getting applied, increase speed multiplier 1->1.1x
• Upgrade Last Ditch
• Fix the issue with damage multiplier only being applied to direct damage
• Increase damage multiplier 1.3->2.76x
• Decrease equip cost 3->2
• Upgrade Homing Pea
• Increase lock distance 25->35 m
• Increase starting turn angle 15->35°
• Decrease lock angle 0.5->0.45°
• Increase time to establish lock 0->1 sec
• Increase release time 0.1->0.25 sec
• Increase equip cost 2->3
• Upgrade Explosive Gatling
• Increase blast radius 2.75->4.75 m
• Upgrade Escape Roots
• Now triggers only for hero vanquishes (Foot Soldier, All-Star, Scientist, etc)
• Removed downtime between reapplications
• Increase speed multiplier 1.3->1.5x

Chomper

• Chomp
• Switch to automatic fire
• Spikeweed
• Now ensnares Captain Deadbeard during Barrel Blast
• Burrow
• Decrease target height reach 4.24->2.5 m
• Increase underground speed multiplier 2->2.25x
• Speed is now normalized in all directions 
• Fix the issue with zombies being turned into goats right before they are eaten
• Grody Goop
• Increase initial damage 35->45
• Increase tick damage 1->4
• Increase ability refresh time 9->10
• Upgrade Well Fed
• Fix underground speed to match regular Burrow
• Upgrade Dirth Bath
• Fix the issue with speed burst not getting turned off on Chomper being vanquished
• Upgrade Halitosis
• Increase blast radius 0.46->2.25 m
• Increase shockwave radius 1.5->2.5 m
• Upgrade Vampire Spikeweed
• Fix the issue with Spikeweeds placed from Symbiosis upgrade not granting health

Kernel Corn

• Shogun Guard
• Decrease recoil when aiming
• Increase drag start distance 30->40 m
• Increase drag end distance 60->70 m
• Increase final velocity post drag 400->420 m/s
• Increase gravity of projectile -10->-36 m/s
• Husk Hop
• Decrease shockwave radius 4.51->3.75 m
• Shuck Shot
• Increase blast radius 3.5->4.75 m
• Decrease shockwave radius 7.5->5 m
• Upgrade Super Spin
• Add VFX treatment to show when the upgrade is active

Night Cap

• Spore Strike
• Increase damage 17->18
• Decrease width of projectile 0.95->0.5 m
• Decrease dispersion, angle increase per shot 3.6->3.2
• Fung Fu
• Increase final blow blast radius 3.2->4 m
• Decrease final blow shockwave radius 7->4.25 m
• Decrease windup duration 1.25->0.8 sec
• Increase speed multiplier 0.8->0.9x
• Increase radius of crit damage area 3.2->4.5 m
• Decrease gravity multiplier 0.5->0.8x

Cactus

• Potato Mine
• Increase blast radius 2.5->2.75 m
• Decrease shockwave radius 3.75->3 m
• Big Bulb Barrage
• Increase blast radius 2->3.25 m
• Decrease shockwave radius 4.5->3.5 m
• Upgrade Pressure Point
• Decrease blast radius 5->4.75 m
• Add shockwave radius 5 m

Snapdragon

• Flare Ball
• Increase blast radius 0.65->1.25 m
• Increase shockwave radius 1->1.5 m
• Blue Blazes
• Decrease blast radius 3->2.35 m
• Decrease shockwave radius 4.2->2.6 m
• Upgrade Radiate
• Increase blast radius 1->2.75 m
• Increase shockwave radius 1.9->3 m

Citron

• Juice Cannon
  • Increase damage per projectile 2.6->3
  • Increase damage of muzzle blast 2.2->3
• Increase total damage per shot 10->12
• E. M. Peach
• Can now cancel Space Cadet’s Gravity Smash
• Can now destroy Engineer’s Bullhorn Swarm
• Can now cancel All-Star’s Sprint Tackle

Acorn & Oak

• Sap Trap
• Increase blast radius 2.5->3.25 m
• Remove damage from shockwave
• Invoke Oak
• No longer immortal for a few seconds after transformation
• Wood Grief
• Increase blast radius 2.25->3.25 m
• Super Sap Trap
• Increase blast radius 3->3.25 m
• Remove damage from shockwave
• Roll for Damage
• Remove damage from shockwave

Sunflower

• Sunbeam
• Increase damage 9->10
• Allow camera manipulation during rooting animation
• Heal Beam
• Fix the issue with Sun Pulse being interrupted when activating Heal Beam
• Upgrade Quick Egress
• No longer stacks with Hard Target upgrade
• Decrease speed multiplier 1.3->1.25x
• Upgrade Full Bloom
• Fix the issue with incorrect heal rate

Rose

• Arcane Enigma
  • Strafe multiplier 1->1.5x
  • Backwards 1->1.5x
• Decrease speed multiplier 2->1.5x
• Normalize speed multiplier in all directions at 1.5x
• Decrease slowdown when receiving damage, speed multiplier 0.4->0.55 
• Earn reduced XP for applying speed boost to AI allies 10->1 XP

Foot Soldier

• Z-1 Assault Blaster
• Decrease damage 6.1->5.67
• Decrease accuracy when moving and jumping
• Increase gravity -10->-36 m/s
• ZPG
• Increase blast radius 3->5 m
• Decrease shockwave radius 7.5->5.25 m
• Upgrade Liftoff
• Decrease blast radius 4->3 m
• Decrease shockwave radius 5->3.25 m

• Upgrade Rapid Fire
• Decrease max rate of fire 700->680
• Decrease increase rate per shot 6->5 

Imp

• Imp Blasters
• Decrease damage 4.95->4.5
• Missile Madness
• Decrease blast radius 6->2.8
• Decrease shockwave radius 6.02->3.05
• Fix the issue that Mech death was not stopping Missile Madness
• Explosive Escape
• Decrease inner blast radius 14.9->7.5 m
• Decrease outer blast radius 14.9->14.75 m
• Decrease shockwave damage 40->15 m
• Bionic Bash
• Decrease refresh time 15->10 sec
• Decrease shockwave 6->5.75 m

Super Brainz

• Alpha Better Shield
• Fix the issue with aim setting “Toggle Aim” not working with shield
• Turbo Twister
• Increase damage per hit 13->16, for a total damage increase of 104->144
• Increase speed multiplier 1.35->1.4x
• Increase max damage range 2.75->4.25 m
• Increase min damage range 6->7.5 m
• Increase refresh time 14->18.5 sec
• Increase active time 1.25->1.55 sec
• Hyper Jump Thump
• Decrease victim launch radius 12->10 m
• Decrease blast radius 8->6 m
• Decrease shockwave radius 10->6.25 m
• Super Ultra Ball
• Decrease refresh time 20.5->17.85
• Decrease blast damage 50->25
• Increase blast radius 3->5 m
• Decrease shockwave radius 8.5->5.25 m
• Return character control sooner after Ultra Ball has been unleashed
• Upgrade Typhoon
• Knocks enemies upward on each hit
• Upgrade Speed Bag
• Fix the issue with duration not resetting properly on each vanquish
• Fix the issue with speed increase not stacking properly
• Add VFX treatment to show when the upgrade is active

80s Action Hero

• Bow Blaster
• Increase full charge blast radius 2.5->2.75 m
• Decrease full charge blast radius 3.5->3 m
• Dynamite Dodge
• Increase blast radius 3->4 m
• Decrease shockwave radius 5->4.25 m
• Rocket Ride
• Increase blast radius 1.8->2 m
• Decrease shockwave radius 4.75->2.25
• Can’t-Miss-ile
• Increase blast radius 1.5->1.75 m
• Decrease shockwave radius 2.25->2 m
• Upgrade Leg Day
• Fix incorrect refresh time

Electric Slide

• Funky Bouncer
• Fix pull range by increasing radius 2.5->3.85 m
• Disco Tornado
• Decrease blast radius 5.6->5.5 m
• Increase shockwave radius 5.7->5.75 m
• Upgrade Amplification
• Fix pull range by increasing radius 3.5->6 m
• Upgrade Malfunction
• Decrease blast radius 5->4.75 m
• Add shockwave radius 5 m

Captain Deadbeard

• Barrel Blast
• Decrease shockwave radius 7->5 m
• Anchor’s Away
• Switch cancel buttons from interact to ability button
• Eggsplosion
• Increase main egg blast radius 4.5->5 m
• Decrease main egg shockwave radius 10->5.25 m
• Decrease cluster egg shockwave radius 5->2.5 m

Space Cadet & Space Station

• Cosmo Shot
• Increase time to establish lock 0->1 sec
• Gravity Smash
• Decrease blast radius 4.3->3.5 m
• Decrease shockwave radius 4.5->3.75 m
• Station Inflation
• No longer immortal for a few seconds after transformation
• Hands-On Torpedo
• Decrease shockwave radius 4->2.75 m
• Crater Maker
• Fix the issue with passengers zoom transition being really slow when Crater Maker is active

All-Star

• Imp Punt
• Increase blast radius 3.2->4.5 m
• Decrease shockwave radius 5.5->4.75 m
• Sprint Tackle
• Decrease contact explosion 4.25->4.15 m
• Remove the camera lock after the first couple frames of dash
• Dummy Shield
• Fix deploy check so Dummy doesn’t end up on the other side of a wall

Scientist

• Steam Blaster
• Fix the issue when using Heal Spray that was resetting weapon delay
• Fix the issue with the tombstone screen showing the incorrect weapon name
• Upgrade Wormhole
• Increase range 22.5->27 m
• Fix the issue with sprint being canceled
• Upgrade Dolphin Blasting
• Add VFX treatment to show when the upgrade is active

Engineer

• Concrete Launcher
• Decrease shockwave radius 3.2->2.75 m
• Switch to automatic fire
• Bullhorn Swarm
• Can now cancel Snapdragon’s Swoop Slam
• Double Time
  • Strafe multiplier 1.04->1.5x
  • Backwards 0.5->1.5x
• Decrease speed multiplier 1.8->1.5x
• Normalize speed multiplier in all directions at 1.5x
• Upgrade Seismic
• Increase knockback area dimensions, length 4->6 m, width 2->5.5 m
• Decrease time between knockbacks after landing 2->0.5 sec

Wizard

• Co-Star
  • Vanquish 50->15
  • Starz Align Vanquish 50->15
  • Assist 10->5
  • Starz Align Assist 25->10
  • Fix the issue with Wizard being forced out of Co-Star and falling off the map not attributing a vanquish to the player who forced the Wizard out of Co-Star
• Reduce XP reward for vanquishes and assists
• Shooting Star
• Decrease blast radius 1.9->1.8 m
• Increase shockwave radius 2->2.05 m