Patch Notes

Version 0.13

Patch Version 0.13 ( Live: June 6th, 2022 )

Read and comment on the 0.13 patch notes post over on the official Big Time forums

BALANCE:

• You can no longer dodge if you’ve been falling for too long
• You must sprint for a short while before being able to activate the post-sprint attack
• Heal ability values have been tuned to be more distinct

ANIMATION:

• A new animation has been added for Backstab
• New Interaction animations for various objects have been added
• New casting animation for fireball has been added
• Orb lightning now has a new cast animation
• AI will now occasionally do a little jig when they defeat you
• Glacial Entombment has a new cast animation

GAMEPLAY:

• Certain loot is now ‘encrypted’ when dropped and must be decrypted before use. Look for your friendly neighborhood decryptor in town!
• You can now unequip abilities from the hot bar by right-clicking
• Collision accuracy for various volumetric abilities has been improved to match the visuals more closely
• Energy Regen ability is now significantly more effective at regenerating allies’ energy
• Direction selection of Fire Wave has been improved
• High-level Ninja Leap will now leave a decoy behind distracting foes briefly
• Revive ability reticle will now correctly highlight targets that can be revived
• “Adrenaline Potion” that will revive nearby downed friendlies has been added to the game
• “Resurrect Potion” that will respawn fully dead friendlies has been added to the game
• Many improvements have been made to Into the Frey ability
• Fireball will now block movement (bot not aiming) during cast
• New “rolling thunder” upgrade path added to deployable fixer turrets

ART:

• Visuals for waterfalls and other bodies of water have been improved
• Deadly water in dungeons now appears more “poisonous”
• Foliage and overall visuals in Forest dungeons have been improved
• VFX for bleed ailment has been improved
• Exploding drone bugs have a new explosion VFX
• VFX for poison ailment has been improved
• VFX for rest has been improved
• VFX for activating shrines has been improved
• VFX for ancient monitor death has been improved
• VFX for choppers slashes have been improved
• VFX for players revived by fixer ability has been added
• VFX for canister traps has been improved
• VFX for temporary immunity (post-revive/respawn) has been improved
• VFX for bubble shield has been improved
• VFX for alacrity projectile has been improved
• VFX for smoke poof has been improved
• VFX has been added to caster when various abilities are activated
• VFX for lord of the dead ability has been improved
• VFX has been added for enemy healers
• VFX for quest bombs has been improved
• VFX for firewall has been improved
• VFX for shadowblade Sap ability has been improved
• Collisions on the Forest Bushes are fixed now. No more clipping camera

LEVELS:

• Improved collision on several props throughout dungeons
• Time’s End’s vista has been improved
• Various gaps in dungeon tiles have been fixed
• New destructible canisters have been added to Time’s End

UI:

• When first connecting to a region, players will now be given the opportunity to select which overworld instance they want to join
• New item indicator will now persist longer in the Cosmetics tab so it’s more apparent which NFT is new when you loot one
• Lore text on one-way ticket to town consumable has been improved
• Improved readability of various reticles (both healing and damage) throughout the game
• A sensitivity slider has been added to the settings menu
• Icons have been improved for several consumables and abilities throughout the game
• Added new icons for various ailments and status effects
• Toggle hud keybind has been added to the keybinds menu so you can change it from the default Ctrl+`
• Fixed icon for Rage status effect
• UI for splitting stacks of items has been improved
• Many incomplete or missing descriptions have been fixed for abilities
• Improved display of item requirements to be more legible

SOUND:

• Big Che has new sounds for various attacks
• Various inventory movement sounds have been added

BUG FIXES:

• Fixed UI icon indicator a party member os down remaining after that party member has respawned
• Fixed NFT/Cosmetic items still being visible during shadowblade’s invisibility
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to become stuck in “limbo” after canceling connection dialogs
• Fixed a bug that could cause the exp bar to appear blank or display invalid XP values after changing TimeLines
• Fixed issues with whirlwind causing pops/corrections to third-party players watching the move
• Fixed Dagger of Sir Branor not appearing in-game
• Fixed enemy poison and fire aura visuals not matching damage radii
• Various issues with Lord of the Dead have been fixed
• Fixed issues with players that had many NFTs in their inventory being unable to connect to servers reliably
• Fixed certain boss fights not having as many enemies as intended
• Fixed issues with zone names not displaying correctly
• Fixed an issue that could cause NPCs to circle one another endlessly
• Fixed being able to bind the same action to multiple buttons
• Fixed some cases of loot chests and canisters floating above the ground in Time’s End

PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION:

• Foliage and other models in Time’s End have been optimized to reduce load on player GPUs in this area
• Improved CPU overhead of player movement on servers
• Fixed servers doing more work than intended when processing game warnings
• Server-side replication has been reworked. Dramatically reducing CPU overhead for highly populated servers

View the full article