Update:May 3, 2024
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Source: 05-03-2024 Update
Patch notes
General Changes
- Added a Recommend A Friend button to the dashboard that you can use to send us requests for people to include in our playtesting
- Added a Resources page to the dashboard which contains a browsable item shop
- Added overhead text display when another hero uses active items
- The hotkeys F1-F5 to change cameras to allied heroes now maps directly to the order of heroes on the top bar left to right
- Added the Patron to the spectate-when-dead cycle if the enemy is in your base or everyone on your team is dead
- Added support for Flex Items in the Hero Sandbox
- Increased the range of the mouse sensitivity slider from 0.5->4.0 to 0.05->8.0
- Increased the default framerate cap from 120 to 400
- Improved UI display when endgame objectives are being attacked
- Added music for when the base is under attack
- Changed the local player icon on the the minimap to always be on top of enemy icons
- Shop music will now only play for shops players can access
- Postgame graphs now default to team stats rather than individual
- Added borders around hero icons on the minimap when watching replays/spectating
- Top bar now shows incoming players before they are fully connected
- Added console command to hide the bar at the bottom in replays ('
citadel_hide_replay_hud 1' to hide it, 'citadel_hide_replay_hud 0' to bring it back) - Various VOIP improvements
- Fixed open mic threshold
- Fixed various consistency issues with the presentation of Souls terminology, icons, etc
- Fixed
Flying Cloak teleporting players into geometry or out of the world - Fixed
Warp Stone teleporting you through geometry - Fixed Fixation decimal point display
- Fixed Parry animation not playing
- Fixed various issues with the spectate UI display
- Removed the slow climbing vertical recoil on
Yamato's alt fire - Fixed AP count not showing if you are dead, spectating a team mate or when holding alt/tab to upgrade your abilities
Gameplay Changes
- Troopers DPS vs Lane Guardians reduced from 44 to 36
- Objectives now have 80% damage reduction anti-backdoor defense when there haven't been creeps nearby in a while
- The uncapturable zipline nodes near your base now extend out 2 more nodes (this means attackers can't capture ziplines quite as close to the enemy base)
- You are now silenced while carrying the Urn
- Urn bounty increased from 900 + 160/minute to 900 + 200/minute
- Vaults base bounty increased from 150 to 200
Abrams: Base Health increased from 550 to 600- Abrams:
Siphon DPS increased from 24 to 35 
Bebop: Weapon no longer has horizontal/vertical recoil
Dynamo: 
Singularity DPS increased from 48 to 60- Dynamo: Singularity T3 Max HP DPS increased from 3.2% to 3.8%
Grey Talon: 
Charge Shot damage increased from 95 to 105- Grey Talon: Charge Shot T2 damage reduced from 80 to 70
- Grey Talon:
Guided Owl damage increased from 200 to 300 
Haze: 
Bullet Dance bonus Fire Rate reduced from +30 to +20- Haze:
Smoke Bomb duration scaling from Spirit improved from 0.2 to 0.3 
Infernus: 
Catalyst no longer slows Infernus to 1.3 m/s during the cast delay- Infernus:
Concussive Combustion damage increased from 130 to 160 
Kelvin: 
Frost Grenade T3 bonus damage increased from +100 to +175
Lady Geist: 
Blood Bomb damage increased from 80 to 100- Lady Geist: Blood Bomb T2 damage increased from +65 to +70
- Lady Geist: Blood Bomb tooltip fixed to reference the correct self damage type and that it can be reduced with armor
- Lady Geist:
Malice damage amp per shard increased from 10% to 15% 
Lash: 
Grapple cooldown reduced from 55 to 45- Lash:
Flog Damage increased from 55 to 65 - Lash: Flog lifesteal from heroes increased from 70% to 80% of damage dealt
- Lash: Flog lifesteal from non-heroes reduced from 35% to 30% of damage dealt
- Lash:
Death Slam T1 from +3m to +5m - Lash: Fixed Death Slam's targeting cone not finding enemies near the edges
- Lash: Fixed Death Slam to only target enemies who stay in the targeting cone
McGinnis: 
Heavy Barrage now reduces your speed rather than setting it to a low cap (by itself this change isn't a buff or a nerf, but it allows you to buy items to move faster during the ultimate)- McGinnis: Heavy Barrage camera interaction with Fleetfoot Boots has been fixed
Mo & Krill: 
Sand Blast range increased from 25m to 30m- Mo & Krill: Sand Blast width increased from 3m to 5m
- Mo & Krill: Sand Blast is now permissive with small obstructions in the way
- Mo & Krill:
Burrow no longer loses its state as you change elevations - Mo & Krill: Burrow now knocks enemies up when you come up
- Mo & Krill:
Combo DPS increased from 50 to 60 - Mo & Krill: No longer listed as a recommended new player hero
Vindicta: Base Bullet Damage reduced from 15 to 14- Vindicta: Bullet Damage gained per boon reduced from 0.88 to 0.7 (these are gained occasionally as you earn souls, up to 11 times)
- Vindicta:
Stake T1 bonus duration reduced from +1.5s to +1.0s - Vindicta: Is now a recommended hero for new players
- Yamato:
Crimson Slash radius increased from 11m to 12m - Yamato: Crimson Slash fire rate debuff duration increased from 3s to 4s
- Yamato: Crimson Slash T2 changed from "-5s Cooldown" to "10% Max Health heal on hero hit"
- Yamato: Crimson Slash T3 changed from "12% Max Health heal on hero hit" to "-6s Cooldown"
- Yamato:
Power Slash T1 Bullet Resist increased from 40% to 60% - Yamato:
Flying Strike cooldown reduced from 35 to 20 - Yamato: Flying Strike T2 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "+20 Cast Range"
- Yamato: Flying Strike range no longer scales with Spirit
- Yamato:
Shadow Explosion bonus Spirit per victim increased from 10 to 15 - Yamato: Shadow Explosion bonus Fire Rate per victim increased from 5 to 10
- Yamato: Shadow Explosion buff duration increased from 8s to 15s