Predecessor Patch V.0.6

Patch v.0.6 is almost upon us - bringing with it a slew of features, improvements and an all new Hero!

Patch Notes 28. Apr. 2023

HOTFIXES

Hotfix V0.6.4 (28/04/23)

◆ Added some extra code to the game to help combat those pesky Steam login issues (we're looking at you, AB-400 errors!)

◆ Fixed an issue that could occur for players who rather ambitiously competed in both EU and NA Competitive Night events in the same day (take that, P-1000 error!)

Hotfix V0.6.3 (26/04/23)

◆ Fixed a bug related to Competitive Nights ahead of it going live.

Hotfix V0.6.2 (25/04/23)

◆ Fixed an issue with Murdock's Ultimate not firing and going on cooldown after a specific input sequence.

◆ Fixed an issue with Phase's Telekinetic Link stopping working when trying to link to a dying teammate.

◆ Fixed a crash while scrubbing through replay that has wards placed on the map.

Hotfix V0.6.1 (19/04/23)

◆ Resolved an issue that meant party invites weren't properly working for EGS players.

◆ Fixed an issue that caused the game to crash during initial loading.

ORIGINAL UPDATE

Patch releasing 12.00 GMT April 18th, 2023.
This update will result in a period of downtime (likely a few hours) due to size and content of the patch. This may change, so keep an eye on our social channels for the latest. We thank you for your patience and ongoing support.

Welcome to Season 2, Champions!

We’re kicking off the new season with a bang! V.0.6 brings with it a new Hero, the first iteration of our replay system, competitive nights, rewards for season one, balance changes and more!

Let’s start by talking about balance. Our focus with this patch is to help build in a longer Time-To-Kill (TTK), but we want to set expectations that these changes are by no means the single silver bullet that’ll deliver our TTK goals on the first attempt. What we’re delivering in this update is the first step of many, directed specifically towards the Carry role for now as their damage output has been the most problematic. As a result, elements such as Critical Strike Damage and Hero Basic Attack scalings are receiving a reduction in power, alongside a decrease in potency for many Carry items too. To compensate however, we’ve shifted some of this damage towards Abilities to facilitate clearer trading patterns and windows of strength. This may seem counterproductive to our TTK goals, but alongside targeting a longer TTK, we also wish to complement this by better defining power windows that reward intelligent positioning and smart Ability usage. As always we’ll be reviewing all the data and the feedback as well as making further balance changes with this additional goal in mind.

And fear not - it’s not all nerfs! There is a peppering of other adjustments to Heroes such as Offlane/Jungle-centric Riktor buffs to open up his Role diversity, Feng Mao Mana improvements to help grant him more of a presence on the map, and even some love for The Fey’s Harvest Nettles ability to make her aggressive playstyle more rewarding.

While many changes are still cooking in the Omeda ovens and will be rolled out in future patches, the ultimate balance goal is to progressively shift towards a higher TTK environment where unique Hero Ability interactions and windows of power are better defined, leading to more tactical, engaging and rewarding combat encounters. This is a lofty goal and we realise it may take some time to achieve. We also anticipate some growing pains as we progress towards these goals from patch to patch. Rest assured we will be keeping a close eye on how things are going and will respond swiftly to any undesirable results.

Your feedback is vital in helping us get this right, so please do take the time to join the official Predecessor Discord or Subreddit where you can leave your feedback and suggestions for the team to read.

With all that said there still plenty more to come in Season 2 so stay tuned, and we’ll see you out on the battlefield!

• Rei, Game Designer

A NEW HERO APPEARS

Phase makes her appearance!

The Psychic Stray, Phase, is the newest Support Hero joining the Predecessor line up! Her telekinetic talents allow her to psychically connect with her allies, all while skillfully manipulating the battlefield in her team’s favour!

ABILITIES:

Essence Catalyst

Effect: After Phase finishes casting an ability, she gains 20-37% attack speed, 10 (10%) magic damage on hit and 5 mana on successful basic attacks for 3 seconds.

Pulse Bolt [LMB]

Effect: Ranged basic attack dealing physical damage.

Psychic Flare [Q]

CD: 13/12/11/10/9
Cost: 60/65/70/75/80
Effect: Blast a flare of psychic energy around Phase and her Linked ally, dealing 75/115/155/195/235 (70%) magic damage. Enemies take 20% damage from a second flare.

Targets hit that are also facing the flare are blinded for 1/1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4s.

Energy Lance [E]

CD: 20/18.5/17/15.5/14
Cost: 80/90/100/110/120
Effect: Channels a beam of pure energy dealing 40/60/80/100/120 (40%) magical damage over 2.5s. Each instance of damage applies a stacking 4% slow that lasts 0.8s.

Upon reaching 8 stacks the target is rooted for 1.25s. The next instance of damage (excluding Energy Lance) will deal 40/60/80/100/120 (40%) magic damage to the target.

Telekinetic Link [RMB]

Pull CD: 24/22/20/18/16
Pull Cost: 50
Effect: Applies a Link to targeted Ally granting them 2/4/6/8/10 physical power while linked. If reactivated, Phase will Pull the Linked target towards her.

The link will be broken if the target goes out of range or if Phase gets hit by Silence or hard CC, excluding root.

Hyperflux [R]

CD: 120/105/90
Cost: 100
Effect: Phase overcharges herself and her Linked Ally, granting both 60/90/120% attack speed, 110/115/120% movement speed, and 10/15/20% Omnivamp for 8s.

GENERAL UPDATES

Season 1 Rewards

The first season of Predecessor has officially ended, which means it’s time to collect your end-of-season rewards. Your Player Level when the patch goes live will determine the rewards you'll receive as follows:

◆ Player level 10 = Countess EA Season 1 Icon
◆ Player level 20 = Purple Hex Countess skin
◆ Player level 30 = Kira EA Season 1 Icon
◆ Player level 40 = Occult Kira Skin
◆ Player level 50+ = 300 Platinum per 10 Levels

Competitive Nights

We’re excited to introduce Competitive Nights to Predecessor! Starting April 27th we’ll be opening up the Competitive Nights queue for 3 hours every Thursday evening for Europe and NA East regions. To participate, players will need to form a party of 5 and go head-to-head against the most skilled teams in the game.

All players will start each week with the same matchmaking score, so it's a great opportunity to see how high you can climb on the leaderboard before the week is out. Grab four friends and get ready to compete in the ultimate test of skill and teamwork!

Replay System [BETA]

This week we’ve added the first iteration of the much awaited Replay and Spectator feature. With this feature you can now watch back recent matches as well as matches your friends have played. The goal is to empower the community to create more content and support community-run events.

Currently the Replay keybinds are not displayed in-game but will be in the future. For now you can find them listed below for both Keyboard & Mouse, and Gamepad.

Public API

We're excited to announce that V.0.6 will see the official release of our Public API, which has been developed with the support and collaboration of several community partners. The API provides community developers with the necessary tools to create new applications and features that support, expand and enrich both Predecessor and the wider community.

Community Event - The Hunt

We're pleased to announce that a special Profile Icon featuring Kira - the winner of our first community event, The Hunt - has been added to the game. All players will receive this reward upon logging in.

New skins

Another update means more new skins! The following new looks are available now in the store:

◆ Opaline The Fey [Common]
◆ Shadow Lynx Phase [Common]
◆ Grand Oracle Sevarog [Common]

OTHER IMPROVEMENTS

◆ Changed Sparrow's portrait to help her stand out from the rest of the cast.

◆ Improved map collision.

◆ Improved the way that targeted abilities snap to targets.

BALANCE CHANGES

General Changes/Fixes:

Critical Strike Damage:

Carries specifically have a tendency to dish out too much raw damage in the later stages of the game once they have their Crit builds online, so we’re hitting the damage multiplier of Critical Strikes. While this won’t entirely resolve TTK feeling too fast for many players as it is purely a Crit-centric change, this is the first step of many towards redistributing damage away from basic attack potency and elevating damage windows through other means.

◆ Base Critical Strike Damage decreased from 165% to 160%.

HEROES

A quick Slice ratio-adjustment for the Matriarch, the first of many.

Slice [LMB]

◆ Bonus Physical Power Scaling decreased from 100% to 90%.

Alongside Crunch’s Basic Attack Ratio change, we’re redistributing some of this lost Basic Attack strength back into his Passive damage to better reward him when weaving punches between abilities!

Crunch [LMB]

◆ Bonus Physical Power Scaling decreased from 90% to 80%.

Cross Crunch [Passive]

◆ Physical Power Scaling increased from 10% to 15%.

Drongo has found himself in a precarious spot as of late. His ability to disrupt fights with his Gag Grenade and eject himself from danger has created just a little too much safety. Because of this we’re stripping back the potency of Drongo’s utility in some areas, while conversely providing more uptime on his Abilities in the later stages of the game to better define his windows of aggression now that his basic attacks are dealing less damage.

Pistol Shot [LMB]

◆ Bonus Physical Power Scaling decreased from 90% to 80%.

As much as Feng Mao loves to take short trades and rotate through abilities, he finds himself restricted by a relatively low mana pool. By granting his Guardian Shield a lower Mana cost and increasing his Mana Growth, Feng Mao should find himself feeling more liberated when using his Shield for short trades, alongside generally suffering less from Mana issues.

[General]

◆ Base Mana Growth increased from 50 to 55.

Sweep [LMB]

◆ Bonus Physical Power Scaling decreased from 90% to 80%.

Guardian Shield [Q]

◆ Mana Cost decreased from 60 to 50.