Patch V1.1 | Predecessor

Patch V1.1

Everything you need to know about V1.1!

Patch Notes Oct 3, 2024

Hotfix

Hotfix V1.1.1 (10/10/24)

Hypercharge [Alternate]:- Total Physical Power Scaling decreased from 11% to 9%.- Magical Power Scaling decreased from 6% to 5%.- Bonus Attack Speed Scaling decreased from 15% to 12%.

Introduction

Greetings Champions!

It feels like it was only recently that we were celebrating our full release at Gamescom - and it’s already time for 1.1!

In update 1.1, we’re welcoming our 4th Omeda original Hero, Skylar, an aerial combat ace with some serious alien tech! Spooky season is officially kicking off too with the return of Shadow’s Eve, and of course, we have a bunch of new features, improvements, and bug fixes, alongside some highly requested community features (mouse and keyboard support on console anyone?)

Let’s get stuck in!

New Hero: Skylar - The Winged Marauder!

Aerial Ace, Skylar, soars onto the battlefield!

Things just got more vertical! With her trusty, high-tech jetpack, Skylar can hover above the battlefield and rain destruction on her enemies below.

Stats:

- Health: 730 (+122)- Health Regen: 1.5 (+0.2)- Mana: 320 (+45)- Mana Regen: 1.5 (+0.2)- Physical Power: 57 (+2)- Attack Speed: 130 (+1.5)- Physical Armor: 20 (+3.35)- Magical Armor: 23 (+0.75)- Movement Speed: 650

Abilities:

Dissonance [Passive]:

Enemy Units killed by Skylar explode after 0.75s, dealing 30 (+5 per level) physical damage to nearby Enemies within 350u. If the Target is an Enemy Hero, the explosion damage and radius is tripled.

Additionally, Skylar utilises her Jetpack to gain increased Jump Height.

Starfire [Basic Attack]:

BAT: 1.5

Effect: Skylar’s basic Ranged attack, dealing 57 (+75% Bonus Physical Power) physical damage.

Plasma Grenade [Primary]:

CD: 14/13/12/11/10

Cost: 50/55/60/65/70

Effect: Skylar launches a bouncing Nano Bubble that attaches to the first Target hit for 0.75s and deals 25/40/55/70/85 (+20% Bonus Physical Power) physical damage.

After the duration, the Target and nearby Enemies take 70/100/130/160/190 (+90% Bonus Physical Power)(+50% Magical Power) physical damage and are Slowed by 40%/45%/50%/55%/60% for 1s.

Air Assault [Secondary]:

CD: 24/21.5/19/16.5/14

Cost: 70

Effect: Skylar thrusts upwards in her current direction and gains the ability to Glide for 3.25s. While Gliding, Skylar’s Movement Speed is increased by 25%.

During this time, dealing damage will cause Skylar to fire a missile that deals 25/35/45/55/65 (+15% Bonus Physical Power)(+10% Magical Power) physical damage to the Target.

Hypercharge [Alternate]:

CD: 6

Cost: 80/90/100/110/120 Effect: Skylar Hypercharges Starfire, augmenting her Basic Attack for the next 5s. Takedowns refresh the duration.

While Hypercharge is active, Skylar converts Bonus Attack Speed into additional On-Hit damage and her Basic Attack fires at a fixed rate of 10 attacks per second.

Each hit deals 1/3/5/7/9 (+11% Total Physical Power)(+6% Magical Power)(+15% Bonus Attack Speed) physical damage per instance and applies On-Hit effects at 12% effectiveness. Dealing Damage to the same target within 1s increases the damage dealt to them by 1.25%, stacking up to 20 times.

At maximum stacks, Hypercharge deals additional damage equal to 6/9/12/15/18% of the Target's Total Physical Armor.

Passive: Basic Attacks deal 4/8/12/16/20 (+10% Total Physical Power) bonus physical damage On-Hit.

Atomiser [Ultimate]:

CD: 120/100/80

Cost: 100

Effect: Skylar charges up her weapon for 0.5s before unleashing a large Orb of energy. The Orb explodes upon hitting an Enemy Hero or Terrain, dealing 200/330/460 (+135% Bonus Physical Power)(+100% Magical Power)(+15/20/25% of Target’s missing health) physical damage to all nearby Enemies.

Atomiser’s Missing Health Damage is capped at 300/450/600 against Non-Heroes.

Shadow’s Eve Event

Predecessor is getting dressed up for Halloween! Starting October 8th, our map is getting a harrowing makeover to help you feel that chill in the air… You’ll see a brand-new skybox, haunting new lighting effects, jack o’ lanterns, candles and more! Available until November 5th.

Store News

Starstruck Skylar [Uncommon]

Bash-O-Lantern [Legendary]

Reaver Greystone & Kira [Rare]

Spiderwitch Lt. Belica [Uncommon]

Feline Queen Sparrow [Common]

New Bundles

Skylar Bundle

Everything you need to shoot for the stars!

Bundle Contents:- Skylar [ Hero]- Starstruck Skylar [ Skin]- Starstruck Skylar [ Profile Icon] ( Exclusive )- Starstruck Skylar [ Banner] ( Exclusive )- Thief [ Spray] ( Exclusive )- Skylar Premium Affinity

Halloween Mega Bundle

Assemble the ultimate spooky crew!

Bundle Contents:- Narbash [ Hero]- Greystone [ Hero]- Kira [ Hero]- Lt. Belica [ Hero]- Sparrow [ Hero]- Bash-O-Lantern Narbash [ Skin]- Reaver Greystone [ Skin]- Reaver Kira [ Skin]- Feline Queen Sparrow [ Skin]- Spider With Lt. Belica [ Skin]- Omen Reaver Greystone [ Skin Variant] ( Exclusive )- Midnight Reaver Greystone [ Skin Variant] ( Exclusive )- Omen Reaver Kira [ Skin Variant] ( Exclusive )- Midnight Reaver Kira [ Skin Variant] ( Exclusive )- Bash-O-Lantern [ Banner] ( Exclusive )- Reaver Greystone [ Banner] ( Exclusive )- Reaver Kira [ Banner] ( Exclusive )- Bash-O-Lantern [ Profile Icon] ( Exclusive )- Reaver Greystone [ Profile Icon] ( Exclusive )- Reaver Kira [ Profile Icon] ( Exclusive )- Hold This [ Spray] ( Exclusive )- Let Me Cook [ Spray] ( Exclusive )- Screech [ Spray] ( Exclusive )- I See You [ Spray] ( Exclusive )

Bash-O-Lantern Narbash Bundle

Bundle Contents:- Narbash [ Hero]- Bash-O-Lantern Narbash [ Skin]- Bash-O-Lantern [ Banner] ( Exclusive )- Bash-O-Lantern [ Profile Icon] ( Exclusive )- Hold This [ Spray] ( Exclusive )

Reaver Greystone Bundle

Bundle Contents:- Greystone [ Hero]- Reaver Greystone [ Skin]- Omen Reaver Greystone [ Skin Variant] ( Exclusive )- Reaver Greystone [ Banner] ( Exclusive )- Reaver Greystone [ Profile Icon] ( Exclusive )- Screech [ Spray] ( Exclusive )

Reaver Kira Bundle

Bundle Contents:- Kira [ Hero]- Reaver Kira [ Skin]- Midnight Reaver Kira [ Skin Variant] ( Exclusive )- Reaver Kira [ Banner] ( Exclusive )- Reaver Kira [ Profile Icon] ( Exclusive )- I See You [ Spray] ( Exclusive )

Platinum Package Adjustments

We’re making some adjustments to the Platinum packages we currently offer to better align them with the prices of skins in the game, while also reducing situations where players have a small amount of Platinum left after a purchase that they can’t do much with.

Want to grab a new Common skin? Grab the new 500 platinum pack! Maybe you like one of the Uncommon skins too? Pick up the 1300 Platinum pack instead! Check out the new bundles below:

Old

New

There are no changes to the 5900 or 12200 Platinum Packs!

Role Bundle Discounts

You may remember all the way back in update v0.16 we added new bundles for each role with an introductory discount to celebrate their arrival. Well, it’s finally time for these bundles to head back towards their standard price, but not all the way just yet… the offer continues with a slightly reduced discount for each of the bundles and a new price of 650 Platinum.

Note - these are dynamic bundles so the price will reduce based on what you already own.

If you’ve been eyeing any of these bundles up, grab them at full discount until the patch drops!

V1.1 Twitch Drops

We couldn’t do Shadow’s Eve without some all-new Shadow’s Eve Twitch Drops! Starting shortly after the update goes live, watch any Predecessor streamer to get your hands on the the brand-new Pumpkin spray, or watch select Predecessor Creator Guild streamers to get your hands on the terrifying Sweet Dreams Khaimera spray, profile icon and skin!

Console Improvements

Unfortunately due to certification complications, some of the following features have been delayed for PlayStation users. For more information, see here.

PlayStation Trophies

Trophy hunters rejoice! PlayStation players can now earn a bunch of different trophies, let the platinum run begin!

Console 120 FPS Mode

PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are getting a huge performance upgrade with 1.1! We’ve optimised the game to run at a buttery-smooth 120FPS.

Localisation

We're excited to announce Predecessor has been localised for consoles in German, French, Italian, Simplified Chinese and Brazilian-Portuguese!

Aim Assist

Aim assist for console players can now be toggled on or off so you can choose how you want to play! Additionally, we’ve also made some tweaks to improve aim assist when enemy players are closer to the camera.

Mouse & Keyboard Support

This is perhaps one of the most requested quality-of-life improvements among console players, so we’re very excited to announce mouse and keyboard support is coming to PlayStation and Xbox in this update!

Draft Improvements

We implemented a lot of changes to the Draft and Role Select screens with 1.0 back in August, and we’ve been listening intently to your feedback since then to offer even more changes and improvements to the whole Draft experience.

Draft Voice Lines

Some players reported a little confusion when selecting the same role as others during role select. To help with clarity, we’ve added a new voice line telling you which lane you’ve been assigned before heading into draft.

We also wanted to add some extra prompts that we hope will help to reduce the amount of accidental draft mishaps. We've probably all been there - gazing off into space while we're meant to be picking our Hero. So upon entering the Draft you'll be prompted to select your Hero.

Once you've selected your Hero, the VO reminds you to lock-in!

Finally, as the timer hits 10 seconds, the VO will tell you "Time's running out"

Ability Videos

For newer players heading into draft, whether it’s vs AI or PvP, picking a new Hero can be a bit daunting as you’re usually going in with only a description of what their abilities do. With 1.1 we’ve added small ability videos for each Hero and ability to provide further clarity on what each Hero can do.

This isn’t just for the draft screen either! You can head into the Hero Ability section in the Main Menu to take a closer look at them too.

Note - some Heroes have Passive abilities that are difficult to show clearly, for these cases we’ve opted to not include them for now but are looking into solutions.

Removed Subclasses

Subclasses in the draft screen were added in 1.0 and we saw that players felt it cluttered the screen without really offering much more in terms of information. So we’ve removed the subclasses in 1.1 to keep things clean and tidy. Thanks to everyone for the feedback!

Affinity Progress in the Draft Screen

Hero Affinity has become a popular feature for players to work towards, but the information isn’t as accessible as we’d like it to be, until now!

Affinity progress for every Hero is now visible in the draft screen at the top of each Hero’s thumbnail, so you can easily see how far you have to go until the next affinity level.

Role Select Changes

We had some feedback from mouse and keyboard players who felt the extra click to “lock-in” your role during Role Select wasn’t necessary. Upon reviewing the change, we agree!

Mouse & Keyboard players will be able to select and lock-in their role in one simple click. You’ll still be able to deselect the role if you change your mind though.

Players Names in Role Select

Currently when a role is picked, the game simply shows a number next to the icon. Continuing on with our mission to improve clarity within the game, we’ve made a change to show player names here, rather than just a number.

Hero Camera Positions

Let’s be honest, some Heroes in the Draft screen looked a little… small. When you pick a Hero, they should feel like a Hero! So we’ve updated the camera position for all of our Heroes so they have a much better sense of scale.

Lane Lock Clarity

To help ensure players know which role they were assigned during Role Select, the screen will now show you exactly which role you’re about to play. This, alongside the newly added voiceline should really help to ensure players have all the information they need to pick the right Hero for the job.

Post Match Screen Improvements

It’s no secret that some players weren’t huge fans of the new post-match screen we introduced in 1.0. We really appreciate the feedback and we’ve made some adjustments here to make everyone’s stats much easier to digest:

Some players were accidentally adding or blocking other players with the old setup, so we’ve added a contextual menu where you can add, block or report the people you just played with, without any accidents!

Other Improvements

Chat Readability Upgrade

Another area of community feedback has been the readability of the in-game chat. We’ve made some improvements to it in update 1.1 to ensure chat and system messages are much easier to see.

Renamed Item Slots

Item slot 1, 2 and 3 weren’t very descriptive, particularly for new players who wondered what they even were! We’ve changed the name of these in the keybind menu to their relevant item: Blink, Utility (Hunt/Potion), Crest, Vision (Ward/Sentry).

Jump Pad VFX

While researching the new player experience, we noticed players avoiding the jump pads and walking to their lane instead. To help make them a little more obvious, we’ve added some snazzy new VFX to indicate their presence and what they do.

Skin Selection

We've all got our favourite skins for our favourite Heroes, but having to select it every time you go into a match doesn't feel great. With v1.1 the game will save your last skin selection for each character so your Heroes are always looking their best!

New Items

Who doesn’t love new items?! We always want to encourage build diversity in Predecessor, and the following items should help to give the meta a little shake up while giving you even more options for how you want to build and play your Heroes.

Carry:

- Cost: 3100- 45 Physical Power- 20% Critical Strike Chance- 250 Mana- 15 Ability Haste- Recipe: Claymore + Spell Slasher + Spirit Beads- Passive Solarblade: Upon casting an Ability, empower your next Basic Attack within 4s to deal 50 (+120% Critical Strike Chance) bonus physical damage on-hit - 1.5s CD.

Mage:

- Cost: 3000- 60 Magical Power- 400 Mana- 15 Ability Haste- Recipe: Dusk Stave + Chronomatic Wand- Passive Degradation: Your Abilities deal 3 (+3% Magical Power) additional magical damage. Each Ability cast can only trigger this effect once every 0.3s, per Target.

Support:

- Cost: 2550- 375 Health- 125% Base Mana Regen- 10 Ability Haste- 20% Tenacity- Recipe: Essence Ring + Tenacious Drape- Passive Blighted Presence: Enemy Heroes within 550u of you have their Healing reduced by 40% and are Slowed by 10%.

Hero Balance Changes

Countess

General:- Physical Armor Growth increased from 2.85 to 3.05.

Blade Siphon [Alternate]:- Damage decreased from 95/125/155/185/215 to 95/120/145/170/195.- Magical Power Scaling increased from 50% to 55%.

Crunch

Re-Crunch [Ultimate]:- Healing increased from 20/60/100 to 25/65/105.

Greystone

General:- Attack Speed Growth increased from 1.6 to 1.9

Make Way [Primary]:- Cooldown decreased from 12/11.25/10.5/9.75/9 to 12/11/10/9/8.

Sacred Oath [Secondary]:- Slow increased from 12% to 13%.

Assault The Gates [Alternate]:- Bonus Physical Power Scaling increased from 75% to 90%.

Other Heroes

[Details on changes for other heroes omitted for brevity]

Bug Fixes

Known Issues

That’s a wrap on update 1.1! Your feedback has been incredibly helpful in shaping this update, and we can’t wait for all of you to jump into the Shadow’s Eve map, and rise to new heights with Skylar.

What do you think, Champions? Let us know your thoughts on Discord or Reddit.

Until next time,

Rei, Steggs, & Omeda_Zuzu

Game Design and Community @ Omeda Studios