Release Notes for 26th March 2021

Balance Changes
- XM13 fire rate increased to 11.1 rounds/s from 10 rounds/s
- XM13 Flux Package fire rate increased to 13.87/s from 12.05 rounds/s

Custom Lobby
- Disabled Base Placement Option for PVE Custom Game Lobby

Intel
- Changed Weapon Fire Rate Information. It now uses Rounds per Second. Previously, it was using Time between Shots.

Fixes
- Fixed Capture Point Ring widget sometimes not showing in RTS when units are capturing Resource and Victory Points
- Fixed Intel displaying Weapon List in a random manner
- Fixed Spectator Count Inaccuracy of Custom Games in Server Browser
- Fixed players being able to instantly win Tank Challenge on retry
- Fixed invisible wall that blocked bullets near the starting location of Tank Challenge
- Fixed Power Reactor being able to permanently lock a resource point
- Fixed Tractor Beam missing from AXR Dropship when dropping vehicle reinforcement in Offline Game Modes
- Fixed Berserker Shock Punch doing direct impact instead of AOE when facing allied units
- Fixed Ace Vanguard Eagle Strike Indicator disappearing when player clicks Mouse Right Click
- Fixed New Batch of Callsigns not showing in Minimap
- Fixed players being able to use their weapons while ESP is active
- Fixed Bio Injector, Resupply Crates and Proximity Mines from being locked when player tries to cancel their activation

Hello Officers,

Here's the first update for the 1.0 version of the game! You can find multiple balance changes, UI/UX improvements and bugs and crash fixes. Thanks for sending us the suggestions and the crash reports as they help us to take the necessary steps to improve the overall 'Eximius' experience. Some suggestions might take more time to implement due to the complexity or priority.

Next, we'll be working on adding more content and improvement to the games. We'll in the final stages of preparing the localisation. For the 1st round, we'll be supporting Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and German. We're looking into supporting other languages if we see that there's a demand for it.

Many credits to the community who reported, assisted and discussed the issues with us.

Release Notes for 25th March 2021


Gameplay Changes
- Support Crawler will now resupply weapons
- Templar can now be blinded by Flashbangs
- Phantom/Recon Drones are now limited to 3 at a single time. Deployment now cost 1,200 Credits and 600 Supplies
- Priority Attack will no longer interrupt Latent Commands
- Sigma Tank will no longer lose charged shot after being issued a Priority Attack Command
- Vehicles will now try to avoid Weapon Crew but may still run them down when there's no other available path
- Adjusted hitboxes for Assault Vanguard, Siege Vanguard, Ace Vanguard and Berserker
- Removed Reserve Munition Upgrade from Infantry Division due to no applicable units
- Removed Crawler Cargo Improvement from Robotics Division due to no applicable units
- Removed Enhance Combat Training Upgrade for GSF. Players can now resupply their Ammo from Field Supports by interacting with them
- Updated shortcut keys for multiple Unit Upgrades in AXR and GSF Research Structures as to not clash with Push to Talk Button (Y Key)
- Commander Centre Default Energy Resource production increased to 5 from 3
- GSF & AXR Turret upkeep energy reduced to 2 from 3

Assault Vanguard Changes
- Smite (Passive Ability) no longer gives speed bonus
- Smite now flinch self for 1.3 seconds when hitting a player, up from 0.5 seconds. This gives players only 0.2 seconds bonus time to shoot after knocking down another player.

Exploit Vanguard Changes
- Passive Ability radius recuded to 20M from 50M

Ace Vanguard Changes
- Ace Vanguard Eagle Strike Knockdown time on enemy Officers is reduced to 1.5 seconds from 2.3 seconds

Balance Changes
- Templar pop usage increased to 9 from 6
- Ironguard Core pop usage is dropped to 7 from 8
- Service Ironguard pop usage reduced to 7 from 12
- Omicron Sonic damage reduced to 150 from 600
- Omicron Sonic splash radius reduced to 550 from 750
- Bio Injector effects will no longer stack, instead it will refresh the duration
- GSF Shotgun spread is slightly tighter
- GSF Shotgun damage reduced to 45 from 55 per pellet
- GSF Shotgun range cap increased to 50M from 40M
- GSF Shotgun Incendiary range increased to 30M from 28M
- AXR XM13 Spec-Ops cooldown between burst dropped to 0.3 from 0.4

Level Changes
- Fixed players not being able to complete "EMP the Tank" Achievement when using Gauntlet CPC on Enemy Tank
- Fixed Enemy Tank sometimes not being able to reach destination
- Patched a hole in Crossing
- Starting Weapon Credits are increased to 2,500 from 2,000 in Tank Challenge
- Improved Grunt AI accessibiility at Strip Mall area in Crossing

Keybinding
- Improved Keybinding and Handling of Duplicated Key
- Removed duplicated binded keys
- Fixed Assigning Axis-based keys such as Movement (E.g Move Forward) causing one of the Axis Scale to not Function
- Fixed Right Mouse Button and Ctrl keys not being abled to be binded successfully due to keys being used for debugging functions

UI/UX
- "Our Forefathers..." no longer plays at startup, instead will only play one time after loading the Main Menu.
- Added option to skip the Cinematic Intro as well. Players can rewatch by clicking on Play Intro at the Main Menu Side Option.
- Added Waiting Screen for Spectators while waiting for teams to start the game
- Added Difficulty Indicator in Spectator Scoreboard for Team Skirmish and PVE
- Added Spectator Waiting in Lobby Screen
- Style update for Main Menu and Server Selection Pop Up
- Updated in-game Quick Guide. Can be accessed in-game by pressing Esc key and clicking on Help-Tips
- Updated Elite Marine RTS Icon
- Players can now choose Officer and immediately move to the next stage of the Setup Lobby in Offline Team Skirmish. Previously, players will need to either choose Commander or wait for the timer to tick down.
- Players can now use the 'ESC' key to close the Battlesuit Selection Screen, Scoreboard and Armory/MULE Menu

Custom Lobby
- Upon entering the Custom Lobby, Players are automatically moved and Auto Balanced into teams slots
- Made available empty slots more visible to players
- Added Steam Chat Filtering into Custom Lobby and in-game. Players can set their preferences on their Steam Community Content Preference. Please read this for more information. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/2855803154584367415
- Players can now kick other players in PVP Custom Game (please don't abuse, thanks)

Cosmetics
- Added 5 new Cosmetic Pack for AXR and GSF
- Added actual Callsign Name to Tooltip when players hover over the Callsign when previewing the Cosmetic Pack
- Fixed minor Colour Error on GSF Swamp King Tier 3 Skin

Fixes
- Players are now less likely to get stuck after they transform into Battlesuit. This is caused by players failing to spawn due to an obstruction. We do not have a 100% fix for this yet. There are still some fringe cases where players can get stuck still. We will continue to work on this.
- Vehicles are now less likely to 'fly' in the air.
- Fixed multiple crashes on the Server Side
- Fixed crash related to AI checking for Stealth
- Fixed Startup Crash related to opening Cinematic. Previously player will crash when the game cannot detect the MP4 video files. We added a .webm version as a fallback. If crash persists, player can remove the movie folders in
_Steam_steamapps_common_Eximius_ProjectCombine_Content_Movies as a possible temporary solution and send us the crash logs.
- Fixed G12 and Sigma Projectiles having bullet drop
- Fixed ESP usage being consumed when ESP failed to deploy
- Fixed players being able to activate ESP when DBNO kicks in
- Fixed AI Grunts can sometimes continue moving when blinded
- Fixed AI Commanders being able to drop reinforcements outside of the reinforcement zone
- Fixed Ironguard Drop ability showing 72 pop usage instead of 48
- Fixed Templars assigned to Officers being able to retreat while incapacitated
- Fixed Guardian Trooper flinching animation not playing after some time
- Fixed Mule dying to Grenade Launcher in 1 hit
- Fixed fingers location when equipping AXR PZ9 in 1st Person
- Fixed Lobby Chat Logs from being carried over to other Pre-Game Lobbies
- Fixed Mule Health and Ammo pickups being hidden when refilled
- Fixed AXR Structures not being able to self-destruct after they are undeployed
- Fixed enemy players able to see "Able to Lock Resource Point Icon" blinking animation
- Fixed Ace Vanguard Ace Drones being able to Retreat
- Fixed Stealth Effect being applied onto Players Tactical Map (M Key)
- Fixed Division Tech not appearing correctly in Scoreboard
- Fixed Scoreboard showing AXR Officer is equipping SIGAR when downed or dead
- Fixed Spectator not playing Victory Music when game ends
- Fixed End Game Stats not showing the correct Winning and Losing Team
- Fixed Spectator End Game Stats showing all players are in the same team
- Fixed Enemy Officer Icon appearing at Local Player Position in Minimap
- Fixed deploying animation from being repeatedly played when player try to deploy Proximity Mine and Resupply Crate repeatedly
- Fixed Berserker Shock Punch radius.
- Fixed Berserker not changing back to last equipped weapon after using abilities
- Fixed Berserker Kinetic Collector Energy being released twiced if not manually released
- Fixed Berserker Kinetic Collector being stucked when Berserker is under EMP effect
- Fixed GSF Officers being able to pick up ISW and G12 from AXR Support Crawler
- Fixed Specialist and Templar Cape not being displayed properly in Intel Page
- Fixed Invert Vertical Mouse Setting not being saved
- Fixed players not being able to get 'Gated Community' Steam Achievement

Misc.
- New Players will now need to have no SAM Destroyed in Brutal Difficulty to achieve "Not Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" Steam Achievement
- Reduced collision size of some trees
- Improved lighting in Main Menu. Character and Skin colours should appear more accurately now
- Reduced squash box size of GSF Vehicle Carrier Box to lower chances of units underneath it getting squashed when calling in Reinforcement
- Players should are now able to run the game when Steam Offline Mode is activated
- Disabled OculusVR Plugin. Players who are playing through Oculus HMD should not be forced into VR Mode now.

Greetings officer,

As part of our first update, we will dropping 10 more Skin packs; 5 per faction.
Similar with the rest of the existing pack. each pack will contain a range of cosmetic items such as 3 skin tiers, callsigns, player frame and banners.


This update will come together with fixes on the current reported issues.
Many of these were reported by community and the fixes were the result of our collaboration with you great people.




The update will come sometime this week or next once QA is satisfied.

Continue to engage with us on issues on the game and things you would like to see down the road with Eximius at Discord / community hub. Our team will do our best to serve the community.

We have identified a serious issue in regards to being unable to start the game due to lobby owner clicking start match multiple times at a certain timing. This caused the game to be unable to start.

A hotfix on the backend has been applied to deal with this. We apologize for inconvenience of this happening. We will continue to keep our ears on the ground for issues like this.

A larger update will be coming sometime next week to deal with the other issue.

Do continue to report issues to us on Discord / community hub. Our team will do our best to serve the community.

- Fixed Tutorial Crash
- Temporarily Diverts matchmaking to Custom Game

Hello Officers,

We hope that you had a great time with Eximius so far. We been monitoring the game over the last few hours and we identified a few issues that we plan to fix as soon as possible.

Day 1 Known Issues

1. Crashes related to Tutorial and Challenges
   
2. Matchmaking
   
3. Unfinalised Localisation

This issue is top on our to-fix priority. We received multiple reports from players saying that they are encountering crashes when they enter the Challenge Dome or when they complete a challenge. This issue is more complicated than what we expected and we'll be contacting Epic Games (we are using Unreal Engine) directly to figure out a fix.

Currently, the match up between players is less than ideal. While many games were created, most of them were from Custom Games. We decided to take down matchmaking to adjust the matchmaking algorithm. For now, please create games through Custom Games or join ongoing matches with the Server Browser.

Players with RU, CN, and DE locale may notice that their game is partially translated to their language. This is an unintentional localisation addition. The translations are still being finalised and pending review so they do not reflect the final quality that we intended. For players who would like to switch back to English, please follow the guide below. At the Culture setting simply change from ru to en.



Once we have a solid fix for the crashes, we intend to roll it out as soon as possible.
You will soon receive a hotfix that addresses the unfinished localisation, matchmaking changes and a possible fix to stop the game from running in VR Mode for players using VR Kits.

You can contact the dev team at: Ammobox Studios.
We thank you for your patience.

Signing Out

Officers!

The time has come, the battle is here, we are proud to announce the Eximius: Seize the Frontline 1.0 is now officially released.

So grab your equipment and put on your battlesuits, cause its time to Seize the Frontline.

Our first planned update will drop in a few days time. We'll be adding localisation support for Russian, Chinese (Simplified) and German and the usual bug fixes.

We'll be posting more updates soon on what's to come, so stay tuned!

We're few hours away from 1.0 Launch.

In this round of showcase, we will be presenting the customization and cosmetic system that is newly implemented. This will serve as part of player progressions. Unlock skin packs with in-game currency and level them up when playing and completing online matches. As you level up the pack tiers, more cosmetic items will be available such as callsigns, banner, and frames. The skin itself will also increase in complexity. You can also buy your way through these tiers with in-game currency.



These are some notes on how the cosmetic items work :

• Skin packs :

[/b] Individual cosmetic pack , unique to each faction. Can only be unlocked with in-game currency. After unlocking, it can be upgraded up to 8 times. Each upgrade will provide an additional item. Skin packs can be upgraded as you win matches with the equipped skin or by fast-leveling them with in-game currency known as 'Credits'

Credits :

[/b] Credits can be earned when you level your rank. It is used to purchase new skin packs and to fast-level them.

Player Skins:

[/b] These replaces the texture material on the character, each pack contain up to 3 tier. At the highest tier, your assigned squad members will also receive the skins, allowing you to have a full squad with the skin.

Player Frames :

[/b] These are the frames that display your callsign in-game. Like the skins, they also have tiers that can be unlocked.

Team Banners :

[/b] These are commander selected only cosmetic. By choosing a banner, your base and surrounding areas will be decorated with these banner. Show the enemy who is in town.

Callsigns :

[/b] Your player character will be identified as these callsigns in-game. They are unique to per-faction and is one of the item unlocked in the skin packs. These callsign will also have an individual representation on the minimap. Unlike the Early Access version, callsigns can now have customized frames , hence you can mix and match them.

Rank :

[/b] Represent your rank this season. As you play more matches, you will rank up. Each game earns you experience(XP). Victory gives you higher XP than loses. As you rank up, you gain Credit. Rank will be reset each season but not your stats.
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An often requested feature, offline progression, is still being worked on and will be added in the very near future. This will not be in on launch day. We apologize for this, but we will certainly update it to accommodate.

Tiered frame system


Mix and Match Callsign and Frame


As usual you can reach out to us directly on the Steam Forum or our Discord Channel

Officers!

For today's countdown we'll be looking at the next content update. On top of having new maps. All the current PVP / PVE map has gone through remastering. Lighting, shading , foliage and assets has been remastered and optimized. Many of the Early Access art model has been replaced. This includes gameplay assets.

The entire GSF faction has also received completely redesigned and remodeled infantry characters. Some of the older characters has been remodeled for better details. This also include weapons as well. Take a look at some of it.




Academy



Crossing


Express


Homeland Security


As usual you can reach out to us directly on the Steam Forum or our Discord Channel

Greetings Officer,

We've showed GSF Faction Division yesterday, so today of course is AXR's turn!. Utilize on either the Robotic Division, Energy Division, and even Stealth Division to turn the battle to your favor!



ROBOTICS
Axeron's Robotic Division places emphasis on the utilization of robotic infantries. This division has the best of available Iron Guards and it's supporting technologies. Improvements to its industrial capability also increases it's production capacity to allow highly efficient deployment of Iron Guards.



ENERGY
Energy Division of Axeron Industries brings together efficient power manipulation capability and superior ingenuity. Their technology allows them to focus their firepower in a highly precise manner. Commanders of this division usually favor energy-based weapon rather than explosive ordnance.



STEALTH
Stealth Division's main strength lies in the disruption and deception of enemy forces and commander. Capable of dropping Phantom Drone which cloaks units in target area, and even firing hologram army to divert attention. The Stealth Division forces the enemy to doubt their own eye and judgement.




As usual you can reach out to us directly on the Steam Forum or our Discord Channel