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Springtime is the perfect time to update your wardrobe with all-new Vanity items in the Season 10 Battle Pass! Retro is in with Champion and weapon vanities inspired from classic Quake games, like the Quake III “Last Judgement” Rocket Launcher and the Quake “Fiendish Hood” for Ranger. Plus, this season brings another round of updates and bug fixes!

UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS
Season 10 Battle Pass Rewards
  • TERMINATOR - Quake III Arena Legacy Shotgun
  • LAST JUDGEMENT - Quake III Arena Legacy Rocket Launcher
  • CAMPER GONE FISHING - Backpack, Fishing Rod, & Dopefish Ranger Vanity
  • SPOILS OF ARMAGON - Quake Scourge of Amagon-themed Ranger Vanity: Mjolnir and Horn of Conjuring
  • ENFORCER HELMET - Quake Enforcer-themed Ranger Vanity
  • FIENDISH HOOD - Quake Fiend-themed Ranger Vanity



New Weapon Shaders
Basic weapon shaders for Terminator, Last Judgement, and Peacemaker weapon Vanities have been added.

Map Updates
  • Corrupted Keep
    • Fixed exploitative hiding spot outside the shard hallway ring-out
  • Deep Embrace
    • Fixed Dire Orb exploits near Heavy Armor
    • Updated collision near Heavy Armor oil lamp where some players could previously get stuck
  • Exile
    • Redid map lighting – darker environment with improved contrast
    • Updated all map collision, fixing issues that included getting inside walls, jump pad behavior, and spawning below the floor
    • Updated bot navigation
  • The Molten Falls
    • Updated collision to fix an exploit near the Rocket Launcher wall
Champion Updates
  • Death Knight
    • Increased fireball damage from 20 to 25 each
    • Increased fire trail time from 5 to 7 seconds
    • Added 30 knockback (fireball projectiles)
    • Removed splash damage falloff
Miscellaneous Updates
  • Capture the Flag - Restored the mercy limit to take effect in Round 1
  • Mecha Sorg Vanity - Added missing gore to Sorlag’s Mecha outfit. Now fully gib-able!
  • Shambler Arm Vanity - Added a firing animation to the shambler hand & fingers.
  • Old Painless Heavy Machinegun - The chaingun model will now lower out of view when zooming in
  • Terminator Super Shotgun - The Q3 Shotgun now has a pump-action reload animation
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Winter has come, and it's brought a brand new Quake Champions update! This update includes our first ever ice-themed map, Exile; and a CTF version of The Longest Yard! There are even more presents under the Quakemas tree with new game modes, Season 9 Battle Pass rewards, and tons of balance updates!

UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS

NEW MAP: EXILE
"Only the dust-laden ice holds together these halls at the end of time. Only the jaundiced traces of their sole denizen etch and illuminate their walls."

The icy arena Exile lies within The Rift, the dark edge of the Dreamland where the Elder God known as The Lurching King now resides. Exile is available in Duel, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Clan Arena, Instagib, Unholy Trinity, and Hot Rockets.



NEW MAP: THE LONGEST YARD CTF
A remix on the classic, this mirrored teamplay version of The Longest Yard is now available in Capture the Flag mode!



SEASON 9 BATTLE PASS REWARDS
Pick up this Season's Battle Pass and unwrap some festive rewards:
  • 55 winter vanities
  • 107 new profile icons
  • Returning weapons: MARAUDER, GRAVEDIGGER, FLINTLOCK, and TESLA
  • 6 new Lore scrolls, "The Music in the Darkness," which when fully collected unlocks the MASTER SHADER for the Lightning Gun and Railgun



NEW STORE OFFERS
  • SHAMBLER ARM Lightning Gun — To Ranger’s pleasant surprise this glistening clawed limb, torn from fresh slaughter, still keeps a charge.
  • FREEZE GUN Super Nailgun — Available once more for a limited time, pelt your enemies with a barrage of snowballs with this winter themed SNG!
  • COUNTRY FLAGS 2 — 114 new country flag profile icons
  • SALES — Outfits up to 70% off and Weapons up to 60% off



IN-GAME PRO LEAGUE REWARDS
  • Quake Pro League title belts added for QPL Championship victors!



CAPTURE THE FLAG
  • MercyLimit now only takes affect in Round 2
  • Added scoring bonuses for killing the flag carrier(+1), retrieving the flag (+1), and capturing (+5)
  • Added Flag Drag, causing Flag Carriers' maximum movement speed to be reduced to 80%. Movement below these reduced limits remain uninhibited. Examples:
  • Ranger's top speed of 1000 ups reduced to 800 ups
  • Crouchsliders /Air-Dodger's top speed of 750 ups reduced to 600 ups
  • Anarki's top speed of 640 ups reduce to 512 ups
  • Sorlag's top speed of 625 ups reduced to 500 ups

DUEL
  • Leaderboards & Ranks reset!
  • Minimum spawn radius increased from 35m to 42m

TDM 2v2
  • Leaderboards & Ranks reset!

AWOKEN
  • Fixed exploitative hiding spot outside the Mega Health window

BLOOD COVENANT
  • Added CTF support, now available in Quick Play, Practice, and Custom Game

DEEP EMBRACE
  • Fixed exploitative hiding spot outside the Rocket Launcher window
  • Widened the jumppad trigger at the Rocket Launcher jumppad
  • Fixed two collision exploits
  • Removed a thin collision ledge near the Rocket Launcher staircase health bubble
  • Fixed collision at tri-bolt shards, rockets could be fired into the wall at shards

RUINS OF SARNATH
  • Added CTF support, now available in Quick Play, Practice, and Custom Game

CHAMPION MOVEMENT
We now properly enforce maximum speed caps for Champions both in the air and on the ground. Previously, speed caps only applied to Champions on the ground, but they could indefinitely go beyond their speed cap if they remained airborne via Rocket Jumps. We now still allow such similar bursts of speed from RJs to initially go over their maximum speed, but now those characters will have their air speed degrade down to the intended speed cap.

The largest impact of this change will be in CTF when some characters attempt to cross the map in seconds to either attack the flag, escape with the flag, or chase to retrieve the flag. In these situations you'll see that the Champions who can currently go above their intended max speed will now be somewhat kept in check.

CHAMPIONS
  • Anarki - Max speed 15.625 m/s (625 ups) to 16 m/s (640 ups)
  • Athena - Max speed 50 m/s (2000 ups) to 25 m/s (1000 ups)
  • Clutch - Max speed 20 m/s (800 ups) to 17.5 m/s (750 ups)
  • Slash - Max speed 20 m/s (800 ups) to 17.5 m/s (750 ups)
  • Sorlag - Fixed the body banking (A/D and W/S) animations that would cause her torso to rapidly shift position when attempting to change horizontal direction.
  • Sorlag - Max speed 15 m/s (600 ups) to 15.625 m/s (625 ups)
  • Strogg & Peeker - Max speed 20 m/s (800 ups) to 17.5 m/s (750 ups)

WEAPONS
  • Extended the max Railgun range from 150 m (6k u) to 250 m (10k u), necessary for the distances present on The Longest Yard CTF

POST-GAME SCOREBOARD & STATISTICS UI
  • Fixed damage scoring system persistence to post-game scoreboards & summaries
  • Added ability damage to post-game statistics tab! The damage stat will now show your combined weapon and ability damage dealt

VANITY WEAPONS
  • Quake Pro League Title Belts added for QPL Championship victors!
  • Toned down INCINERATOR Plasma Beam third-person FX
  • Fixed the Moonstriker's muzzle offset


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The Quake Champions Fall Update is here! This update includes a brand new Cthalha-themed map, and spooky Season 8 Battle Pass rewards just in time for Halloween.

UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS

NEW MAP: DEEP EMBRACE
"And when the day arrives, I'll become the sea. Slip into a deep embrace and let it swallow me."

Ancient moss and monstrous trees have taken root across this island temple of stone and wood. Deep Embrace is an all-new map for Duel, DM, TDM, CA, Instagib, and UHT.



SEASON 8 BATTLE PASS REWARDS

Earn new Halloween-themed vanities and Quake II weapons in this season's Battle Pass.


  • OLD PAINLESS – Quake II Chaingun, a vanity for the Heavy Machinegun
  • EXECUTIONER – Quake II Hyperblaster, a vanity for the Super Nailgun
  • INCINERATOR – Quake II Ground Zero Plasma Beam, a vanity for the Lightning Gun

  • Anarki WARLOCK BROOM Halloween vanity
  • DOOM Slayer JACK-O-LANTERN Halloween vanity
  • Galena WITCH'S HAT Halloween vanity
  • Nyx WITCH's HAT Halloween vanity
  • Ranger JACK-O-LANTERN Halloween vanity
  • Slash WITCH's HAT Halloween vanity
  • New Lore – Dreamer – Collect all 6 to unlock the Master shader for Gauntlet, Tri-bolt, and Rocket Launcher
MAP UPDATES
  • Burial Chamber - Duel support added, available in Custom Game
  • Burial Chamber - Added two Lights armors to TDM/FFA/Duel item layout
  • Church of Azathoth - Fixed collision at Mega Health
  • Ruins of Sarnath - Fixed collision above the lg jumppad
  • The Molten Falls - Removed the collision exploit in the MH-side vista
  • Tower of Koth - Removed the mega-health-side Shotgun in Duel
  • Tower of Koth - Fixed power-up initial spawn times
  • Tower of Koth - Fixed hole in geometry near the base of the Protection balcony
  • Tower of Koth - Fixed exploitative collision outside window, where players could hide
  • Tower of Koth - Removed 4 hourglasses in Duel (two near tower, two near RG)
CHAMPION BALANCE
  • Death Knight - enabled fire trail dot
WEAPON BALANCE
  • Shotgun farspread increased from 850 to 900
GAME MODE UPDATES
  • Duel - Minimum respawn distance lowed from 50m to 35m radius, 40m to 50m tall
  • Duel - Reduced minimum respawn time from 3 to 2 seconds
  • Unholy Trinity - Disabled power-up spawns
  • Added CA style damage scoring to CTF, SAC, SLP
  • Clan Arena 2v2 has been removed from Ranked Play, still available in Custom Game
VIDEO OPTIONS
  • Added Bloom Toggle
  • Added Flares Toggle
SOUND IMPROVEMENTS
  • Increased the volume of third person movement sounds in the mix by +2db
  • Changed the Strogg pain sounds to make the pain levels more distinct
  • Changed the Quad and Protection pickup sound effects to no longer reuse the Mega Health pickup sound
  • Added a unique sound effect for when Protection wears off
  • Updated the firing sound for THE ORIGINAL Quake 1 Rocket Launcher
  • Fixed the CITIZEN KANE Macheingun single shot sound, which was causing two shot sound effects for a single bullet tap
  • Fixed the CITIZEN KANE Machinegun reload click delay
  • Fixed the RAVANGER Super Nailgun firing sound when rapidly tapping fire
  • Fixed flyby and impact sounds for the RAVANGER projectiles, they were using the DISRUPTOR sounds
  • Added four new (louder) wooden footstep sounds that have a more pronounced "wood thomp" to them to help players identify when someone is moving on wooden surfaces
UI
  • Fixed the alignment of Athena’s grappling hook crosshair
  • Added a gradient behind the custom game lobby map description for improved readability
  • Removed "Appearance" tab label in Customization
CUSTOMIZATION
  • Added charcoal weapon shaders
  • Orange weapon shaders updated (slightly darker orange)
  • Fixed the Corpse Grinder hoverboard vanity item in Medium quality
  • Fixed the TESLA Lightning Gun model quality in Low, Medium, and High
  • Removed the third-person glowing dynamic light from the Long-Stem Railgun
PROGRESSION
  • Increased the Avatar of Death medal XP from 10 to 1000
Aug 6, 2020
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Greetings Quakers!

Tomorrow, Friday, August 7, is the 25th annual QuakeCon! To celebrate this digital event (watch it all on https://twitch.tv/Bethesda!), we've got a couple of free goodies for you; new store bundles; and some changes to the economy!

Play 1 match and unlock all Champions FREE!
During the weekend of QuakeCon at Home, August 7-9, complete 1 match and you will unlock ALL of the Champions FREE, yours to keep even after the event!



QuakeCon Railgun
Orange QuakeCon weapon skins are tradition, and this year you can get the QuakeCon 2020 Railgun just for logging in!



New Store bundles
We've got a ton of new bundles, items, and discounts in the Quake Champions store!

  • New - Currency Exchange - Convert 100 shards to 100 platinum

  • New - QuakeCon Bundle - QuakeCon at Home Profile Icon, Nameplate, and 3-Day Haste Potion

  • Quake 1 Bundle - 6 Weapons and a 3-Day Haste Potion

  • Quake 2 Bundle - 3 Weapons and a 3-Day Haste Potion

  • Quake 3 Bundle - 5 Weapons and a 3-Day Haste Potion

  • Quake 4 Bundle - 7 Weapons and a 3-Day Haste Potion

  • New - Quake 1 THUNDERBOLT Lighting Gun Basic Shaders Bundle
  • All Outfits 50-70% Off
  • Vanities 50% Off
  • All Weapons 50-60% Off
  • Weapon Shaders 25-50% Off

Economy Changes
  • Reliquaries are now ONLY purchasable with shards
  • All outfits, weapons, and vanities purchasable for shards in Customization (excluding exclusives: battle pass, pro league, lore, etc)
  • All outfits, weapons, and vanities purchasable for platinum in Store (excluding exclusives: battle pass, lore, etc)
  • Lore Scroll duplicates now grant 1 shard (instead of 0)
  • Vanity duplicates now grant 5 shards (instead of 1)
  • Weapons duplicates now grant 10 shards (instead of 1)
  • Champion duplicates now grant 10 shards (instead of 1)
  • Weapon prices reduced from 1500 to 1000 platinum
  • Uncommon Outfit prices reduced from 1500 to 900 platinum
  • Rare Outfit prices reduced from 1500 to 1200 platinum
  • Vanity prices reduced from 1000 to 500 platinum

Gameplay Updates
  • Added Classic FFA to Quick Play for the Weekend: Ranger only, no abilities - Classic deathmatch golden-age goodness!

We hope you enjoy QuakeCon at Home! Be sure to tune in to https://twitch.tv/Bethesda starting tomorrow at 12 PM ET | 5 PM BST for three days of nonstop livestreams! And be sure to catch the Quake Pro League World Championship, starting tomorrow! Full brackets and tournament schedule is here: https://beth.games/3ftUKzB!
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An all-new arena rises from the Netherworld, beckoning Champions to find glory between its jagged stone teeth. Meanwhile, a new season begins, tempting worthy combatants to earn highly sought-after weapons from a far-flung future.

The Quake Champions Summer Update is available NOW!



UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS
NEW MAP: TOWER OF KOTH



Rising from its viridian morass, a row of skyward teeth speak to the chosen a singular truth: come to know this key and you will open any lock.
Tower of Koth is a new Ithagnal-themed map supported in DM, TDM, CA, Duel, Instagib, Unholy Trinity, and arcades.

SEASON 7 BATTLE PASS REWARDS
Earn much-requested Quake 4 weapon skins in the Summer Battle Pass!



  • Level 1 – CITIZEN KANE – Q4 Blaster Pistol (Starting Machinegun)
  • Level 50 – PAINKILLER – Q4 Shotgun (Super Shotgun)
  • Level 100 – RAVAGER – Q4 Hyperblaster (Super Nailgun)
  • New Lore – Commander at the Slipgate – Collect all 6 to unlock the Heavy Machinegun, Super Shotgun, and Super Nailgun Master Shaders!

CLAN ARENA UPDATES
  • Fixed CA 4v4 round spawns, teams now swap sides each round
  • Lowered round score limit from 10 to 7
  • Fixed ties resulting in both teams earning a point, causing total round counts to exceed the required round score limit
  • Reduced intermission time between rounds by half (10 to 5 sec)
  • Removed the “Prepare Your Team” VO from round start after Round 1
  • Removed ability cooldown icons from HUD team heads
  • Fixed scoreboard sorting issues

SACRIFICE
  • Reduced size of soul collision from 3m to 1.6m radius

UNHOLY TRINITY
  • Power-up spawns return for the duration of Season 7

AWOKEN MAP CHANGES
  • Fixed collision on floor between Rocket Launcher and Heavy Armor jumppad, where the floor slightly ramped up in one doorframe, which could interrupt crouchsliding movement.
  • Fixed collision on floor between Mega Health and Railgun walkway, where the floor slightly ramped up in one doorframe, which could interrupt crouchsliding movement.

SOUND IMPROVEMENTS
  • Added Doom Slayer pain and death sounds
  • Set of <50 hp grunts
  • Set of <25 hp grunts
  • Set of death sounds
  • Removed the 15 frags and 10 frags left VO from Time Limit Duel
  • Reduced the volume of Visor’s non-HRTF third-person footsteps
  • Reduced the volume of the ability ready sound effect
  • Reduced the volume of the champion main menu and prematch SFX & VO
  • Reduced the volume of Athena's abiltity VO and hook sound effects.

MISCELLANEOUS FIXES & CHANGES
  • Fixed Timelimit Duel champion select UI which was visible on some aspect ratios on the death screen
  • At the end of the match, briefly delayed exiting the arena after the match's objective or scorelimit has been reached so players and spectators can view the final frag.
  • K/D Ratios unified to the same formula for consistency across various scoreboards
  • Fixed SLASH DARQUE skirt shader support
  • Fixed BJ PRO LEAGUE knife vanity placement
  • Fixed MOONSOON third person shader support
  • Fixed MARAUDER shotgun shells not vanishing on Nyx during Ghostwalk
  • Fixed ERASER weapon fx not vanishing in Nyx Ghostwalk
  • Fixed PUMMEL gauntlet, removed an untextured mesh visible at all times but most visible during Nyx's Ghostwalk
  • Fixed SHAFT bloom on Tempest Shrine
  • Removed ability on respawn for Rip and Tear arcade mode
  • Fixed the image quality of the Profile Icons in lootbox presentations
  • New orange shaders or all weapons available for preview
  • Updated black shaders, making them black instead of charcoal gray
  • Updated the Watch Browser to display the official QUAKE stream
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UPDATE 12:35 ET: Maintenance is now complete! Thanks again Quakers!

Quake Champions will have a short maintenance period today, Friday, June 26, at 12:00 ET | 16:00 UTC to address the issue where players are receiving XP normally but are not being shown to level up. Thanks for your patience!
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Heads up, Quakers: we will have a brief server downtime today, Tuesday, April 21, at 6 PM ET/10 PM UTC to address a backend issue. We anticipate this will only take about 30 minutes. Thanks for your patience!
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We will have a brief period of downtime today, Tuesday, April 7, at 10 AM ET/2 PM UTC as we deploy a hotfix that will allow Bethesda.net Launcher players to purchase Platinum through the in-game store. Thanks for your patience!
Apr 2, 2020
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Quakers,

Our Spring 2020 Update goes live today, Thursday, April 2, at 10:30 AM ET / 2:30 PM UTC. Quake Champions will be unavailable during this time for approximately 3 hours. Let's dive right into the notes!

BUILD HIGHLIGHTS
NEW GAME MODE: CLAN ARENA
  • 4v4 team-play found in Practice, Quick Play, and Custom Game
  • Eliminate the other team to win the round, win 10 rounds to win the match
  • Players spawn with all weapons and full ammo, no items spawn on the map!
  • Players do not drop items on death (shards, health, stroyent, weapon)
  • Players spawn at full stack for their Champion:
  • Heavies: 175 HP / 200 AP
  • Lights: 175 HP /150 AP
  • Mediums: 175 HP / 175 AP
  • Active abilities are disabled
NEW RANKED MODE: CLAN ARENA 2v2
  • Same rules as 4v4, except there are half as many players and no breakable pots
  • Can multi-queue alongside TDM 2v2
CUSTOM GAME: CLAN ARENA 1v1
  • Ranger only
  • 200/200 Stack
  • Active abilities disabled
NEW ARCADE MODE: RIP AND TEAR
  • DOOM Slayer-only FFA Mode
  • Spawn 120 HP / 0 AP
  • Spawn with Super Shotgun and infinite shells
  • Spawn with Berserk ability ready, with an insta-glory-kill punch
NEW SEASON 6 REWARDS
1 New Outfit, 4 New Weapons, 5 returning Weapons, 3 New Spring Vanities, 13 returning Spring Vanities, and more!

Level 1 Premium - MONSOON Quake 4 Rocket Launcher


Level 2 Free - MARAUDER DOOM Eternal Super Shotgun


Level 45 Premium - SHAFT Quake 3 Lightning Gun


Level 70 Premium - ERASER Quake 3 Railgun


Level 100 Premium - MECHA SORG Sorlag Outfit

NEW STORE ITEMS
Show your support for the Quake Pro League with this new Outfit & Weapon shaders bundle!
  • Themed in the colors of the Quake Pro League!
  • 16 new outfits with included attachments
  • 11 new weapon shaders
  • All proceeds support the Quake Pro League!
IMPROVED SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE
Bethesda.net BDK integration updated
  • Now on the most current integration of the Bethesda.net services
  • Resolves many issues which may cause some players to not be able to connect or maintain a connection (Error 1501 for example)
OPTIMIZATIONS & PERFORMANCE UPDATES
  • Significantly reduced the texture memory load on all quality settings
PROFILE STATS
  • Time Played and Avg Lifetime stats fixed
  • Battle Report and Post-match statistics screens will now no longer be skipped due to these stats overflowing
CHAMPIONS
Light Champions
  • +25 Staring Armor Points (in all modes excluding Duel)
Heavy Champions
  • -25 Starting Armor Points (in all modes excluding Duel)
Anarki
  • Decreased the volume of the Anarki first person jump and move hoverboard sounds
Death Knight
  • Fixed fireballs so they now properly apply the DOT on impact
  • Lowered the fireball damage from 25 to 20 each
  • Changed DK firetrails so that they no longer give a DOT, but instead give damage when standing on the trail. Trail damage is 10 pts every 1 sec standing on the trail. Standing on more than one trail will result in 10 damage per trail
Slash
  • Increased the volume of the third person crouch sliding sound effects
Sorlag
  • Max speed cap reduced from 640 to 600 ups
  • Removed the hitbox cylinders from Sorlag's tail, to prevent unexpected or odd knockback
Strogg
  • Increased the volume of the third person crouch sliding sound effects
MAP UPDATES
Awoken
  • Extended an anti-totem domain to include an exterior wall outside of the map
Blood Covenant
  • Removed some spawns from Duel, one near Lightning Gun and one near Super Nailgun
Tempest Shrine
  • Added Duel support using the smaller TDM/DM version, but with the Rocket Launcher and Super Nailgun locations swapped
The Molten Falls
  • Added an anti-totem domain below the hallway between Railgun and the nearby Teleporter
  • Added anti-totem domain between Rocket Launcher and Mega Health on the outside route
Vale of Pnath
  • Fixed an out of bounds exploit at the secret Teleporter where players could stand/hide on some rocks
NEW CLIENT OPTIONS
  • Show Damage Offscreen - Display damage done off-screen at the edge or bottom of your screen
  • Damage Number Scale - Scale up the font size of the damage numbers
GAME UPDATES
  • Fixed the End of Match Delay that would either cause the match to quickly cut away before you could see the final frag, or allow someone to get a frag just after the timelimit or fraglimit were reached. Both now fixed
  • Fixed the Main Menu texture quality of all items added to the game since November 2018, they appear in highest quality regardless of Texture Quality settings (textures are streamed in as called)
  • Increased the size of the nail projectile model for improved visibility (their red glow is now more noticeable. This does not affect its hitsphere or likelihood to hit)
  • Fixed the round timer getting out of sync with the round start in round based modes
  • Round VO for Rounds 4-19+ added for game modes with an extended number of rounds
  • Attack & Defend was reverted back in both name and game rules to the original Slipgate. Because A&D was too close to Clan Arena, we felt it best to have these modes be unique and stand apart. If you liked the old Slipgate, rejoice. If you preferred A&D, please give Clan Arena a try
  • Pulsar Railgun FX fixed in third person (now green instead of blue)
  • Fixed “sound size” of the Mega Health to match the Heavy Armor (some noticed MH was harder to hear than HA despite having the same radius and volume)
  • Reduced the volume of the Q4 CONSTRUCTOR SNG first person hum
  • Removed death sound effect from elimination based modes
  • Glow effect on new attachments when they are first equipped in the customization menu
  • Fixed Custom Game game mode defaults for score and timelimit, so that you no longer have to remember to set their values
  • Updated all game mode icons to unify their design language
Dec 12, 2019
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Happy Holidays, Quakers!

Our Winter Update is live with new wintry rewards; game balance updates; a new game mode: Arms Race); and more! Read on for the full patch notes:

NEW STORE ITEMS
WINTER WEAPON: FREEZE GUN
Pelt your enemies with a barrage of snowballs with this winter themed Super Nailgun.
NEW SORLAG VANTIY: BANDAGES
Lick her wounds and wrap them up.
NEW SEASON 5 REWARDS
Battle Pass Season 5 progression and rewards are now available, including:
  • New Battle-Pass Rewards:
    • 2 Weapons
      • BOOMER Shotgun
      • DOUBLE-BARRELED Super Shotgun
    • 45 Champion Vanities:
      • Anarki SNOWMAN
      • Athena GIFT-WRAPPED
      • Athena JOLLY HAT
      • Athena SNOWMAN
      • Athena THE CRYSTAL QUEEN
      • BJ Blazkowicz SNOWMAN
      • BJ Blazkowicz TRAIN ENGINEER CAP
      • Clutch GIFT-WRAPPED
      • Clutch SNOWMAN
      • Death Knight SNOWMAN
      • Death Knight WINTER BEARD
      • Doom Slayer SNOWMAN
      • Eisen ELF HAT
      • Eisen SNOWMAN
      • Eisen TRAIN ENGINEER CAP
      • Galena FROSTED TOP HAT
      • Galena GIFT-WRAPPED
      • Galena THE COLD-HEARTED QUEEN
      • Galena WINTER DOE
      • Keel SNOWMAN
      • Keel TRAIN ENGINEER CAP
      • Keel TUTU
      • Nyx FROSTED TOP HAT
      • Nyx GIFT-WRAPPED
      • Nyx THE SNOW QUEEN
      • Nyx TRAIN ENGINEER CAP
      • Nyx WINTER DOE
      • Ranger SNOWMAN
      • Ranger THE FROST KING
      • Ranger WINTER STAG
      • Scalebearer SNOWMAN
      • Scalebearer TRAIN ENGINEER CAP
      • Slash FROSTED TOP HAT
      • Slash GIFT-WRAPPED
      • Slash THE ICE QUEEN
      • Slash TUTU
      • Slash WINTER DOE
      • Sorlag FROSTED TOP HAT
      • Sorlag GIFT-WRAPPED
      • Sorlag THE COLD-BLOODED QUEEN
      • Sorlag TUTU
      • Strogg & Peeker ELF HAT
      • Strogg & Peeker GIFT-WRAPPED
      • Strogg & Peeker SNOWMAN
      • Visor FROSTED TOP HAT
    • 7 Ithagnal Lore Scrolls, earn the complete set to unlock Ithagnal Weapon Shaders
    • 75 Platinum
    • 116 Shards
    • 1 XP Booster
    • Bonus Progression beyond Level 100, players can earn an additional 10 Reliquaries, 100 Shards, and 100 Platinum.
NEW ARCADE MODE: ARMS RACE
  • Get kills to earn the next weapon in the sequence:
    • Rocket Launcher - 8 kills
    • Lightning Gun - 7 kills
    • Railgun - 6 kills
    • Heavy Machine Gun - 5 kills
    • Super Shotgun - 4 kills
    • Super Nailgun - 3 kills
    • Tribolt - 2 kills
    • Gauntlet - 1 kill
  • First to complete the sequence and earn 36 frags wins.
  • No Abiltiies
  • No Self-Damage
  • No Weapon Pickups
  • No Power-ups
GAME UPDATES
  • Fixed a stats overflow that was both breaking players profile pages and preventing the end-game Battle Report from displaying. This was affecting players who had more than a month of in-match playtime for one or more Champions
  • Suicides no longer count as both a kill and a death, and will decrease the Scoreboard K/D ratio
  • Keypad Enter can now be used as a second Enter key
  • Fixed Nyx Ghost face which had duplicated geometry on top of itself, creating a visual seam at the eyebrows
  • Extended match delay following Sudden Death by 2 seconds in Duel, 2v2, and CTF
  • Fixed the stripes on the United Kingdom flag profile icon
  • Re-integrated the EBONY & IVORY Shotgun as Premium Shaders for the EL DIABLO super shotgun. If you owned either of these shard-weapons but you did not own the EL DIABLO, you have also been granted the EL DIABLO for free
  • Re-integrated the original Quake Wars railgun skin for the ERADICATOR as a Premium Shader
  • Updated Daily Challenges to introduce a platinum reward for completing 3 matches
  • Fixed a large number of camera positioning bugs in Customization
  • Added a game mode icon for Unholy Trinity
  • Fixed the combination of the Nyx Ascension (lore skin) and the Jolly Hat vanity.
SOUND UPDATES
Overview (Stereo & Surround)
  • Increased the frequence of Jump VO events from 20 to 100% of the time, so you always hear an audible grunt when a player jumps
  • Incresaed the volume of Doom Slayer’s movement sounds effects
  • Removed RG and LG hum sounds from a Nyx when in Ghostwalk
  • Fixed first person death sounds when dying at 1HP (pain sounds were playing instead of death screams)
  • Increased the volume of the power-up wear off notification
  • Increased the volume of the MG & SG first person sounds
  • Reduced Ranger to one low pain health sound, the newer more identifiable yell
  • Reverted Breakable sounds to a linear falloff, they were too quiet at a reasonable distance

MAP UPDATES
Awoken
  • Fixed root and staircase wall collision in the RL/NG room
  • Disabled lower HA spawns in Duel modes
  • Fixed hole in archway between NG and HA
Blood Covenant
  • Removed the two visible LG stairwell spawns from Time Limit Duel (one remains in the stairwell, but not in line-of-sight of the lower archway
  • Removed one spawn in front of the Bridge Stairwell from Time Limit Duel.
  • In the three locations with double 25H HPs in TDM, made FFA modes have the same 50 HP layout
  • Fixed heavy armor staircase collision, players were getting caught especially along the interior wall.
Blood Run
  • Moved the Light Armor near nailgun to the Power-up ledge
  • Reduced the 50 HP in the Hourglass hallway to 25 HP in Duel modes
  • Repositioned ammo boxes near Tri-bolt
  • Fixed additional hole/seam in the geometry near Heavy Armor (Hourglass side)
  • Fixed additional hole/seam in the geometry near Heavy Armor (HA Side)
  • Fixed holes in the archway geometry in the Hourglass hallway between Hourglasses and Power-up
  • Fixed clipping at the HA wall statues
  • Added anti-totem & anti-turret volumes in the ceilings of 5 major areas to prevent explotation
Burial Chamber
  • Fixed holes in lower wall near tri-bolt
  • Fixed collision on staircase wall near tri-bolt
  • Enabled Winter Lights
Corrupted Keep
  • Fixed stair collision in NG and upper MH room.
  • Added anti-totem/turret domains outside the map near bones and ng->ha shards.
  • Removed collision from archway floor trim near mega health
Lockbox
  • Fixed acid pool collision near RG tp
  • Reorientated spawns in the Mega Health room, so that they do not point the player towards the toilet bowl causing them to accidentally fall in upon spawning
The Longest Yard
  • Replaces the HMG and bullets with SNG and nails
  • Cleaned up the positioning of the RL and rocket ammo pickups
The Molten Falls
  • Fixed clipping at the LG jumppad
  • Fixed clipping above the LG
  • Fixed wall collision near RG jumppad
  • Added anti-totem & anti-turret volumes near MH, RG, and RG TP to prevent exploitation
  • Fixed the alignment of the barred door wall in center mid
Ruins of Sarnath
  • Allow players to shoot through the ceiling grate above LG.
Champions
Scalebearer
  • Reduced heavy weight passive damage from 320/25, 400/50, 500/75 to 400/25, 500/50.
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