New features and items now available!

New Features

• The end-game cel­e­bra­tion is now enabled.
  
• The new Score­board is now enabled.
  
• The first round of Founder pack bot names are now live.

New Items

• New Out­fit­ter Cos­metic Items
  
• Chaps — Axl
  
• Ass­less Chaps with Sweet Snaps — Axl
  
• Com­mando Har­ness (Black) — Axl
  
• Base Belt (Brown) — Axl
  
• Pit­bull Pocket Strap — T-Bone

Gameplay

• Happy Hour is set to 4pm across all regions.
  
• Added buff meters to bots and teammates
  
• Tweaked some of the start­ing level require­ments on gametype-specific contracts.
  
• Every­one now faces each other dur­ing the pre-game huddle.
  
• You can now see when a sta­tion­ary enemy is aiming.
  
• Co-op Prac­tice Mode XP has been reduced 25%.
  
• You can no longer change teams in a co-op prac­tice game.
  
• Trailer Park has been slightly changed to improve gameplay.
  
• Sub­stan­tial increase to Score to XP Ratio.
  
• Increased XP bonus for win­ning a match.
  
• Changed logic for team assign­ment for play­ers that join a game mid-match.
  
• Made improve­ments to team bal­anc­ing algorithm.
  
  - Enjoy!

Just FYI to both our new users, and Loadout veterans:

Hit up our official forums at http://www.loadout.com/forums for more information on Loadout, including more unteraction with the dev team.

We will be entering Early Access soon, but we are currently monitoring our offical forums more so than our Steam community hub as we await entry into Early Access.

Thanks!

-M.

Major News

We have been hard at work on today’s new build which includes a variety of new features! For players that are new to the Beta, we have now included a tool-tip tutorial guide system. The tutorials provide information on how to assemble new weapons, assign them to loadouts and upgrade your weapons after completing contracts. If you want to learn the ropes before playing against other players, we have also added a Practice game mode against AI-controlled bots. In addition to learning the ropes of the game, the Practice mode allows players to test out their weapons in a live environment.

Lastly, our experienced veterans over Level 15 now have access to the Elite Playlist. If you’d like to test your skills, we highly encourage entering the playlist and joining the Community Raidcall to interact with some of our veteran players.

New Features

• Added Co-Op Practice mode vs. bots.
  
• Added Jackhammer and Extraction to n00b Playlist.
  
• Added Elite playlist for Levels 15+.
  
• Added tutorials for new players, including Tip of the Day.
  
• New bug reporting UI.
  
• Added tutorial for spending upgrade points.
  
• Added Steam Early Access support.
  
• Vote Kicks have been increased from 2/3 majority to ¾ majority.

New Outfitter Cosmetic Items

• Added Cool Glasses
  
• Added SciFi Welding Goggles
  
• Added Porkchops
  
• Added Party Crashers T-Shirt (only for those that participated in Crash the Servers Event)
  
• Added Loadout Deputy Official Tee (Forum Deputies Only have access to this t-shirt)
  
• Waylon's Lobster Shirt
  
• Pax 2012 Shirt for T-Bone
  
• Heavy Metal Belt
  
• Brown slacks
  
• Heavy Metal Knee Pads

Gameplay

• Changed the purchasing flow in the Weaponcrafting/Outfitter screens to show a purchase summary before buying Spacebux.
  
• Added 3D Weapon and outfitter thumbnails.
  
• You get disconnected from the game after 90 seconds of inactivity. You are warned after 60 seconds.
  
• Added Color Blind Mode to options.
  
• Removed Rental Tokens from Inventory Screen.
  
• Weapon impacts should now be audible over weapon firing in most cases. This means you can hear your own machine gun bullets hitting surfaces while you fire.
  
• Added sound for UI elements – Contracts and Level up.
  
• During the beginning game huddle, enemies can’t turn. Everyone faces inward.
  
• Moved FOV into display setting to make room.
  
• Added options menu to enable/disable tutorials .
  
• Shortened initial contract list to 4 by removing healing contract.
  
• Clicking off of the Friends widget now closes it.

Gameplay - Weapons

• Slightly reduced damage for manual detonator.
  
• Slight increase to blast radius for proximity.
  
• Removed damage penalty to bouncy and rebounding shells.
  
• Reduced the timing for input buffering on semi-auto and burst triggers to 0.1 seconds (was 0.25).
  
• Made some tweaks to how clusters fall when they hit players.
  
• Reduced how much fire overheats beams.
  
• Reduced the effectiveness of flak when paired with healing and buffing.
  
• Juice reload bonus now applies to beams cooling rate.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed localization bugs with long text strings.
  
• Fixed typos with Spacebux.
  
• Fixed bug where 3 round burst Headhunter barrel damage was stronger than 3 round burst with Sniper barrel.
  
• Fixed bug that was causing shotguns damage stat to appear too high in the weaponcrafting UI.
  
• Raised placement of some blitz flags in brewery.
  
• Shipping Yard no longer shows up twice in the lobby’s level voting list.
  
• Fixed an issue where an untimely late join would leave the user on a black screen.
  
• Fix a bug that prevented you from shooting if you swapped weapons in middle of charged shot.
  
• Fixe