Added a 3rd casting mode, Quick Cast (shows range/radius/etc on key down, then on key up acts like Instant Cast). The three casting modes are now Instant Cast, Quick Cast, and Confirm Cast.

Added input buffering for ability usage (so if you cast an ability and then quickly cast another ability during its cast time, the next one will fire instead of the input being dropped)

Certain heroes now have a higher priority at being in dual lanes (Ivy and Dynamo atm)

Pausing is no longer allowed in the first three minutes of the game

Continue to have mouse look enabled while M3 is pressed but before the ping wheel shows up

Enabled Middle Mouse for "pinging" minimap

Enabled the ability to middle mouse click players on the top bar

Yamato's Flying Strike now also cancels when the target is out of world (like with Quantum Entanglement)

Abandon Match is now only an available option once you have disconnected from the game server. Bringing up the menu while connected to a game now gives you the option to Disconnect rather than Abandon immediately

If you're Dynamo or Krill, you can now ping during your ult to alert your allies

Mirage still loves the Djinn, but he yells about them less frequently

Players now need to be within 19m (above the ramp) to attack a Lane Guardian

Medium Camps spawn time changed from 7 min to 5 min

Hard Camps spawn time changed from 7 min to 8 min

Teleporters open time changed from 10 min to 8 min

Trooper spawn/bounty lane end time changed from 10 min to 8 min

Vaults spawn time/interval changed from 10/5 to 8/4

Golden Statues and Breakables spawn time changed from 3 min to 2 min

Golden Statues bonuses upgrade time changed from 15 min to 10 min

Golden Statues now have a tier 3 upgrade at 25 minutes (+2.5% Fire Rate, +8% Ammo, 1.5% CD Reduction, +7% Weapon Damage, 40 Health, +5 Spirit Power)

Urn now causes the runner to be revealed on the minimap

Heavy Melee against the urn runner now causes them to drop the urn

Urn delivery now gives each player on your team a Golden Statue permanent buff

Urn now falls down from the sky a little bit faster

Shields no longer reduce damage or get depleted by NPC units (Troopers, Bosses etc, but still takes damage from player summoned units)

Bullet and Spirit Lifesteal now stack diminishingly

Teleporters now grant +3 m/s for 5s after arriving at the other side

Now displaying a unique ID for builds in the description section of the build browser. You can click on it to copy the Build ID to the clipboard to share specific builds with friends.

If you enter a Build ID in the search box of the build browser, it will show all of the builds for the current hero by the author of that build.

Updated the way status effects are shown above the healthbar

Added Crit Bonus Scale tooltip to the Weapon stats in the shop

Keybinds in settings now selects the hero you're playing when you navigate to the Keybinds tab

Rescue beam now shows heal indicator if you heal someone with it

Steam notifications moved to the top-left from the bottom-right, to avoid minimap overlap

For private lobbies, added the ability to swap players on both teams with a button press. In addition players can be randomly shuffled across the two teams, and if lanes are being assigned, can be shuffled within the teams.

Added "Allow Duplicate Heroes" setting in Private Lobbies

Added per-player voice volume slider (accessible by clicking on a player via the ESC menu)

Replaced the temp Yamato VO with a new translation spoken by a native actress

Added Return Fire proc sound

Added Metal Skin proc sound

Updated McGinnis Heavy Barrage sound

Added Guardian and Walker death notification sound for all players

Improved panning resolution of bullet whizby sounds and shortened the max play distance to the local player

Added bullet evasion sound effects

Updated Kelvin weapon fire audio

Updated Infernus weapon fire audio

Improved clarity for hero roster selection VO

Re-enabled weapon-specific reload sounds

Added Healing Rite cast sound

Added Rescue Beam heal and pull loop sounds

Added Health Nova cast sound

Added Return Fire cast sound

Revised Metal Skin cast sound

Added Colossus cast and loop sounds

Added echo to Echo Shard cast sound

Added Silence Glyph cast and hit sounds

Added Ammo Scavenger proc sound

Added Restorative Shot proc sound

Added Toxic Bullets proc variations

Updated "getting started" VO for the ability points tab to match the text

The patron once again will warn you when your Walkers are under attack

The patron now will sometimes offer words of encouragement when you level up instead of when you destroy a Guardian or Walker

Increased the time you need to carry the urn before the urn nags about not being delivered

Added Thai and Indonesian localization

Added Stomp AoE range indication as the Walker is about to use the ability

Lash's Death Slam now has clearer visual states to indicate when someone is successfully locked in

Updated ground strike preview cone to have a little more information on shape & outer bounds

Walker laser animation updated slightly, raising the forearms to better reveal the eye socket weakpoint to players on the ground

Abrams Life Siphon fades to 50% opacity after initial start to improve visibility

Added a distance fade to Soul Shredder debuff effect and tweaked colors to reduce visual noise

Improved visibility on Spiritual Overflow effects when heroes are airborne

Reworked visual effects for puddle punch

Added new custom charge and light melee and parry animations for Bebop

Added improvements for meleeing while using Siphon Life (book now floats and hand makes a fist)

Updated Grey Talon root effect for trap

Updated Grey Talon updated firing, projectile, impact effects

Updated Rain of Arrows effects

New heavy melee anims added to Mo & Krill and Ivy

Adjusted Trooper tracer and muzzle effects for better alignment and lower visual noise

Adjusted Lady Geist Life Drain to lower visual obstruction but increase awareness when it first latches

Inferno Catalyst effect revisions to help show range better

Trooper death effects resolve quicker and more cleanly

Mirage Djinn's Mark effects revisions to reduce noise on the victim and appear more clearly for Mirage

Soul jar effect carry and dropoff revisions to reduce visual noise for carrier

New Imports Building

New Taxi Stand building

Replaced old retaining wall

Replaced block-in park bridges

Fixed troopers being unreliable to shoot while on the zipline

Fixed an Unsecured Souls bug where it gave extra bounty directly to the dying hero carrying unsecured souls

Fixed AFK kick detection not working properly

Fixed ESC key not working on the private lobbies page

Fixed respawn music not playing while spectating another player

Fixed a bug where the bot that would pick up the Urn was not the closest one, just the one that was in the highest player slot

Fixed Streamer mode not persisting between game relaunches

Fixed Debuff Reducer causing Teleporters to be faster

Fixed Shiv's Killing Blow sometimes sending him into orbit

Fixed Shiv's Killing Blow continuing to do damage while being teleported by Quantum Entanglement

Fixed Quantum Entanglement's camera position anims not being smooth

Fixed Pausing not working when using hero specific key binds

Fixed some cases where Grey Talon's trap effects would be stuck in the world

Fixed issues with Bots not using ziplines properly

Fixed hero death UI sound playing inconsistently

Fixed a bunch of bugs that were impacting how VO was playing in a match. Now a bunch of hero VO that was previously getting squashed/cut off should play properly (for instance certain lines where allies commented on ability usage, the patrons giving compliments for assists/team healing, etc).

Fixed more instances of the wrong name for a hero being called out

Troopers attack range vs Lane Guardians reduced from 13.5m to 12m (they get closer to it)

Guardians now take 70% less damage from troopers at the start of the game; this reduces by 10% per minute (max at +30% increased damage at 10 min)

Guardian damage vs players increased by 20%

Golden Statue Health buff increased from 15/20 to 20/30

Mid Boss now has 15 regen

Mid Boss creep buff rescaled from 70% to 50/70/90% for the 1/2/3rd mid boss death (further deaths don't increase)

Mid Boss rejuv respawn rescaled from 50% to 40/50/60% for the 1/2/3rd mid boss death (further deaths don't increase)

Urn bounty increased by 15%

Comeback formula weighted a bit less on team vs team net worth calculation and more on the strength of the dying hero (regardless of lead)

Percentage of deniable orbs from objectives for Guardian/Walker/Patron/Shrines rescaled from 54.55/66.67/100/0% to 35%

All heroes' movespeed increased by 0.3 (Enduring Speed reduced by 0.3)

Updated teleporter locations

Moved teleporters to travel between outer lane Walkers

Added teleporters in the underground tunnels

Changed underground teleporters to go between Subway and Tunnel on the same side of the map

Widened stairs from Shrines back to the player spawn area

Added ledge to mantle back up to the player spawn area from the pit

Added bridge and stair to the upper level of the Subway Entrance building from the outer lane Walker arenas

Added upper level connection through the Subway Entrance building

Moved Guardians back slightly further from stairs down to the canal

Widened channels surrounding Mid Temple slightly

Widened archways between Mid Temple channels

Garage and Night Club: Changed ropes so that they take you to the second floor and added back stairs to take you to the roof