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[April Fools] Playtest 202: AtlasBall, Farms, Other Adjustments
Playtest 202: AtlasBall, Farms, Other Adjustments
General Gameplay
Atlasball
Added goal nets behind either nexus, and a neutral “Sports Cube” to the center of the map.
Heroes may now attack the Sports Cube
When a Worker attacks a Sports Cube, the Sports Cube is moved in the worker’s facing direction.
If a Sports Cube touches a goal net, the non-owning team gains a point!
Earning a point grants you a really accomplished feeling and your parents will take you out for pizza afterwards.
At the conclusion of the game, each player will receive a Participation Trophy.
Farms
Farms have been added to each player's main base
Players may cultivate a harvest of their choosing (chosen in Squad Selection)
Players may trade the outputs of their farms to other players for Coin or Scrap
Alder is 300% more effective at cultivating their farm.
Hydros cultivates farms at 200% the normal rate, decreasing to -200% over the course of the game (as he begins flooding the farm)
Vex can destroy players' farms by Igniting them
Game Client
Input devices
Now supports Game Controllers
Now supports Dance Pads
No longer supports keyboard & mouse
Audio
Summer Samba has been re-added to the game lobby.
Summer Samba has been re-removed from the game lobby.
Creating a Juggernaut causes “The Final Countdown” to play
This feature is currently only active in Europe
Squads
Alder
Bramblethorn Goliaths may now eat plants grown on farms. No buffs, but they're yummy!
Celesta
Wisp
Can now harvest Coin from nearby Gold Mines and Scrap from nearby Trees
Has resolved its identity crisis!
Purifier
Now removes all debuffs from units it kills.
Grath
Grath, Primitive Engineer
No longer developed on modern technology
Now only pickable on Windows 95.
Hydros
Hydros, Tidal Knight
Healing Waters (D) now has a 1% chance to accidentally drown the target.
Scuttleguard
Retracting Roll (Q)
Now randomly plays one of the following tracks when activated
Limp Bizkit's "Rollin'"
Adele's "Rolling in the Deep"
Chamillionaire's "They See Me Rollin'"
The theme from Rawhide (Keep Those Wagons Rolling)
Ryme
Now wears hammer jammers
Added voiceovers that include current top hip-hop hits!
Frostcaller
Now calls you at the worst time.
Vela
Deadeye
Renamed to "FPS Doug"
If the Deadeye hits a Marked target, the Deadeye now yells "BOOM! HEADSHOT!"
Bring your tanks. I got frags, I got frags!
Deadeyes can now be controlled in First-Person mode.
Vex
Vex, Heart of the Volcano
Has a new ultimate ability!
Has a new ultimate ability!
Has a new ultimate ability!
Has a new ultimate ability!
Mercenaries
Juggernaut
Now has a helmet that you shouldn't mess with.
Artillery Cube
Now properly wears the company logo
Engineer
Now sometimes causes the game to crash, but only when it's really overworked and doesn't have enough help.
Motivator
Now gives inspirational speeches to affected units
Teleporter
Transport
Name unchanged. We just wanted this to be as confusing as possible.
Hornets
Questions
How can we see if our eyes aren't real?
Are you even supposed to be here today?
Comments
100% Solid gold.
First close your eyes. Take a deep breath. Take a moment to realize that we're all starstuff, and if our eyes can detect one kind of starstuff while being another similar kind they must be very specialized tools.
Open your eyes. You're blind! But you see, not everything though. Not what you really need to see. Not what you really want to see. If only you could actually see.
Don't tell me how to live my life.
I challenge all'y'all to do battle at the Nippopolis Breastiary for a one way ticket to midnight!
This one's my favorite. Don't worry, I'll just sing-along in voice comms for the players who aren't in Europe.
Just because it's all a dream doesn't mean you can't have fun!
Good content draws good eyeballs, irregardless of propriety.
TFW nobody gets your Clerks reference =(
Finally a chance for me to put my DDR skills to use.