Godfall Update 05.000.118 – Patch Notes on April 7, 2022

Check out all of these new cosmetics in the updated cosmetics viewer, or in Sanctum where each Valorplate Pedestal will now display its currently equipped cosmetic! 

Some existing cosmetics have received new visual effects to make them look more exciting. 

QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS

VALORPLATE LOADOUTS

One of our main quality of life goals with the Godfall: Ultimate Edition was to truly make Godfall the tinkerer’s dream. What better way to promote that goal than with the long-awaited addition of loadouts?

• Create up to three distinct loadouts for each Valorplate, each with its own configurations of Gear, Augments, Shards, Skills, and Cosmetics. Design the perfect builds for every situation!
• As part of this work, Skills have been changed from a global setting across all Valorplates to being Valorplate-specific. Skills can now be accessed and configured via the Valorplate section in the Player Menu
• Copy individual loadout elements across Valorplates in Sanctum 

INVENTORY SORTING/FILTERING

We took an important step forward in the Lightbringer Update with the addition of Mass Salvage, enabling players to quickly convert unwanted items into useful materials and currency. With the introduction of sorting and filtering, we wanted to make the process of finding the right items for the perfect builds easier than ever before.

• Sort your inventory by Newest, Favorite, Rarity, Level, or Name, as well as a handful of slot-specific properties (e.g. DPS for Weapons and Health Recovery for Life Stones)
• Filter your inventory by Rarity, Mutations (Cursed/Primal/Awakened), Traits (e.g. Critical Hit or Ailments), and a number of slot-specific properties (e.g. Weapon Type for Weapons)

Please note that when mass salvaging while your inventory is filtered, only items that appear in the current filter will be salvaged.

We’ve also made it easier to flip through pages of your inventory on gamepad as you now can use the right analog stick to do so.

PLAYER REVIVE SYSTEM

Players will now enter a downed state upon reaching 0% health. rather than immediately dying, respawning, and automatically consuming one of the limited lives in endgame content. Downed players can be revived by other players in multiplayer, bringing them back to life where they stand at partial health.

• Downed players will slowly bleed out, and will die after X seconds if not revived 
• Revived players are brought to their feet at 50% health
• Reviving a teammate will consume life stone charges in more challenging content
• Revived players will not count against the game mode life counter

COMBAT IMPROVEMENTS

ATTACK CHANGES

• Weapon Techniques for all weapons can now be used to initiate brand new Timing Attacks after reaching level 5 in the Weapon Technique Skill node
• Improved the damage output of Timing Attacks to make them more rewarding to execute
• The heavy Timing Attack for Dual Blades has been replaced and can now be completed more quickly
• The hitbox for the Warhammer Heavy Timing Attack has been improved, and enemies are now hit by multiple parts of the attack both in front of and behind the player
• The hitbox for the Warhammer Northern Technique has also been improved so that enemies are also hit during the windup animation

• Added Weapon Technique Timing Attacks for Dual Blades, Polearms, Greatswords, and Warhammers
• Added a visual cue for when the Spectral Takedown ability is available
• Level 5 in the Ailments Skill node now causes Spinning Blast and Shield Bash to consume Ailments

KNOCKDOWN CHANGES

• Players can no longer be knocked down by regular enemy attacks; attacks that will knock the player down now have a clear visual indicator and can be blocked, parried, or dodged
• Level 2 in the Finesse Skill node will now unlock Quick Recovery, a new ability that enables the player pop back up from a knockdown state more quickly to escape further damage

GENERAL COMBAT CHANGES

• Enemies are now disabled for longer after parrying Perilous Attacks, making it more rewarding to do so
• Players no longer lose Archon Fury charge during enemy grab attacks
• Added a visual flourish when switching between weapons
• Improved readability of AOE zones, enabling players to better differentiate between friendly and hostile ground effects
• Improved combat haptics on supported gamepads

 GENERAL QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS

• Some of the more punishing banes in Ascended Tower of Trials have been updated to enable more reasonable counterplay from the player:
  • The “Life Stone Disabled” bane now reduces Health Recovery by 50%
  • The “Banner Disabled” bane now reduces Banner duration by 50%
  • The “Archon Fury Disabled” bane now reduces Archon Fury Charge Speed by 50%
• Improved the Gameplay section of the Codex to add more tips for game modes and mechanics
• Doubled reward rate for Mirrors of Duplication, enabling players to clone more items from Quest rewards
• The Player Level experience bar in the personal menu is now replaced by an Ascension Level experience bar after reaching Player Level 50
• Enhanced the Detailed Stats screen to include stats for Ailments, additional damage, and Overhealth
• Added Sanctum VO at the beginning of the Tower of Trials as well as the end, indicating that the Tower has been completed
• The “Banner of Flame” banner cosmetic has been renamed to “Crown of Fire”

BALANCE CHANGES

To ensure a balanced combat experience and to reduce the need for certain “must have” items, we have made the following balance changes:

• Ailments deal 20% less damage
• Overhealth Retention traits have been reduced by approximately 25% – 50%
• Lion Talisman (Legendary Charm) effectiveness has been reduced by approximately 50%

BUG FIXES

Updates with a sword  are based on player feedback collected from our various communities and through support tickets.

COMBAT RELATED ITEMS

• Solved an issue where abilities that required targeting would not work at times during story missions.
• Solved an issue where activating Spectral Blow would be inconsistent when the target was within melee range.
• Solved an issue where breaching an enemy through a Weakpoint would not allow the player to perform a Takedown on that enemy until it finished its recovery animation. 
• Solved an issue where Petrying Slam would not petrify an enemy if that same damage instance was used to breach the enemy. 
• Solved an issue where the Polarity attack buff would persist after switching off the polarized weapon.
• Solved an issue where Siphon and Sunder Slam skills could be missing gamepad vibration with the “Controller Vibration” option enabled.
• Solved an issue where the Greatsword’s Northern Technique could have missing gamepad rumble while spinning.
• Solved an issue where the last hit of the Longsword’s Light and Heavy combos had a delayed gamepad rumble.
• Solved an issue where the Warhammer’s running Light Attack and Charged Heavy Attack could be missing gamepad vibration with the “Controller Vibration” option enabled.
• Solved various issues where certain Shield attacks could be missing gamepad vibration with the “Controller Vibration” option enabled.

ENEMY/AI RELATED ITEMS

• Solved a multiplayer issue where Fire Howlers could still move & attack from a knockdown state if put there by an Arcing Shield Throw. 
• Solved a multiplayer issue where Grieves Sunsteel could appear desynced when using charging attacks. 
• Solved a multiplayer issue where Kragani’s bracers health bar could regenerate when a player was downed in combat.
• Solved an issue where Nyak Summoner’s red unblockable attacks could be blocked by parrying.
• Solved an issue where Solari’s Beam Massacre attack would be missing its Blue Weakpoint.
• Solved an issue where Wraith-Lord Decimus could appear instantaneously without any VFX in the “Alluvial Plains” story mission.
• Solved an issue where Crystal Crawlers would ignore players and fail to aggro.
• Solved an issue where Lunara’s backwards dash attack would fail to hit the player.