I’d love to jump and say hey, this, this new Champion feels a bit overpowered. After multiple games we have discovered there’s still a way to play against it, confirming the game’s overall balance is still at a reasonable level. Quake Champions new champion is Strogg & Peeker, and as always, Bethesda hasn’t missed the chance to crown this update with a new champion trailer.
Over the past, id Software has done exceptional work in Quake Champions, and since it’s closed alpha, the game entered Early Access quite fast. Considered as a father of FPS games among fans, it inevitably brings up iconic moments and mechanics the game offers.
For those who do not know or forgotten about Quake Champions, the game entered Early Access and had kept on receiving updates. After obtaining the base Champions pool, multiple other Champions were added within updates. In the free version of the game, players can play only with Ranger, and paid version unlocks several champions, depends on the purchased pack.
With this April update, the game not only got a new champion with a unique special ability but also received a new map, Awoken. Among other things, a further balance between Champions is also done, improving the gameplay experience for every player. Below you can find more details:
New Champion: Strogg & Peeker
- Ability Drone Strike: Strogg enters a camouflaged state and deploys his drone. He assumes control of the drone, which can fly around and shoot at players using its Hyperblaster. Using the ability again causes the drone to accelerate forward and detonate upon collision.
- Passive Stroyent Cell: Gather Stroyent capsules from your corpses of his enemies that heal his wounds.New Map: Awoken
- In the vine-choked valleys beyond Zar’s templed terraces, a monument to the Queen of Ciphers looms over what remains of the Temple of Forgetting.
- Available in all modes with the exception of Sacrifice!New Vanity Weapon: Disruptor
- The QUAKE 3 Plasma Gun returns, upgrading your standard issue Super Nailgun with plasma nails that rapidly consume its energy… and your enemies.Features
- Daily Login Rewards
- Updated Welcome Screen
- Updated Battle Report
- Spawn Protection
- Optimized Weapon FX
- Leaderboard Improvements
- Weapon Stay Ammo Updates
- Rune Book UI Tutorial
- New Champion Balance
Champions
Overview
- Increased the base movement speed for all Light and Medium Champions
- Preserved the uncapped max speeds for most Champions but applied speed caps for Champions with special movement mechanics – sacrificing their max speed in favor of maneuverability
- Increased the air acceleration for all Champions (except Visor), for improved dodging and strafe jumping
- Anarki / Sorlag air control is more fluid, but gain less speed on initial jumps
- Slash crouchslide is now more fluid
- Ranger Dire Orb splash radius reduced
- Health and Armor Decay rates unified for all Champions
- Active Ability Cooldowns adjusted
Details
Anarki
- Base Speed 300 to 310
- Max Speed 2000 to 680
- Friction 3.5 to 9
- Air Acceleration 0.6 to 0.7991675
- Air Control
o Move Speed 25 to 35
o Circle Strafe Friction 3.5 to 15 - Injection
o Duration 10 to 5 - HP/AP Decay Rate 0.66 to 1.0 secB.J. Blazkowicz
- Base Speed 300 to 310
- Air Acceleration 0.8 to 0.8790843
- Cooldown 45 to 40 sec
- Regeneration Activation Delay reduced from 3 to 2 secClutch
- Starting Armor 150 to 125
- Max Speed 2000 to 800
- Air Acceleration 0.6 to 0.8533334
- HP/AP Decay Rate 2 to 1 sec
- Shield
o Cooldown 40 to 45
o Hide Time 0.5 to 1.0 sec - Dodge
o Disallow Ground Dodge, now Air-Dodge only
o Speed Cap 691 to 450
o Power 8 to 9.02 (310 to 350 ups) - Forward Acceleration
o Gear Shift Steps 380/440/500 to 350/400/450
o Acceleration 70/60/50 to 50/40/30
o Stable Time Before Shifts 1.0 to 1.25DOOM SLAYER - Base Speed 300 to 310
- Air Acceleration 0.8 to 0.8790843Galena
- Base Speed 300 to 310
- Air Acceleration 0.75 to 0.8790843
- Cooldown 25 to 30Keel
- Air Acceleration 0.6 to 0.9102222
- HP/AP Decay Rate 2 to 1 secNyx
- Base Speed 300 to 310
- Air Acceleration 0.8 to 0.9057232
- Cooldown 40 to 45
- HP/AP Decay Rate 0.66 to 1.0 sec
- Added Easy Strafe
o Help Acceleration 0.1
o Max Help Speed 400 upsRanger - Base Speed 300 to 310
- Air Acceleration 0.8 to 0.8790843
- Dire Orb
o Cooldown 20 to 25 sec
o Splash Radius 3.5 to 3.0
o Telefrag Radius 1.0 to 0.6Scalebearer - Air Acceleration 0.6 to 0.9102222
- HP/AP Decay Rate 2 to 1 sec
- Added Easy Strafe
o Help Acceleration 0.1
o Max Help Speed 400 upsSlash - Base Speed 300 to 310
- Max Speed 2000 to 680
- Air Acceleration 0.6 to 0.7991675
- HP/AP Decay Rate 0.66 to 1.0 sec
- Crouchslide
o Max Time 8 to 6
o Friction 1.5 to 1.3Sorlag - Max Speed 2000 to 680
- Friction 6 to 9
- Air Acceleration 0.6 to 0.8533334
- Acid Spit
o Acid Pool Lifetime 6 to 9 sec - Air Control
o Move Speed 25 to 35
o Circle Strafe Friction 6 to 15 - Bunny Hop
o Max Help Speed 500 to 400 - HP/AP Decay Rate 2 to 1 secVisor
- Base Speed 300 to 320
- Max Speed 2400 to 2000
- Air Acceleration 1.0 (unchanged)
- Cooldown 40 to 45 sec
Weapons
Rocket Launcher
- Splash Radius 128 to 120u
- Projectile Speed 1200 to 1100 ups
- Minimum Splash Damage increased from 1 to 15
Power-Ups
Pentagram of Protection
- Damage Absorption 60% to 66%
Tech
Various crashes fixed
- Fixed an issue where the crash reporter wasn’t working
- Fixed issue where direct hits on a moving target with projectiles may not deal damage
- Fixed an issue where after long Join In Progress teammates markers were red
- Fixed an issue where client could not launch on low preset
- Fixed an issue where client could get stuck at Ready state if server crashed
- Fixed an issue on the Battle report screen when medals appeared
- Fixed an issue in Instagib, where armor shards were dropped from killed player
- Fixed an issue in Instagib where environmental hazards were not damaging the player properly
- Fixed an issue where vanity items were not fully visible when unlocked in Backpacks / Chests / Reliquaries
- Fixed an issue where Map geometry did not load properly in Sacrifice areas
- Fixed some issues where Multiple Players could spawn in the same spot on certain maps
- Fixed various issues where Opponents could spawn near each other
- Fixed an issue where Brazilian Portuguese localization was not showing up properly
- Fixed an issue where Quad SVX had a very intense glow
- Fixed an issue where Railgun did not penetrate through players
- Fixed an issue where User was unable to change their Target Display
- Fixed an issue with a disabled “Start Game” button when inviting another user to Custom Game
- Fixed an issue where Vale of Pnath: Players can respawn within line of sight of other players near the Mega Armor
- Fixed an issue where Vanity railguns will leave red decals around maps in various locations
- Fixed an issue where Voice chat: Voice Chat Controls key bind is not reset when using the Default option
- Fixed issues with champions jitter while moving
- Fixed render issue with sparks on Ruins of Sarnath
- Fixed server spike on players respawnSpectating
- Fixed an issue where Ranked v: Spectator in game scoreboard does not match post-game scoreboard
- Fixed issue where spectators see their own Level Progression Bar and Daily Challenges when viewing the Scoreboard
- Fixed issue where Spectator Arrow indicators persist on players after x-ray is turned offChampions
- April Balance changes
- Fixed circle strafe friction parameter
- Fixed incorrect auto-hop behavior
- Fixed issue where BJ’s passive did not work as expected
- Fixed issue where Clutch could abuse his dashing ability by using macro
- Fixed issue where DOOM SLAYER jittered when jumping
- Fixed issue where DOOM SLAYER’s speed was capped if he activated his ability before picking up Quad Damage
- Fixed issue where Keel’s Grenades were able to go through Clutch’s Shield
- Fixed issue for Missing Grenade Swarm SFX in first and third person
- Fixed issues with strafe jump not working as expected
- Fixed issue where Ranger might teleport to map origin when attempting to use Active Ability
- Fixed issue where Sorlag’s Acid Spit lasted a shorter duration than intended
- Fixed an issue where Anarki’s Bone Daddy flame effects were always on and not treated as separate attachments
- Fixed an issue where BJ’s Duel Wield ability ended when weapon swap occurs, manual or out of ammo
- Fixed an issue where BJ levitated above the pregame column
- Fixed an issue where champions could become invisible in 3rd person
- Fixed an issue where DOOM SLAYER had his weapons in hands when in active ability
- Fixed an issue where DOOM SLAYER’s equipped weapon may change after using his ability
- Fixed an issue where DOOM SLAYER’s Berserk ability might not work properly when enemies are close together
- Fixed an issue where killing with Galena’s totem In the Instagib mode, was not counted as a frag
- Fixed an issue in Instagib where Keel was not able to perform Grenade Jump
- Fixed an issue where Large sized champions are not always able to damage the small sized champions with the gauntlet
- Fixed an issue where player did not see a hit-mark when standing in the Acid Pool
- Fixed an issue where Scalebearer ability did not go into cooldown when he died during its usage
- Fixed an issue where Scalebearer ability did not start cool down process if champion died while using it
- Fixed an issue where Scalebearer active ability SFX persisted
- Fixed an issue where Scalebearer and Ranger lack 3rd person animation
- Fixed an issue where The Goroth Ansht rune did not increment after earning ‘Denied’ medals against Slash
- Fixed an issue where Winning a match of Duel, Deathmatch, Sacrifice or Team Deathmatch increased multiple other runes incorrectly
- Fixed low res textures on DOOM SLAYER’s helmetArt
- Fixed an issue where Blue light appeared when a player entered a blood pool for the first time
- Fixed an issue where Credits did not work
- Fixed various text issues
- Removed an empty drop-down menuMaps
- Fixed an issue for Sacrifice where Lighting may become very bright in the Pillar Room on Blood Covenant
- Fixed an issue where player could get stuck on a ladder on Lockbox
- Fixed an issue where environmental hazards did not damage users when in an Instagib match
- Fixed grey SFX on Acid bubble burst
- Fixed an issue for Burial Chamber where Players could easily spawnkill from directly above spawn-point near HMG Jump pad
- Fixed various map collision issues
- Fixed various issues related to the dire orb allowing access to out-of-bounds areas
- Fixed various liquid texture issuesWeapons
- Fixed an issue where it took too long for the muzzle flash to disappear after a shot
- Fixed issue where Smoke trails from projectiles may originate from the map origin
- Fixed an issue where there were no scorch marks on surfaces
- Fixed an issue where The Constructor Nailgun would stop animating for a second when Quad Damage is picked up or expires
- Fixed an issue where Tri-bolt Projectiles appeared inconsistently in third person
- Fixed issue for Tri-bolt projectiles sometimes persisting in the worldUI
- Fixed issue where contact list wasn’t sorting properly
- Fixed an issue where there were no Battle Reports after placement match
- Fixed an issue where Weapon and Armor Shaders did not display rarity on the popup
- Hit-marker art updated
- Fixed an issue where there were no Champions on Death Screen in ranked Duel
- Fixed an issue where doors in tutorial did not have proper indicators
- Fixed an issue where the red cross tint for a dead Champion was not very visible
- Fixed an issue where Sacrifice Tourney players in the spectator list become, “WWWWWWWWW” once the pre-match sequence starts
- Fixed issue when Rune Challenges did not appear on scoreboard
- Fixed an issue where Weapon Shader thumbnails appeared blue before they were fully loaded
- Fixed an issue where arrow indicators persist on players after x-ray is turned off in spectator mode
- Fixed an issue where the post-match podium did not appear in TDM
- Fixed an issue where Users didn’t receive a notification of low funds when attempting to rent a Champion in the store
- Fixed an issue where Rounds won did not show in Sacrifice
- Fixed an issue where Some Champion’s Health and Armor stats are incorrectly listed in many of the game’s menus
- Fixed an issue where Map geometry does not load properly in Sacrifice areas
- Fixed an issue where Players could still spend their currency on Loot Boxes even if they owned the maximum amount
- Fixed an issue where Arrow indicators persist on players after x-ray is turned off
- Fixed an issue where there was no scoreboard on Post Match Ranked TDM in Custom games
- Ping color coding added to indicate playable datacenters
- Fixed an issue where Main Menu animation could continue to play in Customization screen
- Fixed an issue where Daily Rewards screen could be closed by pressing Esc without getting any rewardsMiscellaneous
- Fixed an issue where player received multiple identical challenges
- Fixed an issue where Switching to another weapon while shooting from Railgun may result in a blank shot from Railgun
- Fixed an issue where Super shotgun did not animate when reloading in first person
