Paladins Radiant Stars Patch Notes and Megathread

Radiant Stars Patch Notes and Megathread
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Radiant Stars Patch Notes and Megathread

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 08:31 AM PDT

Radiant Stars Patch Notes and Megathread

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Battle Pass – Radiant Stars

The Darkness and Dragons Battle Pass will become purchasable with the release of Patch 4 – Radiant Stars. The Radiant Stars Battle Pass will be available for purchase with the release of patch 4.

Receive instant rewards for purchasing, and unlock over 100 more goodies just by playing and leveling up your Battle Pass. All players start earning Radiant Stars Battle Pass experience as soon as the update is live. Battle Pass purchasers unlock premium rewards every level, along with the free track rewards.

The Radiant Stars Battle Pass costs 600 Crystals, and rewards you just for playing. You can now unlock up to 450 Crystals through the Battle Pass Free Track, and an additional 150 through the Premium Track, making the Battle Pass FREE once completed. Explore our expanded content for each Champion featured in this Battle Pass. Level up with newly-reworked challenges, daily quests, and unlock up to 32 Epic Champion skins! Each Champion now has a base skin and 7 additional variants able to be unlocked by progressing through the Battle Pass!

Dive in to this awesome Battle Pass with the Battle Passport, a one-time purchase that not only unlocks the new Battle Pass itself but the next 30 Battle Pass Levels so you can start playing with the Stellar Guardian Io, Stellar Sentinel Inara, and Stellar Sorceress Imani right away!

The Battle Passport costs 1500 Crystals, saving you over 1000 Crystals!

Instant Unlocks (Exclusive to Battle Pass Purchasers)

Battle Pass Skins (Exclusive to Battle Pass Purchasers):

Flair Stellar Protector Io

Base (Blue) – Instant Unlock
Magenta – Level 2
Teal – Level 16
Green – Level 57
Red – Level 75
Yellow – Level 94
Black – Level 110
Inverted – Level 117

Flair Stellar Sorceress Imani

Base (Red) – Level 10
Yellow – Level 11
Green – Level 25
Magenta – Level 35
Blue – Level 46
Black – Level 90
Teal – Level 107
Inverted – Level 118

Flair Stellar Sentinel Inara

Base (Yellow) – Level 30
Magenta – Level 31
Teal – Level 42
Red – Level 53
Blue – Level 67
Green – Level 85
Black – Level 100
Inverted – Level 119

Flair Stellar Mender Seris

Base (Teal) – Level 50
Yellow – Level 51
Red – Level 64
Black – Level 80
Green – Level 87
Blue – Level 98
Magenta – Level 112
Inverted – Level 120

Other Battle Pass Exclusive Unlocks

Sprays

Avatars

Death Card

Radaint Stars

General

Reticle Change over Target

The color of your reticle will no longer change when you are aiming at an enemy in non-training matches.

Mixer Khan

Mixer Khan quest has been disabled, and removed from the Viewer Store. Players who own this skin will still be able to use it.

NEW: Bounty Store

We're introducing a new way players can unlock skins just by playing Paladins! Starting with the release of Radiant Stars, players with a linked Hi-Rez account will unlock a new currency called Bounty Coins by completing daily quests. Bounty Coins can then be spent inside the Bounty Store – which will feature a limited quantity of a single skin that rotates every 72 hours.

Skins inside the Bounty Store will be priced on one of two ways:

Increasing Price
- The Bounty Coin cost of the skin will start out low, and as players purchase the skin and the number available goes down, the price will increase.
Decreasing Price
- The Bounty Coin cost of the skin will start out high, and each day the price will decrease.

Bounty Coin Acquisition

Players will earn 2 Bounty Coins for each small reward Daily Quest completed
Players will earn 3 Bounty Coins for each large reward Daily Quest completed

Want to start earning Bounty Coins? Click here to link your Hi-Rez account and start earning with the release of Radiant Stars!

Customizations

Mernos Jenos – NEW!

Unlocked via Direct Purchase for 800 Crystals.
Also available in the Pirate's Treasure Chest.

Available September 9th

Golden Skins:

Flair Golden Buck

Unlocked by reaching Mastery Level 50 as Buck

Flair Golden Drogoz

Unlocked by reaching Mastery Level 50 as Drogoz

Flair Golden Sha Lin

Unlocked by reaching Mastery Level 50 as Sha Lin

Community Bonus Content:

These Avatars and Sprays will become available through various community engagements during Patch 4's cycle.

Avatars

Sprays

Deal of the Day:

The following content has been added to Deal of the Day:

Skins

Street Style Ash
Street Style Maeve
Street Style Ying
Street Style Skye
Omega Sha Lin
Omega Terminus
Omega Dredge
Omega Makoa
Omega Zhin
Omega Vivian
Omega Koga

Emotes

Strut (Roaming Ash Emote)
Starlet (Roaming Maeve Emote)
Sashay (Roaming Skye Emote)
Trendsetter (Roaming Ying Emote)
Fist Bump (Ruckus)
Swig (Dredge)
Shimmy (Skye)
Hunter's Cry (Tyra)
Guffaw (Koga)
Chuckle (Imani)

MVP Poses

Loose (Sha Lin)
Headsman (Terminus)
Windup (Makoa)
Kamae (Zhin)
Audacity (Vivian)

Sprays

Twilight Vogue
Rising Fans (3D)
Headliner (3D)
Strawberry Pop (3D)
Shooting Star (3D)
Kawaii Kitten (Animated)
Best Friend (Animated)
Omega Wind (Animated)
Omega Crusher
Omega Tear (3D)

Music Pack

Street Pop

Avatars

Summer Blossom
Future's Protector
Squidly
Forlorn Future (Animated)

Death Stamp

Cluck'em
Lunar Altar

Direct Purchase

Avatar – Fan Forge / For Fans By Fans

Created by Grand Prize Winner @TalaKeks

Price

100 Gold

Chests:

Pirate's Treasure

Available September 9th

Price

400 Crystals

Contents:

Dutchman Makoa
Swashbuckler Barik
Pirates Treasure Io
Mermaid Ying
Shore Patrol Lian
Longboard Lex
Mernos Jenos

For the Magistrate!

Available August 19th

Price

400 Crystals

Contents:

Covert Ops Lex
Dark Lord Torvald
Reaver Viktor
FN-01 Erebos
High Elf Lian
Mercenary Strix

Past Events

Available September 30th

Price

300 Crystals

Contents:

Knightmare Fernando
Day Walker Vivian
Omega Dredge
Omega Sha Lin
Abominable Terminus
Merrymaker Dredge
Street Style Ash
Street Style Maeve

Ranked Split 3

Split Rewards

Play 5 Ranked matches
- Gold Chest
Play 25 Ranked matches
- Unstable Power, Limited Avatar

Format Changes

All player ranks have been soft-reset for Split 3

Ranked Map Rotation

Each split, maps will either be in the active or reserved map pool. Reserved maps will not appear while playing ranked during that split. Each new split will see some maps rotated between the active and reserved pools. For Split 3, Shattered Desert and Wader's Gate will be rotating into the active map pool, while Serpent Beach and Ascension Peak will be rotating out.

Active Maps

Bazaar
Brightmarsh
Frog Isle
Ice Mines
Splitstone Quarry
Stone Keep
Jaguar Falls
Fish Market
+Shattered Desert
+Warder's Gate

Reserved Maps

Timber Mill
Frozen Guard
-Serpent Beach
-Ascension Peak

Balance

Developer Commentary

Our aim is to make targeted, meaningful changes to improve the dynamic between Support, Frontline, and Hitscan champions at higher levels of play. After watching the Season 3 meta develop and receiving feedback from both the AOC and Paladins Pro Circuit Players, we're hoping to address the following:

Strength of Hitscan champions with strong lifesteal options.
Underwhelming strength of off-tanks that were previously able to apply more pressure to Flank & Damage champions
Meta-defining nature of Io & Luna
Cost vs effectiveness dynamic of Master Riding and Resilience

General

Cards and on-hit effects: Modified most on-hit effects to only apply after hitting Players and Pets, rather than including Decoys, Illusions, Deployables, and Shields. There are some exceptions based on intended use-cases for particular abilities or cards. For example, cards pertaining to Drogoz's Salvo will still have their effects applied when hitting Shields.

Developer Commentary: Consistency in effect, where possible, is important in creating a familiar structure — one that makes sense to any player who is familiar with how any given mechanic affects their gamespace — and these changes are with that purpose. Some will be more noticeable (Deep Roots will no longer chain from deployables like Barik turret) and some won't have to change at all, but except for a very few exceptions, these effects will now be consistent across the board.

Items

Master Riding
- Cost increased
  - 200 per level ➡️ 250 per level
Resilience
- Cost decreased
  - 200 per level ➡️ 150 per level

Developer Commentary: We want to keep the impact in-game of Master Riding, but felt that the ease with which a player can obtain the item is a bit too much. Meanwhile, the effectiveness of Resilience was changed, but players still found it cost-prohibitive when prioritizing item loadouts. These cost changes should help address those issues.

Champions:

Frontline:

Flair Ash

Kinetic Burst
- This ability can now be toggled on and off

Flair Atlas

Chrono-Cannon
- Increased damage per shot 50 ➡️ 56
Exile
- During activation:
  - You are Immune to Crowd Control effects
  - Decreased Movement Speed penalty 40% ➡️ 0%
- During Ultimate:
  - You are Immune to Crowd Control effects

Flair Fernando

Increased Ultimate charge rate by 20%
Aegis
- Reduced the Cooldown of Shield by an additional 2s

Flair Khan

Vortex Grip
- Reduced additional Stun duration 2s ➡️ 1.2s

Flair Makoa

Leviathan
- Reworked
  - NEW: Increase your Ultimate charge rate by 15% and your maximum Health by 500. Using Ancient Rage resets the Cooldowns of Dredge Anchor and Shell Spin.
Cannon – AoC
- Increased the range at which you deal full damage
Dredge Anchor
- Decreased Cooldown 15s ➡️ 14s
Shell Shield
- Added a small grace period after activating during which it cannot be immediately canceled
Strongarm
- Reduce the Cooldown of Dredge Anchor by 0.5|0.5s
- Increase the effectiveness of the Cooldown Reduction 0.5|0.5s ➡️ 0.6|0.6s

Flair Raum

Subservience
- Effects now go through walls

Flair Torvald

Gauntlet
- Increased the range at which you deal full damage

Dev Commentary: Torvald is a Champion that we are aiming to address over time in a more robust way. This change is intended to improve his quality-of-life and is part of the changes we intend to implement as time goes on.

Damage:

Flair Bomb King – AoC

Detonate
- Reduce damage done per Sticky Bomb 900 ➡️ 850
Royal Decree
- Increase your Reload Speed by {5|5}% for 3s after using Detonate.
- No longer stacks
- Increased Reload Speed gain 5|5% ➡️ 6|6%

Flair Lian – AoC

Bloodline
- OLD: Heal for 50|50 after using Grace.
- NEW: Generate 1|1 Ammo after using Grace.

Flair Sha Lin – Flair

Shimmer
- Resets the Cooldown of Withdraw after dropping to or below 15|15% Health. (30s ICD)
- Reduced Internal Cooldown 30s ➡️ 15s

Flair Viktor – AoC

Predator
- Gain 8|8% Lifesteal while using Iron Sights.
- Decreased Lifesteal 8|8% ➡️ 5|5%

Flair Vivian – AoC

Runic Ammunition
- Gain 5|5% Lifesteal.
- Decreased Lifesteal 5|5% ➡️ 4|4%

Support:

Flair Corvus – AoC

Entropic Breach
- Increased the effectiveness of the Slow 33% ➡️ 45%
- The Slow now persists on leaving the area for 0.5s

Flair Grohk – AoC

Healing Totem
- Increased rate of Healing at base from once every 0.2s ➡️ once every 0.15s
- Decreased Heal per tick 60 ➡️ 45
  - This is a gameplay feeling change and will not affect the amount of total Healing done with this ability
- Increased the base Health of the totem 1000 ➡️ 1250
Totemic Ward
- Increased the Healing percentage 20% ➡️ 30%
Spirit's Domain
- Increase Healing per second 600 ➡️ 700
Monolith Totem
- Increase the Health of Healing Totem by 100|100.
- Increased added Health 100|100 ➡️ 150|150

Developer Commentary: The Blue Orc is someone we care about, and these changes are a step in the direction of making playstyles — those that have historically felt underwhelming — feel a bit better. We are absolutely keeping an eye out for changes that will further improve his gameplay for future updates.

FlairIo – AoC

Guardian Spirit
- Reduced base Health 4000 ➡️ 3000
Luna is now able to be Cauterized
- This is something we are still testing and would like to feel confident about before ultimately including this change in this update
Feral Strength
- Increase Luna's Health by 200|200.
- Increased Health 200|200 ➡️ 225|225
Swift Arrows
- Increase allies' Movement Speed by 8|8% while they are being Healed by Moonlight.
- Decreased Movement Speed bonus 8|8% ➡️ 6|6%

Flair Mal'Damba

Mending Spirits
- Increased Health every second 315 ➡️ 325
Spirit's Chosen
- Increased initial Heal 220 ➡️ 250

Flair Pip – AoC

Combat Medic
- Hitting yourself with Potion Launcher will no longer damage you or apply knock-back to you.

Flair Seris

Mortal Reach
- OLD: Increase the range of Restore Soul by 300% and its duration by 1s.
- NEW: Increase the range of Restore Soul by 300% and the rate at which it Heals by 10%.
Soul Forge
- Increase the range at which Restore Soul can target allies by 4|4%.
- Increase the effectiveness of the range increase 4|4% ➡️ 6|6%

Flank:

Flair Buck – AoC

Bulk Up
- Reduced the initial Heal 600 ➡️ 400
Momentum
- Reduce your damage taken by 6|6% for 4s after using Heroic Leap.
- Reduced the effectiveness of this damage reduction 6|6% ➡️ 5|5%

Developer Commentary: We plan on keeping an eye on Buck to see what effect these changes have on his status in the Realm.

Flair Lex

Discovery
- Increase the damage you deal to your Retribution target by 30% and reduce the Cooldown of Retribution by 15s.
- Removed the Cooldown Reduction of Retribution from this talent
Retribution
- Decreased Cooldown 30s ➡️ 6s

Developer Commentary: We believe Lex is someone who would benefit from more attention, especially with regards to Retribution. For now, we want to shift Retribution to be something that is more of an active part of Lex's gameplay.

Flair Moji

Familiar Spit
- Increased base damage 100 ➡️ 300
- Decreased Rate of Fire one every 0.6s ➡️ one every 0.7s
Familiar Spray
- Decreased Range 60 units ➡️ 50 units
- Decreased Damage per hit 50 ➡️ 30
Symbiotic
- Increase the Healing you receive by 10|10% while at or below 50% Health.
- Decreased effectiveness of Healing boost 10|10% ➡️ 7|7%
Greater Good
- Gain 8|8% Lifesteal against enemies with the maximum number of Magic Marks.
- Decreased Lifesteal gain 8|8% ➡️ 6|6%
Cozy
- Heal for 40|40 every 1s while Magic Barrier is active.
- Increased Healing every 1s 40|40 ➡️ 50|50

Flair Talus

Veracharger
- Increased Rate of Fire by 10/s ➡️ 11/s
Overcharge
- Reduced effectiveness of added Rate of Fire 33% ➡️ 25%
Guts
- Reduce your damage taken by 6|6% while at or below 40% Health.
- Decreased effectiveness of damage reduction 6|6% ➡️ 5|5%
Primeval Might
- Gain 8|8% Lifesteal while Overcharge is active.
- Reduced Lifesteal gain 8|8% ➡️ 5|5%

Dev Commentary: Talus is also a Champion we will be keeping our eyes on. We would like to keep the high points of his gameplay intact while mitigating some of the frustration that players may experience when dealing with his appearances in their backline. The interaction between Guts, Primeval Might, and his ability to instantly Teleport away from danger is one we want to make sure is in a healthy position.

Bug Fixes

Champions:

FlairAsh

Fixed an issue where Shoulder Bash could send a Player in a direction other than the intended direction.

Flair Buck

Fixed an issue where the Envy and Brawler skins were displaying as invisible.

FlairCorvus

Fixed an issue where Corvus' Weapon Fire was causing other game audio to cut out on the Nintendo Switch.

FlairGrohk

Fixed a description error with the Healing Totem ability.

Flair Koga

Fixed an issue where Fernando's Ultimate would not stop Koga from losing Health at 1500 Health or below when in Dragon Stance with the Dragon Fangs talent equipped.

Flair Mal'Damba

Fixed an issue where Mal'Damba's Dread Serpent Ultimate would not affect Players in many cases if the Ultimate was used on a slope or a ceiling.
Fixed an issue where Mal'Damba's Dread Serpent UItimate would not affect Players if they were out of line of sight of the center of the Ultimate and then reentered line of sight of it.

FlairSha Lin

Fixed a description error with the Rapid Shot ability.

FlairTalus

Fixed an issue where Blitz Upper could send a Player in a direction other than the intended direction.

General:

Fixed an issue where Morale Boost was slightly more efficient than intended at Rank 3.
Fixed an issue where the collision of the bridge on the outside of Magistrate's Archives persisted in the map without the bridge.
Fixed an issue where Players could damage themselves in one area of the Brightmarsh spawn room.
Fixed an issue where several Golden skins were improperly accessible when a Skin Booster was active.
Fixed an issue on Fish Market where Players could get pushed out of bounds on the edge of the map in some circumstances.
Fixed an issue where some sprays from the Pirate's Treasure Battle Pass were not functioning properly.