Quality of Life 2 Update - Patch Notes

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Echoes Patch 0.6.0 - QoL 2 & PS5 [WIP]
NEW!

• Housing
  
• World
  
• Narrative & Quests
  
• Wayfinders, Weapons & Echoes
  
• Loot & Progression
  
• Mutators
  
• UI/UX
  
• Visual Polish
  
• Fixes

NEW! Echoes update (+QoL 1 & 2 updates) for PS5!

• Discord Invites!
  
• Lobby Browser updates!
  
• In-game chat is back! (for PC only)
  
• Player Housing expansion!
  
• World Scaling!
  
• Improved melee combat control!
  
• Improved Performance & UI Customization Options!

Housing

• Player Apartments have been expanded.
  
• Added an outline highlight while hovering already placed items.
  
• Party member apartments are now available for fast travel from the map.
  
• Fixed placement issues across various items.
  
• Fixed recently collected housing items not appearing as New.

World

• Added a World Scaling option, allowing enemies to always scale to you personally. This option is applied via the Hosts settings and is applied to the entire party.
  
• Finale encounters across the world now have more diverse encounters, including new minibosses.
  
• Added a brief countdown warning upon travel in a multiplayer party.
  
• Fixed chests spawning on top of each other across many Lost Zone tiles.
  
• Fixed a literal ton of collision and out-of-bounds bugs.
  
• Fixed so many camera clipping issues.
  
• Fixed a lot of co-op combat issues relating to ability/attack visibility.
  
• Fixed the Excavation Unit drill being picky about how quickly you retrieved its fuel.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Fallen Greedlord dealing damage from invisible sources.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Hollow Horror would fail to spawn for the Seeds of Corruption event.
  
• Fixed the projectiles from Husks only appearing once during the Dread Legion hunt.
  
• Fixed an issue causing Hunts to not reset properly.
  
• Fixed Ryv’n dealing damage to players that dodged the pounce attack.

Narrative & Quests

• Added a co-op tutorial upon unlocking access to multiplayer.
  
• Added a post-game notification after defeating the Precursor Reborn hunt.
  
• Main Story Quest objects and interactions now have an outline highlight.
  
• Fixed an issue where Wayfinder memories would fail to unlock.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from completing the quest No Better Friend.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented clients from progressing the quest Controlling the Chaos.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented clients from progressing the quest Unravelling Doubt.
  
• Fixed an issue preventing clients from obtaining Summoning Stones from Arc Omen.

Wayfinders, Weapons & Echoes

• Added reorientation windows throughout all abilities and attacks, allowing you to pivot and retarget enemies fluidly.
  
• Wayfinders can now early dodge out of knockbacks as you hit the ground.
  
• All Wayfinder Ultimates now refresh the Heat of Battle count and timer.

Senja:

• Doubled the amount Senja is healed from being hit while Showboating.
  
• Increased damage reduction of Showboating 40% → 50%.
  
• Showboat now grants knockback immunity.
  
• Fixed a bug where the 3rd Instinct perk would cause the player to take negative damage (healing) from attacks.

Pummel:

• Initial hit AP ratio increased 2.0*AP → 2.6*AP.
  
• Initial hit BP ratio increased 1.0*BP → 1.4*BP.
  
• Final hit AP ratio increased 2.75*AP → 3.25*AP.
  
• Final hit BP ratio increased 1.8*BP → 2.2*AP.
  
• Fully charged hit AP ratio increased 4*AP → 4.75*AP.
  
• Fully charged hit BP ratio increased 2.3*BP → 3*BP.

Lightning Grasp:

• AP ratio increased 1.5*AP → 2.0*AP.
  
• BP ratio increased 1*BP → 1.33*BP.

Gain Favor:

• AP ratio increased 1.5*AP → 2.0*AP.
  
• BP ratio increased 0.8*BP → 1.05*BP.
  
• Beginning animation and full-charge end will now properly count as Showboating.
  
• Increased speed of cancel windows.

Senja and Grendel now heal 30% HP when using their Ultimates.
Extended Wingrave’s Righteous Strike range by 100 units.
Kyros’ Arcane Focus will now detonate and reapply itself upon overlapping applications.

Niss:

• Umbral Aura: AP ratio decreased 2.5*AP → 2.0*AP.
  
• Shadow Step: Fixed an issue causing Niss' Shadow Step to double hit.
  
• Total AP ratio decreased 3.5*AP → 2.8*AP.
  
• Gloom Shroud: Time to charge increased by 37.5%.
  
• Fixed an issue causing Niss' Ultimate to gain too many stacks of Overwhelming Arcana.
  
• Fixed various talent issues for Niss, including Reactivity, Counterplay, Bountiful Innervation, and Rallying Cry talents.

Loot & Progression

• Prime Talents now have a unique icon.
  
• Prime Talents are now limited to one, locking the remaining unchosen nodes. NOTE: If you currently have two Prime Talents selected, those points will be refunded
  
• Uncollected loot will now be auto-granted to players upon leaving a Lost Zone or Hunt.
  
• Doubled Reward Tower XP gain.
  
• Removed old unused materials from housing item recipes.
  
• One-time drop pets are no longer sellable.

Mutators

• Players can now auto-pick up gold piles based on proximity.
  
• Gloomshroud recharge station encounters have been reduced to 5s and no longer require the player to be near.
  
• Golden Caches now spawn significantly less but are more rewarding.

UI/UX

• Added quick access for Resonance Caches to the Character menu.
  
• Added toggle options for Shadows, Map Rotation, Ambient Occlusion, Post Processing, HDR, Hide HUD.
  
• Added in-game text chat.
  
• Fixed various UI issues, including overlapping and incorrect information.

Visual Polish

• Improved visual presentation of Gloom Daggers across animations.
  
• Improved visuals for Echo loot.
  
• Improved visuals for the Malefic Maw Echo.
  
• Fixed various visual issues across weapons and HUD elements.

Fixes

• Fixed multiple crashes, including during quests, loading, and party joins.
  
• Improved Lobby Browser refresh speed.
  
• Fixed invisible players when joining lobbies from the browser.
  
• Fixed achievements not updating correctly.

Known Issues + Work Arounds

• Awakening a weapon missing from your inventory will result in a crash - Ensure the weapon you are attempting to Awaken is in your inventory before Awakening
  
• PS5 Players will need to start a new game and trigger the Founder Pack Item entitlement window (Shortly after completing the first Codex Halls LZ Tutorial) if they want immediate access to their associated Founder Pack items + Founder Coins. - A patch for retroactively granting access to these items without resetting progress is in the works, but will take some more time to create.