Realm Royale Beta Version 19

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# Open Beta 19 **Bass Drop** | May 21, 2019

## General

* Communication Wheel

* Pressing the VGS button will now allow you to select more ways to communicate with friends and enemies while fighting your way to a Crown Royale
* The three options are Chatter, Emote, and Tactical wheels respectively

* Chatter - Filled with exclamations and general non-essential communication. Examples: Awesome!, Curses!, and Woohoo!
* Emote - Filled with your selected Emotes and Sprays as well as the ability to Joke and Taunt

* In the Armory you will be able to equip 3 Emotes and 3 Sprays to use while in a match

* Tactical - Filled with more objective-centered commands. Examples: Ready to Forge!, Under Fire!, and Fog is Coming!

* By default the C, V, and B Keys are bound to the new Communication Wheels
* Gamepad players will be able to open the Emote Communication Wheel by pressing Left on the D-Pad, and make a selection by using the right thumb stick
* Please note: All keybinds will be reset to default when this update goes live

* Ping System

* Added the ability to ping a point of interest, displaying a UI indicator to the player and their team for a short duration (10s)

* By default, this is bound to middle mouse button for PC players
* Gamepad players will access the ping system through the new Communication Wheel

* New Ability: Soul Gust

## New to the Shop

### Packs

**Costs:**
* **14.99 USD**

**Includes:**
* Technomancer Mage (**Epic**)
* Neon Booster Mount (**Epic**)
* Beat Boks Chicken (**Epic**)
* Bass Drop Skydive (**Epic**)
* Boosted Spray (**Epic**)

### Items

* **200**

## Map Updates

* Jade Gardens Environmental Updates

* Reduced some of the elevation in Jade Gardens to allow multiple paths to move around the point of interest
* Added more objects and terrain to add more coverability in the region
* Fixed the slope of several inclines to allow players to traverse up hills

## Balance

* **Weapons**

* Stone Staff

* Time between shots has been increased slightly
* Base damage has been increased slightly
* Accuracy has been slightly reduced

* Longbow

* Increased gravity drop off when bow is fully drawn

* **Abilities**

* Soul Gust

* *“Send out a charging blast of magical energy that passes through walls and forces enemies back”*
* The Mage is getting a new ability to replace her Ice Block ability
* Soul Gust will damage enemies and apply a significant knockback
* This ability can even travel through walls, rocks, trees, and bone! This is our first ability that won’t be stopped by pesky walls
* Talent: Soul Gust will now apply a 3.5 second reveal on the hit enemy

## Polish

* **Quality of Life Improvements**

* The HUD now displays when a player enters a new region
* A number of improvements have been made to hit registration on all platforms
* Added the ability for players to scroll through Armory items using the mouse wheel
* Improved Blink responsiveness and accuracy even further
* Spectation

* Fixed issue where Runes weren't being shown properly when spectating
* Players can now chat while spectating
* Keybinds will now be hidden while spectating
* Damage numbers will now consistently show up while spectating
* Minimap will now update properly while spectating

* **Bug Fixes**

* Fixed several audio mix issues
* Fixed an area in Jade Gardens where players could get stuck
* Fixed an issue where Legendary Ice Block would heal more than intended
* Fixed an issue where the Loot Goblin wouldn’t drop loot when killed
* Fixed an issue where several ceilings in Gun Town had improper collision
* Fixed an issue where the button to open the map on console wouldn’t toggle the map when pressed again
* Fixed an issue where characters would occasionally T-pose when picking up a new weapon
* Fixed an issue where crouching while vaulting through windows could put your character collision into a bad state
* Addressed some issues with being able to see shadows through walls

* Additional fixes will arrive with update 20

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