Dec. 16, 2020 - Auraximas (PC/PS4 Update)

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All servers will come down for the update below on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 6am PST (3pm CET) for PC, and 8am PST (5pm CET) for PS4. Downtime is expected to last up to 2 hours.

Auraximas is here!

The weather outside may be frightful, but that won't stop the Auraximas holiday from arriving. From Dec. 16 through Jan. 3, you can participate in this holiday event!

Snowmen Return

Snowman (and Snowman made of... stone?) are appearing once again throughout the battlefields of Auraxis. Destroy these frosty fiends for bonus experience, and you may occasionally stumble across a rare Golden Snowman, which might offer up a special surprise.

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Sanctuary

The social hub of Sanctuary reveals new lights, sounds, and hidden presents that you can claim a reward from once a day!

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Holiday Missions

Auraximas is about giving, and new daily missions have been added for you to share your generosity with the various vendors and personnel on Sanctuary. In addition, each of these completed missions contributes to a new holiday directive!

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New Directive

New rewards and updated challenges await you for the duration of the Auraximas holiday.

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Seasonal Equipment

Special equipment is available this holiday season, including gift-wrapped C4, cookie-box themed ammunition packs, and a deployable Tactical Snowman.

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Holiday Depot Items

In the Depot you'll find new holiday items as well, like the Snowflake Lumifibers, Northwind Tire Trails, and a sleigh full of holiday horns, camos, weapons, and cosmetics.

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Infantry Adjustments

NSX Masamune and NSX-A Muramasa

• Direct damage from 185 to 225.
• Adjusted rocket visuals so that smoke trails do not linger.

Dev Note: Direct damage adjustments here bring the Masamune's anti-vehicle potential closer to the Decimator's without usurping its role.

Standardized minimum blast radius of 0.35m to 0.5m. Impacted weapons below.

Dev Note: The changes here are closer to cleanup, as its impact on damage output is miniscule.

• NSX Masamune
• NSX-A Muramasa
• NS Decimator
• NS Kraken
• Hades VSH4
• AF-22 Crow
• M9 SKEP Launcher
• NC15 Phoenix
• Phoenix AE
• Shrike
• ML-7
• S1

Misc. Changes, Fixes, and Additions

• Drop Pods no longer appear in the remote vehicle spawn menu.
• Players who were unable to achieve an Auraxium medal with a bugged NS-W Survivor are now able to do so.
• Nano-Repair Grenades and the Punisher's Enhancement Underbarrel no longer repair facility generators.
• Sawbones mission now includes Shield Recharging experience as an option alongside Healing experience.
• Being killed by The Flail now shows the correct weapon text and icon on the death screen.
• NC's Lightning AP projectile visuals appear once again in third person.
• Speculative fix for Recon Darts occasionally not sticking to surfaces.
• Scythe Photon Pods now play the correct audio when firing.
• NSO Construction turrets are no longer missing their weapons.
• Restored the missing easteregg for Mentis2k6 from Indar.
• Fixed various animation issues related to the NS Firebug.
• Fixed an animation issue regarding weapon... stroking.
• Reduced the brightness of the VS auraxium Mandibles.
• Updated Field Officer Knightly's transmit image.
• Fixed a typo in the Assassin implant's Tier 5 description.

Source: Game Update Notes