you can now create and join parties by sharing a link. When in a party, everyone goes into whichever game the leader of the party goes into. For example, if the leader joins a public deathmatch, all party members will join the deathmatch. Parties in team deathmatch will be on the same team. Earn 20% extra coins for being in a party.
you now have 5 seconds of invincibility when you first spawn. If you fire a weapon, you are no longer invincible.
fixed some issues which caused the client to freeze/stutter in the middle of a game
rank is calculated a bit differently. You must have over 100 games to achieve a rank greater than 10.
changed the default secondary grenade from flash to smoke
up to 7 players spawns will be random instead of the mathematically furthest spawn from all players. This to combat the effect of players finding it difficult to find each other on larger maps.
players no longer are removed from the scoreboard if they leave at the end game screen
added twitter button
reduced flashbang duration
smoke grenades now stick to surfaces
improvements to rag doll deaths when dying from shotgun and explosives and general ragdoll improvements
shotgun damage now shows as a single number instead of a dozen numbers
you now see ranks in-game in the score table. in addition to your numeric rank you can achieve the following unicode characters which display next to your name:
Rank 5 - 1 star
Rank 10 - 2 stars
Rank 15 - 3 stars
Rank 20 - 1 diamond
Rank 25 - 2 diamonds
Rank 30 - 3 diamonds
Rank 50 or greater - skull with crossbones
fixed a bug which caused people to not die if they lost exactly 100 health due to a rounding error
rockets no longer collide with their owner in the first 1 second after firing
fixed various bugs related to hit reg, like the healthbar not updating immediately
homing rocket can no longer lock on to teammates
coin balance at end game screen shows difference of newly added coins
tweaks to how the grenade rotates when thrown
the you vs. them kill count boxes is a lot smaller so it doesn't block the screen
your lifetime score will now update and show in your profile and on the rankings page
rewards panel at end-game screen no longer shows in private games
added an invert y-axis option
Fixed freezing temporarily when searching for a new public game or creating a private game room.
you can now achieve certain roles which alter the color of your name in-game and your name on the scoreboard. To see a list of roles and descriptions go here: https://ev.io/roles
