Gauntlet Mode & Captain Leveling

Gauntlet Mode
We are pleased to introduce our new solo and co-op game mode: Gauntlet.

Gauntlet consists of a series of Player-vs-Environment encounters culminating within a final boss battle that can be played solo or with up to 3 friends.

Features


 * Randomly ordered encounters offering different kinds of challenges
 * An “Adventure Store” between encounters featuring a variety of per-run upgrades
 * Scaling difficulty based on the number of players and power rating
 * Scaling rewards based on difficulty played and performance

Please note that this game mode is under development. The Game Mode currently is not fully supporting quests and medals/achievements.

End of Game Rewards
As part of this update, we are also introducing end of game rewards for both the existing PvP game modes (Solo and Team), as well as the new Gauntlet Mode.

Chests will now be earned at the end of each PvP match or a PvE run. There are a few types of Chests, as follows:==


 * Bronze: Opens with Gold
 * Silver: Opens with 1 Key
 * Gold: Opens with 2 Keys
 * Battle: Opens if you have the Premium Battle Pass

Keys are a new, self-regenerating resource that is earned at a rate of 10 per day. You can also purchase more keys or earn them via certain quests (and in the future, the Battle Pass).

Captain Leveling
Captains can now be upgraded! Upgrades will provide stat upgrades, but more importantly, dramatic changes to the way Captain abilities work from dropping extra mines (Anvil) to increasing the size of the phoenix projectile (Morrigan).

Captains level up by being gifted "Loyalty" items. There is a variety of these items, some of which will be preferred by certain Captains.

Captains earn Talent Points as they level up which can be spent on stat upgrades and talent upgrades. Talents need to be trained before they can have Talent points assigned.

Once trained, the Talents remain available to use permanently. Talent Points assignments, however, can be reset at any time.

Season 3 Battle Pass and Undertow
Both of these items will come at a later time. We want to give time for the dust to settle from these new features first. But rest assured they are coming soon.

In the meantime, Season 2 Battle Pass will remain active. We have also extended Season 2 Battle Pass by an additional 10 levels. Note that if you had previously continued to play, Anchors earned for Battle Pass will be automatically applied to these levels.

Patch Notes

 * Leaderboards now correctly count only 2000+
 * Decimal places have been added to a variety of stats
 * Mates can now be specifically unequipped in the Mate Selection window
 * Corrected an issue with stat displays showing an incorrect percentage if the loadout had multiple sources of the same stat
 * Mate Contracts no longer open automatically, instead they can save them for later (they will appear at the top of the screen in the main menu)