Hotfix 15.2

HOTFIX 15.2

GAMEPLAY AND BALANCING TWEAKS

Melee in PvE One-Handed Thunder Hammer Gameplay

• Accumulation stance can be entered even if the hammer already has charges. If the hammer has maximum charges the Charged Impact attack will be triggered.
• Time for getting 1 charge is decreased to 1.25 seconds.
• Energy Loop now can be performed after Charged Impact. Energy loop damage is increased by 100%.
• Underhand Swing damage is increased by 30%.
• Charged Impact damage is increased by 15%.

Weapon Perks

• “ Preparedness ” and “ Brutal Reforge ” perks now trigger when an enemy was killed with a Finisher by a One Handed Hammer.
• “ Preparedness ” perk ability restoration is increased to 5%.
• “ Perfect Reprisal ” ability damage bonus is increased to 50%. Fixed an issue that applied the bonus damage to any melee attack instead of just Light Attacks.

Heroic One-Handed Thunder Hammer - Power Maul

• Heroic perk no longer deals increased damage based on the number of charges.
• Charged Impact now can be performed with 1-2 charges.
• Ground Slam now can be performed with 3 charges.
• Ground Slam now forces stagger enemies.
• Ground Slam damage is increased by 30% and attack radius is increased by 100%.

Please note that the text descriptions for the Power Maul have not been updated to reflect these changes, they will be updated in a future patch.

CRUCIBLE

• Fixed an issue where the Guardian Relic was disabled for the entire team when only one player activated the Curse of the Warp Penance.
• Fixed an issue where Stratagems allowed players to select a mission and difficulty for Crucible through the Hub Terminal.
• Fixed an issue where PvE Quick Match players could be matched into Crucible.

GENERAL FIXES

• Tactical: Fixed a bug where the Bolt Rifle used in the secondary slot would deal less damage than in the primary slot when using the “ Tactical Reserve ” perk.
• Tactical: Fixed a bug with the Plasma Pistol having the buff from " Versatility " even if no Primary Weapon was equipped.
• Chaos Siege: Fixed a spawn issue where enemy Loyalist Marine could spawn behind the closed gates in some cases.
• Siege: Fixed a bug with Techmarine’s Weighty Attack class challenge not progressing with One Handed Thunder Hammer charged kills.
• Siege: Fixed a softlock where Space Marines could get stuck in the transition zone after a wave sequence.
• Crash fixes and general stability improvements.
• Lots of minor UI and localisation fixes.