# War Robots WAR ROBOTS 8.2: SPACETECH HEIST - Product: War Robots (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/war-robots) - Vendor: MY.GAMES - Date: 2022-07-04 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/767560/view/3365893611984357109 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/war-robots/releases/2022-07-04-war-robots-8.2-spacetech-heist What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — New robot Seraph with Skyward flight ability and Forcefield defense system - **added** — New weapons Blight, Hazard, and Decay that fire in bursts of 3 shots with increased damage scaling up to 200% - **added** — New pilot Trixie Hope with Repair Unit and Advanced Repair Unit cooldown reduction - **added** — New pilot Jill Summers for Seraph that restores durability after flight - **added** — Special edition robot and weapon skins: Freedom Skyros, Freedom Cudgel, Freedom Mace, Freedom Hammer - **added** — Paintjob Liberty Khepri - **added** — Leaderboards feature with milestone rewards and placement-based prizes - **fixed** — Fixed Luchador and Eldritch Khepri destruction animation - **fixed** — Fixed display of Skyros on hangar screen - **fixed** — Fixed Luchador knockback radius - **changed** — Reduced Smuta, Razdor, and Kramola sound effects volume ##### EVENT: SPACETECH HEIST _The event will start soon after 8.2 lands on your platform._ At the International SpaceTech Science and Technology Conference you can see the whole world of technical innovations of corporations. However, this year the holiday was overshadowed by a mysterious event - an alarm signal announced an invasion to the station and a threat to all conference participants. What is happening and who is to blame? To find out more, join the investigation! All the details are in the event tasks and in the interface of Operation E. You will find these new items in Special Deliveries and operations throughout the event: - New robot: Seraph - New weapons: Blight, Hazard, Decay - New pilots: Trixie Hope (Repair/Advanced Repair Unit), Jill Summers (Seraph) - Special editions: Freedom Skyros, Freedom Cudgel, Freedom Mace, Freedom Hammer - Paintjobs: Liberty Khepri ##### New robot: Seraph Seraph was specifically created to fight Titans. The robot activates its weapons in flight, striking enemies with a discharge of electricity. Seraph also has a unique Forcefield defense system. The Forcefield partially blocks received damage, but the defense it provides decreases as the robot takes damage. **Skyward** The robot takes off and activates energy weapons that deal damage to several enemies in front of it. The built-in guns deal increased damage against Titans. **Forcefield** For the duration of the ability, the robot has protection which partially blocks received damage, the defense level decreases as the incoming damage is blocked. ##### New weapons: Blight, Hazard, Decay Radiation guns which fire in short bursts of 3 shots. Each shot following the first deals increased damage of up to 200%. ##### New pilots: Trixie Hope (Repair/Advanced Repair Unit), Jill Summers (Seraph) **Trixie Hope**: Thanks to the Trixie's little assistant, the cooldown of the Repair Unit and the Advanced Repair Unit is reduced by X seconds. Trixie Hope is the youngest staff member of the Technical Engineering Lab at the SpaceTech Innovative Development Institute. She is always accompanied by Professor, her personal assistant drone. Professor has a special program which will speed up the recharge rate of your active repair modules! **Jill Summers**: After the flight, Seraph repairs some of its durability At first glance, Jill seems to be made of rock. This strong-willed woman has always strived to be the best, and the military academy and family traditions showed her the way how to do it. She tried to be the winner at everything, working towards her great goal step by step. Her great passion was to become the sword and shield of SpaceTech when her moment came. To be the perfect weapon to serve and defend. ##### NEW FEATURE: LEADERBOARDS Leaderboards are competitions in which prizes are awarded for completing certain tasks. When you complete Leaderboard tasks, you get points. Upon reaching a certain number of points, you will receive Milestone Rewards. The players who took the first places will receive valuable rewards. Additional rules: - You can claim milestone rewards as soon as you reach them. - The rewards for the first places are available to claim only after the Leaderboard is over. - You can claim rewards for 24 hours after the Leaderboard ends. If you don't claim them, they will be added to your inventory as soon as the Leaderboard disappears. - If two players share the same amount of points, the one who reached that amount earlier will take a higher place. - If a player has not earned any points, they will not receive a reward, even if they take a prize place. ##### BUGS FIXED - Fixed Luchador and Eldritch Khepri's destruction animation - Smuta, Razdor and Kramola SFX volume reduced. - Fixed the display of Skyros on the hangar screen - Fixed the Luchador' knockback radius ##### THE LIST OF EVENT TASKS New tasks from the list will appear daily and help you progress through Event Operation stor _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/767560/view/3365893611984357109]_