# War Robots WAR ROBOTS 8.4 UPDATE NOTES

- Product: War Robots (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/war-robots)
- Vendor: MY.GAMES
- Date: 2022-09-12
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/767560/view/3305101267959651682
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/war-robots/releases/2022-09-12-war-robots-8.4-update-notes

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- **added** — New robot Mars with a detachable turret that serves as an additional gun and can be deployed autonomously
- **added** — New weapon Fainter, a mid-range energy machine gun that accumulates Lock-down effect on targets
- **added** — New mothership Frozen Scorn that drops a thermal bomb causing targets to move slower and take damage over time
- **added** — New passive module Executioner
- **added** — New pilot Captain Clyde with increased Mars turret fire rate and damage
- **added** — New pilot Kate O'Donnel with increased weapon damage against Lock-down affected targets
- **added** — New special editions Kraken Indra, Kraken Vajra, and Kraken Maha-Vajra
- **added** — New paintjob Royal Luck for Mars
- **added** — League drop limits preventing players from falling below certain rating thresholds when entering a new league
- **changed** — Removed qualifications from league system, placing accounts at the same rating as the end of the previous season when a new season begins
- **changed** — Shenzhen map receives an overhaul with reworked building models, textures, lighting, and geometry adjustments for Titans
- **changed** — Night version of older Shenzhen removed
- **added** — Postcombat screen now allows viewing mini-profiles of players from other platforms showing nickname, ID, and league
- **added** — Option to report players added to postcombat mini-profile screen
- **fixed** — Fixed certain status effect icons displaying incorrectly
- **fixed** — Fixed Eldritch Kramola projectiles colliding with robot hitbox and between themselves
- **fixed** — Fixed Indra walking animation and movement speed
- **fixed** — Fixed a number of crash cases occurring at match start
- **changed** — Introduced various optimisation tweaks providing increased performance

##### EVENT: PIRATES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

_The event will start soon after 8.4 lands on your platform. The event task chain will be available in the Operations interface._

Captain Clyde will join you aboard your ship and introduce you to the lifestyle and tactics of space rogues thriving on the Mars-Earth route.

Snatch your share of plunder by unlocking event chests and completing operations throughout the event:

- New robot: Mars
- New weapon: Fainter
- New mothership: Frozen Scorn
- New passive module: Executioner
- New pilots: Captain Clyde, Kate O’Donnel
- Special editions: Kraken Indra, Kraken Vajra, Kraken Maha-Vajra
- Paintjob: Royal Luck (Mars)

_Tap on the "i" icon next to the event chest to see its reward pool. And follow our social media during the update for more info on rewards and giveaways._

WR in Discord: https://discord.gg/warrobots
WR on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/walkingwarrobots/
WR in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/warrobots

##### NEW ROBOT: MARS

Mars is the first robot that comes fitted with a detachable turret. While seated on the robot’s hull, the turret serves as an additional gun, automatically firing at the enemies within aiming range. When deployed on the ground, the turret becomes autonomous. It will fire at the closest available target and will only focus on your target if you press the ability button again while keeping an enemy robot within your aiming reticle.

Mars doesn’t excel at close-range brawls, but can deal devastating damage with clever use of cover. Mid-range weapons are recommended for Mars.

##### NEW WEAPON: FAINTER

This mid-range energy machine gun deals huge amounts of damage in one burst when fully charged and sustains moderate damage at low charge thanks to continuous reload. Fainter accumulates Lock-down effect on the target, rooting it in place after a certain number of hits.

##### NEW PILOTS: CAPTAIN CLYDE, KATE O’DONNEL

**Captain Clyde**: Mars turret fires at an increased rate and deals increased damage.

As a leader of a boarding squad, Clyde survived many pitched battles on board corporation ships. Fortune is a fickle friend though. Clyde lost everything in one of those fights and ended up in DSC prison. He escaped just recently and is now looking for revenge. Beware the sails of Griffin’s Fury! She’s on the hunt.

**Kate O’Donnel**: Weapons deal increased damage against targets affected by Lock-down.

The adopted daughter of Captain Clyde, Kate commands her own squad now. She makes sure that no valuable tech escapes the battlefield one way or another and makes corporate merchants regret cutting back on convoy expenses.

##### NEW MOTHERSHIP: FROZEN SCORN

The ship drops a thermal bomb on the enemy position. All affected targets will move slower and keep receiving damage over time as long as they remain in the area of effect. Frozen Scorn comes equipped with 2 protection and 1 support turret slots.

##### CHANGES TO LEAGUE SYSTEM

_These changes will go live later during 8.4. We will announce them separately in all our social media.
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With this update we introduce league drop limits. After entering a new league, you won’t fall below a certain rating threshold, no matter how many battles you lose. Champion accounts, for example, will never end up anywhere below the Expert league. Masters will be locked above the Diamond league, and so on. See the table below for exact rating values.

Our main goal here is to prevent players from dropping their league rating on purpose and protect new arrivals from veterans looking for easy prey. We will continue addressing reports of purposeful inactivity in combat even after these changes take place.

We are also removing qualifications from the league system. When a new season begins, your account will be placed at exactly the same rating as at the end of the previous season. No need for the extra five trial matches. The mechanics of the Champion league, however, remain unchanged. All accounts in that league get their

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