Changelog

2023-01-13 - v2.2.9 - The Earth's Liberation Update

• Added new map: Spring Beach
• Added new Banana Thrower weapon
• Added new Bamboo rod skin for the Caveman club
• Added new Beach Ball skin for the Stone
• New music for main menu and in-game
• Repeating crossbow buffed: cooldown decreased from 3s to 2s. Projectile speed slighly increased.
• Stone nerfed: can't stun anymore. Damage decreased a bit from 85 to 75.
• Zapper nerfed: cooldown increased by 0.5s. Projectile speed decreased by 20%. -50HP decrease when equipped. Stun duration decreased to 1 second.
• Stickiller buffed: decreased cooldown by 0.5s. Removed -25HP stats. Increased range a bit.
• Plasma gun changes: Added one more bullet during the burst. Damage set to 75. Burst is quicker. Now has limited (long) range
• Changed revival messages to something more positive.
• Fixed bug where battlestick.net URL was redirecting to BattleStick2 but prevented connection to the game. If you type battlestick.net you will be properly redirected to battlestick2.net.

2022-06-05 - v2.2.7

• New gamemode based on CP.
• Stone chance to stun decreased to 15% (was 20%).
• Leaderboard: displaying only active players since last 30 days.

2022-05-21 - v2.2.6

• Blackhole attraction radius decreased by 10%.
• Zapper nerf: stun duration decreased from 2s to 1.5s. Range decreased by 20%.
• Zapper now usable with the short sword.
• Stone buff: has now 20% chance to stun the enemy. Headshot damage modifier increased from x2.5 to x3.
• Prehistoric bomb buff: damage increase from 175 to 195. Explosion force increased.

2022-05-13 - v2.2.5 - Galactic Federation Update Balance

• Reworked Plasma gun: fire 4 bullets instead of 5. Damage increased from 65 to 81. Added bullet spread of 6°
• Restored original black hole force system with more force
• Decreased Zapper stun to 2s instead of 3s
• Added back other CP Maps

2022-05-10 - v2.2.4 - Galactic Federation Update

• Added new CP map : The Ancient Tower (inspired by BS1)
• Added new stickman skins : Mantis + Pleiadian + Astronaut. Note: Halloween stickman skins are now permanently available
• Added new weapon : Plasma Gun
• Added new throwable : Zapper
• Added new headgear: Third Eye
• Added Technical FAQ : contains the commonly asked technical issues
• Returned Heart Glasses + Stickiller's Fireworks Launcher: now permanently available
• Redesigned Ice Plains : removed the 'corridors'
• Reworked melee weapons : increased range by 5px
• Reworked Javeline : fixed hitbox
• Reworked Magic Wand : removed wand's self-damage
• Reworked Gravitational Bomb : reworked the attractor's force
• Reworked Stickiller : reworked explosion effect for the Firework Launcher skin + fixed a bug where previously when you shot at the ground below you were pulled to the explosion.
• Reworked Leaderboard : increased number of results from 20 to 50
• Reworked camera : increased maximum zoom
• Reworked Chat System : Lobby chat is now visible while in-game. Use /l to type in battle + renamed (ROOM) chat to (BATTLE)
• Reworked nickname and level display : level is now displayed below the nickname and smaller
• Removed Wiki button and all its links in Shop
• Disabled Xsolla Diamonds Shop

2022-04-24 - v2.2.3

• New throwable: the Gravitational Bomb. It generates a black hole where it explodes, attracting all nearby enemies, allies and yourself into a single point.
• Blowpipe poison damage decreased to 40 per second instead of 50. Cooldown increased by 500ms, to 1.75s.
• Added Kunai skin for the Knife.

2022-04-15 - v2.2.2

• Knives damage has been increased by +15pts. Range has been increased by 20%. Reduced projectile spread to 15° instead of 20°.
• Added new weapon: the repeating crossbow
• Added a new club skin: the computer keyboard
• Fixed bug where guests were not able to regenerate their HP
• Fixed bug where the Healing Totem were not working in FFA.

2022-04-09 - v2.2.1

• Projectiles on the ground and stuck on the players disappear after 10s instead of 3s previously.
• Nerfed Spartan Shield from 150hp bonus to 100. Cooldown increased from 5s to 5.5s.

2022-04-07 - v2.2.0

• Added new shield throwable: The Spartan Shield. It is compatible with shortsword and club only (not usable with other items). The spartan Shield is the very first shield of BS2
• Added Spartan Kopis skin for the shortsword

2022-04-05 - v2.1.9

• Account migration system implemented for social network

2021-12-24 - v2.1.7

• Launched Xmas update
• Headshot re-enabled on all melee weapons
• Improved stickman movement speed by 20% if daggers are equipped
• Nerfed healing totem, cooldown set to 8sec instead of 6, healing each 2s instead of 1.25s

2021-11-03 - v2.1.6

• Halloween update ended
• Increasing Fire Totem HP from 250 to 350. AOE has been increased from 80 to 100px
• Added Healing Totem
• Zombie skin now visible in Store but not buyable until next Halloween (2022). Available for the winner of the giveaway on Discord.

2021-05-27 - v2.1.5

• Updated game engine version

2021-04-18 - v2.1.4

• Disable Valentine's update

2020-02-11 v2.1.3 - Balancing totem and Valentine's update

• New headgear : Heart Glasses — first eyewear in the game!
• Reworked Fire Totem : decreased damage inflicted from 150 to 100 + decreased burn effect damage from 35 to 30 + decreased burn effect length from 10s to 5s + slightly reduced range. Fire Totem doesn't headshot anymore
• Fixed throwables' quantity issue where previously non-consumable throwables had the stacks system assigned to them
• Fixed AOE issue with throwables and weapons

2020-02-06 v2.1.2 - New throwing knife weapon and bugs fixed

• HOTPATCH ON 2020-02-07: Wizard hat has now 20% chance to trigger heal effect. Heal effect changed: now heal 40 instead of 50. Can't be stacked multiple times. Lasts 4s instead of 3s. Knives deal now more damage. 75 instead of 60, but range is a little bit shorter.
• Added new weapon : Throwing knife
• Team score text and team flag positions's are now related to the player team.
• FFA maps can now support up to 14 players
• Blowpipe bullets have now a trailing effect
• Iskotew totem renamed to Fire Totem. Now deals 150 damage each second (instead of 50). Cooldown increased to 8sec. AOE increased a little bit.
• Daggers buff : increased to 15% chance of parry, damage increased from 145 to 150
• Throwaxe nerf : decreased damage from 380 to 355
• Club buff : provides 150hp bonus instead of 100hp bonus
• Explosive bomb change : from 200 to 180 damage, cost only 3 coins a stack now. Previously was 5.
• Poison bomb change : from 50 to 30 instant damage, cost only 5 coins a stack now. Previously was 7 coins.
• Bug where throwable count was not updated is now fixed
• Bug where XP bar was stuck after leveling up is now fixed
• Bug where killing a totem was giving kills to the player and the team is now fixed
• Fixed room freeze bug and physics issues with legs

2020-01-27 v2.1.1 - NPC update: first totem ever

• Added new throwable : Iskotew Totem
• Added new FFA map : Sinister County
• Added Goodies shop : contains all the game's merchandise
• Updated the game to Phaser 3.50 from Phaser 3
• Disabled Frankenstein, Wizard Student, Skeleton, Enchantress + Broom from being purchased in the Shop
• Redesigned Ice Plains : reintroduced the bottom part
• Reworked Magic Wand : increased damage inflicted from 150 to 175 + decreased cooldown from 2.25s to 2s + increased burning chance from 25% to 45% + decreased DPS of the fire effect from 80 to 40 + increased fire effect duration from 3s to 6s
• Reworked Boomerang : decreased damage inflicted from 160 to 150 + decreased range by 10% + decreased projectile speed by 10%
• Reworked Aerial Mine : now deals damage post-death
• Reworked Wizard Hat : decreased healing chance from 20% to 15%
• Reworked Lobby News : now available to show/hide lobby news
• Renamed Armoury to Shop

2020-12-30 - v2.1.0

• Improved jump height

New Year's Eve Patch: improved jump height + added New Year's Hat! Increased daggers damage from 125 to 145.

2020-12-21 - v2.0.9 - CHRISTMAS UPDATE

• Added new stickman skins : Mr Gingerbread + Santa
• Added new weapon skins : Iceball + Candy Sword + Fireworks Launcher
• Added new weapon : Daggers
• Added new headgear : Christmas Beanie
• Added new game mode : Battle of Santa
• Added 20% discount on all items in the Armoury (excluding throwables' stacks)
• Added Triple XP + Triple Battle Fund (available 3rd January 2021)
• Redesigned all maps into a Christmas Theme
• Redesigned Lobby into a Christmas Theme
• Redesigned Ice Plains map
• Reworked Battle Fund : coins generated over the course of a battle are now given to all participants depending on the player's performance in that battle - you earn 3 coins per kill, where previously the coins were distributed proportionally to all players at the end of each battle
• Reworked Free-For-All (FFA) : decreased coins rewarding for Victory from 32 to 22, Draw from 21 to 15, Defeat from 17 to 12
• Reworked Conquer Points (CP) : decreased coins rewarding for Victory from 60 to 42, Draw from 40 to 28, Defeat from 32 to 22
• Reworked leveling up : you now earn diamonds instead of coins when leveling up
• Reworked Headgear system : improved headgear items' positioning
• Reworked Stone : decreased cooldown from 1.5s to 1s + increased damage inflicted from 75 to 85
• Reworked Javelin : decreased damage inflicted from 275 to 250
• Reworked Wizard Hat : increased health debuff from -25HP to -50HP + decreased chance to heal from 25% to 20%

2020-11-26 - v2.0.8

• Added Javelin skin: the Golden Javelin, an epic ancient egyptian weapon
• Decrease hitbox size for Stickiller and Wand
• Decrease price of consumables

2020-11-21 - v2.0.7

• Improve anti-afk timer
• Add fullscreen button

2020-11-15 - v2.0.6

• Disabled Level-Up Keys
• Reworked AOE items : Stickiller, Magic Wand, Explosive Bomb and Poison Bomb are now interactable with the thrower (affects HP if they touch the thrower)
• Reworked Explosive Bomb : decreased price from 9 coins per stack to 6 coins per stack
• Reworked Poison Bomb : decreased price from 18 coins per stack to 9 coins per stack
• Reworked Fool's Cap : decreased damage received from 10% to 5%

2020-11-13 - v2.0.5 - Consumable system

• Added consumables system : Explosive Bomb + Poison Bomb can now be bought in the form of Stacks
• Disabled item-capping : all items can now be bought at any level
• Reworked Stickiller : added -25 HP debuff
• Reworked Blowpipe : added -25 HP debuff
• Reworked Throwing Axe : increased damage dealt from 360 to 380
• Reworked Fool's Cap : decreased movement speed from 30% to 20%

2020-11-08 - v2.0.4 - Consumable system

• Added new Headgear : Fool's Cap
• Enchantress, Wizard Student + Frankenstein are available for buying using Diamonds only
• Reworked Wizard Hat : now heals you instead of giving protection + decreases your HP by 25
• Reworked Poison Bomb : increased HP reduction from -75 to -50

2020-10-30 - v2.0.3 - Halloween Update

2020-10-02 - v2.0.2

• Added new Brigida weapon skin : Oak Staff
• Added a system which shows a red ribbon with "NEW" text under recently released items
• Renamed "Prehistoric Bomb" to "Explosive Bomb"
• Reworked physics : even if the player dies, the projectile(s) and throwable(s) now continue their trajectory. Previously they were destroyed
• Reworked Conquer Points : conquered flag message is now based on team color. Previously it was green
• Redesigned Desert Deep
• Reworked Stickiller : AOE is now 35
• Fixed no respawn issue where previously sometimes a player couldn't respawn

2020-09-26 - v2.0.1

• Added an announcement system which can be found in the Lobby
• Added interface key : Press P to hide your interface
• Reworked Magic Wand : decreased projectile speed by 10% + increased reloading time from 2s to 2.25s

2020-09-18 - v2.0.0

Welcome to BattleStick 2!

This is the first public BattleStick 2 version, now available on Steam.