{"id":301819,"date":"2025-10-14T18:14:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"urn:uuid:517956f2-8614-468f-8359-aff8a97f7ff8"},"modified":"2025-10-14T18:14:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:14:56","slug":"destruction-allstars-july-update-arrives-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/destruction-allstars-july-update-arrives-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Destruction AllStars July update arrives today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The team at Lucid has been hard at work on a new patch for Destruction AllStars, available today, which brings various improvements to the game. We wanted to provide some insight into how this patch enhances our gameplay as well as provide an update on the current season.<\/p>\n

Over the past few months, we’ve been refining Destruction AllStars’ core game experience based on valuable community feedback. We\u2019re really grateful to everyone who\u2019s been talking to us on Twitter and Discord, highlighting what could be improved or iterated upon. A lot of this aligns with our own observations and has helped guide our recent internal playtests as we try out new things or push the game in new directions. Today\u2019s patch includes loads of fixes and improvements, such as reducing the number of \u201cghost hits\u201d as well as improving the slam system and on-foot experience.<\/p>\n

As a result of focusing on the game\u2019s core experience, we\u2019re extending Season One and adding additional tiers to the AllStar Pass. We\u2019ll return with updates on future Seasons at a later date. We made this decision with our community in the forefront of our minds and a lot of these improvements have already gone live in today\u2019s patch.<\/p>\n

\u201cGhost Hits\u201d<\/h2>\n

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One of the biggest points of feedback was on so-called \u201cghost hits\u201d during multiplayer games. Players have reported that they sometimes feel as if their vehicle loses health but with no clear cause presented to them on screen. Whilst there are some intentional mechanics that can cause this, such as Shyft\u2019s Hero Vehicle being able to turn invisible, the majority of cases point to situations where other vehicles appear close by, but not coming into contact, or with no other vehicles appearing in view at all. We feel one of the possible causes is latency during a match of Destruction AllStars.<\/p>\n

There are a number of factors at play that can affect the latency a player experiences when connected to our servers and playing the game, along with the inherent latency of other players in the game as well. <\/p>\n

We\u2019ve worked on a new set of parameters between the game and the servers which should help keep everyone in sync a bit better than it had previously. From our own playtests, some of our team have described these improvements as night and day in how much they\u2019ve helped reduce the number of \u201cghost hits\u201d experienced.<\/p>\n

More slamming and ramming<\/h2>\n

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Another point of feedback was around the minute-to-minute gameplay of Destruction AllStars. This can include feeling a bit frustrated to have a cooldown on your vehicle\u2019s slam as you\u2019re actively trying to hit your next target. Whilst we want to maintain a skill ceiling in Destruction AllStars, we agree that these moments were occurring a bit too often.<\/p>\n

To address this, we\u2019ve drastically lowered the cooldown on vehicle slams for all common vehicle types along with all our Hero Vehicles. By increasing the frequency at which you can slam an opposing player, we feel this change brings a whole new level of destruction and fun to the game, as players are performing spectacular wrecks with increased frequency.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s only a snapshot of the improvements we\u2019ve made to Destruction AllStars in today\u2019s patch. You can get hands on with all of these changes, and more, in the live game right now!<\/p>\n

New ways to play and more <\/h2>\n

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Whilst addressing community concerns with some of the core elements of the game is a massive priority for us, we recognise that players are still eager for new ways to play and new cosmetics to earn in Destruction AllStars. As part of extending Season One, we\u2019ve added some new content and updates to the game that we feel players can really sink their teeth into.<\/p>\n

Newly added in today\u2019s patch:<\/p>\n