Update SMASH 2022 Update Changelog

Hey Everyone!
Below you'll find the details for patches regarding updates during the 2022 Calendar year. Remember to post bugs in a support room on the Discord!

April 15th, 2022 Bug Fix Update

• Fixed an exploit allowing players to change Ranked Matches to Custom Matches to prevent ELO loss
• Fixed an issue with the Double Jump sound playing every time you hit a player
• Prevented ELO Locked players from joining Ranked games using /matchmaking

April 7th, 2022 Item Balance Update

• Fixed Lobby
• Removed Elytra
• Extra Life Item
  • Activation Time: 4 seconds -> 10 seconds
  • Blindness for 2 seconds if failed to activate
• Ice Cube Item
  • Removed Jump Boost Effect
  • Slowness III for 10 seconds applied
  • Disabled Double Jump
• Poisonous Mist Item
  • Detonates faster
  • Poison II: 4 seconds -> 6 seconds
• The SMASHER damage decreased to 100
• Removed Innocent Sheep from Mob Egg

April 1st, 2022 The Spring Update

• Fixed a bug that could occur when spectating matches
• Re-Enabled Cactus damage
• Fixed a bug that allowed a player to infinitely use the Extra Life item
• New Lobby
• New Item: Poisonous Mist
• Fixed inconsistent damage values
  • Hitting a player using your fists did 4% damage and items did 2% damage we've changed this so items also do a baseline of 4% damage
  • Dislike the change? Let us know why!
• Re-Evaluated XP Rewards
  • Unranked Knockout: 10 XP
  • Ranked Knockout: 15 XP
  • Custom Match Knockout: 5 XP

Honestly, these changes look fantastic across the board. I am especially happy about the item balancing, except for one case:

In my opinion, increasing the base damage while holding items to 4% is a mistake. The way I understood it was that the reduction in damage output served to balance out some of the more powerful items (Looking at you, Grapple and Jetpack), and preventing those from being held on for the entire match. In fact, I'm quite surprised that these "inconsistencies" were apparently unintentional and considered in need of fixing. As it is, there is virtually no downside to holding on to a Jetpack until it is used up, leading to drawn out, significantly less exciting games.

To conclude, I believe that this particular change should be reversed, at least for certain items.