- April 3, 2024 Patch - 3 April 2024
New Gilded Gashapon Content:"Fhuuu" the Angel's DollificationShazia the Dream's Dollification Bug Fixes:Fixed keychains being misplaced on Loie the Inker's Dollification. Miscellaneous:A button leading to the Counterpact wiki has been added to the main menu.
- March 19, 2024 Patch - 19 March 2024
New Content: "Voyager" the Loadout's DollificationLoie the Inker's Dollification Bug Fixes: Dolly the Puppet can no longer be selected through the number keys if she is not enabled.Fixed an issue where standing on the Security Cell as it times out would sometimes result in picking it up instead of it being properly reset.Fixed an issue where hovering above the matchmaking popup with vertical margins would cause the popup to constantly move.Character filters no longer apply when equipping items. Miscellaneous: Bestowal's description now properly states that it is from the Lunar New Year 2024 event.Work In Progress' spinning sawblades now have a separate event feed icon.This will not retroactively apply to demos from before this patch.The Grub Tourney Medal memento has been rewarded to winners of Counterpact Competitive League Grub Tourneys.
- February 18, 2024 Patch - 18 February 2024
Balancing Adjustments:Lunar New Year Firecrackers now detonate at a slightly faster speed.The warning radius of Lunar New Year Firecrackers now grows at a much slower speed. Bug Fixes:Snail Pulse now properly drops a heal pickup upon being destroyed again.Decorative fireworks are no longer affected by demo playback speed.
- Happy (Belated) Lunar New Year! - 15 February 2024
It may be a little late, but it's finally here. The Lunar New Year event is now live, and will end on March 6! During the event, you can obtain a variety of items from the Lunar New Year Gashapon and "scare" your enemies away with firecrackers! New Gilded Gashapon Content:SYS.TR the Bulwark's Dollification New Lunar New Year Gashapon Content:Bestowal (Common Holiday Recourse Weapon Skin)Hot Temper (Common Holiday Outfit)Auspicious Invitation (Uncommon Holiday Loadout Outfit)Sycee (Common Holiday Chair)Yellow Apricot Blossom (Common Holiday Pet)Four Blessings (Common Holiday Emote) New Donator Items:Lucky Lantern KeychainMandarine KeychainKoban KOunter Balancing Adjustments:Only one instance of Snail Pulse will spawn per floor.Graverobber's healing treasure now has a higher initial healing rate and minimum healing rate, but a quicker healing rate decay.Heartbeats now inflicts double heal…
- January 11, 2024 Update - 11 January 2024
Thank you for playing Counterpact! Hopefully, you continue to enjoy the game. This update brings quite a few bug fixes and quality of life features, as well as a new weapon for Loie the Inker! New Content: New Loie the Inker weapon: Work In ProgressThis Defense weapon may not pack as much of a punch as some of her other weapons, but it can still cut through the competition (quite literally)! The sawblades it shoots penetrate enemies when initially shot, and can deny a small area upon hitting the environment. You can shoot oil at your enemies to make them slip into the sawblades, causing them to be ignited when they get hit!New Gilded Gauntlet: OriginsHere's a not-so-friendly reminder that this is, indeed, a bullet hell. It's just you against Gale... and Gale? And also Gale? Let's hope your dodging skills are sharp!New Gilded Gauntlet Item: Shiniko the Reaper's Dollification Balancing Ad…
- January 2, 2024 Patch - 2 January 2024
Bug Fixes:"NPC" no longer appears after Wardens are suddenly removed.Fixed an issue where some localization tags were not properly being sent by the account server.The Shop and Gashapon popups for new players no longer appear when the player is in the Gilded Spire, but has not yet selected a character.Custom settings will now properly set the collision masks for custom assets. Miscellaneous:Unarchiving all items now displays a confirmation popup.
- Counterpact's Official Launch is Here! - 31 December 2023
After a little over two years of development and a considerable widening of the game's initial scope, Counterpact has finally launched! One last thank you to everyone who was here before launch; it was because of your collective efforts that the game was able to grow as much as it did. Of course, the game will continue to grow! For those of you who may have just found the game for the first time: Welcome! Hopefully you enjoy the game, and maybe even stick around for a while! There's a lot to check out with even more content to come over time, including six holiday events a year! Since Counterpact is no longer in its development phase, the Development Gashapon is finally gone. It had a nice, long run (a year and a half!), but it's finally time to put it to rest. New Development Gashapon items are no longer obtainable; the only way to get them is by trading with other players. Lastly, thi…
- December 17, 2023 Beta Patch - 17 December 2023
Note: Unless there are any glaring issues that suddenly come up, this will be the final update before Counterpact's official launch on December 31! To those of you who have stuck around all this time, thank you for your support. However, this does mean that the Development Gashapon will be leaving soon, and the items within will no longer be obtainable. Hopefully you are satisfied with what you have. Bug Fixes: Performing actions within your inventory properly returns you to your previous page again.Delta time no longer negatively affects jump height.Certain visuals no longer cause underwater bubbles to fade out "randomly".Clients should no longer timeout while downloading larger maps directly from the server. Balancing Adjustments:Unfathomable Fury's attack damage has been reduced. Miscellaneous:Lifeguard's shield is now affected by item attribute filters, such as the Antique filter.Un…
- Happy Festive Season 2023! - 9 December 2023
The end of another year is closing in, and that means a lot of things... but to those of us who have been split into identical counterparts, it means the Festive Season is upon us again, running until January 2! Of course last year's items and the Holiday Rush metagame will be returning, but there are a few new items this event brings too! And just like with the Halloween event, this year the items will be in their own gashapon. There is also a set of festive weapon skins to collect for a cheaper price, so be sure to check those out too! Don't forget the stocking stuffers; every player who logs in during the event will get a free Frozen KOunter! There's something special about this particular event though; this will be the last holiday event of Counterpact's development phase! That's right, the game will be launching very soon (by the end of the month, most likely)! It has been a long j…
- November 29, 2023 Beta Patch - 29 November 2023
Balancing Adjustments:Tower of Hell (Gilded Gauntlet): Napalm can now be triggered in place of the speed upgrade if the conditions are met.Closing In (Gilded Gauntlet): Floor 4 no longer adds another set of Wall Cutters. Bug Fixes:Holiday event decorations are now properly synchronized in demos.This fix should retroactively apply to demos. New Variety Gashapon Items:Industrial Agriculture (Common Bulwark Outfit)Pest Control (Common Watcher Outfit)Cold Hearted (Common Dream Outfit) Miscellaneous:Treecave Greenhouse, made by StarlessElaine, has been adopted as an official map.Dollification: Eye Blaster is now compatible with decorations and keychains.
- November 19, 2023 Beta Patch - 19 November 2023
Balancing Adjustments:Gilded Gauntlet 3 (Closing In) now spawns an extra set of Wall Cutters on floor 4, instead of increasing the Wall Cutter size again. The extra set of Wall Cutters travels in the opposite direction.The explosion radius of Space Gun missiles has been decreased.Hypnotic Chain's pull strength now decreases slightly with each pull.This only applies to the currently-bound enemy; when binding a new enemy, the pull strength is reset. Bug Fixes:No-Warden Areas no longer prevent players from removing Wardens.Fixed an issue where the list of current spectators was not being properly wrapped.Heartbeats nibs are now properly synchronized when hitting enemies.This bug had no effect on the weapon's functionality; it only interfered with visual clarity for remote players. New Variety Gashapon Items:Cheerful Gorgon Girl (Uncommon Watcher Outfit)Budget Sprite (Common Reaper Outfit)C…
- November 1, 2023 Beta Update - 1 November 2023
New Content:The Gilded Gauntlet has been added.The Gilded Gauntlet is a series of challenges within the Gilded Spire that each offer extra difficulty beyond that of a standard Blinding run. Gauntlets will typically offer the standard Blinding rewards (65 Eclipsium and a gilded weapon), on top of rewarding the player with an Essence Remnant when the player completes a Gauntlet for the first time with a weapon within a given week.** Weapon skins are not counted separately.Essence Remnants are rewarded as items, but are a currency solely used by the Gilded Gashapon.There are currently 4 Gauntlets available; more Gauntlets will be added in future updates.The Gilded Gauntlet will not appear for players who do not own at least one gilded weapon.This is to prevent less skilled and less aware players from starting a Gauntlet without wholly knowing what that entails, as Gauntlets use the Blindin…
- Happy Halloween (Again)! - 11 October 2023
It's the most wonderful time of the year again: Halloween! The Halloween event is now active until November 6, and that includes the metagame* and items that came along with it last year. For those of you who already got everything from the event last year, there's still a bit of new content to collect! The metagame now awards the Purple Pumpkin Bucket Charm Memento, and a few new Halloween-themed cosmetics have been added to the gashapon. Better yet, these items are now in their own gashapon!... until the end of the event, of course. Lastly, for the duration of the event, everyone who logs in will get a free Pumpkin KOunter! Happy Halloween! New Content:New Donator Rewards Shop items:Heart KeychainSkull 'n' Bones KeychainGreen Gem KeychainPurple Gem KeychainPumpkin Keychain*Grim Lantern Keychain*Lil' Ghosty "Keychain"*Fruit Punch KOunter*Pumpkin KOunter*New Halloween Gashapon items:Nev…
- October 1, 2023 Beta Patch - 1 October 2023
Bug Fixes:Offensive Gilded Spire enemies no longer stop moving if the player positions themselves a certain way.Fixed an issue that was causing the trade post confirmation's text to overflow.A measure to prevent outfits and weapons from not being properly initialized has been implemented.Fixed account mutes not working properly.Archiving items no longer causes items of the same type to be archived if they are currently involved in trading.Corrected some strings that were not properly converted to the localization system.Restarting a demo no longer causes adverse issues, such as game crashes.Fixed an issue that was causing account server errors and messages to not be properly interpreted.Fixed a bug that was causing KOunters with backgrounds (such as the Scoreboard KOunter) to put extra space between it and status effect icons. Balancing Adjustments:Napalm now causes slight heal fatigue…
- Autumn Equinox Event - September 11, 2023 Beta Patch - 11 September 2023
New Variety Gashapon Items: Falling Fashion (Common Holiday Loadout Outfit)*Bountiful Harvest (Common Holiday Bounty Hunter Weapon Skin)*Maple Leaf (Common Holiday Emote)*Pumpkin Pie (Common Holiday Chair)*Candy Apple (Common Holiday Pet)* * These items are only available during the Autumn Equinox event, which will run from September 11 to September 25. Autumn Equinox 2022's items have also returned to the Variety Gashapon for this period of time. Three Decorations exclusive to Autumn Equinox are also obtainable during this event. Miscellaneous: Internal changes have been made regarding the synchronization of status effects.The impact of this should be relatively unnoticeable on the surface, but it does improve synchronization and will result in less total packet size.Due to this change, previously recorded demos are now incompatible with the current version of the game.The remaining te…
- August 14, 2023 Beta Patch - 14 August 2023
Balancing Adjustments:The Eclipsium reward for playing on servers with custom settings has been significantly reduced.The reworked Hypnotic Chain now inflicts the subduable status more slowly against targets with an imbalance buff. Bug Fixes:Fixed manually switching to a specific map not working if the rotation only consisted of one map.Orbital Support no longer inflicts acid or knockback on allies.Subduing no longer inflicts attack damage.This had very little gameplay impact; it would simply cause the damage counter to display more damage than the total health of the victim, though it would also award that extra bit of damage to the score.Fixed the reworked Hypnotic Chain appearing to begin its decay earlier for other players.This did not have any impact on usability; it was solely an issue of clarity.Fixed pets not following their owners during high latency or disconnects.Fixed an iss…
- Quality of Life Update - 3 July 2023
Note: Due to certain internal changes, previously recorded demos are no longer playable. Balancing Adjustments: Unfathomable Fury cooling rate has been slightly increased.Hypnotic Chain's subdue rate is now affected by the user's distance from their target.This rate scales based on current distance, with the rate being faster the closer the user is to the target.At a distance of half of the maximum chain length, the subdue rate will match the previous subdue rate.If the user is right next to the target, the rate will be slightly faster.If the user is the maximum distance away from the target, the rate will be significantly slower. Bug Fixes: The refined sheen and Gilded glitter effects have been disabled until further notice due to compatibility issues.The Random Team button is no longer selectable when playing a demo.The Vote Skip button is no longer selectable when playing a demo. Mis…
- Time Out! - 19 June 2023
Hopefully you've all been enjoying the prestigious sport of Sportsball! But in our haste to celebrate the Summer season, it looks like we forgot a few key things... This is just a little update to help solidify Sportsball as everyone's favorite pastime. Check out the little list below for the changes! Balancing Adjustments:Most maps now spawn goalposts for the Sportsball metagame, allowing players to more easily score goals.The Sportsball is now suspended in the air upon spawning until a player hits it.The Sportsball now spawns higher above the captured flag in Capture the Flag.Players now receive less healing (except from fountains and heal beacons) when under the effects of an imbalance buff. (For real this time!)Unfathomable Fury now overheats at a slightly slower rate, and cools off at a slightly faster rate.Graverobber healing treasures now have a reduced initial healing rate, but…
- Happy Summer Solstice! - 16 June 2023
Summer's finally here yet again, and the second annual Summer Solstice event is now under way! This event will run until July 9! You can obtain a handful of new Summer-themed items, and kick around an unspecific ball in the Sportsball metagame! Of course, the items from last year are returning too. Better yet, all of the Summer Solstice items are now in their own gashapon machine, so it'll be easier to get them!... Well, "easier" in the sense that you're guaranteed to get Summer Solstice items. All players who log in during the Summer Solstice event will also get a FREE Summer Throwback KOunter!* * This KOunter will be untradable. There's other non-Summer stuff too, namely a lot of balancing changes, so be sure to read those. New Summer Solstice Gashapon Items:Tools of the Trade (Uncommon Holiday Graverobber Weapon Skin)Fastball (Common Holiday Power Surge Weapon Skin)Sundae Mourning (R…
- Honest Work - 1 June 2023
One of the biggest lies we are all told is "work is its own reward." Shiniko never believed this either. Sure, being a reaper can be fun sometimes, but nobody's paying her to do it. Luckily for her, she knows just where to go to get a more tangible reward... Shiniko the Reaper now has a new weapon available in the shop, Graverobber. This is a Support weapon that lacks the offensive power of the Scythe, but allows Shiniko to dig up treasures by dashing into the ground! She'll dig up a different treasure depending on the distance of her dash, and each treasure provides a nice little "permanent" boost to whoever picks it up. Speaking of loot, a few new items have been added to the Variety Gashapon! You can see them in the list below! There are also a few other important things in that list too, like some Keepaway adjustments, so maybe it's worth the read. Balancing Adjustments:Liftoff miss…
