Hello Heroes!

Here's yet another update post making sure you are all informed on the coming changes to the RWBY game! The combat enhancements (please be sure to read past announcements here for full details) are coming along nicely and will surely be a hit when the update is released NEXT WEEK!

In this post I'm going to quickly outline for you all how the new abilities work, specifically how team attacks are implemented into the game and how breaking an enemy’s guard works. All essential skills aspiring Hunters and Huntresses such as yourselves will need to master to survive the hordes of Grimm.



If you played what’s currently available on Steam, you know there’s a fair amount of mashing the melee button required when fighting enemies. Well, enemy behaviors are changing that ask the player to mix up how they approach various threats.

As you’ll see in the gif here: http://i.imgur.com/nu3r68c.gif , Weiss is beating up on a Beowolf with a series of standard light attacks. The baddie is guarding against her attacks so they do less damage. There are two ways to break this Grimm’s guard. 1) The player can simply keep mashing light attack and the Beowolf will eventually break out of guard, or 2) The player can charge up a heavy attack and send the enemy reeling! An example of that can be seen here: http://i.imgur.com/9WCn50g.gif

You will probably also notice the special bars have disappeared and replaced with an ULTIMATE bar. So as you can imagine the way you build up your ultimate power now has changed, as well as all the upgradable skills that were tied to the old special abilities.


So we have the awesome RWBY characters right? They have some banter between each other for now, which is ok. What if we ramped up the team interactions and let you set each other up for team attacks? Well, that’s becoming a reality!

Let’s say Yang is giving a Beowolf the business. She lands a fully full string of light attacks that leaves the poor ol’ Grimm stunned. Ruby is close enough to see the stunned baddie, hits her team attack prompt, and launches in with her Reap ability. Both characters get XP and eventually there will be a unique voiceover tied to the event. Several factors need to be right to initiate a team attack. For now, let’s keep it simple. We’ll let you experiment when the update drops. Now, if only there were names for various pairings of characters... Oh wait!!


Yang sets Ruby up for a team attack! http://i.imgur.com/Jtpb1Em.gif



Myself and the dev team get asked frequently loads of questions on a variety of topics. So i'm just going to summarise some of the most common ones here for you right now!

Will there be a Mac version?
•It’s not at the top of the list, but it’s on the list. You will get it eventually.

Will RWBY: Grimm Eclipse come to console?
•For now were are focused on the PC version. After that, we’d love to explore other options.

Will the bug where Yang has too many limbs be fixed?
•We have no idea why people keep asking this??!! To re-iterate this, the story of RWBY: Grimm Eclipse is set between the event of Volume 2 and Volume 3 of the Series proper. At no point in this game will Yang lose a limb. Find some chill people!!


As always, keep sounding off in around the web. The team is always listening, always! Speak your mind in the Steam forums, /r/RWBY on Reddit, or even directly @Skilltacular on Twitter. Keep it up, team!

Everything outlined in this update will become available this coming week so keep an eye out folks and I hope to see you out on the battlefield!

Happy Hunting,
Rooster Teeth Games
~TheSteamAdmin