#Work spike meaning Patch
#Work spike meaning free

On the maps set on Omega Earth, the roles are flipped - the Protocol uses reverse-engineered Spikes, and Legion uses the Defusers. The Protocol Agents (from Alpha Earth) in turn use the Defuser to deactivate the Spike, and protect their Radianite. On most of the maps, the Legion Agents (from Omega Earth) use the Spike to steal from α-Earth's Radianite stores. After a safe defusal, the Protocol packss up the Spike and carries it back to VPHQ for further research, as seen at the end of the DUALITY cinematic.

#Work spike meaning free

The Spike, once deactivated, is free to be picked up and moved again. The Defuser can safely defuse it back into an inactive state. If it is allowed a few seconds of continuous proximity to a planted spike. The Defuser is a gadget used to counteract the effects of the Spike.

Most of these apparent distinctions are attributed to the Spike in DUELISTS being a prototype. This behavior is radically different to that seen in the short, or in-game. The closest we have been to seeing a Spike detonation other than that was in the DUELISTS cinematic, were we saw the after-effects of the explosion (see the Ascent page for more information). There are no (visible) lasting effects on the local terrain, other than apparently taking away all the nearby radianite. In it, we saw that the canonical effects of the detonation are pretty in-line with that shown in-game.

#Work spike meaning Patch

So far, we have only seen a Spike canonically detonate once - in the YouTube short, The Flower Blooms, released with the launch of Patch 6.01. In-game, any Agent in the radius of the explosion is instantly killed, although other organics (such as plants) and structures remain intact. It emits a pale blue light, and slowly rotates around.Īt the end of the wind-up, the spike pulses out a large burst of energy, engulfing and stealing the Radianite in its vicinity.

During the wind-up, the Spike cannot be moved. To do this, it must first be planted down, and then allowed a short wind-up. The Spike is used to steal massive amounts of radianite from its immediate environment.