Sudden Equinox (custom mission)

Sudden Equinox
Basic Information
Name:	Sudden Equinox
File name:	mvm_sharp_rc6a_adv_sudden_equinox.pop
Developer(s):	gettysburg
Map:	Sharp
Mission type:	Invasion
Waves:	6
Difficulty:	Advanced
Starting credits:	800
Maximum possible credits:	4800
Minimum respawn wave time:	4
Maximum respawn wave time:	4
Fixed respawn time:	Yes
Tour:	Digital Directive
Sentry Buster spawn time:	0 seconds
Sentry Buster respawn time:	45 seconds

Sudden Equinox is an advanced invasion mission made by gettysburg. It is available on the custom Sharp map.

Notes

• Buyback prices are fixed and don't decrease over time.
• Player only may buy back once each wave.
• A maximum of one Heavy is allowed.
• Players no longer drop a reanimator on death, making reviving impossible.
• Pyro Robots can airblast arrows, stickybomb, and grenade.
• Shield Medic's projectile shield can deal damage to players.
• Sniper Robots can headshot players.
• Sentry Busters don't deal damage to robots.
• This mission uses a custom upgrade file.
• Some weapon stats changed in this mission. See the Stat changes section below for more details.

Waves

Sub-wave	Class			Count			Delay(s)		Credits
Wave 1 (1000 Credits)
1A
	Giant Jarate Sniper	Expert	Fires continuously	2	4	8	0	16	20
	Giant Uber Medic	Expert	—
	Bushwacka Sniper	Hard	—	1	12	64	1	0.75	180
1B
	Giant Afterburn Pyro	Expert	—	2	4	8	2	16	20
	Giant Uber Medic	Expert	—
		Hard	—	4	8	24	0	3	90
1C	Tank	Expert	—	1	1	1	1	0	150
Support	Penetrating Bowman	Expert	—	3	4	90	1	6	290
	Spy-cicle	Expert	Begins after 1A is all dead	2	4	24	10	6	0
		1/2 Normal 1/2 Hard	1/2 Prefer flank route Begins after 1B is all dead	4	9	40	10	0	250
Wave 2 (900 Credits)
2A	Giant Scout	Expert	—	1	2	6	0	12	60
	Armor League Scout	Hard	—	2	4	18	2	6	140
2B		Expert	—	1	2	5	2	10	100
	3/7 Buff Spy	Expert	+9900%	5	10	50	2	4	75
	3/7 Conch Spy	Expert	+9900%
	1/7 Backup Spy	Expert	+9900%
2C
		Easy	100% crit chance	2	2	2	3	0	12
		Expert	Spawns with full Über
2D
		Easy	100% crit chance	2	2	2	30	0	13
		Expert	Spawns with full Über
Support
	1/3 Really Heavy Shotgun	Hard	—	1	5	20	2	6	500
	1/3 Burst Shotgun Soldier	Hard	100% crit chance
	1/3 Shotgun Pyro	Normal	—
	Backburner Pyro	Expert	Spawn from player behind	2	—	—	5	20	—
Wave 3 (900 Credits)  Wave starts with two bombs
3A		Expert	100% crit chance Melee only	1	4	4	2	0.5	352
3B-1
	Giant Booster Soldier	Expert	—	3	3	3	0	15	48
	Fire Medic	Expert	Spawns with full Über
	Blast Medic	Expert	Spawns with full Über
3B-2
		Hard	Primary only  Bot does not teleport behind players	3	8	36	0	2	0
		Expert	Spawns with full Über
3C
	Giant Booster Soldier	Expert	—	3	3	3	0	15	100
	Fire Medic	Expert	Spawns with full Über
	Bullet Medic	Expert	Spawns with full Über
3D
	Giant Booster Soldier	Expert	—	4	6	8	0	13	100
	Bullet Medic	Expert	Spawns with full Über
	Blast Medic	Expert	Spawns with full Über
	Fire Medic	Expert	Spawns with full Über
3E		Normal	—	1	8	50	5	0.75	90
	1/4 Giant Phlog Pyro	Expert	—	1	3	9	2	9	200
	1/4 Furious Giant Pyro	Expert	—
	1/4 Giant Backburner Pyro	Expert	Fires continuously
	1/4 Giant Pyro	Expert	Use shotgun if outside flamethrower range
Support
		Easy	Fires continuously  Robot prefer going after player Begins after 3D is all dead	2	3	10	5	3	10
		Normal	Robot prefer going after player
		Expert	—	1	—	—	0	50	—
	Giant Heatmaker Sniper	Expert	—	1	—	—	12	45	—
Wave 4 (1000 Credits)
4A
	Giant Laser	Hard	100% crit chance	3	3	3	0	0	203
	Giant Uber Medic	Expert	—
4B-1		Normal	No stats change	4	8	64	2	0	97
4B-2
	Giant Enraging Heavy	Expert	Provide 50% less rage	3	4	6	2	15	200
		Expert	Spawns with full Über
4C
	Giant Dalokohs Heavy	Expert	Provide 50% less rage	3	4	6	2	15	200
		Expert	Spawns with full Über
4D		40,000	Tank comes with sticky cannon	1	1	1	2	0	200
Support	Blutsauger Medic	Easy	Begins after 4A is all dead	1	2	20	15	6	50
	Stickybomb Demo	Hard	Begins after 4B-1 and 4C is all dead	1	6	10	2	3	25
		Expert	Jumps every 0.5-3 seconds  Robot prefer going after player Begins after 4B-1 and 4C is all dead	1	1	1	0	5	25
	Support Engineer	Expert	Build dispenser instead of sentry gun  +1900% dispenser range  +50% dispenser heal rate  33% slower build rate	1	—	—	0	45	—
	Ranger	Hard	100% crit chance  Use sniper behavior	2	—	—	15	45	—
Wave 5 (800 Credits)
5A	Fire Immune Super Scout	Expert	Immune to fire damage  100% crit chance	1	1	2	0	8	2
5B	Blast Immune Super Scout	Expert	Immune to blast damage  100% crit chance	1	1	2	0	8	2
5C	Bullet Immune Super Scout	Expert	Immune to bullet damage  100% crit chance	1	1	2	0	8	2
5D
	Custom Variant	Expert	Robot prefer going after player	2	3	4	0	18	394
	Giant Shield Medic	Expert	Immune to milk and jarate effect
		Normal		4	9	40	2	3	300
	Overheal Medic	Expert	—
5E
	Type 2	Expert	—	7	8	14	2	12	12
		Expert	Spawns with full Über
	Direct Hit Soldier	Expert	—
	1/2 Burst Cannonknight	Hard	—	4	10	32	2	5	44
	1/2 Stickybomb Demo	Hard	—
5F
	Type 2	Expert	100% crit chance	6	7	12	3	20	44
	Vaccinator Medic	Expert	Switch between resistance every 1.1 seconds
Support	Midas Engineer	Expert	100% crit chance	1	2	10	3	6	0
	Super Bonk Scout	Hard	Robot prefer going after player  100% crit chance Begins after 5E is all dead	1	6	6	2	2	0
	Backup Engineer	Expert	+9900%	1	—	—	0	50	—
		Expert	Bullet penetrate target	3	—	—	15	45	—

Modified upgrades

Modified classes' upgrades
Upgrade	Classes	Cost	Level	Notes
+4 Health Regen	All classes	200	3	Regenerates health every second.  Health regeneration per upgrade increased to +4  Maximum regeneration increased to 12 HP per second
+10% Jump Height		200	3	Jump higher.  Jump height per upgrade decreased to 10%   Maximum jump height decreased to 30%  Cost increased to 200
+10 Metal Regen	Engineer	50	5	Metal is regenerated every 5 seconds.  Metal regeneration per upgrade increased to +10  Maximum regeneration increased to 50 metal every 5 seconds  Cost decreased to 50

Modified primary weapons' upgrades
Upgrade	Weapons		Cost	Level	Notes
Rocket Specialist	Soldier Rocket Launcher Direct Hit Black Box Rocket Jumper Liberty Launcher Cow Mangler 5000 Original Beggar's Bazooka Air Strike		500	1	+15% rocket speed per point. On direct hits: rocket does maximum damage, stuns target, and blast radius increased +15% per point.  Maximum level of upgrade decreased to 1  Cost increased to 500
+100% Burn Damage	Pyro Flame Thrower (Nostromo Napalmer) Backburner Degreaser Phlogistinator Rainblower		250	4	Afterburn damage bonus.  Burn damage per upgrade increased to +100%  Maximum burn damage increased to +400%
+10% Airblast Force	Pyro Flame Thrower (Nostromo Napalmer) Backburner Degreaser Rainblower Dragon's Fury		50000	4	Upgrade is prohibited
+20% Damage	Demoman Grenade Launcher Loch-n-Load Loose Cannon Iron Bomber		400	4	Cost decreased to 400
+10% Firing Speed	Heavy Minigun (Iron Curtain) Natascha Brass Beast Tomislav Huo-Long Heater		500	2	Firing speed per upgrade increased to +15%  Maximum firing speed decreased to +30%  Cost increased to 500  This upgrade is ~5% more cost effective, previously costing 35 credits per % firing speed, now costing 33.33 credits per % firing speed
Knockback Rage			500	1	Generate Rage by dealing damage. When fully charged, press the Special-Attack key to activate knockback. Activation cuts damage by 50%.  Maximum level of Knockback Rage decreased to 1  Cost increased to 500
+1 Projectile Penetration			500	3	Projectiles penetrate an additional enemy player.  Maximum Projectile Penetration decreased to 1  Cost increased to 500
Explosive Headshot	Sniper Sniper Rifle (AWPer Hand) Sydney Sleeper Bazaar Bargain Machina (Shooting Star) Hitman's Heatmaker Classic		500	1	Headshots (lethal or otherwise) damage and slow enemies near target. Rank increases damage (150 / 170 / 190), explosion radius, slow strength (50% / 65% / 80% slow) and duration (2 / 3 / 4 seconds).  Maximum level of Explosive Headshot decreased to 1  Cost increased to 500
+5s Bleed On Target	Sniper Huntsman (Fortified Compound)		100	3	Cost decreased to 100

Modified secondary weapons' upgrades
Upgrade	Weapons		Cost	Level	Notes
-50% Speed On Target	Scout Mad Milk (Mutated Milk)	Sniper Jarate (Self-Aware Beauty Mark)	600	1	Does not stack.  Slow decreased from -65% to -50%  While the original upgrade is labeled as a -35% slow, it is actually a -65% slow  Cost increased to 600
Explode on Ignite	Pyro Gas Passer		50000	1	Explosion deals up to 350 splash damage  Upgrade is prohibited
Able to re-launch while already in-flight	Pyro Thermal Thruster		200	1	Cost decreased to 200
Stun enemies when you land			500	1	Cost increased to 500
+20% Damage	Demoman Stickybomb Launcher Scottish Resistance Sticky Jumper Quickiebomb Launcher		400	4	Cost decreased to 400
-25% Push Force On Wearer	Demoman Chargin' Targe Splendid Screen Tide Turner		75	4	Reduced the push force from enemies attack  Push force reduction decreased to -25% per level  Maximum push force reduction increased to -100%  Cost decreased to 75  This upgrade is 10% more cost effective, previously costing 3.33 credits per -% push force, now costing 3 credits per -% push force
Projectile Shield	Medic Medi Gun Kritzkrieg Quick-Fix Vaccinator		500	1	Build energy by healing teammates or healing teammates attacking. When fully charged, press the Special-Attack key to deploy a frontal projectile shield. The shield damages robots who touch it. Level 2 upgrade increases the shield width.  Level 2 Projectile Shield is prohibited  Cost increased to 500
+1s Über Duration			250	3	Uber duration per upgrade decreased to +1 second  Maximum uber duration decreased to +3 seconds
Overheal Expert			350	2	+25% more Overheal, +50% longer duration per point.  Maximum level of Overheal Expert decreased to 2  Cost increased to 350
Canteen Specialist			500	1	Share Canteens with your heal target, +1 duration, -10 price per point (minimum cost: 5). Must confirm upgrade for price reduction to work.  Maximum level of Canteen Specialist decreased to 1  Cost increased to 500

Modified melee weapons' upgrades
Upgrade	Weapons		Cost	Level	Notes
+3s Crits On Kill	Demoman Bottle (Scottish Handshake) Eyelander (Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker, Nessie's Nine Iron) Scotsman's Skullcutter Pain Train Ullapool Caber Claidheamh Mòr Half-Zatoichi Persian Persuader	Spy Knife (Sharp Dresser, Black Rose) Your Eternal Reward (Wanga Prick) Conniver's Kunai Big Earner Spy-cicle	200	2	3 seconds of 100% Critical hit chance per level; switching weapons retains critical hits.  Crit boost duration per upgrade increased to +3 seconds  Maximum crit boost duration increased to +6 seconds  Cost decreased to 200
	All classes3,4 Frying Pan1 Saxxy Conscientious Objector1 Freedom Staff1 Bat Outta Hell1 Memory Maker1 Ham Shank1 Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher2 Crossing Guard1 Prinny Machete
+10% Recharge Rate	Scout Sandman Wrap Assassin		250	3, 1	Faster baseball/bauble recharge rate.  Recharge rate per upgrade decreased to +10%  Maximum recharge rate decreased to +30%, +10%
+200% Max Misc Ammo			100	2	Gives the Scout two extra baseball/bauble per level.  Ammo count increased to +2 per level  Maximum ammo count decreased to +4
Ball Marks Target	Scout Sandman		200	1	Marks one target at a time, similar to the Fan O'War, on hit with either the Sandman or its baseball projectile. The time will reduced to 7 seconds if the target is a giant robot.  Cost decreased to 200
Notes	1 Usable by all classes except Engineer and Spy.
	2 Usable by all classes except Spy.
	3 Only when equipped by Spy
	4 Only when equipped by Demoman

Modified Sapper upgrades
Upgrade	Weapons	Cost	Level	Notes
Robot Sapper Power	Spy Sapper (Ap-Sap, Snack Attack) Red-Tape Recorder	350	1	Increases robot Sapper radius and duration.  Maximum level of Robot Sapper Power decreased to 1

Modified buildings' upgrades
Upgrade	Buildings	Cost	Level	Notes
+1 Disposable Sentry Gun	Engineer	200	2	Gives the player a disposable mini-sentry, which is built by choosing to build a sentry when the player's primary sentry already exists. This mini-sentry cannot be upgraded, repaired, resupplied, or wrangled. It is slightly smaller than the Combat Mini-Sentry from the Gunslinger and fires at the rate of normal level 1 Sentry Gun. Once it runs out of ammunition, it self-destructs. Not affected by building health upgrades.  Maximum number of Disposable Sentries increased to +2  Decreased cost to 200  Stacks with the Gunslinger attribute
+10% Sentry Firing Speed	Sentry Gun Combat Mini-Sentry Gun	350	2	10% faster sentry fire rate.  Third sentry firing upgrade is prohibited  The third upgrade is not functional in vanilla MvM
2-Way Teleporters	Teleporter	100	1	Allows players to stand on a Teleporter Exit and teleport to the Entrance in addition to the normal Entrance-to-Exit functionality. Both directions use the same charge meter. If there is a player on each end, whoever got there first will be teleported to the other side.  Cost decreased to 100

Modified Canteens - All canteens have doubled in price
Upgrade	Classes	Cost	Notes
Become Crit Boosted	All classes	200	Crits user and triples sentry fire rate for 5 seconds.  Cost increased to 200
Become Übercharged		150	ÜberCharge and puts a Wrangler shield that blocks 90% of incoming damage around your sentry for 5 seconds. This Wrangler shield does not stack with existent Wrangler shields.  Cost increased to 150
Refill Clips and Ammo		50	Instantly refills all weapons' clips and ammumition. Refills metal for Engineers and Sapper for Spies.  Cost increased to 50
Teleport to Spawn		20	Instantly teleport to spawn and grants a 5 second speed boost.  Cost increased to 20
Building Upgrade	Engineer	100	Upgrades all existing buildings to Level 3 and fully restores their health.  Cost increased to 100

Stat changes

Weapon/Class	New Stats/Stats Change
Market Gardener	Added: +50% melee attack range  Added: +100% damage bonus  Added: Attack cleave all enemy in range
Degreaser	Added: +200% reflected projectile speed  Added: Airblast gives teammates speed boost  Added: Reflected projectiles had rocket specialist effect  Added: Restore 40% health from reflected projectile  Changed: +75% airblast cost
Gas Passer	Added: +900% afterburn damage
Festive Eyelander	Added: On kill: turn victim to ice
Ullapool Caber	Added: -90% self blast damage  Removed: 100% slower firing speed  Added: Caber instant regenerate on hit  Added: +50% damage bonus when below 50% health  Added: -75% self damage force
All Heavy Primaries	Added: Random crit chance does not scale with damage dealt
Wrangler	Added: User can taunt in mid-air  Added: -33% sentry firing speed
Gunslinger	Added: +100% sentry range  Added: +200% max sentry ammo  Added: +50% dispenser heal rate  Added: +100% faster construction rate  Added: +1 additional disposable sentry  Added: +100% faster teleporter recharge rate
Ubersaw	Changed: On Hit: 12.5% ÜberCharge added
All Sniper Rifles	Added: Fully charged shots gib targets
Huntsman	Added: +2 arrows per shot  Added: +20% headshot damage
Classic	Added: Bullet explode on impact  Added: +10% damage bonus  Added: +100% charge rate when looking at enemy  Added: 50% slower power charge
Ambassador	New stats  When the weapon is active  +312% headshot damage  Weapon possesses maximum Explosive Headshot upgrade  Last shot in clip is guaranteed crits  Critical damage is unaffected by range  -100% damage on bodyshot  200% slower firing speed  50% slower reload speed  -80% clip size  Spawns with six bullets loaded  +100% weapon model scale
Engineer	+1900% max metal  +100% construction rate  +50% faster sentry rocket firing speed  100 metal regenerated every 5 seconds
Medic	All Medi Guns can heal buildings
All Class	+900% max primary ammo  +900% max secondary ammo  +200% increased air control