The Chaos Theory event is making some big game changes, in addition to the new content in the collection event. Read the full notes for the changes to legends, weapons and more on March 9th.
Caustic’s Town Takeover, Bangalore’s Heirloom and a bunch of new skins are the main highlights of the collection event, but Respawn has also adapted Legends and weapons a lot.
At the top of the list we see the Mastiff, which has definitely gotten a bit strong this past season. There have also been nerves to Caustic and some of the weaker legends have been improved. No Fill Matchmaking is introduced either.
Read the full notes of Respawn below.
LEGEND UPDATE
Byts
- Nox gas grenade cooling increased from 2.5 minutes to 3.5 minutes.
- Nox Gas damage at a fixed rate of 5 hp per tick instead of pushing up from 6 hp → 12 hp.
Dev note: Biting is effective in delaying engagements. The kit’s whole revolves around gas with great effect, slow, zyg obstruction and direct health damage. It is too oppressive in too many situations, especially if teammates can play relatively intact in gas. The significant reduction in gas damage (without completely removing it or affecting the armor) seems like a fair compromise that stays true to the character, while making it less oppressive on the receiving end. We will closely monitor the data and the game. If these changes hit Caustic’s attractiveness or efficiency too hard, we’ll look again accordingly.
Pathfinder
Dev Note: Low profile was used as a balancing tool for both mobile and / or small legends. Although Path is still mobile, his hit box is large. Although his overall win rate and winning profit margin are by no means low, it is hard to justify keeping Low Profile on a hit box of his size.
Gibraltar
- Use 15% faster healing of articles during removal Dome of protection.
Horizon
- Increase Black hole cool from 2 minutes to 3 minutes
Revenant
- Revenant’s Silence eliminates Mirage’s covert revival and respawn, as well as Octane’s Swift Mend.
Wattson
- Wattson now has a passive shield rain at 0.5 hp / s (half of Octane’s current health rate).
Rampart
- Explosive damaged Amped Cover normally, instead of inflicting 200 damage.
- Explosive damaged Sheila normally, instead of inflicting 175 damage.
Dev Note: Walls should be beastly and powerful once built. Before sending Rampart, we were worried that her nests would be too oppressive, so we gave our hostile players the option to clear them quickly with grenades. This was apparently not necessary, and therefore we remove greater damage by grenades against Amped Cover and Sheila.
WEAPON UPDATE
Weapon Optics
- All gold AR and LMG standard optics have been updated to 2x Bruiser.
Mastiff
- Grain damage decreased from 13 → 11. Burning speed increased from 1.0 → 1.1.
Dev Note: The purpose of these changes is to place the weapon’s identity between the rapid-fire EVA-8 and the peacekeeper who hits hard. The Mastiff was consistently dominant in battles in the immediate area, given the forgiving distribution pattern and high damage with each shot. This change reduces the great damage potential to limit the amount of two pumps players experience on the receiving end.
Vleuelman
- +1 bullet on each magazine size, including base.
Hemlok
- Increased hip fire spread.
Dev Note: The eruption damage due to the hip fire of the Hemlok feels slightly too consistent for an AR that has to perform at medium distance. This change mitigates the damage to the Hemlock in the immediate area, which feels bad on the receiving end.
QUALITY OF LIFE CHANGES
- Kings Canyon booty – We passed on the loot to increase the quality on the map, while also retaining a certain amount of loot after Mirage Voyage flew away.
- The wooden hooks across the card should each contain a few more pieces and generally have a slightly higher quality.
- Spotted lake was reduced to medium quality of high.
- Crash Site slightly redistributed the loot in the area. The amount remains the same, but the higher quality loot must be in the ship.
- Biting treatment has more loot than water treatment, and it remains Hiqh quality.
- Closed weapon optical exchange – For rifles with fully locked mounting slots, such as gold weapons and most crate weapons, you can now remove the optics and replace them with a different face. This does not apply to the Kraber sniper rifle.
- Assists were added to the HUD in the game, in addition to killing. It was already present in the rankings and has now been added to unrated. Assists still do not contribute to XP. It replaced the Spectator “eye” icon.
- Assists and Knocks have been added to your group’s banners and will appear at the end of a match.
- Club names now appear on Match Summary and Champion screen when all players are part of the same club.
- Items will no longer “stick” to Crafting Replicator when placed on the Replicator.
- Badge Progress – for badges that progress longer, you will keep more information about the badge. For example, if you want to win 50 if you want to get Lifeline, you now see that you have 45 instead of somewhere between 15 and 50.
- Ping My Deathbox – While responding to a pressure vessel, you can now ping your own death box to make it easier to locate.
- Gold backpack Players revived by a golden backpack will have a crackling energy – based on the armor they wear – while the revival takes place. They will also display the armor-cured FX when the revival is complete. This change should help players prioritize to get a revival going.
- Players on a computer can now return to the title screen from the lobby to enable data center conversion without restarting the game.
- Numbers added to the Advanced Look Controls. It should help people experiment and easily return to their favorite settings.
- When scanning a beacon for Ring 6, you should be able to see the place where Ring 6 is finished.
- Inspect weapon – Since the Survival Slot used its button on the controller (we only have so many buttons!), Inspect Weapon has been moved to the emote wheel by default. It can be attached to any key on a computer.
BUG FIXES
Gibraltar
- Fixed an issue with Gibraltar not getting registrations when he simultaneously released and shot ADS while his gun screen was on
Wraith
- Wraith players can no longer cancel Into the Void by jumping to a wall
- The New Skydive Emote will work closely with Legendary Skins
Byts
- Fixed a bug that caused Nox Gas to flicker for some players affected by it
Octane
- By repeatedly disabling the same jump block, do not disable double jumps
- Players may no longer “slide” along a wall after using the jump block
Crypto
- Crypto’s animation to bring his drone to the fore can no longer be skipped by throwing a holospray
- Crypto can no longer teleport to a replicator
- Reloading the Mastiff and 30-30 will not be faster if you’re in Crypto’s drone
Loba
- A few areas that could teleport Loba captured it
Rampart
- Players can no longer use Sheila to get under the world if they are placed too close to the Phase Runner in Olympus
Horizon
- The Gravity Lift that falls through the floor has been repaired when used on the train tracks in the World Edge sorting factory
- Using a zipline to a Gravity Lift no longer increases accuracy
Securing
- Mother charge will now damage and destroy spring blocks
- If they are under a small casing, players will no longer be ejected after using Motherload
- Players can no longer double their grenades after looting a dead Fuse’s death box
Mastiff
- If you drop and pick up the Mastiff, it will not be reloaded
3030 Repeater
- If you drop and pick up the 30-30, it will not be reloaded
- 30-30 will now have spread deviation when ADS shoots and jumps
MISC
- Fixed a bug that prevented Steam users from sending friend requests to each other
- Usernames are now updated when a user swaps between the Origin Client and the Steam Client
- Fixed a bug preventing players from creating or joining clubs because their EA account was already linked to another platform
That’s all for now. See you in the Arena, Legends.