PATCH NOTES

PATCH SIZE:

Size without PTS build on Connect: ~92GB

Size if PTS build already is on Connect ~8,5GB

START DATE:

Friday, April 26th, at 1:00 PM CEST, 7:00 AM EDT, 4:00 AM PDT

END DATE:

Monday, April 29, at 1:00 PM CEST, 7:00 AM EDT, 4:00 AM PDT

NEW GEAR

Zwiadowka Sp. z o.o. – Brand Set

• 1 Piece equipped gives +15% Mag Size
• 2 Pieces equipped give +20% Rifle Damage
• 3 Pieces equipped +30 Weapon Handling
• Named Gear Pieces:
  • Named Chest “Bober” – Talent “Perfect Entrench”
    • If you are below 30% Armor, headshots from cover repair 30% of your armor. Cooldown 2 seconds.
  • Named Gloves “Eagle’s Grasp” – Perfect Attribute
    • +15% Weapon Handling

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Breaking Point – Gear Set

• 2 Pieces equipped give +25% Rifle Damage, +25% MMR Damage
• 3 Pieces equipped give +30% Headshot Damage, 15% Weapon Handling
• 4 Pieces equipped unlock a new unique Talent:
  • Talent “On Point”
    • Landing a shot using a Rifle or MMR grants a stack. Reloading will grant +2% Weapon Handling and 2% Weapon Damage per stack, for 10 seconds.
    • No stacks are acquired while the bonuses are active. The timer running out will refill your magazine.
    • Switching weapons while the bonuses are active will stop the effect and refill your magazine. Switching weapons while the bonuses are not active will remove all stacks and refill your magazine.
• Chest and Backpack Talents:
  • Chest Bonus – Talent “Point of no Return”
    • Increase On Point bonuses timer from 10s to 15s.
  • Backpack Bonus – Talent “Point of Honor”
    • Increase On Point Weapon Damage bonus from 2% to 3%.

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Acosta’s Kneepads – Exotic Kneepads

• Talent “Escape Plan”
  • Vaulting from top of an object gives +10% Movement Speed for 3 seconds.
  • After not moving for 5 seconds, receive +20% Movement Speed for 5 seconds.
  • When affected by a Status Effect, a +10% Movement Speed is granted for 5 seconds.
  • Max Movement Speed bonus is 20%. The bonuses do not stack with Movement Speed bonuses from other sources.
  • -50% Movement Impairment penalty from Status Effects.

NEW WEAPONS & TALENTS

EXOTIC WEAPON

Overlord – Exotic Shotgun

• Talent “Capitulate”
  • Hitting an enemy will apply a stack of -1.5% Movement Speed for each pellet hit for 5 seconds. Shooting again will reapply the stacks.
• Weapon Stats and Mods
  • Optics Slot: 15% Critical Hit Damage
  • Magazine Slot: +15% Reload Speed
  • Underbarrel Slot: +20% Weapon Stability

NAMED WEAPONS & TALENTS

Brazen – Weapon Talent

• Receive +1% Amplified Damage on the next shot with the weapon for each pellet that this hits the target, if at least 6 pellets hit.

Thorn – SPAS-12

• Talent “Perfect Brazen”
  • Receive +1% Amplified Damage on the next shot with the weapon for each pellet that this hits the target, if at least 4 pellets hit.

Like Glue – Super 90

• Talent “Perfect Brazen”
  • Receive +1% Amplified Damage on the next shot with the weapon for each pellet that this hits the target, if at least 4 pellets hit.

BALANCING AND REWORK

Diamondback – Exotic Rifle

• Increased damage from 329,084 to 342,247.
• Magazine size expanded from 5 to 6.
• Talent “Agonizing Bite”
  • Diamondback randomly marks an enemy within 20m. If no enemies are within 20m, it marks the closest enemy to you. Hitting that enemy consumes the mark, guaranteeing a critical hit and amplifying damage of the hit by 20%. After hitting a mark, all shots fired are guaranteed critical hits for 5 seconds. A new random enemy is marked afterwards and whenever you reload.
  • Previously: Diamondback randomly marks an enemy. Hitting that enemy consumes the mark, guaranteeing a critical hit and amplifying damage of the hit by 20%. After hitting a mark, all shots fired are guaranteed critical hits for 5 seconds. A new random enemy is marked afterwards and whenever you reload.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Acosta’s Kneepads Exotic Kneepads require “NinjaBike Messenger Kneepads” to reconfigure.
• Acosta’s Kneepads Exotic Kneepads have a “NinjaBike Messenger Kneepads” placeholder model and inventory icon.
• Brazen Weapon Talent can start stacking from 4 shotgun pellets instead of 6.
• Escape Plan (Acosta’s Kneepads) Talent’s UI icon remains on the HUD even if the Talent is not active.
• Thorn Named Shotgun is in the MMR category at the Crafting Station.
• Like Glue Named Shotgun is in the MMR category at the Crafting Station.
• Zwiadowka Sp. z o.o. Brand Set gear pieces have placeholder models and inventory icons.
• Breaking Point Gear Set gear pieces have “Aegis” placeholder models and inventory icons.
• Bober Named Chest has a placeholder model and inventory icon.
• Eagle’s Grasp Named Gloves have a placeholder model and inventory icon.
• Overlord Exotic Shotgun has regular ‘KSG’ shotgun placeholder model and inventory icon.
• The PTS Cache visual UI feedback requires extended time to distribute all items, during which player interactions are restricted.
  • Workaround: Hold “Esc” key to stop the animation prematurely, while still receiving all items.