September 23rd Update

Explorers,

We’ll be performing an update on Thursday, September 23rd, around 8 AM PT / 4 PM BST.

Scavengers will be unavailable for downtime starting at 8 AM PT / 4 PM BST. This downtime is expected to last for approximately 1 hour.

Here’s what to expect in this update:

[h2]Weapon Tuning[/h2]

• Opus
  
  • Damage reduced slightly
    
  • Reload duration increased slightly
    
  • A bit more recoil in hipfire
• Argonaut Splash
  
  • ADS (aim down sights) movement speed reduced
• Pistols
  
  • ADS movement speed increased
• Sniper rifles
  
  • ADS movement speed reduced
• Shotguns
  
  • Increased recoil to make super rapid shots less accurate

[h2]Gameplay[/h2]

• Reduced the number of Rescue Beacons obtained from an Item Cache
  
• You can now equip Emotes into specific slots of your Emote Wheel
  
• You can preview Emotes while in the Explorer loadout screen
  
• New shotgun wildcard available in Research: the Grimalkin. For those of you who have been wanting a wildcard shotgun option, the Grimalkin has you covered!
  
• New throwable available in Research: the Bait Bomb. Toss one at your enemies to swarm them with Scourge enemies
  
• New Explorer skins, weapon skins, Keeper frames, emotes, and executions will be added to the Shop
  
• The slowdown applied to enemies hit by Reflector Shields has been reduced
  
• Research and seasons now paginate over when scrolling through the lists of items
  
• Explorer abilities now interrupt emotes
  
• Improvements to the VFX when Explorers warm up next to a fire
  
• New environmental locations to fill out the post-apocalyptic world of Cascade Springs
  
  • The abandoned Cinemaze theater
    
  • The Cluck King restaurant

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed: Players can sometimes use their ability while downed
  
• Fixed: High latency icon shows up even when the network connection is stable
  
• Fixed: Rin’s SHIN-48 Tsunami chain lightning proc chance does not respect its cooldown
  
• Fixed: Floating environment assets and supply chests clipping into the snow
  
• Fixed: Several client crashes
  
• Fixed: Some buildables in Horde Mode were not respecting the minimum time to build
  
• Fixed: The sprint reticle is vertically off-center
  
• Fixed: Growth Cluster does not provide heat while standing near it
  
• Fixed: Cazador Cheetah drains stamina from teammates
  
• Fixed: If a single team remains in the match and dies on the planet they still see “Successful Extraction” at the end
  
• Fixed: The message feed sometimes says “[X] pinged a Keeper interactable” when you ping objectives
  
• Fixed: Fog of War icons sometimes fail to clear off the map
  
• Fixed: Previously-cleared Fog of War icons no longer remain on your minimap gutter
  
• Fixed: Several Fog of War icons are guttering in the minimap when they should not
  
• Fixed: Players sometimes spawn in facing the wrong way
  
• Fixed: Some buildings are inaccurately represented on the map
  
• Fixed: Warsong hipfire recoil forces the gun upwards continuously
  
• Fixed: Fires on torches have distorted sound effects
  
• Fixed: Thresh play the wrong animation when they are knocked down, causing them to instantly drop to the ground
  
• Fixed: Bears are using the wrong LODs (level of detail) at a near distance, causing them to look blocky
  
• Fixed: Retch head detaches from its neck during attacks
  
• Fixed: Retch weak spot can be hit even when not exposed
  
• Fixed: Teammates sometimes appear to be floating when moving around
  
• Fixed: Some parts of the environment cannot be mantled upon
  
• Fixed: Sluka sometimes does not appear or looks very blocky on lower-end PCs
  
• Fixed: Clone Kit does not animate while it clones Explorers
  
• Fixed: The Voidbarrel unlocks at Research Tier 4 but can only be researched in Tier 5
  
• Fixed: Outlander shoulder pads sometimes detach while they shoot
  
• Fixed: Growth Cluster shows the wrong name on the map
  
• Fixed: Jae’s Overshield sometimes appears visually permanent (though the Overshield behavior is not)
  
• Fixed: 1-handed melee weapons have a chance to stun enemies again
  

Keep Warm,
Midwinter