Respawn, the developers behind the Xbox One and PC game taking the gaming world by storm this month, have announced a list of game balancing changes in the games latest update, which is rolling out this weekend.
The update includes search drones now showing up in Classic Modes of Angel City, and the damage indicator from Electric Smoke being more visible.
Most players will have the update as of today, barring any technical glitches. Respawn stated that the update is “still rolling out to servers, so not every server will have these changes right now”, and as such, some players may be a day late in receiving the updates. The full list of changes is below.
Balancing adjustments and general changes
- The damage indicator from Electric Smoke is now much more noticeable
- Search Drones will now show up in Classic Modes of Angel City
- Arc grenade/mine effects no longer draw on friendly Pilots and Titans
- Lowered the point value of defensive actions in Hardpoint mode and CTF.
- Increased the score limit in Attrition
- Flag Return points reduced
- Flag Carrier killed points reduced
- Explosives detonated by Dead Man’s Trigger are now slightly delayed
- Explosives detonated by Dead Man’s Trigger now play a warning sound before exploding
- Slightly decreased the damage of the Smart Pistol when not locked onto a Pilot
- Slightly decreased the hip-fire accuracy of the Smart Pistol
- Certain Burn Cards could be exploited to give multiple uses
- Evac Dropships are now more responsive to Pilots entering them
- Hacking a Mega Turret will now restore it’s health to full
- Cluster Missiles damage reduced against Evac Dropships
Bug Fixes
Titan could become stuck in the position he lands in
Auto-Titan wouldn’t stand up until you embarked into it
Several rare server issues restarting the game in to the lobby
Pilot could end up out of bounds while rodeoing a Titan as it is destroyed
Pilot could warp through certain locations when jumping off a Titan
Rodeoing a Titan that has been doomed by your SMR could kill you
Players being able to enter some geometry in Smuggler’s Cove
Titanfall will now give proper kill credit when it kills a Pilot embarking into their Titan
Minions in Attrition now continue to spawn until the Epilogue begins
Player couldn’t hack a Mega Turret console
Server would sometimes error when leeching a Spectre
Hardpoints sometimes awarded defense score to players not near the hardpoint
Rare issue when ejecting from a Titan
Server would sometimes error after a match while returning to the lobby
Double XP burn card sometimes not being applied properly
This article was updated on March 8th, 2018
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