10/09 PATCH ANNOUNCEMENT

[MageLO 153]

Hello everyone,

Our standard weekly maintenance will be held this Wednesday (10/09) starting at 9 AM UTC. The game should be back up and running in 6 to 8 hours.

 

Patchnotes

 

This weeks patch ships more balance changes focusing on previously nerfed weapons that have been hit a little too hard as well as some rather large readjustments to the ISSR-A Assault Rifle.

 

Weapon Balance:

 

ATAC

• Jump Modifier decreased by 32%
• Max Bloom decreased by 15%
   

COBR-A

• Jump Modifier decreased by 52%
• Marksmanship movement speed increased from 139cm/s to 275cm/s

 

Manic

• Jump Modifier decreased by 66%
• Max Bloom decreased by 6%

 

OCSP

• Effective Range increased from 30m to 35m

 

ISSR-A

• Health damage increased from 255 to 270
• Jump Modifier decreased by 107%
• Reload time reduced from 2.75 to 2
• Marksmanship movement speed increased from 139cm/s to 175cm/s
• Run Modifier decreased decreased by 77%
• Sprint Modifier decreased by 43%
• Adjusted curve to cause accuracy loss when shooting to start later
• Effective Range reduced from 50m to 45m

Dev Note: The ISSR-A was struggling in just about every aspect, this rework should make it much better at getting picks on unsuspecting players or players that are out of position. As this is the first major rework done in these passes we have applied a small nerf to the weapons effective range to keep it in check in case it comes out stronger than we'd like. We're going to be keeping a very close eye on this weapon and will apply buffs/nerfs to it if needed.

 

DOW 'Thumper'

• Pellet spread decreased by 32%
• Mechanical Choke now reduces Pellet spread by 45% (was 35%)

 

Shredder

• Pellet spread decreased by 25%.
• Weapon now fires roughly 13% faster.

 

EOL Grenade Launchers

• Added an extra open slot to the following variants: "EOL 'Deep Impact'" & "EOL 'The Hammer'"
• Removed the Windup timer on all versions.
• Sprint Delay increase from 0.73s to 1s

 

EOL 'Deep Impact'

• Reload time increased from 1.15s to 1.3s

 

EOL 'The Hammer'

• Reload time increased from 0.75s to 0.9s

 

EOL 'Kickback'

• Reload time decreased from 1s to 0.75s

 

AAEPD

• Increased sprint delay from 0.73 to 1.1
   

Dev Note: This change does not affect the gun as you can not sprint with it anyways but should serve as a small Quality of Life fix to those users that are using the "always sprint" config edit.

 

Vehicle Balance:

 

Varzuga Rally XS

• Slightly improved the Grip of the vehicle.
• 4500 RPM Torque increased from 7 to 15
• 7000 RPM Torque increased from 5 to 25
• 12m/s Steer Angle increased from 19 to 25
• 22m/s Steer Angle increased from 13.5 to 21
• Max Reverse Speed increased from 15 to 18

Dev Note: Following last weeks change we're shipping some buffs to the Varzuga Rally XS with our eventual goal for the vehicle to be a reward for new players as they complete the tutorial. For those that enjoyed the old Varzuga Rally XS for its quirkiness we're going to add a Varzuga Rally Prototype in an upcoming patch which will have the old stats of the Varzuga Rally XS.

 

Miscellaneous changes:

 

• Updated the description of the Heavy Barrel weapon modification.
• Criminals no longer gain a minor amount of Heat when damaging Enforcers at Notoriety level 3 or below.
• Made adjustments to the Matchmaking algorithm in particular for Backup & Escalation calls.

 

Thank you for your patience during this period.

[MageLO 153]

And as usual here are the raw stat changes for our more advanced users.

 

 

 

ATAC

 

• Jump Modifier decreased from 9 to 6.5
• Max Bloom decreased from 0.7 to 0.6

 

COBR-A

• Jump Modifier decreased from 12 to 7.
• Marksmanship speed increased from 139cm/s to 275cm/s

 

Manic

• Jump Modifier decreased from 4.4 to 2.2
• Max Bloom decreased from 0.725 to 0.68

 

OCSP

• Ramp Distance increased from 3000 to 3500

 

ISSR-A

• Health damage increased from 255 to 270
• Jump Modifier decreased from 40 to 12
• Reload time reduced from 2.75 to 2
• Marksmanship speed increased from 139cm/s to 175cm/s
• Run Modifier decreased from 5 to 2.4
• Sprint Modifier decreased from 7.5 to 4.8
• Adjusted curve to cause accuracy loss when shooting to start later
• Ramp Distance decreased from 5000 to 4500

 

DOW 'Thumper'

• Ray Spread decreased from 125 to 90
• Mechanical Choke now reduces Ray Spread by 45% (was 35%)

 

Shredder

• Ray Spread decreased from 45 to 35
• Fire interval decreased from 0.48 to 0.42

 

EOL Grenade Launchers

• Added an extra open slot to the following variants: "EOL 'Deep Impact'" & "EOL 'The Hammer'"
• Removed the Windup timer on all versions.
• Sprint Delay increase from 0.73s to 1s

 

EOL 'Deep Impact'

• Reload time increased from 1.15s to 1.3s

 

EOL 'The Hammer'

• Reload time increased from 0.75s to 0.9s

 

EOL 'Kickback'

• Reload time decreased from 1s to 0.75s

 

AAEPD

• Increased sprint delay from 0.73s to 1.1s

 

Varzuga Rally XS

• Front Long Factor increased from 2.175 to 2.2
• Front Lat Factor decreased from 2.1 to 2
• Rear Long Factor increased from 2 to 2.2
• Rear Lat Factor increased from 1.86 to 2
• 4500 RPM Torque increased from 7 to 15
• 7000 RPM Torque increased from 5 to 25
• 12m/s Steer Angle increased from 19 to 25
• 22m/s Steer Angle increased from 13.5 to 21
• Max Reverse Speed increased from 15 to 18

[PonuryZniwiarz 47]

could you add stock vershion on DOW THUMPER  this on apb DB with 2 open slots? https://ibb.co/YQD21Dw

 

[missing_nickname 0]

Will players who already completed the tutorial recieve the Varzuga Rally? Will it be customisable?

[LilyRain 680]

Is this a ♣♦♠♥ing dream..?

[Szambi 85]

I'm glad EOLs are getting some love however something needs to be done to Hammer as it's pretty much a worse Kickback.

[MStomm 24]

19 hours ago, MageLO said:

Varzuga Rally XS

• Slightly improved the Grip of the vehicle.
• 4500 RPM Torque increased from 7 to 15
• 7000 RPM Torque increased from 5 to 25
• 12m/s Steer Angle increased from 19 to 25
• 22m/s Steer Angle increased from 13.5 to 21
• Max Reverse Speed increased from 15 to 18

Dev Note: Following last weeks change we're shipping some buffs to the Varzuga Rally XS with our eventual goal for the vehicle to be a reward for new players as they complete the tutorial. For those that enjoyed the old Varzuga Rally XS for its quirkiness we're going to add a Varzuga Rally Prototype in an upcoming patch which will have the old stats of the Varzuga Rally XS.

While this is all interesting, and I look forward to screwing around with it, my big question is why is it still Front Wheel Drive? AWD has been king on the rally scene for decades, it seems like making the one car with Rally in the name AWD would go a long way to living up to that.

Edited October 8 by MStomm
accidentally a word

[MACKxBOLAN 435]

19 hours ago, MageLO said:

Jump Modifier decreased

what is that? restricts your jump with the weapon in hand?

[TheMessiah 430]

nfas(regular)needs the spread decreased..u can kill only player in ur face right now

Edited October 8 by TheMessiah

[vsb 6174]

20 hours ago, MageLO said:

EOL Grenade Launchers

• Added an extra open slot to the following variants: "EOL 'Deep Impact'" & "EOL 'The Hammer'"
• Removed the Windup timer on all versions.
• Sprint Delay increase from 0.73s to 1s

 

EOL 'Deep Impact'

• Reload time increased from 1.15s to 1.3s

 

EOL 'The Hammer'

• Reload time increased from 0.75s to 0.9s

 

EOL 'Kickback'

• Reload time decreased from 1s to 0.75s

i’m happy that stuff is being done with the eols, but these changes don’t really affect the core problem that these guns still play like an opgl but are inferior in all but the most niche situations

 

id much rather they kept the windup timer and changed all grenades to explode on impact at any range 

this would still leave the hammer worthless (as it’s always been), but the deep impact and kickback would gain a solid use as primarily cqc options 

[kidi 14]

so, based on those changes, can Hazardous get the same treats? (open slot would be nice to have, at least)

[Hexerin 1142]

22 hours ago, MageLO said:

COBR-A

• Jump Modifier decreased by 52%
• Marksmanship movement speed increased from 139cm/s to 275cm/s

The marksman movement speed change is irrelevant, since you don't ADS with the COBR-A (it's a pure hipfire weapon). However, that jump modifier buff is a welcome adjustment.

22 hours ago, MageLO said:

Manic

• Jump Modifier decreased by 66%
• Max Bloom decreased by 6%

Why would you buff one of the strongest CQC weapons in the game?

22 hours ago, MageLO said:

ISSR-A

• Health damage increased from 255 to 270
• Jump Modifier decreased by 107%
• Reload time reduced from 2.75 to 2
• Marksmanship movement speed increased from 139cm/s to 175cm/s
• Run Modifier decreased decreased by 77%
• Sprint Modifier decreased by 43%
• Adjusted curve to cause accuracy loss when shooting to start later
• Effective Range reduced from 50m to 45m

Dev Note: The ISSR-A was struggling in just about every aspect, this rework should make it much better at getting picks on unsuspecting players or players that are out of position. As this is the first major rework done in these passes we have applied a small nerf to the weapons effective range to keep it in check in case it comes out stronger than we'd like. We're going to be keeping a very close eye on this weapon and will apply buffs/nerfs to it if needed.

The effective range hit isn't going to be that noticeable due to the damage increase, will just keep it from going too hard at the farthest ranges. These are really solid adjustments to the gun.

[Meterora 20]

I'm scared the deep impact may be op now.

[Goldexen 26]

8 hours ago, MStomm said:

While this is all interesting, and I look forward to screwing around with it, my big question is why is it still Front Wheel Drive? AWD has been king on the rally scene for decades, it seems like making the one car with Rally in the name AWD would go a long way to living up to that.

it's because Rally Group 5 exist where you can drive only 2WD cars

So i think that this Varzuga referring to this group

 

of course it would be better with AWD to became new 3rd top tier compact car, and of course Balkan also has AWD car(Ravan) so it even will be lore-wise thing but as soon as this car doesn't provide any issue while driving it - i think it's good being FWD

Edited October 9 by Goldexen

[Nagletz 219]

ISSR gang is SOOO back HELL YEAH!

[Zypectrumm 10]

Please center the camera position so it's like fortnite, I'm tired of adjusting the camera position while fighting.

[lesbianrus 2]

Планируете ли вы когда-нибудь открыть 2 аппаратных слота? Или подождать еще 12 лет до нового обновления?

[PonuryZniwiarz 47]

could you add stock vershion on DOW THUMPER  this on apb DB with 2 open slots? https://ibb.co/YQD21Dw

 

[Transitions 1]

2 hours ago, Zypectrumm said:

Please center the camera position so it's like fortnite, I'm tired of adjusting the camera position while fighting.

Because you are not able to press 2 keys at the same time.

[ninjarrrr 261]

[reign 2]

15 hours ago, MStomm said:

While this is all interesting, and I look forward to screwing around with it, my big question is why is it still Front Wheel Drive? AWD has been king on the rally scene for decades, it seems like making the one car with Rally in the name AWD would go a long way to living up to that.

Great point! It’s strange that a car with "Rally" in the name would stick with FWD, especially when AWD has been the standard in rally racing for so long. AWD offers way better traction and control, which would make a huge difference in both performance and handling on rough terrain. Switching to AWD would really help it live up to its rally heritage and be more competitive. It feels like a missed opportunity not to have it by default!

[MageLO 153]

The servers are now back online.

[TheSxW 48]

3 hours ago, ninjarrrr said:

i sould be glad for them to add a "reverse arresting" that will also lock enfo for the same amount of time and add stabba for both where in crim the role will be not cop but "kidnap"? or something like that.

but stabbas are preety op imo... i hit cop15 with only using pistol stabba (not the one shot one)

[N66 99]

Finally, balance changes that make sense, great job, whoever is doing it.

I know you have a long list of items to balance, but I'd love to see Corsair buff prioritized, or at least confirmed.

[Ardita 73]

@MageLO how is the matchmaking working going on nowadays...?

 

(removed names etc. so no one gets butt hurted, but I got destroyed back there...)