AGENT UPDATES
Brimstone
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Brimstone’s ultimate now properly blocks gameplay visibility while active
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You’ll no longer see enemies on the minimap through the ultimate.
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Abilities that require line of sight (flashes, Sova recon pulses) will no longer apply through the ultimate.
MODES UPDATES
Deathmatch
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Removed and in some cases relocated “dangerous” spawn locations
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Improved spawn logic and spawn placement to increase the likelihood that you will be facing each other players in an encounter
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Spawning logic will now favor respawn locations farther away from where you are defeated
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Fixed an issue where the Warm-Up Phase was not using spawn logic properly
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Respawn Time Reduced: 3s >>> 1.5s
SOCIAL UPDATES
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Updated AFK detection in game to deter players from exploiting game modes to farm EXP
PERFORMANCE UPDATES
Global Invalidation
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Global Invalidation provides up to 15% improvement to baseline performance for CPU-bound players
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CPU-bound players are generally mid-to-high spec machines.
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These numbers are based on data gathered from PBE over two weekends (Jan. 22–23, and Feb. 5–6).
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Although we expect a large portion of the player base to benefit from these gains, your machine’s performance may vary.
COSMETIC UPDATES
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Updates to the color of the tile used to display sprays in your Collections
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Some sprays were too close to the color of the original tile and were hard to see properly before actually using them in-game.
GAME SYSTEMS UPDATES
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Added option to return to strongest weapon
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You can now return to the strongest weapon when pressing the “Equip Last Used Item” key or when auto-equipping a weapon.
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To toggle ON, go to Settings >> Controls >> Equipment under “Prioritize Strongest Weapon.”
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This was released in 4.02 but did not make it into the patch notes. My bad!
ESPORTS FEATURES
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Projectile follow is now fixed for observer followers
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Added observer settings toggle to turn Agent portrait on/off
BUGS
Agents
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Fixed a bug where Chamber’s Headhunter and Tour de Force could float away
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Fixed an exploit where, using specific line-ups, it was possible to see inside Viper’s ultimate without being affected by the nearsighted debuff
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Fixed a bug where Viper’s ultimate would sometimes fail to expand through doorways
Social
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Fixed a bug where pressing enter in pre-game wouldn’t focus chat
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Fixed a bug where right clicking a player portrait would not bring up a context menu
Performance
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Fixed a bug where performance stats would be hidden while spectating the Spike
KNOWN ISSUES
Esports Features
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There is a brief flash when swapping into free-cam mode as an observer follower