Weapon Balance

Developer Note: We believe that, with these changes, weapon balancing is largely in a good spot. As always, we will continue to monitor feedback. Please share any feedback with us via our social channels.

Addition

• Added a new Power Weapon: Orion Plasma Rifle
  • Available in Arena, Arena Royale, and Map Creator Buffs
• Heavy Pistols
  • Goliath: Time between shots decreased from 0.35 to 0.31
• Burst Rifles
  • Jackhammer: Time between bursts decreased from 0.30 to 0.275
    • Time between shots decreased from .065 to .06
• Carbines
  • Cadence: Time between shots decreased from 0.33 to 0.31
• LMGs
  • Velocity: Time between shots decreased from 0.083 to 0.08
  • Strata: Time between bursts decreased from 0.14 to .135
    • Time between shots decreased from .065 to .06
  • Barrage: Time between shots decreased from 0.18 to .17 Nerfs
• Burst Rifles
  • Pulse: Time between bursts increased from .39 to .4
  • Quantum: Time between bursts increased from 0.39 to .4
• SMGs
  • Sprinter: Base Damage decreased from 8.6 to 8.0
    • Shots before reduced fire rate increased from 5 to 6

Game Modes

• Added Arena Royale Duos
  • Arena Royale Duos is now the primary Arena Royale experience
  • Respawn times decreased, currency-on-kill adjusted to match the pace of the mode.
• Added Races
  • Races are available on all maps, and can be added to Map Creator maps.
• Added ‘Laser Tag’
  • Low grav, high speed, big heads, and plasma rifles in TDM
  • Laser Tag Event is live, offering exciting rewards to event participants
• Added ‘Classic Arena Ranked’
  • Carbine Pistol starting weapons
  • KOTH, DOM, and TDM
  • Ranked mode starting now

Leaderboards

• Added leaderboard support for Races
  • Includes custom map race support
    • Custom map race leaderboards will only appear after you have finished the map’s race at least once
• Added leaderboard support for casual stats
  • Sort by Royale Wins, MVPs, Kills, Portal Kills, Through Portal Kills, Portal Flank Kills, or Teabags
  • Filter by season or all time

Maps

• Added “Foregone Destruction” Arena map
• Added “Containment” Arena map
• Added “Inferno” Arena Royale biome, replacing “Drought”
  • Inferno has been redesigned for tighter combat and with new hazards.

Map Creator

• Added the ability to make your own races in Map Creator
  • Added Race Objective
  • Added Race Player Start

Performance

• General performance and stability improvements.
• Performance improvements to Arena Royale.
• Performance improvements to Abyss.
• Optimized Inferno biome as part of return.
• Optimized portal rendering performance.

Battle Pass & Store

Developer Note: The Ultra Pass is now priced at 2000 Splitcoin (previously $19.99 USD) and is purchased with in-game virtual currency rather than a direct real-money transaction, making it more accessible and fully integrated into the in-game economy.

• New S2 Battle Pass and Ultra Pass are live
• New Bad Luck Mythic Bundle is available in store

Miscellaneous

• Improved aim assist when multiple enemies are on-screen
• Full revamp of Custom Lobby gamepad navigation
• Training grounds is now accessible during matchmaking
• Increased deathbox revive time when the deathbox is inside a hazard zone in Arena Royale