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Overview

Insider Sessions is back this week and with updates! A full list of detailed notes can be found below but we have ability cooldown changes, weapon changes, attachment changes, and more. This week’s focus is on ability cooldown again as we now have updated cooldowns based on last week’s feedback.

This Week

This week features:

• Game Modes: Domination, Occupy, Escort

• Maps: Arena, Nudleplex, Mayday, Daytona, Times Square

This Week’s Focus

• Focus: Abilities (Cooldown) – This week we are taking another look at the abilities and how the cooldowns feel to everyone. How do they feel compared to last week? Does the change make it more, or less, enjoyable? Do all the factions seems equal when it comes to ability cooldown?

Patch Notes

Factions

• NEW Libertad ability – El Fumigador – This deployable has an AOE effect that heals allies and damages foes. *Note that this is hackable for DedSec.

• NEW Faction Announcer VO available!

  • Joe Ferro – Cleaners

  • Anna Grímsdóttir – Echelon

  • Juan Cortez - Libertad

  • Virgil – Phantoms

  • Bagley - DedSec

Abilities

• Cleaners – Firebomb – no change

• Cleaners – Incinerator Drone – Cooldown 25s -> 30s

• DedSec – Hijack – Cooldown 15s -> 30s

  • Dev Note: While it looks like this is a significant jump, the effective cooldown was 20s (Skill Duration + Cooldown) so the change is aligned with other cool down changes

• Echelon – Digital Ghillie Suit

  • Duration 15s -> 10s

  • Cooldown 20s -> 30s

• Echelon – Intel Suit

  • Duration 20s -> 15s

  • Cooldown 20s -> 30s

• Libertad – Healing Canister – Cooldown 20s -> 35s

• [New ability] Libertad – El Fumigador

  • Duration 15s

  • Cooldown 25s

• Phantoms – Mag Barrier – Cooldown 25s -> 30s

Maps

• Daytona receives a fresh coat of paint and other visual improvements

Characters

• Welcoming back for the Cleaners – Emery & Morgan – to the action! With their addition, all Cleaners are now available in-game.

Movement

• ADS Move Speed: 3.19m/s -> 3.25m/s

• Run Speed: 5.06m/s -> 5.0m/s

• Sprint Speed: 7.7m/s -> 7.5m/s

• Crouch Speed: 3.3m/s -> 3.0m/s

Weapons

• All - Hit Flinch

• Increased minimum for all weapons to 15%

• Increased maximum for snipers to 35-40%

• M4A1

  • Reduced ADS from 300ms to 267ms

  • Reduced Sprint Shoot from 300ms to 267ms

• ACR 6.8

  • Increased ADS from 267ms to 300ms

  • Increased Sprint Shoot from 267ms to 300ms

• M1911

  • Reduced RPM to 275

  • Reduced headshot multiplier to 1.6 (headshot damage reduced from 54 to 48)

• MDR

  • Sprint Shoot reduce to 250ms

  • Move Speed modifier increase to 97.5%

  • Aiming Move Speed modifier increase to 97.5%

  • Draw time reduce to 500ms

  • Holster time reduce to 500ms

  • Increase Clip Size to 25

  • Slightly reduce recoil scale

• RPK

  • Increase recoil scale

  • Increase recoil variance slightly

  • Slight increase in reload time

• M249

  • Increase recoil scale slightly

  • Slight increase in reload time

• P90

  • Increase RPM to 825

  • Increase Short Range to 18m

  • Increase Medium Range to 24m

• Vector

  • Increase Medium Range to 19m

  • Reduce recoil spread between 1st and 2nd shot

• M870

  • Increase RPM to 120

  • Reduce Short Range Damage to 14

• M60

  • Weapon swap time not correctly set – now in line with other LMGs

  • Default reload speed now matches intended value

Attachments

• NEW Attributes

  • Magnification

  • Optics

• Chrome-Lined Barrel

  • Change Short Range: +10% → +20%

  • Change Medium Range: +10% → +20%

  • Change ADS Time: -5% → -15%

• Lightweight Stock

  • Change Aim Walk Speed: +20% → +15%

  • Change Move Speed: +5% → +2.5%

  • Change ADS Hit Flinch: -15% → -5%

• Grip Tape

  • Add Recoil Recovery: +15%

  • Remove Aim Stability: -5%

  • Add ADS Time: -5%

• Vertical Grip (Front Rail)

  • Change Aim Walk Speed: -15% → -5%

• Small Vertical Grip

  • Reduce Aim Walk Speed: +15% → +10%

  • Remove Aim Stability: -5%

  • Add Min Spread: -10%

  • Add Max Spread: -10%

• PEQ-15 (Laser)

  • Change Min Spread: +30% → +40%

  • Change Max Spread: +30% → +40%

• Optic Attachments w/ new Attributes

  • Reflex Sight

    • Add Optics: +1

  • Holo Sight

    • Add Optics: +1

  • 3.0x Scope

    • Add Magnification: +3

  • ACOG Scope

    • Add Magnification: +4

  • CQBSS Scope

    • Add Magnification: +8

    • Change ADS Time: -15% → -20%

  • Sniper Scope

    • Add Magnification: +12

    • Change ADS Time: -15% → -20%

    • Remove Min Spread: -10%

    • Remove Max Spread: -10%

Devices

• Flashbang

  • Duration changed from 3.5s to 4s

• EMP

  • Duration changed from 4s to 5s

Misc.

• UI screens now have new branding

  • Menu screen and hero character presentation

  • New typography

• Placeholder music introduced into matches

• “Migrating Servers” now reads “Creating match” to better describe the game state

Bug Fixes

• Made improvements to an issue causing FPS drop if the Purifier Ultra is being used

• Resolved an issue where sometimes after respawning weapons would have no extra ammo clips

• Resolved an issue where sprint sound and movement speed are out of sync when sprinting and ADSing.

If you experience any of these issues please let us know through Bug Reporter Tool, or Discord!

Test Timing:

This week test is planned for tomorrow, Friday, 8/26:

EU test: 5 PM BST

NA test: 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET

Next week’s test is planned for Friday, 9/2, with the same timing.

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