WHAT’S NEW 

NEW FEATURES 

OPERATORS 

  • Added new Operator: Deimos 

    • Deimos’ unique ability is the DeathMARK Tracker - a miniature flying probe that tracks a designated target, forcing a duel between Deimos and the target and allowing both to be aware of each other's position until time runs out or one of them is killed. 

 

GAMEPLAY 

  • Spawn Peek Protection 

    • Attackers are now invulnerable during the Prep Phase and the first 10 seconds of the Action Phase. If an Attacker manages to get inside the building, it ends their invulnerability early. If you aim and shoot an invulnerable player, a warning will be displayed. 

    • Applied on all modes. We will be closely monitoring the impact of this change. 

  • Added a dedicated Prone button 

    • The option to add a Prone button has been added in the HUD Customization Tool. By default, no Prone button is available, so going prone is executed by holding down the Crouch button. If you want to trigger Crouch and Prone using two separate buttons, enable "Prone Button” in the button list. 

BALANCING 

GAMEPLAY 

  • All guns now kill instantly (skipping DBNO) on headshots at any range, except Shotguns.  

    • This should help Attackers get more kills in cases where the Defender went DBNO behind cover and the Attacker couldn't confirm the kill. Crit Range is still used to determine whether bodyshots go DBNO. 

  • Nerfed drop-shotting: going prone and moving while prone now takes you out of ADS, making prone more of a commitment. 

  • Changed how ammo is calculated when using both Wallbuster Bullets and larger magazines. This should result in slightly higher ammo counts for these combinations.  

 

OPERATORS 

  • Ying 

    • T-95 LSW:  

      • Increased range to 18m (from 15m)  

      • Increased damage at max range to 34 (from 30) 

    • We’re buffing her primary weapon to help Ying follow up on blinded enemies without having to rely on headshots. 

  • Twitch  

      • Reduced damage at min range to 36 (from 42) 

    • Shock Drone: 

      • Decreased targeting radius of Twitch’s Shock Drone to provide less reliable intel, especially while it is moving. 

    • Twitch still benefits from being the biggest counter to Valkyrie, and her damage output is too high. With these changes, Twitch will have to be more precise, both when targeting Gadgets and when shooting at enemies. 

  • Hibana 

    • Type-89 CQB:  

      • Reduced base mag size to 20 (from 25) 

    • This brings the weapon in line with Siege's mag size. We initially increased it to make her friendlier to newcomers, but the Extended Mag and Large Mag made her too effective. 

  • Valkyrie 

    • MPX:  

      • Reduced damage at min range to 30 (from 35) 

      • Reduced damage at max range to 24 (from 28) 

    • Valkyrie gets a lot of value from her Cameras, and has limited counters. We are increasing her primary weapon’s time to kill to make her rely on headshots more, and we’re planning further tweaks in the future.  

 

ATTACHMENTS 

    • Removed Recentering Speed bonus 

    • Reduced ADS Movement Speed penalty 

  • Lightweight Frame 

    • Removed Swap Speed bonus 

    • Replaced the Recentering Speed buff with a Vertical Recoil buff 

  • Wallbuster Bullets 

    • Simplified the attachment description  

 

NEW RANKED SEASON 

  • Rank Level and Leaderboards will be reset. Everyone will start the season at level Bronze IV.  

 

IMPROVEMENTS 

GAMEPLAY 

  • Reduced the width of Operator Highlights. 

  • Added edge tap navigation to the Spectating screen. 

  • Increased visibility of the laser attachments’ dot. It now also matches the enemy's outline color, as set in Accessibility settings.  

  • Enemy Operators are now automatically identified when seen by an Operator for a short time. 

  • Throwable Gadgets now roll more easily when thrown downwards. 

 

OPERATORS 

  • Improved the look of Castle’s Armor Panels. 

 

MENUS  

  • Settings organization: rearranged the order of Settings, added sub-sections and some tooltips to make it easier to find what you want. 

  • Added new Mastery Progression Screen in the Post-Match.  

 

PLAYLIST 

  • Overtime behavior reworked for Most Wanted and all Most Wanted spin-off modes.  

    • Improved feedback for Most Wanted modes.  

  • Added a banner to Playlist Battle Panels for when a Map is in maintenance. 

 

BUG FIXES 

GAMEPLAY 

  • Fixed regression of Iron Sights not granting extra movement speed out of ADS.  R6M-2165 

  • Fixed regression of the Smart Laser attachment where it increased stats instead of decreasing them.  

  • Fixed some instances of guns clipping through walls.  

  • Fixed an issue where players would enter ADS with a single tap even when Touch Controls were set to “Double Tap”.  

  • Fixed an issue where double-tapping the Lean button would not prevent the transition out of a lean.  

  • Fixed an issue where the player would always exit a lean when exiting ADS, even if they were still holding the Lean button. R6M-1755 R6M-1214 

  • Fixed an issue where tapping the ADS button while exiting ADS would not re-enter ADS. R6M-1423 

  • Fixed an issue where the “Auto-Swap Weapons on Empty” setting would not work if the player was holding the Fire button when their weapon ran out of ammo. R6M-2396 

 

OPERATORS 

  • Made it so bullets and projectiles no longer pass through Armor Panels while they are deploying. 

  • Fixed a bug that could result in an Error 1102 when spectating Castle while he picked up an Armor Panel. R6M-2444 

  • Fixed an issue that caused the First Shot Recoil to be inconsistent when using certain attachments. R6M-1949 

  • Fixed a bug that stopped Maestro players from rotating the Evil Eye Camera after getting killed while controlling it.  

  • Fixed an incorrect losing signal timer that happened when placing a Bulletproof Camera on reinforced walls in the Restaurant map.   

  • Fixed some visual issues with Smoke Grenades and Smoke Bolts.  

  • Fixed the EMP Laser of the Bulletproof Camera, which would sometimes not shoot but still expend ammo when fired at faraway targets.  

  • Fixed an issue that was causing the Cancel button to not appear during Armor Panel deployment.  

 

PLAYLIST 

  • Fixed an issue where the Respawn countdown was inconsistent. 

  • Fixed an issue where the Operator Selection screen UI overlapped.  

  • Fixed an issue where when rejoining a Match, the score would always be 0-0.  

  • Fixed an issue where reinforced walls would appear as soft walls when the player rejoined a Match. R6M-2441 

 

MAP 

  • Fixed an issue where player Drones could clip through sinks and washbasins to hide. R6M-2209 

 

USER INTERFACE 

  • Fixed an issue where “Call to Action Feedback” and “Touch Feedback” would not appear in the Settings menu under certain conditions.  

  • Fixed an issue where the “Bloom” graphics setting could not be toggled while in a Match. R6M-2387 

  • Fixed a typo in the description of Valkyrie’s “Queen of the Waves” headgear. R6M-2373 

  • Fixed an issue where Lion’s “Score” and “Kills” stats would not update. R6M-2319 

  • Fixed an issue where the player’s full Obsidian count would be inconsistent when rerolling duplicates. R6M-2205 

  • Fixed an issue where a soft lock would occur if the player interrupted an ad when rerolling items from the “Classic Collection Year One Pack (With Obsidian)”. R6M-2207 

 

AUDIO  

  • Fixed an issue where game audio would drop out and not return after minimizing the app. R6M-2249