Good day, Immortals!
I guess that most of you reading this are hoping that I will be opening the lid on New Game+. Well, we’re not completely ready to start talking details yet (but we will be very, very soon).
So today I get to talk about something else that I am equally excited about: Weapon rebalancing and gun ranges. Since release, we have got feedback from various players that weapons feel a bit uneven, and especially that weapon ranges felt too short. Whilst we didn’t react to these comments immediately, we have been having a good, hard think (and a lot of testing!), and will soon roll out a bigger weapons update.
In the update, we will increase weapon ranges depending on the weapon type, meaning that sniper rifles get a very large bump, assault rifles a large bump, and then smaller bumps to pistols, shotguns, and SMGs. Given that we’re still testing this, it is subject to change and therefore I can’t go into details on the exact values for each weapon yet.
At the same time, we’re also looking at the damage output of all weapons and making sure that there is a clear and consistent progression when collecting increasingly rare weapons. Currently, we have some weapons that don’t live up to their rarity, and some that are frankly broken (I see you, Orin’s Crusher…!). The patch will normalize the DPS across weapons, whilst also making sure that an auto-shotgun still feels like ‘yeeeeeaaahh’.
Finally, as mentioned last week we will be adding in 8 extra weapons to the game. These weapons will drop from select optional bosses that currently don’t drop very unique or exciting loot. Now you might be asking “well, how do I get the weapons if I already defeated those bosses?”, which is a very good question! And the answer is….New Game+.
One of the weapons we will be adding is the Legion Corpse Reaver that you can see here in all its epic goodness!
All of this will release in 2-3 weeks depending on how benign the testing gods are, and I am personally really excited to get this one out before everyone dives back in for NG+.
Take care out there and remember that death is not the end!