Patch Notes 1.3.0 (The Zarius Heist) | September 30, 2021
New Features:
✦ New Gamemode: Heist - Compete against another team and escape with riches. Teams will each play a round as an attacker and as a defender. The team that pushes the payload furthest wins.
✦ New Specialist: Imperia - Bow wielding support specialist 🏹
✦ New Map: Thunderhead - “Heist” specific map
✦ Private Lobbies: Create a custom playlist with map and mode selections
General Gameplay:
✦ Improved targeting detection when interacting with interactables (ammo, drone)
✦ Added visual indicator when killed by explosions
✦ Machine Pistol reaches maximum knock quicker when rapid firing
✦ Added major Power Slates as rewards to Medium sized reward boxes
✦ Added remaining match time to the death screen UI
✦ Fixed a bug that was causing Evander’s Crypsis Duration power slate description text to display incorrectly
✦ Updated weapon low ammo and empty audio cues
✦ Server stability updates
Specialists:
✦ Removed Chi, Evander, and Thal from Notoriety track. These characters are now unlocked by default for new users. Players that did not already have them unlocked will now have access to them.
✦ ARC-L6: Hero Slate: Energy Harvest : This power slate grants Overcharge energy for each enemy hit by the Plasma grenade pulses
✦ Bosun: Hero Slate: Grenade Vulnerability+ : Increases Vulnerability grenade effect