Welcome or welcome back agents! With the high alert update in the wild and the double XP behind us, we wanted to give you a short update on what we are looking at in the short term. Let's get into it!
High Alert Update Feedback
We’ve been monitoring chatter around high alert and held a poll to get the community’s pulse on Heat 2.0. While we are still actively parsing and digesting feedback, we are already seeing some clear take-aways emerge that we will want to take action on.
Heat
First of all, the heat poll. While the results show we’ve made some good strides toward reaching a much more impactful heat system, we see that the community still has more appetite for an even more impactful balancing. The biggest piece of feedback on that front has been about heat being too fast to vent once back into cover.
We are rolling out a live update right now that will affect heat in the following way:
- Heat will now decay 50% slower.
- Downing a VIP will now give additional heat, making it a riskier consideration.
These changes require no patch and will be effective right away. Please note that the nature of live patching means the tutorial won't be affected by these changes without a client update.
Past this, you can expect more tweaks around heat as we continue to iterate on the system to make it even more impactful. Please continue to share your feedback on the system as we roll out more changes soon.
Balance
We are also looking at balance talks around the update. We have some short term priorities (for example, Larcin emerging as being quite strong in the current meta) and are looking at longer term reworks (like mechanical changes to the shieldbrella and buffs to under-used gadgets).
We are also looking at how agent pick rate and win probabilities evolve around this patch to better target our next round of balancing tweaks. We are looking at how we can expose these stats to the community around new seasons to give you a better idea of what we are looking at/ where the game is currently.
What’s Next?
Beyond these short term adjustments, the team is full steam ahead towards shipping Catalog 2 with a new agent for you to play and a slew of improvements and fixes to the game. We are very excited to start lifting the veil on what’s coming as we get closer to the next major content update.
Thank you for your continued feedback and passion for the game and see you all on the field!