| 8.11 Patch Notes | |
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| Date | 20 March 2019 |
| Major Patch | 8.11 |
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Battle Royale
What's New?
- Flint-Knock Pistol
- Knock, knock...who’s there? Flint-Knock, that’s who! Pick the perfect time and knock yourself or enemies back with this new weapon!
Weapons + Items
- Flint-Knock Pistol
- Available in Common and Uncommon Rarities.
- Found from Floor Loot.
- Knocks back the shooter. Can also knock back the target if they’re close enough.
- The closer you are to the target, the farther they get knocked away.
- The shooter can crouch to prevent the knockback.
- Close range damage: 86/90
- Significant damage falloff.
- Must reload after each shot.
- 3 second reload time.
- Uses Heavy Ammo
- Unvaulted the Impulse Grenade
- Impulse strength against vehicles has been increased by 344%
- Increased the impulse strength of explosive weapons against vehicles by 233%
- Scoped Assault Rifle
- Increased base damage from 24/23 to 27/26
- Reduced the spawn rate of the Baller from 100% to 50%
Limited Time Mode: One Shot
Summary
Low Gravity. Every player has 50 health. Snipers are the only weapon and Bandages are the only healing item. Jump high and aim well!
Mode Details
- Gravity is set lower than normal.
- The Storm wait time has been greatly reduced in all phases of the game.
- The only weapons in this mode are Hunting Rifles and Sniper Rifles.
- Semi-Auto Snipers and Bounce Pads have been removed from the Vault in this mode.
- Players will spawn with 50 health, and can only heal if they find Bandages.
Events
- Tournament Update: Gauntlet Solo Test Event & Gauntlet Duo Test Event
- Added two additional extended sessions, which will run 24 hours a day.
- 3/19/2019 00:00 UTC until 3/23/2019 00:00 UTC
- 3/23/2019 00:00 UTC until 3/26/2019 00:00 UTC
- Added two additional extended sessions, which will run 24 hours a day.
- New Tournament: Blackheart Cup (March 23rd & 24th) [$100,000 in Cash Prizes!]
- Solo Game Mode
- Participation in this event requires players to have placed in the Top 3% (global) of any Gauntlet Test Event session prior to the start of the tournament.
- The prize pool will be distributed across all server regions, with official rules and details released later this week.
- Format:
- March 23rd - Round One: All Eligible Players
- March 24th - Round Two: Top 3000 Players from Round One
- Participating in tournaments and the Gauntlet Test now requires a minimum account level of 15. The requirement was previously at level 10.
Audio
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that caused The Baller’s tow-hook “release” sound to trigger twice each time.
UI =
Bug Fixes
- The new style for the Whiteout Outfit can now be selected.
- Event leaderboards no longer display everyone as being at rank #0.