Read moreWow this is awesome, and is a testament to the great dev support we've been seeing from Ubi. Wasn't expecting a whole video on the 1.1 update but it's awesome to see that the team spent the time to clearly communicate what we'll be seeing here with a nice preview.
I think the highlighted changes are good. The controller choice is something I felt was priority #1 and it's great that this has been addressed so quickly.
I'm sure the Hex/Mammoth changes will be widely appreciated. At first I thought the aiming issue alone would balance things, but you know... the more and more I think about it I still felt the Hex was just too good of an all purpose weapon, hopefully this will make it fit in a bit better and bring some balance. With the mag size down, it seems like it will be a more balanced trade of RoF for damage, as opposed to a RoF <-> DMG trade with a nice heaping bonus of a 150+ round mag. I can imagine this balance helping.
I'm glad the crown mechanic isn...
We've done these types of preview vids since Tech Test! I personally really enjoy them.
For the Hex, I think it was mostly a combination of aim acceleration/aiming issues on top of the large mag size. I am excited to see everyone's thoughts after getting their hands on it.
Crown is definitely not going away. We want Crown Wins to feel more "prestigious". They certainly are not necessary to win the game, but the Crown's purpose is to act as a tiebreaker to prevent people from camping in buildings at the end.
As for a Burns VO line... 🤔
Edit: Graeme is not Burns sadly :P