Balancing:

Preamble:

Today’s changes focus primarily on buffing underused skills and improving player survivability via Armour rebalancing. This is only an initial first pass, based on the mass player data that we’re seeing in our analytics. If something has not been mentioned here, do not fret. Work is already underway for upcoming balance passes, which will look at other topics of focus, including legendary drop distribution.

We are also aware that Timed Expeditions remain a point of contention regarding balancing and that they are fundamental problem for many players as their timed nature can drive a too heavily DPS focused meta.

Addressing the root cause of this issue is something that will take a longer time. This is not something we will be able to address as part of the immediately upcoming patches, but we are working on this issue and are continuing to look into what is feasible in the long term.

Balance Notes:

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Community Appreciation Package:

The Community Appreciation Package is here and everyone who has played Outriders to-date will receive it!

Your most experienced character has been granted:

• A random god-rolled Legendary weapon which you have not previously obtained (on any character)
  • If your inventory if full, please check your stash for the Legendary weapon.
  • If both your inventory and stash are full, the Legendary weapon will appear when you next free up an inventory space and restart the game.
  • If you have already previously found all weapons, your character will be granted the rarest weapon for their class.
  • Note: If you have received a duplicate weapon, please sit tight - we're looking into this as a matter of urgency.
• Extra Titanium based on your character's level
• A new emote, "Frustration" has been unlocked for all your characters.
  • A game restart may be required for it to ...

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Index:

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Thanks!

Thanks for the DM! My reddit notifications are currently sat at around 1800 unreads (I really need to get better at remembering to turn of "OP thread reply notifications"), but I'll try and keep an eye out for your message when I next dive into them.

Thank you! It was certainly much needed, but I'm looking forward to getting back to supporting you all as best I can :)

You will :)

Full balance notes and information will be shared when the maintenance goes live. I'm just prepping the reddit thread now.

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Our latest Patch has now been released.

Patch Notes:

• Implemented a block that prevents players from kicking other players towards the end of an Expeditions session.
• Implemented Region Based Matchmaking to improve the quality of multiplayer connections.
• Updated the login signing in text to better reflect the current signing in process step.
• Fixed crash and memory leak issues.

Players can expect more frequent updates as we look to make the best possible Outriders experience.

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Downvoted to 0 for confirming a fix is on the way. GG Reddit.

You make a very good point for a case study - As you said, drop rates for you appear to sometimes be okay and sometimes not (and I very much understand the frustration).

Personally, I would need to check with the team why such a disparity between days could even happen, but if it's down to a bug or an occasional miscalculation in the system (I'm not saying it is but it could be), then buffing specific drop rates around this wouldn't necessarily help. The underlying issue would need to be dealt with first.

But to figure out that bug the easiest way would be for you to see how the systems should (in theory) be working, then comparing that to your experience.