32 teams, only 6 will qualify. 6 hours of competitive action happening tomorrow!

See you in the arena!

Hey, contestants! Just a small update that I wanted to announce. I've added a new community rule surrounding leaks and unreleased game content:

• Posts and discussions about any spoilers, leaks, datamined materials, or otherwise unreleased/unannounced game content, are allowed here, and will not be removed unless requested by Embark.

• However, please be respectful of players who may not wish to be spoiled, and try to keep post titles somewhat vague and ensure that spoiler tags are used in the text of the post body (as many Lemmy clients will automatically display a preview of the OP text). Please also be mindful that the thumbnails for any links you may post do not reveal unreleased material, as well.

This also includes any posts around the Easter eggs/ARG content. For those following the ARG on the Discord server, there are "rules" to how the puzzles should be solved, so anything that goes outside of that ruleset should be spoiler-tagged.

There haven't been any posts that prompted this, but with a new season starting up soon and some leaks already making their rounds online, I figured I'd add in a rule for it, just in case. As always, I'm open to feedback and suggestions.

See ya in the arena! :)

Look the part while you climb the ranks! This week’s Store Update is ready for you!

yOU wILL hEAR uS aGAIN...

!thefinals@lemm.ee

Hey yall! I'm helping run a short-form competitive league through April and May. Hope to see you in the arena or at least cheering for your favorite team!

I don't even care if I have the worst gun for it!

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

Looks like the new tab appeared as part of the latest patch

Store update, some small tweaks, and a note about balance changes

Starting with Season 6, we’re shifting to a roughly 3-week balance update schedule. This should create a better experience for both players and our dev team, allowing for more consistent refinements. Major balance shifts will still happen at the start of each season, but balance tweaks will now be more frequent throughout.

Dagger

• Decreased the backstab angle on the Dagger’s secondary attack from 180 degrees to 150

Dev Note: This change addresses concerns about the Dagger's backstab being inaccurate and the frustration around how easily it can land backstabs, seemingly from the side. With this change, this should be less of an issue.

On a related note, we've noticed some community members testing melee mechanics in the Practice Range using target dummies. However, these dummies use slightly different hit detection logic compared to real players, making them an unreliable test for certain interactions. For example, we've seen reports of players landing melee hits on dummies while facing away from them. This is a quirk of the dummies and does not apply to actual players.

To improve testing accuracy, we plan to replace the current target dummies with updated versions soon. This will ensure that the dummies provide more reliable feedback, especially for testing certain Gadgets. However, this change will take some time and testing before it is ready to deploy.

KS-23

• Increased min damage falloff multiplier from 0.6 to 0.7, meaning the weapon now does slightly more damage at long-range

• Decreased bullet dispersion when aiming down sights to increase accuracy in the majority of different stances (such as crouching, running, etc.)

Dev Notes: The KS-23 has been struggling after the recent fixes to ‘manual actions’ in Update 5.8. We recognize that these changes had an unintended negative impact on its performance, and we want to make sure it feels more viable in gameplay.

With this update, we’re making some adjustments to help the KS-23 get back on track. This isn’t the last step; we’ll continue monitoring its performance and exploring additional ways to improve if needed.

I very quickly made up for all my terrible aim from the first half of the clip.

First three spins from Day 1 of the event. Didn't catch the first one in the clip, but you can see by only one item being crossed out from the wheel that all three spins landed on the same item.

Getting 1/4 ticket refunds is definitely a lot better than the nothing we got last time, but I've got a feeling I'm still gonna end up needing to spend multibucks if I want to get that final outfit before the event is over. :(

For what it's worth, I don't invade spawn unless it's to send a message to somebody in particular. Once I dealt with his bodyguard (twice), I took him out and left their spawn alone for the rest of the match. :)

Some thoughts

This Store Update is bound to leave a big footprint!

THE FINALS | Hairy Hiker Set

Content and Bug Fixes

Contracts

• Removed ‘Eliminate 5 opponents from 30 meters or more using gadgets,’ as it was not tracking properly