Titanfall fans will be pleased to hear that you’re getting an update “later today”. Respawn Entertainment tweeted this morning to announce the upcoming update, they didn’t offer a patch list so complete details for the update are still unclear. Respawn also didn’t state the platforms it will land on or the order in which they will roll it out, this may mean you will all get it at the same time, but history would suggest it will be staggered.
What we do know however is that the update will introduce private match support. “Update coming later today with private matches, Gooser update, etc. We’ll post lots of info on it as it rolls out,” the tweet reads.
Respawn Co-Founder Vince Zampella said in March that private matches were one of the gameplay elements the developer planned to add after Titanfall’s launch, one of the “things that we want in the game that we didn’t get to ship in the final game.” Initially they had planned to have it ready in time but like so many other games lately it was shipped unfinished.
The other change mentioned is the Gooser Challenge in the game, this requires you to kill 50 ejecting pilots, something which is insanely hard to achieve once let alone fifty times. The challenge previously required players to kill 50 ejecting pilots, which will be reduced to just five, on developer had this to say on the change. “We went a bit too far with this challenge, especially considering the unique conditions that have to be met in order to have the opportunity to get a kill on an ejecting Pilot,”.
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I will update with the full change log once we know more but these are likely to be the only major changes, they will probably throw in a few bug fixes and weapon tweaks for good measure.
Update: As promised here is some of the more important changes:
They’ve tweaked a few game features
- 40mm Titan cannon magazine reduced from 20 rounds to 12. Extended mag reduced from 25 to 16.
- Titan quad rocket magazine buffed from 4 rounds to 5 rounds. Extended mag buffed from 5 rounds to 6 rounds. Rapid fire mod mag size increased from 16 to 18. Damage increased to drop a Titan shield with 4 shots.
- Amped Kraber burn card damage to Titan increased from 100 to 800.
And fixed a few bugs
- Mouse buttons can be used for voice chat in lobbies
- Titanfall will not override Windows microphone volume settings
- Anti-aliasing modes properly displayed ins ettings menus
- Smart pistol reticule properly scales with FOV
- Improved support for SLI and Crossfire
For the rest of the patch notes, including balance tweaks to the Hardpoint and CTF, read Respawn’s full patch update.