Arc Raiders has formally nerfed two of the strongest weapons, the Set off Nade and the Kettle, as earlier stats created 'an unfair dynamic that favours utilizing third social gathering software program'
It is all gone, there’s nothing else left for me now, my beloved Kettle and Set off Nade are lifeless within the filth, nearly as good as trash. How will I am going on? Okay, that is barely dramatic, however I do really feel a pang of loss after Arc Raiders’ newest patch notes, because it has now formally nerfed the Kettle and Set off Nade after mountains of neighborhood complaints.
“Set off Nade at present dominates PVP encounters, and gamers favour choosing it over all our different grenades,” the January patch notes clarify. “This nerf goals to make it much less usable as a ‘trigger-in-air’ grenade, while preserving its usefulness as a sticky bomb.
“Harm falloff has been rebalanced to pay attention the harm nearer to the centre of the explosion and deal much less harm additional away. The delay between triggering the grenade and its detonation has been elevated from 0.7s to 1.5s, giving gamers extra time to react and making it tougher to time the detonation within the air.”
The Kettle, which is a primary gun, has additionally been nerfed, following complaints that gamers have been turning it right into a rapid-fire machine gun. “Decreased hearth fee from 600 to 450,” the dev notes clarify. “The earlier hearth fee was solely realistically reachable by gamers utilizing macros, which creates an unfair dynamic that favours utilizing third social gathering software program.”
These nerfs have been within the works for a while now. Final week, Embark promised that “important adjustments” have been on the horizon for overpowered weapons, and even earlier than that, within the recreation’s official Discord, there was speak of nerfing the Set off Nade. Evidently, it has been a very long time coming.
Alongside these nerfs, there are additionally a few adjustments. One is a set exploit that now prevents gamers from preserving room keys after utilizing them. The opposite has lowered lighting in some areas on Stella Montis’ Night time Raid, which can make “flashlights extra related”.
The primary weapons have been manner too robust for what they’re price, with the Kettle really being the finest price per shot for some time now (not anymore although, rip). So nerfing primary weapons is an efficient begin, however what I actually need to see is a few critical buffs coming in for the odd epic weapon, or at the least Embark offering extra incentives for gamers to threat their pink weapons and use them throughout matches.