The Cycle Frontier Patch 2.6.0 Lands on December 14, Changelog and more

• Duos and trios now also have beginner buckets – A squad only gets into a beginner match if ALL squad members are beginners.

• We extended the amount of matches that players spend in the beginner buckets.

• Matchmaking is now based on PvP K/D (Kill Death ratio). What we hope to gain from this:

  • Give players who may be terrible at PvP a chance to succeed. Give players who want PvP and want to duke it out with other skilled players what they seek. This should limit the amount of frustration a new player encounters, as we also checked the gear that is commonly used by players with a high PvP K/D, while still giving the opportunity to encounter different playstyles on your adventures on Fortuna III

  • Another bonus of using this method is that it will be more difficult to exploit or ‘cheese’ than the previous methods of matchmaking.

• Bright Sands Buckets:

  • 2 different buckets for Solos, for Duos and for Squads (so 6 buckets in total).

    • This means: You should NEVER be in a lobby with squad sizes other than your own on Bright Sands.

• Crescent Falls Buckets:

  • Same as before

    • Solos only, for players that are still having a hard time

    • Good Solos, with some Duos

    • Good Duos, with some Trios

    • Good Trios

• Tharis Island Buckets:

  • Solos, with some Duos

  • Good duos & Trios

• Reduced Rattler Beam damage by 30%
• Reduced Tick damage by 35%
• Striders have been taught how to wait their turn and we introduced a global cooldown for Strider attacks to prevent all from attacking at the same time when surrounding the player

• After some player feedback, we have adjusted the sound of the bird sound trap, so they cannot be mistaken for footsteps as easily.
• We increased the spawn radius for drop pods, so players should spawn a bit further away from each other.
• We adjusted some of the ways in which the ban hammer strikes, to identify more cheating patterns with our partners.
• Max player count on Bright Sands & Crescent Falls was reduced by 1. You’re gonna have so much room for activities.
• We reduced the Letium requirements for the the level 9 Player Quarter upgrade by 100. You will need 50 Lithium instead of 150 now.
• We adjusted the amount of items that are needed for early delivery missions and all dead drop missions.
• We implemented some additional tweaks to our report player function. The easier it gets for you, the easier it is for us.
• Additional adjustments to our anti-cheat detections.
• We have added a functionality to redeem codes within the game, this gives us the option to create codes for items etc. on our end. (Do I hear giveaways?)
• We have adjusted the pricing for our Sprays, Banners and Weapon Charms. These items will now be cheaper to get, as we heard your feedback.
• Vanity tiers will be reflected with the proper color in your inventory, this will be improved on in Season 3. We will also increase the variety of vanity tiers.
• Additional preparations for the Community Challenge, stayed tuned!

• We have fixed several spots on our maps, be it out of bounds or stuck spots.
• We have fixed another small issue in the tutorial that could hinder players from finishing it.
• We have fixed an item dupe exploit.
• We have fixed an issue that caused Prospectors to go invisible while emoting. Our sci-fi prospecting world has lots of cool things, a cloak of invisibility is not one of them.
• We have fixed most of the desync issues that you encountered when fighting our AI. Thanks to the Council and the Focus Test Group for checking it out and giving valuable feedback!
• We have fixed an issue where players could get stuck on the station without being able to use their keyboard.
• We have fixed an issue that insurance got voided when an item was put in your safe pocket. Seems like the warranty seals kept peeling off in Prospectors’ pockets.
• We have fixed the “timeout” errors that some players received when reporting other players.
• We have fixed an issue that hindered squads to deploy under certain conditions.

KNOWN ISSUES