TitanFall Game Update 4: New Game Modes , Gun Balancing

Bullet · Jun 26, 2014

Respawn Entertainment have announced the 4th update since the game released back in March and revealed details about the patch.
The new update which is said to be 'Coming soon' will bring new features to all platforms which will include Featured Game Modes and 14 new Burn cards:

Featured Game Modes:
New game modes will be added to the current playlist rotation but will only feature for a limited time only. New game modes will be introduced periodically to replace any outgoing Featured Game Mode. The first Featured Game Mode is Marked For Death, and Wingman Last Titan Standing will follow shortly after.

Marked For Death - A player on each team will be marked for death! Kill the enemy mark while protecting your teammate, sounds easy right?

In addition to new timed game modes there will be 14 new burn cards which will introduce new amped abilities and weapons for Titans.

You won't lose your selected Titan Burn Card if you die as a Pilot, only when you die as a Titan. There is an orange highlight around Titans that have Burn Cards equipped on the Titan Counter HUD and Titans with active Burn Cards have an indicator near their health bars.
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Customization:

There will also be customization options for Titans in the form of 3 new voices, so besides the current Betty voice you will now have a choice from 2 other voices, Jeeves and Lisa.

Insignias:

Complete challenges to unlock insignias which you can use to customize your Titan. Don't worry if you have already unlocked challanges those insignias will be unlocked and ready for use when the update rolls out.

BALANCING (All Platforms)

Perhaps one of the most important points of this update is the adjustments made to weapon balancing. Perhaps the most significant change is the balancing of the R101 which was of the most popular guns in the game which will certainly change now that more kick has been added to reduce ranged capabilities and magazine size has been reduced. Other weapons were also affected which you can see below:

Satchels: Satchel damage has been reduced against Pilots only. They will still kill a Pilot caught close to the center of the explosion, but the fall-off is more severe now, allowing Pilots that are far from the satchel to survive more often than they currently do.
Shotgun: The shotgun now does a little bit less damage at midrange. It was proving to be able to win fights that it should lose when at this range. We also fixed a bug where the cursor would turn red, indicating it will hit an enemy when the enemy was actually outside of the range of the shotgun's max distance.
R101: This weapon was designed to be an all-purpose weapon, and it does that quite well, too well, even. We've slightly adjusted it to make it a bit more uncomfortable to handle and hit targets at long distances. It will kick a bit more when fired but the effects are subtle enough to only be felt at long range. We've also reduced its mag size from 30 to 24. The extended ammo upgrade brings it from 24 to 30 (it used to go from 30 to 40).
R97: While it already had a higher rate of fire than the CAR, the R97 was pretty much inferior in all other ways. We've upped the RoF even higher to make it handle up-close fights better than it did. It also has the fastest time into ADS (aiming down the sights) now. The biggest change, though, is that it now does a lot more damage than it did when rodeo'ing, making it a better choice for Pilots who enjoy taking on a Titan. It is now the second best weapon to use when rodeo'ing Titans (behind only the LMG).
Hemlok: The Hemlok was one of the least popular guns in the game. Its role was intended to be the long-range assault rifle, but it wasn't doing that quite well enough. We've made it so that it is never more than 4 bullets to drop an enemy Pilot (it used to be 5 at long range). The Hemlok will also kick less when fired. The drift when ADSing has also been reduced to allow easier use against long-range targets. The silencer MOD used to take 6 hits to kill an enemy Pilot at long-range, now it is 5.
AMPed Hemlok: The AMPed Hemlok already killed close-range Pilots in 3 bullets, now it will also kill long-range Pilots with 3 bullets.
G2: The G2 now kills Pilots with 3 shots, always. It used to take 4 at range. The G2 has slightly less kick now as well. When the silencer is attached, the G2 will always kill an enemy Pilot with 4 shots whereas it used to be 5 at range. The clip size has been increased when the match trigger attachment is used to give you 12, rather than 8, rounds per magazine.
AMPed G2: The Amped G2 will always kill an enemy Pilot with 2 shots now. It used to take 3 at a distance.
Titan Plasma Railgun: The FOV, while ADSing, has been pulled back some to allow players to keep more of their surroundings in focus. This makes it easier to maintain your "charge" while tracking enemy targets.
Big Punch: We've taken a look at complaints about the Big Punch kit, and decided to adjust it. Big Punch was especially problematic when an Ogre was dealing the punch. It did enough damage to destroy the shields of a Stryder and still do a chunk of damage to the Stryder's permanent health. Spamming Big Punch as an Ogre also let it travel around at speeds higher than intended. As such, we've decided to weaken Big Punch's effects significantly when taken as an Ogre. The Atlas and Stryder didn't need as large of a change, so we've only made small adjustments to Big Punch's effect when applied to the Atlas and Stryder chassis.
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As well as this massive list of changes there were also improvements made to matchmaking as well as a plethera of other new features and bug fixes. For the full list of whats new in the upcoming update check out Respawn's official update page.

Which feature are you most looking forward too, or will you be giving this game a wide birth now that your favorite weapon has been balanced?

Wolfmaster5 · Jun 27, 2014

Titanfall updated screwed up my Xbox ONE, not happy about this happening

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