Escape From Tarkov: Enviornment has acquired a long-awaited patch with quality-of-life options and balancing modifications initially trialled on the principle sport.
Patch 0.2.1.0 for Escape From Tarkov: Enviornment comes a day earlier than the sport’s first-ever free weekend.
Enviornment has had a combined reception since its launch in December 2023, main BattleState Video games on a appeal offensive this month on TwitchCon San Diego and the Tokyo Video games Present.
This outreach marketing campaign is a part of a wider effort by BSG to enhance its standing with gamers, after a colossal PR catastrophe earlier this 12 months upon the discharge of the ‘Unheard Version’.
The builders managed to show issues round with a profitable string of patches and higher communication, dwelling as much as the adage that you could by no means escape from Tarkov. The temper continues to be removed from what it was earlier than the Unheard disaster, nonetheless.
If the free weekend goes effectively, Escape From Tarkov: Enviornment shall be on its strategy to fill the odd area of interest of ‘Counter-Strike gameplay however with mil-sim mechanics’.
Some gamers in the principle version preserve hoping that Enviornment’s reputation will lastly allow them to enter the Resort on the Shoreline map with out getting trick-shot. Odds are it should solely end in extra fast and soiled firefights.
Patch Notes v0.2.1.0 Defined
Listed here are the modifications launched with patch 0.2.1.0 and the technical replace launched shortly after.
Activity Widget
The Operational Duties tab is now accessible as an overlay in-game, and they are going to be accepted robotically upon launching the sport.
The Taking pictures Vary
Enviornment now has a capturing vary accessible by way of the preset menu. This has targets at a number of ranges, programmable poppers, and a coaching mode.
In-Sport Area Choice
Gamers can now decide the areas with out having to stop the sport. You may select as much as three most popular matchmaking areas.
If the ping is increased than beneficial, the sport excludes that area. When this occurs to all three, it defaults to the automated choice.
Preset Adjustments
Gamers can change their preset throughout a Blast Gang match in the event that they decide the mistaken one.
The preset picker not permits two an identical weapons, lastly killing the tactic of switching to a different major weapon as a substitute of reloading.
Injury Mannequin
Blunt harm is now primarily based on the power of the bullet as a substitute of utilizing uncooked whole harm as earlier than.
This harm will even carry by way of armor higher, with mushy ballistic effectiveness slashed in half.
The Vulkan-5 helmet not looks like a tank, with its armor class set to five as a substitute of 6, and its whole armor factors are actually 75 relatively than 99.
Community Enhancements
The server tick fee has been improved, whereas body time (and by affiliation latency) is decrease. Hit registration is considerably higher after months of ‘ghost’ bullets.
Pricing Adjustments
MP prices have been rebalanced throughout the board, as follows:
- Again-only ballistic plates (-30%)
- Pistol and shotgun attachments (-50% and -30% respectively)
- AK-pattern weapons aside from the Saiga-12K (between -15% and -30%)
- Elevated value for bullpup rifles
- Armour and ballistic plate value adjusted to new harm mechanics
Test in case your favourite preset wants changes earlier than launching the sport, as it could be out of MP limits because of the modifications.
Ammunition Adjustments
The harm values to a number of rounds now match these in the principle department of Escape From Tarkov once more. The brand new harm is as follows, with the earlier worth in parentheses:
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5.45x39mm
- SP: 67 (65)
- US: 65 (63)
- T: 59 (57)
- PS: 56 (53)
- PP: 51 (50)
- BT: 54 (48)
- 7N40: 55 (52)
- BP: 48 (46)
- BS: 45 (43)
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5.56x45mm
- M856: 60 (64)
- FMJ: 57 (59)
- M855: 54 (57)
- SOST: 53 (55)
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7.62x39mm
- HP: 80 (87)
- T-45M: 65 (64)
- PS: 61 (57)
- PP: 59 (55)
- MAI AP: 53 (47)
- 9x19mm
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9x21mm
- 7N42: 49 (45)
- BT: 52 (49)
- 7U4: 53 (47)
- PS 59 (54)
Hotfix
The Skybridge map is obtainable on Crew Combat now, whereas the Final Hero variations of Bay 5 and Equator have been scaled down.
Points with freezing after leaving the capturing vary, lacking character mannequin when respawning, and FPS restrict when utilizing Nvidia Reflex have been fastened.
