Keep in mind Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League? Rocksteady’s dwell service looter shooter hasn’t been doing so good, peaking at a measly 193 concurrent gamers on Steam within the final 24 hours (per SteamDB). Nonetheless, the event staff is making ready Episode 2 of Season of the Joker, which fits dwell subsequent month.
A number of modifications are in retailer, together with a rework of Infamy Tiers, or extra particularly, permitting all Infamy Units and Infamous loot to drop from Mastery Stage 1 onwards. Now not should you grind to a particular Mastery Stage to get Tier 3 Infamy Units, which is nice.
Rocksteady can also be altering the way it designs every Tier of an Infamy Set. As an alternative of easier-to-use however much less highly effective units at Tier 1 (in distinction with tougher however stronger units at Tier 3), Episode 2 will design every Tier 1 set round a “few particular playstyles.”
“You’ll see that one or two core mechanics are buffed, and conserving uptime on these buffs received’t be a problem. Which means optimum Tier 1 play will encourage you to grasp these particular core mechanics. In the event you can deal with that, you’ll be capable of attain harm outputs that have been beforehand solely doable with a Tier 3 set.”
In the meantime, Tier 3 units will probably be “essentially the most versatile when it comes to core mechanics – our purpose is you could leverage just about any playstyle utilizing a Tier 3 set. Nonetheless, it will likely be essentially the most complicated Infamy Set in relation to uptime. It’s important to use all of your abilities to maintain the buffs going, however the payoff will probably be that you’ve got extra freedom through which core mechanics to make use of. Tier 2 sits someplace within the center.”
Rocksteady will look ahead to suggestions and tweak Infamy Units in subsequent updates primarily based on the identical. Moreover, Infamy and Infamous objects will drop with an extra 4 Grasp grades, maxing out at 5. Increased Mastery ranges will drop loot with the very best Grasp grades, so there’ll nonetheless be a purpose to grind them.
Keep tuned for extra particulars on Episode 2 within the meantime. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is obtainable for Xbox Collection X/S, PS5 and PC. Take a look at our assessment right here and impressions of the (admittedly horrible) Season of the Joker launch right here.
