Hey all,

We'll be performing maintenance on our matchmaking system starting tonight at 5:45pm Pacific (02:45 CEST). We'll be taking down one game mode at a time, which means that you won’t be able to queue for that game mode until maintenance for that mode is complete. We’ll be starting with Harvester Command. Once Harvester Command is properly updated, we'll re-enable it and move onto Heart of the Hives. We expect that maintenance for both Harvester Command and Heart of the Hives should take less than 90 minutes. I'll be posting updates to this thread during the maintenance window.

Context:

We're implementing a change to our matchmaking system that should dramatically improve the chances that you get matchmade to regions where you have acceptable/playable latency at the cost of slightly increased queue times. We attempted to roll this change out on June 6 but we ran into some issues and had to roll back to our previous matchmaking configuration.

We’ll be monitoring the change onc...

We ran into an issue rolling out the new matchmaking configuration. We rolled back to our previous matchmaking rules for now. We'll let you know when we're ready to try again!

The_Zer0Myth

Probably not, Preseason is likely going to be extended. They are really focusing down on the map, mode, stability, and UI in Preseason and I'd suspect that the next major drop in content like new skins, a battlepass, and maybe (maybe) a new hero will be Season 1. Personally, I'd welcome any delays that they'd need to make completely sure they have it down before that next main marketing push for that first season.

Nailed it. We're going to stay in Pre-Season at least until we hit all of the major features we listed in our roadmap.

Boredx0

Mentioning u/iamgrouch in hopes a dev takes notice and adds to their list of to-dos

Thanks for the summon. This is on our list!

LLxBLUxJ

Link doesn't work.

We turned it off and on again.

Thanks for the report! Rest assured, this not an actual virus. This is an art file generating a false positive in virus scans. We're working with Microsoft and the Windows Defender team to resolve the issue.

That's amazing! Would you be interested in taking a commission to make one for the studio?

Thanks for the heads-up!

Thanks for the report. Sent this along to the team.

Changes:

· Implemented a matchmaking change that may result in slightly longer queue times but will result in more placement in correct regions.

Bug fixes:

· Fixed a bug that caused a team's controlled harvesters to return to neutral if all team members died.

Technology & Performance

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a bug related that caused some customers to fail the minimum system requirements check if they had more than one graphics card.
• Made a speculative fix to address one of the causes of players getting stuck on a screen with the Crucible logo while attempting to connect to a match.
• Fixed a bug that could occasionally cause server performance to degrade.
• Fixed some rare server crashes.
• Fixed a rare client crash.

Hunters & Balance

General

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a bug that allowed hunters to move at normal speeds while crouched or healing.

Ajonah

Changes:

• Ajonah's reticle will now indicate whether or not you are in Grappling Hook [Left Shift] range.

Captain Mendoza

Bug fixes:

• Reduced the frequency of Captain Mendoza's Flash Grenade [E] voice lines.

Rahi & Brother

Bug fixes:

• Increased the audio on Reload [R].
• Modified the motion of the Concussive Punch [level 1 upgrade] projectile to make targeting more consistent while in the a...

• Fixed a client crash.

Thanks for sharing the clip. We've passed this along to our QA team to take a look.

Hello, hunters!

We’re back with another update. Earlier this week we put out a video where we mentioned that we’re shifting our attention towards delivering bigger builds that take a bit more time to prepare. We’re working to deliver the first of those builds tomorrow, but we have one more high-priority fix to make first. If we can’t resolve it before tomorrow, we’ll keep pushing to get the build out as quickly as we can, even if it means shipping it over the weekend.

What’s in the build?

We’re focusing our efforts on the areas where we’re seeing the most unified feedback from our players. For example, this build will include a change to make the scoreboard viewable during matches, an update to Ajonah’s reticle to indicate whether something is in range of her Grappling Hook, and some improvements to the way the ping system operates: showing the ping at the location of the first button-press, updating the way ping options are displayed in the contextual ping wheel so it’s more intu...

Read them like a book

Changes:

• Adjusted matchmaking such that all players, and especially those at high skill ratings, should see decreased queue times.

Changes:

• New players will now be presented with an option to skip the tutorial experience. (The tutorial could be skipped previously through menus; this change is just to make it easier for people to opt out.)

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a bug that was causing some accurate hits to not register as connecting to the target.
• Fixed another bug related to players becoming stuck on the Crucible logo while loading into a match.
• Fixed a bug that caused shots on targets in the practice arena to not register correctly after the first hit.