Courtesy of user ThePaSch

New Map: Futuristic Chinese city

New Game Mode: Point Break

  • 8v8 core game mode
  • Teams are divided into attackers and defenders
  • The attackers’ goal is to arm and destroy objectives; the defenders have to stop them

Balance changes

  • Winch claw is now blocked by shields (Mesh & Dome)
  • KS-23 accuracy buffs
  • Model reload speed buff
  • and many more

New Cashout mechanic: Double Jeopardy

  • when doubling a cashout, if you do not end up completing it, you will lose money
  • not entirely clear what happens if you double someone else’s cashout; presumably, you will still lose money if you don’t steal and hold it until completion?

World Tour rework

  • no longer a game mode: Unranked Cashout returns
  • every game mode, including Ranked, now feeds into World Tour progression

Sponsors can now be picked freely instead of being limited to a few choices a season

Ranked:

  • RS rewards will be changed and adjusted; no details
  • Instead of tier-based rewards, progression now awards “Reward Coins”, which can be spent on seasonal rewards of your choice
  • They will be adjusted in look accordingly.
  • Previous ranked rewards will never be obtainable again

Destruction

  • More fine-grained destruction on a building scale
  • More interactive debris
  • Performance improvements across the board
  • Improved visual effects
  • Intially only on Monaco and the new map; more maps will follow

Customization

  • Tablet customization: you can now customize the tablet you use to deploy gadgets
  • Skins can now be randomized
  • better preview for skins, stickers, borders, player cards
  • Chozo@fedia.ioM
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    4 months ago

    LOT of good news in this! Really hyped for the revamped ranking/progression systems, and an 8v8 mode sounds like it’s going to be absolutely wild.

    Hopefully now we’ll get some of those dope skins the Chinese version of the game has, too.