March 28, 2023 Patch

March 28, 2023 Patch

Sun Squad Collection Event.
Version number	16.1
Previous patch	March 07, 2023 Patch
Next patch	April 10, 2023 Patch

The March 28, 2023 Patch is a major patch introducing the Sun Squad Collection Event.

New Content

• New Event: Sun Squad, running from March 28 to April 11
• New Heirloom Set for Ash
• New LTM: Heatwave

Balance changes

Crafting Rotation

• Longbow DMR and Volt SMG back to floor
• EVA-8 Auto and 30-30 Repeater added to crafter

Ash

• Arc Snare
  • Cooldown decreased from 25s to 20s
  • Travel speed increased from 700 to 1200
  • Tether activation delay and snare grow time decreased by about 50%

Quality of Life

• Hide in-world item UI’s when aiming down the sight
• Hide in-world crafting UI’s in the center of the screen when aiming down the sight

Bug Fixes

• Extended Supply Bins will more reliably give survival items in some cases when they are needed.
• Weapon Supply Bins will more reliably give attachments to teammates in specific edge cases.
• Both Weapon and Extended Supply Bins no longer spawn in close proximity to Bins of the same type.
• Fixed a bug where re-rolling Daily Challenges would not produce the intended result of providing a non-mode dependent challenge.
• Fixed issue with players experiencing a loud start-up noise when starting a Team Deathmatch game with reactive weapon skin equipped.
• Fixed bug where Seer could always see enemies with his passive since the UI updates to the minimap.
• Fixed the bug where players could not cycle their weapons when using the Stim tactical while on a zipline.
• Fix for cases when landing onto a Jump Pad after using any length grappling hook will cause it to go extended cooldown.
• Fix for cases where players could not reload their gun when standing close to Wattson’s Pylon and aiming at it.
• [Xbox Series X Only] Fixed a bug with chat messages where the first message would not be received by the other party member who is on Xbox.
• Reduced the smoke VFX for Peacekeeper’s “Frostbite” reactive skin for better visibility in low-light areas.
• [DX12] Fixed bug where the player’s crosshairs would be disabled when Anti-Aliasing is set to 'None' and Aspect Ratio is not native.
• [DX12] Game no longer letterboxes when the aspect ratio is greater than 16:0 (in DX12, windowed)
• Fix for cases where the minimap would show a completely different location for Crypto when using the drone.

Undocumented changes

• Swapped button binds for swapping and removing weapon attachments on controller.
• Replaced World's Edge with Olympus in Battle Royale.
• Replaced Party Crasher with Overflow in Team Deathmatch.
• Mixtape game modes now feature automatic health restoration rather than shields. Due to this, unlimited Shield Cells and Shield Batteries are supplied.
• Changed the "Craft an Heirloom!" lobby pop-up message into "Craft a Mythic!".