Respawn Entertainment has not only been hard at work on Titanfall’s first DLC; they have also been working hard to bring players the May Titanfall Update. This update will add numerous features that have been requested by players, as well as fix bugs and improve on the game as a whole. Below is the changelist for the new update:
Loadout NamesYou can now name your custom loadouts for both your Pilot and your Titan.
2 dedicated Custom Loadouts per game mode – Each of these 2 loadouts become unlocked after playing the game mode 5 and 10 times respectively. These loadouts are only available in the game mode they are listed under. In a Private Lobby, all game mode loadouts can be customized. In a match lobby you can only customize the loadouts for the game mode about to be played.
Last Game Summary• Now shows the last game’s scoreboard so you can view it from the lobby after the match.
• Now allows you to filter which challenges are displayed. You can toggle between “Most Progress Made” which was the original behavior, “Completed”, or “Almost Complete”
• Challenges in the last game summary screen now show the reward the challenge will give when highlighted.
Private Match SettingsWhat Respawn calls the ‘first round’ of Private Match options will be released in this update – the options available to players are listed below:
• Score Limit
• Time Limit
• AI Lethality – Controls how tough and accurate Grunts and Spectres are.
• AI Types – Sets the allowed types of AI from drop pods and drop ships.
• Pilot Health – Gives pilots half, normal, or double health.
• Pilot Ammo – Gives pilots normal or reduced ammo.
• Titan First Build Time – Adjusts how long until players acquire their first titan.
• Titan Rebuild Time – Adjusts how long until players’ replacement titans are ready.
• Titan Shield Capacity – Normal, half, double, or disabled.
• Minimap – Turns the HUD minimap on or off.
• Respawn Delay – How long players must wait before spawning in again.
More options are also planned to be released; they will arrive in a later update.
Game ImprovementsHere are other numerous improvements detailed by Respawn:
Extra Look Drift GuardWe added a new “High” setting to the “Look Drift Guard” controller option. This is useful for players experiencing and being bothered by view drift on their controllers. Players who prefer the original behavior should set this to “low”.
Level Stats We added a new menu under “Personal Stats” showing statistics per map such as how many times you have played each game mode, or won each game mode. This allows players to easily track the achievement “I’ve Seen It All” requiring that you play each mode and every map.
Campaign MP The campaign menu now shows a small trophy icon for each faction for every level that you have won. This will allow easier tracking of which campaign levels you have won for the achievements “Militia Elite Pilot” and “IMC Elite Pilot”.
Regen ChallengesWe found that some players erroneously believed that the requirement challenges for Regen only became available when they reached level 50. Now, when Regen challenges become available, they are marked as “new” with an exclamation point, so players know they can start progressing on the Regen Requirements.
Amped Weapon PickupThe pickup prompt for Amped Weapons dropped by other players will now show up in orange text.
Scoreboard IconsWe have added two new scoreboard icons to provide additional awareness during play. One is an icon that indicates that a dead player’s Auto-Titan is still alive. The other is an icon to differentiate players who have successfully evacuated during the Epilogue.
There have also been other countless bug fixes and game features added, including visual seperation between Party and Game chat for console users, as well as frame rate and performance buffs for PC users.
The Expedition Map Pack and May Titanfall Update will release some time this may, as Respawn has not announced any release dates. What do you think of this new update? Discuss on our forums!
Source: Respawn
