FBC: Firebreak New Update 1.006.004 Applies Balance and Economy Changes on Oct. 28
Remedy Entertainment has released version 1.6.4 for FBC: Firebreak, and this is a hotfix that applies economy and balance changes.
Console gamers will see this as FBC: Firebreak update 1.006.004, and this also adds bug fixes, trophy/achievement fixes, and more.
Read on for the complete patch notes.
FBC: Firebreak’s October 28 Update Released for Version 1.006.004/1.6.4
Overview
Hotfix 1.6.4 focuses on tuning FBC: Firebreak’s balance and improving rewards at higher Threat Levels. Corrupted Items now scale with difficulty; Trace drops have been increased, and enemy waves in Alternative Objectives at higher Threat levels are more manageable.
The update also includes fixes to achievements, localization, and several gameplay and stability issues, plus a small visual update to emitter plates in Frequency Shift.
Economy & Balance Changes:
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The number of Corrupted Items that spawn during a Corrupted Crisis from the Crisis Board now scales with Threat level:
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- Easy – 1 Corrupted Item
- Normal – 2 Corrupted Items
- Hard/Extreme – 3 Corrupted Items
- Easy – 1 Corrupted Item
- Banishing a Corrupted Item with the Neutralizer (or Black Rock Rounds) now always drops Trace.
- Increased Trace drop chance and amounts from Powerful Enemies on higher Threat Levels:
- Hard 20% (was 10%)
- Extreme 40% (was 10%)
- Trace drops now yield 1-2 Trace instead of always 1.
- Hard 20% (was 10%)
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Adjusted enemy spawn rates during ‘Survive the Hiss’ and ‘Recover’ objectives on Hard and Extreme Threat Levels to be less… endless.
Achievements/Trophies:
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The OSHA Compliant can now consistently be unlocked by completing any Corrupted Crisis on Hard or Extreme Threat Level with no one downed.
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Note: The in-game description still lists “Corruption Level 3” as a requirement. This text issue will be fixed in a future update.
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Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where the BOOMbox sometimes failed to be placed or appeared in the wrong location.
- Fixed an issue where the Experimental Amplification Gun Mod could damage the player when shooting at long range
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Note: The Mod still causes self-damage at point-blank range, as intended
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- Fixed an issue in Outbreak where barrels could be ejected from the Poison Mixer if two correct ones were inserted consecutively
- Various crash fixes and stability improvements
Localization Fixes:
- Added missing subtitles for the Lab Rat Voice Pack
- Various localization improvements across multiple languages
Miscellaneous:
- Updated the visual design on emitter plates in Frequency Shift
Already fixed in 1.6.3 (but previously undocumented):
- Players now always start the Tutorial without equipped Perks or Gun Mods, regardless of their current loadout
- Fixed an issue in Outbreak where repairing chemical sprayers before loading the correct barrels into the Poison Mixer could break the objective.
In other FBC: Firebreak news, Remedy has issued a “profit warning” for the game, as the studio admits it failed to meet its expectations.
Once another patch is released by Remedy, expect it here on MP1st.
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