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Visceral adjusts balancing in the PC version of Battlefield: Hardline

On the cusp of completion, Visceral Games has released a new patch into the Windows PC version of the Battlefield: Hardline beta.

The small patch adjusts balancing within the game.

Here are the full patch notes:

Weapons tuning

  • 870P Magnum effective range reduced
  • M16 m416 damage lowered and increased recoil
  • RO933 reduced recoil and reduced damage
  • Uzi increased hip fire accuracy
  • P90 increased spread
  • Swapped M/45 and G36c to cops
  • Swapped UMP and M416 to criminals
  • Reduced effective range .338 magnum rounds
  • Reduced 9mm damage Reduced 556x45mm damage (Assult rifles and smgs)
  • Reduced Spas 12 damage
  • Fixed bug with magnum round recoil where people were losing kills

Gadget Tuning

  • Reduced the cooldown time of the med and ammo packs
  • Increased the resupply time for Breaching Charges

Nvidia Optimus Support

  • If you have a NVIDIA Optimus technology video card in your laptop, the PC patch includes updates targeted specifically for your video card

Stuart recently previewed Battlefield: Hardline multiplayer here.


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