Uncharted 4 Patch Adds Hardcore Difficulty to Survival Mode and New Ranked Season Detailed

The latest patch for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End adds a new difficulty to Survival mode, Hardcore mode.

This new mode will have players taking on all 50 waves of increasingly difficult enemies but with a twist, death of the entire team means starting from the beginning. 

In addition, new features have been added to the game's multiplayer that includes:

Classic Mode - Beta Test Playlist (No kickbacks, mysticals, or in-game store)

Balance Changes:

Arsenal price ramp based on difficulty

Easy costs will be multiplied by .75

Normal costs will be multiplied by x1

Hard costs will be multiplied by x1.25

Crushing costs will be multiplied by x1.5

All bosses now avoid Indra’s Eternity and El Dorado player mysticals

Brute enemies stagger less often from headshots

Increased grenade, mine and C4 arsenal cost

C4 is now earned at the same rate as Grenades and Mines

Increased the cost of Indra’s Eternity

Decreased Sprit of the Djinn and Path of Indra price ramp when purchased from the arsenal

Double ammo for Barok, Harbinger and Desert 5 when purchased from the arsenal

Reduced ammo for Stoner from 150 to 100 when purchased from the arsenal

Reduced costs of all Heavy Weapons in the arsenal

Increased duration of Sprit of the Djinn from 20 seconds to 30 seconds

Increased base run speed of Sprit of the Djinn

Path of Indra now revives downed teammates

Bug Fixes:

Bug fix for clients using c4 and mines against djinn boss

Fix for players being able to melee Disciple warlords against walls

Indra’s Eternity no longer slows the vulnerable timer of warlord bosses while in the vulnerable state

Fix for enemies occasionally bind posing during combat

Fix where players will lose HUD and become invincible if the Indra Warlord’s teleport grab is interrupted by an explosion

Fix for Explosive Expert not awarding the advertised bonus damage

Player’s damage bonuses for level, weapon level, and boosters are now calculated correctly

Fix for late joiner losing their gear, cash, and weapon when respawning before completing the wave

Armor NPCs will now drop appropriate score

General:

Bug fix for awarded chests not opening for the player

Bug fix for players that are unable to connect to multiplayer or are taking a long time to connect to multiplayer

Fix for profile data loss

Accounts that were affected by the profile loss will have their level restored

Fixed several crashes

Bug fix for multiplayer audio settings resetting when backing out to the main menu

Adjusted weapon skins to fix bright weapon skin issues in certain levels

The new Ranked Season has begun and with it a new qualifier system.

Qualifiers are now based on points earned rather than matches won.  This allows your personal performance to impact your advancement to a much larger degree.

To pass from Gold I to Platinum III, for example, you need to earn at least 35 points over the course of 5 matches.

Points earned are still based on your grade for that match, with an S grade on a win awarding the maximum of 40 points.

Overachieving on points required will gives you bonus points upon advancing to the next rank (to a maximum of 50 points).

Failing a qualifier series with negative points will penalize you by that many points.

Master Rank System Update

We have revamped the way points are handled in Master Rank. Instead of being a grind for points, the system focuses on your average performance.

Players will enter into Master Rank with a 200 match rating average.

At the end of a match, you will receive a Match Rating and this will be factored into your “20 game average”. This average represents your Master Rank points.

The maximum possible Match Rating is 1000, and the lowest is -1000. Get better scores, higher kills, revives and assists, while minimizing deaths to maximize your Match Rating.

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End is now available for PS4.

Source: Naughty Dog

Adam Siddiqui, NoobFeed
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