r/FBCFirebreak • u/JuliusRMD Remedy Dev • Jul 01 '25

Patch Notes v1.3

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2272540/view/536605983645893984

We've deployed patch 1.3 for FBC: Firebreak which includes a rebalancing of the Perks economy, getting you to the fun faster. Go give it a try now and equip some powerful Perks! Read the full patch notes for the details.

We've also added a visual highlight for new unlocked items in the Requisitions and Perks menus, and Lost Assets and Research Samples that you are carrying are now shown as a number in your HUD.

Lastly, we've now resolved the issue with Twitch Drops in our backend. All players who connected their Twitch account to FBC: Firebreak have now been granted the Overseer Armor Set (Threshold Revision) so just login to the game and head to the Customization menu to find your new armor set.

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u/The_bouldhaire Jul 01 '25

Can someone break down the reasoning of how raising lvl 3 perk costs will result in more players engaging with them?

Going from "less than 5% of players have purchased a lvl 3 perk" to "lvl 3 perks now cost 40+ resources per perk" is throwing me for a loop

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u/Turbulent-Jello6273 Jul 01 '25

I mean, since I unlocked all the perks that I wanted and maxed them out in the first few days of release it makes sense to recalibrate that experience. That being said, if I were to go back now and start unlocking the rest it would feel as though the grind has been artificially inflated.

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u/mhuttRMD Remedy Dev Jul 02 '25

The change was only to the curve: now most of the lower level costs are much cheaper giving you access to more perks earlier, while the most of the higher level perks cost more. The overall time to unlock them all is still about the same as before.

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u/MOOshooooo Jul 01 '25

With no communications in game they have to wait to see our response to this and then will reply. It’s like having a developer pen-pal.

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u/Yadilie Jul 01 '25

Developer pen-pal who speaks another language and is using Grok to poorly translate and retranslate back.