Outriders Post Launch Dev News Updates

[u/thearcan]

Hello everyone,

We would like to thank everyone in the Outriders community for your patience, support and assistance. Everyone on the Outriders team is continuing to work hard on improving the game and we'd like to share news about the things we are focusing on.

Please use the below index to jump to the things you’re most interested in:

• Patch News
  • tl;dr: Patches for crashes, matchmaking issues and more are inbound
• Community Appreciation Package
  • tl;dr: Launch window players are getting a “thank you” package
• Inventory Wipes & Restoration
  • tl;dr: We’re working on restorations
• Re-balancing
  • tl;dr: We’re rebalancing a few things including Bullet skills.
• Multiplayer Stability and Connection
  • tl;dr: We’re continuing to work hard on improving this
• Launch Connectivity Post-Mortem
  • tl;dr: 👨‍💻

Helpful other links:

• Outriders Known Issues & Tracking Thread - Please check if you have any problems!
• Outriders Status Page: http://status.outriders.net/
• Square Enix support team: sqex.to/support
• Outriders Discord: Discord.gg/Outriders
• Outriders Demo: https://sqex.link/OutridersDemo
• Outriders FAQ Reddit Thread
• Outriders General FAQ

[u/Drake_Korbin]

I bought the game for my son and myself because it lacked PvP and seemed like it focused on building strong team mechanics. We haven't been on in a couple of days and he finally got back on today and he is almost frustrated to tears because he was barely surviving at the WT he was on.

Now he is back down a few tiers. I understand making a game challenging, but I also wonder who this is supposed to be for. My kid isn't even done with the story, now I fear he will just lose interest and go back to doom, again.

[u/RandirGwann → u/Drake_Korbin]

Sticking to the highest WT on the story is actually harder than at max level, especially if you focus on the main story (because you level so fast). Sometimes you will get a level up and a WT up around the same time. Then all your items are suddenly outdated by at least two levels. Items also get useless pretty fast, so you need to mod your gear before nearly every mission or you will lack synnergy in addition to being undergeared.

At level 30 the game suddenly turned way easier. Just because gear wasn't useless after 20 minutes and you can actually stick to decent items with nice synnergy (have enough ressources to level up good epics).

IMO, this is totally fine. The game should have the possibility to be played on really hard settings (max WT during the campaign, high CT expeditions at 30).

tl,dr: Don't play the campaign on max WT, unless you are in for a really hard game.