Patch notes · Judge

• 2.00

  New Judge skin

  Since patch 2.00 new skin is available—Outpost Judge.

• 1.12

  New Judge skin

  Since patch 1.12 new skin is available—Sensation Judge.

• 1.10

  New Judge skin

  Since patch 1.10 new skin is available—Serenity Judge.

• 1.09

  Inaccuracy state

  Jump land inaccuracy state changed from gradual to binary. We've noticed a trend where players landing from a jump are able to shoot accurately sooner than is reasonable. While this issue is most pronounced on the Operator, it is something that we've noticed across all weapons. Jump peeking is valuable for the mixup potential it provides but it was proving too difficult for players to reasonably deal with.

• 1.09

  Inaccuracy duration

  Jump land inaccuracy duration increased from 0.2 to 0.225 seconds. These changes retain that mixup potential while slightly increasing the time before the peeker can fire with perfect accuracy.

• 1.09

  Inaccuracy value

  Jump land inaccuracy value increased from 5.0 to 7.0 (more inaccurate for 0.225s after a land).

• 1.08

  New Judge skin

  Since patch 1.08 new skin is available—Smite Judge.

• 1.07

  Judge cost

  Price increased from 1500 to 1600 credits. Desire here is to see if giving the Judge a little hit—paired with the other shotgun changes—moves the needle when playing against this gun. We'll continue to monitor and make other changes if necessary.

• 1.07

  Judge aimpunch update

  When getting headshot by a Judge, the aimpunch will be lower than all the other weapons.

• 1.07

  Judge beyond 10 meters

  Hitting an enemy past 10 meters will apply a different tagging value to them instead of the standard tagging. New tagging: 30% slow for 0.5 seconds on a smooth curve going back to normal speed. The goal of these changes is to improve the feel of playing against shotguns and to ensure that they don't end up doing odd things. For example, tagging or aimpunching people from longer than expected ranges and then a teammate ends up killing someone who's debuffed, or makes it hard to fight back against a weapon that should be deadly up close but fairly non-threatening outside its effective range.

• 1.06

  Judge less accurate

  Judge updated to be less accurate when fired while in the air. Spread penalty when in air increased from 0.5 to 1.25. While shotguns are doing well in situations they are supposed to, there's been overly frustrating moments where people are accurate with these weapons while in the air. We hope to curb some of those encounters while still making them possible if you catch an opponent at a short distance. We'll also be investigating more potential changes to shotguns now that we're rested.

• 1.05

  New Judge skins

  Since patch 1.05 new skins are available—Glitchpop Judge, and POLYfox Judge.

• 1.04

  Elderflame Judge and enemy footsteps

  Enemy footsteps duck cosmetic bus properly. This means that enemy footsteps will always lower the volume of the skin sound effects that are not important to gameplay, like the flame whooshes, dragon roar, etc.

• 1.03

  New Judge skin

  Since patch 1.03 new skin is available—Elderflame Judge.

• 1.02

  New Judge skin

  Since patch 1.02 new skin is available—Convex Judge.

• 1.02

  All weapons, desired slow amount

  Update to Tagging (slowdown effect when hit by enemy fire). Increased the time it takes to reach desired slow amount when tagged by 100%. Also, the effects of being tagged should feel less jarring especially when playing with higher ping.

• 1.02

  All weapons, effect of tagging on movement speed

  Effect of tagging on movement speed reduced from 80% to 70%. Tagging is intended to reward the player with better positioning and the player that successfully lands a shot on the enemy first. When tagged, you will now more gradually transition to the reduced tagging speed.

• 1.02

  All weapons, effect of tagging on movement speed (Wall Penetration)

  Tagging through walls has been further reduced which should enable reliable escapes when being shot through walls. Effect of tagging on movement speed reduced from 35% to 25%. In addition, the reduced tagging speed is slightly more forgiving. If you are positioned close to cover, this should allow you to potentially escape when tagged more frequently than before.

• 1.0

  Judge name

  Previous name was ACS-12 Judge.

• 1.0

  Availability of Judge

  Since the official launch, Judge is available with 3 skins—Dot Exe Judge, Luxe Judge, and Rush Judge.

• 0.50

  Walking accuracy

  You will no longer enter the "walking accuracy" state when transitioning from run to stop. We noticed many players were entering a walking accuracy state during their run-to-stop transition that made it appear as if shots they fired/landed were done at full speed.

• 0.50

  Deadzone accuracy

  Deadzone accuracy speed threshold increased from 25% to 30%. Now that you can't gain walk accuracy while transitioning from a run to a stop, we've also slightly increased the size of the deadzone (full accuracy state) to make it a bit easier to get an accurate shot out quickly.

• 0.50

  Weapon muzzle flashes

  Fixed a bug where some weapons lost their muzzle flashes in 1st-person POV when tracers were disabled.

• 0.49

  Judge crosshair

  For all shotguns, moved the crosshair's center dot by 1px to center it on the screen. The devs expect shotgun lethality to increase by 4,000% as a result (this is a joke).

• 0.49

  UI prompt block bullets

  Fixed a bug where item UI prompt in the game world would appear to block bullets.

• Beta

  Availability of Judge

  Judge was available since Beta, with 1 more skin—Luxe Judge.