Patch notes · Operator

• 2.02

  New Operator skin

  Since patch 2.02 new skin is available—Glitchpop, EP 2 Operator.

• 2.00

  New Operator skin

  Since patch 2.00 new skin is available—Aerosol Operator.

• 1.12

  New Operator skin

  Since patch 1.12 new skin is available—Ion Operator.

• 1.11

  New Operator skin

  Since patch 1.11 new skin is available—Reaver Operator.

• 1.09

  Operator cost

  Increased price from 4500 to 5000 credits. Regarding Operator access—we're seeing some of you obtain the Operator+Armor combo as early as round 3 and snowballing that lead into additional Ops throughout the half. The new price point delays the Operator's appearance and increases the penalty for dying with one in hand. We hope to better balance the risk/reward of using this premium weapon.

• 1.09

  Scoped movement

  Decreased scoped movement speed from 76% to 72%.

• 1.09

  Deadzone inaccuracy

  Adjusted weapon deadzone from becoming inaccurate at 30% movement speed to 15% (become inaccurate sooner, become accurate later when stopping). Dry peeking angles with an Operator is noticeably more effective than we'd like (especially when jump peeking). Additionally, pushing an Operator off of an angle with utility feels less valuable since the user is able to re-peek and kill their opponent at a reliable rate.

• 1.09

  Firing rate

  Operator firing rate reduced from 0.75 to 0.6 rps.

• 1.09

  Operator instant equip time

  Instant equip time adjusted from 0.3 to 0.5 seconds (instant equip plays after tapping orb, bomb defuse/plant tap, Jett Cloud Burst, and Phoenix Curveball).

• 1.09

  Operator damage

  Leg shot damage decreased from 127 to 120 HP.

• 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).

• 1.09

  New Operator skin

  Since patch 1.09 new skin is available—Gravitational Uranium Neuroblaster Operator.

• 1.07

  New Operator skin

  Since patch 1.07 new skin is available—Spline Operator.

• 1.05

  New Operator skin

  Since patch 1.05 new skin is available—Red Alert Operator.

• 1.04

  Elderflame Operator 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.

• 1.04

  Elderflame Operator volume stack

  Fixed bug that would cause the volume to stack if you spam equipped the Operator.

• 1.04

  Elderflame Operator equip volume

  Adjusted the volume on the Elderflame Operator equip animation.

• 1.03

  New Operator skin

  Since patch 1.03 new skin is available—Elderflame Operator.

• 1.02

  New Operator skins

  Since patch 1.02 new skins are available—Convex Operator, and Prism Operator.

• 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

  Operator name

  Previous name was BSW-460 Operator.

• 1.0

  Availability of Operator

  Since the official launch, Operator is available with 1 skin—Luxe Operator.

• 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

  UI prompt block bullets

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

• Beta

  Availability of Operator

  Operator was available since Beta, with 4 more skins—Luxe Operator, Prism Operator, Ronin Operator, and Reaver Operator.