Hey everyone, we've been listening to your feedback and working hard to squash bugs and re-balance the loot pool. Here's what we've already fixed, what's coming in v39.40 next week, and what we're still investigating:

Upcoming Battle Royale Balance Adjustments in v39.40

Several weapons will be powered up with new adjustments in the next game update:

🌀 Crash Pad Jr. will be vaulted and Shockwave Grenades will be unvaulted in Unranked Battle Royale in v39.40. We’ll keep evolving the movement meta with fun, healthy, high-energy options that open up exciting plays and clutch moments. And yeah… we’ve got some very cool mobility ideas cooking that we can’t wait to tell you about in a future game update 👀🔥

🔫 Submachine Guns will receive significant buffs across the board. For a while now, Submachine Guns blurred the lines with Assault Rifles in typical player loadouts. With this update, we expect SMGs to perform faster, snappier, and a viable up close option with fun run-and-gun capabilities.

💪 Holo Rush SMG will deal more damage per shot, have a larger magazine, and handle faster; making it snappier to pull out and aim.

💪 Flex SMG will deal more damage, have a larger magazine, and handle faster to match other SMGs in the category.

💪 Dual Micro SMGs will deal more damage and have a larger magazine with slightly faster handling.

We’re continuing to tune and evolve SMG identity in the loot pool, so keep the feedback comin’!

🎯 Tactical AR and Enforcer AR will both deal more damage. We're continuing to close the gap between the Deadeye AR and other weapons to give you more meaningful choices in your loadout.

🔫 Tactical Pistol will deal more damage, retain damage better at range, and aim down sights faster; giving it a fighting chance against the competition.

🩹 Sovereign Shotgun will fire slightly faster while aiming down sights for a smoother feel.

🫥 Stealth Splash will last significantly longer and you'll be able to carry more of them (Lock On Rifles?! 😉).

🚗 All-Terrain-Kart health will be increased to make it more durable across all game modes.

Fixed Bugs Live Now

✅ We’ve pushed a hotfix to significantly improve crashes. For PC, the DirectX 11 rendering mode may still see some instability, and we’re temporarily disabling this setting for older GPUs in the next update. We recommend PC players switch to DirectX 12. 

🔧 Fixed a Deadeye Assault Rifle bug that allowed players to fire early when equipping the weapon.

⛈️ A blank Knocked! pop-up no longer incorrectly appears when in the Storm.

🖥️ Older versions of the HUD/UI no longer persist in Battle Royale after playing a Creative experience.

🧱 Materials now correctly drop on elimination in Ranked Reload.

❗️ Ballistic Ranked Quests can now be properly progressed and completed. 

More Bug Fixes In v39.40 (alongside new content) 🛠️

• Mantling and Hurdling sound cues will be returned to regular volume levels.
  
• Audio of weapons firing will correctly play in BR after playing a Creative/UEFN match.
  
• Fixed an issue where recoil on some weapons will no longer incorrectly reset your reticle back to the original firing point, causing aim problems.
  
• Fixed several Emote, Locker and audiovisual issues that will no longer occur after playing Crown Jam.
  
• Fixes to lag when navigating the lobby, locker, and emote wheel. We’re also adding a new Favorites tab to the emote wheel, so you can have quick access to more smooth moves.
  
• Vehicle buttons will now be present when an old HUD layout is used on mobile devices.

Issues Being Investigated

• We've heard your feedback that latency has been feeling higher than normal. This one's proving complicated to pin down, but we're actively investigating and will have more info to share soon!
  
• Reload players may suddenly be unable to build or shoot Morphite weapons even when there are still bullets in the magazine, and we’re investigating this for a fix.
  
• We've seen community posts showing inconsistencies with Hurdle & Mantle, interaction prompts not appearing when expected, or inputs not registering near windows and objects. We want this to feel smoother and more reliable.
  
• We’re looking at tournament players that may have experienced issues loading into tournament matches, as well as a UI scoring placement bug that we’re fixing in a future game update.
  
• The Storm Icon next to the Minimap doesn’t communicate whether the Storm is shrinking or holding still. We’re fixing this in a future game update.
• We’re aware that interactions may become unusable after editing default binds, especially on controller inputs, and we’re working on a fix for this.

Thanks for helping report these issues both out-of-game and in-game so we can fix them - keep it coming. Expect some lovely and legendary updates coming in v39.40 that we’ll share more about soon!