Evolve 1.3 Patch Introduces Big Balance Changes

Turtle Rock Studios has announced a new, balance-oriented patch for monster-hunting game Evolve. Patch 1.3, live now on PC and coming next week for Xbox One and PlayStation 4, makes various changes to the game's Monsters and Hunters with the overall aim of creating a better-balanced experience.

Specifically, Evolve 1.3 reduces the Wraith's Warp speed by 25 percent, which should make her "less bursty," Turtle Rock explains.

Another major change is that DPS for Hyde's Toxic Grenade has been increased by 50 percent. The goal for this change was to make it a more effective area of denial weapon while simultaneously making it "less spammy."

The full Evolve 1.3 Patch Notes, courtesy of Turtle Rock, are below.

Evolve released on February 10 and, according to parent company Take-Two, enjoyed an "incredibly successful" launch. It was the second best-selling physical game in February, outsold only by The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, at least in the United States. The game welcomes a host of new content on March 31, including additional maps, characters, and more.

Evolve 1.3 Patch Notes

ALL MONSTERS

• Minor maintenance and improvements
• All monsters can see recent damage on their health bar to help make burst damage visible

KRAKEN

• Fixing some flight edge cases that were causing inconsistencies making him too powerful or too weak depending on the situation.

VORTEX

• Cooldown increased by one second.
• Reduced knockback magnitude.

TRANQ DARTS, STASIS GRENADES, AND HARPOONS

• Pull Kraken down at a consistent rate regardless of whether he is in combat or out of combat. (they used to stack outside of combat)
• Kraken’s flight speed is no longer slowed by Tranqs since they pull him to the ground where running speed is affected.

AFTERSHOCK

• Fixed a bug that was causing Aftershock to not break harpoon traps or Arc Mines.

WRAITH

• Making her movement speed less bursty which makes her easier to keep track of. Making Supernova less lethal while still allowing it to be just as powerful. Making Warp Blast a damage dealer instead of a traversal mechanic.

WARP

• Speed reduced 25%

SUPERNOVA

• Duration decreased by 50%

DECOY

• Wraith becomes visible for half a second when shot while cloaked.
• Increased cooldown time by 2 seconds.

WARP BLAST

• Speed reduced by 40%
• Range no longer levels up.
• Radius levels up now.
• Max travel distance set to 30 meters for all levels.
• Damage increased by 10%

MARKOV

• Arc Mine tuning

ARC MINE

• Damage reduced by 20%
• Fixed a bug where damage extended past the trigger radius.
• Health reduced by 75%
• Arm time increased by one second.

HYDE

• Making Toxic Grenade a more effective area of denial weapon while also making it less spammy. Buffing Hyde’s overall damage output.

TOXIC GRENADE

• DPS increased by 50%
• Added proximity detonation (works vs airborne Kraken now)
• Reduced fire rate
• Reduced lifetime by 15%

MINIGUN

• Accuracy increased by 25%
• Damage increased by 20%

PARNELL

• Multifire Rocket Launcher tuning

MULTIFIRE ROCKET LAUNCHER

• Has better accuracy while jumping and jetpacking

MAGGIE

• Harpoon Traps tuning

HARPOON TRAPS

• Arm time increased by one second.

GRIFFIN

• Sound Spike tuning

SOUND SPIKE

• Now detect stealthing monsters within a 15 meter radius.
• Radius increased from 50 to 60 meters.

BUCKET

• Guided Missile Launcher tuning

GUIDED MISSILE LAUNCHER

• Damage increased 11%

CABOT

• Rail Cannon tuning

RAIL CANNON

• Damage reduced by 30%
• Reload time increased by 25%

VAL

• Increasing her overall effectiveness.

MEDGUN

• Heals 20% faster
• Consumes ammo 2.5x faster.

TRANQ

• Duration increased to 10 seconds (was already 10 seconds on Wraith, now other monsters match)

CAIRA

• Acceleration Field tuning

ACCELERATION FIELD

• Cooldown increased by 15 seconds.

What do you make of these changes? Let us know in the comments below! And as always, you can reach out directly to Turtle Rock via the developer's Facebook and Twitter channels, as well as the Turtle Rock forums.