Star Wars: Battlefront PC patch 1.04 released

With a whole load of content planned for the rest of the year and a new content arriving today, a patch has now dropped for Star Wars: Battlefront taking the game to version 1.04. The updates are as follows:

Additional Content/Functionality:

• Multiplayer modes added to the Tatooine Survival map (Blast, Droid Run, Hero Hunt, Heroes vs Villains, Drop Zone)
• Hoth Luke Skywalker skin added
• Hoth Han Solo skin added
• Private match functionality added
• Daily challenges added
• Setting for actively choosing server site added

Weapon and Star Card changes:

• EE-3 Explosive shot damage decreased from 10 to 4 per shot
• SE-14C Explosive shot damage decreased from 10 to 5 per shot
• Homing Shot lock on time increased from 0.4 to 1.5
• Homing Shot lock on distance decreased by 10 meters
• Homing Shot projectile speed decreased from 30 to 23
• RTC-97 overheat value is increased by 8%
• Bowcaster replenish time tweaked (Normal 18 to 25 and Upgrade 15 to 20)
• Flash Grenade replenish time tweaked (Normal 16 to 20 and Upgrade 12 to 15)
• ION Torpedo replenish time tweaked (Normal 15 to 25 and Upgrade 12 to 20)
• Thermal Detonator replenish time tweaked (Normal 15 to 20 and Upgrade 10 to 15)
• Impact Grenade replenish time tweaked (Normal 16 to 25 and Upgrade 12 to 20)
• Explosive Shot active time tweaked (Normal 7 to 5 and Upgrade 10 to 7)
• Scan Ping recharge time tweaked (Normal 8 to 10 and Upgrade 5 to 8)
• Cycler Rifle bullet dropoff reduced
• Cycler Rifle damage increased from 90 to 100 at close range (10 meters)
• DL-44 overheat tweaked and fire rate changed from 250 to 180.
• Bounty Hunter trait card Level 3 reward percentage lowered from 100% to 85%
• Fully charged (5 shots) Bowcaster damage per projectile decreased from 50 to 15, otherwise (1 or 3 shot) bowcaster damage per projectile decreased from 50 to 10
• ION Torpedo lock on range decreased from 600 to 500 meters
• Smart Rocket lock on range changed from 1000 to 500 meters
• RTC-97 spread is increased when firing for a longer period
• Scan Ping tweaked to have 50% shorter spotting time
• Scan Ping active time decreased from 7 to 2 (is this what the above refers to?)
• Barrage recharge times increased, Normal from 18 to 40 and Upgrade from 15 to 35
• Explosive Shot active time decreased, Normal from 7 to 5 and Upgrade from 10 to 7

Vehicle Changes:

• Starfighters pickups have a 20 second respawn delay
• T-47 Airspeeder pickups have a 10 second respawn delay
• Millennium Falcon and Slave I health decreased by 30%

Game Mode Changes:

• Removed a turbolaser on Sullust which could be used for spawn killing
• Turbolaser respawn time has been increased with 15 seconds
• New friend zones and additional spawn points for Supremacy maps
• New friend zones and additional spawn points for Walker Assault maps
• New friend zones and additional spawn points for Turning Point on Jakku
• Bugfix for crashing instantly when spawning in a vehicle on Jakku
• Fighter Squadron hero vehicle pickups have more randomized timing
• Fixed a Heroes vs Villains bug where players could use their cards in pre-round that got corrected by server
• Updated spawn management between big and small game modes
• Reduced the match bonus for Blast from 2000 to 1000
• Reduced the Win bonus for Blast from 750 to 500
• Increased the Match bonus for Hero Hunt from 1000 to 1750
• Reduced the Win bonus for Hero Hunt from 500 to 250
• Reduced score for dealing damage to AI X-Wings and AI TIE Figthers from 20 to 10
• New game mode minimum player count thresholds:

– Walker Assault 20
– Supremacy 20
– Dropzone 4
– Blast 4
– Cargo 4
– Fighter Squadron 4
– Hero Hunt 4
– Droid Run 4
– Heroes Vs Villains 4
– Turning Point 20

Hero Changes:

• Han Solo weapon damage over distance is lowered. Damage goes from 70 (was 75) to 30 (was 35) between 10 (was 20) and 25 (was 40) meters
• Boba Fett weapon damage over distance is lowered. Damage goes from 30 to 20 (was 25) between 30 and 60 (was 80) meters
• Boba Fett wristlauncher explosion radius decreased from 4 to 2.5, maxiumum damage increased from 1 to 1.2 meters
• Boba Fett missile doesn’t lock on anymore

Bug Fixes:

• Stun inducing attacks now properly trigger stun animation loop
• Fixing an issue where melee’ing at nothing completly stopped your movement
• After the transition from the AT-AT the user screen could remain black, this is now fixed
• Several instances of rocks that players could get stuck on have been fixed
• Speederbike – Inconsistence between the range when you see the prompt button and when you could actually use the vehicle
• Survival weapons behaved differently than MP, now brought in-line
• Jakku – Invisible collision located on the landed Rebel transport ship
• Users with the most kills will now not be prevented from get the Trophy / Achievement ”Playing the objective” in Blast