Lots of things have been changed this week in Mass Effect 3's online mode

Nov 1, 2012 19:21 GMT  ·  By

Shortly after confirming the Halloween challenge for Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode, BioWare has released its weekly balance update for the online experience, this time adding a new character, in the form of the Batarian Brawler Vanguard, while improving the stats of different sniper rifles.

Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode has seen a resurgence in terms of popularity after BioWare released the free Retaliation DLC, which included new systems, like the Challenge Points one, and paved the way for new characters, like the recent Asari Sentinel.

Now, a new update has appeared for the game’s online mode, which brings the all-new Batarian Brawler Vanguard character, as well as Hazard versions of two new maps, Ghost and Dagger.

Besides these new additions, the update also includes plenty of buffs for sniper rifles like the Mantis, Raptor, or Incisor, as well as to the Geth Pulse Rifle, plus a fix for a nasty bug that resulted in stronger foes.

Check out the full list of things included in the new Mass Effect 3 multiplayer update below, via the BSN.

Batarian Brawler Vanguard kit now available as a new Rare card

New hazard maps available this week are Firebase Ghost and Firebase Dagger

Challenges

- Added a Batarian Brawler challenge to Blood Pack Mastery

Geth Pulse Rifle

- Damage increased from [27.4-34.2] to [28.8-36.0] - Magazine size increased from 80 to 100 - Head shot damage multiplier increased from 2.5 to 3

Mantis Sniper Rifle

- Damage increased from [615.6-769.5] to [738.7-886.4]

Raptor Sniper Rifle

- Damage increase from [78.2-97.7] to [86.0-107.5]

Incisor Sniper Rifle

- Damage increase from [84.8-106.0] to [93.3-116.6]

Fixed a bug that was causing the following enemies to take less damage from power combos: - Atlas (since Retaliation was released) - Dragoon - Geth Bomber - Brute (since last week's balance changes) - (The Collectors will also be fixed in an upcoming balance update)

Collector Scion

- Cannon shot damage reduced from 800 to 400 (fix for the bug that causes his weapon to do double damage)

The new update has already been rolled out onto the game’s multiplayer servers, so take them into account the next time you go into Mass Effect 3’s online mode.