Marvel’s Avengers Patch includes new content and numerous fixes in new...

Crystal Dynamics recently made a promise to reveal what’s next Marvel’s Avenger, after reports of the dwindling player base and interest in the game.

Today the developer shipped a 1.3.3 patch, which is now available for PC, PS4, Xbox One and Stadia. This important update adds SHIELD Substation Zero as a new outpost and introduces Tachyon Rift missions. Substation Zero is located in the Pacific Northwest, and that’s where you’ll meet new characters. It’s also likely to connect to some of the upcoming DLCs like Hawkeye.

Tachyon Rifts, on the other hand, are endgame missions that are available to players from level 140 power. In these missions, the Tachyon Storms will last all the time and slowly affect the health of the players. On the other hand, your Heroics will charge up much faster. You can only stay in a Tachyon Rift for a limited time, but you can step through timing anomalies to widen this window. Tachyon Rift missions reward cosmic gear.

Patch 1.3.3 also introduced some important fixes and quality of life improvements that should be highlighted. Each outpost now has a faction terminal where you can pick up daily bounties and quests without having to visit all of them. Regular players will be pleased to know that the drop pickup radius has been expanded and that cosmetics sold at vendors can now be previewed.

Another welcome change is the movement speed increase in all outposts. Crystal Dynamics has also made some improvements to AI companions so that they can revive you more consistently and be a bit more effective in their own battles. In addition, the new update offers DLSS support for Nvidia RTX owners.

Crystal Dynamics is already working on 1.3.4. Details will follow closer to the publication. Until then, everything is here in today’s 1.3.3 patch.

Campaign and Avengers Initiative

• Fixed several causes of infinite loading screens.
• Fixed several crash issues.
• Improvements to saving data integrity.
• Improved reliability of the backup stores, which are used for recomposition immediately after the campaign is completed.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Abomination to stop responding in war zones.
• Reduced the number of times captured Inhuman and SHIELD agents seek help.
• Companions will now help keep an area in war zone missions during the code validation phase. Note: The little code terminals are still not activated to prevent them from accidentally affecting your progress.
• Improvements to pet support when the player needs to be revived.
• Increased chances of a successful parade of companions.
• Fixed an issue that caused Thor & Iron Man companions to get stuck while hovering.
• Companion Iron Man and Black Widow now have an increased priority to attack drones, airplanes and towers.
• Movement speed in outposts has been increased in the Avengers Initiative.
• Remote faction terminals are now available in outposts. These devices allow faction assignments and rogue sector bounties to be collected without the need to visit each faction coordinator in person.
• The requirement to purchase an item from Chastity McBride has been removed from the first time it was visited.
• Prevents most enemy cases from getting stuck behind doors during missions. We are actively working to fix the remaining error triggers.
• Fixed an issue with “Destroy Core Objectives” in War Zone Missions where players could take steps out of order, which would stop objective progress.
• Fixed a bug that allowed the Elite Exo to “teleport out of the world”

Multiplayer and matchmaking

• The “Start Mission” button has been renamed to “Ready” during matchmaking in the Quinjet to make the button’s function clearer.
• Improved text clarity related to matchmaking options in Quinjet.
• Fixed an issue where players would not be able to find a Strike Team as a Selected Hero via Quick Match after naturally matchmaking for a previous mission.
• Improved stability after the host leaves a match.
• Pause disabled in Quinjet to avoid loading problems.
• Fixed a rare bug that caused heroes to be banned if invited to join a strike team directly from a mission to assemble the campaign.
• Fixed an issue where requested Companions would not disappear – resulting in duplicate Heroes – when a player was disconnected.
• The integrity of the Strike team is maintained when the Checkpoint is reloaded in Hives.

user interface

• Players can now preview items from cosmetic vendors.
• The tactical awareness stays longer now.
• Unnecessary shoot and punch tutorials have been removed.
• Various localization issues in Arabic, Italian, and Polish have been fixed.
• The Accessibility menu has been added to Settings to provide easy access to these options.
• Added option to scale text size for subtitles / subtitles.
• Closed subtitles are no longer automatically displayed in the kinematics when subtitles are displayed.

struggle

• Fixed an issue that resulted in some players not being invulnerable immediately after being revived.
• Fixed a rare issue where Black Widow would lose the Shroud of Shadows buff shortly after triggering.
• Fixed an issue with Iron Man where backfire would not always trigger after dodging.
• Poll:
• Improved Captain America’s melee combo flow.
• The Fisticuffs & Torpedo modifiers have been reworked to only empower the player and not the enemies.
• Coordinated heroic drainage by SPIN drones.
• Difficulty level in the mission “Alone against AIM” agreed.
• Tuned defense effects of blue overshield on enemies.
• Tuned Cryo Adaptoid Slam Attack.

Equipment, challenges and rewards

• A fix has been implemented that retroactively grants the legendary Iron Man outfit to players who previously lost it due to a bug.
• Fixed an issue where the Hero Challenge Card rewards were scaling based on difficulty.
• Skipping challenges on the Hero Challenge Card screen has been re-enabled.
• Fixed several issues with tracking various hero challenges.
• Fixed an issue with Thor’s Grasp of Fenrir’s Maw where boosting would not properly unlock the perk.
• The reward for the extended pick-up radius drops.
• Fixed several issues where deciphering rare patterns on the manufacturing machine did not mark a cosmetic item.
• ‘Fractured’ Hulk skin is now properly unlocked and available in the Outfits menu when given.
• ‘Unbroken’ Hulk skin should no longer disappear from a player’s inventory after being awarded.
• Fixed the appearance of both talisman artifacts in the equipment menu.
• Fixed an issue that could cause one of Kamala’s equipment to drop an Iron Man perk.
• The artifact perk “Bountiful” has been fixed so that it can be triggered when opening safes in the helicopter during the reassemble campaign.
• Fixed an issue where DNA keys would not be removed from inventory when opening a DNA. Safe in Hulkbuster. This also prevents players from losing DNA Keys after dying.
• Reward tuning:
• Some exotic pieces of equipment have been set to match the level of performance when earned.
• Improved Mega Hive rewards. You are now guaranteed to receive two exclusive exotic pieces of equipment and an increased number of upgrade modules upon completion.
• Players no longer occasionally receive Power Level 1 gear from Elite Hives.
• Improved exotic equipment attributes.
• Improved reliability of Norn Stone perks that increase drop chance / add extra rewards to loot tables.

Platform specific

-PC

• Added support for Nvidia’s DLSS upscaling technology.
• Fixed issues with mouse and keyboard sprinting when hold on sprint option is enabled.
• Fixed Thor and Captain America’s ranged abilities when using the toggle to aim.

-Xbox Eins

• Fixed an issue where the Attempt at Perfection achievement would reward “Seeing Stars”.
• Fixed a bug that prevented an instance of the “Best Defense” achievement from triggering properly.