The Finals dev agrees with fan-requested nerf but isn’t “allowed on the balancing team”

The Finals Season 4 is close to receiving its first update. Unless there’s a delay, Embark typically release a patch every Wednesday, and this usually consists of fixes and, most importantly, balance changes. While a lot of the balance changes for Season 4 have been well received, Oscar has told The Finals community he agrees with a fan-requested nerf but isn’t “allowed on the balancing team”.

You can check out the update 4.0.0 patch notes to see all of the buffs that were implemented with Season 4. In addition, the developer has teased a Halloween event, and fans can grab some new bundles that collectively pack 1,650 Multibucks with some free Legendary skins. Players also have some free skins to grab through Twitch Drops that are set to expire on October 5th.

While skins and cosmetics are great, it’s the gameplay that keeps fans coming back. Season 4 is an absolute blast so far, but many players, and Oscar himself, are hoping Embark will deliver a nerf for the CL-40.

Oscar agrees with The Finals fans wanting CL-40 nerf

In update 4.0.0, Embark delivered the following buffs and changes for the CL-40:

• Increased max damage from 93 to 117

Dev Note: This change sounds significant, but keeps the weapon in a place where it still takes two shots to kill a Light and three shots to kill a Medium. The change is mostly aimed at making a Heavy three shots to kill instead of four, as we felt it was unfair to the CL-40 to have to land all four of its available four shots (i.e. 100% accuracy) to kill a Heavy without reloading

• Decreased fire rate from 275 RPm to 210 RPM

Dev Note: A small adjustment to offset the significant damage buff a little.

• Increased the max damage radius from 9cm to 30cm

While a lot of players are happy with these buffs, there has also been some disgruntlement online. Since these buffs, there have been complaints that “fighting against 3 CL-40 is just awful and dumb“. The main gripe is that the weapon is too OP and has ruined the meta.

Some have called for the weapon to be nerfed, whereas others believe the max damage radius buff should be reverted or decreased. Reacting to calls on Discord to nerf the CL-40, Embark Oscar responded, “As a Light main I agree, but they don’t allow me on the balancing team”.

As for what changes Oscar would implement if he were on the balancing team, he said “All I want is the sniper to one shot-body shot mediums”. He also wants “open beta teaser and open beta V9S with the new red dot and 100 more health”.

It remains to be seen if nerfs will be delivered for the CL-40. Many in the community want it to happen, while many others don’t but are expecting it to happen. Personally speaking, it feels as though it would be better to buff other weapons and gadgets rather nerf a weapon that largely felt obsolete in Season 3.

For more The Finals, check out our guide to the best weapons in the game ranked, and we also have a guide to the best gadgets. In addition, we have a guide to the best FPS settings to help you win matches along with a ranking of the best classes in the game.