The Finals update 3.4.0 patch notes reveal massive nerfs and Terminal Attack changes

The Finals new update is slightly later than usual, but it has now finally come out and is ready to download. It has been anticipated for awhile, yet the wait is now over and fans can go ahead and install the newest patch. Here you will find The Finals update 3.4.0 patch notes which include massive nerfs and buffs to weapons, along with some changes to the much-loathed Terminal Attack game mode.

Following the delay of this update, a new skin was leaked for the in-game store and is now available to buy. It’s the much-anticipated Frog Onesie that fans petitioned for during Season 2. In addition to this newly released Frog Onesie, the developer has responded to the biggest complaint from players about Season 3, and they have clearly taken the feedback on board by making changes to Terminal Attack.

Fans have been wanting some pretty big changes since the beginning of Season 3, and significant developments from balance changes to tweaks and fixes are certainly delivered in The Finals update 3.4.0 patch notes.

The Finals update 3.4.0 patch notes

Below are The Finals update 3.4.0 patch notes:

Balance Changes

Gadgets 

Breach Charge

• Decreased minimum damage applied at outer edge of explosions to 0
• Increased damage radius from 2m to 2.5m
• Set damage fall-off to scale linearly from the max damage radius to the outer radius

Dev Note: Previously, our area of effect (AoE) Weapons and Gadgets had several ‘damage shelves’, where damage would fall off radically at the edge of the inner radius of a blast and at the edge of the outer radius. This could result in AoE damage feeling somewhat inconsistent. These changes now cause damage to fall-off linearly from the inner radius damage value, down to 0 at the outer edge of the radius, which we believe will feel much more consistent. The radius of each AoE weapon has been increased slightly as a result of this, as the outer edge of explosions now does much less damage than it did previously.  

C4

• Decreased minimum damage applied at outer edge of explosions to 0
• Increased damage radius from 6m to 6.5m
• Set damage fall-off to scale linearly from the max damage radius to the outer radius  

Explosive Mine

• Decreased minimum damage applied at outer edge of explosions to 0
• Increased damage radius from 3.5m to 4.25m
• Set damage fall-off to scale linearly from the max damage radius to the outer radius 

Frag Grenade

• Decreased minimum damage applied at outer edge of explosions to 0
• Increased damage radius from 4.5m to 5m
• Set damage fall-off to scale linearly from the max damage radius to the outer radius 

Game Modes

Dev Note: These changes are the first part of a series of improvements we’re planning to make to each of our game modes over the course of Season 3, including our Cashout and Power Shift modes. These changes will cover a range of areas, from pacing to scoring. The goal is to smooth out some of the rough edges in each of our modes, hopefully leading to a better overall experience across all our modes.  

Bank It

• Removed team wipes
• Decreased respawn time from 17 seconds to 10 seconds
• Added the ability for players to change to a different Contestant while dead

Terminal Attack & Ranked Terminal Attack

• Decreased lobby duration from 15 seconds to 10 seconds
• Decreased warm-up duration from 25 seconds to 20 seconds
• Decreased round duration from 150 seconds to 130 seconds

Weapons 

CL-40

• Decreased minimum damage applied at outer edge of explosions to 0
• Increased damage radius from 2.6m to 3m
• Set damage fall-off to scale linearly from the max damage radius to the outer radius

Dev Note: As with the AoE Gadgets, our AoE weapons have also been updated to get more consistent feeling damage fall-off.  

MGL-32

• Decreased minimum damage applied at outer edge of explosions to 0
• Increased damage radius from 3.75m to 4m
• Set damage fall-off to scale linearly from the max damage radius to the outer radius

RPG-7

• Decreased minimum damage applied at outer edge of explosions to 0
• Increased damage radius from 4.5m to 5.5m
• Set damage fall-off to scale linearly from the max damage radius to the outer radius  

Content and Bug Fixes

Animation 

• Fixed a bad transition animation between the Winch Claw and using the ability to lift items
• Fixed an issue where players could not play emote animations consecutive times
• Added support for enabling multiple custom weapon animations at once. If multiple animations are equipped, an animation will be randomly selected from that list when triggered

Characters 

• Fixed a bug that caused ‘General Goodboy’ pet to be rendered with blurry artifacts
• Fixed various smaller issues with cosmetic items, such as various clipping issues

Gadgets 

Thermal Bore

• Fixed an issue where the Thermal Bore could become stuck in mid-air

Game Modes

Bank It

• Fixed an issue where it would sometimes not be possible to respawn

Practice Range

• Added Season 2 trophies for Ranked, Terminal Attack event & season

Ranked Terminal Attack

• Fixed an issue where the full rank score gain could sometimes not be given to players due to the losing team abandoning the match 

Localization

• Added support for Turkish and Polish languages 

Maps

Kyoto

• Made various fixes to improve the quality of building destruction
• Fixed various issues were there were gaps in the map

Matchmaking

• Fixed an issue where the matchmaking region could be wrongly set for new players on consoles

Stability

• Fixed several issues that could cause client crashes
• Fixed one issue where players could sometimes spawn into a game and be unable to attack or use Gadgets
• Fixed one of the issues which would cause a player to be unable to fire their weapon or use their abilities

UI 

HUD

• Fixed an issue where respawn markers could fly off to unintended locations

Ping System

• Increased max ping distance to 300m

Text Chat

• Added support for text chat in the front-end menus when in a party
• Improved profanity filter to include more languages
• Fixed an issue where chat from blocked players could sometimes still be visible
• Removed some status messages from text chat to make it less spammy

World Tour 

• Added info panel for the World Tour ‘THE FINALS’ event

Weapons

General

• Fixed a bug that could cause players to experience different recoil decay rates when using some semi-automatic guns 

Spear

• Reduced the impulse applied by the secondary attack, to prevent some objects being pushed a long way by the attack

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.