Slew of Battlefront fixes inbound: Lando’s Power Blast, Bossk’s heat vision & more!

A couple of Battlefront developers shed light on future fixes earlier today.

First off, hero designer Guillaume Mroz covered some changes that are coming to heroes:

• Lando’s Power Blast will no longer be as powerful
• Bossk’s Predatory Instincts will no longer automatically toggle off

Mroz noted that both issues above have been “fixed locally” but that there is “no live date yet” for the next patch.

Additionally, Mroz said he’ll investigate these issues/suggestions (Edit: The list below is not a confirmation of changes; rather Mroz is simply considering them):

• Nerfing Bossk
• Chewbacca skin with medal 🙂
• Boosting Lando’s Power Blast against vehicles
• Dengar’s damage output against heroes with his Hurricane Strike (Edit: Mroz noted this could be related to a bug, not a full-on nerf to Dengar)
• Buffing Nien Nunb
• Giving Leia/Palpatine points for dropping pickups/health
• Giving Boba Fett’s flamethrower a Stinger Pistol effect
• Issues with Boba Fett’s aim-zoom automatically cancelling

Some of these I agree with (like the points for dropping pickups/health), but other buffs/nerfs I’m not terribly certain about.

This is perhaps the most intriguing bit Mroz hinted at: “I have plans for vanilla heroes, will talk about it later.” Presumably this includes a tweak to Palpatine’s lightning ability. Speculating further, perhaps traits for all the base game heroes? At the same time, he could also just be referring to buffing/nerfing/tweaking base game heroes.

Finally, weapons designer Christian Johannesen confirmed that the Death Star DLC Star Cards (Medical Droid and Laser Trip Mine) not appearing offline have been fixed locally. Like with Lando’s Power Blast and Bossk’s Predatory Instincts, I think it’s safe to assume the next patch includes this fix (whenever that may be).

(H/T ThirdDegreePun on the forums)

(Top image taken by Battlefront Captures. Check out their Flickr page for more. Boba Fett image taken in-game.)