Many things are added, removed or changed on fortuna over time, but as luck would have it, some of these things can be predicted.
Here we try and help Prospectors keep up with upcoming changes and additions too fortuna, so that they can prepare accordingly.
Content in upcoming patches
Content and changes hinted or confirmed for upcoming Patches.
Next Patch
These are the known info, changes and fixes in the next upcoming patch.
Version: 2.6.0
Release date: Expected to release on 14'th December 2022 as mentioned on Discord by Feralus.
Changes
- Changes to matchmaking to further improve QoL for new players. Mentioned by Feralus on Discord for 2.6.0
Bug-fixes
No known or confirmed bugfixes mentioned yet for 2.6.0
Content in future seasons
Content that have been confirmed or strongly hinted towards specific upcoming seasons.
Season 3
The following content has been announced for Season 3.
- New Tools of the Trade
- New enemy – The Howler is a force to be reckoned with, and their ability to fly makes for a new and unique threat on Fortuna III.
- Improvements to the Station, Fortuna III, and some QoL updates
- Events
- New Quests
- New gadgets / consumables for more tactical depths
- New Sci-Fi weapons
- New Fortuna Pass content
- Anti-Cheat improvements
Content without set date
Content that have been announced or mentioned as being worked on but still have no set date, patch or season that it is expected to release on.
Currently working on
The following content is known or mentioned to be worked upon currently, but no specific date or patch for when it releases.
Changes and new content
- and MMR-system. Unclear if matchmaking is the same as planned for 2.6.0. As for MMR, Feralus mentioned it as being on their plate at the moment over at Discord.
- gameplay adjustments
- wipe adjustments
- Weapon inspect animation
Known issues
These are known issues that are currently being worked upon but have not been mentioned as to when they will be fixed.
Known issues from latest Patch-notes
These are known issues according to the latest patch-notes, but do not yet have an fix announced. Last updated for Patch 2.5.0
- Hunter Vision will remain disabled for now as Yager is still trying to figure out issues with it. Still a big priority on their side.
- Weapons
- There are multiple hit registration issues present at the edge of the AOE when shooting with the Komrad.
- No-reg hitmarkers and kill markers reports are being investigated by the team.
- Fortuna Pass
- Claiming an Archetype displays duplicate body parts beside it (Chest, Gloves, Boots).
- After completing one level purchase in the 'Fortuna Pass', the next consecutive purchase displays the icons of items from the previous purchase.
- Gear visibility
- In match, Prospectors doesn't see their Backpack (can be evident when emoting) but can see other Prospector Backpacks.
Known issues mentioned outside Patch-notes
- Prospectors spawning ontop or right next to other prospectors
- In-Game report system crashing the game (Workaround is to use the report-channel on Discord)
Post season 3
The following content has been previously announced as coming post Season 3-launch but without further informatiuon on when.
- Account-linking between Steam/EGS
- Map 4
- Guilds
- Crafting 2.0
- Console support
- Shooting Range
- More new enemies
- More Anti-Cheat improvements
Hinted content and rumors
Content here may have been hinted towards or rumored and as such, may or may not actually be added. Please keep this in mind when reading this section.
- events. This has previously been hinted at being possible but was recently brought up as hopefully being able "once things are more... stable" by Toast
- Some form of permanent reward for participating in seasons, such as cosmetics, were hinted at by Toast on Discord, as a possibility in the future, but it's still not confirmed or set in stone.
- Changes for how wipe works was hinted at by Toast on Discord, in order make them "a lot more fun and something to actually look forward too".
- Possible big overhaul of quests for Season 3 along with the previously confirmed new quests, was hinted at by Toast on Discord.
- Potential barter systems to get different items by trading in other items has been hinted at several times as an alternative to player-trading (which is not endorsed by Yager), recently it was hinted at again during G-Star QnA
- During G-Star QnA it was hinted that some form of way to measure which Prospector that is the best is being looked into.