The Finals has been updated by developer Embark Studios again this week, with players now able to rake in 200% XP for Daily Contracts and up to 150% bonus XP and Fans earned from gameplay until the conclusion of the game’s fourth season. In addition, there’s also another round of bug fixes and general improvements, full details of which are seen below in The Finals update 4.9.0 patch notes.
The Finals was released in December 2023 for the PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X/S, and Embark Studios recently announced that the game is coming to the PS4 on December 12.
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Balance Changes
Weapons
Model 1887
- Increased pellet count from 8 to 9, by adding a center pellet
- Decreased damage from 16 to 13 per pellet
- Updated pellet dispersion pattern, reducing the outer radius slightly
Content and Bug Fixes
Customization
- Fixed an issue that would cause the ‘Dye Job’ skin on the SR-84 to look different between the menus and in-game
- Fixed interaction between ‘Gaucho Bolero’s’ Black&White effect and ‘The Synthsprawler’ Hairstyle
- Fixed missing pink streak in ‘Darque Mood’ Hairstyle
Game Modes
Ranked Tournaments
- Fixed an issue where a team’s score would not immediately update in the ‘Squad Wipe’ announcement on the HUD
Performance
- Made various optimizations to the in-game HUD that should improve client performance for some players
Weapons
- Fixed an issue where the Recurve Bow and Throwing Knives could stop sending updates to the server, causing them to look like they were firing when they actually were not.
[Source – The Finals Patch Notes]