Subj : The Finals latest patch has made throwing C4-loaded canisters at
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Feb 14 2024 16:00:06

The Finals latest patch has made throwing C4-loaded canisters at players way 
less effective

Date:
Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:48:28 +0000

Description:
The Finals has received a new patch which has altered the effectiveness of 
throwing canisters with C4s attached.

FULL STORY
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Embark Studios has made yet more tweaks to The Finals in the hopes of nerfing 
the popular C4 nuke strategy, as well as some other changes. 

In case you were unfamiliar, The Finals  Heavy class gets access to the 
explosive C4 gadget, which can be attached to surfaces or players to destroy 
the environment or deal damage to enemies. One strategy thats been repeatedly 
nerfed has been dubbed the nuke meta, and it involves attaching the C4 to 
throwable objects, such as canisters, and sending them at foes to deal 
enormous damage. 

Back in December, Embark nerfed the blast radius and damage of the C4 in a 
first attempt to quash the strat, although this didnt stop vocal players from 
asserting that more needed to be done . And, lo and behold, it was - last 
month, the maximum damage that could be taken from the explosive was reduced 
again. Now though, Embark is taking a slightly different approach, by instead 
aiming its changes at the canisters that many were attaching their C4 to. 

As promised, this update introduces some changes for nukes and snukes. Red 
canisters will now have the physics to make overloaded cans drop faster and 
take less predictable pathways, Embark explained in the latest patch notes. 

This means that, in theory, canisters loaded with C4 explosives wont be able 
to travel as far when thrown, so combined with the less predictable pathways 
to make them harder to aim, theyll be a way less effective projectile. 

On top of that, another of this patchs changes has fixed an issue where 
multiple C4s would cause more damage than intended when exploding together, 
for example when attached to an object. So, even though this heavy damage 
output clearly wasnt intentional, regular C4 users can expect some 
significant changes to the way they play. 

As for the other changes, players should now be able to tell the difference 
between cloaking sounds of enemies and their teammates, and input latency has 
been improved on Xbox Series X |S, just to name a couple of things. The full 
list of alterations can be found on the official patch notes . 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/consoles-pc/the-finals-latest-patch-has-made-
throwing-c4-loaded-canisters-at-players-way-less-effective


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