Star Wars February Battlefront Update: What’s New

Balance Tweaks

EA and DICE promised changes to the Bowcaster and Homing Shot and they've brought those changes along in this update. Along with numerous others. 

The February update focuses on those two weapons, Barrage, and the Tusken Cycler Rifle though there are several other important changes (including a decrease in primary weapon damage to air vehicles) that you should be aware of:

- Primary Weapons: Damage against air vehicles increased by 10%

- Bowcaster: Explosion damage increased from 10 to 15 per projectile and explosion radius decreased from 3 to 2.5m

- Bowcaster: Full charge direct hit from 20 to 40 per projectile and a normal direct hit increased from 20 to 30 per projectile

- Barrage: Damage increased from 50 to 55

- Barrage: Cooldown reduced from 40 to 35s (normal) and from 35 to 30s (upgraded)

- Barrage: First volley of grenades no longer disappear if the user uses the Refresh Power-up and then fires a second volley

- Homing Shot: Lock time decreased from 1.5 to 1.2s

- Homing Shot: Players in the AT-GAR turret now receive on-screen notification when locked on

- ION Torpedo: Speed increased from 350 to 380m/s and turning angle increased from 120 to 125 in order to more easily hit air vehicles

- Pulse Rifle: Movement speed while aiming decreased by 30%

- Tusken Cycler Rifle: Movement speed while aiming increased by 40%

- Tusken Cycler Rifle: Bullet speed increased from 300 to 450m/s

- Orbital Strike: Fixed bug where it sometimes would not trigger on button press