New Ruptured Cistern Horde Map & Limited Winter Event

Aliens: Fireteam Elite - Ruptured Cistern is scheduled to be available by 10 am PT on December 6, 2022

Note: Platform availability times may vary.

We have made the following changes:

New Horde Mode Map: Ruptured Cistern There’s reports of leaks in Katanga's cisterns and you and your Fireteam need to clear out the Xenomorphs and help with the repairs. Listen closely to Herrera’s directions and stay frosty! New waves of enemies might require you to move your operations to different levels of the multi-story complex.

Ruptured Cistern features limited time rewards, so drop in with your Fireteam before they are gone!

New Limited Time Event Rewards As part of the release of Ruptured Cistern, we’ve added some limited time rewards that will only be available from now until January 17, 2023. These rewards will be replaced by permanent new rewards when the Limited Rewards Winter Event ends.

The following limited rewards are available for playing Ruptured Cistern before January 17, 2023:

• Two (2) new Weapon Colors:

• Winter Constellations (Complete Wave 10 on Extreme+)

• Deep Freeze (Complete Wave 10 on Intense+)

Six (6) new Weapon Decals (Complete Wave 10 on any Difficulty)

• Stay Frosty

• Xeno’s Greetings

• Let It Snow

• Holly Berries

• Antarctica Traffic Control

• Icicles

BUG FIXES

WEAPONS & ATTACHMENTS

For the following Weapon Attachments, stacks from the buffs will now fall off all at once when they expire, as intended:

• High Capacity Magazine. Compact Flash Hider, Compensator, High Velocity Brake, Micro Red Dot Sight, and the Vented Flash Hider.

The following adjustments have been made to these Weapons:

• AdjustedL59 MinigunMagazine Capacity increased to 150, up from 120. Max Ammo increased to 450, up from 360. Fire Rate increased 10%.
• AdjustedM41E4 Heavy Pulse RifleFar Distance Range increased to 6500, up from 6000.
• AdjustedThunderbolt v2 AutocannonExplosion Inner Radius (where full damage is dealt) increased by 20%. Explosion Outer Radius (where damage stops being dealt) increased very slightly.
• AdjustedOCAP-91 VolcanMax Ammo increased to 400, up from 300.
• AdjustedP.649 HELMagazine Capacity increased to 140, up from 120. Max Ammo increased to 420, up from 360.
• AdjustedM12 RPGMax Ammo increased to 30, up from 20. Damage dealt by the 4 star proc is now dealt over 2 seconds, instead of over 5 seconds (same amount of damage, just dealt faster now).
• AdjustedM12A1 Rocket LauncherMax Ammo increased to 45, up from 30. Damage increased ~10%. Explosion Maximum Range Falloff damage multiplier increased to 33%, up from 25%. Reload Time decreased to 2.5s, down from 2.8s.
• AdjustedMicroburstExplosion Inner Radius (where full damage is dealt) increased by 25%.
• Adjusted2B1 VajraDamage increased ~5%. Explosion Inner Radius (where full damage is dealt) increased by 20%. Explosion Maximum Range Falloff damage multiplier increased to 33%, up from 25%.
• AdjustedM94 Impact LauncherMax Ammo increased to 48, up from 40.
• AdjustedM95 Grenade LauncherMax Ammo increased to 45, up from 40. Greatly reduced Aim Spread/Bloom, Accuracy stat display increased slightly. Reload intro animation time reduced ~65%. Grenades from this weapon now try not to bounce directly at the player that launched them.

ANIMATIONS

• Fixed an issue where sometimes Runners would play a stumble animation instead of a stun animation.

• The Pathogen Brute should no longer occasionally slide when stunned.

AUDIO

• The Pathogen Blight and Pathogen Queen projectile pool damage will now react to audio volume settings.

CHALLENGE CARDS

• Direct hits from projectiles will now remove the damage immunity benefit from