No More Ranked Restrictions in Five-Stack Parties
Riot Games has decided to remove the ranked restriction that prevented Ascendant players from queuing with Gold or lower ranked players in competitive games. This change was made in response to community feedback, prioritizing the flexibility of playing with friends over the small number of players abusing the system. Riot promises to address smurfing and botting issues with more reliable solutions in the future.
Haven’s Destructible Doors Get Visual Upgrade
Haven’s destructible doors at Mid Garage now have improved visual effects, making it easier to see through them as they fall away. This enhancement will help players better understand where to shoot for wall-bang kills.
Performance Optimization and Bug Fixes
Patch 7.07 brings performance optimizations for systems with discrete Intel GPUs, enabling multithreaded rendering and reducing the required CPU cores. Additionally, several bug fixes have been implemented for agents, sound system, and the Premier mode.
Agent Bug Fixes
– Cypher’s ultimate ability, Neural Theft (X), will now complete even if Cypher dies after casting.
– Fixed an issue where players could remain blinded if spectating a flash through Cypher’s Spycam (E) as the round ended.
– Gekko’s Dizzy (E) enemy detection range is now correctly reduced while inside Viper’s Pit (X) ability.
General Bug Fixes
– Fixed a bug that allowed the game to output surround sound under certain conditions, which is unsupported.
– VALORANT supports HRTF setting for headphone sound output, but it is not recommended to combine it with other surround sound virtualization software simultaneously.
Premier Mode Bug Fixes
– Fixed an issue where the Attacker team took priority over the Defender team in the Overtime vote.
– Fixed a bug where a second timer bar would appear after the “Choose Side” vote had already ended.
– Fixed a bug where certain scenarios caused subsequent Overtime Priority votes to occur in the following round.
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Source: DOTESPORTS
