The Finals 4.2.0 Patch Notes: World Tour Event changes, Ranked Rewards, and more

Contents

• All new additions with The Finals 4.2.0 Patch Notes
  • Balance Changes with The Finals 4.2.0 Patch Notes
  • Game Mode changes with The Finals 4.2.0 Patch Notes

The Finals 4.2.0 Patch Notes are now live, and they've brought forth an interesting wave of changes. Starting from a range of new Ranked rewards for Season 3, some positive World Tour Event changes, a brand-new community event, and much more, players have a lot to take in as they embrace and experience the last patch update for the FPS title.

This article provides players with a detailed brief on The Finals 4.2.0 Patch Notes. To know more, keep reading.

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All new additions with The Finals 4.2.0 Patch Notes

World Tour Event - Primetime Buff

Let’s jump into this week’s changes and start it off with a brand new event in the World Tour; “Primetime Buff”! Primetime Buff triggers when you or a teammate inserts a cash box into a cashout station, and it affects your whole team! When affected by Primetime Buff, you and your teammates receive +100 health over your typical max health (e.g. a Light player would go from a max of 150 to 250 health). Some notes about Primetime Buff;

• If taking damage, the extra health does not replenish.
• When the cashout is finished, the buff will disappear.
• The buff cannot be stacked, but it can be replenished if your team deposits another cash box.
• The buff does not apply to teammates that are eliminated when the cash box is inserted.

ENGIMO are truly treating us well on their last stop of the World Tour, which includes the following maps;

• Fortune Stadium
• Monaco
• Kyoto
• SYS$HORIZON

Season 3 Ranked Rewards with The Finals 4.2.0 Patch Notes

We said we'd deliver the post-Season 3 rewards with update 4.2, and we still intend to do that. However, given how important it is that this is handled correctly, we still want to do further testing before handing them out.

We are actively working on dotting the last i’s and crossing the final t’s before we can push the button to hand out the rewards, and our ambition is that this will still happen during update 4.2.

Make sure to stay tuned on our Discord server https://www.discord.gg/thefinals and on our website for more information about when the rewards are paid out.

Check out: All weapon buffs and nerfs with The Finals 4.2.0 update

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Balance Changes with The Finals 4.2.0 Patch Notes

Gadgets

Data Reshaper

• Added Glitch Barrels to the rotation of reshaped items the Data Reshaper can create

Smoke Grenade

• Increased ‘smoke entity duration’ from 15s to 17.5s. This means enemy health bars and outlines will not show through the smoke until the effect properly begins to disappear

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Game Mode changes with The Finals 4.2.0 Patch Notes

Ranked Tournaments

• Updated the spawn point selection logic in the final round of the tournament, for teams who get wiped. This should reduce the number of long-distance spawns that occur
• Increased the variety of Cashout spawn locations when spawning the next objectives

World Tour

• Updated the spawn point selection logic in the final round of the tournament, for teams who get wiped. This should reduce the number of long-distance spawns that occur
• Increased the variety of Cashout spawn locations when spawning the next objectives

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Specializations

Mesh Shield

• Decreased Mesh Shield cooldown from 12s to 8s if the shield is damaged when closed
• Decreased Mesh Shield cooldown from 8s to 4s if the shield is undamaged when closed

Dev Note: We’re still keen to avoid Mesh Shield ‘juggling’ in combat as that is not an intended playstyle for this Specialization, but we feel our changes made in 4.0 have been overly severe. These changes hopefully make the Mesh Shield more usable in 4.2

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That's all there is to know about the The Finals 4.2.0 Patch Notes. These changes will undoubtedly shake up the meta in the game and offer players a chance to experiment with unique weapons and gadget combos.

For more related news and guides, stay tuned to the Sportskeeda Esports section.