Doom Eternal Patch 2.1 Release Notes

New Game Improvements

• Weapon Quick Switch has been enabled again in both Campaign and BATTLEMODE (Thanks again for all of your passionate community feedback!)
• Made further improvements to networking latency in BATTLEMODE
• Added the ability for the Mancubus to shoot after starting a double jump in BATTLEMODE
• Maykr Drones have been added back in to some loadouts in BATTLEMODE bonus loot drops have been removed from headshots against the Maykr Drone in BATTLEMODE

New BATTLEMODE Balance Updates

• Reduced The Slayer’s Precision Bolt damage in BATTLEMODE against player demons from 400 damage to 300 damage
• Reduced The Slayer’s starting bullet ammo in BATTLEMODE from 84 bullets to 72 bullets

Fixes

Campaign

• Fixed an issue with the Gladiator failing to drop health while staggered
• Fixed an issue with the Khan Maykr failing to drop health when Blood Punched
• Also fixed a rare issue where AI became invulnerable after a failed Glory Kill
• Fixed issues with the Cacodemon not responding appropriately to Meathook or Blood Punch attacks while choking on a grenade
• Fixed an issue with Zombies ragdolling incorrectly when killed
• Also fixed Baron of Hell leg animations displaying incorrectly in certain circumstances
• Fixed a graphics issue with the gibs that display when Glory Killing the Archvile from the front
• Fixed an issue in Extra Life Mode that caused extra lives to be removed during the Revenant gameplay sequence in Cultist Base
• Also fixed an issue causing notifications for rewards to display repeatedly
• Fixed an issue where challenges would display on screen for an extended period if another challenge was completed while being displayed

BATTLEMODE

• Fixed a crash in BATTLEMODE when backing out of a private match
• Fixed a crash in BATTLEMODE on the Round Upgrade menu
• Also fixed an issue in BATTLEMODE where selecting a demon simultaneously would display podiums incorrectly
• Fixed an issue in BATTLEMODE where the Marauder’s wolf didn’t always deal damage and explode when attacking The Slayer
• Fixed an issue in BATTLEMODE with the Damage Report displaying incorrect damage numbers
• Also fixed an issue in BATTLEMODE that would cause health/ammo loot visuals to persist when Loot Block was used while the slayer was chainsawing AI
• Fixed several descriptions for BATTLEMODE Round Upgrades to more accurately reflect current functionality
• Fixed an issue in BATTLEMODE where level progress would sometimes display incorrectly to other players in the lobby

BATTLEMODE Fixes

• Fixed an issue in BATTLEMODE that would cause the title to crash when loading into a match with HDR enabled on some graphics cards
• Also fixed a rare crash when the Archvile teleported while the BFG was equipped in BATTLEMODE
• Fixed an issue in BATTLEMODE where enemy hit sound effects would revert to default after installing a new game patch