Overview

• The Rupture Strain subfaction was taken offline on September 17 for five weeks to address unintended behavior and balance issues, with no other enemy units affected.
• Patch 1.400.002 on September 16 changed Rupture Warriors to track moving clients accurately, equalizing their attack accuracy between hosts and non-host players.
• Arrowhead QA lead Jojo said the update fixed a networking issue that hindered non-host targeting, acknowledging the result exposed more players to an arguably unfair attack.
• Community manager Katherine Baskin announced on the official Discord that an improved Rupture Strain is planned to return after the offline period.
• Players reacted sharply across Reddit and Discord, criticizing the approach to the fix and the studio’s communication practices.