In Paladins, PS4 and Xbox players will receive updates much earlier. The focus will also be on new champions, lore, and bug fixes. Hi-Rez CEO Todd Harris provided insight into what to expect in the coming months in the hero shooter.
Todd Harris is the CEO and co-founder of Hi-Rez Studios. He gave insight into what to expect in Paladins over the next few months. The focus is on consoles, lore, and new champions. Additionally, a few critical bugs that have been troubling players for a long time will be addressed.
Paladins: More Lore, New Champions, Fixes, PvE
According to Harris, there will be some adjustments and new features in Paladins over the next few months. Here is an overview:
- Ranked System is being revised: Ranked 2.0 – Previously, the rank was heavily influenced by individual champions. The account will be more considered in its entirety moving forward. Hi-Rez believes that the current ranked mode needs improvement.
- More focus on bug fixes: Paladins is still full of critical bugs. Hi-Rez aims to gradually fix these. Recently, a bug was fixed where projectiles passed through Androxus’s “Reversal” and Fernando’s shield whenever the champions were moving backward. These fixes had a significant impact and can already be considered buffs. This approach will continue.
- By August, there should be 30 champions: Hi-Rez will continue to release new champions at a high pace. Approximately every three weeks, a new one will be released. Once Paladins reaches a total of 30 champions, the pace will slow down somewhat.
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- Champion bans will be introduced: Hi-Rez believes that many new champions are good for the competitive mode. Due to the many new champions, a ban system will also be introduced in champion selection.
- A new PvE challenge will come: A while ago, there was a PvE challenge in Paladins. However, this was removed from the game because players were not satisfied. The PvE consisted of battles against enhanced bots. Harris promised a new PvE challenge, but its details are not yet known.
- Updates on PS4 and Xbox One will arrive faster: It is planned to be one week after a patch is released on PC.
- LORE! Finally, we will get more lore. In the coming months, more backgrounds about the champions and the entire world of Paladins will be revealed. On the new map Brightmarsh, there are already hints about Pip’s origin and family. This information will continue to be sprinkled throughout.
- Legendary cards will be revised: Hi-Rez is still not satisfied with the legendary cards. It is still unclear how significant the changes in deck building will be.
- Strong focus on eSports: Hi-Rez wants to properly fuel the Paladins eSports scene in the future and invest more capital and energy into it.
Leya says: If Hi-Rez can stick to these plans, the next few months in Paladins will be great. I was not a huge fan of the old PvE challenge. The enhanced bots became rather dull after a while. I’m sure Hi-Rez can come up with something better. It would be cool to have a dungeon with a boss fight.
The latest champions have pleased me, especially Seris is a huge asset for me. I am curious about what crazy characters Paladins still has up its sleeve. I don’t actually expect many standard champs. Initially, I was a bit concerned about the balance, which so many new champs could disrupt. However, that has actually worked pretty well with the last champions.
And of course: LOOOOORE – Hooray!
What do you think about the plans and what would you like to see in the future?
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