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Marvel’s Avengers has received its big 1.6 update, which paves the way for the Tachyon Anomaly event. According to the patch notes, the update also adds a few new features, and squashes a handful of pesky bugs in the process.
The 1.6.0 patch notes were posted on the official site. The Tachyon Anomaly event will begin later this week on April 22, and will last until May 3. It includes a Temporal Assault event which will allow more than one of the same hero in your strike team, and you’ll get new daily missions that will build progress toward an event reward Priority Set gear for your selected hero. You can also claim new animated nameplates as a reward for your first completion of a weekly mission chain or daily mission, or buy additional ones from the marketplace.
Meanwhile, the update adds two new Custom HARM room groups: Dreadbots and Airborne. As the names suggest, these two will focus on Dreadbot enemies and flying enemies.
The update will address a series of bug fixes as well. The highlight of the set is a fix to villain sector missions, which should now properly update and rotate as intended. Other notable fixes include one in which PS4 and PS5 players didn’t transition back to the Quinjet after completing a multiplayer War Zone mission, another which could disable matchmaking altogether, and some graphical glitches. You can read the full set of patch notes below.
Avengers will be getting a new Patrol Mode, as well as the long-awaited addition of Black Panther this year. PlayStation fans are still waiting for the exclusive Spider-Man character but will continue to wait until at least this summer. Square Enix also teased MCU-inspired costumes coming to the game soon, but those will be exclusively available to purchase with real-world money.
Marvel’s Avengers 1.6.0 Update
New Features
Tachyon Anomaly Event
The entire event begins on April 22 and lasts until May 3, and includes the Temporal Assault Event, a new Tachyon Rift Mission, lower-level Tachyon Rift Missions, and Animated Nameplates.
Temporal Assault Event
AIM’s tampering with time has led to periodic Tachyon Anomalies. Have more than one of the same Hero in your Strike Team and during matchmaking! Daily missions for this event reward Priority Set gear for the Hero you’re playing regardless of Level. Completing the weekly mission will reward 1 piece of gear from the Hivemind set per Hero above PL120. Each Hero below PL120 will get an Epic item instead.
New Tachyon Mission
The Tachyon Rift Mission: And We’re Back takes place in the city biome. Can you beat the clock?
Animated Nameplates
We’re introducing Temporal Assault Nameplates which are animated nameplates you can get to add some shine to your experience. You will receive an animated team nameplate as a reward for the first completion of the weekly mission chain or daily mission that can be used on any Hero! Subsequent completions will not award more nameplates. Additional Hero-specific nameplates are available in the Marketplace.
Custom HARM Room Updates
Added two new enemy groups to the Custom/Intel HARM Room – Dreadbots and Airborne. The Dreadbot groups are waves focused on Dreadbot enemies, and the Airborne group is themed around all flying enemies.
Reassemble Campaign and Avengers Initiative
Villain Sector missions now properly update and rotate with new missions.A second Black Widow no longer appears at the War Table during the Mistaken Identity intro cutscene.In the Hawkeyes mission, the mission’s outro no longer leaves the player on a still image for a prolonged period of time before progressing.In The Light That Failed, activating a Major Artifact no longer causes issues in Iron Man’s flight tutorial.Assignments no longer reset when switching between mission givers and faction terminals.Resolved an issue on Global Presence where enemies may not spawn during multiplayer sessions.Players can no longer go out of world on Tachyon Mission – Breakout due to rapidly flying through the map as Iron Man before parts of the environment appear.Various stability optimizations and improvements.Steam: Improved loading times.
Multiplayer and Match Making
Fixed an issue where PS5 and PS4 players did not transition successfully to the Quinjet upon War Zone completion.Fixed an issue where players would sometimes have different NPCs at the helicarrier after matchmaking.Fixed an issue where matchmaking could be disabled for players without their input.Resolved an issue where a player could not join another player’s active War Zone session that they just left.Turbulence Elite and Desert Vault Elite Missions appear correctly on the War Table.Various matchmaking optimizations and improvements.
Art and Animation
Updated Kate’s <3 outfit name to “Heart.”The tank prying animation on Secrets Within no longer appears broken.Kamala’s hands no longer become erroneously gigantic when players press both a melee attack button and jump button at the same time while Embiggened.Fixed an issue where crates and resource containers would flicker at longer distances.Resolved multiple issues where aiming or using a ranged attack immediately before using a finisher could result in a bugged animation, inability to aim, or camera issues.Added audio to Hawkeye Takedowns in the Marketplace in cases where there was no audio.
User Interface
Updated the Character select menu to more accurately reflect the clickable area to select a desired Hero.Faction reward notifications no longer pop-up constantly during missions.After defeating the Warbot in Family Reunion and watching the cinematic, the player’s HUD now properly appears.Codex entry for the Elite Dreadbot is properly unlocked.General UI improvements and fixes.
Combat
Fixed a rare issue where sometimes, the player would not be able to jump or fly after using a War Zone elevator.Hawkeye’s Heroic abilities can now be activated immediately after grappling.Fixed a rare issue where Kamala’s High Five would sometimes not fully stretch out and instead linger in front of her.Fixed an issue where Adaptoids’ laser beams can continuously fire, despite being defeated.Thor’s God Blast no longer knocks drones away prematurely, before Thor can finish casting the ability.In Gathering of Evil, Abomination no longer gets stuck on the center structure.
