Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods was released today. The new Expansion pack is available for players that have purchased the Year One Pass or Deluxe Edition of the game. You can also purchase the DLC separately, which will give you access to Battle Mode (the multiplayer portion of the base game.) Check out our previous article for more information.
Just because a new DLC is released doesn’t mean that developer id Software forgot about the base game. Update 3 for Doom Eternal was also released today. The update is available for everyone, so it doesn’t matter whether you purchased the expansion pack or not. Update 3 brings some much-needed changes and also includes a plethora of bug fixes.
Players who have reported other players for toxic behavior will get a notification if an action has been taken against the reported players. Update 3 also readies Doom Eternal for the upcoming ‘Thanksgibbing Event’, and of course, a new event will bring new cosmetics skins for players to unlock. Battle Mode also received some changes including balancing tweaks to Archvile, Pain Elemental, and Mancubus.
The complete patch notes of the update are mentioned below and on the official site.
DOOM ETERNAL: UPDATE 3 PATCH NOTES
General Updates - for ALL platforms
Text and Voice Chat Prohibition system
- Players who are reported by others for toxic language in voice or text chat will be notified that they are blocked from using those features
- Report toxic players here. Please provide screenshots and or videos when possible.
GENERAL UPDATES - FOR PC ONLY
Automated crash dump generation
- PC crashes dumps will automatically write to the following folder: C:UsersusernameSaved Gamesid SoftwareDOOMEternalCrash Dumps
- Visit this link for crash report and dump file upload instructions
THANKSGIBBING EVENT COMING SOON!
New Events are on the Horizon! Update 3 brings support for more in-game events such as our upcoming THANKSGIBBING event, featuring awesome unlockables we think you'll gobble-gobble up like the Cultist Slayer Master Collection!
NEW BATTLEMODE UPDATES FOR ALL PLATFORMS
- Players can now invite other players through platform interfaces
- Removed Ballista Destroyer Blade Mod and Plasma Rifle Microwave Mod from the Slayer’s inventory in BATTLEMODE
- Optimized loot drops (ammo/health) for better network performance
- Additional performance optimizations to improve network latency
NEW BATTLEMODE UPDATES FOR CONSOLE ONLY
ARCHVILE
Fireball Attack
- Direct Damage Increased from 14 to 18
PAIN ELEMENTAL
Soul Shield
- Ability duration decreased from 6s to 5s
MANCUBUS
Smoky Bomb
- Ability cooldown has been decreased from 15s to 13s
BATTLEMODE Fixes for ALL platforms
- Fixed an issue causing the Super Shotgun to do more damage to a Demon player's armored ability than intended
- Fixed an issue preventing Demonic Onslaught from increasing the Marauder’s shotgun damage
- Fixed a bug that caused Sticky Bombs to unreliably attach and explode to enemies in some cases
- Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause Shield Soldiers to spawn with their shields detached
- Fixed a movement bug that caused Carcass and Cacodemon attacks to move the Slayer in the wrong direction
- Fixed a bug where the Demon Player HUD only displayed the first two digits of the cooldown timer for instant resurrect and team heal
- Fixed an issue where Cacodemons sometimes failed to drop health when killed
- Fixed an Arachnotron issue resulting in the Arachnotron’s turret occasionally failing to destroy when shot with the Precision Bolt, Sticky Bomb or Ballista
- Fixed animations in first person for when Demon players execute a ledge grab immediately after taking damage
- Fixed a bug causing demon players to not receive their fourth round upgrade until the next round in some situations
BATTLEMODE FIXES FOR PC ONLY
- Fixed an issue where the Slayer’s speed in BATTLEMODE increased based on framerate
- Fixed a bug causing Lock-on rockets to not properly display damage feedback for demon players
- Fixed aim assist for Marauders to not be affected by framerate
- Fixed Revenant dash to not be affected by framerate
- Fixed an issue where weapon tracers would appear to pass through the Archvile’s flame wall
- Fixed Slayer’s weapon remaining in place when being killed mid-weapon swap
- Fixed an audio issue that could cause a metallic sound to loop indefinitely during matches on Torment
