Overview
- Flashpoint went live Tuesday with a new ARC Operation called Close Scrutiny, a flying Vaporizer enemy that fires lasers, and a broad set of balance fixes.
- Embark now biases matchmaking so players who bring custom loadouts are more likely to enter fresh servers, protecting risked gear even if queues may run a bit longer.
- Raid danger rises as Shredders spread beyond Stella Montis to Blue Gate, Buried City, Spaceport, and under set conditions in Dam Battlegrounds, and Assessors draw heavy ARC guards.
- Players gain the Dolabra energy shotgun, the Canto SMG, and the Surge Coil deployable, with the Dolabra blueprint most often found during Close Scrutiny runs.
- Quality-of-life changes let players craft missing materials from one screen and feed Scrappy to target loot, and the new High‑Gain Antenna project adds guided goals as the monthly roadmap heads toward Riven Tides.