Outriders has become quite popular since the game demo launched last month. People Can Fly updated the demo, releasing some changes, one of which included a controversial loot drop change, which the community did not like.
Changes to loot items revolved around epic and legendary items received from chests. A short list of the original changes is below:
Changes to withdrawal items
- Epic items will no longer appear in stores and vendors (within the demo).
- The chests will no longer leave legendary items.
- Side quest rewards (in repeated races) will now have a chance to drop legendary items.
According to the developers, it was concluded that a Lootcave, where players can purchase 3 chests and a store exploit, “is not in the spirit of the game”. Instead, the team decided that it would push groups of legendary and epic farmers to receive these items after the completion of side missions.
On March 6º, however, there was a slight setback when People Can Fly posted an issue, stating that, due to community feedback, Gauss Boss’s Chest will continue to discard legendary items as they consider it a meeting with a boss. While this particular chest will bring down legendary ones, the other chests won’t yet. It was also mentioned that many of the changes in the demo patch are strictly for the demo, and players are likely to see those changes change later.