I think the big thing is another nerf to nukes:

Gravity and physics have been enabled on Red Canisters with attachments

Valentine's Day special event is nice, get to grab more cosmetics.

If any of you are playing - more cosmetics is always fun for mixing and matching into your perfect outfit/loadout!

Getting rid of solo bank it for now, replacing it with another event where everyone has the same loadout. Sounds interesting though if you don't like heavy, then it might be your thing.

Biggest news, though, is the nerfing of Recon Senses - shorter range, and detected enemies are informed (like the sonar grenade). Seems reasonable to me.

Hey, it's free, I'll take it.

Not thrilled about the FCAR nerf.

Welcome to Update 1.5

Today we are introducing our very first limited-time mode (LTM): Solo Bank It!

This experimental twist on Bank It pits contestants against each other in a fight for individual glory in a 12-player arena. Just like Bank It, the first to amass 40,000 and deposit in the cash-out station wins. Solo queuers, rejoice!

We’re putting this mode out there to learn more about your experience, so we’ll open a channel in Discord to gather feedback for as long as the mode stays up.

Outside the new mode, Update 1.5.0 comes with a litany of balance changes, tweaks, and bug fixes — all laid out below — to help improve the overall experience.

In addition, with Update 1.5.0 we’re introducing our fair play guidelines, with revamped and improved detection methods for unfair play. From now on, we’ll restrict cheaters with more confidence and will be able to stand firmly behind our bans. Our goal, as always, is to make the game safe, fair, and fun

Finally, we’ve decided to expand the size of our store, with an even bigger and more diverse range of items at any given time.

Full details here: https://www.reachthefinals.com/patch-notes-7

Looking forward to checking out Solo Bank It!

The idea came to me yesterday when I got killed by one that I saw the enemy drop. It was dumb of me, I should've avoided it but I was in hot pursuit.

Unlike mines/C4 which arguably are stuck via adhesive, it seems like a frag grenade should be something you can pick up (or even catch) and re-throw, especially given the long cook time. I haven't tried it in game though. Does it work? Would it be cool if it did?

Anyone else experience general server/matchmaking flakiness yesterday (Mon, Jan 15)? I got "matchmaking failed" errors numerous times, something I'd never seen before, and the majority of the matches started with players missing (the worst was one match that started with just me and one other player, on a different team). Higher frequency of player disconnects during the game too.

This was on PS5, no cross-play, North America region.