Outriders will gift players free items to compensate for ‘disappointing’ launch issues

People Can Fly has provided details of Outriders’ first major patch, which is scheduled for release next week.

It has also announced a “community appreciation package” as a means of compensation for the shooter’s widespread launch issues, which left many unable to play the game.

“After working on Outriders for more than five years, we were as disappointed as you that the launch weekend did not go as planned,” the studio said in a Reddit post.

While the details are still subject to change, the current plan is to reward all players who played between March 31 and April 11 one Legendary weapon, “a level appropriate amount of Titanium”, and the Frustration emote.

“We are still determining when the appreciation package will be delivered,” the studio said.

The game’s first big patch will include “overall stability improvements for the matchmaking service”, and People Can Fly said it’s “confident” that the fixes included in the update will resolve the majority of issues players have been experiencing with crashes too (see patch notes below).

The update will be followed by a later patch which will introduce controller options such as deadzone adjustment, acceleration settings and legacy layouts, loading time improvements for Xbox One and PS4, additional improvements for co-op games, and a cross-play friends list and invite system across all platforms.

The studio hopes to release patches across all formats simultaneously, but it warned: “this may not always be possible”.

People Can Fly is planning a one-time inventory restoration event in the coming weeks too, which is designed to help players who have lost items by restoring Epic and Legendary tier items.

“While we will try our hardest to make things right, we unfortunately cannot make guarantees for the specifics of the above or the timeline of this, as we may run into technical difficulties that delay our work,” it cautioned.

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“The Accolades Wipe issue is something we’re again looking into whether we can run as part of such a one-off restoration or whether we will need to tackle these cases on a one-to-one basis,” it added.

People Can Fly has also detailed plans to rebalance various elements including weapons, quest rewards, and loot on specific enemies.

“Outriders is its own greatest victim,” according to VGC’s 2/5 review. “There are some decent ideas in here – an absorbing cauldron of combat variables, some majestic geography, even a few guns worth holding onto – but they’re dragged down and suffocated by a game that doesn’t want to entertain you but hypnotise you with the prospect of another trinket.”

Outriders’ first big update – patch notes: