Season 7 Patch notes and updated challenges

Nice. I'm super hyped for this season. The map looks incredible, even addictive, & I def expect a surge of returning players to check out the new content. The start of the season will undoubtedly be a blast. I'm also at peace with the balancing changes, mostly....

Except for....R99 back in, while the Prowler goes out. The R9 returning is fine. But I feel like the Prowler in it's current state would be a perfect counter to the R9. It's gonna feel like R9 or Bust again. That IS kinda lame. Best thing about season 6 was not feeling like you NEEDED to be carrying that 1 weapon (other than the Mastiff, in Ranked, which is unavoidable however). Mastiff or PK will always be a Ranked go-to as long as 1 is on the ground. But, otherwise, weapon balance & weapon disparity was pretty great in S6. 

I feel like the Havoc should've been put in the care package over the Prowler. It was neglected this past season, & if the new changes to it aren't sufficient, it'll be neglected again. But we all remember when it Dominated the end of season 5, yeah? The Havoc was a god. Even if it's "good" again, it still has the charge up, very few will take it over an R9 or Volt. To me, it would've made sense to keep the Volt & Prowler as direct counters to the R9 (alongside the Lstar buff), then throwing a near season 5 Havoc into airdrops. Just for greater disparity 

And then, I gotta be blunt. I've said it before too. The CHARGE RIFLE should be an airdrop weapon already. The future of that weapon is in airdrops, no one can convince me otherwise. It'll be an awesome weapon to use on Olympus too it seems, but it simply isn't a very practical weapon to use in Pubs. & it's only sparingly used in Ranked. It'll largely be ignored again. I'd love to see it returned to its OG state & actually be forced to be reckoned with. People should fear the charge rifle again

That's all I got for now. Can't wait to play on Olympus