Celebrate the Two Year Anniversary of Uncharted 3 with Patch 1.18

By: Katerina Perich
Published: Nov 2, 2013
at 10:23 am

Two years ago, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception released, giving PlayStation gamers an exciting new story and adventure featuring our favorite hero, Nathan Drake. To celebrate the 2-year anniversary of Uncharted 3, Naughty Dog is dropping DLC prices and making quite a few multiplayer changes based on forum feedback to celebrate the strong multiplayer community as well.

The first major reward for being an Uncharted 3 multiplayer fan is the fact that all maps are now free… FREE! For those who haven’t played much of the Drake’s Deception multiplayer, now would be the time to start; I mean, who doesn’t like free DLC? Check out the “2 Year Anniversary Free Map Mania” announcement video below:

Here is the full list of changes made in Patch 1.18 (via the Naughty Dog Blog):

Maps

All DLC maps are now available to download for free! Go to the in game store and download the Flashback Map Pack 1, 2 and Drake’s Deception Map Pack.

Dry Docks makes its triumphant debut and is available in all competitive playlists and custom games!

Co-op

Old Quarter map has been added to Co-op arena mode

The drop rate for all co-op treasures has been increased

Old Quarter has been removed from the Hunter Arena playlist.

Weapons

Hipfire accuracy has been greatly reduced on all weapons along with the angle and distance at which the auto lock engages. But Blindfire from cover has not been changed

Increased recoil on the M9

Decreased recoil on FAL-SS

Rate of Fire mod has been decreased on the M9, Arm Micro and KAL-7

The recoil of the last round fired in a G-MAL burst has been significantly reduced

The burst delay and recoil have been reduced on the Raffica

The accuracy mod on the Raffica has been slightly improved

The recoil has been reduced on the Tau Sniper and the weapon does not automatically scope

The rate of fire mod has increased effectiveness for the Tau Sniper

Gameplay

Sprint maneuverability moderately reduced

Mega Bombs and Cluster Bombs can no longer be thrown back (competitive mode only)

The Marked Man power play now occurs when a team is up 8 kills instead of 6

The Exposed power play occurs when a team is up 10 kills instead of 8 and the range that player names appear has been reduced from 40 meters to 20

The Double Damage power play now occurs when a team is up 15 kills instead of 10 and the damage the losing team does is only x1.5 instead of x2

Deathmatch has been removed from Team Objective

Increase score limit in three-team Deathmatch from 20 to 25

Increase score limit of free-for-all from 15 to 20

Multiple steps have been added during the matchmaking process to help find games with lower ping. Wait times to find matches during off peak hours may increase

Medal Kickbacks

The Medal Kickback Creepy Crawler now costs 12 medals and lasts for 25 seconds

Quick Boom now costs 12 medals and lasts for 12 seconds

Explosives now costs 5 medals

Boosters

Slot 1 now has Kickback Endurance, Ammo Award, Bargain and Team Safe

Slot 2 now has Beast Mode, Regeneration, Explosive Expert and Explosive Shell Expert

Bargain paid booster cost increase from $100k to $250k

PING paid booster cost increase from $100k to $250k

New 3rd Buddy Boosters

Cutter – Cutter KAL-7 – Jade Para 9 – Sugar Buddy

Eddie – Eddie’s AK – Jade Para 9 – Booty Buddy

Draza – Draza’s Dragon – jade Para 9 – Thanks Buddy

Flynn – Flynn’s G-MAL – Jade Para 9 – Explosive Buddy

Lazarevic – Lazarevic’s FAL-SS – Jade Para 9 – Stealth Buddy

Map adjustments

Gate added to London Underground tunnel to block off dead end

Plunders chests have been rebalanced on Syria and Museum

Patch 1.18 marks the final large patch for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. Now we can only hope that the next bit of news is something related to Uncharted 4… am I right?

Also, if you’re interested in asking Naughty Dog any questions about the patch, head on over to Reddit on Friday, November 1st from 3:00pm-4:30pm (PST) as Justin Richmond (Game Director) and Robert Cogburn (Lead Game Designer) will be hosting an AMA to celebrate the 2-year anniversary!