Earlier today, Riot released the Valorant 1.11 patch. The patch includes several balance changes and tweaks, an adjustment to the in-game economy, the addition of a left-handed gun model, and, and this is the big one, a new character, Skye, an Australian forest guardian with a magical zoo. A few hours later, however, Riot announced that the patch had turned into a "technical nightmare" and would be rolled back and redeployed next week.

What's odd is that no one is 100 percent sure why the update was rolled back, judging by the comments on Twitter and Reddit threads: problems with players with AFK teammates not receiving bonus money There seem to be a number of issues at hand, including the following, and streamer Steel_tv had an interesting experience shortly after the update was released.

Redditor Solace1k theorizes that the problems may be cumulative to the First Strike tournament, Riot Produce's first official Valorant tournament, which began qualifying yesterday." Every little thing that affects them can be a tragedy at that level," they said, which is a valid point. It also fits with Riot's tweet about looking for "less disruptive times," but it begs the question why Riot would drop a major update right after the start of a showcase tournament in the first place. when FPS developers roll out new balance changes and content updates, the competition It is not uncommon for them to protect the integrity of the community.

Riot acknowledged the theory in an emailed statement.

"The instability of this patch was particularly egregious because of the impact it had on the integrity of the competition.

By the time you see this, the update will have been rolled back and life in Valorant should be back to its previous normal state. 1.11 patch notes are here.