Marvel Rivals’ Season 3.5 refresh is now stay, and it is largely targeted on punishing gamers who disconnect or go AFK from matches and compensating those that should endure the aftermath.
Leavers have been an ongoing concern in Marvel Rivals’ aggressive mode, and now developer NetEase is upping the penalties for individuals who make it a behavior within the sport’s Season 3.5 replace. In accordance with the Season 3.5 patch notes, those that proceed to depart or go AFK will see extra frequent momentary bans from aggressive play, with repeat offenders being banned from aggressive play for upwards of 20 hours. There are penalties for leavers in fast matches as nicely, although they’re much less steep. Repeat leavers there may be banned for as much as eight hours from matchmaking.
As for the teammates of leavers or these with an AFK member, NetEase is trying to ease the sting of shedding a teammate within the 6v6 hero shooter. If a disconnection or AFK gamers is detected throughout the first 70 seconds of a aggressive match, the match might be deemed invalid, with penalties for the leaver or AFK participant however no unfavorable outcomes or penalties for different gamers within the match.
If a disconnected or AFK participant later rejoins, if their crew wins, they will not obtain a penalty, however will if their crew loses. Different gamers on the shedding crew will obtain ranked-point compensation, easing the sting of the loss.
There have been changes to matchmaking as nicely, with gamers in greater ranks not with the ability to queue as a bigger crew. In Platinum, Diamond, and Grandmaster, gamers can solely type as much as a three-player crew to enter matchmaking, whereas Celestial, Eternity, and One Above All gamers can solely queue in groups of two.
Whereas that is the vast majority of what makes up the patch, there are a couple of different adjustments. On PC, shaders will now compile within the background, gamers can now zoom out and use emotes whereas within the crew foyer, and distinctive costume voice and sound results can now be toggled for particular costumes. The one main gameplay change is elevated audio cues for Wolverine and Black Panther with the intention to give these they’re ambushing an opportunity to listen to them coming.
Marvel Rivals Season 3.5 moreover provides Blade to the sport’s ever-expanding superhero roster, alongside the removing (and addition) of numerous team-up talents. NetEase beforehand introduced it could begin recording voice chat in Marvel Rivals and routinely display it for toxicity, after which a human would evaluate the logs and decide whether or not a participant ought to be banned or punished. You possibly can learn the total patch notes under, and the compensation and punishment scaling charts on the sport’s official site.
Marvel Rivals Season 3.5 Patch Notes
All Platforms
New Hero
Blade is on his toes and itching to hitch the struggle in Marvel Rivals!
New Tales
New Blade lore – Reduce to The Chase
New Iron Man lore – The Celestial Iron Man
New Rocket Raccoon lore – The Deepest Bond
Restricted-Time Occasion: Queen’s Codex
The Queen is coming! Battle to earn XP and stage as much as earn rewards, together with the The Factor – Symbiote Factor costume completely FREE!
Unlock the Premium Codex to assert much more rewards, such because the Hela – Queen in Black costume, an all-new dynamic spray, and extra! Plus, when you unlock Premium, you achieve everlasting entry to the occasion till all rewards are claimed. No time restrict!
Out there from: August 8th, 2025, at 09:00:00 (UTC)
New Programs
1. Customized Muted Phrases: Gamers can now arrange their very own defenses towards phrases they’d moderately not see in chat. If a message accommodates a muted phrase, it is going to be filtered out.
2. Faction Tab in Chat: Added a brand new Faction tab to the chat system.
New In Retailer
1. Blade – Polarity Edge Bundle
2. Blade – Emoji Bundle
3. Blade Dynamic Temper Bundle
Out there from: August 8th, 2025, at 09:00:00 (UTC)
Twitch Drops
As Season 3.5 kicks off, prepare for a brand new spherical of Twitch Drops. Merely accumulate the required viewing time to assert your rewards.
This spherical’s drops embody the Mantis – Will of Galacta costume together with associated bundle content material.
Drops Interval: August 8th, 2025, at 12:00:00 (UTC) to September 5th, 2025, at 09:00:00 (UTC)
Tournaments
1. We’re introducing latency equalization know-how to the S3 Marvel Rivals Championship. When a server or geographic location causes important ping variations between factions, the system will auto-balance latency for fairer matches.
2. Newly added the Steadiness Latency choice to Customized Recreation – Match Rooms. Hosts can now allow this selection and set thresholds.
Rank Changes
Rank Rewards
New Rank Settlement Rewards: Attain Gold for the cool Blade- Emerald Blade costume. Earn all-new Nameplate Frames at Diamond and Platinum, plus rock recent Crests of Honor for Grandmaster, Celestial, Eternity, and the illustrious Prime 500.
Group Matchmaking Changes
1. Gamers in Bronze, Silver, and Gold can queue for Aggressive in any crew measurement besides 5-player groups.
2. Gamers in Platinum, Diamond, and Grandmaster can queue for Aggressive in groups of as much as 3 gamers.
3. Gamers in Celestial, Eternity, and One Above All can queue for Aggressive in groups of as much as 2 gamers.
Give up & Disconnect Rule Changes
Give up Set off: Within the first spherical, if a participant disconnects and doesn’t reconnect inside 90 seconds, their crew might vote to give up. The required votes passes with 1 lower than the present crew members. (E.g., if 4 stay, 3 votes are wanted.)
Disconnect Penalty and Compensation Changes
Invalid Matches
If any participant disconnects throughout loading, ban/choose section, hero choose, or throughout the first 70 seconds of a match, the match is deemed invalid. The disconnected participant receives a T1 Penalty (see under for particulars) that scales with repeated offenses and penalty depend will increase. For different gamers, the match ends with no consequence or penalty.
Legitimate Matches
If a participant disconnects after 70 seconds, the next applies:
1. Disconnected participant does NOT reconnect earlier than the match ends:
– If the match ends inside 90 seconds of their disconnect:
Regular settlement based mostly on match consequence and stats; no penalty.
– If the match ends 90 C150 seconds after their disconnect:
Disconnected participant receives a T1 Level Penalty and Aggressive Matchmaking Ban (each scale with repeat offenses) and penalty depend will increase (win or lose). If the disconnected crew loses, remaining teammates obtain ranked level compensation.
– If the match ends 150+ seconds after their disconnect:
Disconnected participant receives a T2 Level Penalty and Aggressive Matchmaking Ban (each scale with repeat offenses) and penalty depend will increase (win or lose). If the disconnected crew loses, remaining teammates obtain ranked level compensation.
2. Disconnected participant RECONNECTS earlier than the match ends:
– If their crew wins:
Regular settlement; no penalty.
– If their crew loses:
Penalty relies on disconnect-to-reconnect time (as above), however no Aggressive Matchmaking Ban.
-Teammates obtain compensation on loss provided that the disconnect lasted greater than 90 seconds.
AFK Penalty Changes
Invalid Matches
If a participant is detected AFK throughout the first 70 seconds, the match is invalid:
Inactive Participant: T2 Penalty (scaling with repeat offenses) and penalty depend will increase.
Different Gamers: Match ends instantly with no consequence or deductions.
Legitimate Matches
If a participant is detected AFK after the primary 70 seconds:
– If their crew wins: Regular settlement, no penalty.
– If their crew loses: Inactive participant receives a T2 Penalty and Aggressive Matchmaking Ban (scaling with repeat offenses) and penalty depend will increase. Teammates don’t obtain compensation.
Mixed AFK & Disconnect Penalty
1. If a participant is each inactive and disconnects, the very best penalty applies.
2. If a crew is confronted with each inactive and disconnected gamers and that crew loses, compensation is granted to completely engaged teammates.
Fast Match Penalties
In Fast Match mode, we have additionally strengthened the penalty period for gamers who disconnect and go away the sport:
We’ll proceed to watch disconnections and early exits in each Ranked and Fast Match modes and regulate these guidelines as obligatory. If you happen to consider you have been wrongly penalized, please contact buyer assist for a immediate evaluate.
Fixes and Optimizations
All Platforms
1. Rank reward Nameplate Frames can now be displayed in additional areas (foyer, profession, mates, faction, leaderboards, presents, invitations, customized video games, and many others).
2. Hero show within the crew foyer now helps digital camera scrolling. When zoomed out, you should use emotes, and your teammates will see them in actual time.
3. Costume voice and sound impact settings have been moved from Audio Settings to the Hero Profile > Costumes display. Now you can toggle particular voice traces and sound results individually for every supported costume.
4. Improved Venom’s Tickle Me Pink emote animation for his default costume.
5. The “Particular” tab within the Retailer now helps you to browse all out there Moods, Emoji, and distinctive Emotes.
Graphics & Efficiency
PC
1. PC Shader Compilation Rework: The obligatory shader compilation wait on first launch has been eliminated. As a substitute, important international shaders will now preload within the background after set up/replace. (Shader preload velocity will depend on your GPU, getting into a match earlier than preloading competes might trigger efficiency points, together with stuttering, community lag, rendering errors, or crashes.)
2. The efficiency check device now supplies graphics settings optimization suggestions based mostly in your check outcomes.
3. In-game UI animation particulars will now routinely regulate based mostly in your results element settings to enhance total efficiency.
Maps and Modes
1. Fastened a number of terrain points that might trigger characters to generally turn out to be caught or clip into unusual areas.
Heroes
1. Leaping the Gun: Polished up a minor bug the place Emma Frost, Iron Fist, Phoenix, and Wolverine have been out-leaping the competitors with barely greater leap heights. Now everybody’s leap is completely balanced, as all issues ought to be!
2. Iron Fist’s Silent Sanctuary: Resolved a difficulty the place Lin Lie’s Concord Restoration would generally finish with out taking part in its ending sound impact. The Iron Fist can now discover his internal peace with the correct zen, no extra silent retreats in Okay’un-Lun!
3. Venom & Spider-Man Slinging in Fashion: Spidey and The Symbiote can now set separate keybinds for easy and guide swinging. Select your web-slinging model on the fly!
4. Panther & Wolverine’s Sneaky Sounds: Enhanced the audio cues for enemy Black Panther and Wolverine once they’re sneaking up for a shock assault. Now, when these clawed kings are on the prowl, you may hear them coming. Predator consciousness up!
Console
1. Fastened a difficulty the place altering international keybinds might incorrectly have an effect on some hero potential keys.