⧗ PARTIALLY ADDRESSED · PATCH MACHINERY OF OPPRESSION: 6.3.0
▸ Raised — Jun 13, 2026
▸ Carried — 2 citizen votes
▸ Partly shipped — Machinery of Oppression: 6.3.0 · Jun 1, 2025
WHAT SHIPPED
Patch 6.3.0 introduced ranked stratagem loadout standardisation, which partially addresses concerns about D10 difficulty parity. However, the specific D10 exclusion from certain ranked formats was not explicitly resolved — community reporting suggests D10 remains inconsistently gated in some mission types.
- Ranked stratagem loadouts standardised across difficulty tiers in patch 6.3.0
- D10 difficulty parity partially improved as a side effect of loadout changes
STILL OPEN — CARRIED AS AN AMENDMENT
D10 exclusion from specific ranked mission formats not explicitly addressed — requires further community monitoring and formal Arrowhead response
★ PRIORITY-1 · BALANCE REPORT · CLASSIFIED TACTICAL BRIEF ★
REPORT CLASSIFICATION: BALANCE REPORT
Oshaune D10 is a statistical outlier in mission difficulty — never balanced after Illuminate return
FILED: Jun 13, 2026
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VOICES CAST
The planet Oshaune hosts the only tri-faction operation available on Difficulty 10. Its mission pool combines Illuminate Overseer command towers with Automaton Strider patrols in a map layout with no natural chokepoints, producing enemy density and aggression that community testing puts approximately 2.3× the median Difficulty 10 completion rate. The Illuminate faction returned in Patch 6.1.0 (March 2026) and Oshaune was not rebalanced as part of that release. No subsequent patch has addressed the spawn table. It is an outlier that has never been formally acknowledged in any patch notes.
THIS TEXT WAS SEALED WHEN CARRIED FORWARD FROM A PRIOR CYCLE. PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT BELOW TO REFINE IT.
▸ ON RECORD IN THE SEASON 1 PETITION →Audit Oshaune D10 enemy spawn tables and reduce patrol spawn rate by 30% to bring it in line with other Difficulty 10 operations. Cap simultaneous patrol counts to match non-mixed-faction missions. If tri-faction operations are intended to be harder, document that design intent explicitly so players can make informed loadout decisions.
Carried forward from a prior cycle — the text above is the sealed record. Proposals become candidates the community votes up or down — the highest net one is merged into the proposed change when voting closes. Buried suggestions drop off.