Star Citizen 4.10.0 patch summary: what changed

4.10.0 reads as a broad quantum drive rebalance pass combined with targeted weapon component tuning — CIG appears to be reshaping travel meta across ship classes while touching a shared medium gun loadout.

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🚀 Quantum Range: Massive Reach Increases

Nearly every ship that saw quantum range movement gained dramatically — most by 200–330%:

• RAFT and RAFT Wikelo Work Special jump to ~1.1–1.2 Tm range (+300%)
• Valkyrie and Asgard both land near 706 Tm (+316–328%)
• Prowler, Redeemer, Ares Inferno/Ion, C1/A1 Spirit, and Freelancer variants all see 220–260% increases
• This feels like a wholesale re-baseline of quantum drive range values fleet-wide, not ship-specific tuning

⚡ Quantum Speed: Multi-Tier Shuffle

Speed changes split cleanly into shared groups, suggesting drive component changes rather than per-ship edits:

• Large ships (Carrack, Hammerhead, Reclaimer, Hull C) gain a massive +213,468,700 m/s — the biggest single-tier bump
• Medium explorers and freighters (600i, Freelancer, Cutlass Black, Valkyrie) gain +37.3M m/s
• Several fighter groups (350r, Hornets, Scorpius, Terrapin) gain +34.3M m/s
• A group including Gladius, Arrow, Glaive, and Mantis loses ~28.6M m/s — a notable downgrade for light fighters
• PYAM Exec and Wikelo special variants also take a -15.9M m/s hit

🔫 Shared Weapon Component: Cutlass Family + Others

The following ships share an identical +693.2 burst / +511 sustained DPS delta, strongly implying a single stock weapon component changed rather than the ships themselves: Cutlass Black, Blue, Red, Steel, Apollo Medivac, Clipper, F7C-M Super Hornet Mk I, Heartseeker Mk I, Sabre Firebird (and Wikelo variants).

🏎️ Stinger: Decel Correction

The Stinger sees deceleration max→0 jump from 8.15 → 42.08 (+416%) — a significant flight model fix improving stopping performance.

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1 ship type, 1 production status, and 1 MSRP value changed — treated as data corrections, not balance.

Intent is inferred from stat patterns only; cross-check official CIG patch notes for confirmed changes.