'Valorant' 12.07 Patch Notes Add Major Discord Integration

The Valorant 12.07 patch notes have been released, and while there aren't any major balance changes to discuss, there is a very cool new Discord integration that should make life a lot easier when it comes to playing with pals.

Starting in Brazil with the release of the 12.07 patch, Discord integration will be added to Valorant. If you link your Discord and Riot Games account, you will be able to invite friends from Discord directly through the Valorant menus, meaning you no longer have to alt-tab out to Discord. You can also copy your Valorant lobby link and share it directly in Discord, and you can see which of your Discord pals are playing Valorant.

These Discord features will be opened up to players in the US and Canada on April 21, with a global rollout expected, assuming everything goes to plan, with patch 12.08 on April 29.

The addition of Discord integration is a nice step when it comes to the social side of Valorant, and should be a major quality of life improvement for a lot of players. With Discord being the most popular communication tool for PC gamers, it makes sense to have it directly integrated into Valorant. However, with the recent questionable policy choices by Discord that will likely see them enforce age verification through ID in the near future, many users have moved away from the platform for self hosted alternatives.

Elsewhere in the world of Valorant, the 12.07 patch notes bring a lot of bug fixes to cosmetics and the store itself, and there are some quality of life updates in the settings menu options.

While this is not a major Valorant patch, the game is actually in a fairly good state right now and isn't in need of massive balance changes. The launch of new agent Miks has gone down well with players, and many of the recent balance changes have got the game to a state where there aren't too many outliers when it comes to overall strength.

Of course there are some things the community would like to see changed, and sooner or later there will need to be some big changes or new content added to the game to keep things fresh. But for now, Valorant is in a good state on both PC and console, and there is no real reason to disrupt that.