While the promised update for the Xbox One and PC that adds private lobbies still has not been released, the nerfing of the pistol unless you are locked on is a welcomed addition to help make the game more playable.
Here is the list that Respawn provided that outlines the changes:
Balancing adjustments and general changes
The damage indicator from Electric Smoke is now much more noticeable
Search Drones will now show up in Classic Modes of Angel City
Arc grenade/mine effects no longer draw on friendly Pilots and Titans
Lowered the point value of defensive actions in Hardpoint mode and CTF.
Increased the score limit in Attrition
Flag Return points reduced
Flag Carrier killed points reduced
Explosives detonated by Dead Man's Trigger are now slightly delayed
Explosives detonated by Dead Man's Trigger now play a warning sound before exploding
Slightly decreased the damage of the Smart Pistol when not locked onto a Pilot
Slightly decreased the hip-fire accuracy of the Smart Pistol
Certain Burn Cards could be exploited to give multiple uses
Evac Dropships are now more responsive to Pilots entering them
Hacking a Mega Turret will now restore it's health to full
Cluster Missiles damage reduced against Evac Dropships
Bug Fixes
Titan could become stuck in the position he lands in
Auto-Titan wouldn't stand up until you embarked into it
Several rare server issues restarting the game in to the lobby
Pilot could end up out of bounds while rodeoing a Titan as it is destroyed
Pilot could warp through certain locations when jumping off a Titan
Rodeoing a Titan that has been doomed by your SMR could kill you
Players being able to enter some geometry in Smuggler's Cove
Titanfall will now give proper kill credit when it kills a Pilot embarking into their Titan
Minions in Attrition now continue to spawn until the Epilogue begins
Player couldn't hack a Mega Turret console
Server would sometimes error when leeching a Spectre
Hardpoints sometimes awarded defense score to players not near the hardpoint
Rare issue when ejecting from a Titan
Server would sometimes error after a match while returning to the lobby
Double XP burn card sometimes not being applied properly
A client side patch is still coming, but Respawn has not outlines a time table of its delivery. In the meantime these fixes and tweaks to address a number of issues and should help improve things till the client side patch is released.
