News: Game Update 06 Released

CDLBot · 3 Apr 2013

Game Update 06 is currently being pushed to live servers! This update contains the usual balance and performance fixes in addition to additional character slots for members, ...

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Hamma · 3 Apr 2013

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Here are the full notes:

All servers will come down for Game Update 06 beginning at 6:00 AM. Downtime is anticipated to be less than 2.5 hours. Players may note the following changes:

General Updates

Service Ribbons

Service Ribbons are quick-to-earn achievements that are repeatable and grant a reward for completing them.

Service Ribbons are earned by killing enemies with infantry weapons and by supporting your allies. We will be adding more ribbon types (ex: teamwork, base capture, and vehicle ribbons) in future updates.

Players earn an experience bonus (on top of the normal ribbon experience reward) for the first few ribbons earned each day

Weapon Ribbons=10 kills

Revive Ribbon=15 revives

Healing Ribbon=Heal 10,000 points

Repairing Ribbon=Repair 15,000 points

Piloting Ribbon=20 driver assists

Rewards for each are 250xp

An additional 500xp if it’s receiving the daily bonus

Alerts

This is a new, dynamic, server controlled event system. Alerts are automatically triggered and communicated to players through notifications and the
screen.
[*]The Alert type being introduced in this initial phase of implementation is Continent Capture. In Continent Capture, empires will need to control a specific continent within a fixed amount of time. If an empire captures all regions on the designated continent before the timer expires that empire will be declared the winner, ending the alert. If no empire captures all regions within the allotted time, all empires will receive a reward proportional to the territory control (i.e. an empire that owns 40% of the territory will earn 40% of the reward). Players do not have to be on the alert continent to receive the reward. The reward is server-wide.
[*]While participating in the event areas players will receive a percent increase to their experience rewards.
[*]We will be adding more alert types in future updates.

New Membership Benefits

Members now have access to an additional daily sale

Members now have access to an additional three character slots as part of their membership

Client stability improvements

New in the Depot

Extra character slots can now be purchased from the Depot

The new common pool NS-15M LMG has been added to the Depot

New Mercenary Helmets for Combat Medic and Engineer

Infantry Updates

Tank Mines Will no longer arm if thrown on top of a vehicle.

All Shotguns

Maximum damage per pellet reduced to 134 damage on all shotguns that previously did 143 damage.

Slowed down to 700 MS, from 575 MS (now matches assault rifle equip times and not carbines).

Slug Ammunition

Slug animation no longer lowers rate of fire when equipped.

Now reaches minimum damage at 40 meters, reduced from 65 meters.

Minimum and maximum damage are unchanged on semi-auto and auto shotguns. Pump-action slug ammunition had its minimum damage raised to 400 from 360.

Iron sights and optics have been realigned to give a better sight picture.

NC Mauler S6, TR FA1 Barrage, and VS Pandora

Rate of fire slowed down to 225 RPM.

Short reload time slowed down to 2050 MS.

Long reload time is faster at 3350 MS.

Lowered vertical recoil to 1.3, from 1.5.

NC Sweeper, TR TS4 Haymaker, and VS Nova

Rate of fire slowed down to 225 RPM.

Short reload time slowed down to 2900 MS.

Long reload time slowed down to 4100 MS.

Lowered vertical recoil to 1.3, from 1.5.

NC Piston, TR AS16 NightHawk, and VS Thanatos

Rate of fire slowed down to 260 RPM.

Short reload time slowed down to 2600 MS (long reload unchanged).

Recoil recovery rate slowed down to 12 degrees per second, from 15.

Minimum damage lowered to 50 per pellet.

NC GD-66 Claw, TR TRS-12 Uppercut, and VS Phobos VX86

Chamber time slowed down to 600 MS.

Recoil recovery rate slowed down to 12 degrees per second, from 15.

All NC MAX shotguns

Extended ammunition lowered from +5 ammunition to +4.

NC Scattercannon

Rate of fire slowed down to 180 RPM.

Projectile speed slowed down to 300 m/s.

Magazine capacity lowered to 6.

Short reload time slowed down to 3800 MS.

Long reload time slowed down to 3000 MS.

NC Mattock

Rate of fire slowed down to 180 RPM.

Projectile speed slowed down to 400 m/s.

Magazine capacity lowered to 6.

Short reload time slowed down to 3800 MS.

Long reload time slowed down to 3000 MS.

Spread accuracy improved and is now at 2.5 degrees.

NC Hacksaw

Rate of fire slowed down to 209 RPM.

Projectile speed slowed down to 300 m/s.

Magazine capacity lowered to 6.

Minimum damage lowered to 50 per pellet.

NC Grinder

Rate of fire slowed down to 180 RPM.

Projectile speed slowed down to 275 m/s.

Magazine capacity lowered to 8.

Short reload time slowed down to 4300 MS.

Long reload time slowed down to 3400 MS.

Fix for the Phoenix dumb-firing if fired quickly after entering iron sights
The charge on the Lancer can now be sustained through switching to different fire modes (in/out of ironsights)

NS-11c

Fixed weapon not working with the ammunition belt.

Fixed reload speed being 2 seconds for both the short and long reloads. New reload times are:

Short: 1.85 seconds

Long: 2.35 seconds

Fixed forward grip not being aligned with the rail.

MAX weapons no longer have incorrect access to rail attachments in the VR zone.

Rez icons should now properly display for combat medics over downed ally MAX units

Sprinting while reloading a pump action shotgun should no longer cause animation issues

Fixed animation issues with using under-barrel attachments

MAXes should have proper access to the Ammo Storage Container Suit in VR training

The GD-66 Claw reflex sight’s zoom functionality should now be working properly

Scope overlays should no longer be removed when hit with an EMP grenade

Claymores and Proximity Mines should be causing appropriate damage again

Addressed some UI inconsistencies with Heavy Assault’s shield indicator when using Adrenaline Rush

Fix for the LX Tacti-Eye no longer being accessible after logging out with the scope attached

Vehicle Updates

Magrider survivability in large falls should be more in line with other vehicles

Sunderers should no longer slide after stopping on slopes

Reaver composite armor should no longer cover decals

When landed and idle, Galaxies should no longer slowly roll backwards

The Flash’s Wraith Cloak will now deactivate when the driver changes seats

Normal vehicle effects like brakes should come back when the Wraith cloak effect is removed

Vanguard IR Smoke, Shield, and Mine Guard utilities will no longer clip through the back plating of the tank

We no longer have Safe Ejection utilities that fail to eject you safely

Vehicles should no longer start rocking after firing a few times

You should now be able to properly exit the Flash rumble seat if they re-mapped their “exit vehicle” key

UI Updates

/l is now a valid shortcut for leader chat

The death cam should no longer cancel an active revive prompt

Squad Leaders should no longer see “Set Primary Defense” as an option in the Quick Action Menu when targeting allied soldiers

Waypoints now properly display on the minimap

Updated spawn indicator art on the respawn screen to be more visible

Vehicle acquisition timer UI should now be updating properly after spawning a vehicle

The AMR-66 should now be filtered properly in the Depot

NS weapons should no longer be lacking the preview button in the depot

Fix for non-selected characters being deleted in error during character deletion process

Enabling Auto join on Log in will properly persist when you navigate away from the UI page

Facility Updates

All Phalanx Turrets

Increased damage resistance to Aircraft Machine Guns from 85% to 94%. This makes it similar to the damage aircraft machine guns can do to tank top armor.

Spear Phalanx Turret (Anti-Vehicle)

Min damage upped from 1000 to 1250

Projectile flight characteristics now match Vanguard 150mm HEAT

Speed increased from 200 to 250

Gravity multiplier decreased from 5 to 4

Xiphos Phalanx Turret (Anti-Personnel)

Changed damage type from personal weapon to heavy machine gun. Allowing it to damage heavy armor targets.

Adjusted damage and fall off

Max/Min damage adjusted from 218/150 to 200/167

Max/Min range adjusted from 100/75 to 85/10

Aspis Phalanx Turret (Anti-Aircraft)

Can now pitch 10 additional degrees downward.

Jump pads at The Traverse should now properly acknowledge base ownership

NPCs should now spawn more reliably in the VR Training Zone

The Peris Amp Station Barracks, Tower, and Eastern Grove forward spawns have proper capture points again

Addressed occlusion issues near Zurvan Storage Yard

Addressed cosmetic geometry issues at Rashnu Bio Lab

Addressed an issue with players getting stuck in geometry near the SE pass of the Crown

All banners at Mao Tech Plant should accurately reflect base ownership

Addressed an issue with prop objects stacked on a capture point at Mani Biolab

Fixed an exploit that allowed players to pull a free MAX from the VR zone and take it to other continents

Tower teleporters in VR now work properly.

Floating objects in the VR tower have been nailed down.

Fixed the floating AV turret at Heyoka’s western forward spawn

Fix for SCU shields not properly stopping projectiles and deployables

Leaving the VR zone with a tool equipped will no longer break your loadout until you resupply

Audio Updates

There should now be appropriate audio when using the Flash’s turbo utility

You should once again be able to hear your own footsteps after exiting a vehicle

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GraniteRok · 3 Apr 2013

Officer

Shotgun changes, will have to see. Hopefully it'll allow you to actually shoot back before dying.

NC Maxes... About time!

Tank rocking bug fixed.. YAY!

Mines not arming if dropped on top of vehicle... Does this fix the Engy Jihad? I don't think so.

Base Turret buffs!? .. Not liking this. They didn't need it. AV turret was deadly enough. AA one only got a little more downward angle so that's not too bad.

Barkey · 3 Apr 2013

Wouldn't mind them giving more buffs to the anti-infantry turret so people actually use them, I find them kind of handy from time to time.

Happy about the heavy machinegun part though, means I can kill light vehicles with it now.

Swad · 3 Apr 2013

Overall, looks like a good patch. I hope Scattermaxes are feeling a nice sore jaw today from getting the punch in the face they have desperately needed.

SGTHACK · 3 Apr 2013

Give me rockets that actually blow up something. Tired of using 15 rockets to get a kill...

Sentrosi · 3 Apr 2013

Officer

With the turrets buffed now, did they adjust the lock on hit boxes for them? I'm tired of launching 5 Strikers at a turret only to get zero hits on it because the lockon box is right below the actual turret.

NuclearMessiah · 3 Apr 2013

Hmm the Pump Actions still OHK, they just now punishes you even further for near misses or misses so I don't expect a huge change from the perspective of the victim.

Khorneholio · 4 Apr 2013

BIG changes to the way the MCG cone of fire works. It's hard to get used to... but I THINK once I do I'll call it a buff. lol

NuclearMessiah · 5 Apr 2013

Khorneholio said: ↑

BIG changes to the way the MCG cone of fire works. It's hard to get used to... but I THINK once I do I'll call it a buff. lol
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I do like it, and they did the same thing to shotguns which has led me to put a laser on my PA to stretch my range out some.

Got to play in my second Alert yesterday and this time the TR took the cake and we won 9142 xp for holding the most territory on esamir, the VS beat us on day one by take most of Indar.

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