Higby has announced on the official forums that Game Update 08 will be coming Tomorrow Morning at 5AM PDT! It includes a massive amount of changes to Infantry Weapons and some new Cosmetics, MAX Weapons and of course the long awaited Harasser.
GU08 is also bringing a substantial balance pass on many infantry weapons, virtually all carbines, LMGs, Assault Rifles and SMGs are being touched in one way or another, as well as many of the attachments. The exact changes will be available in the patch notes, but the general idea of this tuning is to carve out specific roles for each weapons, ensure that the weapons intended to shine at long range are doing just that, and that the ones that are supposed to be close quarters slayers aren't dominating in the medium and long ranges as well. This is being done in pursuit of a goal for us to lessen the dominance of any "one-size-fits-all" weapons in the game.
Hit up the comments thread or the Official Forums to talk about the upcoming changes!
27 comments
2013-05-01 06:23 PM
Source: Official Forums
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| 2013-05-01 08:55 PM | ||
| Carbon Copied |
Re: GU08 Coming Tomorrow @ 5AM PDT via Higby Without quoting numbers of TTK on individual weapons (because to be fair I don't care - I use what feels right for my play style not necessarily which kills fastest) - I think on face value of the attachment changes they're trying to give each class of weapon more of a unique feel; might mean abit of relearning a few of them and finding new set ups but anything that increases the gap in the "feel factor" between types I think is a good step. Looking forward to pretty much everything in this patch! |
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| 2013-05-01 08:56 PM | ||
| Chewy |
Re: GU08 Coming Tomorrow @ 5AM PDT via Higby To quote the raven "I'ma fuck you up!" (2 points for the first to get the reference) After thought edit- Thinking about it how is the Raven not an upgrade to the Falcon? Falcon stats 1 round mag 2.4 reload time 700 damage Raven stats 5 round mag 1.5 reload time 490 damage 48 RPM Falcon DPS 60 / 2.4(reload) = 25(RPM), 60 / 25 = 2.4(RPS) * 700 = 1,680 (DPS) ???????? Something off here Raven DPS 60 / 48(RPM) = 1.25(RPS) * 490 = 612.5(DPS) I know I fucked up something but can't for the life of me find out what, maybe it's just to late for me to be thinking. Can someone please tell me what the hell I am doing wrong? With a mag size of 1 the Falcon can only send 700 damage every 2.4 seconds. That should mean its DPS is lower than the damage per round thanks to it just not being able to fire again. Is this math right? 1 is 41.6% of 2.4 (1 / 2.4 = .416). 41.6% of 700 is 291.6 (.416 * 700 = 291.6) So Falcon DPS should be 291.6, but the math above. WTF did I do wrong? |
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| 2013-05-02 02:30 AM | ||
| Ruffdog |
Re: GU08 Coming Tomorrow @ 5AM PDT via Higby Cool I might just get my Prowler AP rounds out again. Its been weird that HEAT kills tanks as fast as AP |
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| 2013-05-02 03:30 AM | ||
| Vashyo |
Re: GU08 Coming Tomorrow @ 5AM PDT via Higby Awww, I was hoping the hex system-change would have come with this update. 
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| 2013-05-02 03:42 AM | ||
| vipjerry |
Re: GU08 Coming Tomorrow @ 5AM PDT via Higby Did they forget about incentives, meta-game etc... New weapons and helmets? Just sad... |
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| 2013-05-02 04:13 AM | ||
| BlaxicanX |
Re: GU08 Coming Tomorrow @ 5AM PDT via Higby
lol. wut? |
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| 2013-05-02 04:15 AM | ||
| Dodgy Commando |
Re: GU08 Coming Tomorrow @ 5AM PDT via Higby Long-range options for MAXes! I might just start rolling them for something else than AA (when outside of facilities). Can't wait to check out the NC MAX armour and helmet also. And finally the helmets are coming!!! @Chewy: I don't know about the maths, but the idea was to increase effective range at the cost of damage from what I read. So its certainly not a straight upgrade. |
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| 2013-05-02 04:17 AM | ||
| Carbon Copied |
Re: GU08 Coming Tomorrow @ 5AM PDT via Higby It's kind of ignorant to say that they've forgotten about it; I'm sure the team are aware on things like this even if it does feel like ideas and suggestions are met with a wall of silence at times. As an uneducated guess I wouldn't expect to see any major hex/meta overhaul in until Hossin makes it through. In the meantime I'd rather see new content and bug fixes than nothing at all.. |
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| 2013-05-02 04:19 AM | ||
| Canaris |
Re: GU08 Coming Tomorrow @ 5AM PDT via Higby Can't wait to try out these changes.... FORTH TO WAR! Oh boy can't wait to get my new Helm, been looking forward to that one ever since Matt Broome showed it to us 
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| 2013-05-02 04:38 AM | ||
| Koadster |
Re: GU08 Coming Tomorrow @ 5AM PDT via Higby
250 cert carbine = The long range hard hitting gun for that faction. NC get ACX11 for 200 dmg (avg dmg 167) VS get Pulsar C for 167 dmg (avg dmg 143) TR get the T5AMC but it doesnt have increased dmg. Im annoyed at 08... Max update pushed back FUCKING AGAIN !!!!! How much tweaking do they need. They should give an exact breakdown of what they are tweaking between current PTS and what they plan on doing to the Max update. I think we should all get 1 arm of the new weapons for free for fucking us around so much with Maxes. |
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| 2013-05-02 07:36 AM | ||
| Fishy |
Re: GU08 Coming Tomorrow @ 5AM PDT via Higby Incoming FPS drop. |
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| 2013-05-02 07:46 AM | ||
| Shogun |
Re: GU08 Coming Tomorrow @ 5AM PDT via Higby incoming hordes of harassers, loaded with AA maxes! |
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| 2013-05-02 07:59 AM | ||
| ThatGoatGuy |
Re: GU08 Coming Tomorrow @ 5AM PDT via Higby "FINALLY! I've been waiting so I can get lumifiber and belly lights on my Harasser, and then drive around with my new max weapons so I can blast someone in the face when I'm wearing my new helmet." -Sum up of GU08 |
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| 2013-05-02 09:24 AM | ||
| Corvo |
Re: GU08 Coming Tomorrow @ 5AM PDT via Higby
Some would argue that hard-hitting weapons is an NC trait, but it's already invalidated by VS getting a 167 dmg Pulsar C and NC getting a 143 dmg GD-7F. |
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| 2013-05-02 01:17 PM | ||
| Rbstr |
Re: GU08 Coming Tomorrow @ 5AM PDT via Higby SOE, I'm glad you intend on pushing patches out the door and making improvements and you don't want to keep delaying things. This patch has good stuff in it. But Fridays are terrible days to patch if something does go wrong. Sure, it might go smooth as butter...but it hasn't many of the times in the past. You know this. |
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