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2014-01-16, 07:52 AM
https://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/server-downtime-for-esf-update-january-16-2014-6-am-pt-3-pm-cet.167927/
Downtime Start: 6 AM PT (3 PM CET) *Time Zone Converter
Downtime ETA: Up to 3 hours (for staggered world unlock to minimize load issues)
Empire Specific Fighter (ESF) Update:
Weapons
New nose cannon for each faction
TR M18 Locust
NC M20 Kestrel
VS Antares LC
These weapons feature a larger magazine that reduces how often they need to be reloaded. This allows for fewer missed opportunities when engaging fast moving targets.
New wing mount weapons for all ESFs
Coyote Missiles
Coyote missiles fire a volley of small, light damaging missiles. If they get close to a hostile aircraft then they will lock-on and seek towards that aircraft.
Hornet Missiles
These laser-guided missiles will fly toward the pilot’s crosshairs.
New Certification Lines:
Engagement Radar
Engagement Radar is a low cost certification that goes into the Utility slot. It provides pilots with increased situational awareness against other aircraft by displaying indicators over nearby enemy aircraft. This indicator will also clamp to the edge of the screen if the target goes off screen, showing the pilot which direction to go if they want to give chase.
External Afterburner Fuel Tanks
Afterburner Fuel Tanks now have a certification line. Ranking up fuel tanks increases both fuel capacity and fuel replenishment rate.
Changes to existing ESF weapons and certification lines:
Tomcat Missiles
Air-to-air missiles now require the lock to be maintained (the pilot needs to keeps the target in their crosshairs until the missile hits). If the target leaves the crosshairs for too long then the lock will be lost.
Added a lock-on loss angle to missiles in flight. If a locked missile finds that its target is more than 145 degree turn away then the lock will be lost.
The max travel distance of fired rockets has been reduced from 1250 to 1000 meters
Lock-on acquire time reduced from 2.5 seconds to 2.0 seconds
Default ammo capacity increased from 5 to 6. Ammo resupply now gives 2 missiles per tick.
Stock Afterburners
Stock fuel replenishment rate reduced by 15%. This means it takes about 1 second longer to replenish from 0 to full.
The cost of engaging the afterburner when in hover mode has been increased. This fuel cost is only applied once, when the afterburner button is hit. This consumes 0.5 seconds worth of fuel.
Scout Radar
Scout radars will now give detect experience to the vehicle driver
ESF Fire Suppression
Increased the amount of damage repaired by fire suppression on ESFs. Increased from 3/6/9/12% to 6/12/20/25%
Note: This change does not apply to the Fire Suppression cert line on the other vehicles
Balance:
Added following resist types to Heavy Assault Resist Shield:
Vehicle Grenades
Vehicle Shotguns
VS Vortex AV: C3
VS Vortex AV: C2
Liberator Indirect Damage
Lancer AV
Anti Aircraft Machine Gun
Flak Projectile
Infantry Flak Armor now resists Lancer and charged Vortex damage.
VS shotgun slug velocity now matches the velocity of the other two factions.
Depot:
Updated the Bundle item preview buttons on the selected item and bundle purchase screens to make it more obvious that they are buttons that lead to preview.
Heroic Boosts are now permanently available in the Boost section of the Depot.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed instances of flashing in the Amerish sky file on some graphics settings
Fixed an issue with Squad Filters filtering by page, causing misleading results
Stationary and deployed vehicles will no longer slide when on inclined surfaces
Fixed an issue where HUD timers for primary and secondary objectives stop updating when you open a UI screen
VS MAX bodies should no longer turn about 90 degrees when crouched
Underbarrel grenade launchers reload animation now lines up with the weapon
Fixed missing reload animation for NS-7 PDW
The bolt action animation for VS sniper rifles should no longer block the player's view
Adjusted position of misplaced tank guards in Ellis Amp Station
Jump pad at Mani Fortress jump you to the Biolab onto the jump pad back to Mani Fortress
Closed up some collision issues in Biolabs allowing Light Assaults to attack from unattended areas
You should no longer be able to get under The Rink's collision
When another player is talking in voice chat the indicator that displays at the bottom of the screen will no longer overlap your weapons info in the Centralized HUD
The heat gauge and name of the turret are no longer overlapping each other in centralized HUD mode
Fixed issue where AMS Sunderers were not animating when being deployed
Fixed issue where some VS MAX projectiles were missing lights and sounds
Adjusted NC Sunderer and Harasser colors
Fixed the lock-on reduction buff (given by vehicle stealth) sometimes being lost when the vehicle comes from outside of awareness range
Fixed pop after firing a SMG while aimed
Jumping will pull character out of iron sights
Fixed FOV being stretched in certain resolutions. It is now back to how it was before Performance Update 2
Added a Wide View Mode option under graphics settings. This option auto-adjusts the FOV to fit wider
resolutions.
Stationary and deployed vehicles will no longer slide when on inclined surfaces
^ that change i am most excited for. it will make vehicles SO much more better... that is to say if they actually did fix it or it introduces more bugs.....
looking forward to the ESF changes as well.
Downtime Start: 6 AM PT (3 PM CET) *Time Zone Converter
Downtime ETA: Up to 3 hours (for staggered world unlock to minimize load issues)
Empire Specific Fighter (ESF) Update:
Weapons
New nose cannon for each faction
TR M18 Locust
NC M20 Kestrel
VS Antares LC
These weapons feature a larger magazine that reduces how often they need to be reloaded. This allows for fewer missed opportunities when engaging fast moving targets.
New wing mount weapons for all ESFs
Coyote Missiles
Coyote missiles fire a volley of small, light damaging missiles. If they get close to a hostile aircraft then they will lock-on and seek towards that aircraft.
Hornet Missiles
These laser-guided missiles will fly toward the pilot’s crosshairs.
New Certification Lines:
Engagement Radar
Engagement Radar is a low cost certification that goes into the Utility slot. It provides pilots with increased situational awareness against other aircraft by displaying indicators over nearby enemy aircraft. This indicator will also clamp to the edge of the screen if the target goes off screen, showing the pilot which direction to go if they want to give chase.
External Afterburner Fuel Tanks
Afterburner Fuel Tanks now have a certification line. Ranking up fuel tanks increases both fuel capacity and fuel replenishment rate.
Changes to existing ESF weapons and certification lines:
Tomcat Missiles
Air-to-air missiles now require the lock to be maintained (the pilot needs to keeps the target in their crosshairs until the missile hits). If the target leaves the crosshairs for too long then the lock will be lost.
Added a lock-on loss angle to missiles in flight. If a locked missile finds that its target is more than 145 degree turn away then the lock will be lost.
The max travel distance of fired rockets has been reduced from 1250 to 1000 meters
Lock-on acquire time reduced from 2.5 seconds to 2.0 seconds
Default ammo capacity increased from 5 to 6. Ammo resupply now gives 2 missiles per tick.
Stock Afterburners
Stock fuel replenishment rate reduced by 15%. This means it takes about 1 second longer to replenish from 0 to full.
The cost of engaging the afterburner when in hover mode has been increased. This fuel cost is only applied once, when the afterburner button is hit. This consumes 0.5 seconds worth of fuel.
Scout Radar
Scout radars will now give detect experience to the vehicle driver
ESF Fire Suppression
Increased the amount of damage repaired by fire suppression on ESFs. Increased from 3/6/9/12% to 6/12/20/25%
Note: This change does not apply to the Fire Suppression cert line on the other vehicles
Balance:
Added following resist types to Heavy Assault Resist Shield:
Vehicle Grenades
Vehicle Shotguns
VS Vortex AV: C3
VS Vortex AV: C2
Liberator Indirect Damage
Lancer AV
Anti Aircraft Machine Gun
Flak Projectile
Infantry Flak Armor now resists Lancer and charged Vortex damage.
VS shotgun slug velocity now matches the velocity of the other two factions.
Depot:
Updated the Bundle item preview buttons on the selected item and bundle purchase screens to make it more obvious that they are buttons that lead to preview.
Heroic Boosts are now permanently available in the Boost section of the Depot.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed instances of flashing in the Amerish sky file on some graphics settings
Fixed an issue with Squad Filters filtering by page, causing misleading results
Stationary and deployed vehicles will no longer slide when on inclined surfaces
Fixed an issue where HUD timers for primary and secondary objectives stop updating when you open a UI screen
VS MAX bodies should no longer turn about 90 degrees when crouched
Underbarrel grenade launchers reload animation now lines up with the weapon
Fixed missing reload animation for NS-7 PDW
The bolt action animation for VS sniper rifles should no longer block the player's view
Adjusted position of misplaced tank guards in Ellis Amp Station
Jump pad at Mani Fortress jump you to the Biolab onto the jump pad back to Mani Fortress
Closed up some collision issues in Biolabs allowing Light Assaults to attack from unattended areas
You should no longer be able to get under The Rink's collision
When another player is talking in voice chat the indicator that displays at the bottom of the screen will no longer overlap your weapons info in the Centralized HUD
The heat gauge and name of the turret are no longer overlapping each other in centralized HUD mode
Fixed issue where AMS Sunderers were not animating when being deployed
Fixed issue where some VS MAX projectiles were missing lights and sounds
Adjusted NC Sunderer and Harasser colors
Fixed the lock-on reduction buff (given by vehicle stealth) sometimes being lost when the vehicle comes from outside of awareness range
Fixed pop after firing a SMG while aimed
Jumping will pull character out of iron sights
Fixed FOV being stretched in certain resolutions. It is now back to how it was before Performance Update 2
Added a Wide View Mode option under graphics settings. This option auto-adjusts the FOV to fit wider
resolutions.
Stationary and deployed vehicles will no longer slide when on inclined surfaces
^ that change i am most excited for. it will make vehicles SO much more better... that is to say if they actually did fix it or it introduces more bugs.....
looking forward to the ESF changes as well.