QA Public Playtest - 6/9 3:00PM PDT

[Strygun]

ProfessorChaos, of the PS QA Team, has announced that there will be a public playtest today. Here are the details:

Wednesday -- 6-9-2004 -- 3:00pm PDT / 6:00pm EDT / 10:00pm GMT

Continent: Ishundar
Home bases: New Conglomerate: Girru, Lahar
Terran Republic: Baal, Dagon
Vanu Sovereignty: Marduk, Zaqar
Objective: Capture and hold the Capitol, Enkidu
New Features on Test: The Gauss Cannon's (on the Thunderer) projectile now has a 1.5m radius explosion, rather than a 3.0m radius explosion.
The Fluxpod's (on the Aurora) clip has been increased from 6 shots to 12 shots.
Increased damage from Fluxpods against aircraft from 80 to 125 per shot.
To compensate for the increased clip size, other factors had to be reduced to preserve balance. Damage was decreased from 122 (infantry) to 110 (infantry) and 100 (armor) to 80 (armor). Salvo size is still 6 shots, but there is now a 3-second delay between salvos of 6 shots (in secondary fire mode).
More informative enemy density warnings. The various alerts are now called by more understandable color codes (yellow, orange, and red) instead of the odd descriptors that players find confusing ("large", "huge", "massive"). YELLOW ALERT: Enemies of multiple squad strength have been detected. ORANGE ALERT: Mixed platoons and squads have been detected. RED ALERT: Multiple platoons of enemies have been detected.
Updated news file. Changed "Archives" to "Rules/Tips". Added rules for Capitol Domes.

Be sure to get the rest of the information on the Playtest on the official forums in this thread.

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