Higby Q&A during Playtest 27/04 - Page 2

Fafnir · 2013-04-29, 05:26 AM

Originally Posted by Mastachief

(...) especially with the pending mbt buff.

What the...? Have our prayers been answered? Where and who posted this info?

Mastachief · 2013-04-29, 05:37 AM

Originally Posted by Fafnir

What the...? Have our prayers been answered? Where and who posted this info?

I possibly dreamt of a 20% mbt armour buff (should be 100% buff with dedicated driver imo.)

EvilNinjadude · 2013-04-29, 06:37 AM

Originally Posted by Fafnir

What the...? Have our prayers been answered? Where and who posted this info?

Dunno, fairly recent update by the devs (3 or so days ago) saying that Tanks would be around 20% more resilient.

I can't wait for lattice either.

BUT the 10-15% XP buff needs to still be available. If I'm trying to stand on a rock and shoot down aircraft assaulting my base, I don't wanna lose out on that bonus. "Indar Neutral Zone" needs to take the stick out of its arse and give us the XP we deserve. It becomes even more obvious on Esamir.
Maybe do that SOI thing?

camycamera · 2013-04-29, 06:55 AM

nice Higgles, thanks.

torokf · 2013-04-29, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by EvilNinjadude

Dunno, fairly recent update by the devs (3 or so days ago) saying that Tanks would be around 20% more resilient.

yes "Around 20%" and against Infantry AV weapons and ESF rocket pods, only those 2 sources of damage, so overall it's gonna be a quality of life improvement for MBT drivers against Infantry & Podsburst

Matthew Higby ‏@mhigby 26 Apr
We're working on retuning MBT armor for GU08, goal is to make them a bit more survivable vs. ESF and infantry based AV.

Assist · 2013-04-29, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by Mastachief

But there are so many improvements to outposts on indar it would be a shame if they dont take the same to the other conts as there are still many outposts on esamir and amerish that need these changes to add the chokepoints in and antivehicle blockades especially with the pending mbt buff.

The question was sort of talked about prior to any of these questions. It was more a question of time involved in the release of the other continents lattice. Indar needed a lot of work, nearly every outpost/base, redone to make it competitive and for the lattice to work properly. I personally feel that Amerish is very well done, and Esamir is well done for a flat boring continent. For instance, Splitpeak Pass, Crux HQ, Ascent, Raven's Landing, etc do not need the bases redone. They play beautifully. The main bases need a little work leading up to them, with the exception of maybe Xelas and Sungrey.

Hamma · 2013-04-29, 09:11 AM

Good stuff!

EvilNinjadude · 2013-04-29, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by Assist

The question was sort of talked about prior to any of these questions. It was more a question of time involved in the release of the other continents lattice. Indar needed a lot of work, nearly every outpost/base, redone to make it competitive and for the lattice to work properly. I personally feel that Amerish is very well done, and Esamir is well done for a flat boring continent. For instance, Splitpeak Pass, Crux HQ, Ascent, Raven's Landing, etc do not need the bases redone. They play beautifully. The main bases need a little work leading up to them, with the exception of maybe Xelas and Sungrey.

The only thing I see a problem with is that there's hardly any way up or down the central mountains except for air, so I'm curious as to how they will connect the facilities up there.
Maybe have all of them have 3 or 4 connections instead of just 2 or 3. Since you know, air can go anywhere, so just let it go anywhere. Would be interesting.

shaql · 2013-04-29, 01:00 PM

Higby, why do you keep hiding the Angel? You know it can't stay secret!
(also, 'mwahaha' was the response of players to Higby humming as if he didn't hear the question, not the other way around :P )

Phantomdestiny · 2013-04-29, 02:00 PM

Originally Posted by shaql

Higby, why do you keep hiding the Angel? You know it can't stay secret!
(also, 'mwahaha' was the response of players to Higby humming as if he didn't hear the question, not the other way around :P )

can you explain what you personally think the angel is ? Because some of us don't know including me

basti · 2013-04-29, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by Phantomdestiny

can you explain what you personally think the angel is ? Because some of us don't know including me

He is lurking around the game files, and just picked up a name.

It could be anything, but i actually know quite well what it is: Just a name. As long as they dont reveal anything, its just another name for something.

EvilNinjadude · 2013-04-29, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by basti

He is lurking around the game files, and just picked up a name.

It could be anything, but i actually know quite well what it is: Just a name. As long as they dont reveal anything, its just another name for something.

Anyone know the name for the secret crossbow they kept popping up on one of the CC episodes?

shaql · 2013-04-30, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by Phantomdestiny

can you explain what you personally think the angel is ? Because some of us don't know including me

supposedly, this will be an air vehicle, probably faction-specific. or maybe it's just a placeholder name. or a test. we will never know - unless we keep asking developers again and again ;]

ItZMuRdA · 2013-05-01, 12:30 PM

Great post -- thanks. Still really curious on an ETA for server transfers and extended account unlocks to empire-specific equivalents.

Been waiting for these forevvvver. Soon ploz!