News: Server Maintenance 04.10.2013

[ThatGoatGuy]

http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/i...0-2013.114597/

SHOTTIES BABY!

All game servers will be brought down at 4:00 AM (1:00 PM CEST) for maintenance and a brief update to address a few outstanding issues. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately 4 hours. Players may note the following changes:

Database optimizations are being done to improve overall performance.
-New shotguns available in the Depot! Grab yours today!
-Terran Republic: TAS-16 Blackjack
-New Conglomerate: LA39 Bruiser
-Vanu Sovereignty: Deimos VA29
-NS-15M damage adjustments have been made:
-The minimum damage has been increased at 65 meters from 112 to 125.
-Fixes for NS-11C and NS-15M ribbons have been made.
-All Phalanx Turrets
-Increased damage resistance to Aircraft Machine Guns from 85% to 94%. This makes it similar to the damage aircraft machine guns do to tank top armor.
-Spear Phalanx Turret (Anti-Vehicle)
-Min damage has been adjusted from 1000 to 1250
-Projectile flight characteristics now match Vanguard 150mm HEAT
-Speed increased from 200 to 250
-Gravity has been decreased.
-Xiphos Phalanx Turret (Anti-Personnel)
-Changed damage type from personal weapon to heavy machine gun. This will allow it to damage heavy armor targets.
-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.
-The shotgun reticule will now correctly show base spread of the weapon.

A few additional notes to mention:

A certification grant has been done for players who purchased duplicate weapons on multiple characters.
Please note that if this causes a player's certifications to go over 10,000 they will not accumulate any more certification points until some have been spent to bring it below the cap.

[ThatGoatGuy]

Hamma can you throw the yellow on the news tag pl0x?

[Assist]

Yay more shotguns! ...

Luckily these are not much different from the current pump shotguns. Already having the auraxium with the Phobos I see no reason to buy the Deimos

The good news is the NS-15M got buffed! Which I think is already the best VS LMG!

[Carbon Copied]

The NC Bruiser is vicious if the Test Server version made it through.

[MrMak]

Wait a sec im getting a Dejavu (or however the hell you spell it :P) with some of those patch notes. Particularly the ones about the phalanx turrets.

[ThatGoatGuy]

Originally Posted by Carbon Copied

The NC Bruiser is vicious if the Test Server version made it through.

Yeah I hoped they tweaked the damage, cause that shit hits HARD.

[ThatGoatGuy]

Originally Posted by MrMak

Wait a sec im getting a Dejavu (or however the hell you spell it :P) with some of those patch notes. Particularly the ones about the phalanx turrets.

They're buffing phalanx turrets to make bases more defensible.

[martingee]

I don't understand why they couldn't have added this in yesterdays maintenance? Maintenance/hotfixing all the time, particularly in some timezone's peaktime, seems a little excessive.

And yeah, another set of shotguns, drip feeding much?

[bpostal]

More shotguns? FML

[hashish]

lol shit were gonna have more people running around with shotties :P

Hope we get a nice boost in performance tho )

[ChipMHazard]

Brilliant, another batch of pump actions... Just what we needed, especially considering they seem to be overall better (from my limited first impression on the tester server)

Good to see that the NS-15 "Tickler" got a damage buff. And the turret buffs.

[KodanBlack]

Personally, I'm looking forward to trying out the new shotguns. I didn't see a problem with them in the first place as they were highly situational. They're fun to play with and I love their animations.

[ringring]

- directed at the shotguns

[ThatGoatGuy]

I think I'll end up picking up the Blackjack instead of the Uppercut just because it looks kewl.

[zirakaji]

Next weeks patch notes:
-NS shotgun!
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