Author Topic: [PTS] PTS Update - 8/29 (Read 3505 times)

PSNews · 30/08/2017, 03:06

The PlanetSide Public Test Server will be coming down this evening for about an hour and the following will be patched in. The new continent locking alerts are still in a very early state and we will be patching up additional updates as the system progresses and once we have something more stable and complete we plan on doing a public test event. Please bear with us as we iterate on this system it touches a lot of the core elements of the game.

Continents and Alerts

Extensive changes have been made to the way alerts and continent locking work.
All continents now require 10 points to become lockable to a faction.
Eight of these points are gained through territory control, the last two are gained through Cortium Refinement.
When a faction hits the 10 point threshold, an alert will trigger which forces that faction to defend their territory.
If they successfully defend their territory for the duration of the hour-long alert, they lock the continent.
If they fail to defend their territory for the alert, that faction's cortium-based points are reset.

Alert Resolutions

When an alert ends, rewards are given out to players based on a faction's place in that alert.
Factions who triggered the alert and win the alert receive: 300 ISO-4 (and loot box) reward
Faction who did not trigger the alert and win the alert receive: 100 ISO-4 reward
Faction who lose the alert receive: 50 ISO-4 reward

How Alert Loot Works

The loot box contains various cosmetics, consumables, and even equipment that cannot be found in the depot.
Players can only receive items if they've participated in at least 50% (30 minutes) of the alert, and the amount of ISO-4 currency gained scales based on the percentage of time a player spends in the alert (100% participation = 100% of the reward.)

When a faction locks a continent, air support arrives to forcefully clear remaining combatants.

Read more in the dev blog here: https://www.planetside2.com/news/ps2-critical-mass-development-update-2017

Weapon Development

NSX Daimyo

A new sniper rifle has entered the battlefield. The NSX Daimyo carries a three round magazine with the headshot kill potential of a bolt-action sniper rifle, and flexibility of a semi-auto. This adaptable platform has access to 4x through 12x zoom optics, suppressor, and various rail attachments.

Combined Arms

A partial (and initial) pass has been done on air vehicles and various connective tissue. Many of these changes leave air to air interactions similar to current Live conditions, and have been revised based on the new resistance and health models. This pass is in no way complete, as there is still a lot of work left to be done.

Resistances

Liberator resist 28 (gatling guns) from 50% to 67%
ESF resist 28 (gatling guns) from 0% to 67%
Valkyrie resist 28 (gatling guns) from 50% to 67%
Valkyrie resist 8 from 90% to 75%
Liberator resist 8 from 86% to 85%
Galaxy resist 8 from 91% to 75%
MBT resist 8 from 92% to 90%
ANT resist 8 from 95% to 90%
Flash resist 8 from 25% to 50%
Lightning resist 8 from 92% to 90%
Valkyrie resist 4 from 60% to 75%
Liberator resist 45 from -5% to -100%
Galaxy resist 45 from -25% to -125%
ESF resist 45 from 10% to -25%
Valkyrie resist 45 from 15% to -50%
MAX resist 5 from 0 to -25%

Composite Armor

ESF - Increases health by 300 (10%) at max rank.
Liberator - Increases health by 500 (10%) at max rank.
Galaxy - Increases health by 700 (10%) at max rank.
Valkyrie - Increases health by 450 (15%) at max rank.
Flash - Increases health by 450 (30%) at max rank.

Skyguard

Indirect damage from 35 to 20

Ranger

Sunderer indirect damage from 38 to 15
MBT indirect damage from 38 to 25

NS-AM7 Archer

Resist type from 40 to 5
Max damage range from 10m to 25m
Headshot multiplier from 1.5x to 2x
Min damage from 300 to 200
Min damage range from 125 to 200
Indirect damage added, resist type 6
Indirect damage has a 25m detonation range
Inner blast damage from 0 to 50
Inner blast range from 0m to 1m
Outer blast damage from 0 to 25
Outer blast range from 0m to 2.5m

Dev Note: Overall, this is a slight decrease in the weapon's effectiveness versus MAX units, and an increase in its effectiveness versus vehicles, as well as improved effectiveness versus infantry on headshots.

Engineer

Repairs from the rumble seat no longer stack.

Dev Note: This change primarily affects the Valkyrie, where up to four engineers could repair the vehicle mid-flight. This ability made the Valkyrie's survivability either too low (with not enough repairs,) or too high (with four engineers.) By reducing the variance in survivability, we can begin moving the vehicle toward a platform with better baseline survivability and stronger weapons.

Common Pool ESF

Hornet Missiles

Resist type from 18 to 23
Max damage from 1500 to 500
Reload from 4sec. to 3sec.

A2A Missiles

Max damage from 750 to 250
Max blast damage from 750 to 250
Min blast damage from 1 to 50
Magazine size from 1 to 2
Ammo capacity from 11 to 32
Now has a 1 sec. refire time
Lockon angle from 7 degrees to 10 degrees.

Coyotes

Reload from 4.5sec. to 5.5sec.
Damage from 75 to 55
Inner blast radius from 0.35m to 0.5m
Min blast damage from 1 to 25
Outer blast radius from 3 to 2.5

Reaver

Mustang

Max damage from 250 to 200
Min damage from 200 to 167
Max damage range from 230m to 200m
Min damage range from 330m to 300m

Vortek Rotary

Max damage from 320 to 240
Max damage range from 130m to 100m
Min damage from 210 to 143
Min damage range from 230m to 200m

Kestrel

Refire rate from 100ms to 98ms
Max damage from 250 to 180

Air Hammer

Damage from 65 to 85

Breaker Rocket Pods

Resist type from 18 to 5
Damage from 550 to 167

Mosquito

Needler

Max damage from 200 to 167
Min damage from 167 to 143

Rotary

Max damage from 200 to 175
Min damage from 143 to 112
Reload speed from 2.5sec. to 2sec.

Locust

Max damage from 200 to 150

Banshee

Max damage from 150 to 170

Hellfire Rocket Pods

Resist type from 18 to 5
Max damage from 400 to 125

Scythe

Saron

Max damage from 220 to 180
Min damage from 184 to 167
Magazine size from 60 to 65
Refire rate from 85ms to 82ms

Maelstrom

Max damage from 255 to 200
Min damage from 167 to 143

Antares

Max damage from 220 to 175

Light PPA

Refire rate from 300ms to 250ms
Inner splash damage from 250 to 200

Dual Photon Pods

Resist type from 18 to 5
Max damage from 475 to 143

Valkyrie

Hellion

Refire rate from 100ms to 111ms
Max damage range from 25m to 50m
Magazine size from 60 to 50
Ammo capacity from 420 to 450
Spinup from 1.5sec. to 1sec.

Wyvern

Resist type from 4 to 8
Damage from 250 to 200 at all ranges

CAS 14-E

Max damage from 167 to 125
Max damage range from 10m to 50m
Min damage from 125 to 100
Min damage range from 50m to 200m
Inner blast radius from 0.35m to 0.5m
Outer blast damage from 1 to 25
Outer blast radius from 1m to 2m

Infantry

Light Assault

Ambusher Jump Jets have been added to the Light Assault class.
These jump jets propel the player forward quickly, with limited vertical height.
Unlike other jump jet types, these are on a cooldown, instead of being more readily available.
Aerial Combatant's rank 5 benefit now resets the cooldown on Ambusher Jump Jets upon a kill.

Engineer

The Nano-Repair Grenade has been added to the Engineer class.
This grenade creates a field which repairs 50 health per second in an area.
The grenade sticks to vehicles, the player can only have one active at any time.

Cosmetics