This topic really underscores the need for a Dust test server that players can use, not just devs. Something that is accessible to the entire community, and that does not affect your main characters stats. I know I'd be willing to spend a little time each gaming session playing with different fits, if it provided usable data for the devs in regards to balancing, and I'm sure many others would as well.

I don't know if it's ever been explicitly said by the devs or not, but after 6 months of playing and reading the forums, I get the idea that many of the non-sensical (from the player's perspective) nerfs and buffs have to do with providing devs with data to balance with... they need to see what a particular weapon/vehicle/fit looks like as both underpowered and overpowered, so that they can find the right balance to tweak it to. Basically, it seems like the devs are still testing in production, and just not telling us -- and it becomes irritating because it has an actual affect on the ISK and stats of our characters. What's worse, it leads to ill-will towards the devs and amongst different classes of players in the Dust community.

What would be ideal would be a small test bed that we could all log into from the main menu, and try different fittings out with. The devs could just come out and schedule testing for certain fittings -- just put up a post saying, "Hey guys, today on the test server we're gonna make Swarms OP, so all you AV and tankers jump in for a bit so we can get some data regarding all this". I know I'd be willing to participate.

* Shared passive scanner vision for squads disabled (results of active scanners are still shared with squads)

See, but that's my point- these small monthly updates should not still be tinkering with the 'core' of a fully released Triple A shooter 3 months after full release and after a year and a half in beta, that's what beta is for, to perfect the core before release. Nothing in a full release Triple A shooter should still need to be "rebuilt from the ground up" especially something as basic as matchmaking.

Right now there is no 'core' because in 5 updates from now the way aiming works and the way hit-detection works will be completely different. Therefore, the weapon balances released here in 1.4 will become unbalanced again when aiming, hit-detection, and movement are inevitably "rebuilt from the ground up".

That's a nice wall of text you have there. It's a shame you didn't actually read before posting, isn't it?
This entire patch is focused on fixing the core. What on earth would shutting dust down achieve? Making you feel slightly better about your mindless rage on the forums?

Get lost.

why use armor repair?

why reload?

you want points for that too?

scanners dont do anything first hand to damage enemy , thats why you dont need to get WP

imagine the spam of OS if you could get WP from scanning

Recent Updates/Daily Bonus:
There's a devblog coming on the Recent Updates page, there'll be more info on how that and the Daily Bonus works there.

AFK detection:
- You get a warning at 90s and kicked at 180s of inactivity; these values may be tuned down the road
- Infantry activity: move OR fire
- Vehicle activity: move OR fire
- Non-driver turret activity (includes installations): pitch/yaw OR fire
- Passive vehicle seat activity: counts as active whenever drive is active

Obviously this isn't going to be perfect, but it should significantly cut down on incidences of AFKing. If it doesn't have a noticeable impact we'll re-evaluate.