So, like all of you i red the patchnotes this morning with unconcealed joy. And boy was i disappointed.... I'll stop you right now, i knew this build was about fixing the game more than adding stuff to it but even on that matter, i just dont see much going on.
For the record, the PERFORMANCE section has.... one line. Makes sense for a technical fix oriented build....
=> No reference to lag
- Improved projectile behavior in networks with high latency.=> No reference to micro-freeze
=> No reference to any enhancement in infantry physic model (wall of glass, collision, etc...)
=> No reference to timeout error
=> No reference to hard freeze when battle starts
=> No reference to long long loading time of contact list (unless the "- Optimized non-battle related networking connections" is about that)
=> No reference to fixing lasers (lack of over-heat on advanced, proto ; range evolution through sharpshooter)
=> No reference to spawning mechanics enhancement
Yet, we get stuff such as :
Quote:
- Added HMG 'Doom mode'- a new gun camera firing position
- Lowered HMG zoom FOV from 65 to 60 degrees
- Increased HMG zoom speed by 0.2 seconds
- Reduced Burst HMG fire interval
=> How in hell is that usefull ? or even remotely needed at this time ? What about breach AR then ? And SMG ? getting just a decrease in recoil ? What about range ? Guess it's all about heavies love...
also :
Quote:- Reduced the damage gap between Standard, Advanced, and Prototype tiers of all handheld weapons
Is that serious ? People already play most of the time with militia shotgun, or AR or anything because the difference isnt that big when using damagers. they're actually reducing the gap even MORE. I dont see how that's a progression in gameplay really.... Imo, it's another way to catter, once more, to crybabies. Soon, there'll be no difference between any tier of module\weapon except for their PG\CPU consumption..... And it seems like a very weird decision to make in a build supposed to be fixing things..
I'm not very confident for this coming build... I'll wait and see till i get to actually play it.. But i have a very bad vibe about it.
Yet, kudos on fixing the grenade animation, and improving swarm launchers. Even though, it wont be enough imo.