Wolfy,

could you go into detail about the aiming fixes

What did you change/ fix

Will we see changes to the heavy turn speed or hmg now that the strafe speed has had a noticeable increase thanks to performance fixes?

I did a dev blog, it will be out in a bit

You're my favorite dev now. Also will hit detection be improved as well?

Too much change as in, difficult to get used to as a player?

Or too much change as in, potential to break everything?

... any chance for "Doom" mode on the HMG getting an ADS buff?

Any chance that we can get the invalid fitting removed on vehicles if there is no turret equipped?

Would really like to be able fly a dropship without weapons and use it solely as a troop transport.

Too much change as in, difficult to get used to as a player?

Or too much change as in, potential to break everything?

Hi guys,

I see a bunch of different things being mentioned here so I thought IGÇÖd quickly let you know whatGÇÖs going on with them.

Amount of stuff in 1.3 GÇô This was an intentionally short release to give us a trial run of the new processes we have put in place to be able to deliver updates to you faster. ThatGÇÖs why it might feel a bit GÇÿlightGÇÖ. 1.4 is the 'correct' length and consequently will have more stuff.

Aiming GÇô Aiming was worked on throughout 1.3 laying the foundations for the work me and Remnant are currently doing on it for 1.4. There simply wasnGÇÖt enough time to get it all ready and tested for 1.3. The pad and the mouse will be getting an update, testing is going well. IGÇÖll have a dev blog about this soon with more details.

Vehicle tuning and 1.4 GÇô work on this has started. However we donGÇÖt want to just make small patches and tweaks here and there as we have in the past. We need to take a full pass on vehicles/turrets/modules as a whole. This as you can imagine is a lot of work. It is a priority for us but donGÇÖt expect to see significant updates until 1.5. We need a good chunk of time to get through it all..

Murder Taxis GÇô For 1.4 weGÇÖve updated the vehicle/infantry collision and damage system. I retuned the damage completely the other day and so far in my small tests itGÇÖs feeling a lot better. WeGÇÖll be testing it in our internal playtests this week so we can see how it holds up with more players.

Other bits and bobs - There is also work underway on matchmaking, AFKing and red lining. IGÇÖm not working on the matchmaking so I canGÇÖt provide you with details there right now. IGÇÖll be involved with the redline and AFK stuff this week so IGÇÖll give more info on that soon.

Cheers

CCP Wolfman

Three Questions Wolfman

This update seems a little relaxed when compared to 1.1 and 1.2, and Im not unhappy with the changes but I would like to know where some things stand.

Is there any work being done to rebalance or potentially add new variants to the Plasma Cannon and Laser Rifle? Theyre both under utilized and under performing atm.

Also, is there any changes being worked on for weapon skills, like what was done for the Flaylock, that are virtually useless?

A good example is Plasma Cannon Ammo Capacity, which at level four gives 10.8 rounds and level five which gives 11.25 rounds, both rounding off to two additional rounds. Issue with this is that itsabsolutely pointless to get that skill to level five and its just wasted SP. Another good example is Scrambler Pistol Fitting Optimization.

Last One thats important: Where are the ISK variants for the contact grenades?

Bonus question

Hows that Burst SMG coming along

This.
This right here.
You need to relay to your fellow Devs and Superiors that THIS is what they need to do on a more constant basis.
Informing us, the playerbase, of what you guys have been doing, what you have in mind, when you expect work to be done, and addressing our concerns, in THIS manner, is helpful beyond belief.

Kudos to you Wolfman, and thank you for that.

Like, I am completely serious.
Copy and paste that text into notepad, Word, or whatever. Print out multiple copies for each member of the Dev teams. Have them look over it. Have them read it again. Have them practice several times on writing little pieces like that.

You will find that we will very very VERY much appreciate it, now and in the future.