05-03-2009, 02:53 PM
General updates
Music & Sound effects
Tweaking & Tuning
Plane Changes
Tank changes
Weapons and Abilities
FIXES
- We increased the level cap to Level 30
- We added Server bookmarks (under Options) (not fully functional yet, stay tuned!)
- We added new tooltips
- “Convenience Items” are now called "Widgets"
- In addition to the existing XP Boost, you can now also buy a VP Boost
- Items you can’t afford should now be coloured red, to make it easier to distinguish them from items you can afford
- We added a popup message to inform you if you try to buy an item you already have
- Inventory items that expired more than two weeks ago should now be filtered out
- Items that are too high level should now be filtered out
- Nationals and Royals now have “Incoming!” emotes
- There should be more tanks spawning at Village and Lighthouse capture points on Seaside Skirmish
- We added a message to let you know if the server of the friend you’re trying to join is full
- ”Hero’s shield” is now called “Hero Shield”
- The End of Round screen should look a bit prettier now
Music & Sound effects
- Troop Trap has a new sound
- We extended the length of repair and heal Ability sounds
- All Gunner Ability Sounds now last longer
- Some sniping sounds now last longer
- We increased the sound duration on Poisoned Blade
- We increased the sound duration on Elixir/Escape
- We added a sound for receiving Valor Points
- We added a sound for receiving Hero Points
- Buccaneer Bay now has loading music
Tweaking & Tuning
- We increased the home base radius in Victory Village and Seaside Skirmish, this should help prevent repeated base annihilation somewhat
- We increased the amount healed on all Bandages
Plane Changes
- We reduced Plane MG damage
- We reduced Plane hit points to 190 (previously 280)
- We increased the range of Plane MGs
- We increased Plane critical hit damage bonus
Tank changes
- Tanks should now do less damage vs. other Tanks
- Explosion “splash” should no longer hurt Tanks
- We increased Tank damage vs. Planes
- We reduced overall Tank damage
- We reduced Tank damage vs. infantry
Weapons and Abilities
- We did some Pistol damage tuning - giving default and slow firing pistols slightly better damage.
- Slow, heavy shotguns should do more damage now
- We reduced Knife critical hit damage
- Grenade spam: Removed proximity explosion
- Grenade spam: Reduced damage and damage growth
- Grenade spam: reduced head shot modifier
- Grenade spam: Reduced plane MG damage VS infantry
FIXES
- Not properly switching back to the previous weapon after using a "fire and switch back to weapon" Ability or explosives should now be fixed
- The Ability reset “transaction error” should now be clearer
- Join a friend should no longer get stuck if it fails
- The "I need a ride" emote should now be available by default
- The appearance tabs should now only show up if they contain goodies. No more empty tabs!
- The Play Button should no longer freeze on the End of Round screen
- Tip of the Day is back!
- The Tutorial should now get marked as “done” when you have completed it
- We fixed a bug with SMG mastery 1 and 2 (Missions)
- We fixed a bug with the Grenade Spam crosshairs not being displayed as a passenger
- Some Game error messages should be clearer now
- When joining a new game the server should now automatically remove expired items and replace them with the default items (if applicable)
- It should no longer be possible to join a server with expired items, irrespective of your system’s time settings.
- Placing a troop trap in front of a ladder could sometimes block access to that ladder. This should now be fixed.
- The National and Royal home bases in Buccaneer Bay should now also have protection against base/spawn camping
