PU02, THE LARGEST UPDATE/BALANCE CHANGE YET

This patch is mostly a NERF ALL THE THINGS patch, but here are the ones that stick out.

ZOE stuff.

Vulcan nerfed to uselessness.

Harasser armor decreased further so 1 main cannon + 1 secondary will be death(opposed to 3 of them before).

Shotguns, smg's indirectly buffed by nanoweave and hipfire nerf. Shotguns were especially buffed because some pellets almost always hit the head and nanoweave no longer protects against headshots. Expect pre-nerf shotgun performance from the Spring.

LMG hipfire nerfed / laser sight nerfed-
You'll almost always want to be ADS unless using a CQ specific weapon
Anchor/Orion/MSW are still going to be preferable for CQ, but the range that they can hipfire at and also their ADS range is reduced.

AV max weapons will typically require 1 more volley to kill infantry, except the Vortex which is better than before. AV max weapons are now like tank shells, originating from the center of your screen with a "fake" graphical tracer originating from the actual weapon. (This is also why Magrider's shells don't really have as much drop as it looks like). This makes it much easier to hit both close range and long range targets since you don't have to deal with con/divergence.

AV turret missile duration decreased from 15 to 10 seconds. This doesn't affect you unless you were using the trick to fire 2 in the air at max altitude jiggling your mouse all over the screen to cause them to stack before turning down on your target to hit them with 3 at once.

Shredder nerfed vs infantry/MAX. Expect it to take about twice as long to kill a burster max, which isn't an issue close range but this is very significant when shooting at someone from 200m+ that is also mostly blocked by cover. Side note: SOE apparently doesn't think many ppl even use the shredder vs infantry.

BASILISK BUFFED. Starting accuracy increased, full auto accuracy decreased, spread recovery rate increased, so if shooting at things far away you'll probably be wanting to use ~7 round bursts.

Fury/Marauder MASSIVE nerf vs Infantry - it now requires 1 more round AND half the splash. The fury had it's dmg increased vs tanks and has 3 more rounds, the marauder had it's dmg increased vs harassers/flash/lightning but now does 0 damage against tanks and lost a round. The Fury is now much better than the marauder.

BULLDOG UNCHANGED ON HARASSER - IT IS NOW MUCH BETTER ANTI INFANTRY THAN FURY/MARAUDER.
BULLDOG SUNDY DMG INCREASED 33% - Unsure if this makes it better than the Fury for anti armor work until I see the new datamines.

Jumping COF increased. This is a large nerf to LA and bunny hopping. The old trick to firing while airborne was to ADS while standing still then start flying, this will be much less accurate now, and you'll need to wait a couple tenths of a second longer after landing before your gun becomes accurate.

UBGL nerfed. Direct hit to 1 shot now needed, reload increased, swap time increased. This is also a very large change to anti max capabilities since it used to be 2 UBGL to kill. C4 range also reduced by 10% so LA in general are worse vs maxes.

Tank mines claimed to be fixed.


ESF

All rotaries nerfed. Their range was drastically cut and their damage output normalized across all factions - to the Scythe, which is very, very stupid because the hitboxes and flight mechanics of the aircraft are still very different. The Reaver gets fucked the most, with nerfed range and increased reload time while keeping the massive hitbox. The Mosquito cannon was nerfed with less damage per mag(needed vs libs) and longer reload time. Sad that the mossie is getting screwed because the Striker existed for so long. Basically anything under 90% accuracy and the Scythe wins all. The Scythe now has the smallest hitbox, fastest bullet speed, no drop, and fastest reload speed by half a second. As long as you're firing beyond about 120m or so, the Saron is a better choice because the tighter COF, damage nerf of the rotaries, and more forgiving mag size give you a larger advantage.

 

It looks like a major nerd for the vulcan

 

And last time they were previewing the harrasser changes you came away with "THEY'RE BUFFING THE VULCAN".
:P

 

R.I.P. ZOE

Also not very happy that they screwed with my under barrel grande launcher.

 

It's taking like an hour to log in and servers keep go down. They done fucked it up.

 

OMG they nerfed the Serpent. 95% of my game play is LA with Serpent. FK i hate nerfs

 

I'm happy with most of the changes.

ESF's were too powerful, ttk was way too high. Makes my magrider SO GOOD.
Zoe was op, it was!
Harasser nerf was insane, but it makes my magrider SO GOOD.
LMG hipfire stuff not a big deal, since it's a nerf across the board.
Anti air and anti tank launchers are better. Happy with that.
Vulcan nerfed yea baby.

Not happy with halbred infantry nerf but oh well.

 

Has anyone killed a snowman yet? I really need to know what the golden snowman gives when killed....so I can know how much time to invest in hunting them.....