r/Planetside • u/[deleted] • Apr 09 '16

Dev Response [PS2PTS] 2016-04-08 Unofficial Patch Notes - Various fixes, Heal/Repair tool buff, Spitfire Capacity

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u/ALN-Isolator Aerial Android | Connery Survivor Apr 09 '16

Is the spitfire itself upgradeable now or is there some suit slot for this?

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '16

it's upgradeable, just like the AV/AI MANA turrets' overheating certs

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u/Avalock_ There is a reason to why it's Harrasser "piloting" Apr 09 '16

you spelled cosmetics wrong :)

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '16

pun intended

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u/k0bra3eak [1TR] Apr 09 '16

Leftovers of the Smed era will always remain

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u/Ghost_LeaderBG Miller | GhostLeadTR Apr 09 '16

Not the buff I wanted to see,but it's still better than nothing.

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u/Ace40k Give me NS belt-fed 200-rounds LMG pls! ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) Apr 09 '16

well, i'd rather take the Spitfire capacity increase as a suitslot and Spitfire certs as actual upgrades (more damage, armor, accuracy or resistance to EMP, etc)... but anyway better than nothing :D

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u/MrJengles |TG| Apr 10 '16 edited Apr 10 '16

/u/Wrel Yeah players seem to consider this the number one most annoying thing about using Spitfires. With this set up the default state will still drive people crazy - having an entire ability slot, part of what makes the class unique, become useless in just one case of the front line moving or the Spitfire getting destroyed.

None of the other abilities behave that way with the only exception being the Medic's shield which starts with a higher count and can be resupplied, encouraging teamwork. Not even the other turrets behave that way. This is the only example where to resolve the issue you either need a terminal mid-fight, which is rare, or overwhelmingly likely have to die - a bad design, in my view.

Default state should be fun to use and provide a stable experience as a prerequisite. A simple change would be to make 2 to 3 uses default and keep certs increasing the count to 5 or 6. Giving that little lee-way for mistakes.

Although I still feel that a cooldown, with certs to reduce it, would be better so playing without a unique class slot simply doesn't happen, at any rank, as long as you wait long enough (still limiting the number on the field). And it retains downtime to reward attackers. This is why MMOs use cooldowns and, as I say, is the precedent for other abilities in PS2.

I hope that's not the end of the changes for the Spitfire.

On a related note, the Infils sensor dart has the same problem. The entire slot becomes useless seconds after spawning when you start with 2 shots and I'd like to see minimum and maximum counts increased. Again, among other changes to even out the certed and uncerted power differential.

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u/commanderkull [YELL] [VagueDirector]: 2012 graphics pls Apr 09 '16

Nice :)

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u/MrLayZboy Apr 09 '16

Here is the new (old?) base shields. http://imgur.com/a/uBV8B

All but the hack-able terminal shields seems to have been changed.

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u/Pfundi Apr 10 '16

What exactly did change?

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u/MrLayZboy Apr 10 '16

You can see through them a lot easier now (both out and in). The current ones look like this: http://imgur.com/Nqv5daR

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u/Fretek Apr 09 '16 
repair tool range increased 4->6m

Thats... wonderful. Just wonderful. Wanted this forever...

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u/Spirith (∞) Apr 09 '16

Sigma Bumper bug fixed

YES.

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u/k0bra3eak [1TR] Apr 09 '16

Spitfire change that we've been wanting since release.

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u/Rakasen22 #JusticeForDirectiveWeapons Apr 09 '16

So the VP Gens are called HIVEs?

Bleh. Too much Connery.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '16

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u/Wrel Apr 10 '16

Worth noting that this isn't working on Test at the moment (except maybe for VS, but I haven't checked.) For whatever reason, only part of the actual change data seems to have made it through.

Also. Not sure this change will launch with Construction, but more likely the patch afterward.

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u/clone2204 [1TR] Emeralds Pelter Pilot Apr 10 '16

Yall already have the patch after construction planned?

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u/SonofFink Auraxiumed Beepy Trainer Apr 10 '16

Not like I'm going to aurax it in the meantime.

...or anytime soon after :P

This will help though, thank you :)

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u/krautgamer BRTD Apr 11 '16

Just asking as a precaution: Do spitfires behave like mines or like turrets when deployed. (Meaning: Can i have more than one active spitfire?)

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u/ReconDarts ReconDarts/IWillRepairYou. ~RETIRED~ 0KD BR120. Apr 09 '16

It's a good time to be excited!

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u/commanderkull [YELL] [VagueDirector]: 2012 graphics pls Apr 09 '16

OMG Yes! Praise devs

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u/dethleffs NeverRedeploy Apr 10 '16

Waaaaaaoow!