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PTS Update (8/23): FC.20.20110812.8
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FC.20.20110812.6 Patch Notes
ETA: 8:30 PM PST (GMT-7)
General Gameplay:
Desert Crisis
Desert
Serpent Lantern
Powers:
Archery
Power Armor
Travel
Tailor:
Known Issues (Please write in red text when submitting bugs to this thread so issues are easier to find.):
EDIT: Changed the patch note for Jet Pack to indicate it behaves like Jet Boots, not regular flight. -Ame
ETA: 8:30 PM PST (GMT-7)
General Gameplay:
- The Terms of Service has been updated.
- The King of the Hill PvP map has been disabled for the time being. Some mechanics on the map are being tweaked.
Desert Crisis
- Radiation Domination: Mission now completes properly when exiting the cave to Desert proper.
Desert
- Operation Stranglehold: Players may once again progress through this mission properly.
Serpent Lantern
- Serpent Mages now grant resources and XP normally.
- The drop rates of consumables and costume parts have been increased.
Powers:
Archery
- Quarry: Typo in description has been corrected.
Power Armor
- Energy Wave: Hardened Particle Matrix: FX has been revisited.
Travel
- Jet Pack (New!): Strap in and hold on! Equip the Jet Pack of your choice and take to the skies. Note: If you do not have a Jet Pack equipped, this power will behave like Jet Boots flight, with different FX and animations.
Tailor:
- Retro Sci-Fi: An erroneous Sci-fi Jumpsuit option has been removed from Robotic Right Arm options.
Known Issues (Please write in red text when submitting bugs to this thread so issues are easier to find.):
- Known issues will be posted here.
EDIT: Changed the patch note for Jet Pack to indicate it behaves like Jet Boots, not regular flight. -Ame
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Well... Done... This is an absolutely PERFECT implementation of jetpacks for this game... Thoroughly impressed.
It's probably cause it moves the fx emanation from the feet to the back instead so they bypass the maximum emanation points issue there.
Why they just didn't upgrade jetboots, not sure. curious if it's now as fast as jet boots, but has the gear shifting choices of regular flight. If that's the case, then it makes sense as a separate power, cause it's has a different template.
I'm pretty sure that's not what he's saying.
Jet pack is free.
As a Pessimist I lost this battle, yet I still won becuase I get a free jet pack.
Fixed the patch notes to state that Jet Pack behaves like Jet Boots, not regular flight. Sorry for the confusion!
What makes you think it's free?
Oooh bonus. I can now use Jet pack flight on my non-Jet pack flying toons for the Jet boots Behaviour!
SWEEET
Its not in the C-store on test. You are preaching to thw choir, but every other C-store travel power was on test (or not) but had to be purchased from the free store on test.
I can make this easier - the new Jet Pack flight power is free. Due to the way the FX messaging works, as well as the animation changes, and the fact we wanted it to behave as Jet Boots flight, we had to make it into a separate power instead of somehow incorporating the Jet Pack FX directly into the other flight powers.
In addition to Jet Pack flight coming out, and working with existing jet pack geo, we will also be releasing a Jet Pack costume set, which will come with several new pieces of jet pack geo, each with corresponding FX when used with Jet Pack flight.
That's awesome. Kudos to the Devs.
Ahhhh, so the power is free, but the costume pack isn't. Got it. Sweet!
Any chance the costume department is going to do a review of the current jetpack pieces so they don't clip with the bubble helms? Or has that ship sailed long ago?
Did you check to see if they clip now? None of them come up that far.
Sometimes its gotta clip for fun.
I know I have done checks and most if not all of the jet packs clip with the bubble helm.
And yet Brou and I can't even try to wear them because of "clipping issues".
I thought it looked really cool (at least the build-up and blast parts).
So, yay! As an optimist, I won the battle and yet I still win the war because I was pleasantly surprised with something even better!
My thanks to you and your money-minions for making my CO-related day, Ame!
You win this time Kurbee, but next time... MAMMOTH will win.
I apologies in advance for bringing this up, but just for clarification; Free? or Gold? It's still not too late before word spreads to the public
Also, not wanting you to lose out on a valid revenue stream due to a misunderstanding.
The amount of happy I have over this is beyond epic.
If attachments worked on these forums, I'd totally have a pic related.
This is wonderful news.
All other flying travel powers we got so far were all based on the basic flight power, I think it's best if this one is like jetboots ramp over time instead.
I suppose that will have to be a point on which we disagree. I much prefer the ability to charge up my travel power, and immediately zip off at max speed. It also seems odd to sort of putter off in your new sleek looking jetpack...
You do realize the combat speed of Jet Flight is superior to regular fight right?
I've pointed it out several times already. I think a lot of people just turn off Flight during combat, which makes sense, it costs energy and does basically nothing for you tactically.
Jet Boots on the other hand, is a half-way decent combat travel power.
I nearly exploded from holding in my screams. I had to stop and breathe, reread it again and then I nearly fainted. Thank you so much Devs! You are amazing!
Though I do understand the reason you are pointing at. Jetpack isn't a reskin, it's a new power, something you said you wouldn't charge for. Major kudos for keeping that word.
I wanted to ask a question though. Since Jetpack is now it's own separate flight and not a reskin of jet boots or regular flight, will we be seeing reskins of it in the future? Something akin to air or water jetpacks propulsions... anti-gravity bursts... bleh, sorry. Getting WAY ahead.
Again i thank you tho. You have made several people extremely happy, including myself.
It would be cool if the little pulsing gravity beam from the Zero-G Boots preorder device saw use elsewhere...
Seems to take around an hour from patch being active to the PTS server being accessible...?
This should be a front-page news item. It's ****ing awesome.
Question though - how does it work for a character that doesn't have a jetpack as part of their current costume?
sounds are missing from jetpack
animation for non jetpack wearers using the jetpack TP is not displaying
Both for consistency for the mechanics, and to work as a whole...for example: You have the Jet Pack power, but you switched to a costume without the Jet Pack...it makes sense that you are now propelled by Jets in your feet instead, instead of hovering in a flight pose with Jet sound effects as happens currently.
Actually, I think it absolutely needs to work like this so players can't "break" the power (a standard flight pose with Jet Boots mechanics does not make sense as things stand) with something as simple as a costume change, and Jet Boots should be replaced by a power called "Jet Propulsion" that maintains this internal consistency.
I'd suggest a jetpack that folds out or something myself, but that would take quite a bit to add at this point.
Its not a bug: I like this as it is. What I see that I am getting is a power that works with Jet pack Geos AND an option to have the mechanics of Jet boots (which I perfer) on my non jet boot type toons.
Regular flight is horridly slow and has even worse combat effectiveness.
This power is now a 2 in 1 addtion to the game:
Works with jet packs, offers those of us who like the Jet boots playstyle a non flaming feet option.
It also gives my bird toons the flightpose I perfer (always hated the supergirl leg bent regular flight pose! the legs together is superior in my eyes).
Devs please do not change this.
...and a little bit more faith is restored! pass on the thanks to upper management. nice to see some give and take here.
Ok, I like this change for sure, before it just looked like it should have been part of Force. The Segmented Hexagon bubble is definetly more tech looking.
I personally would maybe prefer smaller hexagon sections to make it look more like Energy Shield, if that would be possible. If not that, then any other way to convey a more "Energy Lens" type of appearance more along the lines of what Energy Shield manages to convey to me...the effect does work as is (and is certainly better than before to me), but is missing a bit of "liveliness" IMO.
Really? It looks like that now? I thought I was just being ignored, didn't think anyone actually listened to me...wait...oh I get it! You guys had both ready and were just testing our reactions to them..very slick you guys..
..note I'm really just kidding. I just spout off madness whenever I'm happy! I'd have to check it out myself though and really appricate that development takes all our suggestions/feedback (either minor or outlandish) with some professional consideration even when I'm not.
Note: I really do think they had both kinds waiting around and wanted to test our reactions to the first one.
In my testing, I found that even if you switched between two different jetpack costumes it wouldn't come back until you turned the power off and on.
Well, and I tested this with Field Surge and Energy Refraction on Thunder Struck to be sure, the problem is that the shield needs to mesh well graphically with the Force Shields, otherwise it'll just look hideous. As it stands now, this shield sits over top of the Force ones. But if much more was done to it, it would start looking really convoluted for such a temporary effect.
Ahem:
Awesome. <. .> I'll be buying the jetpack pack without hesitation!
>_> WHOOSH!
(Childish? Yeah. Satisfying? Yeah.)
Just a question: Is Jet Pack a Free Travel Power or a Gold Travel Power? Because if it's free for Silvers, I can see the sells for Rocket Boots go down the drain.