Massive update heading to MAG this Friday
- Posted February 24th, 2010 at 19:21 EDT by Adam Dolge
- 38 Comments
A massive patch, v1.03, is headed to MAG this Thursday, February 25. The update will revamp the effectiveness of every weapon and the long range weapons have been tuned to be more realistic. The weapon and gear swapping process has been sped up, and exploits that gave some teams an unfair advantage on certain maps have been closed off.
The patch will go live this Thursday at 1 a.m. PST, 4 a.m. EST, and 9 a.m. GMT.
See below for a full list of updates as revealed at the official MAG blog:
Patch v1.03
Gameplay
* Overhauled tuning of multiple weapons of all types (see “Weapon” section below)
* Improved speed of weapon and gear swapping by approximately 500 milliseconds.
*Fixed bug in SVER’s Aralkum Mechanical Acquisition map and Absheron Refinery Domination map that allowed players to defuse a charge planted on a repaired gate or door.
* Added a “solid tone” sound effect near the end of a charge’s beeping detonation timer so that players know when the charge can no longer be defused and that they should vacate the area.
* “Medium Improved” Armor now works as intended with the speed properties of Medium Armor and a defensive value greater than Medium, but less than Heavy Armor.
* Changed resuscitated player’s camera orientation to match the last camera direction used while incapacitated instead of the pre-harm camera.
* Players no longer lose XP if a teammate is killed by an objective explosion caused by a charge they planted.
* Respec Point requirements in Barracks have been changed from 3K, 5K, 10K, 17K, 26K, and 26K-Repeat to 1K, 2K, 3K, and 3K-Repeat.
* Lowered the amount of damage necessary to kill an incapacitated enemy
* All fired projectiles (RPGs, Turret Rockets) have been given a steadier aim.
* Mines that haven’t been triggered are no longer removed from the map when the dead player that deploys them respawns unless that player changes their Loadout (note: The maximum number of mines you can plant cannot exceed the number you initially spawn with).
* Fixed bug that prevented “fully-resuscitated” players with more than 100 health points from receiving their full HP.
* Fixed bug that caused players to take unnecessary damage from both friendly and enemy vehicles when touching them.
* Players no longer lose leadership points after entering “Veteran Mode.”
Weapons
* “From the hip” firing for Light and Medium machine guns have stronger recoil and are less accurate when moving.
* Tuned weapon damage for all three factions.
* Modified all short-ranged weapons (pistols, PDWs, shotguns, SMGs) so that they’re less effective at long distances.
* Made Battle Rifles more effective.
* Reduced accuracy bonus for using iron sights and reflex sights so that players can no longer snipe with weapons that aren’t intended to do so.
* Increased damage values for all rockets to make them more effective (ex: three rockets can now destroy a DE turret).
* Shooting through thin materials (fences, tents, etc.) will be more consistent.
* Increased spread on shotguns.
* Improved animations for rocket launchers.
Graphics
* Fixed bug that caused the recoil animation to end early or stop animating if a player was firing their weapon for a long period of time.
* Changed detonation time on smoke and poison gas grenades to prevent them from exploding in mid-air to eliminate unintended FX issues.
* Added realistic fogging effects to sky-domes.
Technical
* Fixed most conditions that caused players to be caught in a “respawn loop” which kept restarting the respawn queue when the countdown clock reached 0.
* Changed in-game conditions to make it less likely to experience in-game freezes.
* Improved client-side stability.
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Dave-The-Rave |
Dave-The-Rave- 2:34pm EST - February 24th, 2010
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ANother awesome update..@3: The game is already out, lol.
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Demonbreed
- 2:38pm EST - February 24th, 2010
- 7
This is going to be frigging awesome. They've practically fixed everything that was causing people frustration and costing Exp etc. This is VERY good news!
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GunTeng
- 3:26pm EST - February 24th, 2010
- 11
* Increased damage values for all rockets to make them more effective (ex: three rockets can now destroy a DE turret).
I don't like this one....this will make gunturrets pointless and bunkers will be over-run far too easily. IMO this is a silly change to placate idiots tbh.
Everything else however seems good, although the camera change while resusitated will make running & gunning more prevailent & take away the need for medics to take care when reviving teammates. I guess we will just see how it pans out....glad to see the most serious issues have been addressed in some way.
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psyra
- 3:43pm EST - February 24th, 2010
- 13
GunTeng
I do agree to some extent with you, i do like these changes, cuz while rockets might seem a little overpowered, they will be to both teams, so it might compesate a little, but we just have to wait and see.
the vast majority of the fixes are good though :D
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ahabraden |
Ahhrealbradens- 4:34pm EST - February 24th, 2010
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" * Reduced accuracy bonus for using iron sights and reflex sights so that players can no longer snipe with weapons that aren’t intended to do so. "
So they are going to reduce the accuracy for the assault rifle add ons? Hardly seems right, they are suppose to have some distance if you take your time to aim.
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