August 02, 2019 - PTS Update

High Priority Fixes

• Tank Mines and C4 now correctly despawn when detonated, and we've made additional changes that should clean up NPCs more quickly and efficiently.
• Maximum Pressure continent event now correctly grants rewards to all participants.

Continent Events
WE WILL BE HOSTING THE FIRST PLAYTEST OF THE NEW AERIAL ANOMALIES EVENT AT 2PM PT TODAY.

Aerial Anomalies
This event has been restructured to encourage more active participation and offer more tactical depth.
In this new version of Aerial Anomalies, Data Buoys will appear in the center of the map, and Anomalies themselves will coat vehicles in a mysterious residue called Tempest.

Players must deliver Tempest from Anomalies to the nearby Data Buoys in order to score points.

• Galaxies can carry up to 1000 Tempest.
• Liberator can carry up to 500 Tempest.
• Valkyrie can carry up to 500 Tempest.
• Empire Specific Fighters can carry up to 100 Tempest.

Spotted vehicles carrying Tempest display a special icon that changes based on how much Tempest has been gathered.
If you kill a target carrying Tempest, all of the resources are lost.
The team with the most Tempest gathered wins the event.
In a later update, we'll be adding experience for depositing Tempest, and be messaging Buoy locations better.


Vehicles
Nimitz Reactor (Vanguard Defensive Slot)
Replaces 1000 Vanguard health in exchange for a quick-recharging shield layer of the same value.
Recharges 100 shield health per second at all ranks.

• Rank 1: Recharge delay of 6 seconds when damage is received, and 15 seconds when shield is broken.
• Rank 2: Recharge delay of 6 seconds when damage is received, and 12 seconds when shield is broken.
• Rank 3: Recharge delay of 6 seconds when damage is received, and 11 seconds when shield is broken.
• Rank 4: Recharge delay of 6 seconds when damage is received, and 10 seconds when shield is broken.

Misc. Changes, Fixes, and Additions

• Mentor Rating currency decay reduced to 12 per 24 hours, down from 24 per 24 hours. Rating lost at login is now capped at 100.
• Mentor Rating per ribbon earned increased from 1 to 3.
• Continent rotation has been randomized on server startup.
• Warpgate rotation has been randomized on server startup.
• Alerts and continent events will now end prior to a server restart.
• NSO Valkyrie VLG no longer has a 1.5 second reload time, instead of the intended 2 seconds while unscoped.
• Animation fix for NS-45 Pilot magazine reload.
• Animation fix for the charging handle on NSX Tanto's long reload.
• Animation fix for NSX Tengu's reload port while firing.
• Standard Cockpit Glass now unlocks for NSO characters.
• Summer Support Ribbon earn rates are now in line with that of a standard Repair Ribbon.
• Flaming Skull Helmets, and other helmets using particle effects now attach those particles correctly.
• Solid Walls are now properly repaired by the Repair Module.
• Personal Shields have been given new visual FX. This is still a work in progress.
• Fixed issues related to the impact effects when shooting targets with a shield layer.