Balance Pass Post 2: Nanoweave and Related Features

Ever heard of a pizza delivery?

Sounds like you're pretty bad, if you relie on nnw, advanced shield capacitor ftw!

Screw this Game is dead as soon as these patches are tossed in. It is OFFICIALLY DEAD. Thanks SOE for listening to the idiots who don't care about a good game. All we do now is farm certs anyways. Zero Metagame nowadays Thanks for adding alerts That totally did not help.

Sniper Headshots only at 150......

Meanwhile in BF4 land.




Sniping is fun getting log range headshots is fun. The changes are a net buff for snipers and good for the game in general, but the pretense of the change is dishonest (its a prenerf that will never have the opportunity to proven that it isn't necessary), and your weapons pre-nerfer.. I mean balancer, wise in his wisdomy ways, will drive snipers to games where they are appreciated, and correctly rewarded for their skill.

And at the end of the day don't forget to congratulate yourself, whoever made the decision. You totally won't go down in gaming history for this one.

Actually this has given me a great idea. Shame.
Not to any one person in particular, but the decisions like this and the reasons given. We need to catalog them and put them on a planetside2cascadeimminent.com, and have a war clock and everything. A greatest PS2 dev derps of all time, etc.
Higby's ONUS reasoning about lattice. That one was great and full of wisdom. Something about PS2 needs rule or it isn't a game, its a toy, and *wisdom* *wisdom* ONUS *wisdom*.
Wonder if all that hot air will get him anywhere but a derpy hall of fame award.

Lets take something else that hardly ever happens and nerf it too. Any ideas?

Good post!
BF4 FTW

Jaysus... where to start?

- Flinch mechanic for months was in favour of high RoF weapon users.
- In-game VOIP has been buggy since release.
- the false information displayed on the mini-map (mini-map doesn't match what's really going on)
- The four-sided maps for three factions. (results in 'dead space' corners. Ymir, Saurva and Wokuk) and yet when Lattice was introduced some bases were 'trimmed' from the map, but the massive 'dead space' areas weren't changed!
- The totally unnecessary and uncalled for Bio Lab re-design.
- Splash damage was nerfed to the point that only a direct hit from a tank round will outright kill infantry.
- Aircraft and vehicles render before infantry = invisible rocket / flak for pilots / drivers.
- AV Mana turret still broken OP (just needs the weapon range adjusted to 300m).
- TR Strikers OP for months. (now they are trash, finally. But TR sure got their money's worth out of them. Never mind that it nearly broke the VS and NC vehicle game-play)
- Massive sound and light show for facility captures. (after one of the updates. It was hilarious but loud, very loud. )
- NC Phoenix head-shots. (that got nerfed real quick though didn't it?)
- Empire Specific MAX abilities (mainly ZOE... but the overall balance too. I.e: NC screwed once again).
- The unintended effects of Nanoweave and how it broke the Infiltrator sniper role.
- The hacked turret render delay bug. (Infiltrators don't see the ejected occupant for 1-2 seconds, ample time for them to kill the Infiltrator)
- Mother-f*cking glowing lights on mother-f*cking AP Mines!?
- The NC Enforcer C85 Modified.
- The TR G20 Vulcan-H.
- Gate Shield Diffusers that don't always breach shields...
- Vehicle cosmetics that now glow-in-the-dark.
- Vehicles that explode by simply rolling on their roof. (The Flash being the worst offender)
- Black blotches on your screen when Scythes shot at you.
- Aircraft that don't retract their landing gear on spawning.
- Now we currently have invisible Mosquitos.

I mean, how does a games company manage to stuff up so many things that aren't (or shouldn't be) broken in the first place?

Sounds like a solid intro for a porno. Classics are always the best.

Don't know if any of you realize the game's still in beta, the only reason they're even working on the game now is because the PS4, their creation, has been released.

And suddenly it all makes sense (sarcasm), so what are the chances the PS4 is having trouble rendering partical effects?

Beta it may still be but I've played PS2 far more hours than any other released game this year. Not bad for a freebie but **** poor if you subscribe, and pay for SC. I'm happy for game balances and mechanic changes this is just normal for any mmo but engine optimisation is just lame for a paid for product 1 year after release. Imagine buying a new car that wasn't working and needing repairing 1 year after you bought it. You would be pretty pissed.

You don't say? All we can do is sit here with out buttholes open and take it or say **** it and abandon the game.

Hi, if people really wish to be more protected against explosions, they should choose to spend certs for the flak armor.
I know that it is not the most usefull cert line for infantery players (except for the engineer and the MAx), but this solution exists and it is effective.
Players make choices, and when they choose to go on the battlefield without the flak armor, they cannot complain to die from explosions, even from a grenade.

This Nanoweave change is a step forward, and now Flak Armor is an equally good choice.

I ask Again...Do you programmers EVER play your game???. Snipes have the Worst armor. With the ONE shot rifle...most of the time if were are found by a hunter...were dead meat...we miss its all over with.
It take a very skilled sniper ( with a silencer ) to hit a target that bobbing and weaving. Been playing a long time now..all I see are MAX...maxes and MORE maxes. I think you guys don't have a clue when it comes to game play.
I too can read data,,,,look at the top killers on every battle. You never ever see a sniper there !
People hate that they get killed by a sniper....lol how about radar in a plane...or a 1o ton max walking to ya. Guys get a clue.

Nice choice of wprds.

Dude you forgot the best bug of all: No projectiles coming out of vehicle weapons. Just watch your ammo counter go down to no effect. It happened after firsr GU I think.
Phoenix killed withbody shot and thd projectiles disnt render correctly. Also it was verry buggy in release. The bugs are still here but very rare.

I see maraudees on harraser sometimes. Maybe oncexa day. Vulcan is so powerful that everybofdy wants it. Fun fun dwstroying vehicles. Also it worjsxwell against infaktry. Its rrue qhat yiu say of fury. Was the most popular and now no one usesxit. Fury and narauder kills with 2 huts but marauder shhots faster and has higheecsplash samage per second. Also ut only cists 250 certs compared to 1000 for fury.

Thanks SOE for putting chorine in the shallow end of the playerbase genepool

So.

Is there any benefit whatsoever to fully cert the shield after this change?

I'm a n00b, so go easy.

With lv5 NW, u get, like, couple hundreds of HP points.

With lv5 ASG, u get.. a few seconds faster recharge.

i mean... am i the only one seeing an issue here? can anyone tell me how much exactly the shield gives u HP?

im sure i asked this quetsion already, but the answer didn't quote me, so it's now lost in the sea of hundreds of angr.... errr..... debate...

thanks!

Vulcan is easier to use, but more skilled crews prefer the halberd. That needs looking at too.

SOE Masters of fixing what is NOT broken

So the cert refunds are for every class you spent nano weave on?
Getting around 5000 cert soon