Natural Selection 2 Build 244 Live on Steam

SystemSystem Join Date: 2013-01-29 Member: 182599Members, Super Administrators, Reinforced - Diamond
edited April 2013 in NS2 General Discussion

imageNatural Selection 2 Build 244 Live on Steam

Aww yeah, it's patch day! Natural Selection 2 Build 244 is out in the wild and ready for you to play. This is post-launch update number 17!

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  • HughHugh Cameraman San Francisco, CA Join Date: 2010-04-18 Member: 71444NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Onos, WC 2013 - Shadow, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts
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  • YMICrazyYMICrazy Join Date: 2012-11-02 Member: 165986Members
    edited April 2013
    Just in time for Friday. At least the runtime bug is gone and we get an fps command to avoid all the info with r_Stats. Thanks
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  • CyberKunCyberKun Join Date: 2013-02-02 Member: 182733Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited April 2013
    I like how every single balance change is from Sewlek's mod.

    *But for the tiny armor increase on tunnel*
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  • NousWandererNousWanderer Join Date: 2010-05-07 Member: 71646Members
    2uC5I.png

    Thank you, Chrome.
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  • ED0ggYED0ggY Join Date: 2003-06-08 Member: 17103Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited April 2013
    Nooo!

    Descent

    Temporarily disabled the music in Club due to a bug(should be fixed for the next patch)

    yeah i noticed that the music wasnt playing all the time during game
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  • MGS-3MGS-3 France Join Date: 2006-11-11 Member: 58540Members, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    :))
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  • MestaritonttuMestaritonttu Join Date: 2004-07-29 Member: 30229Members, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Gold
    "Reduced extractor death effect intensity."

    Haha, noo, I loved to make my escape with an extractor explosion since marines can't see anything through it! :P
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  • VayVay Join Date: 2013-03-14 Member: 183959Members
    Large marine nerf right before finals. You guys have really wierd timing with these things.
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  • RoobubbaRoobubba Who you gonna call? Join Date: 2003-01-06 Member: 11930Members, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    Sweet sounding changes! Still waiting for no armoury healing, but apart from that it is shaping up beautifully. Thanks for the vid!
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  • Laosh'RaLaosh'Ra Join Date: 2011-12-09 Member: 137232Members
    wohoo patch!
    here are some balance-value charts: http://laoshra.batcave.net/b244.html
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  • GorgenapperGorgenapper Join Date: 2012-09-05 Member: 157916Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Hmm.... not thrilled that marines got a nerf to upgrades, and especially to nanoshield with a 3 second duration. But we'll see how it goes...
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  • getzgetz Join Date: 2003-08-31 Member: 20409Members
    didn't fix lerk sharking? i'm uninstalling this fucking crap game
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  • RoobubbaRoobubba Who you gonna call? Join Date: 2003-01-06 Member: 11930Members, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    getz wrote: »
    didn't fix lerk sharking? i'm uninstalling this fucking crap game

    Forgive me, but what the **** is 'lerk sharking'?

    17 free, post launch updates including MASSIVE content updates and lots of performance improvements. And you come along and whine that UWE have made a 'crap game.'

    Shut the door on your way out.
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  • getzgetz Join Date: 2003-08-31 Member: 20409Members
    edited April 2013
    Roobubba wrote: »
    getz wrote: »
    didn't fix lerk sharking? i'm uninstalling this fucking crap game

    Forgive me, but what the **** is 'lerk sharking'?

    17 free, post launch updates including MASSIVE content updates and lots of performance improvements. And you come along and whine that UWE have made a 'crap game.'

    Shut the door on your way out.

    User banned was banned for this post. (Inciting violence)
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  • FaustFaust Join Date: 2004-11-18 Member: 32852Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Were that many nerfs to marines, and buffs to aliens really necessary? I thought average win ratios were very close to 50% for both teams.
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  • Raven_XIRaven_XI Join Date: 2003-01-08 Member: 12032Members, Constellation
    edited April 2013
    I dont see how NERFING the team that loses most of the time and BUFFING the team that wins is good for balance...

    Balance Fixes you should REALLY make-

    Introduce HMG so marines have some decent tech without 2 CCs (Aliens can get onos with one hive!)
    Get rid of Duel Exo (Way too OP)
    Increase damage of single Exo - leave all Exos at 50 Res. (Its either buy nothing during the game to save for exo, or buy mines to help your team and never get there)

    Oh and increase the cost of Jet packs and make them USEFUL AND FUN TO USE!



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  • W00dyW00dy Join Date: 2013-02-09 Member: 182906Members
    "calibri" probably the font on the scoreboard is not working. Says cant find file and i cant see anything. blank rows.
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  • SeahuntsSeahunts Join Date: 2012-05-13 Member: 151973Members
    Really liking the sound of the changes to Mineshaft. Especially that arcing deposit from central is no longer a thing.

    I noticed that skulk's acceleration was not mentioned in the change log :-/
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  • RoverRover blargh Join Date: 2003-09-23 Member: 21139Members
    Sounds good overall, especially making gorge tunnels more affordable early on. Medkids being fixed on tech points is great.
    Nano being only 3 seconds is a bit iffy, and it was fine at 50%, you just had to watch the nano target with medkits after that. It was mostly useful to keep marines who had been stripped of their armor alive in a fight.
    Not a real fan of the scoreboard font change.
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  • amoralamoral Join Date: 2013-01-03 Member: 177250Members
    i'm not getting the newest patch i don't think, do i just verify the local cache? i'm getting mismatch with server files when i try to connect.
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  • digitaljuicedigitaljuice Join Date: 2003-01-17 Member: 12420Members
    party! thanks guys!
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  • ResRes Join Date: 2003-08-27 Member: 20245Members
    Raven_XI wrote: »
    I dont see how NERFING the team that loses most of the time and BUFFING the team that wins is good for balance...



    Are you saying they buffed marines... because everyone else here says they were nerfed......

    In base you didn't know, marines won about ~52-54% of games while aliens were at 46-48%.
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  • KamamuraKamamura Join Date: 2013-03-06 Member: 183736Members, Reinforced - Gold
    Yay! Hooray for patches. Was playing, the game suddenly freezes on map change... wtf? And it was the patch. Excellent, keep up the good work! No lemon trees despite the change log, but I am willing to forgive that just once, this time. ;-)
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  • phoenixbbsphoenixbbs Join Date: 2003-02-10 Member: 13379Members, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Subnautica Playtester
    "lerk sharking" is the abuse of an old, but relatively unknown / unused quirk of a specific bit of code (I'm not going to tell you how !) that might gain you a slight advantage as a lerk. It's nothing that you can't achieve through normal play, but it's a shortcut to get there in a shorter space of time.

    It will almost certainly be squished very soon now :-)
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  • ZEROibisZEROibis Join Date: 2009-10-30 Member: 69176Members, Constellation
    sv_status does not output new steam ids at least with DAK
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  • Raven_XIRaven_XI Join Date: 2003-01-08 Member: 12032Members, Constellation
    Res wrote: »
    Raven_XI wrote: »
    I dont see how NERFING the team that loses most of the time and BUFFING the team that wins is good for balance...

    In base you didn't know, marines won about ~52-54% of games while aliens were at 46-48%.

    Play any actual formal (Pug / Scrim) game of NS and we'll see how well marines are doing.

    Personal experience says Commanding a win on Aliens is MUCH more easier than commanding a win on marines in any play type. Its also less stressful.
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  • ApdorApdor Join Date: 2013-03-06 Member: 183735Members
    gorge tunnel!
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  • 2d0x2d0x Join Date: 2013-03-16 Member: 184030Members, Reinforced - Supporter
    I LOVE YOU UWE!!!!!!!
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  • HughHugh Cameraman San Francisco, CA Join Date: 2010-04-18 Member: 71444NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Onos, WC 2013 - Shadow, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts
    2d0x wrote: »
    I LOVE YOU UWE!!!!!!!

    I LOVE YOU 2d0x!!!
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