Build 1236 - Fixes and Archer Tweaks

A quick one, so only a few changes this time around.

First up:

We’re hearing you on the archer shotgun changes

This has been a strongly dividing issue - some like it, some hate it, there are certainly more archers and more arrows flying.

To counteract this we’ve made the outer arrows of overcharged shots disintegrate after a moderate distance; you can still use them for support and CQC, but cant rain them in big arcs.

If this isn’t enough to stabilise the opinions around it and result in a good archer meta we’ll take a vote on where to go next. So far we’re seeing more archers, which we take as an indication that the class is currently more fun for the average joe - we’ve just got to find a balance that appeases the higher tier players and those maining other classes.

Fix and Tweak Summary

• Potential Fix for invisible mines
  This one has been clamoured about for a while - we thought this was fixed a few builds ago but
• Fixed Builders getting half materials
  This was a hard to catch typo bug that slipped in halfway through the last round of changes; was good that it was caught early after the release though and has been fixed now.
• Fixed some spike network sync issues
  at the cost of a little latency in the spikes reaction
• Removed archer ignoring fixed camera setting
  We decided to just let players choose properly; some people have been complaining about this both ways so we removed the conflicting setting.
• Clantag re-added to character name in scoreboard
  Adding a new column would take too long, so the clantag was just added to the name column again.
• Clantag colour is same as name colour on mouse hover
• Removed “invalid utf8 spam” for people with invalid names
  should just cleanly replace bad characters now.
• Siege Engine Conversion Tweaks
  Siege engines can’t be converted in 0 seconds flat any more, and in fact cannot be sat into before conversion; This should make defending a forward ballista a little simpler and mean a little less “hot potato” seat swapping.

We’ll see how it goes over the weekend, thanks for bearing with us with some of these more experimental changes!

Have Fun!

Max/Geti

 

unfortunately not possible, # is a comment in the config file format that this stuff is saved into, so without breaking all config files there's no way to allow saved # in clantags, sorry.

Might be another one over the weekend (unfortunately for us :^( ), sounds like there are some servers crashing.

 

Good update, after spending one long game, I didn't seem to have as much lag end game as I usually do. I also didn't notice the infinite spike dropping bug that I had noticed in the last build. I personally like all of the changes.

 

That's probably easily the best change of this build, even though it shouldn't have even been in the last build. And I have yet to see any invisible mines (so much of an oxymoron there).

 

If the 2nd and 3rd arrows decayed fast, then it would be only effective at close range. Well, isn't the shotgun also effective at close range? Why do we need both when they fulfill the same purpose?

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ugh, I hate double posting like this, BUT... Single shots are much more efficient at a range, as you can fire off one each second, rather than 3 every 5 seconds. The old legolas shot was meant for close range, not long range.

 

They aren't? Special ammo and single shots are meant for long range, overcharge is meant for close range.

 

The old legolas was really only efficient with water ammo when it comes to spec arrows, otherwise, not too useful. With how much archers move (or at least should be), it was hard to hit with all 3 shots from a legolas shot. And if you weren't up close fighting a knight, single shots were always more efficient at dealing damage to everyone.