Build 1110

Response to reaction as a whole:

As always, it'd be great if people would let things settle for more than an hour or two before freaking out :^) Most of the changes people have been complaining about have been clearly marked as experimental, with a few other changes causing issues. We'll deal to that next week.

Responses to general concerns:

• Expensive Bombs:
  lol because knight is always so hungry for coins amirite?
  
• No Keg Bombjumping
  Yeah I've noticed this, will fix it. It's just the bomb knocking it out of your hands.
• Keg Changes in General
  Probably going to drop the "heavy" tag as I think the drop is the more useful/interesting change, and them being super heavy just means getting to the front takes ages. They do still seem to be getting to walls and doing damage though so I'm not too stressed about it.
  
• Shield Changes
  I think this is actually only noticeable with the downwards shield angles, where it's most important for bombjumping. I might increase it a little bit overall and make sure that the angle the game uses lines up with the angle in the sprite.
• OGM KNIGHT NERFD
  Dude gurin was rocking 3+ kdr in AvA the entire time, and Aegis was getting there. I managed ~2. There were pubs with ~2 as well. You can still bombjump like mad, still kill stuff in a matter of seconds, and you're still incredibly mobile.
  We'll need a few days to see how everything re-balances as more archers enter the fray (something that's been needed for almost a year now) but honestly I'm not seeing the whole "knight is weak" argument as a particularly solid one.
• Wood Spam?
  I really have never seen this as a "real" problem. Fire cleans things up pretty well; there is a specific case (platforms on stone walls) that are mainly made of wood and fairly fire resistant, but they still require a foundation of "normal" building below them because kegs shred through them like butter; that and you need to get back through them unless you're playing tth. Doors especially are so flammable that I'm not too worried.
• Kamina and Yoko should maybe be team colour.
  We had this originally, it was No Good™.

I think that's actually more or less the extent of the changes people have complained or commented more than a few words about. Have a good weekend guys!

 

Is the bomb weight increased at all, or am I just imagining things because I've been away for a little time?

Also, if you're going to decrease the shield's range, then it would be very nice if you could allow knights to shield left/right mid-parachuting. It's sort of annoying that you can clearly see an arrow coming for you while you're gliding, but you can't block it.

 

@-Crimson- yes, they're experimental; we'll slowly up the angle next week, and adjust a few things that need to change with how knights figure out their attack direction as well.

@ParaLogia Bombs haven't changed for quite a while, haha.


You can reclick RMB to adjust your shield. It's "locked" while gliding currently cause people were complaining it wasn't as easy as classic; could be removed if people wanted it done though.

 

Yeah, now that the weird blocking angles were removed, it would definitely be much easier on knights if they could adjust their shield in mid-air.