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Server Maintenance - 4/15

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 —

The April 15 Exteel server maintenance will feature a brand new content patch. The servers will go offline at 1PM CDT (6PM GMT) and the downtime will last between 30-60 minutes.

Patch Notes:

  • The weapon naming convention is being changed. The lowest tier weapons will retain their -C grade, and the unlettered high-tier weapons will be given the -A grade. The (D) weapons will have the -B grade. For example, the old Beam Spitter(D) will now be the Beam Spitter-B. The Marauder will now be the Marauder-A.

    The higher the grade, the better the weapon: -C < -B < -A. So -B's are better than -C's, and -A's are better than both.
  • Skill names have been changed slightly. Certain skills will be identified with either (S) or (R), referring to whether or not they are shotgun- or rifle-oriented skills respectively. This will apply to Trigger Slice, Gun Slayer, Backbreaker, Honcho, and Sweating Bullets.
  • 11 new weapons are being added:
    • Particle Blade-A
    • Metal Helix-A
    • Beam Spitter-A
    • Hellrazor-A
    • Zeus Persuader-A
    • Polymer Array-A
    • Colony Burster-A
    • Blitz Rocket Launcher-A
    • Force Shield-A
    • Apogee-B
    • Siege Caster-B
  • 2 new Mechanaughts are being added:
    • Hellbent Butcher (credit)
    • Bastion (NCcoin)
  • 4 new skills are being added:
    • Sweating Bullets(R)
    • Superior Gun Slayer(R)
    • Superior Honcho(R)
    • Superior Shine Break
  • CTF mode has been added to 3 existing maps:
    • Face Off
    • Capital Colony
    • Underground City
  • Additional combat level filters have been added for room creation: 1-9, 1-19 and 1-29. We'll be adding more level filters in upcoming patches.
  • The level filter pulldown has been moved in the room creation screen and is now below the Public/Private setting selector.
  • Zeus Persuader-B (formerly the (D)) is having its damage reduced by nearly 30%.
  • ToolTips added for using the chat system on how to send/block whispers and how to use team chat.
  • The name of the skill "Back Brakinger" has been changed to "Backbreaker".

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