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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