Gben 20 Posted December 9, 2009 From EA Shadow The team is hard at work on our next major rev, and I want to share some of the upcoming changes with you. • ALL units, structures, and powers have had their balance data updated in response to your feedback. There are too many changes to list… play a few matches and then come back and post your thoughts! • 3 NEW Multiplayer maps (4 total) including the first ever Beta Junktown map. • Player progression: Level up as you play to unlock new units, upgrades, and powers. Use the new Arsenal to track your progress. • Hundreds of new Achievements! • New menus, stats screens, and chat options throughout the game. • Updated art and effects for many units, such as the Avatar. • New pre-deployment timer shows where people are deploying and what class they are. • Overhauled in-game UI with many improvements, especially around support powers. • …and much, much more! We can't wait for you to download and play Beta Rev 10! You won't have to wait much longer And remember, although we plan to lift the NDA soon, it is still in place. Do not go reposting these patch notes or discussing them outside of this forum! Signed, The fun police. Emphasis mine. So more of a art patch it seems, with tweaks to balance, but no major gameplay mechanic changes. I guess I should check it out. glad to hear the NDA is lifting soon. I guess that means they think they've mined us for as much insight as possible before finalising the game. Share this post Link to post
Luk3us 63 Posted December 9, 2009 They are too far along now to be introducing new gameplay mechanics. They have to work with what they've got. I'll pop back in for Rev 10, see what has changed. Though seems kinda lame to introduce player progression, how are we meant to be testing if it takes X amount of hours just to get all the units? Eh. We'll see how it goes. Share this post Link to post
Malevolence 6 Posted December 10, 2009 Can't wait for more updates. I hope to see a good facelift to the avatar. Share this post Link to post
Koen 2 Posted December 12, 2009 I seem to be running rev8 right now? Or is that a glitch in the launcher? What happened to rev9? Share this post Link to post
Gben 20 Posted December 13, 2009 Yeah the launcher shows rev 8, but I'm pretty sure we're up to 9. I think it's because 9 was a minor update.... something snuck through the Q&A process. UPDATE: from EA Shadow I can't list the full balance changes this time because there have been literally hundreds since Rev 9, some very subtle and some larger. But the balance feels pretty good in Rev 10 so we're expecting a more managable list of changes in future revs. Starting next year, I'll be able to list every balance change in the patch previews. But for now, just play a few games and let us know what feels good and what doesn't. Pretend you just joined the Beta and have nothing to compare it to. Also we should be expecting rev10 this week/weekend... Share this post Link to post
