Harakiri Tiger Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 ACV Patch 1.03 will be released on the JP servers on March 30th, 2012. =======LEGS=======- LW BipedalNo general changes. --- [individual Adjustment]----- ULG-10/L----- ULG-09 SNOWDON----- ULG-09/L-------- Increased load capacity. - MW BipedalNo general changes. --- [individual Adjustment]----- ULG-21-------- Decreased AP.-------- Decreased defense. - LW Reverse Joint--- Increased AP.--- Improved stability. - Quadruped--- Improved the performance of boost drive. =======ARM UNIT=======- HAND GUN--- Increased optimal range. - SHOTGUN--- Reduced reload time. - RIFLENo general changes. --- [individual Adjustment]----- TANSY RF12-------- Increased reload time.-------- Decreased falloff.-------- Decreased accuracy.----- LAMPOURDE RF23-------- Increased falloff.-------- Increased bullet velocity. - BATTLE RIFLENo general changes. --- [individual Adjustment]----- KO-2H6/STREKOZA-------- Increased reload time. - PULSE GUN--- Increased accuracy.--- Reduced EN consumption.--- Decreased bullet termination range. - PULSE MACHINEGUN--- Increased base lock-on time. - PLASMA GUN--- Reduced EN consumption. - LASER RIFLE--- Decreased attack power.--- Reduced EN consumption.--- Increased bullet termination range.--- Reduced charge-up time. --- [individual Adjustment]----- LR-81 KARASAWA-------- Does not receive any changes.----- LR-81M KRSW-------- Does not receive attack power changes. - LASER BLADE--- Increased attack power.--- Reduced En consumption. - RAIL CANNON--- Reduced reload time.--- Increased bullet velocity.--- Reduced charge-up time. - HOWITZER--- Increased ammunition.--- Reduced reload time. - HEAT CANNON--- Increased accuracy. - LASER CANNON--- Increased bullet velocity.--- Reduced EN consumption. =======SHOULDER UNIT=======- FLASH ROCKET--- Decreased AoE of effect. - ROCKET--- Increased ammunition. - SPREAD MISSILE--- Increased ammunition.--- Increased flight velocity. - HIGH SPEED MISSILE--- Increased ammunition. - VERTICAL MISSILE--- Increased ammunition. - SHORT RANGE MISSILE--- Increased ammunition.--- Adjusted missile agility. - STEALTH MISSILE--- Increased ammunition.--- Adjusted missile agility. - AS MISSILE--- Increased ammunition.--- Adjusted missile agility. - COUNTER GUNNo general changes. --- [individual Adjustment]----- UCS-22 MYSORE-------- Increased stun power. - EN AMPLIFIER--- Decreased bonus range effect.--- Increased EN consumption effect.--- One amplifier is now focused on increased optimal range and the other is focused on increased attack power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 This really IS shaping up to be AC4 all over again... >,> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tebbo Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Yeah what. This plus everything I remember reading from last time is leaning towards AC4 style stuff. More energy overall, everything using less energy... Well. Hopefully it doesn't turn into that. Because as it is already in 1.01 light weights can bounce around so much it's kind of silly. Not really 'tactical' and certainly not what I remember AC2:AA or AC3 being like. Should be interesting to see where it goes. Dueling is going to be all about those bay slots in this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harakiri Tiger Posted March 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 The changes are all pretty small overall, tbh. Generators mostly only gain a bit of output, with the high cap and balanced gens gaining the most output, etc. Energy weapon changes are due to pulse guns and laser rifles being overused and the others being ignored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tebbo Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 ive personally experienced pulse guns in duels. good thing my 26k ac had like 200 TE defense. I went down in maybe 15 seconds tops. It was not fun or interesting. I see exactly what you're saying here, I just meant these changes plus the kinds of changes in 1.02 that you posted. Made it seem like they're expanding the LW end of things a bit more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 When I said 'like AC4' I meant the LACK of patches on our side of the ocean. The patch itself looks fine. I posted a thread on the Playstation forums asking what's up with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harakiri Tiger Posted March 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Well, the game just released here, whereas over in Japan it has had roughly one patch every thirty days. Patch 1.02 came out about a month ago, which was a month after the game was released there. Now patch 1.03 is about one month after patch 1.02. I just happened to post the patch info here really late, hahaha. Who knows what Namco is doing, though. Yah, pulse guns will rape your pants right off in 1.01. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Light/White Heat Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Considering Bamco's track record, I wouldn't put much faith in getty any patches in a timely manner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exorcet Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Amp drain increase? I demand justice. At least KRSW might be worth it now, though I would have prefered KRSW getting an attack up rather than the other lasers getting dropped. I thought they were fine as is power wise, but with decreased charge time, it might make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tebbo Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 When I said 'like AC4' I meant the LACK of patches on our side of the ocean. The patch itself looks fine. I posted a thread on the Playstation forums asking what's up with that. oh ok. although the changes do look like they give a bit of a bump to more maneuverable/lighter builds. wasn't ubisoft handling it before? or was that just AC4A? either way, hopefully they can patch over here in a somewhat timely manner... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 It was Sega, then Ubisoft, now it's Namco Bandai. Hurdles to the first two was Sony's annoying approval process, almost as bad as Nintendo's. Apparently Sony doesn't think (we'd tolerate frequent updates). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propbuddha Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 I believe that publishers need to pay Microsoft for the patch testing ( http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2012/02/16/microsofts-40000-per-xbox-patch-explains-why-updates-are-slow-to-roll-out/ ). Not sure if this is still the case, but it is a pretty big expense. And Namco may not care about the updates as much as FROM does in Japan. I'm kinda surprised that FROM doesn't use server-based stat files so they can tweak without a title update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liarbird Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 always count on microsoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomrah Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 So they go ahead and increase shotgun reload time in 1.02, and now they decrease it, balancing those shotty's must be tough to figure out . I like what I'm seeing done for missiles this time around, game needs more missile action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siramic Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Hey, at least we get 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.05. 1.1, 1.4, 2.8, etc all at once on 05/19/20695. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harakiri Tiger Posted March 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Hahahaha, yah. That's probably how it'll roll out, tbh. Bundle them all as one big patch. The thing is you can't switch between versions in ACV, so you're really just getting whatever the last patch is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accursed Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Bring on 1.03!!!!!!!! !!! ... !!!!!!! Pulse guns do too much damage atm, practically allowing 2-shot kills -vs- some setups; they don't need to be punched into oblivion, but go through a similar transition as shotguns. Plasmas sound like they're getting some much deserved love, same with pulse machineguns. TE stuff in general sounds more viable through these two patches, and more generator output never hurt anybody. .. Oh that and rail cannons finally being brought into usefulness, that's something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendragon Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 I wouldn't mind just getting the latest patch. Usually FROM knows how to balance a game. They're not Blizzard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atdsutm Posted March 31, 2012 Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 when is this coming out to the other servers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harakiri Tiger Posted March 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 There is no information on when any of these patches will release on the non-JP servers. Namco is not very good at updating their customers with info, as far as I can tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supplice. Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 i cant wait for this patch, including all the updates from 1.02i want pulse machine guns to be a actual viable choice. especially the EN output buff in 1.02 (but im assuming its not that big of a buff)i wanna see more energy out there! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/LMFX3/energy.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaarock Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) i wanna see more energy out there! Pulse guns(TE shotguns) and laser rifles(especially karasawa as a throwaway weapon) with EN amplifier are pretty effective on 1.01 already I'd say. Largely because almost no-one wants to use TE arms or core because 80% of people don't use TE weapons and the arms have bad stability. Edited April 1, 2012 by Zaarock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomrah Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) Pulse guns(TE shotguns) and laser rifles(especially karasawa as a throwaway weapon) with EN amplifier are pretty effective on 1.01 already I'd say. Largely because almost no-one wants to use TE arms or core because 80% of people don't use TE weapons and the arms have bad stability. More like you have to become a heavyweight in order to get a substantial TE defense, TE defense on all CE and KE frame parts should get a slight boost. Those who have high CE defense will most likely have acceptable KE defense, as well as the other way around, but TE defense is always on the low end unless piloting a tank or heavyweight. Light to mids don't really have the luxury of adequately protecting themselves against energy attacks at this point. Edited April 1, 2012 by Nomrah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supplice. Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Pulse guns(TE shotguns) and laser rifles(especially karasawa as a throwaway weapon) with EN amplifier are pretty effective on 1.01 already I'd say. Largely because almost no-one wants to use TE arms or core because 80% of people don't use TE weapons and the arms have bad stability.full charged sawas do next to no damage to most tank/HWs , pulse guns are great but a tad too drainy for the way i move, id rather just use a shotgun at the moment.so in that sense, i would say its pointless for me to use EN weapons until the patches rolli still rock sawas on my bays for my heavy just to shoot down some LW's though but i want an all around setup because ill be doing mostly duels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakuhatsu Pengin Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 giving TE buffs to all other legs would nerf HW legs and then you would have to buff CE and KE on HW legs but then at that point the defenses start to become too even spread and it strengthens omnitanking which would remove a ton of the dynamics of how the game works so evening defenses across the board would be bad because then more weapons and leg types become less powerful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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