Patrik Lasota (Head of Product Testing) at Arrowhead Games posted a nice write up on the details and philosophies of changes behind balancing and patches. Personally, I find things like this to be a breath of fresh air, as to be expected, some of the ‘balancing’ includes nerfs. It’s always nice to get the details of the reasoning behind such things. Even if I don’t agree, it’s a lot easier to swallow when they explain at least why they felt the change was needed. For obvious reasons, their game is ‘our world’ too’! Far too often, I feel like companies tend to forget that.
Ultimately, there are changes to a the following weapons, and equipment:
- SG-225 Breaker
- SG-8 Punisher
- SG-225SP Breaker Spray&Pray
- Railgun
- Flamethrower
- Laser Cannon
- Shield Backpack
- 120mm and 380mm Barrages
Not all of the changes are bad, and it seems some even got buffs in some cases. The Laser Cannon change was actually a very interesting one, as the weapon did not perform as the community imagined it would, and Arrowhead Games is actually attempting changes to make it meet the fantasy of their community. You can take a peak at the official thread on Arrowhead Game’s website.
