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[Gunmoku]

Temperance, on August 14 2013 - 11:13 AM, said:

So with this new Mech Progression and level up rewards system...is it retroactive_  I've got my prized lvl 30 Berserker sitting my garage and I'd love what awesome gear I'd get to outift it with without starting over.

IIRC on the episode of The Cockpit when Hughes revealed the details of this patch, he mentioned that all changes would be retroactive.  So you're not going to lose progression when they migrate over to the new systems.  I would assume it's why Hughes mentioned a couple posts ago that they've been doing extensive migration tests to make sure nothing gets lost.

[hendman]

Temperance, on August 14 2013 - 11:13 AM, said:

So with this new Mech Progression and level up rewards system...is it retroactive_  I've got my prized lvl 30 Berserker sitting my garage and I'd love what awesome gear I'd get to outift it with without starting over.

You have a level 30 mech_ I smell a hax!

And you won't have to start over, you keep all xp and get a refund for items and stuff.

Edited by hendman, August 14 2013 - 03:40 PM.

[Skrill]

The only thing I want to see done to the tech is to have its damage output reduced. the hawkens rpr and vampire beam removed. It's a healer so let it heal. I it should not be able to hang at all in a one on one.

[Skrill]

No mech should be able to heal the person you almost had dead to near full health in a matter of seconds, and then turn on you and start attacking. If any other mech were to show up to that fight I would simply finish the low health guy and then focus the new one and take him down.

[ArachII]

[HWK]HUGHES, on August 13 2013 - 11:15 PM, said:

We're just working on crossing Is and dotting Ts at the moment. More progress updates to come soon!

I see what you did there.. :3
Well, I will wait patiently the coming updates! I am genuinely curious about the mechanic changes!

[Ker4u]

Skrill, on August 14 2013 - 04:58 PM, said:

The only thing I want to see done to the tech is to have its damage output reduced. the hawkens rpr and vampire beam removed. It's a healer so let it heal. I it should not be able to hang at all in a one on one.

it can't, if tech kills you in 1v1, you where really bad. if tech goes agro  it's only better for you

Edited by Ker4u, August 14 2013 - 11:03 PM.

[[HWK]HUGHES]

Gunmoku, on August 14 2013 - 02:22 PM, said:

Temperance, on August 14 2013 - 11:13 AM, said:

So with this new Mech Progression and level up rewards system...is it retroactive_  I've got my prized lvl 30 Berserker sitting my garage and I'd love what awesome gear I'd get to outift it with without starting over.

IIRC on the episode of The Cockpit when Hughes revealed the details of this patch, he mentioned that all changes would be retroactive.  So you're not going to lose progression when they migrate over to the new systems.  I would assume it's why Hughes mentioned a couple posts ago that they've been doing extensive migration tests to make sure nothing gets lost.

Correctamundo!

[DaPheel]

[HWK]HUGHES, on August 13 2013 - 11:58 AM, said:

KaszaWspraju, on August 11 2013 - 10:07 AM, said:

An important question: after this patch, you will be able to change primary weapons during the match _

Yes.

Jumping for joy!

I have missed this function so much!

There are some maps where I find I prefer certain weapons (like heat scout for bazaar) and I can switch to what feels best again!

[Skrill]

Ker4u, on August 14 2013 - 11:01 PM, said:

Skrill, on August 14 2013 - 04:58 PM, said:

The only thing I want to see done to the tech is to have its damage output reduced. the hawkens rpr and vampire beam removed. It's a healer so let it heal. I it should not be able to hang at all in a one on one.

it can't, if tech kills you in 1v1, you where really bad. if tech goes agro  it's only better for you

I'm not talking about 1v1. please read the above scenario

[WizBlizz]

Skrill, on August 14 2013 - 05:02 PM, said:

No mech should be able to heal the person you almost had dead to near full health in a matter of seconds, and then turn on you and start attacking. If any other mech were to show up to that fight I would simply finish the low health guy and then focus the new one and take him down.

Instead of looking at the Technician as overpowered, I'd suggest to look at it this way...

Look at it as if it's a tick that you pass around to your friends to suck the tech magic out of it, a Tech Tick.
If an enemy comes near you, you throw said tick at him/her because it's funny if your enemy dies to that.

If this happens to you, then kill it... kill it with fire . At least that's what I do anyway, kill the technician first to fix the healing vampire problem.

[Sylhiri]

WizBlizz, on August 15 2013 - 09:43 AM, said:

If this happens to you, then kill it... kill it with fire . At least that's what I do anyway, kill the technician first to fix the healing vampire problem.

Flamethrower OP.

A good DoT weapon (even better, an item) would be the perfect anti-tech weapon in my opinion, pretty much negates self healing and has a large psychological effect to it. More so if the DoT is a very large and intense looking weapon graphically, not only would the tech be more worried but so would the person he's healing.

[Xionos]

Skrill, on August 14 2013 - 04:58 PM, said:

The only thing I want to see done to the tech is to have its damage output reduced. the hawkens rpr and vampire beam removed. It's a healer so let it heal. I it should not be able to hang at all in a one on one.

I would prefer to see the tech have to aim.

Edited by Xionos, August 16 2013 - 08:28 AM.

[KaszaWspraju]

@[HWK]shadiradio could say something about the improvements of the audio _

https://community.pl...209#entry216209

[[HWK]HUGHES]

Another week, another week of work completed!

We are spending a bit more time testing migration than we originally intended; we want to make sure that it's as solid as possible to ensure we don't unintentionally fuzzy bunny over our players. When there isn't an aspect of the game that has a direct 1 to 1 between the old system and the new system, we error in favor of the player so those who have been supporting us all this time will have a pretty decent inventory when this update hits! Our patch to HAB in order to get additional help with migration testing was delayed due to some bugs and other needs and we intend to release it this coming week (instead of this past one). This also means the public release of the patch is now being targeted for not this week but the week after! It's really close everyone.

Also, I'm afraid to say that we've decided to hold back clan support for one additional update so we're hoping to have that launch with Co-Op Bot Training in the update after this one. September, I'm looking at you. It's never an easy decision but when closing out a project sometimes you have to hold something back for the good of the other features when you only have a finite amount of resources.

We also hope to have patch notes out this coming week (we're STILL editing and writing them), along with a migration guide so players will have a better understanding of where their stuff is and what all this new stuff is! Lots of stuff! STUFF!

I'm not in the office this weekend but I'm still going to try and get on the forums to answer questions! Thanks everyone.

[OdinTheWise]

what happend to 3rd HAB test wave_

[hendman]

[HWK]HUGHES, on August 17 2013 - 10:52 AM, said:

Another week, another week of work completed!

We are spending a bit more time testing migration than we originally intended; we want to make sure that it's as solid as possible to ensure we don't unintentionally fuzzy bunny over our players. When there isn't an aspect of the game that has a direct 1 to 1 between the old system and the new system, we error in favor of the player so those who have been supporting us all this time will have a pretty decent inventory when this update hits! Our patch to HAB in order to get additional help with migration testing was delayed due to some bugs and other needs and we intend to release it this coming week (instead of this past one). This also means the public release of the patch is now being targeted for not this week but the week after! It's really close everyone.

Also, I'm afraid to say that we've decided to hold back clan support for one additional update so we're hoping to have that launch with Co-Op Bot Training in the update after this one. September, I'm looking at you. It's never an easy decision but when closing out a project sometimes you have to hold something back for the good of the other features when you only have a finite amount of resources.

We also hope to have patch notes out this coming week (we're STILL editing and writing them), along with a migration guide so players will have a better understanding of where their stuff is and what all this new stuff is! Lots of stuff! STUFF!

I'm not in the office this weekend but I'm still going to try and get on the forums to answer questions! Thanks everyone.

Does this mean the current HAB tour gets extended_

[OmegaNull]

Will there be a 3rd Phase for HAB_

[Saturnine]

I think it was mentioned on the Cockpit, if not elsewhere, that the HAB is something they intend to use throughout Hawken's lifetime. So yeah! There should be a HAB 3, it's just a matter of when.

[Silverfire]

Even if you're holding the clan support back an extra patch for live, can the devs at least add clan management and general clan support to the forums_ I'm not part of a clan (not sure if I want to) but I'm guessing more than a few people in clans would at least like that option to make up for the additional delay. This way, clans can already be organized in the official Hawken fashion by the time the clan support patch hits!

Edited by Silverfire, August 18 2013 - 01:04 AM.

[DaPheel]

[HWK]HUGHES, on August 17 2013 - 10:52 AM, said:

Also, I'm afraid to say that we've decided to hold back clan support for one additional update