Upcoming 1.2 patch

[jonan_]

I don't think anyone has posted this yet. Here is what the patch is expected to do. Sounds like it might be possible to get the repair and medic badge golds without having to resort to special point scoring tactics (i.e. siting on the titan and repairing the guns). I like that. They are beta testing this now. Does anyone know when it is suppose to be released?

What does 1.2 change?
I've included a list of changes below:
• Added correct flag for Czech Republic.
• Fixed PDS-1 sonar system interference with UAV. Soldiers are now shown correctly on UAV when PDS-1 is activated.
• Heal and repair points awarded after a 50% heal/repair instead of 100% heal/repair.
• Fixed tracking of hours with the medic hub in BFHQ. They should now be shown correctly.
• Fixed Squad leader drone exploit. Removed the possibility to use drones as a stairway to heaven.
• Fixed Rorsch crosshair misalignment. The crosshair should now be correct while unzoomed.
• Out of bounds now immediately kills after 15 seconds instead of doing gradual damage over 15 seconds. This prevents exploits using the out of bounds area.
• APM:s always set to “ Friendly fire off” on ranked servers. Increases consistency and prevents misunderstanding.
• Fixed an exploit using the reactor core door.
• The correct message is now shown when trying to join a full server.
• Fixed crash when placing Squad Leader Spawn Beacon.
• Added server side option to prevent Titan Movement.
• Added optimization to Titan mode to reduce lag.

[sc1ence]

those are welcome changes. the drone exploit and squad beacon crash especially.

the insta death after 15 seconds is kinda harsh though. but i guess i need to work on my ethics a touch...

[Lyramion]

The insta death was made because people kept pushing their healing points while taking damage out of Area. But they increased the time you take damage from 10 to 15 seconds to compensate the "normal" out of bounds activities

[BHack]

The instant death is a smart move, with a few medics you were almost invincible.

[ultrablue]

The drone exploit they are fixing is ridiculous.

[DirtyLude]

Originally Posted by ultrablue

The drone exploit they are fixing is ridiculous.

I thought it was just useful for getting on buildings or something, but I had an SL on a pubbie use it to zip over to the EU base from the PAC base in Gibraltar. Glad they're fixing that.

[sc1ence]

Originally Posted by BHack

The instant death is a smart move, with a few medics you were almost invincible.

oi. i guess my ethics are not so bad... i thought the exploit was driving out of bounds for a sec beyond the time you are allowed to avoid a building or something...

[chaf3d]

Originally Posted by sc1ence

the insta death after 15 seconds is kinda harsh though. but i guess i need to work on my ethics a touch...

No kidding.. how am I supposed to rush Inner on Suez now??

[=MAXx=]

man i really like the recon drone "stairway to heaven" glitch :'( ... it was one of my favorites

[Acreo Aeneas]

You guys shouldn't be exploiting in the first place.

And I like the SLSB fix. I especially like the insta-death on out of bounds, although I wish it was instant or near instant. That way I can get back and redeploy the SB to a better location where squadmates won't end up in the no-no zone. Plus it sends a clear message about SB placement.

[Sir_Brass]

Originally Posted by =MAXx=

man i really like the recon drone "stairway to heaven" glitch :'( ... it was one of my favorites

I know what you mean.....it made for such easy kills on those using it.

Now I can't get an easy one-two-gotcha kill on the smacktards trying to use it.

[Lorian]

Out of curiosity, what was this exploit with the drone? I have not heard of it.

[=Sarc=]

Originally Posted by Lorian

Out of curiosity, what was this exploit with the drone? I have not heard of it.

We probably shouldn't mention the exact details here. The gist of the exploit is you can ride your drone.

Hmmm, maybe I can finally get my basic medic badge despite assault being my 2nd most used class.

[jonan_]

It is not on that list but I also read they are going to start tracking the assault rocket kills. If they do that do you think that will count toward the explosive badges? I have not even got my bronze in that yet.

[Mugzy]

Originally Posted by Lorian

Out of curiosity, what was this exploit with the drone? I have not heard of it.

It could be used to get on top of very high buildings and in some cases to get high enough to skydive all the way across the map.

Takes me back to the days of the superman bug in 1942. You could jump from the destroyer in a special way, then keep pressing jump and fly from the water to the back flag on Omaha beach. The admins on our server always tried to see if we could kick people in mid air