[2023] Apr. 28, 2023 - PTS Update (Early Notes)

Originally posted by ItzAlphaWolf

I have a few questions:
Are building placement limits going to change? As of right now you can really only place a few items per person (Example: You can only place one turret of each type). Obviously there are some things you want limited per person, but we should get the ability to place more than one of the new utility buildings like the awning

Any changes to building placement? When you made your door ramp post you said "And we're adding ramps like this to ensure if the terrain at the front is higher than the back there's still easy access.". Will there be a greater distance between the green and blue nodes to ease in placement over uneven terrain? I see bridge placement being the biggest issue with wide gaps causing issues with the current system. Will the new items be more forgiving?

Originally posted by fedora001

"Spotlights attached to construction objects (like those at the Infantry Tower,) now count as Darklights for the purposes of revealing cloaked targets."

Infil mains aren't gonna like this one

Originally posted by Hell_Diguner

When an outpost is captured by an opposing faction, construction objects within 100 meters are converted to the capturing faction. Players who previously owned these objects have their placement limits freed up so that they can build elsewhere.

But who owns the flipped objects, and thus, who can deconstruct these flipped objects?

Constructs have enormous health, so we cannot friendly fire them to death without getting weapons locked. This is something players can and will exploit if we think we're going to lose the capture timer. We'll sabotage the base by placing structures in bad places, and it will royally suck if conquerors don't have a a reasonable way to undo this.

Originally posted by ps2veebee

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Is the infantry tunnel a it-creates-a-hole-and-goes-underground tunnel, or a "skinny Sunderer garage"?

Good on Mirror Bay being destroyed

Good on streamlining ANT upgrades, HUD stuff, and other QoL

I can't hack through walls now? I'll miss my ninja hacks from under staircases.

Still uneasy about how the new construction balance will play out - still room for vehicle players to avoid taking a direct fight and just shell the base to death, but there are plenty of new toys to play with and I appreciate that Cortium is not a maintenance task now

I anticipate farming air by buffing a turret with some modules and just sitting there tanking everything they throw at me