[2021] What we can expect in the january update

I just wanted to touch on this in this thread, the supporter rifle is its own weapon simply due to technical limitations. We can't have "skins" with different skeletons, and different skeletons for weapons are needed when a gun has different proportions. It'll perform like any other 5.56 rifle and will have the same attachments as any other gun too. This is by no means a pay to win scheme and honestly, it's just to complete the FBI "look".

We have a shield for supporter players that is also it's own item, and in that case we use the same collision as the base shield to ensure there isn't a major advantage or disadvantage for players.

The shotgun will be a skin however, for a new shotgun we will be introducing to players soon enough.

Hope this gives some insight.

Were working out the particulars of things like this. Currently we really wanna keep the "deployment" style of loading into the mission quickly with friends. Whether this means the briefing will be present in the lobby or handled another way remains to be seen. But we are experimenting and have some pretty cool ideas I hope you guys like.

I just wanna throw in here we're currently beginning our new year of Dev in a half-week or so and some of us are still on holidays, so this update aims to provide a bit of new content we've had brewing, while the even bigger updates (UI/UX, New levels, major VO passes, characters, ai) will take a little longer. These will definitely be coming (hopefully) consistently as we get into Feb/Mar/etc. We are as excited to dive into these new aspects as much as you guys are to see them.

Just note we will still be keeping on with the regular bugfix updates and sound/AI/gameplay improvements in bite sizes like we were before we broke for end of year.

It's my number 1 ambition for RoN outside of the gameplay.