NylesBlack

Correct, it would always flash again if they re-enter (but not leave) the 40m radius. Although, there is a certain delay to avoid this becoming too spammy, so it is only allowed to retrigger every X seconds.

No, that should not be the case, otherwise it defeats the whole purpose of being an intented benefit for those approaching an area over those already in the area - possibly in ambush. You are supposed to only get the warning once. Since you got it already when you entered, it shouldn't retrigger once someone else enters the 40m radius.

Either you entered the 40m mark or you 1) entered the 80m mark while another player was already at the 40m mark OR 2) you were between 80m and 40m and another player entered the 40m mark

Any of the above triggers the red warning flash on the boss icon once and the boss whisper will be more aggressive now when you go to dark sight.

So approaching the boss will always trigger the red flash eventually to tell you that you are close to the lair, however getting it at distance is an indicator that other players are around - possibly camping the boss.

The anti-camping mechanics introduced in this update are - as explained during the dev stream - not a silver bullet to fix all camping issues, but each attempt to tackle a specific camping problem, of which there are a number of different situations in the game.

The boss audio is not meant to do anything against campers after banishing. It's purpose is to de-incentivize camping dead or alive bosses before the banishment broadcast. For this type of camping the increased amount of items and the bonus for extracting fast will be much more effective.

The whisper mechanics' role as an anti-camping mechanic is achieved in one part through readability improvements to better understand the boss' status so players don't run into a lair where players are camping the dead body and blast them with a shotgun the moment they open the door. The absence of the sound helps figure this out easier than currently possible.

The other part here is to make it a bit more awkward f...

I am so proud right now...they grow up so fast! ;)

My name is commander Shepard and this is my favorite post in the Citadel! ;)

The weapon team was gathering around in tears, standing around the work bench when Alex had to bend the bolt. We knew it was for the better, but we all lost something that day.

Or the Simpsons for that matter. ;)

That only makes you his partner in crime! And no, you won't get your own wanted poster for that! :D

Read the details. You would have to return him alive to collect the reward. So good luck with that! :D

When you die while burning, the fire goes out on death and has to be reignited. Of course, if you die in a burnign area, you would start burning again right away. :)

Ha! Nice piece of Propaganda there! Of course what you fail to show is the part before were you chased me through the swamps and the only reason I got away was because of a third guy getting involved! :D

GG! :D

That is not correct. All standard rifles have the same sway settings. There are only differences for rifles with bayonet attached and now, in 1.0, also for weapons with silencers. Base Sparks, Mosin, Lebel, Vetterli and Winfield share the same sway setup, which has been been lowered on test server the same for all.

This should be fixed on 1.0 test server.

It will be the kills you make with that weapon. So for example, having a Winfield, a Nagant revolver and a Knife in your inventory means, you can progress all three weapons throughout a mission. Every kill you make will contribute to the progression of the weapon you used for that kill respectively. In practice it will most likely mean you progress a main weapon faster than a sidearm, and that progress with a knife or other tool will be a continuous thing alongside. The XP gates take that into account and you will notice that the amount of XP you need depends on the value of the weapon and how likely it is for a player to actually use it in game.

Quoting here from another thread:

"There will be a change to make the challenges in the Book of Weapons XP-based instead of the current specific challenges. We had to use the existing system (which makes sense for daily and weekly challenges as well as Book of Monsters unlock) since the new XP system was not available before we went on test server.

So, with one of the next updates on test earning XP with a weapon (or its variants) fills the bar towards the next unlock. This will make the progression system feel less like "side quests" and allows players to simply unlock new variants by playing how they like as long as they are using a weapon from the same unlock category."

There will be a change to make the challenges in the Book of Weapons XP-based instead of the current specific challenges. We had to use the existing system (which makes sense for daily and weekly challenges as well as Book of Monsters unlock) since the new XP system was not available before we went on test server.

So, with one of the next updates on test earning XP with a weapon (or its variants) fills the bar towards the next unlock. This will make the progression system feel less like "side quests" and allows players to simply unlock new variants by playing how they like as long as they are using a weapon from the same unlock category.

The game acknowledges your actions with accolade cards. There are both good (like extracting bounty) and bad ones (like you getting killed).

Accolade cards have an internal ranking that gives them more value, the better the achievement. So, killing two hunters is less impressive than killing 8 hunters. This quality-grading is represented by the the trimming of the card and also yields a higher amount of Blood Bonds.

The Top list, takes the highest quality accolade cards and highlights them separate from the rest. Only the top-5 cards can yield Blood Bonds.

Additional accolade cards that award extra cash or bounty are listed under "other".

In case there have been less than 5 valuable cards, it won't be a Top 5, but a Top 4, 3, etc.

Hope this helps!

There will be further price adjustments for some weapons, as well as actual gameplay tuning on test server.

The thing I can confirm here today already is that both the Dolch and Uppercut will got back to their current live prices as the next step. There will also be additional gunplay tuning for the Dolch to make it slightly harder to control in rapid fire. There will be more details in the changelog of one of the next test server updates when it's ready.

We are still debating that point. Might be that ELO ranking is not going to be wiped to make finding enemies with similar skill faster on launch.