Public Starhawk BETA

[Envisager]

This is where you can discuss the latest Beta changes, fixes and general status updates!

[Envisager]

[UPDATE 22/11/2011]

This is a reminder that we have regularly scheduled downtime for Starhawk Beta. Today at 8pm (UK Time) there will be an update today and the changes will be:
 
--- New XP values are now being used for various awards & actions.
--- SkillScore should more accurately reflect player skill.
--- Homing Missile and Rocket no longer immediately stop locking-on when target is obstructed.
--- Minimum player count required to start a game has been reduced to 6.

[sike1779]

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Envisager wrote:

[UPDATE 22/11/2011]

This is a reminder that we have regularly scheduled downtime for StarHawk Beta. Today at 8pm (UK Time) there will be an update today and these changed will be:

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thats good to know, i was jut about to start tinkering with my router! food time as Stressa put it

any idea when it will be back?

[mike_r1971]

yeah, i played a bit this afternoon but wpuld like some evening action please

[Envisager]

Today's 1.0.3 update for the Starhawk Private BETA was deployed during the scheduled server maintenance and contained the following changes:

'Create Game' now supports player caps of 8 and 16.

EULA updated to avoid confusion about public discussion.

We realised that a lot of players are still getting familiar with the game so we have decided to provide you the option to setup games with a player cap of 8 instead of all games being locked to 16.

REMINDER: players in all territories are free to publicly discuss the Starhawk Private BETA, post videos, etc. We apologise for any confusion on the matter and the SONY attorneys have modified the EULA to make sure that it accommodates free and open public discussion!

[LiquidRunner]

Just a quick one to let you know that the second Phase of Starhawk e-mails were sent out this afternoon. They may take up to 24 hours to arrive in your inbox.

If you did not get in this time, keep your eyes pealed as we have a few more phases coming up

- LiquidRunner

[mikeymonty]

I'll beat you to it

Today's 1.0.4 Starhawk BETA Update Includes:

--- Increased Hawk flight speeds.
--- Removed Hawk impact damage (except for multiple impacts).
--- Increased blast damage for Grenade and Prox Mine.
--- Added in-world display for flag return radius.
--- Increased damage of various weapons vs. Auto-turrets.
--- Increased the rate at which carried flags accrue return-time.
--- Added 60-Second "Flag-in-Play" time extension to CTF.

[Envisager]

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mikeymonty wrote:

I'll beat you to it

Today's 1.0.4 Starhawk BETA Update Includes:

--- Increased Hawk flight speeds.
--- Removed Hawk impact damage (except for multiple impacts).
--- Increased blast damage for Grenade and Prox Mine.
--- Added in-world display for flag return radius.
--- Increased damage of various weapons vs. Auto-turrets.
--- Increased the rate at which carried flags accrue return-time.
--- Added 60-Second "Flag-in-Play" time extension to CTF.

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Thanks buddy!

A little more to add to this from Lightbox...

Many of these changes were in response to community feedback and we will continue to monitor the forums and our combat analytics to guide the changes we make to the Starhawk Private BETA. Please also know that our team here at LightBox Interactive is currently working on a larger 1.1 release that includes a few major changes that are outside the scope of our daily updates.

We'll keep you posted!

[Yaster]

Today's 1.0.5 update for the Starhawk Private BETA was deployed during the usual server maintenance periodand contained the following changes:

Reduced Shotgun effectiveness at long range.
Removed Shotgun projectile bounce on impact.
Significantly increased range of Kinetic Rifle.

These updates were to help address the common feeling among players that the Shotgun was too powerful. The new longer range on the Kinetic Rifle should improve its effectiveness when you consider the following 3 points:

1.Targets can now be engaged at twice the range with the Kinetic Rifle which makes damaging Troops, Auto-Turrets and Vehicles more effective.

2.When burst firing the Kinetic Rifle, the first round of each burst *ALWAYS* is dead-center and does not scatter.

3.Kinetic Rifle shots to a target's head do more damage than body shots.

As always, the team at LightBox Interactive will continue to monitor player feedback on all the various forums as well as monitor the combat analytics for additional game-balance changes that may be required.

[mikeymonty]

glad they nerfed the shotgun a bit. that thing did way too much damage.