23rd November Nexon Stream Round-Up

(Faraleth) #1

Remember, as always, unless specifically stated as confirmed, please take everything with a grain of salt.

Were you aiming to find out something else? Was I blinded and missed something that you’re turtley dying to ask? Check out the FAQ here: http://forums.dirtybomb.nexon.net/discussion/17544/dev-nexon-stream-faq

News:

  • New merc coming soon - Thunder.
  • Brand new LMG comes with Thunder, the MK-46.
  • Concussion grenade is ALSO an EMP (perhaps this is why they didn’t want to give Phantom the ability?).
  • The concussion grenade EMP function does NOT affect the EV, it only affects deployables.
  • Concussion grenade intensity varies depending on how close to the blast you are, and how much you are looking at it.
  • Thunder’s 3 available weapons are: MK-46, Timik-47 and the Stark AR.
  • Thunder has 160hp.
  • Thunder’s movement speed is “about the same” as Fragger. He might be marginally slower, but no exact unit speed was given.
  • Cooldown on concussion grenade is 17 seconds (the same as Fraggers grenade).
  • EMP works on ALL deployables - this means turrets, proxy mines, healing stations and more!
  • Concussion grenades do NOT affect team-mates, nor their deployables.
  • There is going to be “a lot” on sale. No exact details on this, but you might want to hold off on buying certain things until the 27th.
  • The update will likely be “relatively small”, including mainly just the merc and some balance changes/bug fixes. Of course, lot’s of more changey stuff will come in the next Fine Tuning update.

Possible changes/updates:

  • “There may be some things happening to the augments in the next update.”
  • There will be balance changes as usual, in the next update.
  • The possibility of red-dot sights on the Grandeur and Dreiss is NOT in this update, but it is on the short-list for soon content.
  • It is “unlikely” we will see another melee-centric merc like Phantom. (This isn’t completely out of the question, but definitely not in the near future)

Extra Info:

  • Guest: Aaron John - QA
  • Prizes for the giveaways should be going out THIS week.
  • Aaron has the dankest of hair. (Well… I think Psykosis still wins, but it’s close)
  • Thunder’s voice pack taunts will be posted on the Dirty Bomb soundcloud.
  • New merc role-call:
    [spoiler]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ-lINaTpNI[/spoiler]

Enjoy… Until next time! #roundup

  • Faraleth
(yesser) #2

*play dirty… until next time

(MisterMurder) #3

Nice one as always @Faraleth

(DatAssparagus) #4

Lord Faral3th has spoken.

All praise thee.

(Bottlecaps) #5

Awwww, I wanted Turtle :frowning:

(Lumi) #6

@Faraleth
Regarding the possible updates/fixes you forgot:
-Reducing hitbox on Proxy’s mines to allow for more sneaky positioning of mines
-fixing how Spark’s quick charge augment is meant to function.

(DMaster2) #7

What’s the benefit of cooking the concussion grenade?

(VincentRJaeger) #8

I assume it’s so you can surprise-flashbang enemies?

(Someordinaryguy) #9

Got both Aaron and KAndyRew as katana Phantom, my life is complete

(blisteringOwlNest) #10

Hope they also change the sight on the Blish, other than that, awesome. Thank you Faraleth :smiley:

(Drcipres) #11

I was just hoping for the sight in the GSR and in the Dreiss AR

(neverplayseriou) #12

Hmmm to buy thunder or to wait for sale and see if his credit price goes down .-.

(Drcipres) #13

Hmm, so I got 1 thing to ask, are they going to reduce the price of the mercs the 27th ? Or is for the black friday

(MissMurder) #14

Stay tuned!

(Reddeadcap) #15

I’ve got one thing to ask to anyone who’s seen Aimee closely, is that her hair or some sort of head-dress?

@MissMurder Is there any clue on Dirty-Bomb merch? I’d personally love a CDA/Jackal keychain and Thunder-plushie…

(RyePanda) #16

Wow, health stations have gotten a lot weaker with the past 2 mercs. First Mo0lotovs that break them and now concussion grenades that temporarily disable them.

(brennanfreak) #17

@redcap I think she’s wearing a beanie.

(Reddeadcap) #18

Yeah, a grey beanie, but under that theres orange coming down, would that be her hair or some sort of cover for her head?

Looks like a second hoodie to me

(Mr-Penguin) #19

Yeah, a grey beanie, but under that theres orange coming down, would that be her hair or some sort of cover for her head?

Looks like a second hoodie to me[/quote]

I think that’s hair.

(SteelMailbox) #20

“Thunder’s movement speed is “about the same” as Fragger. He might be marginally slower, but no exact unit speed was given.”

We can look at the bars over at meet the merc and over at the role call, we can see that for Fragger 2 bars are filled but for Thunder only 1.5 bars are filled.
Definitely slower.