Remember, as always, unless specifically stated as confirmed, please take everything with a grain of salt.
News:
- Confirmed: Report-a-player function is in the next patch.
- Question: When can we expect the Phoenix update? – “From what I’ve heard, the update is polished up quite nicely and almost ready to go. So he should be coming VERY soon!”
- “There is a couple of more tiny things to polish up, and it will be ready to go!” – This means we may not see it until the 9th (most likely, due to merc change-over day and normal maintenance schedule).
- Question: So, can we expect the private matches to be in the next patch? – “I don’t actually know. There’s been no further news on it that I’ve heard.” (Darn, this isn’t looking good for private matches… :c)
- Question: What else can we expect in the new update aside from Phoenix and report-a-player? – “I can’t actually confirm anything else.” :c
- Content is still on a 2 week cycle. By the sounds of it, they have a clear road-map for the near future.
- Augment such as “fast fire-rate” or “more weapon damage” will NEVER be in the game, due to the risk of running down the pay-to-win route. They reinforced it is not something they want in the game.
- Question: Will there ever be any in Dirty Bomb to spend your money on aside from merc bundles which are fairly useless if you own some of them, and other mercs and – and case value is not very good. “There is some cool stuff in the update that will address that.” (Sorry about the phrasing for this question, I actually missed part of it. I will update it accordingly if incorrect.)
- EVERY item in-game – most notably future additions – will be purchasable via in-game credits. (Shoe also said this will probably apply to cosmetic items too!)
- There was no specific feature that held back the update. It was mainly bug fixing.
- There are currently some completely unannounced mercs being worked on (This means, mercs other than Stoker, Thunder, Aimee, Turtle and Javelin). No ETA at all for these ones – likely not until the announced ones are released.
Possible changes/updates:
- They are working on the way abilities interact with windows. – Right now, Skyhammer’s airstrike breaks glass, but Kira and Arty’s abilities do NOT actually break the glass. In future they will do so, in order to make them trigger and react properly.
- There will be NEW Obsidian cards in the future for events – however the current ones will NOT be given away again. Those are exclusive to the founders.
- They are working hard on the anti-cheat, which is constantly being updated, and it should soon be rid of the “Kicked for server violation” bug.
- Shoe noted down the idea to automatically remove max-level-5 servers from the server browser for those who are level 6 or above. This may be worked on soon. (Note: Not confirmed at all)
- Trading is NOT currently being worked on, as they have higher priorities with content and other features before-hand. Sorry.
- There are current plans and things in the works in order to help balance teams and pub matches. No further details or ETA on this.
- Still no advances on the colourblind mode. Shoe made another note for it, but it’s not being worked on currently. (This makes me really sad. It needs to be in the game… :c)
- Execution maps are looking “very pretty”. By the sounds of this, they have been fully textured and spruced up now!
- Question: Will we ever be able to buy elite cases with credits? – “I don’t know!” No current plans for it, but never say never.
- REMEMBER: Dirty Bomb is playable on Windows 10, however this is dependent on your graphics drivers and how compatible they are with Windows 10, not the game itself.
Extra info:
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[] Guest: Rostrum – Production Tester.
[] Maps take a long time to make due to the amount of balancing and intricate design – they are more complex than regular TDM maps.
[] They are NOT hardware/IP banning from the game. Currently, on the Steam account itself is banned.
[] Rostrum “violated the game”. – Oh Ross… -sigh-
[] Shoe. Got. An. Idea. (Yes, an idea. You’re welcome Zedczlp.)
[] For those who KEEP begging for the intro music, have a link:[/list]
[spoiler]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6zoXTztE4A[/spoiler]
- Also, for those who are curious about my video that was shown on stream:
[spoiler]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xnvrZH2aAc[/spoiler]
Enjoy… Until next time! #roundup
- Faraleth
