Any chance we can get some insight on any major overhauls or a summary developmental priorities? I’m also curious if the new CBT phase has had any major influences on design decisions or sparked new ideas. The information stream has been a bit dead lately and we’re all curious folk 
New Roadmap? Exciting future updates?
INF3RN0
(INF3RN0)
#1
Anti
(Anti)
#4
I’m sad we’ve not updated you guys in regards to this stuff for a while, our bad.
We are super-busy right now working on DB. We’ve been making a real push to improve the game and add a lot of new features, especially around the ‘game wrapper’.
Below is a high-level list of the kind of things we have been and are working on right now. First versions of much of this stuff should be arriving in game updates over the course of the next month or two. Many of them will be ‘work in progress’ and we’ll be looking for your feedback on how to improve them.
So, the list:
Balance and Gameplay
[ul]
[li]Re-working and rebalancing Kira, Turtle, Phantom, Sparks and Aimee
[/li][li]Improved the feel and effectiveness of Mounted Machine Guns (more to come)
[/li][li]Added C4 proficiencies so some characters can arm/disarm faster than others
[/li][li]Tweaked hit boxes & increased the hit box sizes for larger Mercs
[/li][li]Reworked locational damage modifiers to make killing players feel more consistent
[/li][li]Updated default weapons for many Mercs
[/li][li]Reworked how automatic weapon bullet spread behaves, generally tighter
[/li][li]Weapon spread bloom and recover rates now behave more consistently across all weapons
[/li][li]Increased weapon fall off ranges, increased minimum damage at max distance. Guns should feel more consistent as a result
[/li][li]Movement speed is now effected by the weapon/item held in hand
[/li][li]Added a long-jump which can be performed by pressing crouch just before a sprinting jump
[/li][li]Tweaked wall-jump behaviour to be more consistent
[/li][li]Many ability balance tweaks
[/li][li]Many weapon balance tweaks
[/li][/ul]
Maps
[ul]
[li]Updated a number of objectives’ behaviours
[/li][li]Continued work on Dome and Battersea block-out maps
[/li][li]Reviewing ‘spawn camping’ issues
[/li][li]Reviewing spawn times and travel times
[/li][li]Creation of an awesome tutorial map
[/li][li]Making map assets in a more modular way, to allow for easier modification of maps after art is added to them
[/li][/ul]
Features
[ul]
[li]Adding progression mechanics (unlocks, level-up rewards etc)
[/li][li]Adding monetization system to support both free and paying players (side-grades, alternate weapons, skins, outfits etc)
[/li][li]Adding a tutorial and new user flow to ease players into the game
[/li][li]Complete re-work of the user interface, especially the front-end menus
[/li][li]Continued testing, fixing and optimization of matchmaking
[/li][li]Development and testing of ranked matchmaking and skill ratings
[/li][li]Lots of optimizations to the game
[/li][li]Reviewing and fixing issues related to team identification
[/li][li]Continued work on the friends system
[/li][li]Better integrated dev news
[/li][li]Designs for systems to create better matches such as vote kick, shuffle teams, team balance by skill etc
[/li][li]Lots of work on audio including hit feedback, character voices, commander voices, Vsays, taunts, UI navigation sounds, adjustments to the mix in-game etc
[/li][/ul]
Over the next few weeks we’re hoping to update you with more specific details of the designs for some of these systems, so you can get a clearer idea of what they entail. Be warned, there will be many graphs and charts! 
FROST1
(.FROST.)
#5
Will there be a cancelable reload animation along the road? Cause that(the lack of it)bugs me the most atm. Other than that, the list sounds pretty friggin awesome, though it also sounds like DB will still be in beta for quite some time.
PS: You forgot to mention a decent (interactive, or passive)DB app 
Pytox
(Pytox)
#6
[QUOTE=Anti;500804]I’m sad we’ve not updated you guys in regards to this stuff for a while, our bad.
[/QUOTE]
lol the pic 
cool i await the updates 
rookie1
(rookie1)
#7
[QUOTE=Pytox;500806]lol the pic 
cool i await the updates [/QUOTE]
yeah nice art lol exedore is the cat and Anti beside I guest lol
about the cheaters… how its going ? still on listening mode …when it will be active?
Mustang
(Mustang)
#8
Drop by the VIP IRC channel sometime for juicy gossip, and Anti’s life stories.
But of interest is that Smooth mentioned cancel reload by pressing sprint is planned to be added as an optional setting.
FROST1
(.FROST.)
#9
[QUOTE=Mustang;500813]Drop by the VIP IRC channel sometime for juicy gossip, and Anti’s life stories.
But of interest is that Smooth mentioned cancel reload by pressing sprint is planned to be added as an optional setting.[/QUOTE]
Wow, great news there. Also, I’ll try to check out this IRC thing, as soon as I’ve figured out how I get in But seriously, I think I haven’t logged myself in, since the first days of the pre-alpha; I thought it would be pretty much abandoned by now.
rookie1
(rookie1)
#13
I have more than you 
but I dont have the Batman 
-remember my cat idea in Alpha running around in maps looking for food in garbages ? lol
The Pink thing on your desk is the boss of the unreveiled game ?:rolleyes:
FROST1
(.FROST.)
#14
“Must spread some reputation around”, before I can give you a quadruple thumbs up
spookify
(spookify)
#18
Sounds amazing! Looks like the balance tweaks we have been looking for wooowhoo!
I wonder if this will bring my friends back… Maybe after the 2 map rotation thing is done…