Battlefield Briefing 6/22
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Latest Servo Build #354
Twitch Stream
We have started our weekly developer stream on Twitch, as some of you may already know. We will generally be using our latest build of the game during these streams - bugs and all - and talk about what we're working on. That may be anything from some new icon art to new Servo abilities or a new map. We'll also try to take any questions from the chat channel while we're playing around. Join us every Tuesday at 12 noon Pacific Time.
What's that? You've got things to do and places to be at 12 noon Pacific Time? Not to worry. We have uploaded a recording from our last stream to Youtube, so if you missed it or want to go back and watch it again at your leisure, you can do that here: https://youtu.be/Thnhq6cnGsY We will try to make that happen for our future streams as well.
Weapons Update - Ability Switching
There's a pretty big change coming in our next update to Servos. We have had a requirement that if you had a Pistol in one hand, you had to have a Pistol in the other hand. That's changing so you can mix and match weapons. This includes having a Sword in one hand and a Pistol in the other.
With the ability to equip a mix of ranged and melee weapons you'll also have the ability to switch between which weapon is the default auto attack for your Servo. Do you want your Servo to stay back at range and shoot that Pistol or do you want it to be charging in to attack with the Sword? Select your Servo and you'll see buttons to switch between the two. If you don't see those buttons, go to the options menu in the game and turn on "Show Automatic Servo Abilities". We will be making these buttons "on all the time" in a future update.
Juggernaught Servo
Welcome the Juggernaught! We have a number of ideas for different Servo Chassis, the Champion being the one that is currently in the game. The Juggernaught is the second Chassis to come online and the thought behind it is that it is a bigger more durable Servo, but it pays for that durability by being slower. This monstrous new Chassis is unlocked at Dropship Level 5 and like all new content comes with the work in progress caveat, which means it won't be perfectly balanced or bug free right out of the gate.
When is the Update Coming?
If all goes well it will be out this week. It should not reset user progress this time. While we cannot promise there won't be another reset, we are going to try as hard as we can to avoid that in future.
