Development Update & Polls
Hey everyone!
A small update about the current development.
We are back from the holidays and steady at work on the 'Armory' Update as mentioned in Update 3.
Some juicy stuff has already been done. Some spoilers below.
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Development Priorities:
We are gradually working off the common points of complaint and things are going really well forwards so far. Our very powerful new framework is getting smoother and better by the day and we can now properly take the time and go through all parts of the game and polish and fix up everything, now that things are running and mostly stable. We are feeling pretty optimistic about the next months and we think you are going to be surprised.
For our plan to make Synthetik 2 top notch, we are devising 3 essential updates which are jam packed with improvements and focussed but not exclusively around the 3 main elements of the game, Classes, Combat and Enemies (and coop):
[h3]1. Armory - The Big Weapon/Combat Update[/h3]
- New weapons and handguns
- Ammo types, Images
- More than 2x the attachments of S1
- Many new Weapon and Technology perks
- UI improvements, Weapon menu rework
- Big Weapon pass
- Most needed enemy improvements
- Impact sounds, effects, explosions
- Camera? Ranges?
- Level improvements
- Big secret new extra (its very red)
- ...and much more.
[h3]2. Resistance- The Big Class & Progression Update[/h3]
- These will polish and rework the specs and classes as needed
- Better class progression and switchable ability slots.
- Rogue (Raider, Assassin ..) class.
- ...More infos after Armory.
[h3]3. Assault/Spearhead - The Big Enemy & Gameplay Update[/h3]
- Big pass on enemies, bosses, enemy abilities, AI and everything
- Terror level, Headhunters, loop? Military faction?
- All sorts of core gameplay related things
- ...More info after Resistance.
Plan:
Resistance and Spearhead might switch, the third is either way planned to be the coop update as well.
Which update you think needs to happen first? Resistance or Spearhead?
Some attachment spoilers from Armory:
We also conclude that both Resistance and spearhead need more like 6 weeks each instead of 4 to not cut them too short so it will not amount entirely to 1 per month but maybe we can do some mid-patch updates? We investigae what is best. Armory is planned to go on steam beta branch in the next week or so and arrive in the first week of February. Keep in mind that plans are just plans and things always change a bit.
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Surveys! Please voice your opinion!
We have some important surveys here, they take 5-10 minutes but it is worth doing them and your voice will definitely matter here. Don't miss out! Doing only one is perfectly fine of course.
[h2]S2 SURVEY[/h2]
https://forms.gle/rFcNK5bg9DVU6gLd7
[h2]S2 WEAPON SURVEY[/h2]
https://forms.gle/tdxhrU37a8iPwMCe9
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Ok thats it! I hope this gives you a better overview of what is going on and what is planned.
Small bonus armory spoiler at the end:
Best - Team FFG
A small update about the current development.
We are back from the holidays and steady at work on the 'Armory' Update as mentioned in Update 3.
Some juicy stuff has already been done. Some spoilers below.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Development Priorities:
We are gradually working off the common points of complaint and things are going really well forwards so far. Our very powerful new framework is getting smoother and better by the day and we can now properly take the time and go through all parts of the game and polish and fix up everything, now that things are running and mostly stable. We are feeling pretty optimistic about the next months and we think you are going to be surprised.
For our plan to make Synthetik 2 top notch, we are devising 3 essential updates which are jam packed with improvements and focussed but not exclusively around the 3 main elements of the game, Classes, Combat and Enemies (and coop):
[h3]1. Armory - The Big Weapon/Combat Update[/h3]
- New weapons and handguns
- Ammo types, Images
- More than 2x the attachments of S1
- Many new Weapon and Technology perks
- UI improvements, Weapon menu rework
- Big Weapon pass
- Most needed enemy improvements
- Impact sounds, effects, explosions
- Camera? Ranges?
- Level improvements
- Big secret new extra (its very red)
- ...and much more.
[h3]2. Resistance- The Big Class & Progression Update[/h3]
- These will polish and rework the specs and classes as needed
- Better class progression and switchable ability slots.
- Rogue (Raider, Assassin ..) class.
- ...More infos after Armory.
[h3]3. Assault/Spearhead - The Big Enemy & Gameplay Update[/h3]
- Big pass on enemies, bosses, enemy abilities, AI and everything
- Terror level, Headhunters, loop? Military faction?
- All sorts of core gameplay related things
- ...More info after Resistance.
Plan:
Resistance and Spearhead might switch, the third is either way planned to be the coop update as well.
Which update you think needs to happen first? Resistance or Spearhead?
Some attachment spoilers from Armory:
We also conclude that both Resistance and spearhead need more like 6 weeks each instead of 4 to not cut them too short so it will not amount entirely to 1 per month but maybe we can do some mid-patch updates? We investigae what is best. Armory is planned to go on steam beta branch in the next week or so and arrive in the first week of February. Keep in mind that plans are just plans and things always change a bit.
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Surveys! Please voice your opinion!
We have some important surveys here, they take 5-10 minutes but it is worth doing them and your voice will definitely matter here. Don't miss out! Doing only one is perfectly fine of course.
[h2]S2 SURVEY[/h2]
https://forms.gle/rFcNK5bg9DVU6gLd7
[h2]S2 WEAPON SURVEY[/h2]
https://forms.gle/tdxhrU37a8iPwMCe9
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Ok thats it! I hope this gives you a better overview of what is going on and what is planned.
Small bonus armory spoiler at the end:
Best - Team FFG