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🔧 Dev Blog 16 - Megatrakk Scrapjet 🔧

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The Megatrakk Scrapjet is an Ork vehicle that resembles a crashed aircraft that’s been hastily converted into a land vehicle. It is bristling with weapons and built for high-speed, destructive assaults.

A very fast and versatile vehicle, where only the skies are the limit of your game-play possibilities.

In Speed Freeks, the Megatrakk Scrapjet is at its best when utilizing its speed to be where your team needs you to be. Having an ability which increases your speed helps you stay at high speeds.
You are the hunter/seeker!

Keep your target in front of you and use your front mounted shootas and homing rokkits to grind them down. Then, finish them off with one well aimed Rokkit Kannon shot.

Abilities

Shootas and Missiles - Dakka spits from the front and rear of the vehicle depending on where you’re aiming. Missiles track the enemy you’re aiming at.

Rokkit Kannon - Fire a large Rokkit that deals high damage. Use it to finish off foes and its massive recoil to your advantage.

Nose Drill - Spin up the drill and charge! Ram straight through enemies in your path.

Dash - The vehicle lunges violently forward and smashes enemies. The direction you are aiming will determine where the vehicle will go.

Your highest priority as the Scrapjet is figuring out what your team needs from you. Do they need an extra bomb carrier? Or someone to chase down that pesky Deffkilla Wartrike who’s been giving your Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy trouble. With the drill, you have an extra ability to keep the momentum that you’ve gained from dashing. To become a speed demon with the Megatrakk Scrapjet, use the dash to accelerate up to high speeds or change directions, then use some of your boost, so that you don’t waste momentum, followed by using your drill. Alternate between Dashing, Boosting and using the drill.

The Rokkit Kannon has a strong knockback effect on your vehicle. If you want to take your skill to the next level practice spinning your car in the air and shooting the Rokkit Kannon downwards/backwards to give yourself a boost and fly further.

Team-ups

Shokkjump Dragsta – When playing Kill Konvoy, work together with a Shokkjump Dragsta to deliver the bomb. Together, you can become an unstoppable force as you use your sheer amount of speed to approach the enemy Stompa.

Looted Wagon – Working with a Looted Wagon, you can become a deadly combo by watching for when the Looted Wagon cripples someone with their Grot Bomm. You can then quickly swoop in and finish them off with your Rokkit Kannon.

Good Against

Deffkilla Wartrike – Because you can maintain your speed for longer and have more tools to accelerate with, the Deffkilla Wartrike will struggle to catch you. Get behind them and they won’t be able to escape once you’ve gotten your eye on them. The homing missiles will make sure you hit your target as you run them down.

Weak Against

Kustom Boosta Blasta – Kustom Boosta Blasta doesn’t care about how fast you’re going and with their mid-long range gun they can shoot you while you’re flying through the sky. A good Kustom Boosta Blasta will stop your momentum with its grenade.

On behalf of Caged Element and PLAION, we’z shoutin’ a big WAAAGH! Thanks for joinin’ da Kult of Speed in Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks! 

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🔧 Dev Blog 15 - Shokkjump Dragsta 🔧

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The Shokkjump Dragsta puts the word Speed into Speed Freeks. It’s a lightning-fast marvel born from Ork innovation. It can punch a warp tunnel through reality, to quickly cross the battlefield, leaving chaos and destruction in its wake.

In Speed Freeks, the Shokkjump Dragsta uses its speed to convince the enemy that it’s everywhere on the battlefield all at once. That, combined with its range, makes it a menace that will always find a way to get a shot in on you. There’s no escape.

With the the Shokkjump Dragsta, you are fast, and so you can be anywhere you choose. The most important part of playing this vehicle is keeping an open eye for opportunities and using your speed to be where you’re needed. Whether it’s flying to the front lines and helping take out key targets or going back to help your own allies stay alive.

Abilities

Shokk Rifle - The Shokk Rifle delivers accurate, long-range damage thanks to its targeting Squig.

Rokkit Launcha - Fire a burst of explosive Rokkits at the targeted vehicle.

Shokk Tunnel - The Shokkjump Dragsta zooms forward, shrouded by its shokk technology and temporarily invisible to other players.

Dash - The vehicle lunges violently forward and smashes enemies. The direction you are aiming at determines where the vehicle will go.

Keeping up your speed is important as the Shokkjump Dragsta, make sure to alternate between using your boost, Shokk Tunnel and Dash to keep the speed up. Your Rokkit Launcha fires homing missiles and can reach people who hide behind corners.

Team-Ups

Deffkilla Wartrike – Using the range of your Shokk Rifle you can help soften up enemies while your friendly Deffkilla Wartrike goes in for the kill. Sometimes, they will survive with very low health and using your speed there’s no way they can escape.

Looted Wagon – Keep an eye on who your Looted Wagon is shooting at. When they get an enemy low on health, they’ll drive away to hide. Using your speed and range you can pick of targets as they try to recover.

Good Against

Boomdakka Snazzwagon – With the low mobility of the Boomdakka Snazzwagon you can use your speed to get behind them and decide when to fight them and when to get away. It will not be fast enough to chase you, nor the range to hit you.

Weak Against

Deffkilla Wartrike – Be careful of the Deffkilla Wartrike as they can use its Hook to keep up with you or bring you to a stop. As you cannot shoot backwards, having a Deffkilla Wartrike chasing you down can prove fatal without support.

On behalf of Caged Element and PLAION, we’z shoutin’ a big WAAAGH! Thanks for joinin’ da Kult of Speed in Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks! 

Hotfix out! MOB ON ME BOYZ! (but just a little less, please)

Hotfix patch is now live! So please restart Steam to grab the update

This fixes:

MOB ON ME fest '99 is now over. As much as Orks constantly yelling is pretty Orky, it's probably not the perpetual soundtrack we want for this game. No longer does the MOB ON ME comm chat voice line repeat itself for everyone, for all of time
As informative as was, we had to remove it from the end of game scrap calculation in favour of saying what was actually happening: DOUBLE SCRAP weekend (from today until Sunday)
Fixed the Deffkilla Wartrike pole gubbinz disassociating itself from its vehicle parent. It is now attached properly again.
A potential issue with scrap not being tracked after a match

Again, we're still hard at work fixing other issues, especially the high priority ones listed from last update.

BACK TA KRUMPIN', YA GITS!

⚙️ Early Access Update 01 ⚙️

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Oi, Speedfreeks!, we've been tinkerin' and changed 'sum 'dings
Thanks again for all your feedback. This has allowed us to prioritize our fixes, improvements and future plans. For now, we have made live the following:

Added distance text with bomb icon so players know how far it is from them
Added number of each vehicle used by teammates to ingame selection screen
Reduced weapon impact forces while airborne to lessen frustration
Fixed issue with vehicle explosions having extreme forces that would push players back violently
Bot firing range has been reduced to a more reasonable distance, so they can no longer randomly snipe players from across the map
Improvements made to melee weapon damage detection

[h3]Deff Rally[/h3]

Deff Rally mode now grants 12 points for kills instead of 15, for the team that controls the capture point
Extra points per kill while holding the point reduced to 2 (from 5).
Wave generation time (max seconds wait after respawning in Deff Rally only) increased to 6 from 4 seconds.

This will make the runaway score problem less severe in Deff Rally while we take a deeper look at the game mode. The wave spawning time will now wait for slightly longer to create a larger mob to run back to the point with.

[h3]Kill Konvoy[/h3]

Fixed some collision issues in Kill Konvoy map Ded 'Ard Desert
Kill Konvoy bots are now smarter, they no longer Leeroy Jenkins the Stompa, and also help with the bomb attack and defence more
Fixed Kill Konvoy bombs briefly staying in the level after exploding

[h3]Boomdakka Snazzwagon[/h3]

Primary weapon max range reduced

This change removes the spray-n-pray damage the Snazzwagon could deal with its primary weapon to cancel health regen at long ranges. This didn't fit the vehicle's identity as a short range health bar melter. The Snazzwagon now has a more identifiable weakness, its range. Tanks are still very vulnerable to the Mek Speshul in close quarters.

[h3]Looted Wagon[/h3]

Grot Bomm flight duration reduced from 20 seconds to 12
Fixed Grot Riggers ability showing incorrect health bar value
Fixed side turrets not rotating

The Grot Bomm duration was extremely long, allowing players to miss, pull up, and come back around for another attempt, which doesn't fit the spirit of the weapon. This also makes it easier to tell when the Grot Bomm will expire (about 3 seconds after the flame particles stop).

[h3]Deffkilla Wartrike[/h3]

Melee Klaw ability damage increased back to 50 from 45
Grapnel damage increased to 5 from 1

Giving the Wartrike more Klaw damage allows it to be more threatening in its role as a wounded target hunter, and the additional damage on the hook means the Wartrike puts on more pressure during drive-bys, ambushes, and bomb stops.

[h3]Rukkatrukk squigbuggy[/h3]

Health decreased to 130 from 150
Base and boosting speed increased

As the healer, the Squigbuggy was way too tanky, and clearing out a Squigbuggy to then focus on their bomb carrier took too long based on average DPS and map size. To compensate, it gets a small speed boost to help it keep up with its healing targets.

[h3]Grot Mega Tank[/h3]

Fixed Grot Riggers ability showing incorrect health bar value

Fixed issue that caused WAAAGH! Path progression to reset.
NOTE: Players may see unlocked items show again at the end of their first match played. This is normal.
Fixed issue that caused Challenges progression to reset or unlocks to be not granted.
NOTE: You may need to finish a match first before your unlocks/items are granted. Some players may need to finish a match with each vehicle to see their challenge progress properly again
Fixed issue that caused Daily Challenges to reset
Fixed issue with inputs being stuck when respawning
Fixed the awarding issues of the Skull kit for end of vehicle challenges
Fixed prices shown incorrectly for Japanese players
WAAAGH! Path screen now focuses on current level when opened, instead of starting at the beginning
Fixed a bug where the scoreboard remained on screen when loading next match
Pings on scoreboard now reflect more accurate numbers
Speedboss on the scoreboard is now fully determined by only total Scrap
Added bomb deliveries to stats and scoreboard
Added bomb defence to stats
Changed the “Kustomize” wrench icon to a paint brush icon to make it more obvious that an item can be painted
Comms menu voice lines can be heard further from their origin now
The players friends list will show in the party screen without needing to create a party yet
Added notification for players to tell them what happened if they get kicked to the main menu
Removed function for painting vehicles that automatically jumped to the paint swatch of the paint slot being selected
Reduced end of match player recap screen timer by 10 seconds
Updated Ork textures to look dirtier
Updated ingame report link so it’s an easier to use form (temporary, until we implement something better in-game)
Optimizations to various VFX
Fixed not being able to paint certain parts of vehicle kits
Multiple crash bug fixes, including one with a fatal error
Fixed an issue with the pole gubbinz not showing properly for the Deffkilla Wartrike

[h3]Top priorities still being worked on:[/h3]

Hit registration/netcode improvements, and fixing issues where damage/healing is not registering
Matchmaking improvements
Team balance and fuller matches (less bots)
A definitive fix for challenge issues
Ping system for team communication

On behalf of Caged Element and PLAION, we’z shoutin’ a big WAAAGH! Thanks for joinin’ da Kult of Speed in Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks! 

🔧 Dev Blog 14 - Looted Wagon 🔧

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The Looted Wagon, put together with salvaged parts and a looted chassis plundered from countless battlefields. Manned by a mob of Orks thirsting for more plunder and carnage, it hurtles into battle leaving destruction in its wake.

It’s a long distance defensive tank. Stay at range and cover your allies, as you become the anchor keeping everything going. Use your grot-guided missile to cause devastating damage to your enemies and change the flow of battle one missile at a time.

The Looted Wagon may be the slowest vehicle in the game, but a clever use of it playstyle and abilities can results in surprising your foe with a sudden burst of activity. With no movement ability, driving down hills and managing your boost well is the key to keeping an above average speed. Firing the main Kannon backwards as you're driving can actually provide a small boost of acceleration, but you're usually better off shooting at enemies.

Abilities

Kannon - A powerful Kannon that shoots explosive shells.

Big Shootas - Fire the Big Shootas mounted on the front of the hull.

Grot Bomm - Take control of a Grot-steered missile and get ready for a kaboom!

`Grot repairs - Grots inside of the vehicle perform shoddy repairs, rapidly replenishing the vehicle’s health for a short time.

Your Kannon is a great long-range weapon which deals massive damage with each shot. Every Kannon shot has the opportunity to turn the flow of the battlefield when used correctly. Get to a place where you can have an overview of the battle. Find out where your mob is fighting and shoot down key targets from afar.

Knowing who’s the most important target to shoot at and making sure you keep up the pressure is key to being a good Looted Wagon player. Keep an eye on targets trying to get close to you to take you down, and make sure you get a head-start on damaging them before they get close enough to fight you.

Team-Ups

Deffkilla Wartrike – Finishing off your targets with the Looted Wagon is difficult because of your Kannon's lower fire rate. This is where the Wartrike comes in. If you see your friendly Deffkilla Wartrike gunning for the enemy Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy, help them finish the job with a well-timed Kannon shot.

Shokkjump Dragsta – Found a great target that’s far away from the enemies? Equipped with the Shokk Rifle the Shokkjump Dragsta can assist you in long distance battles. Having an enemy sneaking up on you? The Shokkjump Dragsta is on its way to intercept at Warp Speed.

Good Against

Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy – As enemy Rukkatruk Squigbuggies are hiding behind their team, you are able to shoot past them all with your grot-guided missile and target their healer.

Boomdakka Snazzwagon – Being one of the slower vehicles, the Boomdakka Snazzwagon will struggle to get past your Mob to get to you. And with their inaccurate Dakka they are no threat to you at a distance.

Weak Against

Deffkilla Wartrike – To you, this is a very dangerous vehicle which can easily slip past your mob and get to you in the back. Without any help this pesky git will take you down in no time. Try to keep an eye on enemy Deffkilla Wartrikes and be at a place where you can get help in case they get too close.

Kustom Boosta Blasta – Shooting from afar the Kustom Boosta Blasta can use walls and terrain to avoid your shots to keep you on your toes. If you lose track of your health against this one, he will make sure to remind you.

On behalf of Caged Element and PLAION, we’z shoutin’ a big WAAAGH! Thanks for joinin’ da Kult of Speed in Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks! 