I believe the last official “Weekly Devs Update Thread was on 2 March. 9 March was a holiday in Victoria so it was announced in advance that there would be no weekly thread. But 16 March and 23 March seemed to have been skipped completely.
Will a new Weekly Devs Update Thread be released soon or any reason why they have stopped? I definitely appreciate the communication and it makes it feel like the game isn’t just going in circles but has some sort of progression and thought to its future.
I’ll summarize for you.
The devs were sold a pup by BCS.
Once they got it they realized it was mad as a two-bob watch.
Now they realize MPQ is flash as a rat with a gold tooth.
They got snookered by BCS and 505 their only update three months in is whatever Aussie expletive is their favorite.
In the absence of any official promises about improvements and new modes and the return of features that were once accepted as standard (eg heroic boss), would anyone care to make up some lies and pretend they are rumours about new features that are on their way?
This reminds me of when BCS took over in 2022. Lots of communication early on and then just crickets for the most part. Right now, any acknowledgment of where this game is going or what is going on behind the scenes would be super appreciated.
They could essentially just cut-n-paste the last few months weekly update since its exactly the same
Continued improvement of Unity code to make it run smoother/use less memory
Bug fixes galore (only now some of those are bugs they themselves have created)
Trying to figure out how the old code works (ie all the what does this button do jokes)
The only difference is that their medium term road map for improvements and new features has become a long term road map since the medium term is already here (its been 3 months now) and items 1-3 are still the main focus which I am sure they did not expect.
I looked up the holiday schedule in ol’ Aussieland this morning and they have public holidays on Good Friday and the Monday after Easter (as well as the Saturday before Easter).
So Monday came and went Down Under, leaving 3 days of work before they get a nice 4 day weekend. Presumably they won’t release 340 any later than their Wednesday which means basically tomorrow for the US.
Oh no, they are changing TU AP to be like a limit break, once you reach 30 it will drop back to zero & fire all of your active powers. All the regular team ups will just be another option for the same color AP from now on.
There is a new bigger blog in the works, that is just getting some final edits and hopefully gets out after Easter.
As for weekly dev blogs, this is something @TheMigz works on, but at the moment they are taking some well-earned leave - so there is a chance these weekly dev blogs are just paused for now.
Also! In case it has not already been shared somewhere (if that’s the case, I’ll poke around to get a proper post made), IP2 and 505 have some upcoming closed studio dates.
Hey Jeto, before you guys go on an announced week away, can you answer some of the questions from your unannounced/ghost week away?
Including for example.. where is the promised Agents of Atlas seasonal vault make up? Last news was it would be tied to the Tower, but we can all see that wasn’t true.
Care to shed some light on this and other issues from last week?
I should add, “thank you for the updates”. Would be unfair of me to criticise the lack thereof and not acknowledge when the updates did arrive. As always the updates are appreciated, and r340 seems to be a strong step forward.