R141 Release Notes (12/7/17)

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  • Daredevil217
    Daredevil217 Posts: 3,967 Chairperson of the Boards
    Beer40 said:
    Daredevil217 said:
    Starfury said:
    Android's updated too.

    And just to confirm, it's not just "not playing animations", the downtime's gone too.

    Couldn't imagine a better christmas present from MPQ  :)
    What do you mean by downtime?

    Also, c’mon already iOS!
    Ummm, everything is faster it appears. Like this is a serious speed boost.
    Even with animations on?
  • Beer40
    Beer40 Posts: 826 Critical Contributor
    Beer40 said:
    Daredevil217 said:
    Starfury said:
    Android's updated too.

    And just to confirm, it's not just "not playing animations", the downtime's gone too.

    Couldn't imagine a better christmas present from MPQ  :)
    What do you mean by downtime?

    Also, c’mon already iOS!
    Ummm, everything is faster it appears. Like this is a serious speed boost.
    Even with animations on?
    I don't know about that. I'll never turn them back on to find out lol
  • fmftint
    fmftint Posts: 3,653 Chairperson of the Boards
    Shields in Versus battles will now break correctly when the network is disabled *New Update*


    What does this mean? 
  • DesertTortoise
    DesertTortoise Posts: 392 Mover and Shaker
    Out on iOS now!
  • Jaedenkaal
    Jaedenkaal Posts: 3,357 Chairperson of the Boards
    Alfje17 said:

    Well, Steam is now busily downloading a 753.1 MB "update" of MPQ...

    It's 141, there's now a Character Effects check box in the Options screen.

    753.1 MB? Mine's 1.8 GB, I've been waiting for 17 minutes now... man this game would have been great playing over a dial-up network!
    Possibly why it wasn't designed until after the invention of high-speed, eh? Good thing no one tried it with morse code, either. Or smoke signals, for that matter.
  • Punisher5784
    Punisher5784 Posts: 3,845 Chairperson of the Boards
    Beer40 said:
    Beer40 said:
    Daredevil217 said:
    Starfury said:
    Android's updated too.

    And just to confirm, it's not just "not playing animations", the downtime's gone too.

    Couldn't imagine a better christmas present from MPQ  :)
    What do you mean by downtime?

    Also, c’mon already iOS!
    Ummm, everything is faster it appears. Like this is a serious speed boost.
    Even with animations on?
    I don't know about that. I'll never turn them back on to find out lol

    I tested it using Carnage and Medusa. The match felt super fast like the boss battle with Kaelious from Strangers PvE. I turned the animations back on.. seemed the same always.. but idk if the match is actually faster or it just seems faster. Need to do my testing but def a solid change to end the year
  • cpeyton3535
    cpeyton3535 Posts: 256 Mover and Shaker
    Wow.  This should shorten the time it takes to complete Gambit nodes by half!  So awesome!

    Hmmm... need to re-assess my grind start-time for Simulator now.  
  • Daredevil217
    Daredevil217 Posts: 3,967 Chairperson of the Boards
    Out on iOS now!
    Yay!

    Buggy and gamebreaking like on Steam or a godsend like on Android?

    I’m too scared to check lol.
  • Alfje17
    Alfje17 Posts: 3,821 Chairperson of the Boards
    Alfje17 said:

    Well, Steam is now busily downloading a 753.1 MB "update" of MPQ...

    It's 141, there's now a Character Effects check box in the Options screen.

    753.1 MB? Mine's 1.8 GB, I've been waiting for 17 minutes now... man this game would have been great playing over a dial-up network!
    Possibly why it wasn't designed until after the invention of high-speed, eh? Good thing no one tried it with morse code, either. Or smoke signals, for that matter.
    PvP by smoke signals could be fun or maybe use the clacks!
  • Jaedenkaal
    Jaedenkaal Posts: 3,357 Chairperson of the Boards
    Alfje17 said:
    PvP by smoke signals could be fun or maybe use the clacks!
    That just sounds like a euphemism for a disease.
  • Nick441234
    Nick441234 Posts: 1,496 Chairperson of the Boards
    Yay! The snow is back. You know thats all we really care about.  :D
  • iko
    iko Posts: 6 Just Dropped In
    edited December 2017
    something is definitively not right on iphone X.
    the screen is small ! It's almost an inch smaller than before

    https://imgur.com/a/dTz3G
  • Dayv
    Dayv Posts: 4,449 Chairperson of the Boards
    Yay! The snow is back. You know thats all we really care about.  :D
    I wish the snow fell during matches...

    I also wish they hadn't totally messed up the UI proportions on iPhone X in this release.  It's so tiny now.  So much negative space.
  • BoyWonder1914
    BoyWonder1914 Posts: 884 Critical Contributor
    I've personally always liked the animations, and with the new advent of tapping, turning them off doesn't necessarily make my t10 spot any safer. PVP on shield hops definitely, but otherwise I rather enjoy Red Hulk looking like someone just made him drop his ice cream. 

    And if you tell me you're not gonna miss Cyke's butt, you're a filthy liar!!!
  • udonomefoo
    udonomefoo Posts: 1,630 Chairperson of the Boards


    I tested it using Carnage and Medusa. The match felt super fast like the boss battle with Kaelious from Strangers PvE. I turned the animations back on.. seemed the same always.. but idk if the match is actually faster or it just seems faster. Need to do my testing but def a solid change to end the year
    I played matches with animations still on and off after updating and I didn't feel like the actual matchmaking was faster, but the lack of animations makes a BIG difference. (iOS)
  • Jaedenkaal
    Jaedenkaal Posts: 3,357 Chairperson of the Boards
    The end of turn transition seems faster regardless. Too fast, even. It's almost jarring.
  • Starfury
    Starfury Posts: 719 Critical Contributor
    Starfury said:
    Android's updated too.

    And just to confirm, it's not just "not playing animations", the downtime's gone too.

    Couldn't imagine a better christmas present from MPQ  :)
    What do you mean by downtime?

    Also, c’mon already iOS!
    There were some people who were worried that the pause would still be there, even when the animations were disabled.
  • evade420
    evade420 Posts: 440 Mover and Shaker
    so sweet!!
  • Sm0keyJ0e
    Sm0keyJ0e Posts: 730 Critical Contributor
    iko said:
    something is definitively not right on iphone X.
    the screen is small ! It's almost an inch smaller than before

    https://imgur.com/a/dTz3G

    I am seeing the same issue on my iPhone X.
  • thedarkphoenix
    thedarkphoenix Posts: 557 Critical Contributor
    Is the game suppose to be in like windows mode on Iphone x? Its really annoying...hopefully there's an option to turn this off.