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'''Tribes:Ascend Version 1.3, March 30th, 2016'''

=== Notes ===
* We will be upgrading Tribes starting Wednesday, March 30th 2016, at 10:00 AM EDT (4:00 PM CEST)
* Expected downtime will be around 3 hours.
* [https://www.google.com/url?q=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gk2TSw5u1dIdg3xGHX7U_ZELSQWnfH_Aw8HwzJQDF58/pubhtml&sa=D&ust=1460241888901000&usg=AFQjCNFHCeMY6KdaB0kxuFbWFNHOBzCQuA Weapon statistics for Tribes:Ascend 1.3]

=== Gameplay ===
* Hellfire is now available to play for CTF and Blitz and has been added to all appropriate server map rotations.
* Votekick percentage increased to 45%, up from 35%
* Changed votekick message to include player who initiated the votekick.
** "Vote by [votekick_starter]: kick [kickable_player]?"
* Ammo pickups now yield the same 400 hp heal on all armor types when picked up.
** Light - Heals for 400 HP, up from 300.
** Medium - Heals for 400 hp, down from 462.
** Heavy - Heals for 400 hp, down from 520.
* Blueshift has been removed from map rotations by community request. This map will still be available to play on custom servers.

=== Equipment Changes ===
* Automatic Weapons
** All rapid fire weapons have had RNG based spread completed removed in favor for precise shots based on player skill only.
** The following weapons have had their damage falloff values adjusted to 80% damage at range. This is to normalize the falloff between other similar weapons.
*** Falcon
*** NJ4
*** X1 LMG
* Saber Launcher
** May now fire without locking a target. This will result a dumbfire missile with no tracking ability, similar to the old Titan Launcher.
** Tracking Missile
*** Target vehicle is locked with the same previous method and timing
*** Damage increased to 1350, up from 1200
*** Impulsed increased to 85000, up from 80000
*** Range increased to 360, up from 220
** Dumbfire Missile
*** Damage set to 375
*** Direct impact damage multiplier set to 2.0
*** Impulse set to 85000
*** Range set to 300
*** Speed set to 3000
*** Inheritance set to 50%
*** Size set to 15
* Mortar Launcher
** Mortar direct impact timer increased to 0.75 seconds, up from 0.5 seconds.
** When hitting a vehicle the shorter timer is now used.
** Damage lowered to 1300, down from 1400.
** Direct hit bonus increased to 1.154, up from 1.0. Now deals 1500 damage on direct impact.
** Minimum damage decreased to 600 damage at max range.
* Thrown Disks
** Decreased damage to 350, down from 600.
** Increased direct hit multiplier to 2.0, up from 1.5. Now deals 700 damage on direct impact.
* Heavy weapons impulse reduction
** The following weapons have had their impulse values reduced to 85,000 down from 90,000.
*** Heavy Spinfusor
*** Heavy Bolt Launcher
*** Heavy Blinksfusor
* Plasma Gun
** Fire interval reduced to 0.5, down from 0.6
** Damage reduced to 270, down from 280.
* NJ5 returns to Medium armor.
** Fire interval set to 0.2
** Damage set to 150
** Falls off to 80% damage at at max range of 6000.
* Impact Nitron
** Increased radius to 400, up from 350.
* Shocklance
** Damage increased to 600, up from 500.
** No longer drains energy for up to 250 bonus damage.
** Damage dealt from behind remains at 2x.
** Removed impulse given to hit target.
* Fixed a long standing issue where beams from sniper rifles would not connect with a target when successfully hit at long distances.
* Fixed an issue preventing players from equipping a repair tool at a repair station when they have the ELF gun equipped.
* Fixed an issue where the Flak Cannon / EFG would not reload at various stages in its clip.
* Fixed an issue where the Flak Cannon / EFG would award multiple kills on a single target.

=== Vehicles ===
* Vehicle ejection speeds have been increased.
** Light ejects at 50% vehicle speed, up from 40%
** Medium ejects at 40% vehicle speed, up from 35%
* GravCycle
** Health reduced to 1400, down from 2200.
* Shrike
** Health reduced to 1400, down from 2800
** Energy regeneration per second reduced to 10, down from 20
** Reduced impulse from weapon to 2500, down from 10,000
** Explosion radius reduced to 200, down from 250
* Fixed an issue where many projectiles were being killed on direct impact with a vehicle and not dealing damage to them, especially while stationary.

=== Misc. ===
* Additional network optimizations to improve performance.
* Tweaked load balancing logic to try and keep players on the same physical server between map transitions.
* Lowered minimum mip settings to allow players to adjust their INI settings for extremely low texture resolutions.
* Fixed an issue where the weapon HUD would turn back on after match completed even though it had been disabled.
* Fixed an issue where the laser targeter target location wasn’t being properly set while in 3rd person camera mode.
* Fixed an issue where empty perks were being shown in the spectator hud.

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