Patch 3.23 released a week ago. It brought quite a bit of features, fixes and adjustments which touched many different parts of the game.

I know we didn’t have similar threads for previous releases but this version seems to be quite divisive so I’m curious how you guys feel about what we got.

Do you like it? Do you hate it? Is there any specific criticism or feedback you have about certain features?

Just so we’re clear, I’m not trying to cause a “CIG is trash” drama here - this stuff can stay on Spectrum. I’m genuinely curious about your opinions about the patch.

  • @QuadratureSurferEnglish
    2•7 months ago

    Master modes is definitely different and it’s going to take a little bit of getting used to it. I’m not hating it, but there are things that I don’t like that I’m hoping get tweaked.

    • The A2 has been nerfed since it cant fly as fast during its bombing runs.
    • I wish shields wouldn’t die off in half a second when switching between modes.
    • I think we should still be able to use countermeasures (flares/noise) in nav mode.

    Some of the changes do feel like they’re trying to simplify controls for something like a gamepad/controller… especially since they’ll want to attract console players to SQ 42 (have we heard anything official on whether they’re trying to get a console version ready for release on Xbox/PS, etc?).

    • @Essence_of_MehOP
      3•7 months ago

      As far as I know the only confirmed thing was Sandy asking people about interest in a console version during one of the bar citizen meetups. I’ve seen some mentions about leaks but I don’t know much about them nor put much trust in them for now.

      We also need to remember that making the gameplay gamepad friendly isn’t necessarily a sign of a console release - people have been playing SC with pads for years now. We already went through months of discussions about making the flight and space-combat as controller neutral as possible back in the day.

      What’s weird about MM and current flight model is that a lot of things team isn’t currently happy with, according to Yogi, sounds like tweaks that would make the whole thing feel close to what we had before 3.23 which makes me kind of confused on what was the point of doing all this. I dunno, maybe the end result will be different enough that it would be impossible with a single mode system. All we can do right now is give feedback and see what comes of it.