A new public test branch has opened!
Lys has decided to shoot for weekly PTB balance updates, so far updating each Friday.
The standout changes:
Faster fighters! Fighter based air superiority is now a critical part of carrier gameplay, and forcing strikes through a hostile airspace is mostly suicide.
Bombshell tweaks! The blob menace continues to be combatted.
Softkill improvements! The dazzler now auto-tasks again, and applies a new 1 second stun affect on an EO seeker after it leaves the cone. ACT time to go impact requirements have been made more strenuous, making such missiles more expensive. This, combined with the prior fix of the HOJ bug on hybrids, should make softkill via jamming much easier for OSP.
Monitor QOL buffs! A new C1 mount on the top rear of the hull for PD and softkill, thruster DT to 25 (can't be killed by 120 AP), as well as 25% more angular thrust. T30 and T81 turrets where also buffed to 25 DT.
A whole ass new missile for OSP, the SGM-3! Operating from MLS-3 launchers, it has similar range to the S3H and perform, cost, and warhead closer to two S2s duct taped together.
For the full list of changes, see the #ptb-changelog channel in the main neb discord, no special roles necessary.