Pleasant Suprises of 4.8?
I understand it's easy to dunk on the 4.8 patch, there's a lot that didn't go well.
With that being said, what have been the pleasant surprises that you have seen so far. The two I've noticed so far that I wasn't prepared for were and I'm hoping were purposeful since I can't read every patch note and watch every livestream:
(Updated) ASD Sites: If you bring a medical ship to an ASD site, set your regeneration location to it and leave it on the pad, you will respawn there if you die at the site. I hope this is intentional since this hasn't worked for me in previous patches. Some users reported this was working prior to patch, but it is now working more consistently and with more players.
(Updated) Lootable Gems: Lootable gems now have a quality rating/value. I guess this loot goblin needs to start grabbing those as well. You no longer have to put them on the elevator, lower than raise it, for there to be a quality rating assigned/visible.
What has everyone else seen that you were surprised about but you really haven't seen much discussion around?
Edit: I'll see if I can do my best to keep a running list of what everyone else has seen
- Ship Holo (upper left): Hit markers now appear when being hit by rounds
- (Updated) Bartender: You can
nowmore consistently interact with them and get drinks - Stack all now works
- Loot boxes: Distinct white rather than the greyish one with only the "sit" option
- Ship explosions seem unique to the ship hull
- Shots hitting the hull sound unique to the round and just better overall
- Refueling: Overall, been working great! Intersec grinders get some relief :)
- VR has now working crosshairs rendered in the game environment
- FPS bunkers work great ATM: Will it hold is the question :)
- Ship reclaiming: No longer a wait for an initial claim and having the option to claim with or without saved loadout
- Bombers: More modules, more options!
- Missiles and Bombs drastic reduction in cost
- NPC Ships Added: Perseus is now an NPC bounty.
- Flight suits matter: Wearing a flight suit reducing the g-force effect on you
- ASOP Organization: Can get rid of unwanted ships, don't spend so much time scrolling through to get to the ship you want only for the terminal to bug out.
- Storing Other Players' "nested ships": You can now nest other players ships in your ship and store it. Org nights made easier :)
- PIP Profiles: Ship pip profiles are persisting between sessions.
- Fighters' storage seems to be working again across most ships