Available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain update 1.12 adds new content and features to both the main game and Metal Gear Online.
Reportedly ranging in size from 91MB – 595MB, depending on your platform, here’s what Metal Gear Solid V update 1.12 brings to Metal Gear Online:
Unique Characters
- Quiet can no longer be interrogated.
Rank
- Rank increase and decrease are now displayed in the mission results: On the result screen after the end of a mission, each player’s noted increase or decrease in rank will be displayed with an icon on the scoreboard.The more arrows displayed next to the icon, the greater the increase or decrease in rank since this mission.
Score
- Score has been adjusted for each mission.
- Assist score will no longer be granted when woken up by a comrade after putting yourself into sleep or stun status.
Damage Adjustments
- Increased damage output from the SVG-76 and M2000-D.
- Reduced the knockback and firing rate of the URAGAN-5.
- Increased stamina damage when landing onto enemy players from a height.
- Reduced stamina damage from cardboard box attacks and low kicks.
Balance Adjustments
- DEMOLITION+ Lv.2 will no longer trigger a thrown weapon to drop when killed by a knife.
- After diving, there is now a delay before you can dive again.
- Sprint duration is now temporarily reduced after diving.
- Crawling out of a cardboard box when prone will no longer produce noise.
Other
- Each player’s network connection quality will now be displayed: Player network connection quality (up to 4 levels) will now be displayed on the scoreboard during a match.
- Team creation in AUTOMATCH will now be prioritized for balanced number of players across both teams over preset party on a single team.
- The Rush Mode option is now removed from the mission selection screen in AUTOMATCH (except Xbox360): Rush Mode will now occur in random frequency
- A combat log will now be displayed when a player is fulton saved or woken up from sleep or stun status by an ally.
- The time bonus XP for the SABOTAGE mission has been adjusted
- Fixed a bug where hang up would happen during the application boost (Xbox One only)
- Reduced frequency of disconnections when playing SURVIVAL
- Fixed a bug where a portion of other player’s stats would not consistently display properly
Konami knows this isn’t a big update, adding that 1.12 is “mostly designed to refine and improve upon the newly added features.” They know there’s more to be done to improve the game, so they ask you to keep the feedback coming.
And here’s what changed in The Phantom Pain:
New Online Development items added!
- SNEAKING SUIT Security Guard Stealth Camo
- UA-DRONE Battery Vaporizer-Equipped UAV
- FOM DECOY Dummy Field of Movement Emitter
- FB MR R-L FLTN Falkenberg Multi-Role Recoilless Rifle (Fulton Warheads)
- TORNADO-6 Revolver
- UN-AAM-NL Non-Lethal Machine Gun
- Note: New Online Development items added in this update will be unlocked one by one after maintenance periods in the weeks to come.
Dispatch your forces to assault FOBs and aid your infiltration!
- This new feature allows you to dispatch a strike force to an FOB ahead of your infiltration, to knock out security devices or eliminate guards.
Added information on Short Leagues to PF Rating screen.
- In addition to the virtual league battles held on a weekly basis, you can now participate in special short leagues that last just one day. Also, the PF Rating screen will now show your PF’s stats in greater detail, so be sure to check it and see how your day-to-day actions are strengthening your force!
New soldiers arrive with unique new skills!
- The new skills in this update are perfect for getting a major boost to your PF Rating. Find and extract soldiers with these skills to make your force stronger than ever!
Special online-only tasks added to the Challenge Task list!
- “Challenge Tasks,” the special achievements that offer rewards for each one completed, now include online-only tasks! There are all kinds of tasks to try, from simple feats that can be completed with ease, to massive undertakings that will keep you trying for hours. Online Challenge Tasks will be added/changed as time progresses, so be sure to check out the latest challenges and try those you think you can achieve!
Other update details
- In addition to the above, a number of small refinements and bug fixes have been applied.
What do you think of the May update?
[Source: Konami (1), (2), Reddit (1), (2)]
Now Loading...Battlefield 1 and WW1: Yay or Nay?
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Heath Hindman
World War I was one of the most tragic and bloody events in of all human history. "War is hell" can certainly be said in general, but as far as world impact goes, WWI is almost criminally overlooked.
...That said, on the bright side, it also has a ton of underused video game potential. I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of a Battlefield game that uses this setting. -
Zarmena Khan
I'm all for it. Futuristic settings don't do it for me and modern settings can get kinda depressing especially since we're living through a lot of wars at present. Just switch on the news and it kinda chips away at your fantasy. I've always been fascinated by history and World War 1 is certainly a setting I want to explore even if it's just a game. Give me a decent campaign and I'm all in just for the immersion.
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Louis Edwards
I think it was a smart move on their part. While other franchises move on into the future, into unknown realms and futuristic warfare, they took a step back and went into a time where the battlefield had just made a huge leap in weaponry that forced generals and the entire military to rethink their tactics. The transition from the weaponry used during the Civil War into the Great War showed exponential growth in brutality and deathly efficiency. DICE might be making their best Battlefield game yet.
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Michael Briers
Yay! Silly title aside, I'm all for Battlefield 1. The guys are right, WWI is an incredibly rich well for storytelling, and one that's really been shunned in favor of the more cinematic and advanced World War II over the years. That's a practical issue more than anything, but it looks as though DICE is going all-in on that historic setting, too; trench warfare, zeppelins and what looks to be the Red Baron are all featured in that blockbuster sizzle reel. Genuinely stoked.
It will inevitably be compared to Call of Duty and its peers between now and launch, but let me just say that I fully embrace DICE's decision to take a step back from the genre's "Space Race" (i.e. Infinite Warfare, Titanfall 2) in favor of something more close to home.
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Stephen Bitto
Especially in contrast to Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, DICE's announcement was much needed breath of fresh air. Deviating from the onslaught of futuristic shooters was a smart decision and The Great War has largely been unexplored by games. The skeptics believed it would be difficult to create an action-packed WWI shooter because of the focus on trench warfare but the trailer proved that wrong entirely. Battlefield 1 is off to a great start with fans and critics alike. October can't come soon enough.
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Alex Co
Definitely a yay for me. With most multiplayer shooters going the sci-fi or future route, we were at the verge of getting overloaded with jetpacks, boosts, mechs, and other sort of futuristic nonsense.
DICE seems to be bringing the multiplayer shooter back to basics -- at least in terms of equipment and vehicles. While I'm not entirely convinced that the shootbro market will fully embrace a multiplayer shooter without all the familiar doodas they're familiar with (red dot scopes, different kinds of automatic weapons and gadgets, etc.), I think DICE can strike a good balance in being authentic to the era, as well as dishing out a few creative liberties to make the gameplay as fun as it can be.
I'm very much excited to see what DICE has in store for us for Battlefield 1, and October can't come soon enough!
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Mack Ashworth
Wow, what a reveal trailer! Battlefield 1, a silly name for a good-looking game, has me excited, with a World War I setting that looks gritty and violent.
I'm hoping for a super stable beta, restoring trust that was broken during Battlefield 4's launch. Bring it on!
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Chandler Wood
Battlefield's never been my cup of tea, but this year's does intrigue me. World War 1 is a fascinating piece of history, and perhaps even more creative than coming up with your own fantastical or futuristic setting is finding a way to adapt something that's already happened effectively. If they can pull it off, it would be a huge win, and a much needed dive back into the beginning of modern warfare as we know it. The naming is quite silly though. I understand the desire to rebrand and not feel like you're releasing the seventh or tenth, or fifteenth numbered title in a series, but subtitles are fare more effective at distancing something than calling attention directly to it be calling it 1. Battlefield: The Great War does have a nice ring to it. Or maybe even Battlefield: The First? Yes, DICE, my marketing talents are available should you so desire them.
