Resistance FoM Patch 6

[Shin-Ra]

This is just a list I'm making from listening to the podcast so it may not include everything:

Screenshot Taking - plug in a USB keyboard, hit PRINTSCREEN and the screenshot is automatically added to the XMB photo section. Don't know the format, hopefully it's PNG-24.

Turn off 40mm Grenade & turn off Bullseye Tag custom game options.

Create password-protected Private Game.

More aggressive round balancing Custom Game option - attempts to balance teams more aggressively after each round.

Universal Chat - custom game option so anyone can speak to anyone including other team and spectators.

DUALSHOCK3 - rumble controller support for single and multiplayer.

Weapon balancing -

• decreased range & damage on shotgun
• increased reload time on rocket launcher
• decreased speed of rockets
• decreased rocket blast radius
• decreased frag grenade explosion radius
• hedgehog grenade 1-hit kill radius decreased
• hedgehog grenade damage higher outside of 1-hit kill radius
• increased rate of fire on arc charger
• decreased damage on arc charger primary fire
• increased damage on arc charger secondary fire
• reduced clip size on arc charger
• refire rate of bullseye tag reduced
• carbine unchanged

Bug fixes -

• Elite Soldier & Assassin medals (10 & 20 kills) will record in every ranked game type now.
• Defender medal for CTF will record in ranked games now.

New Ratchet & Clank 'bangles' unlockable on myresistance.net: Ratchet's wrench, Clank's backpack and Magna-boots.

[Shin-Ra]

These are the official patch notes (login required), apparently it'll be available this afternoon.

Resistance: Fall of Man
Patch 6 Changes
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Balance Changes
- Range and damage on the Rossmore 236 has been decreased for both primary and secondary fire modes
- Reload time of the LAARK L209 has been increased.
- Projectile speed of the LAARK L209 has been decreased.
- Splash damage radius of the LAARK L209 has been decreased.
- Hedgehog grenade splash damage has been generally increased, although the radius in which it will kill a player in 1 hit has been decreased.
- Frag grenade splash damage radius has been decreased.
- Arc charger fire rate has been increased.
- Arc charger clip size has been reduced.
- Arc charger damage has been decreased for the primary fire and increased for the secondary fire.
- Rate of fire the bullseye tag (secondary fire) has been decreased.

New Features
- Player with a USB keyboard attached to their Playstation 3 may now take in-game screenshots by pressing the “printscreen” key (multiplayer only). There will be a slight pause as the screenshot is taken. The screenshots will be viewable from the Photo bar of the XMB menu.
- Players may now create a custom game that requires a password for other players to join. When creating a custom game, select the option named “password” and enter the desired password from the on-screen keyboard. Players who are invited into a password protected game by another player already in the game do not need to enter a password to accept the invite. Password protected games will be indicated by a “lock” icon next to the game name in the “Find Game” screen.
- Bullseye Tags may be turned off as a custom game option without turning off the bullseye.
- Carbine 40mm Grenades may be turned off as a custom game option without turning off the carbine.
- There is a new game option named “Send Voice Chat To All”. If this is enabled, then all players in the game may hear voice chat sent from any other player in the game, including players on the opposing team and spectators. Squad voice chat will still only be heard by members of the same squad. This option defaults to off.
- The game option “Round balancing” now has a third option available to custom games – “Aggressive”. If round balancing is set to aggressive, it will attempt to rebalance the teams every round based on how well the players scored in the previous round to create the most even teams. “Aggressive” round balancing WILL split parties.
- Both Multiplayer and Singleplayer Resistance: Fall of Man now support the rumble feature of the Playstation Dual Shock 3 controller.

Bug Fixes
- Fixed several possible collision exploits
- The “Elite Soldier” and “Assassin” medals are now obtainable in all ranked gametypes instead of just Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch
- “Defender” ribbons obtained in ranked CTF games will now correctly add to your total stats
- Fixed several issues that could cause party members to drop out of a party
- Various lobby, disconnect, and miscellaneous fixes.

[Starkiller]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

DUALSHOCK3 - rumble controller support for single and multiplayer.

YEEEAAA!!

[Shin-Ra]

I don't have a USB keyboard WITH a PrintScreen button so I can't test that feature.

[SixAxiS]

Does anyone know if the print screen key on a USB keyboard will take screenshots of blu-ray movies? I'm guessing not.

[Shin-Ra]

Nope.

[Aaron]

The only good thing about this update is the screenshots. People keep on whoring the Arc Charger now. It was a perfect weapon before, but now it's a new n00b weapon. .

I like the screenshots, I'll post some good ones tomorrow I'm on my PS3 now.

[Damiesmallz]

The changes to the Rocket Launcher are very noticeable. You really have to aim the guy in now before you shoot. I actually think the Arc Charger is perfect against taggers now. You get tagged one, two the guy. The shotgun is perfect now, you got to be up close to get the kill.

[Razzy]

Can someone please tell me when the Dualshock 3 arrives in NA? I don't feel like searching.