12.1.1: The Veteran Update Summary (As in, "Please Come Back Veterans")

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12.1.1 was just (about 12 hours ago) released on the Google Play Store. It features prominent changes, and new additions, but what makes this update stand out is something Rilisoft has never done before: Old additions, or, more simply put, the removal of certain features.
As you probably know (or need to be caught up to speed on,) weapons in PG3D constantly get more and more overpowered. In order to make new weapons worth buying in updates, the lethality of each weapon goes up. This leaves many different weapons with lower lethalities (yet still having similar prices) in the dust, and more or less not used by anyone after a month or two. When this happens, Rilisoft usually does some shifty things to save data and space in Pixel Gun 3D: Either Have the weapon appear as a similar weapon (statwise) to other players to lessen the amount of data needed in circulation, or just flat out remove a weapon and offer compensation money.
Everybody here is all too familiar with Rilisoft removing good things, and adding bad things. And Rilisoft... Huh? What? They're not Rilisoft anymore? Uhh,
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Oh, I see. Huh. (The splash screen has changed yet again; Apparently they stopped trying to associate themselves with anything but a cashgrab.)

Anyway, this update adds a variety of guns: Two new, and A lot of old ones. The old ones have noticeably have their stats boosted in some areas, and some overall mechanic changes. Take a look at the new ones:
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Here are some familiar faces that were removed as early as 9.0.0ish or late as 11.0.0ish. I will post a message below with all of them due to file limit:
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There are also some removed maps that have been readded (with minor modifications to maps like invisible walls):
Mafia Mansion was readded (as "Mafia Cottage" for whatever reason)
Warehouse Assault was readded
Sky Islands was readded
Additionally, gamemodes that originally were free to play are now free to play and no longer cost tickets. They can be found in the normal game section.PickYourPoison.jpgNow another additional prize from winning games are keys. You can get up to two normally (four if you have a double bonus). If you get 25 keys, you can open a case. What's in the case? Either a classic weapon or standard lucky chest gem drops. Important: The classic weapons are exclusive to cases. You cannot purchase them. They have no upgrades, either. It feels a lot like a hacker counter the same way eggs are (hackers are still victims of chance). I burned 267 gems before getting the Wizard Wand, since you can buy keys with gems. As you can see in the above picture, there are also squad games, in which you can make a squad of friends before joining a public room, a feature that is FINALLY here.
So that's roughly it. More photos of the weapons will be posted below. I'm actually suprised with this update: It could just be nostalgia, but I thought it was a fairly good update. Gems are easier to earn, weapons are easier to get, etc. Granted, the game is very much still broken in certain aspects such as 1HK weapons.

(I can't believe I did all this for a game that I enjoyed when I was like fourteen)
 
I hate to burst your bubble, but the classic weapons actually do have upgrades. I watched a video reviewing the update, and almost all the classic weapons now have upgrades, which is very nice, but unsurprisingly, they cost gems to upgrade. Not only that, they buffed the frost beam spell way too much that now it is a one shot kill to anybody, regardless of armor. Now that is worse than the ghost lantern. And it's coin priced, which means that servers are going to be full of frost beam spells. I was tempted to redownload it due to my nostalgia hype since the old maps are added back (and the classic guns). But since the Ghost lantern, gadgets, broken physics, unbalanced gameplay, and overly priced weapons are still present, I'm not going to download PG again anytime soon.
 
I hate to burst your bubble, but the classic weapons actually do have upgrades. I watched a video reviewing the update, and almost all the classic weapons now have upgrades, which is very nice, but unsurprisingly, they cost gems to upgrade. Not only that, they buffed the frost beam spell way too much that now it is a one shot kill to anybody, regardless of armor. Now that is worse than the ghost lantern. And it's coin priced, which means that servers are going to be full of frost beam spells. I was tempted to redownload it due to my nostalgia hype since the old maps are added back (and the classic guns). But since the Ghost lantern, gadgets, broken physics, unbalanced gameplay, and overly priced weapons are still present, I'm not going to download PG again anytime soon.
I think you're referring to 12.1.0, not 12.1.1.
Changelog explicitly states "fixed Frost Beam damage". Additionally I have yet to find videos of the 12.1.1 patch. It changed a lot of things, like how many keys are needed to unlock chests (apparently, I don't actively check the store to see when a mobile microtransaction farm updates so I could've missed the first one).
 
Thank god, Elephant Hunter and Big Buddy is back! I enjoy this game as I like the real-life based weapons in PG3D, though I like some unrealistic ones. :smile: but sadly Frost Beam Spell is constantly abused till this day. :pensive:
 
I think you're referring to 12.1.0, not 12.1.1.
Changelog explicitly states "fixed Frost Beam damage". Additionally I have yet to find videos of the 12.1.1 patch. It changed a lot of things, like how many keys are needed to unlock chests (apparently, I don't actively check the store to see when a mobile microtransaction farm updates so I could've missed the first one).
Ah, I see. I didn't expect them to change it that fast. I'm on the iOS platform, so us users are behind on updates. But nevertheless, it is a good update in terms of asthetics on the old maps, and the return of the classic weapons.
 
I take it all back. Usually things fall apart quicker than this so I was decieved; There are no gods: There are men, and there are men with the Wizard Wand. Whatever you do when playing online, do not touch the ground for a SECOND. You will be eaten alive.
 
I take it all back. Usually things fall apart quicker than this so I was decieved; There are no gods: There are men, and there are men with the Wizard Wand. Whatever you do when playing online, do not touch the ground for a SECOND. You will be eaten alive.
Wait, are you saying that the Wizard Wand is OP?
 
Wait, are you saying that the Wizard Wand is OP?
Think dead star, with blast radius bigger than any other area damage in game (not exaggerating, measured it in blocks crash; It was around 8 blocks). Imagine lethality to kill adamant armor in 3 hits. Now you have the Wizard wand UP2, which comes as a draw from the chest. Now there are no more gems holding noobs back, so every single level 19 and his grandmother have one.
 
The keys feature well... they remind me of an existing feature in another game, and it use keys, too, as well as unlocking certain unobtainable items by other means. The way of esrning them are more or less the same.
 
Curious to know, how much gems does the elephant hunters final upgrade cost if they are in gems?
As Batman said, it will probablly be expensive. It only needs one upgrade however, so if you were a person who has a connection with the elephant hunter, I would say that it would be sort of worth the gems.
 
Wait, are you saying that the Wizard Wand is OP?
Wait, the Wizard Wand is OP again?

Finally... a small piece of ol' PG3D is shining back at me. :smile: I remember when that thing was OP as heck because wallbanging (on par with the Diamond Crossbow back in the day). Glad to hear that's OP again at least. Not too happy the spell thingy is OP, but glad to hear that is at least.

Also glad to see Brutal Headhunter (aka, Elephant Hunter) back in the armory. My favourite 1HK sniper rifle back in the day. Now we just need Demon Sword, Golden Laser Cannon, Diamond Fast Death, Rambo's Rifle, and Armageddon back, and then I can assemble my old loadout. ;)
 
I'm pretty sure that the patch removed upgrades for some reason. Now they just give you the max upgraded weapon when you get it in a case opening.
Wait, the Wizard Wand is OP again?

Finally... a small piece of ol' PG3D is shining back at me. :smile: I remember when that thing was OP as heck because wallbanging (on par with the Diamond Crossbow back in the day). Glad to hear that's OP again at least. Not too happy the spell thingy is OP, but glad to hear that is at least.

Also glad to see Brutal Headhunter (aka, Elephant Hunter) back in the armory. My favourite 1HK sniper rifle back in the day. Now we just need Demon Sword, Golden Laser Cannon, Diamond Fast Death, Rambo's Rifle, and Armageddon back, and then I can assemble my old loadout. ;)
You can't kill players across the map like in the old days, but the constant sound of people firing that thing is a trip down memory lane.
 
Now we just need Demon Sword, Golden Laser Cannon, Diamond Fast Death, Rambo's Rifle, and Armageddon back, and then I can assemble my old loadout. ;)
Wait. Did they remove the golden laser cannom and armageddon? Oh my gosh I remember accidently blowing myself up with the armageddon because I would accidently press the fire button on my screen. :expressionless:
 
Wait. Did they remove the golden laser cannom and armageddon? Oh my gosh I remember accidently blowing myself up with the armageddon because I would accidently press the fire button on my screen. :expressionless:
Nah. They are both still there. However the golden laser canon is now renamed the crystal laser canon. And the strange thing is that they removed the other upgrade designs for it, because its current crystal design is present for all the upgrades. (Not to mention its performance is pretty bad now). And as for the Armageddon, it's pretty mediocre. It takes 3 missiles out of the 4 to kill somebody with it, meaning you need to be pretty accurate with the thing. Also @GoldMan27, the Fast death, Rambo's rifle, and the fire demon are also still present in the game. The Rambo's rifle was renamed, "Combat Rifle", and Diamond Fast Death is now the "Crystal Fast Death". They both received redesigns, but they are severely underpowered now. However the fire demon is still one of the best melee weapons to date. With the santa sword being a close competitor to it.
 
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This update is a long overdue attempt to satisfy the community and prevent outrage at some of the changes from the last update. This doesn't change my attitude towards Rilisoft as they could have done this so many times over the last few years and chose to ignore the community. Seeing how quickly they sought to make changes this time makes me believe that this was only motivated by money, it seems they finally found out that there is a limit to how much you can unbalance a game before it affects sales.

On a positive note, some of these changes are in the right direction, though it's not enough. What I'd still like to see is a team battle mode without armour and only the original weapons, my favourite map Aztec temple reintroduced and a fix for deadly games to stop the stabbing glitch.
 
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