- Steam App
- Affected Zone Tactics (386640)
- Event type
- patch note
- Published
- 19 May 2016 - 12:54:28 UTC
- Source
- steam_community_announcements
Hi friends! It’s our pleasure to introduce a new and updated version of Affected Zone Tactics, which includes many improvements in the combat system, the abilities and item stats. SHOTGUN BALANCE In previous updates, we improved automatic weapons and grenades, now it’s time for the shotguns to be improved. As for now, Heavy Infantry Shotguns aren’t very efficient, as they still function with the old mechanics. We’ve changed the algorithm for successful attacks and damage completely. The main difference is that each shot consists of 20 pellets, the equivalent of the number of fragments or bullets of the other weapons. However, the way of calculating how many pellets reach the target is different than for automatic weapons: in this case, the number of pellets that hit depends directly on your accuracy. For example, with 50% accuracy, only half of the load will reach the target - which mean...