Metalstorm 20260331 Patch Notes

This update is scheduled to go live Tuesday, March 31st. This will require no downtime.

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Balance Adjustments

Aircraft Balance

A-4 Skyhawk (Nerf)

Making this dominant close-encounter beast a little more susceptible to enemy firepower with an ever so slight health decrease.

• Base Stats

  • Health decreased from 155 to 145.

F-4 Phantom (Shift)

Giving this maybe not so friendly ghost some Rocket Pods and more Hunter Manuals for a very unique overall kit.

• Loadout

  • Replaced IR Missiles with Light Rocket Pods.

  • Medium Range Manual Missile ammo count increased from 4 to 6.

• (NEW) Light Rocket Pods

  • Ammo: 76

  • Range: 1.5 km

  • Damage: 25

  • Speed: 3,420 km/h

  • Blast Radius: 7 m

  • Rate of Fire: 8.0/s

• Medium Range Hunter Missiles

  • Lock FOV Start reduced from 8° to 7°.

  • Lock FOV End increased from 8° to 11°.

  • Continuous Guidance FOV increased from 8.5° to 11.5°.

F-106 Delta Dart (Buff)

This iconic plane got a little love to help it get its popular nuclear weaponry online more consistently. Reducing the passive generation rate to make it more about performance and not time.

• Base Stats

  • Health increased from 135 to 150.

• Loadout

  • Now has External Fuel Tanks.

  • Ammo Count increased from 4 to 6.

• Medium Range Manual Missiles

  • Lock FOV End increased from 7 to 11°.

• Special Ability: Nuclear Launch

  • Passive Generation Rate reduced from 2/s to 1/s.

J-20 Mighty Dragon (Nerf)

Our lone stealth interceptor has been a tricky skill check for many to overcome. Reducing some of the effectiveness of their long range missile spam behavior, and giving their IR alternatives some quality of life to offset a bit.

• Loadout

  • Ammo Count reduced from 6 to 4.

• Long Range Radar Missiles

  • Reduced End Interpolation Rate 8.0 to 7.5°/s.

  • Max Damage Radius reduced from 5 to 1 m.

  • Damage Percent at Max Radius reduced from 25 to 20%.

• Short Range IR Missiles

  • Lock FOV Start increased from 7 to 10°.

  • Lock FOV End increased from 12.25 to 14°.

J35 Draken (Buff)

The Draken has been underperforming for a while, so we’ve made a number of changes across the board to increase sustainability and lethality of this once-popular aircraft.

• Base Stats

  • Health increased from 135 to 145.

  • Afterburner Max Speed increased from 1,249 to 1,350 km/h.

  • Afterburner Acceleration increased from 45 to 50 m/s².

  • Idle Speed increased from 655 to 666 km/h.

• Loadout

  • Short Range IR Missile count reduced from 4 to 2.

  • Medium Range Manual Missile count increased from 2 to 4.

• Medium Range Manual Missiles

  • Damage increased from 85 to 90.

  • Speed reduced from 3,600 to 3,240 km/h.

  • Lock Range increased from 7,000 to 7,500 km.

  • Lock FOV End increased from 7 to 11°.

  • Continuous Guidance FOV increased 11 to 11.5°.

• Special Ability: Pair Fire

  • Cooldown reduced from 10s to 5s.

• Passive Ability : Need For Speed

  • Max Turn Rate increased from 5° to 8°.

MiG-19 Farmer (Nerf)

Old Macdonald has been terrifying the airspace for many with its top of class combat and flight capabilities. We’re some of these in line just a tad to give some of our other fighters a better fighting chance.