This mod follows semantic versioning: new major versions require clients to update the mod, while new minor versions will make server-side changes only. Subversions are fixes that don't make material change to the content of the mod (formatting changes, server-side bugfixing). The main Northstar mod.json will remain at version 5.0.0 throughout this major version to allow compatibility between servers and clients.
A changelog file may be provided in the future to track changes between updates to this mod.

Balance Changes in v5.3.0:

All changes are listed in this format: default value -> changed value

Assault Rifles

• Flatline
  • Near damage: 30 -> 27
  • Far damage: 20 -> 22
  • viewkick_air_scale_ads: 2 -> 1.0
• G2
  • viewkick_air_scale_ads: 3 -> 1.0
• Hemlok
  • viewkick_air_scale_ads: 2 -> 1.0
  • Starburst mod replaces Quick Swap:
    • 5 round burst
    • 25 round mag
    • Heavy recoil
  • Extended Mag attachment now gives a flat +6 rounds
• R101 & R201
  • Magazine size: 24 -> 28
  • Extended ammo: 30 -> 34
  • Near damage: 25 -> 20
  • viewkick_air_scale_ads: 2 -> 1.0
  • viewkick_pitch_hardScale: 0.5 -> 0.3
  • viewkick_yaw_hardScale: 0.8 -> 0.6
• R201
  • viewkick_scale_max_ads: 2.5 -> 2.0
  • This equalizes the performance of R201 with R101

SMGs

• Alternator
  • Near damage: 35 -> 30
  • viewkick_scale_firstshot_hipfire: 0.3 -> 0.6
  • Hipfire spread in air: 1.5 -> 0.0
• CAR
  • Near damage: 25 -> 20
  • Very far damage: 10 -> 9
  • Hipfire spread in air: 1.5 -> 0.0
• R97
  • Near damage: 20 -> 18
  • Hipfire spread in air: 1.5 -> 0.0
• Volt
  • Far damage: 15 -> 17
  • Hipfire spread in air: 1.5 -> 0.0

LMGs

• LSTAR
  • Near damage: 25 -> 30
  • Far damage: 18 -> 20
• Spitfire
  • Near damage: 35 -> 30
  • Very far damage: 20 -> 15

Grenadiers

• SMR
  • Damage vs Titans: 115 -> 150
  • Projectile speed: 3300 -> 3600

Anti-Titan Weapons

• Charge Rifle
  • Damage vs pilots: 300 -> 100

Ordnance

• Frag Grenades
  • Explosion damage: 200 -> 20
  • Can no longer be cooked
  • Impulse force: 500 -> 17500
  • Explosion impulse: 50000 -> 65000
  • Grenades now explode when within proximity of enemies
• Gravity Star
  • Duration: 2 -> 1.5
• Electric Smoke
  • Pull-out time: 0.3 -> 0.25
  • Projectile launch speed: 1100 -> 1200
  • Lifetime: 6 seconds
  • Damage delay: 1s -> 0.8s
• Satchels
  • Explosion damage to pilots: 125 -> 100

Tactical Abilities

• Grapple
  • Max length: 1100 -> 900
  • Air accel: 650 -> 350
  • detachSpeedLossMin: 460 -> 500
• Phase Shift
  • Holster, deploy, lower, raise, and toss times: 0.1 -> 0.01667
  • Health regen timer paused during Phase
• Pulse Blade
  • Completely replaced with a short-range teleport

Titans

• Ion
  • Laser Shot
    • Distance: 4000 -> 3200
• Tone
  • Sonar Pulse
    • Duration vs Pilots: 5s -> 1s

Additional Changes

• View height: 60 -> 54 (to counter headglitching).
• Pilot melee damage: 100 -> 0.
• Controller aim assist should be disabled (set the NoAimAssist riff to "Enabled"). Note that this is not foolproof - we have an additional client-side mod to more reliably disable aim assist available here: https://thunderstore.io/c/northstar/p/Aoloach/AimAssistDisable/.
• Intended for use with the Competitive CTF game mode at 1.2 pilot health multipler.