V1.2 Patch

Is that another huge gameplay patch?

It is!

Tweaks to core resolution, Skills, Triggers!

New and rebalanced planes and targets!

And more guidance on making Pilots, succeeding in combat, and even talking like anime jet pilots!

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• Changed calculations for attack and defense. Now attacker Speed affects Attack Value instead of Defense. The underlying balance is unchanged.
• Clarified firing multiple missiles to improve damage or accuracy.
• Clarified that Pilot planes can’t be immediately destroyed by a missile barrage.
• Folded Compensate into Push. There are now six Skills in Thunderbolt.
• Reduced amount of points Pilots receive to spend on Skills to start.
• Replaced the Evade Skill with Dodge, to reduce confusion between the Evade Skill and the Evasion plane ability.
• Clarified the effect of Strain on Dodge checks
• Nerfed the Not You, Again! Trigger to +1 Evasion (instead of +2 Evasion).
• Added new Rookie Trigger: Cautious
• Clarified option to take Core Triggers of other Archetypes as later advancement
• Removed Acceleration and Deceleration. Now, Pilots can freely change Speed up to Max Speed.
• Replaced plane names with plane “templates,” to make plane selection easier for people who aren’t plane nerds.
• Example plane names added, both for an alt-modern setting and for a space fantasy setting.
• Rebalanced provided planes.
• Added two new planes: the High-Speed Interceptor and the Light Support Gunship. These planes are more “min-maxed,” to showcase variations in plane designs.
• Added a Radar Jammer as a new ground target.
• Rebalanced sea targets.
• Fixed error in full-color section dividers.
• Added glossary of terms in “Talking like a Pilot” section.
• Added “Pilot Checklist” for creating and adding advancements for Pilots.