Sackboy Nerfs, Network Performance Improvements, Medusa’s Gaze Item, and More Heading to PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale in 1.02 Patch Early Next Week

by iantothemax on December 2nd, 2012 at 5:11 pm

Community manager Daniel “Clockw0rk” Maniago recently took to the SuperBot Entertainment blog to discuss a few of the changes heading to the week-old PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale in their 1.02 patch. The list includes improvements to the online experience as well as a few nerfs for LittleBigPlanet mascot Sackboy. This update was compiled thanks to feedback from the community, so be sure to continue sending your constructive criticism to SuperBot and contribute to further updates in the future.

We’ve included the entire list of changes below, but you can also visit the official blog post to read up on the 1.02 patch. Maniago mentions that the patch will be going live sometime early next week, and Screw Attack’s Ryan Conway posits that this could possibly mean Tuesday, December 11th.

A new item, Medusa’s Gaze, has been added to the game

View Invites has been added to the Party Bar Menu

Voice chat icon added to loading screens

AI logic enhancements

Network performance improvements

Issue where players were stuck with a different character than the one picked has been addressed

Issue with matchmaking in regards to player skill has been addressed

Overall improvements to network connectivity

Sackboy changes

Level 1 Super – Increase cost from 100 to 150 AP

Level 2 Super – Increase cost from 325 to 400 AP

Level 3 Super – Increase cost from 600 to 750 AP

Jam Session (Neutral Triangle) – Reduced AP generation from 25 down to 10 AP

Cakeinator (Neutral Circle) – Reduced AP generation from 25 down to 20 AP

Source: SuperBot Entertainment via Screw Attack (tip via BIGWORM)

Woni Jaramillo

Vita cross controller please
- http://twitter.com/N0_1SPECIAL STREAM MONSTER LvL2
  
  you cant cross controller this game?
  - http://twitter.com/JusttBruce Bruce
    
    yes u can.. right?
    - http://www.facebook.com/people/Egbert-Levenstone/100000568693122 Egbert Levenstone
      
      Supposed to, yeah.
      - http://twitter.com/muensonate muenso
        
        Supposed to, but currently can’t :/
http://www.facebook.com/Drexiel Drexiel Tempest

They nerfed Sackboy but not Kratos? -_-
- CyberShinobi
  
  Don’t worry he will be next if not already on this patch.
- http://twitter.com/MostEffectual Chooch
  
  Because Sackboy was that much worse.
  
  I don’t actually think Kratos is that bad because he can get zoned out pretty hard.
  - http://www.facebook.com/Drexiel Drexiel Tempest
    
    Kratos can shield dash, making him inmune to projectiles, his >[] is a homing grab attack, and his stupid easy combos give out 80 AP… plus he has a lot of reach.
    
    the only thing that makes me comfortable about fight Kratos is that most ppl that use him go straight to the Lvl 3, which is real easy to dodge… Still, Kratos should see a Nerf and quick… Jak imo needs a Buff as I found most of his attack to have WAY too much start up and way too low AP Gain(I don’t use Jak, but that time spent on Arcade mode was agonizing)
- http://twitter.com/JusttBruce Bruce
  
  yeah kratos is too good give him one nerf or two
Louis Lam

lol week 2 nerfs
- http://handsomefatman.com/ Carlos Alexandre
  
  These were needed. Yeah, I dislike knee jerk reaction nerfs too, but a) these nerfs were planned before release and b) Sackboy, while not quite ST Akuma, was waaaaaaaaay up there.
xeleion

Just curious, what made Sackboy so good? Is it just way too easy to generate meter with him?
- http://twitter.com/RollzE Rollie
  
  ya all he did was spam ranged attacks in the corner and that got him to level 3 pretty fast with little effort. his level 3 can get him up to 7 kills in ffa, 5 kills in 2v2, and 3 kills in 1v1
  - http://twitter.com/BenRox64 Ben Rox
    
    And Redec is any better. SNIPE SNIPE SNIPE SNIPE LEVEL 3!!!!
    - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=503813975 Tyler Smart
      
      That sniper rifle is stupid easy to dodge though. Between the long start up time and that huge red line to serve as an obvious visual indicator it’s one of the easiest projectiles in the game to dodge.
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=503813975 Tyler Smart
  
  Long story short it was a combination of having the quickest meter gain, one of the lowest meter requirements for supers and arguably the best level 3 in the game. Any one (or even two) of these things would’ve been fine but all three was a bit much.
http://twitter.com/JusttBruce Bruce

buff Nariko lv 1 and lv 2 make it more useful for 1v1.
Albirieo

He could really spam his meter gain with the fan. While being really safe.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Egbert-Levenstone/100000568693122 Egbert Levenstone

The Sackboy nerf seems legit, because of how fast he could level 3 and get ridiculous amounts of kills.
Though we should probably let the metagame develop a bit before doing it again.
If there really isn’t an answer to certain things, then I suppose another patch would be in order.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Carlyle-Pandemonium-Douglas/100000169140954 Carlyle Pandemonium Douglas

As far as I can tell Sackboy needs some hard nerfs, Kratos needs nerfs, and Colonel Radec needs some pretty hard nerfs as well. Cant count how many Radec’s fight the exact same way, but it makes sense with how much knockback his rifle has.
http://twitter.com/Raffymundo Raffymundo

nerf RAIDEN
http://www.facebook.com/Kycse Kyle Carrero

I hope this trend doesn’t continue. Sackboy was a problem but the others seem fine. I hope we arent nerfing a bumch of characters already. kratos isn’t really all that scary and the game still needs time to develop. i would say Evil Cole is the next scariest character in the game but even he s pretty balanced.-
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IMW4FEU4ORLNXO7RPHLGXYUDUA Luke Taylor

buff the shit out of jak
give him new moves make his ass fun again

change dante give him extra DLC for his old costume(which also turns his level 3 into demon form)
http://www.facebook.com/eric.scalgione Eric Scalgione

Kratos is only annoying when your opponent spams the same ->[] all game. I found with drake and parappa just dodge his spamming and either counter with a barrel (that he will detonate when he spams his ->[] giving me 30 ap) or as parappa just hit O and pull his a$$ in for an easy 80-95 AP combo depending on what you know how to do.

I have more fun dodging a spamming kratos then getting him in the 140ap parrapa combo then I do actually having to play a Kratos who knows what he’s doing.

Spamming is easy to counter. Don’t get hit… Attack during opponents recovery… Game over….
GO4PRO

lol buffs and nerfs for a party game
- Donovan Harris
  
  would you like Sackboy to become MetaKnight?
http://www.facebook.com/phill.vyhanek Phill Vyhanek

sackboy was the only character that needed nerfs anyone who says that someone else does isnt very good
Hugh Jazz

Ill still use Sackboy, Its easy to get bubble surprise twice even without spamming the cake and jelly
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