Production values
As the game creeps closer towards release, it's time to focus on polish and production values. There are now many high-quality custom sound effects in the game. Have a listen to some of them by downloading them here (880k). Many weapons sound different as they are upgraded (turret-1.wav is an upgraded turret, turret-4.wav is a fully upgraded turret). This means that good players will be able to figure out information about the enemy team just by listening carefully.
The top NS playtesters have been added to this news page. While there are only around forty NS players in the world right now, it still feels good to be in the top 15 players in the world...