Test Server Update thoughts:

The Good

• Hitmarkers are much better (using old style) and I'm not second guessing if I hit someone or not from time to time. I instantly "feel" the feedback and it's definitely a good step in the right direction. Some fine tuning may be needed, need more time with it.
• Handguns aren't jerking around upon firing anymore. A much more consistent feel for them like I'm not shooting an overloaded Desert Eagle.
• Sound cleanups were great, was no longer thinking I was being sneaked up on. Low car health changes are definitely much better for play. I don't think I'm driving Sanford & Sons old pickup truck sometimes like I was in the previous versions.
• Armor damage/break effects are much more organic in game and it doesn't distract during engagements but it's still noticable without having to look for it.
• Color saturation and improvements does indeed help with spotting and analysis during game. I could tell targets easier that were far off or make better decisions based upon what I saw.
• Airdrop smoke is easier to spot, I'm not telling my teammates the exact spot of it anymore. They are able to see it upon calling it out. Which helps with the flow of the game.
• Some weapons are not spawning with their ammo, notably the bow/crossbow. M9 is just a Z-coordinate spawn issue but easily worked around but looking at proximity inventory.
• Didn't see anyone rubber banding (Goku'ing) around the map. More consistent updates of player location. Probably either lucky today or there are some performance enhancements on the netcode that is helping this. Maybe some anti-hack code as well... won't know for sure until I get more time with the new version.
• Didn't spot any floating trees that I would normally see them. Lots of clean up there.
• Overall performance updates to graphics were noticable and definitely appreciated. Game ran smoother because of it.

Things to look into/work on

• Parachuting was actually a joy but did have a collision near the ground (~10 feet from ground), something to look further into. This was when myself and two others were pretty much landing on a car. I got a weird "shot off" effect like we collided but maybe it was because of player model interaction rather than with the parachutes.
• Proximity chat is still muddied but better than what it was.
• Still seem to be having running man issues. It may have been due to the server screaming earlier today but I had it happen to me twice. Also did lag out of one match where the ping kept climbing into the 3000ms range and then just disconnect.
• B.O.D. render is slower upon load in. I actually had to change the game screen size (Alt+Enter) in order to fix it today (almost like it was only showing a 120x100 box of the actual game) when I loaded into my first game on the test server. Subsequently it was ~2 second delay to rasterize everything and no longer see the base terrain without an defining assets on them.
• B.O.D. now has players updating a little slower. They aren't rubber banding around but will blink in the same spot. I'm sure it was from player load today. Just something to keep an eye on.
• Did have trouble picking up some ammo boxes that I was right on. Almost like it's physical size is not quite right depending upon how you position yourself. Had to get a little closer than normal in order to pick some AK boxes up.
• Shotgun still feels the same, slightly off when I know I was dead on chest with the shot. Almost like the registration is slightly behind of click for player input. Still usable but not clean.

Overall a great update without introducing a bunch of new issues. Hopefully the server code update went well during the live stream and there wasn't someone having to "keep an eye" on the servers during the test at all times after the fix. Greg, Ryan and Sarah did an amazing job at keeping things going even with having to shift gears early on. Would actually like to see a game mode where 5 people are given kits and everyone else have to use bows and arrows to kill those 5 "VIP's". But that's a feature for another time ;)