Late last night the 3.2 changelog was released and constellation members got their hands on the current build.

The changelog is huge so I'll direct you to a link instead of posting the whole thing:

NS v3.2 Changelog

Note that everything is still subject to change and may not make it into the final release. Also, the above changelog has some missing information; e.g. Jetpack cost has been reduced from 15 to 10.

For the league scene, the major changes are:

* Fixed structure hitboxes. Marines have a much easier time defending their structures from skulks.

* Minimap improvements. Structures/players on the minimap will turn red when taking damage. Both aliens and marines can react to enemy attacks much quicker without the need of the commander/other players saying so.

* Hive teleportation. About as big as changes get- you can +use a hive to move to another one (building hives need to be +used to enable other players to move to it). MC dependancy is lowered making DC and SC as the first choice chamber viable.

* Phil nerfed. For lerks- celerity has less of an effect and pancaking upwards is slower.

* +movement. By binding a key to +movement; you will leap/blink/charge when you press this key- even if you have other "weapons" (e.g. bite) selected. Makes leap/biting and metabolising/blinking easy.

* Fade blink rate of fire halved. No more blinking into walls- sherpa approves.

* HLTV is now hot. It's now a complete feature as the sprite, particle and (I think!) health and ammo data is propagated to spectators. The first person/minimap split-screen view is now great to watch. Kudos to puzl for doing this on his own so competitive players get a better spectating experience.

* Ghost structures. No more node or structure blocking.

* Equipment HUD sprites. Now we won't be going 10 minutes without realising we have grenades/welders/mines.

* Custom crosshairs. Although it is now a hassle to add custom crosshairs I don't see the need to as the 4 new default sets are great to use. They are a blend of Fana's and mop's crosshairs.

* JPs are now cheaper and easier to use.

Of the new ns_ maps, I think lucid has the potential to be used competitively, but I'll let others be the judge of that.

3.2 officially rocks- check the website or Gamesurge's CM IRC room for download/connection info.

[13.35] Note that as of this morning the website suffered a temporary hiccup. This problem should be resolved within the next few hours (or 14 months, lol!). During this downtime it's possible that the auth server will die- meaning icons will be lost and the 3.2 server will kick everybody. I'll keep you updated.