Starhawk Public Beta Update 1.2.2 is now live. Here are the official patch notes:

• Homing Missiles and Swarm Lasers now begin homing far more quickly.
• All 4 speeds have been greatly increased for Normal & Advanced flight modes.
• Advanced flight afterburner now requires a double-tap of R2.
• Advanced flight now has high-engine speed on press-and-hold of R2.
• Afterburner speed for Arcade mode has been reduced slightly.
• Increased Swarm Laser targeting range & reticle box.
• Hawk Flare cool-down time has been lengthened.
• Hawks now decelerate far more quickly when transforming from flight to mech mode.
• Lowered the Hawk Mech stomp attack camera.
• Camera in Arcade flight mode has been pulled a bit further back.
• Missile Scrub values for “canned” dodges have been slightly increased.
• Hawk off-screen target tracking time has been increased slightly.
• Sniper Rifle aim assist while scoped has been increased slightly.
• Increased firing time for Razorback turret before over-heat.

You can find a thorough explanation provided by LightBox Interaction on the reasons behind some of these changes over on their blog.

Starhawk is set to release May 8th of this year.