Second, we are beginning the process of balancing weapons in APB. Finally, third, we are making changes to Baylan missions based on community feedback.
You can read all about these changes in the linked posts above! With regards to our weapon changes, is important to stress that these are the first step towards establishing a baseline "Meta" that we can build from in the future. Accordingly, this patch may not address weapons that are unused or under powered at the moment.
That doesn't mean they are forgotten. We aim to give every weapon some ability to compete, but to do so we will need your informed feedback. Please spend some time playing with the guns before letting us know how these changes work for you! We have a big patch in the works.
It was originally scheduled for this Wednesday, but we need an extra week to vet our additions. In the meantime, be on the lookout for articles about what you can expect from this next patch starting Thursday.
This patch was previously announced as a maintenance. It is being upgraded to patch version with some background updates. Details on the downtime window remain the same. As we discussed last week, this patch is focused primarily on addressing bugs from the Mission Impossible patch. We corrected a few things that slipped through the first time around.
In addition to these bugfixes, we are squeezing in a QoL change which allows players to toggle off death themes if they prefer.
We had a large patch last week. We are still gathering data and feedback on those changes. While we let things settle, we are working on addressing some bugs we discovered with the Mission Impossible patch.
Next week we will be addressing some fixes for those bugs. We are posting our notes a little early this week because there are a lot of changes to cover this time around see overview for more details. Our PC patch this week deals primarily with missions. Since Little Orbit took over, there has been a lot of talk about mission balance. We have been carefully listening to everyone's feedback and noting areas of improvement for some time now, but since Missions are the core of APB, these weren't changes we wanted to rush into.
Any modifications to these core systems needed a strong understanding of APB gameplay and how everything fits together. As such, that is how we would like to frame this discussion: holistically. We are going to cover each of our goals for missions in a general sense before diving into the specifics in the changelog. This first mission pass is intended to provide as much improvement as possible to the APB player's experience without fundamentally changing any of the existing missions you know and love.
Our efforts here were focused on reducing pain points, like unwieldy timers, odd group sizes for missions, or awkward objectives. We wanted our missions to flow. Additionally, we wanted to introduce as many opportunities for counter-play as we could to emphasize opportunities for skillful and exciting back and forth between players.
Another area we knew we could improve upon is novelty. Many of our hardcore players have done the same set of missions thousands of times. In order to add some variety, we've gone back and found 50 missions that were previously disabled, added them back to the available mission pool, and updated them all to current mission standards. This means that, in addition to improved gameplay flow, there are also now many more missions to experience in any one gameplay session.
Finally, our third area is balance. With so many different missions and objectives, it was important to us that each felt as fair as possible to either side.
Many of our timing, point, and grouping changes were in service to this goal. There are many more changes than we have space to cover here or which can neatly fit into our three main pillars of Mission Flow, Mission Novelty, and Mission Balance.
We will include a more detailed list of these changes in the change log below, but we encourage you to try them out for yourselves when the patch goes live. An important part of this process of improving APB is community feedback, so be sure to let us know what you think once you've gotten a chance to play! A new hotfix is going up onto the Live servers for PC. It has come to our attention that an update to our 3rd party payment solutions is interfering with players' ability to purchase items from ARMAS successfully through the in-game browser.
This hotfix will disable the in-game browser for the time being and direct users to an external webpage instead, where transactions can be completed successfully. This patch brings the end of our 10th Anniversary celebration and the removal of the Beacon Bash district.
In the meantime, we have a few small changes to the Spotter to try and create some counter-play opportunities for those being spotted. Finally, we are streamlining our Battleye ban procedure. You can read more about this change here. You've already read about our 10th anniversary celebration. Now we want to make the last two very big announcements that will coincide with that event.
To start, we are fundamentally changing our monetization model by removing JMBs and allowing you to rent and obtain Legendaries with in-game Joker Tickets. You won't want to miss this, so be sure to catch full details on our website!
We have a small patch this week as we remain focused on our efforts to bring the engine upgrade to open beta. You can read Matt's latest update here. This latest patch marks the beginning of some exciting Joker Store renovations aimed at creating a smoother, new-player friendly experience. You can read full details on those changes here , but a few of the advantages include better Joker Store UI, better inventory management, and improved access to weapon trials.
We've been looking into ways to bring you guys new content while we remain full-steam ahead on the Engine Upgrade, so we took a moment to design some new Gun Games for you all to enjoy. We will be finding opportunities to run these for you in the future, so keep your eyes on the forums for details!
This is your last chance to grab it if you haven't already, so hop on over before it's gone. Check them out. In addition to removing the Easter event, our patch this week will include some important server maintenance. Our downtime will be a little bit longer than usual as a result. Hop to it before it's gone! We have a quick hotfix going live onto the servers for PC. We have an issue in Fight Club where Heat 5 icons are appearing where they shouldn't.
We are moving to take care of this as quickly as possible to restore normal gameplay. We have a smaller patch this week as we continue to focus on the beta test. We are cleaning up some localization files for some more accurate in-game text. This is a big patch, and there are many things to tease out of it, from our Easter event to adding a guaranteed Joker Tickets to every Joker Mystery Box.
You can read about most of our upcoming changes on our blog , but we wanted to take a moment and dive into the details on two changes in particular. First, we wanted the ensure that there were no feel bad moments with our Joker Ticket drops, so we made it impossible to get 0 JT from doing opposed missions.
Please note that you will still get your other rewards from doing missions, but that currently the reward UI will only show JT at this time. This is a known bug, and we are already working on a fix.
Second, we have disabled the Radar Tower Car Mod. When it was originally brought to our attention that this mod was not working correctly, we did an extensive deep dive on what was wrong with the mod and how it functioned. After doing our initial investigation, we decided that the mod, while broken at times, was not exploitable. However, in recent weeks it has come to our attention that there is, in fact, a way to exploit this mod, so we are going to be disabling it for the time being.
The choice to disable this mod is not one we make lightly, but we feel it is the best choice at this time. Fixing the mod now would take crucial engineer time away from the 2. Disabling the mod was the best way we could preserve your play experience while keeping these projects on track.
We will revisit this mod in the future to get it working correctly again as soon as we are able. We have an update going to the Live servers for PC. Some of the back-end changes from our last patch have introduced extra latency for some of our players.
We are rolling these changes back to the version patch so you guys can have a better play experience while we investigate potential solutions. Our update will be small this week in light of the corona virus as our team is transitioning to working remotely. CEO Matt Scott posts about these developments here. As we get everything set up, we encourage everyone to stay safe, be smart, and remember to wash your hands. This week kicks off Joker Madness , where we are greatly increasing both the drop rate and the number of Joker Tickets dropped from opposed missions for the month of March.
We are also moving all of the shotgun stats that have been tested into all districts. These stats are what we are comfortable going live with, but they could still be tweaked in the future. You can read more about these changes and the Joker Madness event here. This patch removes the Holiday Cheer Christmas event from the client. This Christmas Bundle will contain everything from the Holiday Cheer event except the unique titles, and it will also include elf ears to help complete your Sugar Plum Fairy look!
Get ready for SnowParo, at least a small part of San Paro. Fight to become the Nutcracker Prince or survive being dosed. Come play in Beacon for the new "Holiday Cheer" event, complete with its own "Snowman".
Returning this year is the Snowball Fight minigame as well. There are plenty of new rewards that you will be hunting. We have fixed the bug which previously kept us from being able to release the Blood Moon Preset bundle. Reverted the Showstopper's stats to previously live stats after the incorrect stats got pushed to live districts. Get ready for Halloween in San Paro with new and exciting events happening all season! This year, we're scaring up some new events with new prizes while also letting new and existing players complete events from previous Halloweens.
There is a new mini Pumpkin hunting event for players to experience. Be on the lookout for 50 red pumpkins in both Waterfront and Financial.
Shooting these red pumpkins will earn you new rewards! There are plenty of new rewards that you'll be chasing. Finally, there are two contacts, Trick and Treat which are located in Waterfront.
These special Halloween contacts are only around for a short time but can be leveled normally like other contacts. They have rewards that you can only get during this Halloween event from leveling them up!
You can purchase them separately or as a bundle for both character and account lifetime. We are changing the N-TEC 5 weapons to be less accurate for longer periods of time by increasing the time it takes your accuracy to normalize after firing a shot. Added in Prototype District A and B. For more information on these districts, please head here. Focused on additional fixes to RIOT with emphasis on improving the overall experience based on player feedback. With this release, we are addressing player feedback within the new RIOT mode in addition to tackling ongoing stability optimization efforts.
This update addresses bug fixes and stability issues. It also rolls back the Global Weapon Drops. This new mode will challenge the most skilled players as they race to make it to the end of a collapsing map and to be last man standing. For additional information about getting started, we recommend taking a look at our recent introduction to the new mode. Server Status. Patch Notes. Xmas Patch Announcement - December, 20th, Build number: 1.
UnHalloween Patch Announcement - November, 10th, Halloween Patch Announcement - October, 27th, Med Spray Patch Announcement - August, 18th, Fire Interval: 0. Maximum Bloom: 2. Bloom per shot: 0. Removed the Double Health Regeneration. Un-Easter Patch Announcement - April, 7th, Easter Patch Announcement - March, 24th, Unvalentine Patch Announcement - February, 24th, V-Day Patch Announcement - February, 10th, Xmas Patch Announcement - December, 23rd, November 25th Patch Announcement - November, 25th, The radius in which the Percussion grenade deals its maximum damage has been reduced from 3 meters to 2 meters.
The delay before bloom begins to recover has been reduced slightly going from 0. Its Health damage has been increased from to This means that they will no longer gain as much accuracy when crouched. The effective range has been adjusted. The dropoff now starts at The dropoff range has also been adjusted, now dealing its minimum damage after 7.
This means these weapons will now deal their minimum damage of 37 damage per shot at 25 meters rather than 50 meters.
Its equip time has also been made faster to compensate now sitting at 0. Its Fire Interval has been made faster. It now sits at 0. Its equip time is now 0. Its crouch modifier has been changed from 0. UnHalloween Patch Announcement - November, 4th, Costume Patch Announcement - October, 28th, Halloween Patch Announcement - October, 21st, Style Month Patch Announcement - September, 16th, You can read all about this change here. Over clothing items have been added to Ophelia in the Joker Store.
Known Issue - Certain clothing items purchased from the Joker Ticket store can be refurbished but are not able to be traded. The items being untradeable is working as intended. The ability to refurbish them is broken and will be fixed in a subsequent patch. Known Issue - Attempting to purchase character bound clothing items with a full inventory will fail but will not produce an error message.
This will be fixed in a subsequent patch. Weapon Balance We applied a first balance pass to bring weapon types in-line with each other. You can read all about specific changes and their reasoning here. We reduced the average Baylan mission length to about 10 minutes from 15 minutes by adjusting the amount of points required to win if one team is dominating. We also reduced the time it takes to do certain objectives in the game.
We have reduced these objectives from 30 seconds to between 15 to 20 depending on the objective. We have adjusted most missions related to driving cars around. On average, these missions have been reduced from 10 minutes to 7 minutes. Stages where attackers are defending objectives have had their time limits adjusted so that multiple objectives are taken into account.
We have made various adjustments to missions that were missed in previous patches. This is the issue that is currently being seen on live as periodic hitching. Added in a duration for mods that were previously missing. Fixed a bug related to Med Spray not working as intended. Regeneration should now start correctly when activated. Fixed a bug that made it so Resupply Box would not allow changing of loadouts. Added an option in the settings menu which will allow for globally disabling death themes.
Mission Impossible Patch Announcement - August, 5th, Some examples include: Number of objectives Distance between objectives Size of task items Small, Medium, Large Objective location Streets, Satellites, Open Areas Final stage timers and point totals for stages that have points have been reworked to focus more on point totals and less on timers. Bonus time missions now end early when unopposed to prevent stage time pooling. Bonus time based missions now begin with a larger timer. Stage timers have been normalized when swapping between attack and defend stages.
Missions where the first stage involves three objectives have had their stage timers increased to prevent the defenders from having an immediate advantage. Re-evaluated the minimum group sizes for every mission in the game. Un-Anniversary Patch Announcement - July, 8th, Legendary Beta Patch Announcement - June, 24th, Has been is causing it s you type.
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