HERE COMES THE JULY 4th WEEKEND

Hello Citizens,

America’s 4th of July celebrations are just around the corner and to celebrate we have some goodies for you all to earn during this 2 week period. We are offering not one, but two new items, the Uncle Sam Jacket and Bald Eagle Mask that can be added to your character’s collection. 

 

You want these pieces? Then here are the rules and info for JULY 4th CELEBRATION:

DURATION

From July 1st to July 15th - 9 AM UTC

SETUP

New in game progression for Enforcers and Criminals

TASK

During opposed missions in Action Districts, use any dropped weapon from an opponent and:

• KILL AN OPPONENT WITH A DROPPED WEAPON EARNS 1 KILL POINT 
• KILL AN OPPONENT WITH THEIR OWN WEAPON EARNS 2 KILL POINTS 

Example:

Player 1 (ENFORCER) kills player 2 (CRIMINAL): Picks up dropped weapon (NO KILL POINT EARNED). Player 1 uses Player’s 2 weapon and kills player 3 (CRIMINAL) in mission (1 KILL POINT EARNED), Player 1 then kills Player 2 using his original dropped weapon (2 KILL POINTS EARNED). Player 1 switches to his original weapon and kills Player 3 again (NO KILL POINTS EARNED- NOT USED DROPPED WEAPON).

TOTAL KILL POINTS EARNED: 3

ROLE & PRIZES

• Earn 100 Kill Points STARS & STRIPES: LEVEL 1 (STARS)
• PRIZES: 
• Bald Eagle Mask
• Title: Stars

• Earn 250 Kill Points STARS & STRIPES: LEVEL 2 (STARS & STRIPES)
• PRIZES:
• Uncle Sam Jacket
• Title: Stars and Stripes 

NOTE: Clothing items are character bound and not account bound.

So jump in during the time of the event and work your way to titles and goodies. 

Till later citizens and enjoy your July 4th holiday weekend.



MoK

Balanced Weapons, Creative Competition Winners and Phase 2 of the Juggernaut Strike Pack.

Hello Citizens,

We have just passed the halfway mark for the month of June. I have a few announcements prior to our live update for tomorrow, regarding a few things we have in store for you.

BALANCED WEAPONS

On my last post, I shared some info on our Weapon Test District as well as providing statistical info and description changes in the forums.  It was good to see that people enjoyed the forum thread and we are happy to say the following weapons have been migrated into the main districts:   

• COBRA-A
• OCSP
• NFAS-OGRE
• FFA-Bullshark
• VAS-C2

With the above weapons returning a new batch of weapons will be included into the Weapon Testing District, these will be:

• SHAW-556
• ALIG-762
• N-SSW
• M-1922

All the new weapons listed will be included into the Balanced Bundle Boxes, which we are using to provide those who do not own a testing weapon, a chance to try them out and provide feedback.

CREATIVE COMPETITION WINNERS

After careful review, we at Reloaded Games have selected the winners of the Creative Competition that was created in May.  Below are the grand prize winners, the 2 runners up and links to view their submissions.

VIDEO WINNERS

FIRST PLACE 

sluttles

http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/379823-apb-reloaded-video-competition-submission-thread/?p=4073543

RUNNERS UP

Janeconstatino

http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/379823-apb-reloaded-video-competition-submission-thread/?p=4073509

thelinux

http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/379823-apb-reloaded-video-competition-submission-thread/?p=4057508

MUSIC WINNERS

FIRST PLACE

JungleFlaco

http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/379823-apb-reloaded-music-competition-submission-thread/?p=4052383

RUNNERS UP

Havok5

http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/379823-apb-reloaded-music-competition-submission-thread/?p=4055141

BlackJana

http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/379826-apb-reloaded-music-competition-submission-thread/?p=4052383

ART WINNERS

FIRST PLACE

supfinal

http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/379823-apb-reloaded-art-competition-submission-thread/?p=4070125

RUNNERS UP

incbox

http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/379823-apb-reloaded-art-competition-submission-thread/?p=4053690

jossin

http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/379823-apb-reloaded-art-competition-submission-thread/?p=4072231

I wish to congratulate those that were chosen, and thank everyone again for their participation and look forward to next year’s competition.

PHASE 2 JUGGERNAUT STRIKE PACK

On the 24^th of this month the SECOND PHASE of the JUGGERNAUT STRIKE PACK will be available for those who purchased the PASS.  PHASE 2 includes the exclusive weapon and skins pack:

• FRENZY ASSAULT RIFLE (FANATIC BROTHER COLLECTION)
• STRIKE & BLEND SKIN PACK

Don’t miss out on these exclusive items, you still have a chance to purchase a PACK PASS and still receive bonus Joker Mystery Boxes.  For those that are only interested in the following ESPACIO Vehicle Kits:

• BIGHORN
• MAMMOTH

These will also will be available in the ARMAS store on the 24^th of June.

So in summary, we have the return of balanced weapons, winners of the creative competition and the PHASE 2 release in the JUGGERNAUT STRIKE PACK PASS.  Please feel free to join us in the Weapon Test district and help us make APB Reloaded better each and every month.

Till next time,

MoK

Weapon Test District Update and a bit more

Hello Citizens,

We start the second week of June with an announcement regarding the new weapon test district and changes we have in store with tomorrows update. 

WEAPON TEST DISTRICT UPDATE

Your play testing has provided us with valuable data regarding the 10 weapons we selected for testing. In order to gain the best info possible, all changes we implement will be provided shortly after a weapon has been included for balancing.  The reason for this is to avoid preconceptions which allows us untainted feedback. Many thanks to Qwentle for his work on analysing the data, implementing the changes and providing the descriptions of what has been done in order to balance the weapons better. 

You can find the detailed performance data and planned changes in the forums here: http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/382883-weapon-rebalance-description

AND A BIT MORE

We also provided the weapon drop system for those players wishing to participate and test, but do not have the weapon presently in their inventory.  These can be used until the player switches weapons, the weapon is dropped or on player death.  Future plans call for Weapon Caches Boxes, many players have seen this mechanic before with last year’s Christmas Event.  But unlike Christmas, these weapons will be available to the player and for others to use. As we move forward with testing more and more weapons, the weapon drop system will also be refined in order for us to include it into the main game.  Consideration is also being taken for changing the Weapon Test District from Baylan, over to a modified Open Conflict District.  

Next week will also include the announcement of the Creative Competition Winners.  I wish to thank everyone that has submitted their work and appreciate their patience in waiting for the final results.

Announcement of the Q&A live stream will also be provided this month once the date and time has been confirmed.  Details will be provided to you once everything is ready to go.

That’s all she wrote for now folks.  As changes occur, announcements will be made here or on the forums.

Till next time Citizens,

MoK

New NA Server LIVE and Action District First Look

As of Wednesday 6/3 we finished bringing our two NA servers together into a new, centrally located server located in Dallas. Just like with the Citadel in the EU, the merge creates a larger and more diverse population, which means better matchmaking and more chances to make new allies (or enemies) throughout each district. You might notice that it's currently named 'Union' - but don't get too attached; our NA players are in the middle of a final voting process that will most likely result in a new name by next week.

Early Merge Rewards

If you have a character on Colby or Joker and haven't already merged a prior EU character, simply log into the new server before Tuesday, July 14th to claim your exclusive Early Bird merge reward! The special gift includes 3 X Joker Mystery Box 17's, 5 X Premium Days and a special Trailblazer title for each merged character that displays its original server name.

Improving Network Performance

Now that the bulk of the merge work is done, we're now focusing on optimizing network performance and minimizing latency spikes that some of our players have been experiencing over the last couple of days. Specifically, all the districts are now centrally located in Dallas, but it appears that one of the network providers is having intermittent connection issues that has lead to random lag spikes, and our engineering team has been working with them to sort that out.

In a pretty extreme move, we are moving all the Waterfront districts to a different provider early (tomorrow) Saturday morning PST, and then we will be running an ongoing comparison on the performance between Financial (current provider) and Waterfront (alternate provider) for the rest of the weekend and next week. If the alternate network shows significant improvements, then we will be switching everything over to that by the end of next week. 

A First Look at the Upgraded Financial District

Many of you have asked for a shot of an Action District using the new upgraded engine, so here it is! Enjoy an early look at a familiar Financial location, and the difference is night and day (no pun intended =) ):

Jobs