Greetings, Operatives! Thanks for your continued support and feedback during the Early Access phase of First Assault. In this patch, we are introducing the new SG: KSG-G1 shotgun, a new weapon skin, and we’ll also be adding rewards for the Operation Geofront Event and Priority: Controller Event. Review the patch notes below.

SG: KSG-G1 - A bullpup shotgun with a long barrel and a mechanized chamber, allowing for longer ranged shots and continuous fire.



SC-AR 45: GUARDIAN - A pattern popular with private security firms.




- Reduced the price of the MP5K-S3: GRASSHOPPER skin by 1,000 NX
- Reduced the price of the AK47: ARCTIC skin by 1,000 NX

- Added rewards for Operation Geofront Event and Priority: Controller Event
- Added additional support for future events

We will be performing a scheduled maintenance on March 10, 2016 at 6:30 AM Pacific (9:30 AM Eastern, 3:30 PM CET). We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 4.5 hours, concluding around 11:00 AM Pacific (2:00 PM Eastern, 8:00 PM CET).

Please note that the estimated length of time for each maintenance is subject to change without notification.

TIME:
Thursday, March 10, 2016

Pacific: 6:30 AM - 11:00AM
Eastern: 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM
CET: 3:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Thank you for your patience during the update.

-The First Assault Team

Greetings, Operatives! We’re excited to announce that we are bringing back First Assault Community Livestreams with your new Community Manager, Lumos! Check out the details below:

Community Manager - Lumos
Production Coordinator - Disrespect

Join our livestream as we will be teasing an UPCOMING WEAPON! Take down Disrespect in-game as he will be playing with this secret weapon - meaning you have a chance to pick it up and try it out before the upcoming content drop!

Be sure to tune in as we will be giving out plenty of Base Access codes, plus 10 people will have a chance to win this secret weapon (worth 212,250 GP)!

Monday, March 7, 2016 at 12:00PM PST/ 3:00PM EST/ 9:00PM CET


http://www.twitch.tv/firstassault

*Be sure to subscribe to our Twitch channel to be notified of when we go live!

It’s time for your next assignment, Operatives. Earn the “Controller Medal” achievement in Demolition or Terminal Conquest Mode to receive 10,000 GP daily (up to 50,000 GP in Total).



The Controller Medal is unlocked by:
- Disarming or planting the most bombs in Demolition Mode.
- Capturing the most terminals in Terminal Conquest Mode.


STARTS: March 4th 10AM PST/ 1 PM EST/ 7 PM CET
ENDS: March 8th 10AM PST/ 1 PM EST/ 7 PM CET


10,000 GP

*Reward can only be earned once per day (5 times in total during the event period).
*Reward issue date is to be determined at a later time. Please stay tuned for announcements.

Greetings, Operatives, my name is Woo-Jik Lee! I work on level design at Team Waffle and am responsible for the design of Geofront. In this installment, we’re going to take a deeper dive into how we manifested Geofront from the Stand Alone Complex anime series into a playable map in First Assault.



To learn more about Geofront visit our Tumblr blog:
http://playfirstassault.tumblr.com/post/140041751801/

Many of our Operatives have asked us about the implementation of PVE within First Assault. To help us better understand the community’s desire and interest, we’ve put together a short survey.

We can’t guarantee when or even if we’ll be able to implement PVE in First Assault, but we feel it is important to collect your feedback and better understand what would be interesting.

Thank you all for your continued support!

Take the PVE Survey here:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PvESurveyFA_1

The new Geofront map is starting to be overrun by cyber terrorist forces. It is time to respond to this threat. Your new assignment is to eliminate as many members as possible of the opposing force in Geofront. Time is short. Further details are below.




START: February 25th 10AM PST/ 1 PM EST/ 7 PM CET
ENDS: February 29th 10AM PST/ 1 PM EST/ 7 PM CET


TIER 1

15-20 Required Enemy Kills
EXP Bonus 300%

TIER 2

21-30 Required Enemy Kills
EXP Bonus 300% + (1) 200min chipset: Agile Strafe

TIER 3

31+ Required Enemy Kills
EXP Bonus 300% + (1) 200min chipset: Agile Strafe + 1 200min chipset Quick Skill (tier 2)

*Reward issue date is to be determined at a later time. Please stay tuned for announcements.
*Kill numbers to unlock rewards are only based on enemies eliminated in the Geofront - Demolition Mode map.

Greetings, Operatives. Prepare yourselves for the second episode of First Assault’s content updates. This week Operatives will engage the enemy in our brand new Demolition Mode map – Geofront. We’re also introducing the new MG: MG36-A machine gun, plus new skins for weapons and Paz. Review the patch notes below.

Geofront – Demolition

For fans of the series, this map appears in the second season of Stand Alone Complex. An interesting addition to this map are the secret ventilators and cover spots for extra stealth. We’re interested to see how our Operatives strategize their tactical play, especially because there are so many options for routes.





MG: MG36-A - This machine gun can carry up to 100 rounds of ammo. It’s ability to fire without stopping makes up for its low accuracy.



AK47: ARCTIC - Put your enemies on ice with this Arctic skin for the AK47.

MP5K-S3: GRASSHOPPER - Put a spring in your step with this bright green skin.


PAZ: DESERT TEAM - Paz’s new skin is suitable for riot work or guerilla warfare.

• Increased stats for 44MG Pistol. Accuracy [33 -> 46] / Stability [21 -> 23]
  
• Crosshairs gather about 50% faster after being spread out.

• Increased GP & EXP gain rate
  
• Updated Daily Reward drop rates

• Added update notice window
  
• Party member’s nickname and their mini-map icon now appear bright green
  
• Added /w to the Whisper cheat key (Currently only supports /r)
  
• Players now get a message in their inbox when a GP/EXP boost expires

• Fixed text cutting off in certain languages
  
• Localization text fixes
  
• Fixed display issues with the Dual and Drum magazines
  
• Fixed an issue with Tachikoma damage registering incorrectly with pistols

Greetings, Operatives. This is Jung Eik Choi, here again with our second Q&A featuring Maven. We’re really happy our Operatives are enjoying First Assault, and we appreciate all of the feedback during the Early Access phase.

We’re also very excited about adding new Operatives to Section 9, the latest being Maven, an original character created by our development team.



Where does the name Maven come from? Does it have a special meaning? -- Trivi
The name itself doesn’t have a special meaning, it was chosen because our team liked it best. At first we considered Origa, after the Russian singer who sang the soundtrack for the original anime, however, we ultimately preferred Maven.

What’s the inspiration & thoughts that went behind creating Maven?-- SanKantsu
While designing a new skill, we were thinking of gameplay that manipulates the enemies’ sight. We wanted to add a new operative with a skill that manipulates the enemies’ sight, as we thought it would add a new level to gameplay and complement the existing skills available. From there, we designed Maven’s look and character to suit her skill.

What went in the design and creation process to create her for the game? -- zKZ3R0
As a team we sit down and brainstorm the background details of the Operative. Based on the background of the Operative, we begin to flesh out the design through concept art. Working closely with the creators of the anime, we discuss the concept and receive approval. The new Operative is then designed in 3D modeling, which eventually is added to the game.



How did Maven get on Section 9's radar? How was she recruited? What is her service record? -- Blacksun388
Maven was originally a soldier in the military, and her combat skills come close to that of Motoko. This caught Aramaki’s attention and he decided to recruit her to Section 9.

Will you add more outfit options for Maven and the other characters?-- Zeithri
We are currently designing more outfits for all of the Operatives. We hope to reveal these as soon as possible.

Is the Cyberwall supposed to stop Batou rockets? Does Ishikawa's sentry laser show through when it's behind the wall?-- Atoms
The barrier was designed to only distort the enemies’ sight and hide the user and their allies. Therefore, the barrier can’t block projectiles such as bullets, rockets and grenades. Also, lasers will penetrate through the barrier.

Operatives,

We have been made aware that there is currently a bug with the newly released Public Security Pack which is preventing some users for receiving their in-game items. We are working on a fix but will be disabling the pack in the meantime.

Don’t worry if you purchased the pack and encountered this error. Simply send us a ticket here: https://support-firstassault.nexon.net/hc/en-us/requests/new

And once we verify your purchase we will gift you all the in-game items which did not get correctly distributed.

Apologies for the inconvenience.

The First Assault Team