Mar 17, 2016

[NOW LIVE] Community Livestream - MAR. 17, 2016

Community Announcements - CM Lumos

Greetings, Operatives! Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with us this Thursday on our Community Livestream! You might win a Grasshopper skin, but most importantly you’ll get to watch the first ever gameplay with upcoming Mateba!

WHO

Community Manager - Lumos
Production Coordinator - Disrespect

WHAT

Tune into our livestream as we’ll be giving away MP5K-S3 Grasshopper skins and base access codes. Be sure to stay until the very end as we’ll be showing off Togusa’s upcoming Black Widow skin and showcasing some Mateba action for the first time ever!

WHEN

Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 2PM PT/ 5PM ET/ 10PM CET

WHERE

http://www.twitch.tv/firstassault
Be sure to follow our Twitch channel to be notified of when we go live!

Mar 14, 2016

[EVENT] Multi-Op March Mayhem

Community Announcements - CM Lumos

Operatives, your biggest assignment yet has arrived. Togusa’s Mateba Gun will be coming soon to First Assault and this is your chance to add this iconic weapon to your arsenal.

Your mission is to complete all of the below objectives. As you complete each objective, you will unlock its respective Chipset. For completing 4 character objectives, you will unlock the Mateba. For completing all 8 character objectives, you will unlock the Mateba as well the entire collection of all character Chipsets.

Dive in now, use Skill Sync to your advantage, and eliminate your enemies. Your efforts will be handsomely rewarded.

Paz
Objective: 30 Melee Kills
Reward: 200 min chipset - Extended Memory

Ishikawa
Objective: 50 Kills
Reward: 200 min chipset - Durable Shielding

Saito
Objective: 70 Skill Sync
Reward: 200 min chipset - Rapid Scanner

Togusa
Objective: 50 Kills
Reward: 200 min chipset - Tracker Drone

Motoko
Objective: 30 Melee Kills
Reward: 200 min chipset - Anti-Machine Camo

Borma
Objective: 70 Skill Sync
Reward: 200 min chipset - Rapid Nano-Gel

Batou
Objective: 50 Kills
Reward: 200 min chipset - Long-Range Launcher

Maven
Objective: 60 Assists
Reward: 200 min chipset - Extended Memory

Complete with 4 Characters

Reward: Mateba Gun

Complete with 8 Characters

Reward: Mateba Gun + Collection of all Character specific 200min Chipsets

EVENT DATE

STARTS: March 15th 10AM PST/ 1PM EST/ 7PM CET
ENDS: March 29th 10AM PST/ 1PM EST/ 7PM CET

*Reward issue date for Mateba Gun is to be determined at a later time. Please stay tuned for announcements.

Mar 11, 2016

[NOW LIVE] Community Livestream - MAR. 11, 2016

Community Announcements - CM Lumos

Greetings, Operatives! Join us this Friday on our Community Livestream as we play community games and give away prizes. We’ll also be making a HUGE announcement so be sure to tune in!

WHO

Community Manager - Lumos
Production Coordinator - Disrespect

WHAT

Be sure to tune into our livestream and celebrate the March 10 content drop! We’ll be playing games with the community and giving away awesome prizes such as:
• The new shotgun, KSG-G1
• The new SC-AR 45: GUARDIAN skin
• Base Access codes

We’ll also be making an exciting announcement so be sure to stop by!

WHEN

Friday, March 11, 2016 at 2:30PM PST/ 5:30PM EST/ 11:30PM CET

WHERE

http://www.twitch.tv/firstassault
Be sure to follow our Twitch channel to be notified of when we go live!

Mar 11, 2016

DEV Sync Up with Team Waffle #1

Community Announcements - CM Lumos

Greetings, Operatives! While we have some down time between now the next update, we wanted to take a moment to answer some hot topics within the community. We sat down with Neople/Team Waffle and combed our forums and social to get an understanding of your top concerns with the current state of the game.

Through these Developer Sync Ups, we hope to provide more clarity and transparency as we gear up for the next big update in late March. As always, thank you for your support!

STUTTERING ISSUES

We are aware that some players are experiencing stuttering issues within the game. We are currently gathering more information and working on this issue. Game optimization and bug fixes are our top priorities and we are continuing to work hard to resolve these issues.

EARLY ACCESS CONCERNS

We are aware that some players believe that because the game is in Early Access, more content and bug fixes will not be coming. Although we are largely focusing bug fixes at the moment, we want to assure you that we are FAR from the end. We have plenty of exciting content in the works – think weapons, maps, and game modes. We have so much coming up and we hope that you are just as excited as us for the future of the game.

As for bug fixes, there are 3 main ones that we are focusing much of our efforts on and hope to provide an update as soon as possible. These include the bullet spread system, skill balance, and lag spikes.

We have heard your feedback on the login rewards. We understand that some players are unhappy with the current rewards. We are looking into how we can improve rewards while also keeping the game economy health and balance in mind.

LOW POPULATION CONCERNS

We have heard your concerns over the low population across the servers and having difficulty finding matches. Currently, we are in Early Access which restricts the population growth. We recommend playing at peak times depending on which server you play on to find matches quickly. This issue will be remedied once we enter Open Beta. Until then, we truly value your time and commitment to the game as your feedback is crucial.

HACKING/CHEATING

We have taken action against several players who used hacks or cheats within the game. Hacking and/or cheating is not taken lightly. If you see any suspicious behavior, please contact our CS team to report it: https://support-firstassault.nexon.net/hc/en-us/requests/new

WEAPON AND OPERATIVE BALANCE

We are always looking to improve the balance of the weapons and skills in the game and this is something that is constantly being worked on internally.

We understand that some players feel that Borma’s Nano-Gel Armor is over-powered, and we also noticed that many high-level players are using him. Rather than balancing the game by nerfing him, we are looking for ways to increase the usability of other Operatives’ skills, which adds to fun and strategic gameplay. For example, we could add a function where Ishikawa can retrieve and re-place his Sentry Gun.

We are taking an overall look at the current skill balance and looking for ways to improve them. We hope we can provide an update so that everyone test them out.

KEY/MOUSE BINDING

This will be coming in the next update!

Mar 9, 2016

[EVENT] Mod Up and Move Out

Community Announcements - CM Lumos

CHIPSET OVERLOAD

The most elite cyborg Operatives augment themselves with chipsets for stronger abilities! For the next 7 days, all chipset drop rates for end of match rewards will be increased by 20%. Operative specific chipset drop rates for end of match rewards will increased by 10%.

KSG MOD SALE

Lead the charge with the new KSG and customize your weapon with 10% off all KSG attachments:

• N7 RDS
• QUICK POINT S2
• TRICO MINICON
• KBY-11
• KBY-18A
• AFG-7
• AFG-3

EVENT DATE

STARTS: March 10th 11AM PST/ 1 PM EST/ 7 PM CET*
ENDS: March 17th TBA*

*Start time is subject to change if March 10th scheduled maintenance is delayed.
*End time will be announced along with the March 17th scheduled maintenance notice.

Mar 9, 2016

[PATCH NOTES] MAR. 10, 2016 Update

Community Announcements - CM Lumos

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.

WEAPON

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

WEAPON SKIN

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

ECONOMY AND REWARDS

- 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

EVENTS

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