Dear Adventurers,

Welcome to the latest official patch notes for Ring of Elysium’s Early Access phase. Here are the full details:

• To give back to everyone's long-term support, we have re-released the [Pinnacle Challenge] event in this update, the ultimate reward of this event is a FREE Season 4 Adventurer Pass that is worth 950 E-Points and an Adventurer Season 3 exclusive portrait!
  
• Event period: May 18 – June 4, 2019 (Pacific Standard Time)
  
• Event rules:
  
• There is a total of 9 Pinnacle Challenges, and we will unlock 3 challenges every 5 days
  
• Complete any 7 out of the 9 Pinnacle challenges during the event period to receive your FREE Season 4 Adventurer Pass!
  
• Complete the 9th(last) Pinnacle Challenge to receive your Season 3 exclusive portrait! (see below)
  

• Completely removed Experience rewards from the Raging Sea Supply Box, replacing them with E-Points and various weapon skins. If you open the box and receive a weapon skin that is already owned by you, it will automatically be converted to Tokens
  
• Add the AK15-Raging Sea, R700-Doki Doki, and FAMAS-Sailor Saki to the Token Shop

• Welcome to our first Limited-time mode: Sniper Assassin! In Mt. Dione’s extreme environments, snipe a way out for your victory!
  
• Event period:
  
  • For Pacific Time:
    
    • May 18: 4:00-8:00, 12:00-16:00, 20:00-24:00
      
    • May 19: 4:00-8:00, 12:00-16:00, 20:00-24:00
  • For GMT/UTC:
    
    • May 18: 11:00-15:00, 19:00-23:00
      
    • May 19: 3:00-7:00, 11:00-15:00, 19:00-23:00
      
    • May 20: 3:00-7:00
• Event rules:
  
  • The map of this LTM is set on Mt. Dione
    
  • Players will get a double Exp. bonus by playing this LTM
    
  • Players will be able to loot: R700, Mosin-Nagant, VKS, Desert Eagle, M200, and the TAC-50. In those, M200 and TAC-50 are only spawned in airdrops
    
  • Traversal equipment packs are as follows: Boosted Glider Pack, BMX Pack, and Grappling hook pack
    
  • Removed most vehicle spawns, a low amount of snowmobiles will be spawned on the map
    
  • Players can finish Daily/Weekly challenges while playing this LTM

• Added a new weapon: the TAC-50, currently only available in the Limited-time Mode- “Sniper Assassin” (found in airdrops)
  
• TAC-50 uses .50mm ammo, a sniper rifle that has the highest single bullet damage in the game

• We have added some dope items in the Store, let’s check them out!
  
  • Elliot-Neon Green
    
    • This special Character Style is priced at 1200 E-Points, but for the first 7-days there will be a 20% off promotion, which drops the price to only 960 E-Points, don’t miss it!
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• In addition, the latest installment of the “Raging Sea” weapon skin series is here! Introducing the M4A1-Raging Sea, available exclusively through the Weapon Skin Token Shop
  
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• Added three levels of Adventurer Tier instant boosts (+1, +5 and +10 tiers)
  
  • A few tips:
    
    • Players can purchase adventurer tiers at the Store or through the "Buy Tiers" button under the Adventurer Pass interface
      
    • The +5 and +10 tier options both have discounts compared to purchasing just 1 adventurer tier, the discount is 10% off for +5 tiers, and 20% off for +10 tiers!
      
    • There is no account limit for purchasing adventurer tiers. Newly registered players are able purchase tiers immediately, go straight to tier 100 and unlock all rewards!
      
    • Upon successful purchasing, your adventurer tier will be increased immediately.
      
    • Please pay close attention to your current adventurer tier when purchasing. If your adventurer tier exceeds 100 after purchase, the exceeded tiers will be converted to character level experience points
      
    • Players will not be able to purchase adventurer tiers if they are already at tier 100

• Improved the bots’ AI, now, bots will actively go towards the player and be more intelligent when avoiding volcanic ash danger zones
  
• Players will now receive a small amount of Exp. in Training mode games

• Before the official DX12 Beta client releases, we will be gradually putting out DX12’s related content with our patches. The first batch of DX12 Client related tech modules will be deployed with this patch
  
• Please note that this does not mean the DX12 Beta Client has been released, we will be posting a dedicated Q&A announcement for the DX12 Client tomorrow to answer all your questions related to DX12, stay tuned

• When players are underwater, with the DPV and Grappling hook set to the same keybind, Grappling hook will be prioritized when the keybind is pressed

• Adjusted the spawn-point icons’ display effects, making them more visible

• Daily check-in continues from May 18 to May 24 (Pacific Time), check-in for 7 days and receive a cute Saki-themed BMX appearance!

• Fixed an issue where the hitboxes of the boat is not accurate enough
  
• Fixed an issue where player's HP update was delayed with spectating
  
• Fixed an issue where players couldn't cancel reviving teammates under high latency
  
• Fixed an issue where certain objects on the pirate ship obstructed player movement
  
• Fixed an issue where the loot on the pirate ship was incorrect after disconnecting and reconnecting to the game
  
• Fixed an issue where the players were dragged in some cases when using the DPV underwater
  
• Fixed an issue where the character icon was shown incorrectly under the appearance interface in lobby
  
• Fixed an issue where the M200's bolting sound effect was incorrect
  
• Fixed an issue where the network latency was not updated for a period of time in some rare cases

Thanks for playing,
ROE DEV Team

Dear Adventurers,

Welcome to the latest official patch notes for Ring of Elysium’s Early Access phase. Here are the full details:

• Under Top-down view, optimized the spawn-point icons for players and teammates
  
• Adjusted the 3D map’s size, colors and lighting, making the map more clear and visible

• Fixed an issue where the lobby music didn’t cut off after disconnecting and reconnecting to the game during spawn-selection
  
• Fixed an issue where the weapon and character model displayed incorrectly caused by weapon skins
  
• Fixed an issue where the Scorpion’s loot model color was inaccurate
  
• Fixed an issue where the inventory space glitched out when a weapon is dragged from the weapon slots to the inventory slots
  
• Fixed an issue where the color of a BMX bike’s reward icon was inaccurate

Thanks for playing,
ROE DEV Team

Hello Adventurers!

One of the most important core values we have is our relationship with the community, even though we have been communicating with you regularly via our various platforms and announcement series such as Developer Face-to-face and Developer Insights, we feel that we haven’t sat down and done a Q&A with you in a very long time. So today, we want to address some of the community’s concerns over the past few months.


A: We do not have plans to work on a new map at the moment, we have learned that developing new maps isn’t the best approach to keep the game interesting and fun. New maps tend to split the player base and create more matchmaking related issues instead of bringing everyone together. Our plan is to keep evolving Europa Island and make changes to it every season. In Adventurer Season 4, we will be adding more types of terrain, adjust lighting, and introduce a bit of new colors to Europa Island. Below is a preview of what we've been working on for Season 4. We'll be continuing to drop more info and sneak-peeks for the new season over the coming weeks, so be sure to keep an eye on our official channels for further updates!


(Work in progress. Does not represent the quality on official release.)

A: We sincerely apologize for the unintended user experience we have caused with this design, this question initiated a long discussion within the team, we reflected on this issue thoroughly and came to a conclusion, we plan to:

• Completely remove the Experience rewards from the Raging Sea Supply Box, replacing them with rewards that are more valuable and higher-quality, such as E-Points and weapon skins. If you open the box and receive a weapon skin that is already owned by you, it will automatically be converted to Tokens
  
• Add the AK15-Raging Sea and R700-Doki Doki to the Token Shop
  
• Make the Raging Sea Supply Box stay in the Store on a long-term basis, update the name of the Supply Box and its prize pool every once in a while

The rewards in the Supply Box are all thoughtfully designed and delicately crafted by our art team, thank you so much for your support towards their hard work!

A: We are in the last stage of our internal tests and debugging for the DX12 Beta Client, and we will be releasing another Q&A this week dedicated for DX12, stay tuned for that!

A: As of now, we have 80 devs passionately crafting Ring of Elysium for all you amazing people!

A: Absolutely, we care about ROE’s competitive scene a lot and we want to keep the community strive for competitive play on all regions. We strongly encourage organizations to hold their own ROE competitive events and would love to provide support, a good example would be our partnership with ROECL for their Season 2 NA and EU leagues. We currently don’t have any more LAN eSport events planned this year, but we have something very exciting coming this June and we can’t wait to share more details with you on this soon.

A: Before we add a new server region, we have to take many factors into consideration, such as whether there are enough active players in that region to support our 60-player per round matchmaking. Currently, the player base in those regions is still growing and wouldn't be able to utilize dedicated servers fully. We are carefully keeping an eye on our player populations and other factors so that new servers can be added as soon as they're needed.

A: We’d love to and have plans to do just that! Ring of Elysium is still in Early Access, and our efforts have been focused on polishing the game to a high-quality, AAA standard. But as we get closer to the official launch, we’ll be ramping up our promotion efforts so that we can expand our community and let the world know how amazing an experience Ring of Elysium is.

A: We added Death Cam to our development to-do list many months ago, but this feature is a system that requires a lot of development resources to implement, and our devs have been constantly busy working on other high-priority, critical tasks such as the 64-bit client, the DX12 client and other gameplay improvements. With that being said, we understand the importance of this feature and we want to get this feature implemented in the near future.

A: We know that new players, content creators, pros, and everyone in between has asked for and could utilize different training environments. The current training mode that we put out recently is only the first step in what we have planned for training environments, and we will continue to work on it such as improving the bots’ AI, increasing the amount of loot the bots drop when they’re eliminated, and increasing the overall loot spawn on the map. Something like a dedicated training ground sounds pretty nice, but it won't happen in the near future.

A: We’re fully aware that the lack of customer support has been a long-time issue and we want to fix that. Starting next month, we will have big improvements coming to this area including more dedicated staff and a better system to increase our customer support efficiency.

Please note that the customer service email will be used mainly for account suspension appeals, reports, requests, and etc. For gameplay related questions and feedback, Reddit or Discord will be a better platform because our community managers can directly answer your questions. We’ll be sure to provide details as issues arise.

A: We understand that some of you really enjoy the uniqueness of Mt. Dione, but we want to respect our players’ preferences and make sure they always have a choice. We believe a map rotation isn’t the best method to mitigate this issue. Instead, we have extended the Mt. Dione available times and created new weekly limited-time modes which will be coming out this month. We’re going to be hosting most of these LTMs on Mt. Dione, as well as providing increased rewards for playing the LTMs. We want to try this first, and please continue to provide us feedback so we can make any necessary adjustments.

A: Right now, we’re focused on getting Ring of Elysium polished for PC. Eventually, we do hope to add a full controller support and bring Ring of Elysium to console platforms, but currently there are no definite plans.

A: Once the DX12 Beta client is released later this month and stabilized, our client team is going to switch gears and begin focusing on graphical improvements. This means continuous optimization on performance and additional tech features to the engine which will bring ROE’s graphics to a whole new level. While that is going on, we will consider expanding the graphical options so that Adventurers can customize the game’s graphics to their own personal preference.

A: For Shadow.tech users:
Sorry for this issue, this happened most likely because someone else cheated on that cloud service PC, causing the machine’s hardware to be banned from ROE, making everyone else unable to play on it.

Logging onto the game with a PC that’s hardware banned won’t cause your account to be banned, it just simply won’t allow you to enter the game. Since Ring of Elysium is free-to-play, we have a zero-tolerance policy towards cheaters and we issue very hard punishments towards cheaters to ensure the game’s fair play environment.

As of now, we cannot treat personal PCs, cloud computing PCs, and public PCs differently, because we don’t want Cloud PC services or Internet Cafes to become a safe haven for cheaters. Once an account has been convicted with cheating, both the account and the PC hardware will be banned for 10 years.

For GeForce NOW users:
This is actually a compatibility issue between GeForce NOW and Ring of Elysium’s security system. Recently, we have been actively communicating with NVIDIA technicians to locate the root cause of this issue, and we plan to deploy a patch to fix this in the future. We appreciate your patience and understanding.

A: When we first designed the Token Shop, our intention was to create a way for “unlucky” players to get a “guaranteed” Epic weapon skin of their choice, and create a way for “lucky” players to get some Token exclusive skins such as the AUG-Victoria and the FAMAS-Rosebloom. Based on the feedback and data we collected, the Token Shop has done a great job serving that purpose. However, we’ll continue to monitor Token Shop’s performance and community feedback.

A: While we really appreciate that players want to spend E-Points to support us and boost up their Adventurer Tiers, we want to encourage them to play the game more and experience the fun and excitements ROE can bring. In addition, enabling Tier purchasing at the end of the season allows our art team to have more time to polish the high-tier rewards such as Adventurer Character Styles.

A: Definitely, we have been working on this for a while now and we will be adding the Russian and German language very soon.


That wraps up this issue of our Development Team Q&A. If you have any questions you want to ask, make sure to let us know via our official platforms and we’ll be back with another Q&A post soon! Be sure to follow up on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, as well as joining our Discord and Reddit! Take care and we'll see you next time.

-ROE DEV Team

Dear Adventurers,

In our latest patch (5.11.2019), we implemented the 3D spawn-selection system, and we’re delighted to see that a lot of players liked and supports our direction.

However, we have received some feedback on how we can improve this system. Such as the issue of not being able to clearly see your own spawn point and the spawn point picked by your teammates, this issue is especially severe for players that are not sensitive to colors. We value those feedback very seriously and we have decided to start working on them immediately.

We will be starting with adding a name-tag to the spawn points selected by teammates, and we expect to implement this change next week. Again, thank you for your support and feedback you have provided, it’s the biggest element that drives us to continuously improve Ring of Elysium.

Thank you,
ROE DEV Team

Dear players,

Welcome to the latest official hotfix notes for Ring of Elysium’s Early Access phase. Here are the full details:

• Fixed an issue related to the High-tier loot area mechanic

Thanks for playing,
ROE DEV Team

Dear Adventurers,

Welcome to the latest official patch notes for Ring of Elysium’s Early Access phase. Here are the full details:

• Updated the spawn-selection interface to 3D for Europa Island
  
• Players can click the button on the bottom-right corner in the interface to switch between 3D view and Top-down view
  
• The default keybinds are: middle mouse button to move (3D view only), scrolling wheels to zoom, and right mouse button to rotate the camera

• In Europa Island (except Training Mode), added a randomized High-tier loot area each round, shown on the map during the spawn-selection phase
  
• High-tier loot areas will spawn additional rare loot such as the Enhanced Superior Helmet and Bulletproof vest, Airdrop weapons, etc.

• Changed the default spawn weapon to Citori for both the Glider pack and BMX pack
  
• Changed the Vector’s ammo to 9mm, adjusted its magazine size to 19 (33 with extended magazine)
  
• The .45mm ammo no longer spawns on the map
  
• Increased the amount of .57mm bullet that spawns with the P90 from 100-150 to 150-200

• Increased the amount of loot spawns for rare loot such as sniper rifles and rare weapon attachments

• Unlocked the Season 3 Heroic Challenges
  
• After reaching Adventurer Tier 2, all players can unlock the first set of heroic challenges, players who own the Adventurer Pass will unlock the second set heroic challenges when they reach Adventurer Tier 50
  
• Completing heroic challenges will provide Name-change card, portrait, Glider(Europa) appearance, BMX bike appearance, grappling hook appearance and more!

• Removed the 32-bit client, players using 32-bit operating systems will have to update to 64-bit in order to play Ring of Elysium
  
• Optimized some unnecessarily high-definition textures, fixing some client stuttering issues caused by it

• Extended the Mt. Dione event mode times for 2 hours each day, the new times are as follows:
  
  • 4:00-8:00; 12:00-16:00; 20:00-24:00 (Pacific Time)
    
  • 11:00-15:00; 19:00-23:00; 3:00-7:00 (GMT/UTC)

• Daily check-in continues from May 11 to May 17 (Pacific Time), check-in for 7 days and receive a cute grappling hook appearance!

• Fixed an issue where weapons would rise to the air if discarded in water
  
• Fixed an issue where the action of reviving teammates was not interrupted by getting on BMX bikes or snowboards
  
• Fixed an issue where the character posture or camera position was incorrect in some cases
  
• Fixed an issue where characters didn’t enter the knocked down state after getting knocked while gliding and dropping into water
  
• Fixed an issue where the character’s arm model was displayed incorrectly in some rare cases
  
• Fixed an issue where the camera position was incorrect in some rare cases
  
• Fixed an issue where the character posture was incorrect when the character is reviving a teammate and using the grappling hook
  
• Fixed an issue where the Elliot-Infiltrator A character style had incorrect glove colors
  
• Fixed an issue where multiple jumping sounds played after joining a match
  
• Fixed an issue where the first Quick-mark after joining a match didn’t show on the map
  
• Fixed an issue where the flickering effect on the map wasn’t played on Mt. Dione in some cases
  
• Fixed an issue where the DPV speed was shown incorrectly when getting on the DPV for the first time in the match
  
• Fixed a rare issue where characters got stuck mid-air
  
• Fixed a rare issue where the camera kept moving upwards automatically
  
• Fixed a rare issue where the weapon and scope models weren’t displayed in some cases
  
• Fixed a rare issue where the pirate ship’s icon on maps was inaccurate
  
• Fixed two typos in lobby UIs
  
• Fixed an incorrect vehicle spawn point

Thanks for playing,
ROE DEV Team

Dear Adventurers,

Welcome to the latest official patch notes for Ring of Elysium’s Early Access phase. Here are the full details:

• Fixed a client stuttering issue

Thanks for playing,
ROE DEV Team

In our previous Developer Face-to-face post, we announced the release date for the DX12 client's open beta test- which is this May.

To help explain what the DX12 client actually brings to the table, we have invited the Lead Client Programmer from the Dev team- Frank, to present the DX12 client's features and answer some of your questions, let's take a look!


Hey guys! Frank from the client team here, I will try my best to introduce the DX12 client to you in an easy-to-understand fashion and answers some of your questions!

DX12's full name is DirectX 12, a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) developed by Microsoft which is commonly used in game programming. In other words, DirectX is the foundational graphics system that we need when we run the game.

If we compare Ring of Elysium to another software like Microsoft Word, then DX12 is equivalent to the operating system we use, such as Windows 7 or Windows 10.

This underlying graphics system needs to be advanced and powerful in order to fully utilize the computing potential of our hardware, so that the game can present a better graphics quality and run more smoothly.



Game developed with DX9: League of Legends (released in 2009)

Game developed with DX11: DARK SOULS III (released in 2016)

Game developed with DX12: Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (released in 2019)


More frames!
DirectX12 is designed for today's hardware architecture. It has made great progress in terms of making full use of the hardware, allowing for more efficient resource utilization through parallel computation. So, building a game based on DirectX12 would help everyone get more frames per second, which means more eliminations and more helicopter boardings!

Better graphics!
Many graphical functions weren't added previously because we were limited by the number of frames we got with the previous client. Therefore, with the increase of FPS, we now have more space and potential to put these computing resources into a better graphics performance.

DirectX 12 also makes more technologies become possible, allowing us to bring you a more immersive gaming experience. We can expect better lighting, richer landscape, etc. bringing us a better looking Ring of Elysium.


Yes, absolutely!

DX11 graphics cards can run DX12 games completely fine, it's just that they won’t be able to take advantage of some of the DX12 features.

Just like older iPhone models, which can still use the latest version of iOS and enjoy the majority of its benefits, but cannot support some features such as face recognition.

Our team will also make sure to work on the compatibility of the DX12 client so that everyone can enjoy the game as they are now.


Yes, but it will take a while after the release of the Windows 10 version.

In 2018, we received the news that Microsoft decided to support DX12 on Windows 7, which helped us make the decision to update the client to DX12. Because we wanted to make sure that both Windows 7 and 10 users would be able to enjoy the quality improvements that DX12 offers before fully committing.

But for now, the team is focusing on developing the Windows 10 version, and we’ll soon bring DX12 to Windows 7 users.

Note: Since DX12 can only run on the newer driver versions on Windows 7, Windows 7 users will need to make sure their graphics card drivers are up to date in order to play ROE with the DX12 client when it's released!


-ROE DEV Team

Dear Adventurers,

Welcome to the latest official patch notes for Ring of Elysium’s Early Access phase. Here are the full details:

• The Event Center has been added to the lobby! From now on, we will be putting in our various events into the Event Center to keep things organized and intuitive, see you there!

• To earn a First Blood Lootcrate, simply join a non-Training mode game and eliminate an enemy yourself or by your teammates
  
• After obtaining a First Blood Lootcrate, there will be a 22-hour cooldown before you can obtain another one
  
• The First Blood Lootcrates obtained can be found and opened in the “Vault” interface under the game lobby
  
• The First Blood Lootcrate’s rewards includes the adorable Saki-themed skins M4A1-Doki Doki and MP5-Sailor Saki, vehicle appearances, and accessories, check them out below!

• The Raging Sea Supply Boxes is limited to one purchase per day, each day refreshes at 1AM Pacific Time
  
• Each Raging Sea Supply Box costs 100 E-Points
  
• After purchasing, the Supply Box can be found and opened in the “Vault” interface under the game lobby and reward a random item in the Supply Box prize pool
  
• The Raging Sea Supply Box rewards includes the epic AK15-Raging Sea weapon skin, Saki-themed R700 and FAMAS weapon skins, Saki-themed vehicle skins and more! Check them out below!

• Event period: April 30 – May 9 (Pacific Time)
  
• Event rules:
  
  • Player can visit the event interface by visiting the “event center” in lobby
    
  • Log-in daily to receive your mission, complete that mission and earn the qualification to flip a card to select your reward!
    
  • Players can participate up to 10 draws during the event period (once per day)
    
  • Players can claim a free Captain-themed accessory after successfully flipping the card 5 times (non-consecutively) and claiming 5 daily rewards

• The Lucky Draw system is back and updated with new rewards! With an alluring prize pool including traversal equipment appearances, a beautiful AK-15 skin, new accessories, vehicle appearances, etc., you do not want to miss them!
  
• Event Period: April 30 - May 27, 2019 (Pacific Time)
  
• Event rules:
  
  • Players can find the Lucky Draw interface by visiting the “event center” in lobby
    
  • This event is divided into four 7-day stages, during each stage, players can draw 5 times and each draw costs 50 E-Points
    
  • Players are guaranteed to get one item from the prize pool per draw, and items already drawn will not be repeatedly rewarded

• Fixed an issue where two identical loading screens appeared in the Appearance interface
  
• Fixed an issue where certain areas of the Captain Fokke-Ambassador character styles were too bright in some rare cases

Thanks for playing,
ROE DEV Team

Hello Adventurers!

In February, we had to disable Solo and Duo matchmaking on NA servers in order to ensure a pleasant matchmaking experience for everyone. We later applied a temporary plan to enable Solo matchmaking for two hours every day during peak server times.

In the meantime, we kept internally discussing the feasibility of better options&strategies, and we continuously evaluated the NA server's matchmaking health levels. Through our latest evaluations, we actually saw a jump in that health level, combined with the recent addition of our Solo Training Mode, and the fact that we have been receiving lots of messages from enthusiastic NA players, hoping to enjoy Solo matchmaking for more than just two hours a day, we figured it's about time to make this change:


We will continue to look at all your feedback on every aspect of the game, keep doing server evaluations, and make further adjustments accordingly if needed. Thank you so much for your understanding and support.

-ROE DEV Team