Greetings, Pilots!

Want to know more about advancing your Pilot's Armajet career? Check out our newest official Armajet YouTube series starting with Episode 1: Embrace Your Inner Bounty Hunter!

Click here to watch and for more information please refer to the written Steam guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1542250134

More guides are on the way!
-SBM

Come one, come all to Armajet Sp00ktober 2018! Spooky tricks and treats await you, Pilot...


For a limited time, Sp00ktober 2018 has crept into Armajet and comes with tons of tricks and treats for all of our Pilots! We've listened to your feedback and have given many of the features below a deep dive -- you'll see many of these features on a continuous upgrade path (Matchmaking, Armory, Dynamic Store, FTUE and more) as we work towards creating more enjoyable Armajet experiences -- especially for newer recruits! Well then, let's get right into the gory details..!

Sp00ktober 2018 is official underway with the limited-time release of everyone’s favorite frightful Frag-o-Lantern! From now til November 7th, all Pilots get a chance to throw these explosive treats across maps and hopefully onto enemy flightsuits. And what better reward to give our scariest Pilots than a chance to WIN your own miniature Frag-o-lantern? That’s right! Take home one of three 3D printed Frag-o-Lanterns by fragging people on your live streams and sharing your favorite clips—keep those feelings of sp00kyness all year round!

Bit Bot has hijacked and replaced all Frag Grenade source code and turned them into Frag-o-Lanterns! They are now available as part of your standard issue secondary arsenal. Get practicing on those ’nade tosses!

Streamers, content creators and Pilots that record and share their best clips on Twitter get a chance to win their very own 3D printed miniature Frag-o-Lantern—turn it into a limited edition keychain for year round sp00ks! All submissions will be reviewed by SBM by November 7th. Remember to tag us and use official hashtags #armajet and #fragolantern to be considered in this limited time contest.

The Official Content Creator Google Drive has been updated with Frag-o-Lantern images for your use! Be creative and show us those Clusterlucks!

Enjoy all you Sp00ky pilots! See you in the skies!

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• DYNAMIC STORE has arrived! Users are now able to spend hard-earned Gold and Paragon within the store with all mods equippable!
  
• ARMORY V2.1 has arrived! Enjoy a smoother transition from Home screen to Armory and Weapon Loadouts (with an expansion into Pilot customization soon!)
  
• Sp00ktober 2018 Limited Time Frag-o-Lantern is Active! Earn the end of season badge by hitting Top 40 on the leaderboards!
  
• Matchmaking Valor and Team Shuffling are now active and should rebalance lobbies much better (please continue to give us feedback!)
  
• Weapon Mod crafting recipes have been adjusted for Weapon Mods 1 thru 5
  
• Weapon Mod recycling cost and XP Rewards have been increased for Commons, Rare, and Epics
  
• [MOBILE] Pre-existing thumbstick "deadzone" bugs have been found and remedied
  
• Various Profile and Leaderboard bugs have been addressed (revolving around Kill counts and clan lengths)
  
• Static First Time User Experience (FTUE) Tutorials are now available (accessible by tapping '?') for new pilots
  
• First Time Users are given an easier entry into gameplay and AI combat while under 1100 Valor (plus bots under Level 10 cannot equip Badger and Longclaw)
  
• Addressed various bugs related to persistent laser sights, the infamous 'chat-stuck' bug

• [NERF] Thunderstorm has been tuned down from 9 to 8 DMG / Clip Size down from 25 to 24 (Total Damage of 192 – matching the Blacktusk)
  
• Users with Invisibility Power-up need to be 'stealthier' as firing and receiving gunshots trigger 2s of visibility–spooky!
  
• Lag compensation has been further refined to compensate server prediction when firing and when fired upon resulting in smoother shooting and... dying.

• Armory V2.2 including additional Flightsuit Customizations (exploring Jetpack trails, Flighsuits including Skins)
  
• Continuous observation of progression system, career progression, crafting and recycling
  
• Dynamic Store Upgrades (to be even more dynamic!)
  
• Mobile Button Parity (Exploring HUD V2) and Mobile Controller Support
  
• Further development of Dynamic Home Screen events tab (for future community-related events)
  
• Exploring Clan System Upgrades (Clan Rewards)
  
• New Maps coming soon!

**Hotfix 1.1.2 Updated 10/5**



Pilots get ready... CLANS are now available to CREATE and JOIN! For a LIMITED TIME in early access clan creation is available for an introductory 5000 Gold minimum (introductory period TBD) and may change at a later date. Make friends in the air and take pride in customizing your banners with a variety of symbols and colors. Also be very afraid of Super Bit Machine's very own Super Bits!



This week we've focused on an in-game feature you've all wanted back for a long time and finally we're happy to bring the Clan System back in proper form. Update 1.1.1 also focused in fixing many dreadful game-breaking bugs including the infamous Chat-Stuck bug (at least suppressed for now), Dead/Not-Dead (Undead?) bug, and various VFX and Audio glitches that ran away from us last week.

A few more QoL in-match changes include a relatively small comeback mechanism for players that have been killed 3x in a row: a shield now spawns with you to help you get back on your feet and in the air. While we focus on creating a FTUE, we feel this minor change can help all players (especially our new members) ease their way into flying with veterans—we'll see if this is retained in the future as well.

Badges, oh my! A TON of new badges are now available and even updated to reflect the current look/feel of Armajet. And speaking of updates, Medals have undergone a new graphical treatment as well—give us a shout with some of your new favorites!

We hope you enjoy Update 1.1.1 for now... these are certainly not the only 'Treats' this month but definitely gives us some time to work on a few incoming 'Tricks'... stay tuned!

See you in the skies, Pilots!

SERVER-SIDE FIX HOTFIX #1 (Updated 10/4 16:20 PST):

• If you've got an empty bounty slot it is now 100% Guaranteed that a Bounty will appear in your next game (what are you waiting for? Get it!)
  
• Filtering user aliases and clan names have loosened up - try again!
  
• Directive crashes eliminated (for users with more than 3 active directives logged)

CLIENT-SIDE HOTFIX 1.1.2 (Updated 10/5 12:30 PST):

• Clan Name character limmit raised to 20 🙏
  
• Android push notifications are fixed and now include images
  
• Clan Creation Gold price is now 25K! (introductory 5K price is now over!)

CROSS-PLATFORM FEATURES

• CLANS have arrived! Get your clan and clan tags ready with the all-new Armajet clan system!
  
• MORE UNIQUE BADGES to unlock (Alpha, Beta, and Early Access badge rewards coming soon)
  
• MEDALS have received a graphics overhaul—check them out!
  
• All players are now forced to respawn after 10s
  
• Being killed 3x in a row now generates a shield upon respawn to help you back on your feet
  
• Matchmaker completely shuffles players at the end of each round
  
• Joining/Leaving games are now disabled during countdown to match (eliminating one-sided match ups)
  
• Leaving any game mid-match once joined results in Valor Loss WARNING pop-up!
  
• Various menu system and End of Round visual fixes, map corruption VFX fixes, and audio adjustments
  [*Addressed 'toy gun' visual issue in "Blueprint Complete" sequence
  
• Addressed the "dead/not-dead" bug where user is able to shoot and be invisible mid-respawn—WHEW
  
• Suppressed the infamous "Chat-Stuck" Bug (at least the ways we know of for now...)
  
• App notifications work! Which mean any special features released the rest of this month could pop up...

PC PERFORMANCE FEATURES

• UNCAPPED Framerate Support—have a device that can melt faces past 144fps? Go nuts! (This is merely client-side smoothness and does not correlate to winning more across platforms :p)

• Further Matchmaking optimizations, inspecting player/match behavior for increased fair play (including various Valor loss/gain tweaks)
  
• Qualitative in-game player reporting feature, 'bad behavior' penalties, limitations to spectator alongside enhanced UX items (Coming Soon!)
  
• PC Client weapon sight bugs + Mobile client controls improvements and considerations (thank you to our community for feedback!)
  
• Addressing in-game secondary weapon bugs (perma-cooldowns, etc.)
  
• Exploring various in-game events, including weapon-based events, Gold-based events, and bounty system upgrades (could there be something SP00KY on the way?)
  
• Continuous observation of progression system, career progression, and blueprint system (Thank you to all our players -- we're monitoring these closely!)
  
• Further performance optimizations for more device support (ongoing)
  
• Armory V2 + additional flightsuit customization options (much better UI!)
  
• ...and so much more!

**See comment on Server-Side Tweak! 9/26**


Greetings, Pilots!

Over the weekend we put our lovely Bit Bot through the ringer! Below you'll find some of the most pressing issues we're addressing from the 1.0 launch in an option (but highly... incredibly recommended HOTFIX). We touch base on the progression system, in-game spawn adjustments, and various visual and audio bugs as well as paving the way forward for future features you've always wanted. Check it all out below


CROSS-PLATFORM IMPROVEMENTS

• SUPER BIT ID login system initial pop-up has been addressed and now provides a more fluid user experience across platforms.
  
• Changes to the PROGRESSION SYSTEM have been re-tuned and further balanced to address weapon unlock Blueprint collection. More to come!
  
• Changes to the RECYCLING/CRAFTING costs to reflect weapon mod rarity items (with visual indication of Recycle Gold Cost and WeaponXP gain)
  
• (QoL) Various spawn-related in-match improvements for players including non-overlapping and spawns away from enemies
  
• (QoL) Spawn invincibility extended from 0.5s to 1.0s in an effort to help against spawn-killing
  
• (QoL) AI/Bots are now level comparable to the average player level in the round and only carry weapons/perks available in that level range
  
• Refinements to various Sound FX – additionally squashed a rollover Proximity Mine tick between lobbies
  
• Addressed various glitched menu functions (Friend search to profile "Medal" bugs, "Somelongusername" bug, etc.)
  
• Fixed a visual shader bug on home screen character flightsuit turning purple/red hue upon pressing 'PLAY'
  
• Fixed leaderboard informational tooltip visual glitch
  
• Added a more consistent alert icon for Community/News slide out drawer

iOS IMPROVEMENTS

• Fixed a bug where accepting a friend requests would persist in the Messages drawer.
  
• Fixed a recurring initial asset download bug 

• Further Matchmaking optimizations, inspecting player/match behavior for increased fair play (including various Valor loss/gain issues)
  
• Qualitative in-game player reporting feature, 'bad behavior' penalties, limitations to spectator alongside enhanced UX items
  
• PC Client weapon sight bugs + Mobile client controls improvements and considerations (thank you to our community for feedback!)
  
• Addressing in-game secondary weapon bugs (perma-cooldowns, etc.)
  
• Exploring various in-game events, including weapon-based events, Gold-based events, and bounty system upgrades
  
• Continuous observation of progression system, career progression, and blueprint system
  
• Further performance optimizations for more device support
  
• Armory V2 + additional flightsuit customization options
  ...and so much more!
  
  See you in the skies!

It's been an incredible road for us here at Super Bit Machine and we're even more excited to share the new cross-platform, cross-play capable Armajet "2.0" with you! Remember, we're shifting away from our traditional forums (forums.superbitmachine.com) and moved much of the updates, patch notes, roadmap, and official Q&A over to our reddit or discord communities.

• ARMAJET EARLY ACCESS 1.0 IS NOW LIVE! Download, update, and install Armajet on any platform you wish to play.
  
• REGISTER your account with our all-new "Super Bit ID" login system!
  
• Explore everything you've anticipated and more in the Armajet meta game including an all-new account level progression system with ACTIVE BOUNTIES!
  
• Unlock HUNDREDS of Weapon Skins (weapon statistics will be in future updates after rigorous balancing and testing)
  
• FULL SETTINGS including AUDIO, CONTROL OPTIONS, RESOLUTIONS (PC), IMMERSION MODE AND MORE!
  ARMAJET is 100% Cross-platform, Cross-play with all of your friends!
  
• Blazing fast 120FPS+ Uncapped Framerates with capable devices + VSYNC Options (PC)
  
• Grind the Leaderboards and fight for Season rewards!

...and of course, THANK YOU so much for being a part of the ARMAJET Community—we'll be listening for more feedback as we continue to develop the ultimate cross-platform multiplayer experience!

See you in game!