Agents, incoming State of the Game transmission:

During the last State of the Game,Community Developers Petter Mårtensson and Yannick Banchereau sat down to showcase creations from the community!

Petter ran a solo show this week with a quick update on maintenance/general information and more community highlights. Creative Director Terry Spier and Lead Game Designer Keith Evans from Red Storm Entertainment joined in for a discussion on the status of the Dark Zone.

If you missed the stream, you check out the VoD.



We had an emergency maintenance on Tuesday, February 6th that resolved the following issues:

• Fixed an issue involving the Classified AlphaBridge gear-set.
  
• Fixed a UI issue in which gear optimizations may reset between sessions.

The larger size of the patch is due to data having to be overwritten. No stealth changes were made in the maintenance.

We recognize a portion of our community discussing Cronus Max, and we want to reassure everyone that we are not ignoring the issue. We recognize it as a problem, but it gets complicated as it involves other parties. We kindly ask for your patience.

Invites to a marketing study have been circulating. These are conducted on a regular basis and do not have a direct correlation to development and production on our side.

We are still examining methods to increase the ways in which players acquire Classified gear. While increasing drop rates is an easy solution, we want to offer more for players across the board. We will share improvements as soon as we have them.

During the last Global Event, we shared a value for the total number of players who completed all the Ambush Commendations. Unfortunately, this number was incorrect so we apologize for the error!

Terry and Keith believe Rogue 2.0 has made a positive impact on the Dark Zone. Prior to Update 1.8, the PVE in the DZ was being marginalized. This was something we wanted to change as the DZ is a PVEVP zone. Keeping an initial period of adaption in mind, the number of players killed by Rogues is now increasing with 1.8 with DZ engagement on the increase as well. The grind for gear has more or less been done for many players, and we are seeing more PVP activity as a result.





There are some community highlights to showcase in the stream this week. The first comes from @RRV_Design with a vintage neon Division logo. We appreciate the work!



@ccat1986 and @alexacutioner have created a storefront where Division Agents can accessorize. How does everyone feel about “Agents Gone Vogue”?





Lastly, we have a LMB starter kit coming from @Vohlos. Be sure to share the final cosplay with us and do not forget to tag #AgentHighlights!





The Xbox One X patch is coming, but there is still no news on the matter. As always, we will let everyone know as soon as we have more.

As a reminder, we are looking at ways for players to access more Classified gear. We do not have a timeline to share, but we can say that players will definitely see improvements in completing 6-piece once the changes are implemented.

As always, be sure to join us over on the Official Forumsor on the community Reddit if you’re looking for a place to discuss all things related to The Division.

Until next time!

The Division Dev Team

Agents, incoming State of the Game transmission:

During the last State of the Game,Community Developers Petter Mårtensson and Yannick Banchereau sat down to showcase creations from the community!

Petter ran a solo show this week with a quick update on maintenance/general information and more community highlights. Creative Director Terry Spier and Lead Game Designer Keith Evans from Red Storm Entertainment joined in for a discussion on the status of the Dark Zone.

If you missed the stream, you check out the VoD.



We had an emergency maintenance on Tuesday, February 6th that resolved the following issues:

• Fixed an issue involving the Classified AlphaBridge gear-set.
  
• Fixed a UI issue in which gear optimizations may reset between sessions.

The larger size of the patch is due to data having to be overwritten. No stealth changes were made in the maintenance.

We recognize a portion of our community discussing Cronus Max, and we want to reassure everyone that we are not ignoring the issue. We recognize it as a problem, but it gets complicated as it involves other parties. We kindly ask for your patience.

Invites to a marketing study have been circulating. These are conducted on a regular basis and do not have a direct correlation to development and production on our side.

We are still examining methods to increase the ways in which players acquire Classified gear. While increasing drop rates is an easy solution, we want to offer more for players across the board. We will share improvements as soon as we have them.

During the last Global Event, we shared a value for the total number of players who completed all the Ambush Commendations. Unfortunately, this number was incorrect so we apologize for the error!

Terry and Keith believe Rogue 2.0 has made a positive impact on the Dark Zone. Prior to Update 1.8, the PVE in the DZ was being marginalized. This was something we wanted to change as the DZ is a PVEVP zone. Keeping an initial period of adaption in mind, the number of players killed by Rogues is now increasing with 1.8 with DZ engagement on the increase as well. The grind for gear has more or less been done for many players, and we are seeing more PVP activity as a result.





There are some community highlights to showcase in the stream this week. The first comes from @RRV_Design with a vintage neon Division logo. We appreciate the work!



@ccat1986 and @alexacutioner have created a storefront where Division Agents can accessorize. How does everyone feel about “Agents Gone Vogue”?





Lastly, we have a LMB starter kit coming from @Vohlos. Be sure to share the final cosplay with us and do not forget to tag #AgentHighlights!





The Xbox One X patch is coming, but there is still no news on the matter. As always, we will let everyone know as soon as we have more.

As a reminder, we are looking at ways for players to access more Classified gear. We do not have a timeline to share, but we can say that players will definitely see improvements in completing 6-piece once the changes are implemented.

As always, be sure to join us over on the Official Forumsor on the community Reddit if you’re looking for a place to discuss all things related to The Division.

Until next time!

The Division Dev Team

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QYGQ2GCPmY

Pups are such a central attraction of WolfQuest that it’s hard to believe the game lacked them initially. But those furballs we added in WolfQuest 2 back in 2010 now are getting a bit long in the tooth, so we decided to remake them along with the rest of the game for WolfQuest 3. Even better, pups will not only look a lot better, but they’ll act in more interesting ways as well. Like your mate, they’ll have personalities: Bold, shy, lazy or energetic, they’ll interact with you and with each other in even more delightful ways than before. They might even get sick!

How would you like to interact with your pups? Post your ideas below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QYGQ2GCPmY

Pups are such a central attraction of WolfQuest that it’s hard to believe the game lacked them initially. But those furballs we added in WolfQuest 2 back in 2010 now are getting a bit long in the tooth, so we decided to remake them along with the rest of the game for WolfQuest 3. Even better, pups will not only look a lot better, but they’ll act in more interesting ways as well. Like your mate, they’ll have personalities: Bold, shy, lazy or energetic, they’ll interact with you and with each other in even more delightful ways than before. They might even get sick!

How would you like to interact with your pups? Post your ideas below!

“This is not a decision we take lightly, we know now that travel through these unstable warpgates leads to abnormal behaviors and higher rates of pattern incoherence syndrome.
All corpsman are directed to pay special attention to the mental health of our forces, especially in combat areas reliant on an unstable warpgate.”

- Dispatch from the office of Colonel Everhart, 5th Division Chief Medical Officer



The Unstable Warpgates system is here!

Newly opened continents will be put in an “unstable” state where the majority of territories will remain offline until population reaches a certain threshold. For the time being, Unstable continents will also automatically go online after two hours so that off-peak times of day still have an opportunity to rotate the continent.

While in an unstable state…

• HIVEs cannot be placed.
  
• Meltdown alerts cannot be triggered, meaning that the continent cannot be locked in this state.
  
• Many regions become disconnected from the lattice and made uncapturable.
  
• Disabled regions can still be traversed, and the terminals remain hackable.
  
• A population of more than 96 players will cause the Warpgates to stabilize.
  
• These regions will also automatically stabilize after two-hours unstable. This functionality may change in the future.

The intent of this system is to…

• Increase fight density on off continents, or during off-peak hours.
  
• Mitigate the “free” Meltdown wins taking place on off continents.
  
• Give players in queue for main continents an alternative to waiting in VR zones.

The continent of Koltyr has been re-purposed as a VR training area where players of all factions can join in and test weapons and equipment on one another in a casual environment that doesn’t record statistics. Players can reach Koltyr VR from the world map screen, or through a Warp Gate Terminal.



Some additional information about this zone…

• VR loadouts are used, meaning all weapons and equipment are at max level, unlocked, and do not need to be purchased for use.
  
• Up to 33 players on each of the three factions (99 total players) can make use of this continent.
  
• Up to two instances of Koltyr can exist at any time currently.
  
• Flash, Sunderer, and Lightning are the only available ground vehicles.
  
• Experience gain is disabled.
  
• Friendly fire is disabled.

Three new vehicle-capturable bases have been added to Esamir and Indar, and two additional vehicle-capturable bases have been added to Amerish. These open-areas contain a single capture point, and can be fortified with construction objects to create a fortress of your own design. In addition to the new base areas, we’ve made adjustments to some base capture points and lattice connections to reduce map stagnation and increase lane flexibility.



Indar
(New) Sunken Relay Station has lattice links to Howling Pass and Mao Watchtower.
Removed the lattice link from Howling Pass to Mao Watchtower.

(New) Berjess Checkpoint has lattice links to Regent Rock Garrison and Scarred Mesa Skydock.
Removed the lattice link from Regent Rock Garrison to Scarred Mesa Skydock.

(New) Lowlands Trading Post has lattice links to Indar Excavation and Quartz Ridge Camp.
Removed the lattice link from Indar Excavation to Quartz Ridge Camp.

Other Adjustments
Removed the construction no-deploy zone from where the Abandoned NS Offices used to be.

Amerish
(New) Solus Nature Annex has lattice links to Xelas North Gate and Silver Valley Arsenal.
Removed the lattice link from Xelas North Gate and Silver Valley Arsenal.

(New) Cobalt Geological Outpost has links to Cobalt Communications, West Pass Watchtower, and The Scarfield Reliquary.
Removed the lattice link from Cobalt Communications and West Pass Watchtower.

Other Adjustments
Lith Corps. Central, expanded Sunderer and Construction no-deploy zones.
Adjusted some BioLab capture point building geometry.
Sungrey West Gate received more spawn room cover.

Esamir
(New) Tapp Waystation has lattice links to Andvari Frozen Reservoir and Pale Canyon Chemical.
Removed a lattice link from Andvari Frozen Reservoir and Pale Canyon Chemical.

(New) BL-4 Recovery Point has lattice links to East River Sky Station and Terran BL-4 Crash Site.
Removed the lattice link between East River Sky Station and Terran BL-4 Crash Site.

(New) Untapped Reservoir has lattice links to Rime Analytics and Mattherson’s Triumph.
Removed the lattice link between Mattherson’s Triumph and Untapped Reservoir.

Mani Biolab

• Added a lattice link from Mani Fortress to Mani Tower.
  
• Added a lattice link from Mani Tower to Mani Lake Satellite.

Andvari Biolab

• Added a lattice link from Andvari Barracks to Andvari Frozen Reservoir.
  
• Added a lattice link from Andvari Frozen Reservoir to Andvari South Bank.

Ymir Biolab

• Added a lattice link from Ymir Southern Reach to Ymir Mine Watch.
  
• Added a lattice link from Ymir Mine Watch to Ymir Eastern Way Station.

Other Adjustments

• Echo Valley Substation now has a lattice link to Nott Communications.
  
• Apex Genetics now has a lattice link to Rime Analytics.
  
• Removed a lattice link between Rime Analytics and Saerro Listening Post.
  
• East River Sky Station, expanded Sunderer No-Deploy Zone.
  
• Saerro Listening Post, [A] point has been moved out of the tower and converted into a vehicle capture point east of the base.
  
• The Traverse, [A] point is now a vehicle capturable point.

The next batch of empire specific weapons, designed by D0ku, have been released to the public. You’ll find three new LMGs in the Depot, as well as Fully Loaded bundles for each.

VE-H Maw (Vanu Sovereignty)
The newly developed Maw LMG provides Vanu soldiers with a decisive mix of reload speed and stopping power, thanks to advances in cooling techniques. It’s equipped with a 60 round magazine that fires 167 damage projectiles at 600 rounds per minute.



MGR-L1 Promise (New Conglomerate)
Designed with sustained fire in mind, the Promise LMG is an accurate, high rate of fire weapon without a harsh penalty for laying on the trigger. It’s equipped with a 100 round magazine that fires 143 damage projectiles at 698 rounds per minute.



MG-H1 Watchman (Terran Republic)
With the highest rate of fire of any light machine gun, the Watchman excels in sending metal down range, and its large magazine size ensures you have enough lead to share. It’s equipped with a 125 round magazine that fires 125 damage projectiles at 857 rounds per minute.




VE-S Canis (VS SMG)

• Unstable Ammunition no longer penalizes cone of fire.
  
• Base rate of fire from 500rpm to 550rpm

Dev Note: The baseline rate of fire increase helps push Canis into a more competitive position. Unstable Ammunition dropped the cone of fire penalty, as the more recent headshot multiplier reduction was sufficient to balance out the power of the attachment.

MG-S1 Jackal (TR SMG)

• Base projectile velocity from 350 to 400.
  
• Suppressed audio now uses the correct rate of fire.
  
• BX Adapter icon changed.
  
• BX Adapter received an updated tooltip.
  
• BX Adapter no longer reduces ammo capacity.
  
• BX Adapter reload speed from 2.25sec./2.92sec. to 2sec./2.6sec. (Same as the default reload.)
  
• BX Adapter can no longer be equipped at the same time as the Hybrid Suppressor.

Dev Note: We decided to keep the BX Adapter a niche attachment while fixing some quality of life issues it created. The velocity increase helps the weapon play more nicely with Hybrid Suppressor, and complements the accuracy focus of the base weapon.

MGR-S1 Gladius (NC SMG)

• Default magazine size from 28 to 26.
  
• Ammo capacity from 168 to 182.

Dev Note: This weapon was mostly where we wanted it to be, but needed a bit of tuning in the damage per magazine department. The mag size reduction removes some of that damage per magazine, while still keeping it between an unmodified Cyclone and the Blitz SMG. The magazine reduction indirectly creates a more substantial tradeoff for the SPRW attachment as well.

Lightning

• Removed braking penalty on Racer chassis.

Dev Note: The previous brake reduction was causing issues with the lateral friction while moving over hills and rough terrain. This change makes the vehicle easier to control all around.

Saron LRB (Scythe Nosegun)

• Magazine from 65 to 60

Dev Note: Adjustment based on player feedback to help reel in some of the Scythe's strength against other ESF with the default weapon.

Galaxy
Lockon Jamming Field
Added the Lockon Jamming Field defensive slot.
While equipped, the Lockon Jamming Field will passively protect allied vehicles from lockon attempts and proximity-based lockons, but not the galaxy itself.
Operates within 100/125/140/150m.
Dev Note: The addition of this defense slot opens a new route for support capabilities when accompanied by allied vehicles faced with the specific threat of lock-on or proximity-lock projectiles from ground or air. Vehicles are still susceptible to flak while this affect is active. This ability will receive a new mini-map icon, similar to Proximity Repair or Ammunition Galaxies as well as new visual FX, in a later update.

Nanite Proximity Repair System
Increased the maximum range of the Galaxy’s proximity repair for air vehicles from 50m to 75m.
Updated the tooltips to better describe the repair rate and distances.

Vehicle Ammo Dispenser
The Galaxy’s vehicle ammo dispenser no longer has different resupply ranges for air and ground vehicles. The ranges have received a slight increase, and now affect all vehicle types equally.
Ranges have been changed as follows…

• Rank 1: 50/40m for air/ground to 50m for all vehicles.
  
• Rank 2: 65/55m for air/ground to 75m for all vehicles
  
• Rank 3: 80/70m for air/ground to 90m for all vehicles.
  
• Rank 4: 95/85m for air/ground to 100m for all vehicles.

Dev Note: Increasing the range of Proximity Repair and Ammo Dispenser is intended to promote the support capabilities of the Galaxy, and reduce mid-air collisions from friendly vehicles…

Liberator
LF-100 Afterburner (Utility Slot)

• No longer takes up the utility slot, and has been integrated into the vehicle.
  
• This skill line can now be upgraded from the Passive Certs area of the vehicle.
  
• The regeneration rate of the default afterburner is 40 seconds.
  
• The first rank of the passive cert line now reduces the regeneration rate to 30 seconds.
  
• Corrected an incorrect tooltip in rank 4.
  
• Certification cost from 250/375/550/750/1000 to 100/150/200/400/1000.

Dev Note: Afterburner has been best-in-slot on the Liberator for as long as it has existed. With the recent pivot to a more sustained fire role, the value of fire suppression and flares has been increased, but the trade for afterburner remained too high. A default afterburner should make the vehicle more enjoyable to fly, add more flexibility for which engagements it can participate in, and lower the cert investment for players looking to make use of the Liberator.

M60-A Bulldog (Liberator Tailgun)

• Direct damage from 250 to 400

Dev Note: This change is primarily intended to reward aim against light-armored targets, like ESF and Harasser, moving the shots to burn/kill from 5/6 to 3/4 for ESF and from 7/8 to 4/5 for Harasser.

Harasser

• Tank Cannon (type 7) resistance from -20 to -50

Dev Note: In most cases, this reduces the number of main cannon shots to kill a Harasser by one.

Fuzzbuket’s Arbiter Helmet and Armor set (Terran Republic) can now be found bundled in the Depot.

• Fixed a bug where remote clients would see players replay their firing animation after reloading a burst weapon.
  
• Fixed a bug with players being ejected from squad-spawned vehicles whose pilot is not the owner of the vehicle.
  
• A Join Combat prompt will appear for idle players below BR20, encouraging them to join the fight.
  
• Modified Koltyr-related tooltips.
  
• You should no longer see padlocks over capture points while in an enemy territory that is connected to another enemy territory.
  
• Removed the wildly inaccurate queue timer from continent queue UI.
  
• Removed server population indicators on character creation.
  
• Headshots will now display a headshot damage indicator.
  
• Wielded knives should no longer break when entering or exiting a vehicle.
  
• MAX units may now flip vehicle capture points.
  
• Bastion fleet carrier received a makeover, and is still a work in progress.
  
• The /squad promoteme command now provides a more descriptive prompt.
  
• Added various messaging for squad actions when promoting or petitioning players.
  
• Implants on the death screen now show their proper rank.
  
• Bounties have been disabled in VR training zones.
  
• Speculative fix for newly opened servers setting correct continent control.
  
• Tank Mine responsiveness fix pushed to Live. It was missed in the last update, and remained on PTS. This is unlikely to fix server/client issues, but they should still function more smoothly in more situations.
  
• Modified reward messaging during a Meltdown alert.
  
• Modified forward grip position for Canis SMG.
  
• Modified description for NC6 Gauss SAW and LA1 Anchor.
  
• Solid Dark Green Camo icon should now more accurately represent the color of the camo.
  
• Nanoweave Armor no longer prevents Resist Shield from protecting against headshot damage.
  
• Mini-map UI population chart properly reflects faction color settings.

“This is not a decision we take lightly, we know now that travel through these unstable warpgates leads to abnormal behaviors and higher rates of pattern incoherence syndrome.
All corpsman are directed to pay special attention to the mental health of our forces, especially in combat areas reliant on an unstable warpgate.”

- Dispatch from the office of Colonel Everhart, 5th Division Chief Medical Officer



The Unstable Warpgates system is here!

Newly opened continents will be put in an “unstable” state where the majority of territories will remain offline until population reaches a certain threshold. For the time being, Unstable continents will also automatically go online after two hours so that off-peak times of day still have an opportunity to rotate the continent.

While in an unstable state…

• HIVEs cannot be placed.
  
• Meltdown alerts cannot be triggered, meaning that the continent cannot be locked in this state.
  
• Many regions become disconnected from the lattice and made uncapturable.
  
• Disabled regions can still be traversed, and the terminals remain hackable.
  
• A population of more than 96 players will cause the Warpgates to stabilize.
  
• These regions will also automatically stabilize after two-hours unstable. This functionality may change in the future.

The intent of this system is to…

• Increase fight density on off continents, or during off-peak hours.
  
• Mitigate the “free” Meltdown wins taking place on off continents.
  
• Give players in queue for main continents an alternative to waiting in VR zones.

The continent of Koltyr has been re-purposed as a VR training area where players of all factions can join in and test weapons and equipment on one another in a casual environment that doesn’t record statistics. Players can reach Koltyr VR from the world map screen, or through a Warp Gate Terminal.



Some additional information about this zone…

• VR loadouts are used, meaning all weapons and equipment are at max level, unlocked, and do not need to be purchased for use.
  
• Up to 33 players on each of the three factions (99 total players) can make use of this continent.
  
• Up to two instances of Koltyr can exist at any time currently.
  
• Flash, Sunderer, and Lightning are the only available ground vehicles.
  
• Experience gain is disabled.
  
• Friendly fire is disabled.

Three new vehicle-capturable bases have been added to Esamir and Indar, and two additional vehicle-capturable bases have been added to Amerish. These open-areas contain a single capture point, and can be fortified with construction objects to create a fortress of your own design. In addition to the new base areas, we’ve made adjustments to some base capture points and lattice connections to reduce map stagnation and increase lane flexibility.



Indar
(New) Sunken Relay Station has lattice links to Howling Pass and Mao Watchtower.
Removed the lattice link from Howling Pass to Mao Watchtower.

(New) Berjess Checkpoint has lattice links to Regent Rock Garrison and Scarred Mesa Skydock.
Removed the lattice link from Regent Rock Garrison to Scarred Mesa Skydock.

(New) Lowlands Trading Post has lattice links to Indar Excavation and Quartz Ridge Camp.
Removed the lattice link from Indar Excavation to Quartz Ridge Camp.

Other Adjustments
Removed the construction no-deploy zone from where the Abandoned NS Offices used to be.

Amerish
(New) Solus Nature Annex has lattice links to Xelas North Gate and Silver Valley Arsenal.
Removed the lattice link from Xelas North Gate and Silver Valley Arsenal.

(New) Cobalt Geological Outpost has links to Cobalt Communications, West Pass Watchtower, and The Scarfield Reliquary.
Removed the lattice link from Cobalt Communications and West Pass Watchtower.

Other Adjustments
Lith Corps. Central, expanded Sunderer and Construction no-deploy zones.
Adjusted some BioLab capture point building geometry.
Sungrey West Gate received more spawn room cover.

Esamir
(New) Tapp Waystation has lattice links to Andvari Frozen Reservoir and Pale Canyon Chemical.
Removed a lattice link from Andvari Frozen Reservoir and Pale Canyon Chemical.

(New) BL-4 Recovery Point has lattice links to East River Sky Station and Terran BL-4 Crash Site.
Removed the lattice link between East River Sky Station and Terran BL-4 Crash Site.

(New) Untapped Reservoir has lattice links to Rime Analytics and Mattherson’s Triumph.
Removed the lattice link between Mattherson’s Triumph and Untapped Reservoir.

Mani Biolab

• Added a lattice link from Mani Fortress to Mani Tower.
  
• Added a lattice link from Mani Tower to Mani Lake Satellite.

Andvari Biolab

• Added a lattice link from Andvari Barracks to Andvari Frozen Reservoir.
  
• Added a lattice link from Andvari Frozen Reservoir to Andvari South Bank.

Ymir Biolab

• Added a lattice link from Ymir Southern Reach to Ymir Mine Watch.
  
• Added a lattice link from Ymir Mine Watch to Ymir Eastern Way Station.

Other Adjustments

• Echo Valley Substation now has a lattice link to Nott Communications.
  
• Apex Genetics now has a lattice link to Rime Analytics.
  
• Removed a lattice link between Rime Analytics and Saerro Listening Post.
  
• East River Sky Station, expanded Sunderer No-Deploy Zone.
  
• Saerro Listening Post, [A] point has been moved out of the tower and converted into a vehicle capture point east of the base.
  
• The Traverse, [A] point is now a vehicle capturable point.

The next batch of empire specific weapons, designed by D0ku, have been released to the public. You’ll find three new LMGs in the Depot, as well as Fully Loaded bundles for each.

VE-H Maw (Vanu Sovereignty)
The newly developed Maw LMG provides Vanu soldiers with a decisive mix of reload speed and stopping power, thanks to advances in cooling techniques. It’s equipped with a 60 round magazine that fires 167 damage projectiles at 600 rounds per minute.



MGR-L1 Promise (New Conglomerate)
Designed with sustained fire in mind, the Promise LMG is an accurate, high rate of fire weapon without a harsh penalty for laying on the trigger. It’s equipped with a 100 round magazine that fires 143 damage projectiles at 698 rounds per minute.



MG-H1 Watchman (Terran Republic)
With the highest rate of fire of any light machine gun, the Watchman excels in sending metal down range, and its large magazine size ensures you have enough lead to share. It’s equipped with a 125 round magazine that fires 125 damage projectiles at 857 rounds per minute.




VE-S Canis (VS SMG)

• Unstable Ammunition no longer penalizes cone of fire.
  
• Base rate of fire from 500rpm to 550rpm

Dev Note: The baseline rate of fire increase helps push Canis into a more competitive position. Unstable Ammunition dropped the cone of fire penalty, as the more recent headshot multiplier reduction was sufficient to balance out the power of the attachment.

MG-S1 Jackal (TR SMG)

• Base projectile velocity from 350 to 400.
  
• Suppressed audio now uses the correct rate of fire.
  
• BX Adapter icon changed.
  
• BX Adapter received an updated tooltip.
  
• BX Adapter no longer reduces ammo capacity.
  
• BX Adapter reload speed from 2.25sec./2.92sec. to 2sec./2.6sec. (Same as the default reload.)
  
• BX Adapter can no longer be equipped at the same time as the Hybrid Suppressor.

Dev Note: We decided to keep the BX Adapter a niche attachment while fixing some quality of life issues it created. The velocity increase helps the weapon play more nicely with Hybrid Suppressor, and complements the accuracy focus of the base weapon.

MGR-S1 Gladius (NC SMG)

• Default magazine size from 28 to 26.
  
• Ammo capacity from 168 to 182.

Dev Note: This weapon was mostly where we wanted it to be, but needed a bit of tuning in the damage per magazine department. The mag size reduction removes some of that damage per magazine, while still keeping it between an unmodified Cyclone and the Blitz SMG. The magazine reduction indirectly creates a more substantial tradeoff for the SPRW attachment as well.

Lightning

• Removed braking penalty on Racer chassis.

Dev Note: The previous brake reduction was causing issues with the lateral friction while moving over hills and rough terrain. This change makes the vehicle easier to control all around.

Saron LRB (Scythe Nosegun)

• Magazine from 65 to 60

Dev Note: Adjustment based on player feedback to help reel in some of the Scythe's strength against other ESF with the default weapon.

Galaxy
Lockon Jamming Field
Added the Lockon Jamming Field defensive slot.
While equipped, the Lockon Jamming Field will passively protect allied vehicles from lockon attempts and proximity-based lockons, but not the galaxy itself.
Operates within 100/125/140/150m.
Dev Note: The addition of this defense slot opens a new route for support capabilities when accompanied by allied vehicles faced with the specific threat of lock-on or proximity-lock projectiles from ground or air. Vehicles are still susceptible to flak while this affect is active. This ability will receive a new mini-map icon, similar to Proximity Repair or Ammunition Galaxies as well as new visual FX, in a later update.

Nanite Proximity Repair System
Increased the maximum range of the Galaxy’s proximity repair for air vehicles from 50m to 75m.
Updated the tooltips to better describe the repair rate and distances.

Vehicle Ammo Dispenser
The Galaxy’s vehicle ammo dispenser no longer has different resupply ranges for air and ground vehicles. The ranges have received a slight increase, and now affect all vehicle types equally.
Ranges have been changed as follows…

• Rank 1: 50/40m for air/ground to 50m for all vehicles.
  
• Rank 2: 65/55m for air/ground to 75m for all vehicles
  
• Rank 3: 80/70m for air/ground to 90m for all vehicles.
  
• Rank 4: 95/85m for air/ground to 100m for all vehicles.

Dev Note: Increasing the range of Proximity Repair and Ammo Dispenser is intended to promote the support capabilities of the Galaxy, and reduce mid-air collisions from friendly vehicles…

Liberator
LF-100 Afterburner (Utility Slot)

• No longer takes up the utility slot, and has been integrated into the vehicle.
  
• This skill line can now be upgraded from the Passive Certs area of the vehicle.
  
• The regeneration rate of the default afterburner is 40 seconds.
  
• The first rank of the passive cert line now reduces the regeneration rate to 30 seconds.
  
• Corrected an incorrect tooltip in rank 4.
  
• Certification cost from 250/375/550/750/1000 to 100/150/200/400/1000.

Dev Note: Afterburner has been best-in-slot on the Liberator for as long as it has existed. With the recent pivot to a more sustained fire role, the value of fire suppression and flares has been increased, but the trade for afterburner remained too high. A default afterburner should make the vehicle more enjoyable to fly, add more flexibility for which engagements it can participate in, and lower the cert investment for players looking to make use of the Liberator.

M60-A Bulldog (Liberator Tailgun)

• Direct damage from 250 to 400

Dev Note: This change is primarily intended to reward aim against light-armored targets, like ESF and Harasser, moving the shots to burn/kill from 5/6 to 3/4 for ESF and from 7/8 to 4/5 for Harasser.

Harasser

• Tank Cannon (type 7) resistance from -20 to -50

Dev Note: In most cases, this reduces the number of main cannon shots to kill a Harasser by one.

Fuzzbuket’s Arbiter Helmet and Armor set (Terran Republic) can now be found bundled in the Depot.

• Fixed a bug where remote clients would see players replay their firing animation after reloading a burst weapon.
  
• Fixed a bug with players being ejected from squad-spawned vehicles whose pilot is not the owner of the vehicle.
  
• A Join Combat prompt will appear for idle players below BR20, encouraging them to join the fight.
  
• Modified Koltyr-related tooltips.
  
• You should no longer see padlocks over capture points while in an enemy territory that is connected to another enemy territory.
  
• Removed the wildly inaccurate queue timer from continent queue UI.
  
• Removed server population indicators on character creation.
  
• Headshots will now display a headshot damage indicator.
  
• Wielded knives should no longer break when entering or exiting a vehicle.
  
• MAX units may now flip vehicle capture points.
  
• Bastion fleet carrier received a makeover, and is still a work in progress.
  
• The /squad promoteme command now provides a more descriptive prompt.
  
• Added various messaging for squad actions when promoting or petitioning players.
  
• Implants on the death screen now show their proper rank.
  
• Bounties have been disabled in VR training zones.
  
• Speculative fix for newly opened servers setting correct continent control.
  
• Tank Mine responsiveness fix pushed to Live. It was missed in the last update, and remained on PTS. This is unlikely to fix server/client issues, but they should still function more smoothly in more situations.
  
• Modified reward messaging during a Meltdown alert.
  
• Modified forward grip position for Canis SMG.
  
• Modified description for NC6 Gauss SAW and LA1 Anchor.
  
• Solid Dark Green Camo icon should now more accurately represent the color of the camo.
  
• Nanoweave Armor no longer prevents Resist Shield from protecting against headshot damage.
  
• Mini-map UI population chart properly reflects faction color settings.

Hi!

First of all, we want to apologize to everyone who has waited on the Oculus support. Thanks for your patience. We can now confirm that the Oculus support will go live on 12th April!

Hope you will enjoy it!


/Fredrik, Ellinor, Mikael

Hi!

First of all, we want to apologize to everyone who has waited on the Oculus support. Thanks for your patience. We can now confirm that the Oculus support will go live on 12th April!

Hope you will enjoy it!


/Fredrik, Ellinor, Mikael

I have returned to development after a small hiatus on focusing on becoming a father and my racing commitments!

ARENA is now available to play on Early Access!!

If you have any suggestions, ideas or find a bug... please be sure to leave your comments on the community hub :)

Let’s finish ARENA together!

I have returned to development after a small hiatus on focusing on becoming a father and my racing commitments!

ARENA is now available to play on Early Access!!

If you have any suggestions, ideas or find a bug... please be sure to leave your comments on the community hub :)

Let’s finish ARENA together!