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We've got you covered all weekend with Double XP from all matches! ːmechyː

Greetings, pilots! WarZone 1.1 is here, and deadlier than ever! We've rounded off a few corners a sharpened a few others to bring you the best weekly war in the wasteland.

-New 5 Star Map completion and Universal Difficulty: Keep a sharp eye on your current difficulty, or step it up a notch with these new features. Select difficulty right in your WarZone tac display, see it during matches, and now map completion stars correspond to the 5 difficulty levels you know so well!
-Difficulty Amnesty for all: No matter your level, select ANY difficulty in any map! Yep, no more leveling your smurf to get creamed on Highway to Hell!
-Ruthless is no longer Toothless: You asked for a challenge, well here it is. Insane damage and HP scalers for THE IRON HAND at maximum difficulty, and a huge score multiplier to make it worth the pain.
-IRON 1 is in the fight: Play against the notorious IRON 1 in the toughest AI Versus battles!
-Login screen field repair: Our killer new Login screen is streamlined and GTG, so no more cooking hot pockets during login!
-IRON HAND and SATCOMM chat badges! Win any WarZone map for a slim chance at a cool new chat badge to show your allegiance in the rising tide of war. Will you side with the tyrannical hordes, or stand firm for Earth unified in peace?
-Map Tweaks: The Great Wall now has a split Goliath wave, so no more ez mode turtling! The Keep is now AirMech sudden death, so stop dying and get a healer! Also, Highway to Hell has an improved unit spacer to make the infamous 5th wave a little more reasonable, no no easier! Get to it!

General Updates:

• added Iron 1 to Ruthless AI
  
• added Patchnotes and other Field Guide menus to the patching screen
  
• some changes to various Warzone maps
  
• new SATCOMM and IRON HAND badges
  
• added difficulty selection to the Warzone menu
  
• tweaked enemy unit stats and rewards for Warzone per difficulty
  
• removed Automatic difficulty selection
  
• tweaks for scoring in Warzone

Bug Fixes:

• fixed issues with low framerate on login menu
  
• fixed map publishing for AirMech Prime Booster owners and added additional error messages for any future issues
  
• fixed exiting to lobby after spectating, map editing, or playing a tutorial map
  
• fix for exiting a lobby via the gear icon
  
• fix for infantry falling through the terrain when entering the Southern outpost on The Keep
  
• fixed some transforming issues on Dogs of War
  
• fixed some floating assets on some Warzone maps
  
• fix for names being cut off on Leaderboards
  
• fix for Rocketeer animation when occupying an outpost
  
• fixed Fourth of July set not being searchable

Balance Changes:

• Void units are much stronger!

Greetings, pilots! WarZone 1.1 is here, and deadlier than ever! We've rounded off a few corners a sharpened a few others to bring you the best weekly war in the wasteland.

-New 5 Star Map completion and Universal Difficulty: Keep a sharp eye on your current difficulty, or step it up a notch with these new features. Select difficulty right in your WarZone tac display, see it during matches, and now map completion stars correspond to the 5 difficulty levels you know so well!
-Difficulty Amnesty for all: No matter your level, select ANY difficulty in any map! Yep, no more leveling your smurf to get creamed on Highway to Hell!
-Ruthless is no longer Toothless: You asked for a challenge, well here it is. Insane damage and HP scalers for THE IRON HAND at maximum difficulty, and a huge score multiplier to make it worth the pain.
-IRON 1 is in the fight: Play against the notorious IRON 1 in the toughest AI Versus battles!
-Login screen field repair: Our killer new Login screen is streamlined and GTG, so no more cooking hot pockets during login!
-IRON HAND and SATCOMM chat badges! Win any WarZone map for a slim chance at a cool new chat badge to show your allegiance in the rising tide of war. Will you side with the tyrannical hordes, or stand firm for Earth unified in peace?
-Map Tweaks: The Great Wall now has a split Goliath wave, so no more ez mode turtling! The Keep is now AirMech sudden death, so stop dying and get a healer! Also, Highway to Hell has an improved unit spacer to make the infamous 5th wave a little more reasonable, no no easier! Get to it!

General Updates:

• added Iron 1 to Ruthless AI
  
• added Patchnotes and other Field Guide menus to the patching screen
  
• some changes to various Warzone maps
  
• new SATCOMM and IRON HAND badges
  
• added difficulty selection to the Warzone menu
  
• tweaked enemy unit stats and rewards for Warzone per difficulty
  
• removed Automatic difficulty selection
  
• tweaks for scoring in Warzone

Bug Fixes:

• fixed issues with low framerate on login menu
  
• fixed map publishing for AirMech Prime Booster owners and added additional error messages for any future issues
  
• fixed exiting to lobby after spectating, map editing, or playing a tutorial map
  
• fix for exiting a lobby via the gear icon
  
• fix for infantry falling through the terrain when entering the Southern outpost on The Keep
  
• fixed some transforming issues on Dogs of War
  
• fixed some floating assets on some Warzone maps
  
• fix for names being cut off on Leaderboards
  
• fix for Rocketeer animation when occupying an outpost
  
• fixed Fourth of July set not being searchable

Balance Changes:

• Void units are much stronger!

This is an important time of the year for Carbon. July 4th is not only Independence Day in the US, but also Carbon's 5th birthday! We've packed this update full of new content to celebrate. New bundles will also be on sale! Check out the contents of each one, as there are some previously unreleased goodies to be found. These new bundles won't be around for long and can only be purchased once. Don't miss out!

Seven new maps have made their way into the queue, but you'll only find one available at first. Each day of the week will bring a different Warzone into play. Those who have proven their skills on these new maps might find a special item that allows them to play that map at any time. These treasures can only be obtained on the battlefield. New technologies have been discovered at these locations. Use them to greatly increase your mechs power and overcome the Iron Hand's forces.

There are a few balance updates to discuss here as well. Buster seems to have fallen out of players' loadouts since its range was reduced, so range is being bumped up a bit. To compensate, it's also losing 5 armor. Increasing Jackal's upkeep to 2 did work out as intended, but it wasn't a very popular change among PvP players. We're going to experiment a bit more and try out a cost increase instead. A couple of patches earlier, there were a lot of changes to carry stats. This hit Osprey and Helix the hardest, as carry speed, capacity, and the Lifter ability were all nerfed at once. At the same time, both of these mechs have very powerful primary abilities that are often the target of complaints. Missile damage and repair rate will be going down, and carry capacity will be restored to 2540 each. Be sure to post balance feedback on the forums. The Balance Council is always looking for more opinions!

Discuss this update at http://airme.ch/29ndhy1

• new Iron Hand Bomber for the login menu
  
• new one-time purchase bundles added
  
• added 7 new Warzone maps on a daily rotation
  
• Uber PowerUps found on Warzone maps greatly increase the strength of your primary ability
  
• added weekly Leaderboards for new Warzone maps
  
• added leaderboard notifications at endgame
  
• added a slight delay before victory is shown at endgame

• fix for Baloom not triggering an explosion when passing over an enemy mech
  
• fixed alignment with Twin Peaks' minimap viewbox
  
• fixed missing Compliance stat in the Field Guide
  
• fixed Blueprints link (was renamed from Skills)
  
• fix for clicking the timed quest notification outside of the Home tab
  
• fixed some collision issues and floating assets on Challenge maps
  
• fix for enemy wave spawns on Challenge 10

• Buster attack range increased from 18 to 19
  
• Buster armor decreased from 60 to 55
  
• Jackal upkeep decreased from 2 to 1
  
• Jackal build cost increased from 2500 to 3000
  
• Helix missile damage decreased from 60 to 50
  
• Helix carry capacity increased from 2380 to 2540
  
• Osprey heal beam repair rate decreased by 20%
  
• Osprey carry capacity increased from 2380 to 2540

This is an important time of the year for Carbon. July 4th is not only Independence Day in the US, but also Carbon's 5th birthday! We've packed this update full of new content to celebrate. New bundles will also be on sale! Check out the contents of each one, as there are some previously unreleased goodies to be found. These new bundles won't be around for long and can only be purchased once. Don't miss out!

Seven new maps have made their way into the queue, but you'll only find one available at first. Each day of the week will bring a different Warzone into play. Those who have proven their skills on these new maps might find a special item that allows them to play that map at any time. These treasures can only be obtained on the battlefield. New technologies have been discovered at these locations. Use them to greatly increase your mechs power and overcome the Iron Hand's forces.

There are a few balance updates to discuss here as well. Buster seems to have fallen out of players' loadouts since its range was reduced, so range is being bumped up a bit. To compensate, it's also losing 5 armor. Increasing Jackal's upkeep to 2 did work out as intended, but it wasn't a very popular change among PvP players. We're going to experiment a bit more and try out a cost increase instead. A couple of patches earlier, there were a lot of changes to carry stats. This hit Osprey and Helix the hardest, as carry speed, capacity, and the Lifter ability were all nerfed at once. At the same time, both of these mechs have very powerful primary abilities that are often the target of complaints. Missile damage and repair rate will be going down, and carry capacity will be restored to 2540 each. Be sure to post balance feedback on the forums. The Balance Council is always looking for more opinions!

Discuss this update at http://airme.ch/29ndhy1

• new Iron Hand Bomber for the login menu
  
• new one-time purchase bundles added
  
• added 7 new Warzone maps on a daily rotation
  
• Uber PowerUps found on Warzone maps greatly increase the strength of your primary ability
  
• added weekly Leaderboards for new Warzone maps
  
• added leaderboard notifications at endgame
  
• added a slight delay before victory is shown at endgame

• fix for Baloom not triggering an explosion when passing over an enemy mech
  
• fixed alignment with Twin Peaks' minimap viewbox
  
• fixed missing Compliance stat in the Field Guide
  
• fixed Blueprints link (was renamed from Skills)
  
• fix for clicking the timed quest notification outside of the Home tab
  
• fixed some collision issues and floating assets on Challenge maps
  
• fix for enemy wave spawns on Challenge 10

• Buster attack range increased from 18 to 19
  
• Buster armor decreased from 60 to 55
  
• Jackal upkeep decreased from 2 to 1
  
• Jackal build cost increased from 2500 to 3000
  
• Helix missile damage decreased from 60 to 50
  
• Helix carry capacity increased from 2380 to 2540
  
• Osprey heal beam repair rate decreased by 20%
  
• Osprey carry capacity increased from 2380 to 2540

This is an important time of the year for Carbon. July 4th is not only Independence Day in the US, but also Carbon's 5th birthday! We've packed this update full of new content to celebrate. New bundles will also be on sale! Check out the contents of each one, as there are some previously unreleased goodies to be found. These new bundles won't be around for long and can only be purchased once. Don't miss out!

Seven new maps have made their way into the queue, but you'll only find one available at first. Each day of the week will bring a different Warzone into play. Those who have proven their skills on these new maps might find a special item that allows them to play that map at any time. These treasures can only be obtained on the battlefield. New technologies have been discovered at these locations. Use them to greatly increase your mechs power and overcome the Iron Hand's forces.

There are a few balance updates to discuss here as well. Buster seems to have fallen out of players' loadouts since its range was reduced, so range is being bumped up a bit. To compensate, it's also losing 5 armor. Increasing Jackal's upkeep to 2 did work out as intended, but it wasn't a very popular change among PvP players. We're going to experiment a bit more and try out a cost increase instead. A couple of patches earlier, there were a lot of changes to carry stats. This hit Osprey and Helix the hardest, as carry speed, capacity, and the Lifter ability were all nerfed at once. At the same time, both of these mechs have very powerful primary abilities that are often the target of complaints. Missile damage and repair rate will be going down, and carry capacity will be restored to 2540 each. Be sure to post balance feedback on the forums. The Balance Council is always looking for more opinions!

Discuss this update at http://airme.ch/29ndhy1

• new Iron Hand Bomber for the login menu
  
• new one-time purchase bundles added
  
• added 7 new Warzone maps on a daily rotation
  
• Uber PowerUps found on Warzone maps greatly increase the strength of your primary ability
  
• added weekly Leaderboards for new Warzone maps
  
• added leaderboard notifications at endgame
  
• added a slight delay before victory is shown at endgame

• fix for Baloom not triggering an explosion when passing over an enemy mech
  
• fixed alignment with Twin Peaks' minimap viewbox
  
• fixed missing Compliance stat in the Field Guide
  
• fixed Blueprints link (was renamed from Skills)
  
• fix for clicking the timed quest notification outside of the Home tab
  
• fixed some collision issues and floating assets on Challenge maps
  
• fix for enemy wave spawns on Challenge 10

• Buster attack range increased from 18 to 19
  
• Buster armor decreased from 60 to 55
  
• Jackal upkeep decreased from 2 to 1
  
• Jackal build cost increased from 2500 to 3000
  
• Helix missile damage decreased from 60 to 50
  
• Helix carry capacity increased from 2380 to 2540
  
• Osprey heal beam repair rate decreased by 20%
  
• Osprey carry capacity increased from 2380 to 2540

We've got another big update for you this week. A huge batch of new content is on the way, so we need to get some of these changes out there for testing before the big reveal next month. A good portion of this patch will also be aimed at improving the new player experience.

We've renamed many of our game modes this patch. Skirmish is now Versus, while Survival mode will now be known as Warzone. Feedback on the forums generally agreed that Ranked and Unranked were misleading names, so we've renamed those to Skills and Unlimited respectively. The descriptions for all of these queues have been updated as well.

Your feedback on the forums is always important to us, even when we don't respond right away. Since so many of you have asked for it, we've added a setting in General -> Gameplay for "Deploy Arm Enabled". This will be on by default, since it's intended for advanced users rather than new players. You can change this setting at any time, even during a multiplayer match. Turning the deploy arm off will prevent your units from being automatically deployed. They'll be stored in the structure they were built at and can be picked up by AirMechs above the structure. This brings back a popular strategy of hiding units in queue, but it can be countered by neutralizing the outpost they're queued at.

• added an option to disable the deploy arm and manually pick up units from structures
  
• renamed some game modes and updated Play menu with new tooltips
  
• added Iron Hand dialog to existing Warzone maps
  
• added difficulty settings with reward modifiers to Warzone
  
• added title system for Leaderboard champions
  
• improved Heal Nova animation for Osprey
  
• default to Weekly instead of Factions when opening the Leaderboards UI
  
• moved the Quests button to the bottom of the main menu
  
• renamed Skills tab to Blueprints
  
• renamed Promos button to News
  
• tweaks to the endgame victory medal
  
• added some variation to Striker sword audio
  
• set a limit for credit cap messages to reduce spam
  
• added pilot icons for in-game messages
  
• added icons for trials in the pregame lobby

• fixes for AirMech animation bugs
  
• fix for the Link command on units with a deploy animation delay
  
• fix for melee units not attacking enemy fortress when no capture targets are available
  
• fixed a bug with flier separation not applying to neutral units
  
• fix for shadow rendering when zooming in
  
• fixed some issues with shadow rendering on oversized props
  
• fixed a bug that allowed the AI to build Void units
  
• fix for showing Quests button when not on the main menu
  
• fixed an issue where an abducted Bot Spawner would produce a creep while on an enemy socket
  
• fixed item icons not showing on Market purchase dialog
  
• fix for automatically terminating units in Warzone
  
• fixed alignment of promos when launched from the News button
  
• fixed picking up CTF cores over the fortress
  
• fixed an issue with pickup indicator not displaying for CTF cores

• maps will now save automatically in the event of a disconnect, use recoverLast to reload
  
• added radio buttons for Edging, Elevation, and Paint Mat buttons
  
• rearranged the terrain panel
  
• add credit value for Safebox and Vaultbox when pre-placed
  
• fixed broken Combos menu
  
• fix for Roller not unlatching when spawned from an elevator
  
• fixed an issue where editing the position field would not correctly move a game location
  
• fix for skybox selection overwriting pregame timer
  
• fix for game messages being displayed while editing
  
• fix for neutral Necro reviving units
  
• fix for scripted game messages not appearing in player-made maps

• Seeker HP decreased from 1250 to 950
  
• Striker guns piercing increased from 55 to 60

We've got another big update for you this week. A huge batch of new content is on the way, so we need to get some of these changes out there for testing before the big reveal next month. A good portion of this patch will also be aimed at improving the new player experience.

We've renamed many of our game modes this patch. Skirmish is now Versus, while Survival mode will now be known as Warzone. Feedback on the forums generally agreed that Ranked and Unranked were misleading names, so we've renamed those to Skills and Unlimited respectively. The descriptions for all of these queues have been updated as well.

Your feedback on the forums is always important to us, even when we don't respond right away. Since so many of you have asked for it, we've added a setting in General -> Gameplay for "Deploy Arm Enabled". This will be on by default, since it's intended for advanced users rather than new players. You can change this setting at any time, even during a multiplayer match. Turning the deploy arm off will prevent your units from being automatically deployed. They'll be stored in the structure they were built at and can be picked up by AirMechs above the structure. This brings back a popular strategy of hiding units in queue, but it can be countered by neutralizing the outpost they're queued at.

• added an option to disable the deploy arm and manually pick up units from structures
  
• renamed some game modes and updated Play menu with new tooltips
  
• added Iron Hand dialog to existing Warzone maps
  
• added difficulty settings with reward modifiers to Warzone
  
• added title system for Leaderboard champions
  
• improved Heal Nova animation for Osprey
  
• default to Weekly instead of Factions when opening the Leaderboards UI
  
• moved the Quests button to the bottom of the main menu
  
• renamed Skills tab to Blueprints
  
• renamed Promos button to News
  
• tweaks to the endgame victory medal
  
• added some variation to Striker sword audio
  
• set a limit for credit cap messages to reduce spam
  
• added pilot icons for in-game messages
  
• added icons for trials in the pregame lobby

• fixes for AirMech animation bugs
  
• fix for the Link command on units with a deploy animation delay
  
• fix for melee units not attacking enemy fortress when no capture targets are available
  
• fixed a bug with flier separation not applying to neutral units
  
• fix for shadow rendering when zooming in
  
• fixed some issues with shadow rendering on oversized props
  
• fixed a bug that allowed the AI to build Void units
  
• fix for showing Quests button when not on the main menu
  
• fixed an issue where an abducted Bot Spawner would produce a creep while on an enemy socket
  
• fixed item icons not showing on Market purchase dialog
  
• fix for automatically terminating units in Warzone
  
• fixed alignment of promos when launched from the News button
  
• fixed picking up CTF cores over the fortress
  
• fixed an issue with pickup indicator not displaying for CTF cores

• maps will now save automatically in the event of a disconnect, use recoverLast to reload
  
• added radio buttons for Edging, Elevation, and Paint Mat buttons
  
• rearranged the terrain panel
  
• add credit value for Safebox and Vaultbox when pre-placed
  
• fixed broken Combos menu
  
• fix for Roller not unlatching when spawned from an elevator
  
• fixed an issue where editing the position field would not correctly move a game location
  
• fix for skybox selection overwriting pregame timer
  
• fix for game messages being displayed while editing
  
• fix for neutral Necro reviving units
  
• fix for scripted game messages not appearing in player-made maps

• Seeker HP decreased from 1250 to 950
  
• Striker guns piercing increased from 55 to 60

It's been awhile since our last update. A lot of changes have been made that focus on PvE and story content. Most of that work is not yet ready for release, but you'll still notice some small things here and there. New promos, dialogs, and in-game messages may hint at some of the things to come. Neutral units have been claimed by an unknown force, but they haven't revealed themselves just yet.

Since we're working on new maps focused on PvE, we needed to make some more improvements to the Map Editor to support some more advanced scripting. Many new conditions and actions were added, and we can't wait to see what kind of custom maps you'll build with them. We're also going to enable scripts to run on any game mode, so you don't have to set the map to Custom. Some features requested on the forums have made their way into the Editor, such as a facing/rotation property for spawned units, box select will now filter its selection with an option to select everything by holding Shift, confirm dialogs for New and Publish options, and new UI for publishing maps. Give it a try and let us know if you run into any issues or have suggestions for Map Editor features.

- new recurring PvP Quests in the Daily section
- new textures for some neutral units
- improvements to in-game status messages
- improved collision data for tall Canyon tiles
- increased rewards for Last Stand
- increased Upkeep from Survival structures in multiplayer matches
- added a new victory dialog at the end of a match
- the suggested content dialog will only show on defeat

- added a Confirm dialog for New and Publish options
- updated prop icons
- the box select tool will filter selections again, hold Shift to select everything
- map scripts will now run on all game modes
- added a dialog for publishing maps
- making custom maps respect capitalization in the load map window and for uploaded maps
- added support for placing PowerUps and prop Combos
- added support for importing scripts from another locally saved map
- added support for specifying the maximum flying height of the Sample Map
- added a script event for AirMechs entering a location
- added a script condition to compare the current energy of an AirMech
- added a script condition to compare the current health of an AirMech
- added a script command to initiating an event for each unit in a location
- added a script command for disabling energy regen
- added a script command for disabling health regen
- added a script command for respawning an AirMech
- added support for event and variable parameters in the move location to unit script
- added a facing/rotation property to the unit spawn script command
- Bombs no longer require NavMesh to be spawned from scripting
- fixed the script conditions for unit type and team
- fixed the location option not saving in the AirMech condition
- fixed the script condition for units remaining
- fixed the script condition for AirMech evaluation
- fix for units getting stuck when spawned from elevators
- fixed some issues with editing the team option in scripting
- fixed an issue with player locations not being saved

- fix for displayed ping values showing incorrectly
- fix for Sonya and Dinger radar spinning animations
- fix for Boomer capturing outposts
- fixed a bug that could cause players to be stuck in the Basecamp tutorial
- fixed a crash that could occur when loading a map
- fixed an audio related crash
- fixed tooltips for NoColor and gold plated items
- fixed a bug that caused the suggested content dialog to be misaligned
- fixed a bug with Gundanium Alloy appearing unlocalized
- fix for some artillery units appearing un-deployed

- Shooter no longer fires at air targets