• Fixed internet connection error during login.

Apologies for the delay. Please reach out to us if you are still having login issues!

Hey everyone!

Just a final message/reminder that this is your last chance to get your OLD account migrated to our Sparkypants servers. The ability to do so ends March 31st so if you don't want to lose your progress definitely file a support ticket with Gameforge by following the instructions in this post:

http://steamcommunity.com/games/572520/announcements/detail/1667893138244464930

After March 31st all old accounts will no longer be able to be recovered. If you purchased the Squad or Commander edition, you will still have those bundles if you make a new account after the migration ends, but any game progress will be lost.

Let me know if you have any questions!

All the best <3
Deckard

Hey everyone!

Just a final message/reminder that this is your last chance to get your OLD account migrated to our Sparkypants servers. The ability to do so ends March 31st so if you don't want to lose your progress definitely file a support ticket with Gameforge by following the instructions in this post:

http://steamcommunity.com/games/572520/announcements/detail/1667893138244464930

After March 31st all old accounts will no longer be able to be recovered. If you purchased the Squad or Commander edition, you will still have those bundles if you make a new account after the migration ends, but any game progress will be lost.

Let me know if you have any questions!

All the best <3
Deckard

Hello Dropzone fans!

As you may or may not know, Sparkypants took over publisher duties for Dropzone and setup a manual migration with Gameforge for all players that missed the automatic migration in the middle of 2017. Unfortunately this manual migration service is coming to an end on March 31st, 2018.

If you are still interested in retaining your account from before the publisher switch, please follow the instructions found here, before March 31st:

http://steamcommunity.com/games/572520/announcements/detail/2227450260360747629

After March 31st, you will no longer be able to request the migration of your old account, meaning when you sign into Dropzone it will be as if you were starting as a brand new user.

Thank you to all our fans and supporters thus far. Stay tuned because big changes will be coming to Dropzone in the future!

All the best,
Deckard

Hello Dropzone fans!

As you may or may not know, Sparkypants took over publisher duties for Dropzone and setup a manual migration with Gameforge for all players that missed the automatic migration in the middle of 2017. Unfortunately this manual migration service is coming to an end on March 31st, 2018.

If you are still interested in retaining your account from before the publisher switch, please follow the instructions found here, before March 31st:

http://steamcommunity.com/games/572520/announcements/detail/2227450260360747629

After March 31st, you will no longer be able to request the migration of your old account, meaning when you sign into Dropzone it will be as if you were starting as a brand new user.

Thank you to all our fans and supporters thus far. Stay tuned because big changes will be coming to Dropzone in the future!

All the best,
Deckard

Happy Holidays everyone!! This update comes with a hefty amount of balance changes and an awesome AI takeover feature in case one of your allies accidentally drops from the game. This will be going live on Friday the 22nd, just in time for Xmas! As always, see below for the details and let us know if you find any bugs!

Pilot Changes

• Deadeye
  
  • Kingbreaker
    
    • Special move Release time decreased from 1200ms to 900ms

Gear Changes

• Skylance:
  
  • Unlock level reduced from 4 to 3
    
  • Cooldown increased from 40s to 80s
    
  • Time to impact decreased from 2.3s to 1.4s
    
  • Damage radius decreased from 12m to 8m
    
  • Damage increased from 500 to 650
    
  • Damage is no longer split among all enemies struck
    
  • Damage now applies to ALL units including friendlies
• Assault Plasma:
  
  • Attack Range increased from 15m to 19m
    
  • Cast Range increased from 18m to 19m
• Regenerative Layering:
  
  • Burst HP increased from 10 to 20 HP per stack
    
  • Regen HP remains at 10 per stack
• Momentum Shifter:
  
  • Spell no longer applies a Silence to its target
• Nanite Wall:
  
  • Ammo speed changed from 40 to 40/45/50
    
  • Wall width changed from 30m to 20/24/28
• Shredder Field:
  
  • Now inflicts damage to ALL units including friendlies
• Scatter Laser:
  
  • Ability damage increased from 76 / 100 / 133.3 / 133.3 / 133.3dps to 80 / 120 / 145 / 145 / 145dps
    
  • Bonus damage reduction of enemy increased from 20% to 25%
• Scatter Blaster:
  
  • AA damage increased from 100 / 110 / 120 / 130 / 140dps to 110 / 120 / 130 / 140 / 150dps
    
  • AA attack range decreased from 22.5m to 20m
    
  • Ability damage increased from -- / -- / 200 / 240 / 266.7dps to -- / -- / 300 / 350 / 375dps
• Zealot Drive:
  
  • HP Regen increased from 4HP to 8HP per second
• Pulse Cannon:
  
  • AA Range increased from 12m to 14m
    
  • Ability cast range increased from 21m to 24m
• Atomic Welder:
  
  • Ability AoE radius increased from 5m to 7m
• Napalm Canister:
  
  • Speed bonus increased from 3.95 / 4.45 / 4.95 / 5.45 / 5.95 to 4.5 / 5.0 / 5.5 / 6.0 / 6.5
    
  • Bonus damage against Slagged units increased from 2% to 4% per stack
• Compound Rifle:
  
  • Bonus damage increased from -- / -- / 70 / 100 / 130 to -- / -- / 120 / 180 / 240
• Pinpoint Laser:
  
  • Ability Damage increased from 200 to 325
• Polarity Blaster:
  
  • Ability attack range increased from 35m to 37m
• Fade Shot:
  
  • Cooldown reduced from 20s to 12s
• Healing Dome:
  
  • Cooldown time increased from 45s to 50s
• Ion Cannon:
  
  • Cast range decreased from 24m to 21m
    
  • Ability damage increased from 125 to 175
    
  • Ability AoE increased from 5m to 6m
• Sidewinder Frame:
  
  • Ability damage bonus decreased from 25% to 20%
    
  • Ability damage bonus duration decreased from 6s to 4s

• AI "Take Control" Option
  
  • It’s been a long time coming, but it is now possible to gain control of the AI rigs that take over for any teammate that leaves the match prematurely
    
    • The moment a teammate leaves or disconnects from the game, simply click on the rig that is now controlled by the AI and look at the Inspection Window in the upper-right corner. Click the “Take Control” button and voila, that rig is added to your Command Grid!
      
    • Only one player can take control of an AI rig. There is no sharing
      
    • When you take control, your rig selection will immediately switch to the rig you gained control of
      
    • This can be used in Solo skirmishes as well, if you want to ease into 2rig or 3rig control without committing to a full 15 minutes of micro multitasking

• Fixed an issue that caused Day of the Dead Fury’s Regenerative Layering from not dealing its burst heal before the heal regen (already hotfixed in shortly after the release of 2572)
  
• Fixed an issue where Regenerative Layering was not showing its cooldown state in the Command Grid
  
• Fixed an issue where Steam Powered Pandora’s Skylance was not giving preview sight of target location when Skylance was launched
  
• Fixed an issue where the hover-over pilot portrait status next to the scoreboard was not updating in real-time.
  
• Fixed an issue where Healing Dome was healing outside the boundaries of the dome FX by 1.5m

• Locking Observer slots in Custom Matches only works when both slots are empty
  
• The Private Match setting only works when the game is already created, so someone can join in-between
  
• Hive Link does not have a cast ring around hives to show where the ability can be cast
  
• Global Chat does not reflect your changed name until you have restarted the game
  
• Crazed Banshee is not triggering General Vex’s damage buff passive. A fix is being worked on

Alright! So there you have! A lot of changes for the holiday season, hopefully enough to tide you over while we continue to work on the bigger changes, slowly but surely. ;)

Remember to post feedback or any bugs on the forums!

Thanks everyone!

Happy Holidays everyone!! This update comes with a hefty amount of balance changes and an awesome AI takeover feature in case one of your allies accidentally drops from the game. This will be going live on Friday the 22nd, just in time for Xmas! As always, see below for the details and let us know if you find any bugs!

Pilot Changes

• Deadeye
  
  • Kingbreaker
    
    • Special move Release time decreased from 1200ms to 900ms

Gear Changes

• Skylance:
  
  • Unlock level reduced from 4 to 3
    
  • Cooldown increased from 40s to 80s
    
  • Time to impact decreased from 2.3s to 1.4s
    
  • Damage radius decreased from 12m to 8m
    
  • Damage increased from 500 to 650
    
  • Damage is no longer split among all enemies struck
    
  • Damage now applies to ALL units including friendlies
• Assault Plasma:
  
  • Attack Range increased from 15m to 19m
    
  • Cast Range increased from 18m to 19m
• Regenerative Layering:
  
  • Burst HP increased from 10 to 20 HP per stack
    
  • Regen HP remains at 10 per stack
• Momentum Shifter:
  
  • Spell no longer applies a Silence to its target
• Nanite Wall:
  
  • Ammo speed changed from 40 to 40/45/50
    
  • Wall width changed from 30m to 20/24/28
• Shredder Field:
  
  • Now inflicts damage to ALL units including friendlies
• Scatter Laser:
  
  • Ability damage increased from 76 / 100 / 133.3 / 133.3 / 133.3dps to 80 / 120 / 145 / 145 / 145dps
    
  • Bonus damage reduction of enemy increased from 20% to 25%
• Scatter Blaster:
  
  • AA damage increased from 100 / 110 / 120 / 130 / 140dps to 110 / 120 / 130 / 140 / 150dps
    
  • AA attack range decreased from 22.5m to 20m
    
  • Ability damage increased from -- / -- / 200 / 240 / 266.7dps to -- / -- / 300 / 350 / 375dps
• Zealot Drive:
  
  • HP Regen increased from 4HP to 8HP per second
• Pulse Cannon:
  
  • AA Range increased from 12m to 14m
    
  • Ability cast range increased from 21m to 24m
• Atomic Welder:
  
  • Ability AoE radius increased from 5m to 7m
• Napalm Canister:
  
  • Speed bonus increased from 3.95 / 4.45 / 4.95 / 5.45 / 5.95 to 4.5 / 5.0 / 5.5 / 6.0 / 6.5
    
  • Bonus damage against Slagged units increased from 2% to 4% per stack
• Compound Rifle:
  
  • Bonus damage increased from -- / -- / 70 / 100 / 130 to -- / -- / 120 / 180 / 240
• Pinpoint Laser:
  
  • Ability Damage increased from 200 to 325
• Polarity Blaster:
  
  • Ability attack range increased from 35m to 37m
• Fade Shot:
  
  • Cooldown reduced from 20s to 12s
• Healing Dome:
  
  • Cooldown time increased from 45s to 50s
• Ion Cannon:
  
  • Cast range decreased from 24m to 21m
    
  • Ability damage increased from 125 to 175
    
  • Ability AoE increased from 5m to 6m
• Sidewinder Frame:
  
  • Ability damage bonus decreased from 25% to 20%
    
  • Ability damage bonus duration decreased from 6s to 4s

• AI "Take Control" Option
  
  • It’s been a long time coming, but it is now possible to gain control of the AI rigs that take over for any teammate that leaves the match prematurely
    
    • The moment a teammate leaves or disconnects from the game, simply click on the rig that is now controlled by the AI and look at the Inspection Window in the upper-right corner. Click the “Take Control” button and voila, that rig is added to your Command Grid!
      
    • Only one player can take control of an AI rig. There is no sharing
      
    • When you take control, your rig selection will immediately switch to the rig you gained control of
      
    • This can be used in Solo skirmishes as well, if you want to ease into 2rig or 3rig control without committing to a full 15 minutes of micro multitasking

• Fixed an issue that caused Day of the Dead Fury’s Regenerative Layering from not dealing its burst heal before the heal regen (already hotfixed in shortly after the release of 2572)
  
• Fixed an issue where Regenerative Layering was not showing its cooldown state in the Command Grid
  
• Fixed an issue where Steam Powered Pandora’s Skylance was not giving preview sight of target location when Skylance was launched
  
• Fixed an issue where the hover-over pilot portrait status next to the scoreboard was not updating in real-time.
  
• Fixed an issue where Healing Dome was healing outside the boundaries of the dome FX by 1.5m

• Locking Observer slots in Custom Matches only works when both slots are empty
  
• The Private Match setting only works when the game is already created, so someone can join in-between
  
• Hive Link does not have a cast ring around hives to show where the ability can be cast
  
• Global Chat does not reflect your changed name until you have restarted the game
  
• Crazed Banshee is not triggering General Vex’s damage buff passive. A fix is being worked on

Alright! So there you have! A lot of changes for the holiday season, hopefully enough to tide you over while we continue to work on the bigger changes, slowly but surely. ;)

Remember to post feedback or any bugs on the forums!

Thanks everyone!

GREETINGS and HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Just a very minor update to prepare things for the Halloween celebration event being hosted by our loving fanbase Dropzone Nation! See below for all the details and don't forget to tune in to twitch.tv/dropzonenation at 1:00pm EDT to watch the stream, play some games, and win some Halloween crates! Patch is landing today, October 31st, in an hour or so!

• Surprise, surprise! Day of the Dead Fury has been added to the Halloween crate! Alongside Zombie Vanguard from the last update you will now be able to get these items when purchasing our Halloween crate:
  
  • Day of the Dead Fury gear skins
    
    • Assault Plasma
      
    • Regenerative Layering
      
    • Battle Cry
      
    • Stunning Entry (Automatically given when you collect and equip the Weapon, Body, and Utility)
  • Day of the Dead Fury avatar
• Redemption Codes
  
  • On the Collections page there is now a "Redeem Code" tab
    
  • In this interface you simple input your code, with dashes, to receive whatever free item you have won

Alright! Told you that would be a quick one! See you all at the event!

Happy Halloween!

GREETINGS and HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Just a very minor update to prepare things for the Halloween celebration event being hosted by our loving fanbase Dropzone Nation! See below for all the details and don't forget to tune in to twitch.tv/dropzonenation at 1:00pm EDT to watch the stream, play some games, and win some Halloween crates! Patch is landing today, October 31st, in an hour or so!

• Surprise, surprise! Day of the Dead Fury has been added to the Halloween crate! Alongside Zombie Vanguard from the last update you will now be able to get these items when purchasing our Halloween crate:
  
  • Day of the Dead Fury gear skins
    
    • Assault Plasma
      
    • Regenerative Layering
      
    • Battle Cry
      
    • Stunning Entry (Automatically given when you collect and equip the Weapon, Body, and Utility)
  • Day of the Dead Fury avatar
• Redemption Codes
  
  • On the Collections page there is now a "Redeem Code" tab
    
  • In this interface you simple input your code, with dashes, to receive whatever free item you have won

Alright! Told you that would be a quick one! See you all at the event!

Happy Halloween!

GREETINGS COMMANDERS! It has been quite awhile since our last update and for that we apologize! We're hoping this patch makes up for it, releasing October 18th/19th (depending on your time zone)! We're very excited to give you a big sweep of balance changes, gameplay additions to objective points, a new Overtime rule, and of course... our very first Vanity crate feature everyone's favorite upcoming holiday, HALLOWEEN! Check all the details below and post in the comments if you have any questions!

• Objective Escalation
  
  • All three objectives now have a second tier available to complete after the first tier is taken.
    
  • There is a 60 second timer after the Tier 1 objective is completed, allowing you and/or your team members time to strategize on how you want to complete the next objective
    
  • Once an objective is taken, any current progress on that objective is wiped clean
    
  • Tier 1 and 2 adjustment/changes:
    
    • Total Vision:
      
      • Points earned – 1/2
    • Alpha Strike:
      
      • Points earned – 2/4
        
      • Kills required – 3/5
    • Boss Slayer:
      
      • Points earned – 2/4
        
      • Kills required – 1/3
    • Max Eradicate:
      
      • Points earned – 2/4
        
      • Kills required – 125/175
• Overtime Hive Surge
  
  • After 60 seconds of Overtime, all completely destroyed Hives will respawn at level 1 to increase the chance of core uplinking

Pilot Changes

• Pilot: General Vex
  
  • Using abilities now also grants her a short ability damage buff
    
    • +7.5% ability damage for 3s
• Pilot: Widget
  
  • Rapid Repairs
    
    • Will no longer heal Widget herself unless there are no allied rigs nearby to heal

Gear Changes

• Quantum Mire
  
  • The damage dealt by Mire is now governed by a spell on the affected units rather than by splash damage.
    
  • This means it now operates similar to Repair Bubble and follows normal spell stacking rules, so it won’t stack with itself when cast from multiple sources.
    
  • As a consequence of the new setup, % based ability damage bonuses will now work with Quantum Mire
• Plasma Drone
  
  • HP from 160 to 150
    
  • Explosion damage from 100 to 50
    
  • Explosion slow strength from 33 to 25%
• Replicating Rifle
  
  • Summon’s ability DPS from 40/50/60/65/70 to 40/45/50/55/60
    
  • Summon’s HP from 160 to 150
• Cloning Laser
  
  • Auto-attack range increased to 24
• Lapse Generator
  
  • Auto-attack range increased to 24
• Gravity Gun
  
  • Auto-attack range increased to 24
• Shredder Field
  
  • Damage per second rescaled from 70/90/100 to 60/80/100
• Thresher Flail
  
  • Ability damage lowered from 135 DPS to 120 DPS (from 45 damage per tick to 40)
    
  • Cooldown reduced from 28/24/20/16/12 to 24/21/18/15/12
• Black Hole Shell
  
  • Cooldown from 45 to 30s
    
  • The Tank now gains a buff when BHS concludes
    
  • The buff gains strength depending on how much damage the Tank took during BHS
    
  • For every 4% of max HP lost, the Tank gains 1 buff stack (maxing out at 10 stacks)
    
  • The buff lasts 4s
    
  • Each stack grants +0.5 m/s and 5% auto-attack damage
• Sludge Tanks
  
  • Cooldown from 36 to 28s
• Frequency Adaptation
  
  • Base speed from 3.4 m/s to 3.55
    
  • Armor buff duration from 4.0s to 2.0s
    
  • Armor buff max stacks from 4/6/8 to 6/8/10
• Grav Engine
  
  • Base speed from 3.0 to 3.2
    
  • Cooldown from 26s to 24s
• Evoker’s Web
  
  • Search Range lowered from 30m to 20m
    
  • Will now also display a ranging decal on mouseover
• Skylance
  
  • Damage from 850 to 500
    
  • Cooldown from 100 to 40
    
  • Damage is now divided evenly across all targets hit by the ability
    
  • The splash decal on the ground announcing the missile now grants a small amount of vision, to better sell the suspense and payoff of the missile landing

• Halloween has come to Europa! (err… Europaween??)
  
  • To help celebrate the event we have added our very first vanity crate to the crate Shop and every single player that logs in for the month of October will get ONE FREE Halloween vanity crate! Just visit the shop and claim it!
    
  • We've filled it with a variety of unique and spoopy items like:
    
    • Zombie Vanguard gear skins
      
      • Scatter Laser
        
      • Thrusters
        
      • Zealot Drive
        
      • Angel of Mercy (Automatically given when you collect and equip the Weapon, Body, and Utility)
    • Halloween Uplink Animation and Sounds
      
    • Halloween Avatars
      
    • Halloween Vision Towers
  • Important note: It is impossible to get duplicates with Vanity crates! So the good news is once you purchase the crate and receive your item, the next time you purchase the crate you’re guaranteed to get a different item from the crate!
• Custom Uplink Animations
  
  • There is now an Uplink section in the Collections menu. Simply select which uplink you want to use (if you have one of the new custom ones), and that uplink will play in-game for everyone playing, not just you! (only if you are the one uploading of course)
• Rename Tokens are finally here!
  
  • Purchasing a token is as easy as navigating to the Account Settings section of your Player Profile and clicking purchase
    
  • Once you have a token, simply enter the new name you want and click Save Name
• The Crate counter in the upper right of the Home Scene will now say “Buy Crates” instead of “0 Crates”. Clicking this button in this state will take you directly to the Crate Shop
  
• Kill banners have been added for single rig kills
  
• Dropship avatar packages have been sent to all our Dropship retweeters!

• Fixed an issue where Velocity Ramp disengaged when your rig was around a friendly totem like plasma drone or turret
  
• Fixed an issue where any non-rig unit that had less than 1HP of health was displaying as having 0HP. They will now show 1HP instead
  
• Fixed an issue where Gravity Gun’s ability damage was not being applied to enemy’s that were not affected by the pull: Hives and Bosses

• Locking Observer slots in Custom Matches only works when both slots are empty
  
• The Private Match setting only works when the game is already created, so someone can join in-between
  
• Hive Link does not have a cast ring around hives to show where the ability can be cast
  
• Global Chat does not reflect your changed name until you have restarted the game
  
• Crazed Banshee is not triggering General Vex’s damage buff passive. A fix is being worked on

Whew! What a mouthful! Please let us know if you find any bugs with the new Vanity crate, and of course give us your feedback on the new balance changes and objective gameplay additions. Also, keep an eye out for a special surprise next week. We love Halloween and we're not done being spoopy! ;)

Thanks everyone!