Westford

5/23/2026 AMA Bullet Summary · LO plans on adding their own web based Server/District Population Status to replace community developed https://will.io/apb/ · GFAC Server side is providing great results, more work needs to be done on Client side · Matt believes the Color Rank system (Bronze/Silver/Gold) is outdated, and discussed removing it all together · Improve New Player experience, recognizes that they have bad player retention Is not happy that New Players are t5hrust into missions against seasoned Vets New Players ultimately quit · They have been playing around on their dev server with BOTS, the purpose is to create PvE opportunities. This ties in to New Player experiences, Game Tutorials Leveling Contacts/Stats will occur, but not at the same level as regular missions · Players using 3rd party tools to gain an advantage have been pooled against like minded players. Because of low population, some of these 3rd party tools players are experience long wait times to go up against other 3rd party tools players · The addition of Tails was mentioned, and the subject was quickly changed as Matt was shaking his head · Matt wants to do away with ARMAS requiring you to select a Character when Redeeming codes and buying items, and just let the purchase be accessible at the Account level · Matt is happy with the new Vault features as a way to manage your inventory, and the transfer of items between account Characters · APB is ready for an Epic Game Store release, but Matt wants to improve New Player experience before Epic release to insure New Player retention has been addressed I probably missed some things, but this was the jist of it. I like the idea of PvE BOTS, as long as they’re not cheating. EDIT: Also APB console is coming back UE5 development is on hold, as they concentrate on Player retention and QOL updates

Huge thanks for posting this. Every G1C bit counts.

1) Any updates as to the use of the independently developed “APB Population Status” utility ? https://will.io/apb/ I remember that you had mentioned in your 10/21/2025 AMA that you liked this utility, and it would be worth while to contact the developer to get this working again. 2) What is your assessment of the effectiveness of GFAC ? Anything you can share with the community ? Are you pleased with the results so far ? Any changes or additions you would like to make with regards to GFAC ?

I can't speak for anyone else, but my sole use of the "APB Watcher" website, was to see the population of the Districts, primarily Fight Club districts, as those were my favorite. Baylan Shipping was my all time favorite, Abington was my second favorite. I haven't played NA Baylan in almost 3 years, never populated, and the last time I played NA Abington was maybe 2 years ago. I suppose I could check out EU Fight Clubs, even though I do not have as many weapons over there, and the ping is higher for me. It was just a nice "QOL" game feature to see if a district is populated enough to pause whatever movie I was streaming, and to hop in game. So, I never used that website to see if APB was up and running. I posted this question to the LO staff here around 6 days ago. It's been kind of whisper quiet so far. Might have to venture over to Discord and give it a shot over there. Wish me luck.

@Ardita, if you have any thoughts on this, many of us would be appreciative.

Wanted to reach out to the staff for any update on access to this offline “APB Population Status” utility. https://will.io/apb/ Many of times, I have used this utility to view the stats on NA-Fight Club back in the day. (cause I really liked FC, No commitments and such), fond memories. Anyways, the last AMA 10/21/2025, I believe this topic came up. Matt Scott had mentioned that he would like to reach out to that developer, to discuss the API and recent GFAC implementations. Just curious how that’s going ? Any progress ? Any feedback from the community is of course always welcomed, and would be overjoyed to hear some official word from the LO staff. If this message would be better served on LO’s Discord, let me know. Comments from @CookiePuss is always welcome, and I would be most “honored”, if @EC2Jonathan could approve this post as soon as possible. Much Thanks

Update: 02:45 Was able to get past the Login. Thanks you LO

Added an image of Login Fail This after the initial Login / UID / PW Prompt for 2FA Copy/Paste in 2FA Prompt .. Sometimes "Failed Login" - Back to Login Screen Sometimes Enter World - District Select - Select District ..... fail Back to Login Screen

Login: Entered PW Prompt for 2FA code Entered code District Select Screen Select District ,,, back to Login Screen Repeat,,,, Sometimes after Login UID/PW "that works" Prompt for 2FA Populate.. Error "Login Failed" Oh ...... I just upgraded (keep my files) to Windows 11 .. wish me luck

There was an Event ?

Good news, I missed having this mod available. I would like to be the first in thanking you getting this through the LO pipeline.

When did LO re-enable Mobile Radar Tower ? The last post/reference I remember was back in Oct 2025 by @EC2Jonathan

Check out this short video on "uninstalling" a Windows update. It's pretty basic. As far as your concerns regarding how it effects your system in general, my guess that it would not be a huge issue, but that's your call. The question would be, is this an update that has affected other NON APB player's systems, where Microsoft has to release a patch for a "faulty" update...... Or is this something LO has to fix, cause GFAC is not working because of this Windows update. Video:

Been going back and forth with another user that reached out to me with this same error. This fix, worked for them. Apparently SixxstagesofMajik was able to fix this by uninstalling recent Win 11 updates. Reference Forum post: Error:

Yes, Happy New Years to all and a Merry belated Christmas. Looking forward to a prosperous and populated APB in 2026. Concerning the unauthorized use of San Paro's municipal vehicles .... our "Municipal Vehicle Enforcement" team has been more aggressive in halting and preventing these activities, per former Mayor Jane Darren's inception of the City Securities Act. (this video has been restricted in some countries due to certain vehicle driving regulations)

Muscle memory..... That's what all the good players insisted on back when the FBW Reigned supreme as a secondary. Thank God we have the .45 to counter it.

11:20 pm EST Error 10007 - Login Failed "The APB Servers are coming back online soon, but are unavailable at this time" Confirmed this on LO Discord with other player. UPDATE: Just confirmed with a few people on Discord... Servers are down.. Someone was in District, experience a fair amount of latency before they were disconnected. UPDATE 2: 11:59pm EST Just confirmed on LO Discord a number of players are experiencing this. No Announcement posted , so this may very well be an unplanned outage.. UPDATE 3: 01:34 am EST Connected to District ,... We are back up Game is Live,,,,

Not sure what change since Friday 10/31 But I was able to login and connect to an NA District today Tuesday 11/4

Thanks, I tried again, still can't connect to NA. The EU now recognize my characters, stats , money ,,, etc but cannot connect to the EU World Server. Does anyone have the NA World Server ip addy. I want to run a tracert to see if I can connect, and see the hops. EDIT: Not sure if these are still valid from LO's support page, but I tried both Jericho and EU, and both timed out from tracert. https://www.gamersfirst.com/apb/support/1/8 Server IP addresses Login: 173.195.32.254 Jericho: 138.128.136.106 Citadel: 5.200.20.2

Yeah, the only part I really understood was that GFAC needed more testing. I suppose I could try uninstalling and reinstalling GFAC again. Not sure how much effort I want to put into it this time around. EDIT: Ok, just for the heck of it , I completely uninstalled GFAC including removing Little Orbit registry entries, which forced a new GFAC install. Still cannot connect to NA World Server. I'll try again after Maintenance next week.

Been the same for me since Friday. After login, and selecting either NA or EU character, message "Connecting to World Server" pops up, then back to login screen. Tried again now on NA , same thing. I tried to select EU character, no stats, no money no game time, and the Next Button is greyed out.

I just tried again to connect to NA World Server after selecting my Westford character. Still not working. I also selected my EU character, and just like you no stats, no money no game time, and the Next Button is greyed out. Very odd. I'm not going to bother opening a ticket this time. I'll try again after next weeks Maintenance.

9:20 EST Failed to connect to both NA & EU World Server after successful Login Disabled BitDefender anti-virus ... Ran APB Launcher Repair does not appear to be a Client issue. Reboot Router .. Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this.

GFAC, Sanctions & Stats On the 3/15/2025 AMA concerning the implementation of GFAC, the following was mentioned; Rules Engine: – Sanctions (Removing or Locking out Features) You had mentioned that players using 3rd party tools and have accrued “Cheat Points” would be pulled out of the primary pool of players for matchmaking, with the assumption being that they would then be matched up with other players who were also using 3rd party tools and had accrued “Cheat Points” . - Can you give some examples of what other features a player might be locked out from ? - What is the duration for these loss of features, or lockouts, and how does a player regain these features they lost ? (a player that does not use that “Sanctioned” account for 3 months would not be considered for any relief I am guessing) - Is the player notified that they will be locked out of these features, or is “no notification” a better and intended approach? STATS: You had mentioned that you were considering providing STATS on “Detections Identified” / “Sanctions Administered” Is this still under consideration, or have you made a final determination as to publishing this information to the player base ? - If yes, where will it be published, and how often ? - If no, what led you to this decision ?