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  1. Posted

    Hi all,

     

    First, this week we are going to push the older weapon balance changes to LIVE.

    We aren't done yet. We will be updating Prototype districts with new changes for other weapon categories soon.

     

    In making this post and reviewing all the changes, it appears we pushed RSA and ACT 44 changes to Prototype Districts, but the stat changes got missed in our patch notes. I recognize players might have missed these, but since they are very minor buffs, I have approved for them to go live as well.

     

    For the patch this week, we will be including the following changes:

     

    Low-Yield Fragmentation Grenade:

    Explosion Radius 700 -> 550

    Health Damage 575 -> 515

    Stamina Damage 365 -> 295

    Hard Damage 435 -> 376

     

    OCA-EW 626 (And varieties):

    Fire interval from 0.092 to 0.098 seconds,

    Accuracy Recovery from 5.675 to 5.25

     

    Joker RFP-9 (applies to the base stats of RFP variants):

    Health Damage: 133 -> 110

    Magazine Capacity: 21 -> 24

    Ammo Pool Capacity: 105 -> 120

    Radius at 10m: 10 -> 20

    Min Damage Range: 25m -> 15m

    Marksmanship Modifier: 0.64 -> 0.32

     

    ACT 44:

    Decrease Marksman Modifier from 0.63 to 0.55

     

    Colby RSA:

    Decrease Marksman Modifier from 0.50 to 0.40

     

     

    I want to thank the players who participated with feedback and iterations.

     

    Second, I want to discuss the Joker RFP-9 "Fang".

     

    The base Joker RFP-9 is designed to be a close to medium ranged weapon, mimicking the OBIR in design while being held back in range.

     

    However we have noticed that the 'Fang' variety of the Joker RFP-9 is currently dominating both medium and long range, due to the Improved Rifling 3 modification. The blooming of the Joker RFP-9 makes the drawback of Improved Rifling largely insignificant, leaving the gun in a very overpowered state. As a result, a lot of guns designed specifically for long range sit in the Fang's shadow. It has become the go-to secondary weapon for anyone playing a close range primary.


    If all of that wasn't bad enough, this gun is only available behind a paywall, which makes it purely pay to win. We have been making a strong effort to balance the P2W aspects of the game, and unfortunately the Fang is one of those outliers that needs to be addressed.

     

    For the record, I really hate changing a gun that people have paid for, even though I recognize we have already been forced to do this. Just know that we take it seriously.


    I would love to see the new Colby RSA and ACT 44 come back into the spotlight for long range secondary weapon engagements. In order to do this it is important to alter the Fang so that it is no longer dominant without breaking the base gun, which also just went through a lot of re-balance. We do not wish to change how the gun is played, but rather fine tune its role.

     

    With all of that in mind, I'm going to go on record saying that IR3 on the Fang sits at the heart of the problem we are seeing. It is simply a bad design decision.

    It's worth mentioning that we can't do mod changes in the Prototype Districts, because unlike stat changes, we can't change mods per district.

     

    The recommendation from design is to swap the Fang's mod from Improved Rifling 3 to Hunting Sight 3.

     

    Improved Rifling 3 increases the range while also increasing bloom gain.

    Hunting Sight 3 greatly improves accuracy in marksmanship mode.

     

    We can always tweak the base RFP once the mod is changed.

     

    But since we can't test this change without actually pushing it live, let's discuss it here.

     

    Thanks,
    Matt

     

    Edit:

    Shotguns are the next major category we are tackling.

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  3. Posted

    Hi everyone,

     

    We are still pushing hard to clear the merge tickets and catch up.

    There are now 957 total tickets and 768 tickets that have not yet had a response, which continue to come down from last time.

     

    Today we are answering tickets from August 26th, which means that we are 1 day over a month response time.
    If your ticket is older than August 26th, and we have not reached out, then I recommend updating your ticket and asking for status.

     

    Thanks,
    Matt

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  4. Posted

    Hi all,

     

    After weeks of testing and tweaking, our final event for this version of Fallen Earth is ready.


    The event will start tomorrow on September 27th and end on October 14th when we will be closing this chapter of the game's history and turning off the servers. We hope you will spread the word and organize with friends to go on one last adventure (for a while) and say goodbye. You can find details here:

    https://www.gamersfirst.com/fallenearth/news/2019/9/24/the-last-stand

     

    We look forward to seeing you in the Wasteland.

     

    Thanks,
    Matt

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  6. Posted

    Hi all,

     

    We've hit a snag with the updater service that builds the patches. Obviously this infrastructure hasn't been used in a long time. 

    The team is continuing to work on this through the weekend, and I'll give updates as we move along.

     

    At this point it looks like we stand a good chance of missing the 9/22 with this event.

    Regardless, we're going to run it anyway as soon as it's ready.

     

    I appreciate everyone's patience, and I hope everyone enjoys the various player-run anniversary activities tomorrow.

     

    Thanks,
    Matt

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  8. Posted

    Hi everyone,

     

    Support has been bogged down with tickets from Nekrova merge players. It nearly a week to get through the 16th and 17th of August, but things are picking up now.

    There are now 1020 total tickets and 824 tickets that have not yet had a response, which are both down from last time.

     

    Today we are answering tickets from August 20th, which means that we are at a month response time.
    If your ticket is older than August 20th, and we have not reached out, then I recommend updating your ticket and asking for status.

     

    Thanks,
    Matt

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  9. Posted

    Hi all,

     

    We are running a little behind.

     

    This is our first event from scratch, and we've had a couple bugs blocking completion of the event.

    However our team just solved the last bug, so now they are adding in the rest of the sub quests.

    Then we'll need to do some testing.

     

    We are going to be cutting this very very close.. likely patching tomorrow or possibly early Sunday morning.

    As soon as things are close, I'll do another post here on the forums with the event details (along with some social posts linking here).

     

    Also, there has been some questions about when the server will go offline.

    I want the event to run for a full 2 weeks. I'll announce the last day when the event goes live as well.

     

    Thanks,
    Matt

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  12. Posted

    1 hour ago, AlishaAzure said:

    Basically an error on the subject of the update + no any image(s) about the new ARMAS items (except the one present on facebook and twitter but still not on the patch notes or in the forums).

    This has been fixed. https://www.gamersfirst.com/apb/patch-notes

    1 hour ago, Hexerin said:

    Any insight as to why the outfit isn't themed as you'd expect a promotional item to be? When the announcement about this promotion was first made, I was expecting that it'd be some kind of Razer-themed outfit (blacks and greens, with Razer's logo on prominent display and APB's logo in a more subtle spot). This outfit on the other hand, has nothing to do with either party... which is kinda counter to what a promotion is.

     

    35 minutes ago, AlishaAzure said:

    Also agree with Hexerin, what about that promo with Razer but the outfits seems completely off, i mean.. not much sense when i thought that was a real promotion.. like the calabria style Alienware.

    We did an Alienware/Steel series promo a while back, and players felt the preset for the car was bland/boring, so we thought we would try something different this time around.

    Do players want a black shirt with a green logo? Feels like they could make that pretty quickly themselves.

     

    Thanks,
    Matt

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  13. Posted

    Hi there,

     

    Fair points. I’ll see what we can do going forward. 

     

    The notes on the Patch announcement have been passed along.

     

    I’m told the Razer Promo is working now. Anyone who hasn’t received the items should try logging out and logging back in to force the system to back grant it.

     

    Thanks,

    Matt

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  16. Posted

    Hi there,

     

    I'm sorry you feel the Issues section is ignored. I do try to have the team run through there on a regular basis and give me a list of what is being reported.
    We are seeing the issue with the Razer promo. The team is working on a fix. We'll back grant the items to anyone who made purchases.

     

    Thanks,
    Matt

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  17. Posted

    Hi there,

     

    You’ve raised a number of good questions. These forums will stay on while we rebuild the game.

     

    Internally we have a set of test servers that we are using to make comparisons for the original game. Those will remain active for our dev team through out development. However it’s not always feasible to post progress this early, since so much of the work is in rebuilding the backend server code. I will do my best.

     

    Releasing a single player version is nearly the same as redoing the game. It’s not really feasible to do that much faster than what we already have planned.

     

    Lastly, I have publicly said we will do our best to preserve as much of your progress and items as we can from your accounts. However that will depend on how much we change. Again, we will do our best.

     

    Thanks,

    Matt

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  19. Posted

    Hi all,

     

    Since we took over, I've been pretty vocal about the F2P implementation of APB. Aside from reducing ARMAS prices and balancing the value of G1C, I have always felt that we also needed to finish what Reloaded started.

     

    The changes to the Joker Store were a step in the right direction, but effective Wednesday, September 18th, we will start giving out Joker Tickets as rewards for opposed missions.

     

    For the longest time, players have only been able to earn JTs from events, Daily Activities and Fight Club. Now regular Free-to-play players will have a repeatable method for earning permanent items within the primary method of gameplay.

     

    As you can imagine, we're approaching this fairly conservatively, so please know that all of these values are subject to change as we collect more data.

     

    Here is how this system will work:

     

    1) Regular Mission Districts

     

    Opposed missions in Financial and Waterfront will offer a random chance to win from 0-10 Joker Tickets. You need to participate and complete the mission to be eligible, but you do not have to win. There is a Daily Cap to how many Regular Mission JTs you can earn, which is based on your highest threat level reached that day.

     

    The Regular Mission District Daily Caps are:

    Training - 0
    Green - 100
    Bronze - 100
    Silver - 150
    Gold - 200

     

    This means that you can cap out at Silver, but if you reach Gold then you can earn 50 more that day.

     

    2) Weapon Prototype Districts

     

    In addition to the Regular Missions, players can also receive 1-10 Joker Tickets from doing opposed missions in our Weapon Prototype Districts. This doesn't sound like a big difference from Regular Mission Districts, but during our internal development, we were able to rack up tickets a lot faster.

     

    Weapon Prototype Districts have their own Daily Cap and track the JTs earned separately from the JTs earned in Regular Mission Districts. The Daily Cap for these districts is a flat 200 for everyone.

     

    Just to make things interesting, we have two extra rewards that can sometimes pop up if you haven't reached your Daily Cap in the Weapon Prototype Districts:

    • Weapon Prototype Boxes. Players can open these to reveal a temporary random Legendary for them to try with limited ammo.
    • A very rare 250 one-time JT reward. This wont count against your Daily Cap.

     

    Once you have reached your Daily Cap, you can still earn Weapon Prototype Boxes.

     

    3) Future Premium Bonus

     

    We're going to watch the numbers, but sometime in the future we would like to add a bonus for players with Premium. This will be a guaranteed amount of JTs per mission that is added to the random reward.

     

    There are still more changes coming. We have a new design to address the gambling issues with Joker Mystery Boxes, and a potential new way for Legendaries to be collected. But rest assured that we will continue adding more permanent character items to the Joker Store and more cosmetic account level items in ARMAS.

     

    In fact, you'll see some new ARMAS items in this week's patch as well.

     

    Thanks,
    Matt

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  20. Posted

    Hi all,

     

    This is an issue that we are watching very carefully, and from my perspective, there are multiple angles to consider.

     

    1) I absolutely agree that dangerous gambling mechanics should not be available to kids.

     

    The problem I see is creating good laws that clearly defining bad gambling practices so publishers can make the proper changes. There is a world of difference between the Belgium law and the Netherlands law. One is very straight forward and easy to comply with. The other is a vague mess.

     

    Let me give you some examples:

    - Is any form of purchasable randomized reward gambling? Is there an acceptable payout threshold that makes it okay?

    - What if the rewards are not tradeable or sellable to other players? Does gambling require the element of "recoupment" if you hit the jackpot?

    - What if the randomized reward boxes are gathered via gameplay in addition to being purchasable? Are they still gambling?

     

    Lawmakers need to establish a clear set of guidelines. They are going to directly affect an entire industry of companies, jobs, and players.

    Hopefully they wont drag us into another Article 13 mess.

     

    2) I feel that parents have a responsibility to monitor their child's activities.

     

    It is impossible for a child to get a credit card, so if they have access to money for these systems, then it is because an adult gave it to them at some point.

    Also APB is an M rated game and it should stay that way.

    The Adults Only rating is something altogether different. Prolonged sex or violence and real money gambling - not gambling-style practices.

    I'm not sure how much further we can go to subsidize the parent's role here.

     

    3) Replacing these mechanics takes time - if it can be done at all.

     

    I don't feel that players completely understand the financial impact that this new legislation will have on game companies. Not all games have monetization mechanics yet that they can survive on if their loot boxes are removed. So I also think players need to be prepared for many games to simply shutdown when this eventual legislation passes. Perhaps that is okay. But I'm guessing that many players will be upset when their favorite, smaller game doesn't make it.

     

    For APB, we are committed to making the game a safe place to play - including removing loot box mechanics.

     

    We have spent months designing a replacement system that still preserves the fun aspects of chasing, collecting and selling Legendary weapons. It has taken a lot of brainstorming and work on our part, and it will require a significant level of development that we have to accomplish alongside the Engine Upgrade and other priorities. Even then, our new strategy carries a lot of economic risk that may or may not damage the game long term.

     

    Ultimately my preference is to move slowly and work with lawmakers on a reasonable timeline that we can all meet together.

     

    Thanks,
    Matt

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  22. Posted

    Hi everyone,

     

    Still running very heavy on tickets. Not sure why the 13th through the 16th had so many submitted, but we're working through those dates very slowly.

    There are now 1160 total tickets and 880 tickets that have not yet had a response, which is down from last time.

     

    Today we are answering tickets from August 16th, which means that we are a couple days under a month response time.
    If your ticket is older than August 16th, and we have not reached out, then I recommend updating your ticket and asking for status.

     

    Thanks,
    Matt

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  23. Posted

    11 hours ago, Lukasocz said:

     

    @MattScott

    Hello Matt, according to announcement above, if it was meant to cancel all the purchase of items to the game (after shutdown), you should also disable an option to buy Survivalist package on Steam (link below). By this package player obtain not only Survivalist premium but also 400 G1 Credits and few more Marketplace items.

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/113404/Fallen_Earth__Survivalist_Package/

     

    Luka

    Thanks for the heads up. We are in the process of taking down that package now.

  24. Posted

    Hi all,

     

    Since not everyone checks our forums or the Steam forums, we have taken down the Fallen Earth Marketplace.

    This is just to make sure that no one accidentally spends money on items or subscriptions without realizing that the game is coming offline soon.

     

    Additionally, we cancelled all Fallen Earth subscriptions so they didn't renew for players anymore.

    All players have been given Commander now till the servers go offline.

     

    Thanks,
    Matt

  25. Posted

    On 9/5/2019 at 4:13 PM, miketam said:

    I think perhaps your timing on this request could...let us say .perhaps have been better.

    Hey all ...all were shutting down the server..which i think u stated somewhere would be kept up till new version was out.

    Oh and btw while we digest that little bombshell..".could we have your help with the broken achievements"

    Kiinda a bit tactless imo...surprised u didnt at least wait till after the mooted last fling event.

    Hi there,

     

    I can understand your frustration. 

    This effort to clean up the achievements was requested by a number of FE Achievement Hunters so they don't end up with less 100% on Steam forever.

     

    Thanks,
    Matt

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