V-Day Patch Announcement

[Sakebee 2271]

Hello everyone,

 

A new patch is going up onto the Live servers for PC. This patch will be happening on Wednesday 2/10/2021. The patch is scheduled to start at 3 PM UTC and will last up to 6 hours. Console will have its normal maintenance starting at 3 PM UTC as well.

 

OVERVIEW

This update lets us storm the beaches of love once more! We are bringing back V-Day classics while we continue full steam on the engine upgrade. You can read details on our various events here. 

 

PC CHANGES/FIXES

• Love Lost Valentine daily activities enabled
• Valentine Week Massacre event enabled
• Snubbed Love event enabled

 

This post is cross-referenced in Game Updates for your convenience.

 

  Sakebee

Edited February 9, 2021 by Sakebee
Updated downtime window

[sweetLemonade 112]

When are we gonna get new items in the debundling rotation? You've missed like 4 weeks worth of debundled items. Can't you just debundle all items from all packs already? Idk why it's even a thing.

Edited February 8, 2021 by qb

[wHisHi 206]

20 minutes ago, qb said:

When are we gonna get new items in the debundling rotation? You've missed like 4 weeks worth of debundled items. Can't you just debundle all items from all packs already? Idk why it's even a thing.

Good question, i agree

[Bambola 379]

It's a lovely event, despite being an old one, but why 10 hours again.

[CookiePuss 5382]

37 minutes ago, qb said:

 Idk why it's even a thing.

$

[Hexerin 1143]

1 hour ago, qb said:

When are we gonna get new items in the debundling rotation? You've missed like 4 weeks worth of debundled items. Can't you just debundle all items from all packs already? Idk why it's even a thing.

They won't even put the LCRs on the store permanently, and you expect them to debundle everything? Good joke.

 

Despite what they claim about "standing for non-predatory practices, and clarity of marketing/microtransactions", they still engage in many unsavory things.

[CookiePuss 5382]

21 minutes ago, Hexerin said:

they still engage in many unsavory things.

Hex Bro, cut em some slack. They gotta keep the lights on somehow.

[Aeronaut 647]

21 minutes ago, Hexerin said:

Despite what they claim about "standing for non-predatory practices, and clarity of marketing/microtransactions", they still engage in many unsavory things.

https://www.gamersfirst.com/apb/news/2019/7/31/jt-store-update

 

https://www.gamersfirst.com/apb/news/2020/6/22/legendary-beta

 

improving upon the joker distribution store system and allowing legendaries to be progressed towards are pretty big changes.

[claude 223]

47 minutes ago, Hexerin said:

They won't even put the LCRs on the store permanently, and you expect them to debundle everything? Good joke.

 

Despite what they claim about "standing for non-predatory practices, and clarity of marketing/microtransactions", they still engage in many unsavory things.

nothing says "unsavory" like giving every player free premium for abt a year straight so far, reworking the Joker store so you can unlock most if not all weapons for free, and debundling products made by the previous developer so that players can pick and choose the content they actually want to pay for instead of paying extra for garbage they don't want.

 

believe me, preventing your players from spending money on a garbage gun like the LCR is anything but unsavory. maybe they don't want to sell it again til they rework or buff it into a more playable and acceptable state? would be pretty tragic if a newer player spent money on their first ever ARMAS weapon, and chose the LCR not knowing how terrible it is.

[Nagletz 219]

6 hours ago, claude said:

nothing says "unsavory" like giving every player free premium for abt a year straight so far, reworking the Joker store so you can unlock most if not all weapons for free, and debundling products made by the previous developer so that players can pick and choose the content they actually want to pay for instead of paying extra for garbage they don't want.

 

believe me, preventing your players from spending money on a garbage gun like the LCR is anything but unsavory. maybe they don't want to sell it again til they rework or buff it into a more playable and acceptable state? would be pretty tragic if a newer player spent money on their first ever ARMAS weapon, and chose the LCR not knowing how terrible it is.

ARMAS full of such weapons, according to your logic they should remove anything except ATAC, Scout, N-Tec, OCA and PMG reskins. 

Personally would love to buy something like 3-slot LCR.

[Darkzero3802 614]

@MattScott @Sakebee You guys couldnt at least rotate new v day weapons into this reuse? We all have these same v day weapons and roles from 9 yrs ago

[Sakebee 2271]

Hey everyone - I apologize for the inconvenience, but we will need to amend our previously stated maintenance window. We previously announced that maintenance would take place at 9 AM UTC and will last up to 10 hours. Our provider's availability has changed, so we will need to shift that window to start at 3 PM UTC on 2/10 instead. The good news is that we are now expecting only 6 hours downtime. Thank you for your understanding! We will update the OP accordingly.
 

Also, to answer your question:

20 hours ago, Bambola said:

It's a lovely event, despite being an old one, but why 10 hours again.

Occasionally, when we do a patch or maintenance, we also have some work to do on the background infrastructure of the game. Downtime in those cases can take longer than average. We hope to return to our usual length and time in the near future. 

[wHisHi 206]

4 hours ago, Darkzero3802 said:

@MattScott @Sakebee You guys couldnt at least rotate new v day weapons into this reuse? We all have these same v day weapons and roles from 9 yrs ago

Ignored lol

atleast i can buy that obeya..dunno if i should really..

[Valkyrja- 55]

18 minutes ago, UTSAV said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lh_h5L1zpQ 

 

Uhhh what's the point of posting this in a Vday announcement thread? 

 

On topic: hope there more variants in the future for all events. Would love to see a Ntec love gun or something off the walls like a OPGL that shoots hearts(LOL) 

Edited February 10, 2021 by Valkyrja-

[MACKxBOLAN 435]

20 hours ago, Sakebee said:

start at 3 PM UTC on 2/10 instead

 So that's Pac-Time 7-am to 5-pm @10hrs. Possibly done by 1-pm pac-time @ 6hrs = $2.14 for 9 Eggs, on account of Johney fell off his bicycle on the way back from the grocery store, cracking 3 Eggs. 

[nattsvart_katt 34]

Whatever it's been 6 hours, get your servers back online.

[Amaineko 20]

fall asleep at work place again :c

[nattsvart_katt 34]

oh, and please make Temptress available permanently from JT store, mmkay?

(it being unavailable and all.)

[DreAmGirL 24]

so when will the server be up?

 

also why the heck you patching stuff during peak hours for this game? In every good company that patch would be during night or at the morning.

[nattsvart_katt 34]

1 minute ago, DreAmGirL said:

so when will the server be up?

 

also why the heck you patching stuff during peak hours for this game? In every good company that patch would be during night or at the morning.

ikr, same thing every single time they do "maintenance".

[Amaineko 20]

its back up lads,happy gemeng~

[MACKxBOLAN 435]

On 2/9/2021 at 11:25 AM, Sakebee said:

Hey everyone - I apologize for the inconvenience, but we will need to amend our previously stated maintenance window. We previously announced that maintenance would take place at 9 AM UTC and will last up to 10 hours. Our provider's availability has changed, so we will need to shift that window to start at 3 PM UTC on 2/10 instead. The good news is that we are now expecting only 6 hours downtime. Thank you for your understanding! We will update the OP accordingly.
 

Also, to answer your question:

Occasionally, when we do a patch or maintenance, we also have some work to do on the background infrastructure of the game. Downtime in those cases can take longer than average. We hope to return to our usual length and time in the near future. 

4 minutes ago, DreAmGirL said:

also why the heck you patching stuff during peak hours for this game? In every good company that patch would be during night or at the morning.

It is the Provider not them. Just hold your horses

[TasteMyKetchup 16]

@MattScott @Sakebee Guys can you add valentine weapons separently ?

You have writen on news blog that valentine variats weapons are avilable on armas but you only unlock v-weapon pack...

Maybe is becouse u need to chcnge price

But just add guns to market please

 

Merged.

 

On 2/8/2021 at 10:28 PM, Sakebee said:

 

Joker SR15 'Casanova' - Available through ARMAS & Valentine’s Gift Boxes

 

Obeya CR762 'Heartbreaker' - Available through ARMAS & Valentine’s Gift Boxes

 

Colby CSG-20 'Speed-Dater' - Available through ARMAS & Valentine’s Gift Boxes

 

N-HVR 243 'Cupid's Arrow' - Available through ARMAS & Valentine’s Gift Boxes

 

STAR 556 'Love-Gun' R&D III - Available through ARMAS & Valentine’s Gift Boxes

 

Colby M-1922 'Big Chopper' - Available through ARMAS & Valentine’s Gift Boxes

 

but u only add v-day bundle

[Iazer 205]

how long are the valentines weapons supposed to stay on armas for? (and why was there no xmas classics bundle considering there is a halloween and easter classics bundle)

[SeventhAce 2]

Done the achievement, but I have not yet received the valentine quiver backpack. Am i missing something? I've gotten the day 4 titles.