R38.1 - November Update

Content

New PvP game mode: Blitz

Blitz is a high-velocity round-based mode where a bomb is armed from the very beginning and will blow in 90 seconds. The attacking team must defuse the bomb – eliminating enemy combatants will not be enough. The defending side can win the round by neutralizing all the attackers or protecting the bomb until it explodes. Teams switch sides every five rounds, with the first team to reach 6 or 11 wins taking the match.

Our first map is Hawkrock, based at an idyllic Mediterranean coastal villa that's set to be blown sky high. Featuring vertical vantage spots, breach points, and designed for all-out tactical assaults, the stage is set for a new mode that brings intense action with every round.

The Blitz mode will award triple First Win Bonus for the entire 1^st week after the game mode is introduced.

Special operation rotation

IN: Earth Shaker, Marathon

OUT: Anubis, Cyber Horde

Items

New guns

PEG-7

Golden PEG-7

MS Radek

Added random boxes

Image	Name	Contents	Price
	Gold PEG-7 Random Box	Gold PEG-7 (permanent) PEG-7 (permanent) Primary Weapon (1 or 3 days) Skins (1 day) HEX Autorevolver (3 or 7 days) Utility Knife (3 or 7 days) Blue Smoke Grenade (3 or 7 pieces) Anti-Personnel mine (1 or 2 pieces) XP (200, 500, 1000, 1500)	1 st – 2700 WF$ 2 nd – 2615 WF$ 3 rd – 2530 WF$ 4 th – 2445 WF$ 5 th – 2360 WF$
	Nanosuits Mega Random Box Available only for a week after the update goes live!	Nanosuit full body skins (1 for each class) Smoke grenades (3 or 7 units) Anti-personnel mine (1 or 2 units) Flashbang grenades (1 or 3 days) Resurrection coin (1 unit) VIP Booster (1 hour) Experience (200, 500, 1000, 1500)	1 st – 100 K 2 nd – 90 K 3 rd – 80 K 4 th – 70 K 5 th –60 K

Flags

The price of all the flags will be reduced to 100 K for the next 3 months (until 28/02/2017 11:59 PM UTC). We've also added the Egyptian and Algerian flags.

Note: the Algerian flag is unfortunately currently bugged and we won't be able to release it this update after all. It will be added to the game with the next game update.

Modified Items:

• Garota minimum rank required was increased to 40 (from 13).
• Country Smoke Grenades are now distributed as Consumable instead of time limited items. Time limited items are removed from the shop. The new offers are:
  • 50 units – 30 Kredits
  • 100 units – 50 Kredits
  • 200 units – 80 Kredits

Removed items:

• Warface 3^rd Anniversary achievement
• Black Shark Random Boxes
• BT50 Elite Crown

Other

Anti-mine protection on FFA and B&T matches

Every player now receives a 6 second buff that delays the explosions of enemy mines (same mechanics as Sapper's boots, but the effects are not stacking).

Random Box mechanics

Some Random Boxes are blocking purchase once you already won its top item (only counts for indestructible items, such as the golden weapons and skins). Another result of this change is that when a random box contains more than 1 top item, you will not receive duplicates – just the items you haven't rolled yet. It currently apply only to the newly introduced Nanosuit Random Box.

Game invitations

Invitation screen now show the inviting player's profile, banners and additional information.

Shop UI

'MISC' section of the inventory is now renamed to 'Boosters' to reflect the content.

Inventory sorting

The inventory sorting has been improved – the locked items are now displayed at the very bottom of the list. This should make the lives of our new players easier.

New PvP thumbnail images

The vignettes were updated and the new Blitz one was added.

Gameplay changes

• Changing attachments of weapons picked up during matches is no longer possible.
• Self-restoring ammo/armor/health is now working as intended – the issue was caused by a bug when the player tried to use the kit immediately after selecting it, but before it was actually becoming active in the character's hands.

Windows XP support

We will discontinue support for Windows XP on December 31 ^st, 2016. Effective 1st of January we will not fix bugs that only affect Windows XP Operative System.

Shop option

Removed the 7 days shop option for every item (except crown items) as it was rarely used. A Kredit option was added instead:

German localization

'Spezialeinsatz' is now translated as 'Special Operations'.

Achievements

Stripes

IMAGE	NAME	DESCRIPTION
	Fully Mobilized	Perform 25 double kills on the Hawkrock map.
	Shining One	Perform 10 triple kills on the Hawkrock map.
	Lightbringer	Took 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in winning team on the Hawkrock map without dying.
	Golden PEG	Kill 999 enemies with the Golden PEG-7.
	For our freedom and yours	Kill 10 000 enemies the with MS Radek.
	For even more freedom	Kill 25 000 enemies the with MS Radek.

Badges and marks

Fixed bugs

• Grenades caused mines and anti-personal mines to explode behind thick obstacles
• Ammo pack was not supplying ammo to teammate while he was moving
• SAE Scout silencer non covering sound is fixed
• COOP: The player could get stuck in the gas station in a Chinese Coop level
• Resurrection: there was sometimes a temporary visual artefact when resurrected while being knockback
• Knockback stance: sometimes the melee attack animation displayed in third-person was incorrect

Known issues

• The PEG-7 Random Box contains a Rifleman Skin instead of a Medic Skin
• Insane Coop missions may not unlock if a player ranks up to level 10 using Random Boxes experience
• Engineer tutorial may be impossible to complete at step 3 (directional mine) if the player runs away quickly from the mine
• Parametric recoil set up for the EXAR-L PDW, will result in an unintended higher recoil. Will be removed as soon as possible in the next hotfix or game update
• The 'R98B' has a Wilderness Skin applied by default
• Under certain circumstances, it's possible to fall under ground in the Black Shark missions in the levels 5, 8 and roof
• Localization issues in the Pre-Invite screen