Big patch Thursday 5/30!!
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Special Event: Anarchy! (30th May - 6th June)

Chaos has hit the streets of San Paro in this special Anarchy Event. When you enter APB:Reloaded you'll find we've added special Chaos districts to the district select screen. These are full PvP maps without conventional "missions". Instead, the goal is to get as high a Score as you can while attempting to survive for as long as possible. The scoreboard will track every player in the district, so you can see just how well you stack up against everyone else. How you play is up to you - will you go at it alone or will you form alliances with other players and work together to help yourself out? (With the goal being who has the highest Score on a single live, how long will these fractured alliances last..?)

At the top of your screen you find a special UI. The Left side tracks your current Score count and the right side tracks your survival time. The yellow numbers are your current scores and the grey numbers are your best score.

Here is a breakdown of feature:
Players enter a "Chaos District" variant of our current action districts.
These districts are fully PvP unlocked from the get go.
There are no missions in these districts. Instead the players will have the following UI displayed at the top centre of their HUD.

This counter next to the skull tracks the players current score count and the counter next to the clock tracks how long they've been alive for.
On Death, both counters reset.
The numbers at the top are the users highest score so far - this will persist across sessions.
The players goal in this mode is to survive while getting as high a score as possible.
Players will gain negative Score for killing a player of the same faction (Score can drop below 0 too).
When you are killed you'll be able to choose which of the new spawn areas you'd like to re-spawn at.
Heat 5 criminals are shown as "friendly" to other criminals in Chaos districts.

New Event Based Roles:

i. Score Streak 1: Earned by gaining a Score of 500 in one life.

Reward: 150 Joker Tickets

ii. Score Streak 2: Earned by gaining a Score of 1000 in one life.

Reward: 350 Joker Tickets

iii. Score Streak 3: Earned by gaining a Score of 1500 in one life.

Reward: A one-off 10-Day lease of the new Nekrova Squad Support Weapon: the N-SSW.

NOTE: You will not be able to advance regular roles in Chaos Districts.


New Event Based Achievements:

i. Provocateur: Earned by killing 100 players in a Chaos districts.

Reward: "Provocateur" title.

ii. Survivor: Earned by staying alive for 10 minutes in a single life.

Reward: "Survivor" title.


PLEASE NOTE: We've created this special Anarchy Event to allow us to share and test a few systems and potential game features that we'd like to expand upon in future It is not as fully featured as the final version will be but we hope you enjoy it.


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Other Changes:

NEW Weapon: Nekrova Squad Support Weapon: the N-SSW (A trial version can be earned through the Anarchy Event by completing the Role "Score Streak 3").

Bug Fix: SCOREBOARD (REGULAR & CHAOS): Fixed column sorting on the scoreboard.

BUG FIX: UI: Players no longer have the status "On Mission", if they've switched districts while set to "Not Ready".

Bug Fix: UI: Fixed the colours on Nitro 2.

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Original post: http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/281267-patch-180-210/page__pid__2692136


Greetings Players

The servers will be coming down within the next 30 minutes 12:30AM - 1pm BST for 2-3 hours.

This is to deploy Patch 1.8.0 (210) to address various issues introduced in yesterdays main 1.8.0 patch.

Here is the list of fixes.

(BUG FIX): Sitting Duck no longer invisible.
(BUG FIX): 3 Point-Graffiti mission's UI has been fixed.
(BUG FIX): CSG Hard-Damage has been raised slightly.
(BUG FIX): Fixed Machine Gunner & Pointman roles auto-advancing to 16, for anyone at level 15 of the respect roles.


Top tier not unlocking relevant weapon skins is still under investigation, we apologize for this issue.

(Posted by Quinzel. Original post may be found here: http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/280941-free-premium-new-joker-mystery-3/)

We're celebrating the upcoming launch of 1.8.0 by rewarding loyal San Paro citizens, like you, with 1 day of free Premium and a chance to win some Joker Mystery 3 Boxes!

Your code good for 1 day of free Premium is waiting for you in the Armas Marketplace. Redeem your code before it expires on May 31st, 2012, and experience all the advantages of Premium status, including a 20% Armas discount, 90% bonus on all Contact Standing, 125% bonus to all APB$ gains and more!

We know you're dying to get your hands on the newest Joker Mystery Box 3 - so here's your chance to win some!

COMPLETE THE 1.8.0 CHALLENGE
Complete 10 Action District Missions, each day, for 3 days in a row
(Friday - Sunday, 5/25/2012 - 5/27/2012 PDT) and you'll get the following:

1.8.0 CHALLENGE REWARDS
Five (5) Joker Mystery 3 Boxes* - that's five chances at the OCA Nano 'Connoisseur' - a never before released, silenced Secondary Weapon!

An automatic entry into our drawing to win the never before released 4-slot Vegas G24 and Hot Rod kit! 10 Lucky winners per server will be the first to cruise the streets of San Paro in this brand new ride.


*Please allow up to 72 hours after the promotion end date for your Joker Mystery Boxes Reward code to be added to your account.

Full patch notes at: http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/280859-patch-180-release-notes/

Estimated downtime: 6 hours, starting 10 a.m BST (British Summer Timezone, 9 a.m GMT).

More info at:
http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/270424-170-patch-notes/