MERRY CHRISTMASS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024! ❄

❄❄❄Hello to the community of the game Blockade.❄❄❄

Dear Players! On behalf of the Project Administration and the Developer team, we hasten to congratulate you on the New Year! We wish you only the best and brightest in the New Year. We wish that your cherished dreams come true and your goals are achieved! Good health to you! May the passing year leave with it everything bad and unpleasant. Let all problems and worries remain in the past year!

As you all know very well, every year around this time the warmest update of the year comes out! Here you will find snow on the maps, themed music with Easter eggs, and much more...

Innovations:

All players were given gifts: 50 Coins, 100 SCULLS (event currency), 24 M61 Grenades, 2 days of Premium, 24 MK3 Grenades, 24 M202 Grenade Launchers, 24 First Aid Kits L, 24 Mortars, 24 Mines;
A festive themed event has started in the game, in which you can receive a “NEW YEAR 2024” badge as a reward and a choice of weapons (COLT M1911, HK MP5SD, AK74, SVD, MINIGAN, WINCHESTER M1887 from the new edition “ICE”), masks (LADYBUG, RED NOSE, BULL, DRAGON, GLASSES WITH HORNS), hats (SNOWMAN, GAS MASK HAT, BEAR, RUDOLF, TV), badges (BOW, BELLS) and skins (ZORRO, DRAGON). Overall, players liked the new event format, so this time it will remain the same, but with minor changes. You have the opportunity to farm the event currency “SCULLS”, for which you can already buy items of your choice not only from this year’s event, but also old themed or unique items. The event is divided into 2 parts. To complete the entire event, you need to make purchases in the event store using the new currency “SCULLS”. It is not necessary to buy all items. To complete the first part, you need to buy 10 out of 12 items, and to complete the second part, 15 out of 18. When you complete each part, you will receive unique ZORRO and DRAGON skins as a reward. The second part of the event, by the way, will not be available immediately after purchasing the required number of items. To unlock it you still need to wait until January 7th. All “SCULLS” will disappear after the event, but don’t worry. After completing the event completely, you will have access to the ANTIQUE SHOP. The new event currency is farmed by completing quests or killing players and zombies on servers. The event will last until January 28 (23/59/59 Moscow time);
The event store "ANTIQUE SHOP" this time has been replenished with an assortment of winter themed goods, as well as unique goods. You can only buy items in this store using “SCULLS”;
New themed skins have been added to the game: ZORRO, DRAGON, ALP, ALPINA;
ZORRO Skin: Receives 3% less damage from melee weapons. Deals 3% more damage with melee weapons;
DRAGON skin: Receives 3% less damage from bullets, 5% from melee weapons and 50% from fire;
ALP skin: Receives 5% less damage from bullets, 3% from melee weapons and 20% from explosions;
The ALP skin can be purchased for “SCULLS”;
ALPINA skin: Receives 5% less damage from bullets, 3% from melee weapons and 20% from explosions;
The ALPINA skin can be purchased for “SCULLS”;
For a long time, players have been asking us to add black and white weapon skins to the game, so, at the request of our community, “ICE” edition weapons have been added to the game: COLT M1911, HK MP5SD, AK74, SVD, MINIGAN, WINCHESTER M1887;
All weapons in the “ICE” edition do not differ in characteristics from their fully upgraded basic counterparts;
Some weapons from the ICE edition have their own set of modules;
The ICE edition will be available for purchase with SCULLS in 1 year;
Unique weapons have been added to the ANTIQUE SHOP that cannot be purchased for other currencies: AK-12, UZKON UNG-12, CZ805 BREN;
Weapons from the “WINTER” edition have been added to the game: STECHKIN, TYPE99, VEPR-12, SCORPION EVO3, FN SCAR, M1A1 CARBINE;
The “WINTER” edition gives a bonus to the stock of weapons in both stock and upgraded states;
All weapons in the “WINTER” edition have similar characteristics to their basic counterparts, with the exception of stock;
Weapons from the “WINTER” edition can be upgraded;
In order to use the bayonet on the TYPE99 machine gun, you need to press the “V” button;
Some weapons from the WINTER edition have their own set of modules;
The WINTER edition can be purchased with coins and SCULLS;
The NEW YEAR edition has been expanded with new items: BERETTA 92, M1A1 THOMPSON, FG-42, MAC M1924, SVT-40, STRIKER;
All weapons in the NEW YEAR edition do not differ in characteristics from their fully upgraded basic counterparts;
Some weapons from the NEW YEAR edition have their own set of modules;
The NEW YEAR edition can be purchased with coins and SCULLS;
Thematic masks have been added to the game: LADYBUG, RED NOSE, BULL, DRAGON, GLASSES WITH HORNS;
Thematic hats have been added to the game: SNOWMAN, GAS MASK HAT, BEAR, RUDOLF, TV;
Thematic icons have been added to the game: BOW, BELLS;
All new items from the event will be available for purchase after 1 year;
For the duration of the event, the “SNOWBALLS” and “INVASION” modes have been launched;
Weapons added to sale: GLOCK 18C, MACMILLAN CS5, M60;
Old themed items from previous years have been added to the sale;
In the "ANTIQUE STORE" you can buy CARAMEL and LOLLYPOP;
In the "ANTIQUE STORE" you can buy items from the "CHRISTMASS" edition: WALTHER P99, DESERT EAGLE, MGV-176, UZI, FN F2000, FAMAS, HK21, SKS, L96A1, BENELLI NOVA;
All weapons of the “CHRISTMASS” edition do not differ in characteristics from fully upgraded basic analogues;
Some weapons from the CHRISTMASS edition have their own set of modules;
Added Animal Easter Eggs and two types of classic Easter Eggs. Easter eggs will be in the game until January 7 (23/59/59 Moscow time). There is no use searching on private servers!
The chance of Easter eggs appearing depends on the number of players on the server (key values are 5, 8, 10, 12 players on the server). Minimum chance of appearance with 5 players. Maximum chance of appearance with 12 players or more;
The chance of Easter eggs appearing from 4% (with 5 players on the server) to 20% (with 12 or more players on the server);
The chance of large Easter eggs appearing from 4% (with 5 players on the server) to 20% (with 12 or more players on the server);
The chance of small Easter eggs appearing from 10% (with 5 players on the server) to 50% (with 12 or more players on the server);
Mechanics of Easter Egg Animals - one of the players turns into an Easter Egg, and the rest begin hunting for him! The transformed one's task is to survive in order to receive a reward of 250 coins. If you fail to survive, the reward will be divided among the hunters in proportion to the damage caused. You have 5 minutes to hunt. If the map changes during the event, no one receives a reward. Easter eggs will spawn in all modes except Zombie mode;
Mechanics of Big Easter Eggs - disappear 60 minutes after their appearance, and the reward of 500 coins is divided between players in proportion to the damage caused. Whoever kills the Easter egg will receive an additional bonus: 20 grenades, 20 bumblebees, 20 mk3, 20 m202! Easter eggs will spawn in all modes;
The mechanics of Little Easter Eggs - they disappear 30 seconds after they appear, and you can get from 5 to 15 coins from them. Easter eggs will spawn in all modes;
Easter eggs are not tied to a time frame, as was the case in past years, when Easter eggs could appear exactly at 00, 10, 20, etc. minutes of every hour. Different types of Easter eggs can appear on the same server at the same time, but Easter eggs of the same type cannot appear more than once every 5 minutes. Easter eggs cannot appear if there are less than 5 players on the server. The chances of occurrence are indicated above. The time between the appearance of Easter eggs is calculated randomly;
Promotions have been launched for the purchase of coins and items from some seasons until January 28 (23/59/59 Moscow time).

Changes:

The design of the game has changed to festive. The background in the game menu, as well as the loading screen, have been updated. Snow has fallen on the servers, and pleasant music is playing on the menu. M61 grenades and command blocks were replaced by Christmas decorations and gifts;
After the introduction of the new mechanics of damage from distance, the effectiveness of some weapons turned out to be excessive. We are talking about individual “shotguns”. Shotguns like the SPAS-12 and those similar in gameplay have become overly effective at extreme range, which is at odds with their game concept. At the request of players, it was decided to revise certain characteristics for a number of shotgun class weapons. We decided to significantly reduce the firing range and increase damage. Thus, these types of weapons will become more effective at the distance stated in the characteristics, and will not be too effective at the maximum distance, and their overall effectiveness will remain within the limits of what it was even before the introduction of new mechanics;
Statistics from the last event showed that players do not have enough time to complete all available tasks to receive “SKULLS”, so we decided to double the reward for completing them;
The crossbow has been sent for bugfixing.

Corrections:

The characteristics of the SR-25 Snow weapon have been corrected;
Fixed operation of the consumables. Testing;
Other minor fixes.

In the coming days, several small updates with corrections and improvements are possible.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!