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Mar. 08, 2023 - St. Patrick's Day Update

All PC servers will be offline for the following update on Wednesday, March 8, at 6:00am PT (3:00pm CET). The downtime for this update is expected to last up to 3 hours.
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[h3]Server Performance Progress[/h3]
Work continues on resolving the server performance issues taking place during high-population hours, and even more so on Amerish. There are two main culprits we're investigating at the moment, the first is a character's "creation" in the zone, and the second has to do with NPCs running unnecessary checks in large areas.

For the first issue, we've noticed an unexpected amount of time being devoted to creating a character on a zone. In this case, "creating a character" refers to the act of a player warping to a zone for the first time (not the act of creating a character at the character create screen.) During our last telemetry capture, this was happening a little more than once per second as there tends to be a trickle of players into active combat zones during high-pop hours.

The second issue is that certain NPCs seem to be sweeping for nearby players over large areas, to determine whether certain interactions are valid. CTF NPCs in particular are among those we're looking into. Given that Amerish has the most CTF bases, and tends to be a popular continent in general, this could point to why performance seems to be worse there. This isn't confirmed just yet, but we're adding additional Telemetry instrumentation to this update to allow us to acquire more granular information in future captures.

TL;DR – Server performance continues to be a work-in-progress, and we have a few leads that we're actively looking into.



[h3]St. Patrick's Day 2023[/h3]
From Mar. 07 through Mar. 19, the Wyrdwood Bundle, Green Fortune Bundle, Gold Lover's Bundle, and more St. Patrick's Day items return to the Depot, alongside the new offerings below!


New to the Depot Jackpot Bundle - 2999 DBC
This bundle contains Jackpot weapons from previous years all in one place.

NS "Jackpot" Decimator (Common Pool Rocket Launcher)
NS-44 "Jackpot" Commissioner (Common Pool Sidearm)
"Jackpot" Cerberus (VS Sidearm)
TX2 "Jackpot" Emperor (TR Sidearm)
LA3 "Jackpot" Desperado (NC Sidearm)

St. Patrick's Day Bundle 2023 - 3999 DBC
Be the luckiest soldier on the field with this new LMG-laden bundle.

Golden Closer Decal (Outfit Decal)
Golden Clover Camo (Common Pool Camo)
VE-H "Jackpot" Maw (VS LMG)
MGR-L1 "Jackpot" Promise (NC LMG)
MG-H1 "Jackpot" Watchman (TR LMG)
"Jackpot" XMG-155 (NSO LMG)

The Jackpot LMG lineup.

[h2]Misc. Changes, Fixes, and Additions[/h2]
  • AP30 Shredder gunfire audio now plays correctly while firing single shots, and no longer gets into a bad state when shooting in full audio after firing single shots.
  • Especially low render distance settings no longer cause a bright circular area to appear in the center of the screen.
  • Unusable mission reward notification no longer appears for players who had banked rewards prior to the overview screen changes.
  • Fixed an issue where map timers could appear stuck at 0:00.
  • Fixed an issue where the CTF base capture progress counter could get stuck in a low opacity state on the map screen.
  • Using the search bar in the depot now also gives you the option to search for items within a specific category.
  • While on the Voice and Chat screen, pressing the Enter key no longer opens the smaller chat box window.
  • Increased the range at which Mandibles will appear on the ANT when viewed from a distance.
  • Updated the low ammo warning sound on the AF-6 Shadow, HSR-1, Nyx VX31, Warden, GD Guardian, AMR-66, DMR-99, and Eidolon VE33.
  • NSO suppressed weapon audio volume and falloff should now be more consistent with other factions' suppressed weapons.
  • ADVX Mako sniper rifle no longer plays incorrect audio while suppressed.

Prime Seek and Destroy Bundle


🎁Prime Seek and Destroy Bundle🎁
This new bundle includes:
📌Recon Array MAX Helmet (TR, NC, VS, NSO)
☄️Coldfire Liberator, Scythe, Reaver and Mosquito Afterburner FX.
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Double EXP for Members [ FEB 24 - FEB 26 ]


📈Members Double XP!📈
Members Double XP runs today through February 26.

⭐️Learn more about Daybreak All-Access: https://bit.ly/DGC-All-Access

40% OFF Vehicle Cosmetics [ FEB 17 - 20 ]



Today through February 20th purchase vehicle cosmetics at a discount.

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Feb. 15, 2023 - PC Hotfix

All PC servers will come down for the following update on Wednesday, February 14, at 6:00am PT (3:00pm CET). The downtime for this update is expected to last up to 4 hours.
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[h3]Extended Downtime[/h3]
This update coincides with a company-wide downtime that begins at 6am PT, and is expected to last up to four hours. This downtime will affect login, commerce, and authentication services. Access to forums and websites will remain possible without login.

[h3]Known Issues[/h3]
Reticle sizes are currently affected by window resolution, causing reticles to appear especially small on 4k monitors. We're currently working on a fix for this issue.

[h3]Misc. Changes, Fixes, and Additions[/h3]
  • Optimized firing audio for the SOAS-20, Artemis VX26, and AF-18 Stalker scout rifles. These weapons should no longer have audio stutter while firing.
  • Fixed a reticle size issue with the NS-66 Punisher iron sights, CCLR optics (of all varieties,) and the Tigerstrike Decimator.
  • Throwing dynamic NPCs (like ammunition packs) while underwater, now properly inherit the water drag.
  • Having FSR enabled no longer causes Hossin's water plane to be shown at a reduced size.
  • Fixed the preview visuals on the "Trash Eater" NSO Defector helmet.
  • NSO Defectors are no longer missing a revive animation.
  • Conducted a polish pass on various Settings UI menus.