Black Squad News

Maintenance has been completed. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Maintenance will be performed on December 17, 2020.
Please be advised game will be unavailable during this time.

UTC: 05:00 - 09:00
PDT: (Dec 16) 21:00 - (Dec 17) 01:00 (Pacific Standard time)
EST: 00:00 - 04:00 (Eastern Standard time)
BRT: 02:00 - 06:00 (Brazil Standard time)
CET: 06:00 - 10:00 (Central European time)
MSK: 08:00 - 12:00 (Moscow, Russia time)
CST / SGT: 13:00 - 17:00 (China / Singapore Standard time)
KST: 14:00 - 18:00 (Korea Standard time)

[h2]The result of Clan Emblem Event has come.[/h2]







※The list of Top 4-10, 11-20, 21-50 has been arranged by alphabetical order, not by rank.
※All the clans tie in clan rank point have been included in Top 21-50.

The eligibility for the rewards is extended to the clans having played 10 or more clan matches, from a player of 30 clan matches in the clan the player belong to at the end of the period. That is, the door has been open wide to the clan members who having clan matches at least once during the event period. However, the members who had not played a clan match in their own clans during the event period cannot receive. Matches as a mercenary are also excluded from the count.
As announced before, you need to stay the clan you belong to at the reward delivery. If you move to another clan, unfortunately you may not receive.

To give the rewards to more participants, the rewards will be delivered on Dec. 17 at the maintenance, delayed by 1 week.

The masters of the top 3 clans are now able to claim clan emblems for top 3 clans.
To the masters of the top 3 clans, the codes have been sent via DLC Inbox. Contact support center before
the maintenance on Dec. 17, 2020 to claim the emblem from the list here.
Only a clan master can contact to claim the clan emblem with the verification code. Any contact from a player who is not a clan master of top 3 or through wrong channels will be ignored.

The hotfix has been completed.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.

• Fixed the count of Competitive Match played at Special Mission
  
  • The count of played matches has been added up to the mission.
    
  • If your count had reached the rewards and not received them, check your inbox to claim.
• Fixed the wrong points of the previous seasons of Competitive Match.

Players who log-in Black Squad till Dec 13 will receive the followings as a compensation:
Medal Rotation Box 1 unit + YUI 1D

A hotfix will be performed on December 7, 2020.
Please be advised game will be unavailable during this time.

UTC: 07:00 - 10:00

[h2]ARMS RACE UPDATE[/h2]

• The weapon set and skins has been updated.
  
• When a player scores 39 and grap a melee, the player can use a flashbang.
  
• There will be the alarm for the player of highest score when the player gets 30 or more kills.
  
• Weapon balances has been tweaked for ARMS RACE mode:
  
  • The stabilities between when aiming and when not aiming become differentiated.
    
  • Damage difference by distance gets more visible.
    
  • Machine guns have more ammo.

[h2]COMPETITIVE MATCH SEASON 8[/h2]
December 3, 2020 ~ January 27, 2021
More details here

[h2]SHOPS[/h2]

• MEDAL SHOP has been renamed as EXCHANGE.
  
• Sorting is available by BS Coin and Medal.
  
• The previous sort option, weapon & item, is moved to sub sorting. And character option is removed.
  
• BS ROTATION BOX & MEDAL ROTATION BOX have been added at EXCHANGE.
  
• Some of Medal and BS Coin goods are removed.
  
• The refresh timer for BS Coin item and Medal item rotation is added.
  
• The interface to purchase bullet items at RANDOM BOX menu has been tweaked.
  
• There is a pop-up to inform the future removal of some item sales at the next maintenance.
  
• 3 Black Friday packages has been removed.
  
• TWINKLING BOX series has been added at RANDOM BOX menu.
  

[h2]WINTER SEASON UPDATE[/h2]

• Season Mission and season point items are added
  
• 2020 SNOWFLAKE series has been added.
  

[h2]BUG FIX[/h2]

• Fixed the issue that shots follow fixed trails.
  
• Fixed the issue AK74M Gold Snowflake gave a wrong effect.

[h2]Miscellaneous[/h2]

• Halloween event has been ended.

From this season of Competitive Match, there are significant operation changes.
Get ready to jump on the new season with the following advice about the differences.

[h2]PERIOD[/h2]
December 3, 2020 ~ January 27, 2021
The period of Competitive Match is shortened to 8 weeks from 12 weeks. It will give you to get the season end result faster and keep you stay focused.

[h2]MATCHING[/h2]
As explained in the glint at the previous notices, our plan is set to position Competitive Match as the individual achievement. Right. Competitive Match is the filed for you to wield your own skills and strategies. Clan Match will take the team play more.
As well, the matching often led you against unwanted opponent teams of big point differences. There have been many criteria for matching: the number of members teaming up, MMR/ELO point, region, ping, and so on. However, teaming up nullified the standards and made search could not guide you enough to the plays with the players of similar MMR/ELO. Moreover, some players exploited the teaming in order to gain unfair advantages. That is one of serious topics what we wanted to solve.
To disable teaming to queue is inevitable and we hope this move will let players enjoy better matchmaking. The previous seasons enabled the plays with friends of big differences in MMR/ELO, but it consequently gave unsatisfying play experiences. Since reconfirmation of what Competitive Match heads for, we clearly state a teaming which bring down matching balance will not be adopted. The best way to team up to play is saved for Clan Match to be taken place regularly in the future.

[h2]ENTRANCE LEVEL[/h2]
The required level has returned to level 30.

[h2]POINT DECREASE BY INACTIVITY[/h2]
Now MMR/ELO point decrease by inactivity will be applied faster.

[h2]REWARDS[/h2]
The current currencies have their own roles for the designated purposes. We found the currencies are misused against the original intention, and they will be reverted to serve their respective goals. As going through the watershed of this season, Medal is back as the rewards for personal achievements, obtainable only from participation of events or promotions. Of course the use of medal will be kept on expanding in near future.
Season end rewards by tier will be notified with another announcement as before. Also, there will a change based on utilities. Higher tier will receive more useful weapons, available till the date of next season reward delivery.
As well, we are planning additional rewards for season end rewards. The details we cannot share the shape it will become yet because it is in progress, but the result of this season will be applied. We will back to update with the announcements for it in the future.

[h2]General Information[/h2]

• Completed matches only count for special missions. Surrendered matches will not count up the plays.
  
• The tier rewards can be obtained by the tier at the end of the season, not the highest tier you reached.
  
• Any attempt to dodge MMR Point decrease by inactivity without playing a competitive match may lead a permanent ban. The point shown to the other players is refreshed at the time of a player's log-in. However, the decreases have been queuing for your log-in by system. Also at the end of the event, the decrease will be applied even you do not log in even the decrease is not shown. Any claim with abusing of the system display will be deemed as an attempt to gain an unfair advantage, and the related account will be penalized.
  
• Leaving a match will lead to an immediate penalty.
  
• If the accumulated number of abandoned matches exceeds a certain number, you will be banned from entering the Competitive Channel and you will no longer be able to participate in Competitive Matches during that season.
  
• If you do not play the game, you will be ejected from the match, and if you are continuously going AFK, you will no longer be able to participate in Competitive Matches during a specific time or entire season.
  
• If you play with disruptive manners such as swearing, or intentionally sabotaging, trolling, or not playing properly that leads to consequential damage on your team while benefiting your enemy, you will no longer be able to participate in Competitive Matches during that season.
  
• When you come across players misbehaving, please report it through in-game report or the Black Squad Support Center