Global PvP is back! Important game changes
[h3]Scheduled PvP wipe and Global PvP reopening[/h3]
We would like to remind you that all the official PvP servers will have a scheduled wipe this Friday, October 29th. With this wipe, we're also introducing some important game changes and reopening the Global PvP server.
As you may know, all official PvP servers have regular wipes (every 3 weeks) to ensure a level playing field and offer a fresh economy with each new round. It's a major event that brings many players to compete with each other, starting from a common point.
Wipe time: 1 PM by GMT/UTC time (as usual).
For your convenience, here is the local time in the primary time zones we have:
• 8 AM by Central US (CDT, GMT-5 summer time)
• 3 PM by Central EU (CEST, GMT+2 summer time)
• 16:00 by Russia/Moscow (GMT+3)
• 21:00 by China/Beijing (GMT+8)
• 10 AM by Argentina/Brazil (GMT-3)
• 10 PM by Japan and South Korea (GMT+9)
[h2]Major PvP-related improvements[/h2]
We've just released R31 Patch #5 that improves several gameplay aspects to make PvP fights more dynamic and bring more tactical depth:
- Reworked medical cooldown system: You can now use weapons without restrictions while under medical cooldown. The cooldown itself is slightly longer for primary medicine (such as medkit). It's still not possible to spam medicine and you need to think before using some medicine preemptively as the cooldown may restrict you from using essential medicine (such as stimpack) at the best moment. We would also like to hear your feedback once you try this updated mechanic in the game. We will consider further improvements with the next major update, if necessary.
- New medical cooldown indicator will appear over all medical items you have to make it easier to determine which items you can (or can’t) use at the moment and when the cooldown will expire.
- New bindable shortcuts: "Quick use—Slot #X" (for all hotbar slots from 1 to 9 and 0; available in Options->Input settings, not bound by default so you can select the best key you wish for any slot; you can bind to any keyboard keys as well as side buttons on your mouse intended to navigate back and forward in the web browser).
- T2 rifle fire range increased to match the range of T3-T5 rifles (13 tiles, it was 12 before).
You can read more details in the patch notes for Patch #5.
[h2]Global PvP is back![/h2]
Global PvP is reintroduced with this wipe! It's hosted in Germany as before, in the OVH datacenter with full protection against DDoS attacks and great ping across major regions of the world with direct routing.
Global PvP is a hardcore PvP server. It will use the following settings:
- 10 members per faction
- full loot (armor will drop)
- vanilla rates (with R31 the game was heavily rebalanced!)
- normal bomb damage (which is the default setting in R31; it was reduced to half in R30)
- faction upgrade cost is reduced by half
- original map
There is also a minor experimental change that was requested frequently: building on meadows is restricted (similarly to how it's restricted in mountains). This change is only a temporary experiment.
[h2]CryoSmall[/h2]
As an additional note, the featured PvP community server CryoSmall Europe is wiping this Saturday 30th October (12 PM GMT/UTC). With a strict limit of 2 players per team (no alliances permitted) and reputable administration enforcing this rule, you can have peace of mind that the server provides equal opportunities for everyone to compete. Join CryoSmall Discord to read further details!
[h2]CryoFive[/h2]
As was announced by CryoFive community server's owner, both CryoFive NA and Europe servers will be closed due to the low online number. It will certainly drive more players to play on Global PvP.
We would like to remind you that all the official PvP servers will have a scheduled wipe this Friday, October 29th. With this wipe, we're also introducing some important game changes and reopening the Global PvP server.
As you may know, all official PvP servers have regular wipes (every 3 weeks) to ensure a level playing field and offer a fresh economy with each new round. It's a major event that brings many players to compete with each other, starting from a common point.
Wipe time: 1 PM by GMT/UTC time (as usual).
For your convenience, here is the local time in the primary time zones we have:
• 8 AM by Central US (CDT, GMT-5 summer time)
• 3 PM by Central EU (CEST, GMT+2 summer time)
• 16:00 by Russia/Moscow (GMT+3)
• 21:00 by China/Beijing (GMT+8)
• 10 AM by Argentina/Brazil (GMT-3)
• 10 PM by Japan and South Korea (GMT+9)
[h2]Major PvP-related improvements[/h2]
We've just released R31 Patch #5 that improves several gameplay aspects to make PvP fights more dynamic and bring more tactical depth:
- Reworked medical cooldown system: You can now use weapons without restrictions while under medical cooldown. The cooldown itself is slightly longer for primary medicine (such as medkit). It's still not possible to spam medicine and you need to think before using some medicine preemptively as the cooldown may restrict you from using essential medicine (such as stimpack) at the best moment. We would also like to hear your feedback once you try this updated mechanic in the game. We will consider further improvements with the next major update, if necessary.
- New medical cooldown indicator will appear over all medical items you have to make it easier to determine which items you can (or can’t) use at the moment and when the cooldown will expire.
- New bindable shortcuts: "Quick use—Slot #X" (for all hotbar slots from 1 to 9 and 0; available in Options->Input settings, not bound by default so you can select the best key you wish for any slot; you can bind to any keyboard keys as well as side buttons on your mouse intended to navigate back and forward in the web browser).
- T2 rifle fire range increased to match the range of T3-T5 rifles (13 tiles, it was 12 before).
You can read more details in the patch notes for Patch #5.
[h2]Global PvP is back![/h2]
Global PvP is reintroduced with this wipe! It's hosted in Germany as before, in the OVH datacenter with full protection against DDoS attacks and great ping across major regions of the world with direct routing.
Global PvP is a hardcore PvP server. It will use the following settings:
- 10 members per faction
- full loot (armor will drop)
- vanilla rates (with R31 the game was heavily rebalanced!)
- normal bomb damage (which is the default setting in R31; it was reduced to half in R30)
- faction upgrade cost is reduced by half
- original map
There is also a minor experimental change that was requested frequently: building on meadows is restricted (similarly to how it's restricted in mountains). This change is only a temporary experiment.
[h2]CryoSmall[/h2]
As an additional note, the featured PvP community server CryoSmall Europe is wiping this Saturday 30th October (12 PM GMT/UTC). With a strict limit of 2 players per team (no alliances permitted) and reputable administration enforcing this rule, you can have peace of mind that the server provides equal opportunities for everyone to compete. Join CryoSmall Discord to read further details!
[h2]CryoFive[/h2]
As was announced by CryoFive community server's owner, both CryoFive NA and Europe servers will be closed due to the low online number. It will certainly drive more players to play on Global PvP.