These patch notes were created as an April Fools.

FEATURES

CHOOSE YOUR PATH

Choose your speciality with five new classes to choose from.

Select a profession for great rewards play a great role in day-to-day life in Paradise Territory.

Align with a faction and help them expand your territory through military or diplomatic means.

GAME UPDATE

CLASSES

• There are now several classes to choose from, these choices are permanent and cannot be changed
• Soldier
  • Can wear Medium Armor
  • Can equip:
    • Assault Rifles
    • Sub Machine Guns
• Technician
  • Can wear Light Armor
  • Can equip:
    • Pistols
    • Shotguns
  • New EGO Abilities:
    
    • Construct Turret
    • Construct Barricade
• Scout
  • Can wear Light Armor
  • Can equip:
    • Pistols
    • Sniper Rifles
  • New EGO Abilities:
    • Construct Trap
    • Scavenge Ammo
• Heavy
  • Can wear Heavy Armor
  • Can equip:
    • Light Machine Guns
    • Rocket Launchers
    • Detonators
  • New EGO Abilities:
    • Focus Fire
    • Stand Ground
• Medic
  • Can wear Light Armor
  • Can equip:
    • Infectors
    • BMGs
  • New EGO Abilities:
    • Deploy Medic Bot
    • Deploy Shield Bot

EQUIPMENT

• Outfits and Headgear are now restricted based on classes and can have their own array of stats.
  • Light Armor (20% Damage Reduction, 120% Movement Speed)
  • Medium Armor (40% Damage Reduction, 100% Movement Speed)
  • Heavy Armor (60% Damage Reduction, 80% Movement Speed)
• All existing outfits and headgear have been assigned an appropriate Light, Medium and Heavy type and receive random bonuses
• You can now collect multiple versions of each style of outfits and headgear, as they can have different bonuses

PROFESSIONS

There are now several professions to raise:

• Delivery
  • Deliver packages between various faction hubs and APS boxes within a time limit.
  • Choose between Very Easy, Easy, Normal, Hard and Expert missions
  • Mission difficulty will determine the rewards and the time limits
• Scavenging
  • Roam the world looking for supplies to scavenge
  • Ammo Nodes
    • Appear randomly in the world, but be more common near the bunkers of Mount Tam
    • Are used to re-stock Ammo Boxes
  • Weapon Parts
    • Appear randomly in the world, but are more common near military bunkers and in Raider territory
  • Armor Parts
    • Appear randomly in the world, but are more common near military bunkers and Raider territory
• Weapon Crafting
  • Craft new weapons from Weapon Parts and Ark Salvage
• Armor Crafting
  • Craft new armor from Armor Parts and Ark Salvage
• Diplomatic
  • Take missions from various factions, trying to balance reputation between them
• Lawkeeper
  • Hunt down outlaws across Paradise Territory, involves investigation, tracking and apprehending or killing

FACTIONS

• Daily contracts are now obtained by speaking to a faction representiative
• Loading into the game will require you to choose a faction to support
• The list of factions currently available are:
• Ark Hunters
  • Ark Hunters are independent, but can temporarily align with other factions for a short duration
  • Small settlements are located near various faction hubs, holds no territory
• E-Rep Survivors
  • Hostile to Raiders and Dark Matter
  • Bases at the Crash Site and Overpass holds Northern Mount Tam and parts of San Francisco.
• Echelon
  • Echelon mercenaries are independent from factions, other Factions can hire them out as needed to balance number differences within factions
  • Bases at The Crater and Muir Processing
• Paradise Territory
  • Paradise Territory represents the settlers and miners of the area, trying to keep law and order.
  • Hostile to Raiders and Dark Matter
  • Bases at Iron Demon Ranch and Shondu's Consulate
• Raiders
  • Raiders are the outlaws of society
  • Hostile to Ark Hunters, E-Rep Survivors, Echelon and Dark Matter
  • Bases at Last Chance
• Dark Matter
  • Dark Matter accepts Votan races only
  • Hostile to Ark Hunters, E-Rep Survivors, Echelon and Paradise Territory
  • Bases at Dark Matter Base in San Francisco

VEHICLES

• Vehicle upgrades have arrived
• Several tiers of vehicles are now available
  • Scout
    • 200% Movement Speed
    • Carries 1 Person
    • No Weapons
    • 10% Armor
  • Transport
    • 80% Movement Speed
    • Carries 8 People
    • No Weapons
    • 100% Armor
    • Offers re-spawn and re-supply facilities
  • Light Combat
    • 170% Movement Speed
    • Carrys 2 People
    • One Machine Gun
    • 100% Armor
  • Medium Combat
    • 140% Movement Speed
    • Carries 3 People
    • One Machine Gun, One Rocket Launcher
    • 200% Armor
  • Heavy Combat
    • 100% Movement Speed
    • Carries 4 People
    • Two Machine Guns, One Rocket Launcher
    • 300% Armor

OTHER

• Ammo Boxes are no longer an infinite resource, they will start from full but after so many uses they will be drained unless restocked by a Scavenger.
• Side Missions are now repeatable
• The radial menu has been removed and replaced with one easier to use on PCs
• Tooltip support has been added to the in-game UI, especially the loadout screen
• Vendors now offer a category filter to help locate items
• Inventory now offers a category filter to help locate items
• 7th Legion now has an in-game physical representative
• BMG particle effects are now shown to the owner only
• Weapons which cause screen shake are now shown to the owner only.