Starsiege: Deadzone

Prophecy Games

Released: Jul 18, 2023
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Last updated: 14 Sep 2026, 17:59 GMT

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18 Apr 2024Developer post
Server Discontinuance
Hey all, Due to declining server population and the resulting negative user experience, we unfortunately need to discontinue servers for Starsiege: Deadzone for the time being. As always, our goal as a studio is to create a fun and impactful experience for players and support it
14 Feb 2024Developer post
Starsiege: Deadzone - Store Page Update
Hey all! We wanted to update everyone and let you know that we will be temporarily retiring the store page for Starsiege: Deadzone. With that being said, we plan to maintain servers for the foreseeable future. Thank you so much for your support!
29 Sep 2023Developer post
9/28/23 Patch Notes
Progression and Loadout Progression has been wiped. Reduced overall level count to 65. Perk selection updated. Shop Weapon, Armor and Salvage Pricing updated. Cosmetics Weapon cosmetics ordering updated. Weapons Mythic weapons can no longer be put in secure slots. Energy SMG kick
Progression and Loadout

Progression has been wiped.
Reduced overall level count to 65.
Perk selection updated.
Shop

Weapon, Armor and Salvage Pricing updated.
Cosmetics

Weapon cosmetics ordering updated.
Weapons

Mythic weapons can no longer be put in secure slots.
Energy SMG kick has been reduced.
Hush Puppy damage has been lowered.
Slow Burn damage has been increased.
Double Barrel Shotgun damage has been lowered, and falloff damage increased.
Abilities

Overshield Balance.
General updates

Players can no longer ping while in the starting hanger.
Map Legend Updated to hide med bays and added extraction pod icon.
Player XP and Level is now shown above their character in the lobby.
Revive timer now shows on the player's health bar HUD.
Fixes

Fixed an issue where items could be duplicated using vendors.
Fixed an issue where the Weak Point perk would not be properly granted to players.
Fixed an issue where a crafted item would not show until the player relaunches or returns from a match.
Fixed an issue where the contract and shop timers would not display correctly.
Fixed an issue with the ordering of weapons in the cosmetics screen.
Fixed an issue where the second secure slot would not unlock properly.
Fixed an issue where the Energy DMR and Energy SMG would not show on the cosmetic screen.
Fixed an issue with the description on the EMP Blast Pulse perk
Fixed an issue where sell tooltips would not show in the salvage vendor.
Fixed an issue where some weapons still had class restrictions.
Fixed an issue where extraction pods would not spawn in specific rooms.
Fixed an issue where death crates and revive beacons would spawn above doors.
Fixed an issue where spectators could not see revive beacons.
Fixed an issue where certain pistols would not trigger the enhanced senses perk.
Fixed an issue where some attributes would not apply correctly.
Fixed an issue where "using health/shield pack" text and progress bar would be stuck on screen if you respawned while your spectate target was using a health/shield pack.
Fixed an issue where death crate icons would not disappear if your teammate could no longer be revived.
Fixed an issue with Storm Slicer VFX would not show.
Fixed an issue where the Storm Sliver SFX could be heard throughout the map.
Known Issues

Contracts may not be granted when the player logs in.
Items may be moved from backpack to stash upon extraction.
Level Progress bar may not properly update in the lobby sometimes.
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25 Sep 2023Developer post
9/25/23 Server Maintenance
Hey Raiders, An issue that is preventing some players from logging in has come to our attention. We are going to have a small amount of downtime soon to address this and hopefully fix it. Here are the details Servers will go into limited at 12:15 PM EST and fully close 15 minute
Hey Raiders,
An issue that is preventing some players from logging in has come to our attention. We are going to have a small amount of downtime soon to address this and hopefully fix it.
Here are the details

Servers will go into limited at 12:15 PM EST and fully close 15 minute later
We're looking at about an hour of downtime
Also, we would like to let everyone know that we are fully aware of the dupe issue and plan on addressing it later this week. I'll share more details on this as we get closer to the end of the week.
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22 Sep 2023Developer post
Patch Notes - September 22
Patch Notes 9/22/2023 Inventory No classes or loadout restrictions. Players will have all abilities available and unlock perks through progression. Adding back in the stash and stash tabs which unlock as you level. Backpack slots reintroduced. Reduced number of available slots, b
Patch Notes 9/22/2023
Inventory
No classes or loadout restrictions.
Players will have all abilities available and unlock perks through progression.
Adding back in the stash and stash tabs which unlock as you level.
Backpack slots reintroduced.
Reduced number of available slots, but all slots can hold weapons and armor.
Secure slots will allow players to store weapons and armor.
Armor will remain droppable.
Armor will stay as 4 pieces: Helmet, Chest, Gloves and Boots.
Weapons and armor will now roll a single attribute from set pools.
For example, chest armor can roll Resilience, Max Health, Max Shield, or Headshot Mitigation.
The amount of the rolled attribute increases with rarity.

Progression
Reputation is granted on confirmed player kill and extraction, as it was before.
Daily Contracts will grant XP, Credits, and have a random loot pool of items.
Progression for stash/crafting/etc will unlock with levels.
Secure Slots: Unlocked at levels 6/16/26/36
Stash Tabs: Unlocked at level 8/18/28/38
Level Progression Tab removed.

Vendors and Crafting
Adding Armor, Weapon, Consumable and Salvage vendors with level gating.
Economy has been reworked for weapon and armor rarity costs
Crafting will be limited to the salvage vendor and crafting from salvage (no component).
Crafting materials removed from loot drops.
Added ability to craft Unique rarity at later levels
Revives
Revives will work differently now. Players will now be put into a ‘downed state' where they can be revived via their beacon found on their player crate. If an enemy destroys their beacon, they will be unable to revive for the remainder of the match.
In-Game
Maps and Fog circle will remain the same (Squads and Solo).
Escape pods will spawn in waves around the outer edge of the fog circle for players to use to escape.
High security rooms will have some harder bots to fight.
Loot rarity drop rates will be reduced slightly.
Valuables will drop again in lower quantities for selling.
Known Issues
Crafting an item will take components but not give the item until the player relaunches or comes back from match.
Salvage items also may not visually be taken after being used for crafting.
Items may automatically move from the backpack to the stash.
Stormslicer VFX are missing.
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21 Sep 2023Developer post
Server Downtime
Raiders, Based off of your feedback, we will be shutting servers down at 10 am EST and working toward a version of the game much closer to season 1. We will give you more info when we can. Thank you for playing this iteration and giving us your feedback!
20 Sep 2023Developer post
9/20/23 Major Patch
Standard for other BR’s, players will be able to queue into Squads (Parties of 3 or they can turn Fill Teammates off to queue by themselves) or Solo mode (no teams). Map sizes will be different between the two game modes, but will be randomly generated each match for both. Drop i
Standard for other BR’s, players will be able to queue into Squads (Parties of 3 or they can turn Fill Teammates off to queue by themselves) or Solo mode (no teams). Map sizes will be different between the two game modes, but will be randomly generated each match for both. Drop in with basic weapons and loot as much as you can to become stronger throughout the match. Find better weapons, equip armor, and assign consumables to your belt to give yourself an edge over the rest of the lobby.
A deadly Fog will close in around the map as time goes on. Matches last 13 minutes. As the Fog overlaps sections of the ship, those sections will explode leaving behind platforms of debris to jump across. The Fog will also damage the player while they are standing in it, so it is not advisable to remain in the Fog for too long. Last team standing wins! (or player, if queued solo!)
Players will be able to customize their Abilities and Perks however they want. Players will have all Abilities available from the start, but only have access to a few Perks. New Perks are unlocked randomly when the player levels up. Players will be able to use whatever weapons and armor they find in the match! It will be best to bring a variety of abilities and perks so players can help each other out as a team in Squads, or find the perfect Solo build to dominate every match by yourself!
With the focus of the game being more PvP, Cybrids won’t be very dangerous but will still drop lots of loot. They still pack a punch, so don’t underestimate them. Eliminate as many Cybrids and loot as many rooms as you can to gear up before running into enemy players. Revives will be straight forward, as soon as you see a teammate die, find the nearest Med Bay with a Revive Station to bring them back into the fight. Of course, when you die, you drop all of your loot and will only respawn with the starting equipment.
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We are adding Reputation, which functions similar to your MMR or skill level. Once you are above a certain Reputation Rank, you will have to spend Rep to enter into matches. Depending on how long you are alive in the match and what placement you are at the end of the match, will be the way players gain Reputation (and bragging rights at higher Reputation Ranks).
‍Known Issues

Players will not start with any abilities or perks equipped - set your loadouts!
Some weapons do not have previews in the shop.
The Progress tab may not properly show sometimes.
Abilities may be unequipped after a match.
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18 Sep 2023Developer post
Starsiege: Deadzone - State of the Game 2023
Starsiege: Deadzone - State of the Game 2023 Raiders, we hear your response to the latest changes over the past month & have an announcement to make regarding some changes. As most of you can tell from our testing, we have found it very difficult to balance all aspects of PvP
Starsiege: Deadzone - State of the Game 2023
Raiders, we hear your response to the latest changes over the past month & have an announcement to make regarding some changes.
As most of you can tell from our testing, we have found it very difficult to balance all aspects of PvP, PvE, Extraction and Progression into a single cohesive design. One of the core issues is that progression and fair PvP are inherently in conflict with each other (most players dislike geared higher level players killing lower level ungeared players).
Based on your feedback, and to accommodate the various playstyles we decided to move back to some of our original design.
Starsiege: Deadzone will be branching into two different games:

Starsiege: Deadzone - will focus on short rounds of PvP gameplay.
Starsiege: Raiders - will focus on a larger scale extraction and progression gameplay.
Starsiege: Deadzone (PvPvE) will have the following features:

Free to Play.
Release expected in October.
All players enter a match with minimal equipment (basic weapons).
Players will find various loot (Weapons, Armor, Consumables) in match from crates and bot drops.
Bots are relatively easy and the focus is on PvP, with only a few bot types in the match.
Maps are the current ships and will once more break apart from the outside in using the fog system.
There are no classes.
Progression will unlock Abilities and Perks, all players start with 2 abilities and 4 perks so all progression is for alternative playstyles.
There is no extraction, no stash, no merchants, no missions, no crafting.
Reputation system will return along with matchmaking.
Solo and Team Queues will be available.
Starsiege: Raiders (PvPvE) will have the following features:

Paid access (requires a Founders Pack).
Test sessions will take place over the next few months to fully develop the game.
Expected release is estimated to be January 2024 (not guaranteed).
Large maps with outdoor/indoor space.
Large variety of PvE Bots including Bosses.
Large variety of missions.
Crafting and Merchants similar to the current system.
Classes (determined by testing).
Extraction, Inventory, and Loot will be similar to the current systems.
Solo and Team Queues will be available.
FAQ:

Players who purchased the Founders Packs (and Season Pass) will get the Founders packs for both games, and the Season Pass for both games. This offer will be available until the release of both games which will then have separate Founder Packs and Season passes.
All cosmetics bought or earned in one game will be available automatically and for free in the other game through cross-game progression.
We plan on testing the newest update to Starsiege: Deadzone soon and we aim to do some more testing this weekend.
Erez will be available for a Q&A to go over these changes and the roadmap soon.
Thank you for all your support,
Erez
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16 Sep 2023Developer post
Patch Notes - September 15
9/15/2023 Patch Notes Progression has been reset! Perks, perk slots, stash tabs and secure slots must be unlocked through progression for this test. Those who owned the season booster and/or founders pack will be unaffected by this change. Cosmetics will begin unequipped but are
9/15/2023 Patch Notes
Progression has been reset! Perks, perk slots, stash tabs and secure slots must be unlocked through progression for this test. Those who owned the season booster and/or founders pack will be unaffected by this change.
Cosmetics will begin unequipped but are not lost.
Progression
Added rewards back to the progression track
Perk Slots
Stash Tabs
Safe Container Slots
Crafting Tiers
Objective Keycards

UI
Show armor rating as well as damage mitigation on the stat panel.
Missions
Added Agent Missions
Agent Missions allow the player to complete tasks for different Agents. Doing different missions will unlock various progression items for the player to take advantage of.
Added missions tab to the top nav bar.
Missions in match will be marked on their map by a gold mission icon.
Missions will be marked on their map. Some missions require players to extract a specific item or kill players.
Mission rewards can be claimed in the Missions tab.
Vendors and Crafting
Crafting adjusted
Added new components required for crafting.
New Salvage vendor activated.
Salvaging weapons and armor will drop a new crafting component of equal rarity.
Weapon and armor vendors now rotate what is available to purchase.

Weapons
Changed knife color from purple to orange/red.
Abilities
Some ability cooldowns adjusted.
Added a deploy animation for healing station, dome shield, motion sensor.
Disabled self-damage on proximity mine.
Added a new small camera shake to proximity mine explosion.
Keycard Objectives
High Security Levels now require a specific objective keycard to enter.
You earn these keycards by leveling up out of match.
Map Generation
Reduced the number of Yellow Security Levels.
Cybrids
Increased difficulty of Cybrids in the Orange Security rooms.
Increased Ambush Laser Cybrids health to 1200.
Increased Phalanx Melee health to 1200.
Increased Guardian's projectile speed.

Fixes
Fixed an issue where vendors would not populate after a match
Fixed an issue where contracts would not progress properly at the end of match screen.
Fixed an issue where 1P pack VFX would remain on your screen if you respawned while your spectated target was using a health/shield pack.
Known Issues
Stat panel in match sometimes does not update properly.
Issue with some missions not displaying properly after completing them. After relaunching they will be fixed.
Issue with ability and weapon VFX sometimes obscuring the camera.
Issue with invisible collision missing VFX when entering high security rooms.
Original post
13 Sep 2023Developer post
Server Downtime
After careful consideration, we decided to end our test a little earlier than originally intended. We hear your feedback and feel like we've gotten more than enough to dive back into development and make some meaningful changes. With that being said, servers will be temporarily u
08 Sep 2023Developer post
Patch Notes - September 8th
September 8th, 2023 Patch Notes Thank you to everyone who has played the newest version of the game and given feedback! We hear you and are doing our best to address it. Beyond the changes mentioned in these notes, we would like to let you know that this patch should grant all pl
September 8th, 2023 Patch Notes
Thank you to everyone who has played the newest version of the game and given feedback! We hear you and are doing our best to address it. Beyond the changes mentioned in these notes, we would like to let you know that this patch should grant all players who logged in prior to August 22nd, the Season 1 Pass cosmetics.
Gameplay

Changing the effect of the Medic perk "Battlefield Medicine". Old: Players can revive their teammates by interacting with a marker above their death crate. New: Players can revive their teammates at a revive station without possessing their dog tag.
Interacting with objectives now grants players experience rewards that increase with each consecutive interaction. This experience will be displayed on the end-of-match report!
Door panels are now a tap to interact instead of requiring players to stay in proximity and hold. Hopefully this allows some better positioning for what's beyond that door!
We've made some improvements to the Ultra Max Security Barrier to better fit our intended design. Players will now get pulled through the barrier if they get too close so be careful!
UI

Made some QoL adjustments to some of the in-game UI.
Added the Armor Damage Mitigation stat to the stat panel.
The Stat Panel is now open by default in the in-game inventory.
Map

Added in a new Blue zone that will be between Yellow and Grey in terms of difficulty.
Increased difficulty in Yellow zones slightly by adjusting the type of cybrids that spawn.
Grey zones are now a bigger part of the ship, and these are somewhat easier than Blue zones.
Cybrids

Cybrids can now only have one healer bot attached to them at a time.
Increased health on Ultra Max Snipers from 300 to 500.
Increased health on Ultra Max Switchblades from 1500 to 3000.
Increased health on Ultra Max Flamethrower Ambush Spiders from 1000 to 2000.
Fixes

Fixed the default toggle voice chat off key-bind to default to 'P' in audio settings
Exit Portals now only spawn on the outer edges of the map.
Fix for ranged bots not shooting if they have to travel long distances to the player.
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07 Sep 2023Developer post
Patch Notes - September 7
Player Progression has been reset! Keybindings have been reset for this patch! Players will have all Stash Tabs & Safe Slots unlocked for the test period. Will return to normal at the start of Season 2. Only the team queue is active currently and will create teams of three. G
Player Progression has been reset!
Keybindings have been reset for this patch!
Players will have all Stash Tabs & Safe Slots unlocked for the test period. Will return to normal at the start of Season 2.
Only the team queue is active currently and will create teams of three.
Game Modes
All Securities Levels consolidated to one queue - Just press Play (there are no options)
In the map, each security level is represented in bands of difficulties
Difficulty increases as players go deeper into the map. This can be seen in the color bands on the map and the lighting in the area.
Loot and bot difficulty increases as these bands increase in difficulty.
Matches are now 30 minutes and include a timer (below the radar)
Added one way doors to force fields in higher security rooms. To get out of a high security area you need to turn off the forcefields (Use the objective or find a terminal in the room)
Objectives
Each team is assigned a sequence of objectives to reach and interact with.
After Interacting with the first objective, you will see the next objective as well as location of escape pods.
After interacting with an objective, the next one will be shown on the map which will be in the next security difficulty level.
The Orange and Red Security levels require the previous Security Level objectives to be complete before a player can enter them.
This will be marked by a one way force field covering the doors.
Orange and Red Security Levels will require players to interact with the objectives inside in order to escape the rooms.
Interacting with the objective in these rooms will disable the blocking shield for all players.
A swarm button is also added to these rooms. Activating this will spawn a swarm of bots and disable the shields for all players.
Escape pods are now spawned at the beginning the match
Each team is assigned two escape pods to use, some teams may have the same escape pod
After channeling an escape pod, players will have 15 seconds to extract before it deactivates. It can be activated again, multiple players can leave through the same escape pod.
Escape pods show as red when not owned by your team.
Escape pod icons are now clamped to the minimap
Each class has its own base health and shield.
XP for eliminations are now granted on kill, no longer on Dog Tag pickup.
XP gained from eliminations is based on the enemy’s level.
Removed abilities from the progression track
Gravity adjusted. Jump adjusted.
The highest security level (Red level) has new man-spider bosses, each will drop a mythic weapon. Mythic weapons have special attributes but are gone on death.
Classes and Progression
Abilities and weapons are now restricted by classes
Assault
Base Health: 97
Base Shield: 97
Abilities: Overshield and Phase Shift
Equippable Weapons:
Kinetic Weapons:
LMG
Heavy LMG
Double Barrel Shotgun
Auto Shotgun
Bullpup Rifle
Auto Pistol
Pistol
Minigun
Assault Rifle
Energy Weapons:
Pulse Rifle
Pulse Pistol
Storm Slicer
Engineer
Base Health: 110
Base Shield: 110
Abilities: Scanner and Turret
Equippable Weapons:
Kinetic Weapons:
Auto Pistol
DMR
Double Barrel Shotgun
Pistol
SMG
Energy Weapons:
Energy LMG
Energy SMG
Pulse Pistol
Pulse Shotgun
Spinfusor
Storm Slicer
Marksman
Base Health: 75
Base Shield: 75
Abilities: Hologram Decoy and Proximity Mine
Decoy now uses player cosmetics & does not pulse when damaged.
Equippable Weapons:
Kinetic Weapons:
Auto Pistol
Pistol
Bullpup Rifle
DMR
Sniper Rifle
Hand Cannon
Tactical SMG
Energy Weapons:
EMP Rifle
Energy DMR
Pulse Pistol
Medic
Base Health: 102
Base Shield: 102
Abilities: Regen Station and Dome Shield
Equippable Weapons:
Kinetic Weapons
Auto Pistol
Pistol
Assault Rifle
Heavy LMG
LMG
Energy Weapons
Pulse Pistol
Crossbow
EMP Rifle
Energy LMG
Energy SMG
Pulse Shotgun
Recon
Base Health: 90
Base Shield: 90
Abilities: Stealth and Motion Sensor
Equippable Weapons:
Kinetic Weapons:
Auto Pistol
Pistol
Auto Shotgun
Hand Cannon
Silenced Pistol
SMG
Tactical SMG
Energy Weapons:
Energy DMR
Pulse Rifle
Shop
Added new possible cosmetic variations to the shop.
Added in the LMG to shop rolls and to cosmetic selection.
Vendors
Updated vendor merchant visuals. New vendors are coming soon.
Removed credit cost from crafting recipes.
Valuable sell prices adjusted.
Enemy Dog Tags now may be sold to vendors. Sell price is based on the enemy’s level.
Armor
Armor can now be changed, equipped and lost in matches.
Armor cannot be placed in secure slots.
Removed health bonus from armor. This has been replaced with a Armor Rating modifier that scales based on rarity.
Updated Core and Fuel Cell armor pieces to Subsuit and Greaves.
Weapons
New weapons added
Auto Shotgun
Tactical SMG
Bullpup Rifle
Heavy LMG
Stormslicer
Energy LMG
Energy SMG
Energy weapons no longer have slow projectile times. Energy weapons are now hitscan.
Added a shield damage modifier to all weapons.
Removed the Cybrid Damage modifier from energy weapons.
Cybrid stagger removed from all weapons.
Updated Minigun to a Kinetic Weapon.
Attributes
Added Attributes to Armor and Weapons rolls.
Added a player Stat Screen. This screen can be seen when opening your inventory in a match and on the character tab.
Attributes are now randomly rolled on uncommon and above weapons and armors.
Attributes:
Handling
Weapon reload
Holster speed
ADS speed
Draw speed
Recoil
Resilience
Player max health
Player max shields
Headshot mitigation
Agility
Move speed
All interact speed
Tech
Energy weapon damage
Shield pack use speed
Ability cooldown reduction
Ability damage
Power
Kinetic weapon damage,
Melee weapon damage,
Stagger chance
Shield penetration
Intel
Increased damage against Cybrids
Increased protection against Cybrids
All Attributes
Gives increases on all attributes.

Player Backpack Inventory
Arsenal:
New arsenal feature added for weapons and armor in your backpack. This takes the place of the third row in your backpack.
Light Items:
For consumables, crafting materials, & resources
This takes up two rows in your backpack.

Masteries
Removed Masteries from armor.
Some masteries have been converted to perks.
Abilities
Set Overshield to 50% of player health
Perks
Perks are assigned to specific Classes
Assault Perks
Overshield Burst
When your Overshield ability is expired or broken, it emits a damaging AoE effect.
Overshield Cooldown
Reduce Overshield cooldown by 35%.
Overshield Duration
Increase the duration of Overshield by 50%.
Overshield Durability
Increases the shielding value of Overshield by 25%
Phase Shift Cancel
You can end Phase Shift early by canceling the ability or firing early.
Phase Shift Cooldown
Reduce Phase Shift cooldown by 35%.
Phase Shift Duration
Increase the duration of Phase Shift by 50%
Phase Shift Heal
Your Phase Shift heals you for 100% health while active
Combat Reflexes
When you take damage, gain 20% movement speed for 2s (15s cooldown)
Overgeared
Grants additional +10 Global Protections
Loot Finder
Crates and chests are highlighted for you.
Scavenger Crates
Gain the ability to loot special crates throughout the map.
Cybrid Damage Modifier
Increase the damage done to Cybrids by 20%
Engineer Perks
Scanner Cooldown
Reduce the cooldown of the Scanner by 35%.
Increased Scanner Duration
Increase the duration that enemies are revealed by your Scanner by 60%.
Scanner Mk. II
Your Scanner pulse is hidden to enemies.
Scanner Range
Increases the range of your Scanner ability by 30%.
Turret Charges
Your Turret has +1 charge allowing you to deploy two Turrets at once.
Turret Cooldown
Reduce the cooldown of the Turret by 35%.
Turret Damage
Increases the damage of your deployed Turret(s) by 40%.
Turret Duration
Increase the duration of your Turret by 50%.
Integrated Sensors
Grenades reveal enemies in a 5m radius when they explode.
Mechanical Savvy
Never set off traps or mines.
Loot Finder
Crates and chests are highlighted for you.
Scavenger Crates
Gain the ability to loot special crates throughout the map.
Cybrid Damage Modifier
Increase the damage done to Cybrids by 20%
Marksman Perks
Hologram Decoy Mk. II
Your decoy will now attack enemy players.
Hologram Decoy Duration
Increases the duration of your Hologram Decoy by 50%.
Hologram Decoy Health
Increases the health of your deployed Hologram Decoy by 70%.
Hologram Decoy Cooldown
Reduce the cooldown of your Hologram Decoy by 35%
Proximity Mine Cooldown
Decrease the cooldown of your Proximity Mine by 35%
Proximity Mine AoE
Increase the AoE of your Proximity Mine by 30%.
Proximity Mine Damage
Increase the damage done by your Proximity Mine by 40%.
Proximity Mine Slow
Adds a debilitating 50% Slowdown effect to enemies that trigger your Proximity Mine.
Cybernetic Tracker
Reveals enemies hit by traps.
Disruption Array
Cannot be located or revealed while you have no shields.
Targeting System
Increase headshot damage by 8%.
Loot Finder
Crates and chests are highlighted for you.
Scavenger Crates
Gain the ability to loot special crates throughout the map.
Cybrid Damage Modifier
Increase the damage done to Cybrids by 20%
Medic Perks
Dome Shield Cooldown
Reduce the Cooldown of Dome Shield by 35%.
Dome Shield Damage
Your Dome Shield damages enemies that bass through or are within the boundary.
Dome Shield Duration
Increase the duration of Dome Shield by 50%.
Dome Shield Radius
Increase the radius of Dome Shield by 20%.
Regen Station AoE
Increase the radius of Regen Station by 30%.
Regen Station Cooldown
Reduce the cooldown of Regen Station by 35%.
Regen Station Duration
Increase the duration of Regen Station by 50%.
Regen Station Mk. II
Your regen station now grants 10% damage reduction to allies standing in the AoE.
Battlefield Medicine
Allows Medic to revive fallen teammates at the site of their death.
Rapid Recovery
If you drop below 100% health, after 5s regen 3 health every 3s. Taking damage resets this 5s timer.
Shield Intakes
Increase shields received from shield packs by 25%.
Loot Finder
Crates and chests are highlighted for you.
Scavenger Crates
Gain the ability to loot special crates throughout the map.
Cybrid Damage Modifier
Increase the damage done to Cybrids by 20%.
Recon Perks
Motion Sensor Cooldown
Reduce the cooldown of your Motion Sensor by 35%.
Motion Sensor Duration
Increase the duration of your Motion Sensor by 50%.
Motion Sensor Range
Increase the range of your Motion Sensor by 30%.
Motion Sensor Shroud
You can no longer be revealed or located while standing in the AoE of your motion sensor.
Stealth Cooldown
Reduce the cooldown of Stealth by 35%.
Stealth Duration
Increase the duration of Stealth by 50%.
Stealth Damage Bonus
After exiting Stealth do a 20% increase in damage for 4 seconds.
Stealth Move Speed
Increase your movement speed while Stealthed by 30%.
Active Intel
Cybrids appear on your minimap.
Enhanced Senses
Enemies appear on your minimap when firing a weapon.
Loot Finder
Crates and chests are highlighted for you.
Scavenger Crates
Gain the ability to loot special crates throughout the map.
Cybrid Damage Modifier
Increase the damage done to Cybrids by 20%.

Cybrids
Improved Cybrid behavior and pathing.
All Cybrids drop loot again.
ManSpider Cybrid added.
AR Laser Cybrid added.
New Cybrid animations and dodge mechanics.
Cybrids are more deadly now.
Maps
Pressing M opens a large view of the map.
New rooms in each map class.
There are now unique layouts by ship class
Warships, Cargo Ships, and Luxury Cruise ships have different hull shapes.
Each ship will always spawn at least one bridge and engineering and two medbays.

Loot
Increased ammo loot quantity range.
All rarities of loot can be found within a match.
General Updates
In-game voice chat updated to use SafeVoice.
Added the ability to select Voice Output Device from the Settings menu.
Added the functionality to view the entire map. Default keybind M.
Updated Mute keybind to P.
Spawning Elite Cybrids will alert other players in the match.
Enemy Dog Tags can now be put into backpacks and taken out of match to be sold for credits. Credit amount is determined by the player’s level.
Friendly Dog Tags cannot be taken out of match.
Dog Tags cannot be brought into a match.
Added a smoke barrel.
Updated the visuals on Armor Icons for Helmet, Chest, Hands, Legs, & Subsuit.
Reduced the amount of loot crates in a match.

Bug Fixes
Cosmetics
Fixed an issue where players would have the incorrect suit material.
Cybrids
Fixed an issue preventing Hunters from reloading while in cover.
Map
Fixed an issue for server correction by doors destroyed by the fog.
VFX
Fixed an issue where the trip wire showed visual FX even though no damage was done.
Fixed an issue where players could be revealed forever if revealed by Scanner then Trapper 2 Mastery.
Fixed an issue where players would not get 1p reveal FX when revealed by acoustics 2 mastery.
Fixed an issue where weapon VFX could be stuck on after swapping weapons.
Fixed an issue where reviving shows the Shield Break FX.
Gameplay
Fixed an issue where backpack items would get moved to the stash after extracting.
Fixed an issue where a match would be flagged as over when players were respawning back in.
Fixed an issue where splitting stacks would not always work.
Fixed an issue where players would be forced to leave the match while spectating when one teammate leaves but another is still in.
Fixed an issue where revive stations could be interacted with through walls.
Fixed an issue where floating spectators could happen if a player's teammates die before they spectate.
Fixed an issue where headshot SFX would not play.
Fixed an issue where the option for Spectate would still show after no players remain.
Fixed an issue where Hunter drop crates would not be highlighted by the Loot Finder perk.
Mod
Fixed an issue where health pack mods would cause health packs to not apply health on use.
Fixed an issue where if a weapon with a modded magazine size was equipped, its ammo count would be clamped to its unmodded magazine size.
Fixed an issue where having a magazine size mod could cause your weapon to auto reload with 1 shot left instead of 0.
Fixed an issue with the ability cooldown mod not having the correct effects.
Fixed an issue with the damage mitigation armor mod not correctly applying. Changed user facing text to "Ranged Damage Protection" for consistency with our other mitigation perks/mods
Perks
Fixed an issue where the Loot Finder perk would not always highlight crates.
Abilities
Fixed an issue where Hologram Decoy ragdolls would not collide with anything after dying or expiring.
Fixed an issue where Hologram Decoy ability could get stuck in a bad state.
Fixed an issue where the Hologram Decoy would persist indefinitely if the owner dies before it expires.
Fixed an issue where the Hologram Decoy was not using the owner’s cosmetics.
Fixed an issue where the Motion Sensor was displaying enemies on the minimap for the owner's teammates as well.
Fixed an issue where the flashlight would not turn off after using Phase Shift.
Fixed bug where motion sensor could be thrown through closed doors.
Weapons
Fixed an issue where shotguns were sending down too much data.
Fixed an issue where the reload for the shotgun was playing extra sounds.

Known Issues
Potential issue with the Mute keybind being the same as the Map keybind.
Localization is in the works. Some string checks may show default or invalid text.
Known issue where players will not have their primary and secondary weapons in the first match. Subsequent matches are fine. Testing some other potential workarounds with it.
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22 Aug 2023Developer post
August 21st Update
Raiders, ‍ In our pursuit to improve the game, we will need to lay the groundwork for some really exciting technical upgrades. With that being said, we will be patching tonight at 8PM EST (12AM GMT) and putting our servers into limited. This will require more downtime than our ty
Raiders,
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In our pursuit to improve the game, we will need to lay the groundwork for some really exciting technical upgrades. With that being said, we will be patching tonight at 8PM EST (12AM GMT) and putting our servers into limited. This will require more downtime than our typical patches (a few days). Rest assured, we are working relentlessly to get the servers back up as soon as possible. A more definitive timeline for the server reactivation will be provided later this week.
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We will be doing a series of these patches over the next couple of weeks. This will give players the opportunity to try them out and give us any feedback that could help shape the game.
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I want to reassure everyone that they will keep their current cosmetics + accompanying tokens!
We know that the downtime isn’t ideal so as compensation, we will be granting all players the cosmetics from the current leveling track (yes, including the level 100 cape!) once we bring the servers back online.
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What you’ll receive:
Storm Commando Suit Skin
Elite Storm JetCape
Storm Assault Rifle Wrap
Store Pulse Rifle Wrap
Storm Cybrid Biter
Storm Boarding Pistol
Also, for those currently enjoying the game with a Season 1 Booster, we’re going to be carrying over your boosters into the next season.
As for the upcoming updates, we’ll be revealing more details on specific changes & hosting another Q&A session. Dates to be determined soon.
We appreciate your understanding and look forward to testing these new changes with the community!
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08 Aug 2023Developer post
Patch Notes - Aug 8
August 8th, 2023 Hotfix Patch Notes Queues Queue descriptions are now shown on the queue selection screen. The Queue button now remembers the last selected queue. Squads renamed to Trios in the queue selection screen. Weapons Adjusted weapon volumes. General Updates Wide screen s
August 8th, 2023 Hotfix Patch Notes
Queues

Queue descriptions are now shown on the queue selection screen.
The Queue button now remembers the last selected queue.
Squads renamed to Trios in the queue selection screen.
Weapons
Adjusted weapon volumes.
General Updates
Wide screen support added.
Weapon damage output is capped on the Death Recap screen if it goes above the player’s remaining health.
Fixes
Fixed an issue where the consumable vendor would show some items as “Locked.”
Fixed an issue where Evac portals would not extract players if they were activated while standing on top of them.
Fixed an issue where Cybrids would have an exaggerated jump when stuck on an object.
Fixed an issue where consumables could not be moved to the stash.
Fixed an issue where "Party not ready" status displayed as "No Mission Selected" when queuing for a mission.
Fixed an issue where Agility 2 Mastery would display a 0% increase in speed.
Fixed an issue where players would not get the reveal VFX when being revealed by grenades.
Fixed an issue where players could exit the map in the circular rooms (Observation / Shadow Control / Lux Engineering / Beach).
Fixed an issue where sound could not be heard in dropships.
Known issues
The end of match spectate screen does not constrain to widescreen when your team is eliminated.
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02 Aug 2023Developer post
Season 1
August 1st, 2023 Season 1 Patch Notes Progression has been wiped and Loadouts have been reset! *Purchased Cosmetics and Founders Packs are still owned* Queues Ranked added as the final Security Level - Ultra Max: Ranked Ranked features Reputation as it was in previous builds. The
August 1st, 2023 Season 1 Patch Notes
Progression has been wiped and Loadouts have been reset!
*Purchased Cosmetics and Founders Packs are still owned*
Queues
Ranked added as the final Security Level - Ultra Max: Ranked
Ranked features Reputation as it was in previous builds.
There is a required Reputation cost for entry into the Security Level for any players above 1800 Reputation.
Picking up enemy Dog Tags grants Reputation in a match.
Extracting will refund the Reputation entry cost for the match.
Adjusted some queue names.
Queues unlock at various Levels (XP), not all queues available at season start and will be added over time
Updating queue select flow (select queue, then hit play)
Added notion of max gear rarity.
Added description field to queues.
Updated Security levels with new loot tables and bot spawns.
5 new "Specialty Queues" have been added, with unique rules. This included making new modes, new loot drops, new Cybrid spawn rates, new maps, and queues, and so on.
Queue now attempts to select a fallback queue when no valid queue is selected.
Parties are now unready if the queue is updated.
Progression
Progression track extended to 100 levels
New Cosmetic Rewards have been added.
Daily Contract Rewards updated.
Dog tags now grant XP instead of Reputation in unranked queues.
"Retrieve teammate dog tags" message on the kill feed will disappear if all dead teammates have had their dog tags taken out of their crates
Void Crystal Daily Rewards updated
Gameplay
Updated "Queued for Lobby" text.
When in a screen (such as inventory screen), pressing shift no longer un-crouches a player.
Health Pack Effectiveness Enhancements removed
Decoy can now be canceled if it comes off cooldown while the decoy still exists.
Activating it again kills all currently active decoys and spawns new ones.
Increased hologram decoy health.
Players can no longer fire their weapons or use abilities for a brief period after breaking stealth.
Inventory
General inventory enhancements.
Base weapon rarity removed.
Suit, gun, and jetpack/cape emissives (parts that glow) are now toggled on for friendlies and off for enemies in-match.
Vendors
Vendor unlock progression upgraded.
Map Generation
Extraction pod spawns updated for each Security Level.
General Updates
Updated Intro Movie to Season 1 version.
Added a confirmation screen to the first time tutorial.
Misc. Fixes
Fixed an issue where the EMP Rifle could not damage Players or Cybrids while ADS.
Melee Cybrids can no longer attack while falling/jumping.
Fixed an issue where spectators could show a damage boost as active even if it had expired.
Fixed an issue where some abilities could be used while the consumable wheel was open.
Fixed an issue where the Sentry Turret would show as an Assault Rifle on the kill feed.
Fixed an issue where some doors would not be destroyed by the fog.
Fixed an issue where the Speed on Damage enhancements would not work.
Fixed an issue where mythic weapons would drop in death crates
Fixed an issue where drag and drop from the inventory would not work.
Fixed an issue where positional voice chat was not working.
Fixed an issue where revive beacon could be used without the revive ability
Fixed an issue for multiple problems with revive beacon behavior.
Fixed an issue where melee Cybrids would get stuck on crates.
Fixed an issue where audio setting sliders would not update audio.
Fixed an issue where interacting with doors would play the wrong interaction sound.
Fixed an issue where Switchblade Cybrids would continue their leap attack while staggered.
Fixed an issue where remaining ammo VFX would not be hidden when the player activates stealth.
Fixed an issue where duplicate weapon wraps could be rolled in the shop.
Fixed an issue where crafting components would not load properly unless the player already had them.
Known Issues
Items in the consumable merchants may sometimes appear locked out if players go to a different vendor before going to the consumable merchant. The lock in the consumable merchant does not block purchasing.
Weapon wraps in the shop for the same weapon may not update the wrap properly. Buying will give the appropriate wrap based on name.
The Daily Extraction widget in the lobby may not properly update.
Bots may have an exaggerated jump in the larger rooms.
Purchasing a token bundle may not show tokens as usable. Waiting a couple minutes will resolve this issue.
Setting the queue team fill after the queue has started will not retain the setting chosen.
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31 Jul 2023Developer post
Season 1 Survival Guide
Hello Raiders - We are excited to bring Season One of Deadzone online! First and foremost, here's what to expect from the next 24 hours (all times EDT) 6-10 pm EDT, 7/31 - We will be pushing one final update to Season 0 that gets us ready for Season 1. This includes changes to qu
Hello Raiders -
We are excited to bring Season One of Deadzone online! First and foremost, here's what to expect from the next 24 hours (all times EDT)
6-10 pm EDT, 7/31 - We will be pushing one final update to Season 0 that gets us ready for Season 1. This includes changes to queues (include armor rules), progression and reputation.
2pm EDT, 8/1 - Season 0 ends and servers go offline while we prepare to upgrade to Season One. We anticipate this downtime lasting 6-8 hours.
8pm - 10pm EDT, 8/1 - Starsiege: Deadzone comes back online with Season One update, all player progression and inventories are wiped. All cosmetic tokens and items persist though wipes
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What to Expect From Season One -
We are excited for you to try the major updates coming to the game tomorrow. There will be full patch notes when we update. Consider these a preview!
Season One begins August 1st and runs until October 30th, 7pm EDT (90 Days)

Reputation and Ranks system update:

A separate ranked Q will be available when players reach level 50, and will always be at ultra-max settings
This is the only Q that will track reputation, and will be using the same systems that are currently in the game (reputation cost to enter a match, reputation gains based on collecting dog tag, etc)
This will allow the more casual players to still play at ultra-max without worrying about rank. It will also allow us to catch more cheaters before they can have an impact on the ranked matches.
Collecting enemy dog tags when not in ranked mode will reward players with bonus experience (split among the team)
Updated mission system:

To accommodate all players better we have redesigned the mission system in several ways:
Standard missions will have 6 Queues Low, Medium, High, Max, Ultra-Max, and Ultra-Max Ranked. All standard missions are currently set to Trios and will be slightly easier to complete at the lower levels (more escape pods, larger maps, more time)
The Queues are unlocked at level 1 (low),10 (Medium), 20 (High), 35 (Max),50 (Ultramax), 50 (Ranked Ultramax)
All Queues will have a MAX gear level that can be used in the mission, and all Queues will be always available to all players that have unlocked them. This will allow players to easily team with the friends to enter lower level Queues and have a fair match, it will also allow players to farm specific gear/components that they may need. The max gear for each Q is the following: Low=Uncommon, Medium=Rare, High=Epic, Max = Legendary, UltraMax = no gear limit.
Note: this is a per-slot requirement meaning that you may not equip any gear that is a higher rarity than the max gear.
Specialty missions are a new mission type that will be activated/deactivated at different times and will offer more unique (and more difficult experiences). They will be available at different team sizes, different mission levels, different bot configurations, and different maps.
Updates to Store

Cosmetic Token bundles will be available in the store for Season One
Season One Booster will be available in the store for Season One

Updates to Anti Cheat

Easy Anti-Cheat is now fully implemented including auto-banning
Several new internal Anti-Cheat systems were added to remove speed hack exploits, multi-shot exploits, loot drop exploits, shots through wall exploits.
Added AI based analysis to our Anti-cheat stack for ongoing improvement of cheat detection
Added AI measurement and detection for queue manipulation, especially in cases of repeat teaming in Solo game modes.
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31 Jul 2023Developer post
End of Season Zero Update - Season One Starts 8.1.2023
Hello Raiders - We have been hard at work the last week preparing Starsiege: Deadzone for the upcoming Season One launch. Update on two hotfixes that went live in the last week - Update 7.27.2023 Fixed a variety of loopholes that were leading to exploits Ongoing improvements to t
Hello Raiders - We have been hard at work the last week preparing Starsiege: Deadzone for the upcoming Season One launch. Update on two hotfixes that went live in the last week -
Update 7.27.2023

Fixed a variety of loopholes that were leading to exploits
Ongoing improvements to the Ready Up System
Input selection added to Voice Chat menu
New loading screens added
Match starting area updated to ship hanger
UI updates for Armor system, Reputation rank up, Daily Extraction
Updates to the spectating HUD
Stealth now canceled when using health or shield pack
Added lunge attack to Switchblade bot
Fixed issue not loading store data for cosmetic shop on first login
Weapon Balance

Boarding Pistol Base Damage Changed from 20 to 26
Hand Cannon Projectile Size Increased
New Barrels added

Sticky - can stick to a static surface once when thrown
Incendiary - Leaves a pool of fire on the ground after exploding
Revive updates

Fixed bug where Teammate Revive would not apply correct health/shield values to revived player
Fixed bug where reviving a player with the revive health perk would increase their health beyond their max health,
Players with Revive ability can now revive dead teammates without dog tags if said tags are still in the teammate's crate
Misc Fixes

Fixed issue with jet cape not dissolving properly on player death
Fixed issue with inconsistent minimap zoom
Fixed phase shift heal being incorrectly applied
Fixed issue where improper number of Hunter bots spawned in matches
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Update 7.28.2023

Exotic Upgrade Vendor Unlocked at Level 30
Void Crystals granted much more frequently as daily contract rewards
Level 30+ Players have a high chance of receiving
Level 50+ Players have a 100% chance of receiving them
Armor Enhancement for Health Pack Speed removed due to bug
Void Shard Sell Price has been fixed
Fixed an issue where Season 0 Cosmetics were not in the progression track. Please note: if you have already leveled past where you would have earned Season 0 Cosmetics we will be granting them directly to your account in the next week.
Weapon Balance
LMG

Headshot Modifier Changed from 1.65 to 1.5
DMR

Base Damage Changed from 55 to 50
SMG

Damage Falloff Changed from 50% to 60%
Headshot Modifier Changed from 1.25 to 1.35
Hand Cannon

Reload Time Changed from 3.125s to 3s
Ability Balance
Proximity Mine

Base Damage Changed from 80 to 110
Misc

Fixed an issue where some players would not be able to equip the proximity mine
Fixed issue with audio muting when opening inventory
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24 Jul 2023Developer post
Hotfix - July 24
July 24th, 2023 Hotfix Notes Matchmaking: Adjusted matchmaking rules so that players are restricted to matches in their level range. This will ensure that high level players with high level weapons and armor will not fight against much lower level players. It will also ensure tha
July 24th, 2023 Hotfix Notes
Matchmaking:
Adjusted matchmaking rules so that players are restricted to matches in their level range. This will ensure that high level players with high level weapons and armor will not fight against much lower level players. It will also ensure that players will find the right level of loot for their level.
Current levels are: 1-9 minimum security, 10-19 low security, 20-34 medium security, 35-49 high security,50+ max security ,65+ (not active) ultra max security
Added a feature that scales base health and shield up to the minimums for a security level in a scenario where low and high level players are partied. This will allow higher level players to bring low level players and give them a chance to compete.
They are as follows:
Low - 159/159 HP/Shields
Medium - 168/168
High - 186/186
Max - 204/204
UltraMax - 222/222
Weapons:
Fixed hit registration for weapons!
Weapon emissives (glowing parts) no longer show while in match
Added capability for Knives to deal damage to lights
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Weapon Balancing:
Assault Rifle
Base Damage changed from 22 to 24
Magazine Size changed from 24 to 30
Headshot Modifier changed from 1.75 to 1.5
Auto Pistol
Base Damage changed from 13 to 14
Double Barrel Shotgun
Base Damage changed from 18 to 19
LMG
Headshot Modifier changed from 1.5 to 1.65
Pulse Rifle
Reload Time changed from 4s to 3.85s
Silenced Pistol
Base Damage changed from 45 to 40
Spinfusor
Cybrid Damage Modifier changed from x2 to x3
SMG
Headshot Modifier changed from 1.5 to 1.25

Abilities:
Temporarily disabled and removed proximity mine (we believe is a source for a crash)
Stealth deactivate when a player uses a consumable
Masteries
Heavy Armor rank 2 health contribution reduced from 30 to 20
Heavy Armor rank 4 shield contribution reduced from 30 to 20
Gameplay:
Max FOV can be set to 100
Re-enabled outgoing damage on combat report
Updated assist time to 30s
Changed revive invulnerability time from 5s to 2s
Once the whole team is eliminated you can now spectate enemy teams
Bug Fixes:
Fix for shop suits and/or weapons sometimes not showing
Fixed some conditions in which the ready up button was not working as intended causing players in teams to have to toggle ready up status.
Closed the loophole that allowed death crates to be duplicated
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21 Jul 2023Developer post
Steam Broadcast
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20 Jul 2023Developer post
Patch Notes - July 20
Shop and Vendors Further optimization to Vendor transactions to reduce buy/sell issues. ‍ Matchmaking: Adjusted matchmaking logic to favor high security missions. ‍ ‍ Improvements were made so higher level players would enter the higher level missions and not get dragged down by
Shop and Vendors
Further optimization to Vendor transactions to reduce buy/sell issues.
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Matchmaking:
Adjusted matchmaking logic to favor high security missions. ‍ ‍Improvements were made so higher level players would enter the higher level missions and not get dragged down by teams that have lower level players.
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Incorporated more player variables into matchmaking. Matchmaking now takes into account a player's level and skill to create better matches. This change is intended to reduce the variance of gear within a match.
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Improved logic to more accurately match similarly skilled players together. Some situations would create matches where the different skill level was extreme and new logic was added to reduce those instances.
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Reputation:
Fixed reputation exploit Due to an issue with a dog tag exploit, the reputation in the game is no longer valid for players. The exploit has been fixed and reputation will be reset. This has no effect on gear, matchmaking, loot, or missions.
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UI:
Updated icons for Impulse and EMP grenades.
Add Report Player keybind to the options menu.
Changed default report button to “F1”.
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Map:
Loot Quality improvement A significant issue was found where all crates were giving trash loot quality instead of the appropriate mission level rarity. Progression should feel significantly better now!
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Made a variety of changes to map generation to address scenarios in which an invalid room type can exist.
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Weapons:
Improved weapon registration for kinetic weapons. Under certain lag situations some weapons would have discrepancy between the client and server, we have made some changes to see if we can address the issue more consistently.
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SMG damage falloff is reduced to 50%. We reduced the damage of the SMG beyond its effective range of 20 meters to 50% from the previous 70%. This will allow it to still be deadly at short range but much less effective from medium to long range.
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Fixed an issue with the DMR that could result in unintended spread while firing in ADS.
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Audio:
Fixed an issue where audio would not properly be heard through doors.
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Misc Fixes:
Fixed an issue where death crates would clip into the ground when layered with other crates.
Fixed an issue where the cosmetic shop would reroll before the refresh timer.
Fixed an issue where weapon previews would not update properly in the shop if wraps were the same.
Fixed a condition not being able to reload after revive.
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Known Issues:
If the party leader stops queuing before entering a match, party members may still have an “in queue” screen preventing them from changing their loadout. This can be fixed by leaving the party or by restarting the game.
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Updates & announcements

What to Expect From Season One -