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Christmas 2014 - Introduction:
Hello and welcome to APB:R's Christmas 2014 Event! This year we're bringing back the Beacon district to host the Snowball fight event and an all new event called "The 12-Deaths of Christmas". Players will be able to earn a new deployable from this event that they'll be able to use in other action districts. This new deployable is a Secret Santa box that will create a random weapon, with random modifications and a random skin. The box owner won't be able to pick up the randomly generated weapon - Christmas is about giving after all - but other players will, and those players will then be able to help the box owner advance special roles and achievements to earn all sorts of new goodies! This new deployable also introduces a new functionality - weapon dropping and weapon pick-ups. So, when a player is either killed while holding one of these gift box weapons, or, drops it themselves by switching weapons, the weapon itself will fall to the floor and another player will be able to pick it up!
So, how do you earn these awesome new gift boxes? Well, if you jump into the Beacon district you'll be able to take part in the new 12 Deaths of Christmas event, finishing this event will gift you a number of boxes, depending on how well you did. The event itself is a free for all, reverse gun game, where the object is to work your way down the weapon tiers by getting kills. The first person to get the final kill with a snowball will win the event and earn the most gift boxes! These can then be used to earn new titles, skins and weapons (see below for the full details).
We hope you enjoy this new release and, from everyone here at Reloaded, we wish you a very happy Holiday Season!
The Reloaded Team
Christmas Event District:
Here players can play the Snowball Wars event from last year (where each player is giving a snowball launcher and a team kill total), as well as the new event "The 12 Deaths of Christmas", which will allow players to earn the new deployable Secret Santa Box, which can be used in the Action districts to earn a new weapon and skin.
NOTE: These events will automatically cycle within the district, all you have to do is join. Each district will be capped at 12 players per-faction, as the Snowball Wars event is a team based event.
EVENT 1: The 12 Deaths of Christmas:
Free-for-all Event (no teams)
Player's Objective:
Kill other players to advance weapon tiers and earn prizes (see below).
Progression:
At the start of the game, players are given a weapon and they must advance through the weapon tiers until they reach the final tier - the first person to get a kill with the final tier weapon wins the game.
Tier Breakdown:
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Further Information:
The HUD will show remaining score required, current weapon tier, current place and remaining time.
When a player reaches the final tier, all players will be notified of who this player is.
Rewards:
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Secret Santa Boxes:
You will earn Secret Santa Boxes based on your performance during the 12 Deaths of Christmas Event - the better you do, the more boxes you will earn. You can then take these boxes into the regular Action Districts. Please see "Secret Santa Event" below for more details.
Deck The Halls:
During the 12 Deaths of Christmas Event, players will also earn score. This score is an accumulative total that increases as you play The 12 Deaths of Christmas. The ultimate goal is to earn a total of 50,000 points and be rewarded the top prize. You will earn more score by getting kills with higher weapon tiers.
Here is a Score you'll earn at each weapon tier:
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NOTE: Players do not earn Score towards "Deck The Halls" for vehicle kills
Rewards:
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EVENT 2: Snowball Wars:
Team based Event (12 per side)
Objective:
Players are given a snowball launcher and a kill total for their Faction. The first Faction to reach the kill count wins the event.
Rewards:
When you complete a Snowball Wars event, a new role will be incremented. The role is scored in the following way: 1 point for taking part (killing / assisting / dying honourably at least once) and an extra point for winning.
Complete the "Snowball Wars!" role to earn a Santa Hat and the Reindeer Antlers for your character!
Secret Santa Event:
Players can now utilize the SECRET SANTA BOXES earned through the 12 DEATHS OF CHRISTMAS event (see above) in the main action districts.
Secret Santa Boxes are a new type of deployable that players can place at any location they please - other players can then interact with them to get randomly generated weapons as prizes.
Secret Santa Boxes:
When deployed, a Secret Santa Box appears in the player's hands (their interaction with this box is limited to dropping, picking up and moving it around).
Once the box is placed on the ground, all other players in the district (no faction restriction) can interact with the Secret Santa Box to win a random weapon, which will also have a random selection of modifications and a random skin.
NOTE: The player who placed the box can't take a prize.
Achievements and Rewards:
Ho Ho Ho, Now I have a ...
Kill 50 players with weapons you've taken from SECRET SANTA BOXES to earn the FAR 'Charger' for purchase from a contact.
The Gift that keeps on Giving
Other players have killed a total of 100 players, using weapons they've picked up from a Secret Santa Box you've deployed. This will unlock a unique weapon skin.
Returning Christmas Content - The Elves:
Regular Action Districts - Elves:
The trouble-making Elves return to the Financial district and they have their own Daily Activities, which reward Joker Tickets.
If you are an Enforcer you'll be able to find "Elforcer" in Merchant Park, and if you are a Criminal you'll be able to find "Criminelf" in Border, just off Jagalchi Street.
Contact Rewards:
Level 2:
- HoHoHoPGL (Snowball firing grenade launcher). This weapon has four "Chipmas" (trademarked by Farfletched) tunes that it will randomly play for its wind-up.
- A Snowball. A deadly Snowball. So deadly, we've capitalized the S.
Level 3: Silent Night & Jingle Bells Themes.
Level 4: A Snowman Head.
Level 5: Custom Eyes and Mouths for your Snowman Head.
Level 6: Coal Eyes and a Carrot Nose for your Snowman Head, plus the title "Snowman".
NOTE: There should be an introductory mail for the Elves, and then a mail for each standing level you gain with them.
ROLE:
Snowball Fight!
Unlocks "Snowballer" Title (20 snowball kills)
Candy Cane Weapon Skins (50 snowball kills)
TITLES:
i. Naughty
ii. Nice
iii. The Red Nosed Criminal
iv. The Red Nosed Enforcer
All these titles can be bought from the Elves for 10 Joker Tickets (faction-specific titles are only for their respective faction)
BUG FIXES:
EXPLOIT PREVENTION (OUT OF BOUNDS):
Fixed a range of OOB boundaries across Financial and Waterfront, as there were instances where areas of the map that shouldn't be considered "OOB" were being so.
AUDIO:
Fixed an issue where the Master Volume wouldn't affect the Tutorial Complete sound.
UI (HUD):
Fixed an issue where the ammo counter could stay red if a weapon had low ammunition before being unequipped.