The Battle of Ypres 1914
The autumn can be very harsh to soldiers on the front. Not only do wind and rain make for less visibility, the circumstances were abysmal. Just imagine having to spend the night in a muddy trench with no shower, clean clothes and having to fight for your life the entire day.
The First Battle of Ypres was an attempt from both the Central Powers and the Allies to outflank each other from reaching the Belgian border. It is also referred to as ‘the Race to the Sea’. This quickly turned into a battle of attrition, with both factions deciding to dig into trenches, thus setting the stage for much of the Western Front of World War I!
New seasonal event, new special medals, new rules!
As with our previous seasonal events, all fallen soldiers from each faction will be tracked throughout this campaign event! However, we made a big change that will affect the number of kills. This time, whenever a fight only involves bots, this will not count towards the faction total of the campaign. Only when a player is involved with a kill or is being killed, it will count. It is not required to serve one side during the entire campaign. But that still remains the question, are you Team Central Powers or Team Entente?
The amount of kills earned to each faction can be seen on the main menu. You can earn a special medal during this event. All you have to do is to participate in the battles of Verdun to earn one! You have until November 2nd to do so!
There is a way to upgrade your special medal as well, but more on that in a bit...
Patching the front
Along with the campaign, the latest update for Verdun also fixed a few minor issues. These changes are applicable to version 314.22671
- Changed artilley arc calculation to include target height – artillery may be slightly more precise as a result
- Fixed collision on haystacks in the maps Aisne and Champagne
- Fixed an issue that would cause Campaigns to appear without them being active
- Fixed campaign medals potentially being awarded during 'coming soon' time
- Fixed a bug that let LMG players teleport across the map
- Fixed jitters on MLE1892
- Added truncation on very long player names, although this shouldn't be very noticeable on PC
- Campaigns After-Action Report now displays separate casualty stats for match and campaign totals
- Fixed clipping and floating bullets on RSC 1917 & 1918
- Fixed motion impacting bullet impact effects
If you have any feedback, be sure to let us know through the Steam community discussion boards!
The Eastern Front and Halloween
The Bloody Autumn seasonal event is also active on the Eastern Front! The campaign in Tannenberg is based on the Siege of Przemysl. Participating on both fronts will earn you upgraded special medals, so make sure you are equipped for both the Siege of Przemysl ánd the Battle of Ypres!
Last but not least, we wanted to share this amazing screenshot ‘ReallyRiles55’ on the WW1 Game Series subreddit, who found something that might remind you of a spooky event…
