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Steam News15 December 201510y ago

Christmas Patch - Patch 1.19.3 (836): Wednesday 10 AM UTC

We're aiming at releasing a client update on Wednesday. Maintenance should be approximately 2 - 3 hours and will start at 10 AM UTC.

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addedWe're aiming at releasing a client update on Wednesday. Maintenance should be approximately 2 - 3 hours and will start at 10 AM UTC. CHRISTMAS 2015 Season’s greetings, and welcome to APB: Reloaded's Christmas 2015 event! This year we combine and extend all of our previous events, providing entertainment to old and new players alike. Claw your way to the top in the 12 Deaths of Christmas Event in Beacon, gain respect with the Christmas Elves in Mission Districts and reward your friends with access to Secret Santa gift boxes. New and expanded roles provide access to new titles, access to new weapons, and a new festive clothing option. 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: 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: 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 Triggered by gaining score in the 12 Deaths of Christmas event, which is gained by Killing or Assisting during the minigame. As such, this is a grind-challenge which all players can get after enough time, though skilled players will complete it a lot faster. This replaces last year's event, rewarding our new clothing asset. Requirement Reward NOTE: Players do not earn Score towards "Deck The Halls" for vehicle kills Snowball Fight Pelt enemy players with snowballs to win prizes. Top prize gives you a Candy Cane Weapon Skin! Snowball Wars Take part in Snowball fights in the X-Mas Event district to complete this role. You get 1 point for participating in a snowball fight, and a bonus point if you win! Unlocks the Santa Hat, Reindeer Antlers and the Raptor 45 'Vulture'. Secret Santa Event: Players can now utilize the SECRET SANTA BOXES earned through the 1]2 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

APB Reloaded changes

addedWe're aiming at releasing a client update on Wednesday. Maintenance should be approximately 2 - 3 hours and will start at 10 AM UTC. CHRISTMAS 2015 Season’s greetings, and welcome to APB: Reloaded's Christmas 2015 event! This year we combine and extend all of our previous events, providing entertainment to old and new players alike. Claw your way to the top in the 12 Deaths of Christmas Event in Beacon, gain respect with the Christmas Elves in Mission Districts and reward your friends with access to Secret Santa gift boxes. New and expanded roles provide access to new titles, access to new weapons, and a new festive clothing option. 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: 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: 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 Triggered by gaining score in the 12 Deaths of Christmas event, which is gained by Killing or Assisting during the minigame. As such, this is a grind-challenge which all players can get after enough time, though skilled players will complete it a lot faster. This replaces last year's event, rewarding our new clothing asset. Requirement Reward NOTE: Players do not earn Score towards "Deck The Halls" for vehicle kills Snowball Fight Pelt enemy players with snowballs to win prizes. Top prize gives you a Candy Cane Weapon Skin! Snowball Wars Take part in Snowball fights in the X-Mas Event district to complete this role. You get 1 point for participating in a snowball fight, and a bonus point if you win! Unlocks the Santa Hat, Reindeer Antlers and the Raptor 45 'Vulture'. Secret Santa Event: Players can now utilize the SECRET SANTA BOXES earned through the 1]2 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

We're aiming at releasing a client update on Wednesday. Maintenance should be approximately 2 - 3 hours and will start at 10 AM UTC. CHRISTMAS 2015 Season’s greetings, and welcome to APB: Reloaded's Christmas 2015 event! This year we combine and extend all of our previous events, providing entertainment to old and new players alike. Claw your way to the top in the 12 Deaths of Christmas Event in Beacon, gain respect with the Christmas Elves in Mission Districts and reward your friends with access to Secret Santa gift boxes. New and expanded roles provide access to new titles, access to new weapons, and a new festive clothing option. 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

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

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 Triggered by gaining score in the 12 Deaths of Christmas event, which is gained by Killing or Assisting during the minigame. As such, this is a grind-challenge which all players can get after enough time, though skilled players will complete it a lot faster. This replaces last year's event, rewarding our new clothing asset.

Requirement Reward NOTE

Players do not earn Score towards "Deck The Halls" for vehicle kills Snowball Fight Pelt enemy players with snowballs to win prizes. Top prize gives you a Candy Cane Weapon Skin! Snowball Wars Take part in Snowball fights in the X-Mas Event district to complete this role. You get 1 point for participating in a snowball fight, and a bonus point if you win! Unlocks the Santa Hat, Reindeer Antlers and the Raptor 45 'Vulture'.

Secret Santa Event

Players can now utilize the SECRET SANTA BOXES earned through the 1]2 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

Source

Steam News / 15 December 2015

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