2026.01.30.3 Doctrines Have Arrived (Shared Progression Is Now Live)

Patch Notes Summary (Jan 16 → Jan 30)

AI + Vehicle Pathing

• Improved ground vehicle pathing to reduce crashes and unnecessary driving through landscape objects. They should be a lot more intentional for when they decide to kool-aid man through walls

• Fixed large vehicles attempting to route through infantry-only gates

• Cleaned up navigation and collision in key zones (HMB + Treasure Island choke areas)

Performance + Stability

• Fixed Niagara StackWalkAndDump micro-stutter issue in heavy combat

• Fixed replicated DOT crashes under strain

• Multiple crash fixes (ResourceComponentSOC, closing-game timing crash, GetAlliedUnits crash)

• Projectile and spitter net traffic optimizations to reduce rubber banding

Airstrikes + Call-In System

• Airstrike balance pass with cooldowns ranging from 5–7s up to 360s (MOAB) Global Cooldown system!

• Updated Call-In visuals and graphics

• Added Ammo Crate call-ins

• Added Gas Strike to airstrike system

• Dragon Gunship duration increased to 60s

• MOAB now deals absolute damage (cover no longer blocks)

Juggernaut + Special Infected Fixes

• Fixed Juggernaut roar causing car drop/glitch behavior

• Applied fixes for Juggernaut rubber banding

• Slowed down gas tower expansion speed by 50% and doubled survivable time inside gas zones by 50%

• Scientist and Spitter immune to gas call in strike

Doctrines UI + Progression

• Major Doctrine UI polish: resizing, spacing, margins, icon updates, localization updates

• Added starting Doctrine Points option in Custom Game Settings

• Increased Doctrine level cap from 500 → 800 to resolve some bugs reported during experimental of people running out of points to spend after we made some upgrades a bit more expensive

• Fixed multiple doctrine unlock issues (walls, barbed wire, cannon turret, guard tower M107)

• Some text was updated like Flashbang cooldown reduction percent to make it more clearer it applies to Winters/ Spec ops and Operators if they have that ability.

Economy + Balance Adjustments

• Adjusted airstrike pricing and doctrine costs based on playtests lowered overall to make them more enjoyable

• Reduced Operator XP grind by ~34–40%

• GC36 + New Operator Skin added under Allen Walker called "Onslaught"

• Greatly reduced weapon XP requirements per level for Operators

• Custom game starting money increased up to 4 million

• Added the ability to set Starting Doctrine points for those that just want to bypass progression in a more casual game

• Half Moon Bay (Stray Ember was rebalanced based on weeks of communicating with the community to address turret limits, guard tower limits and power issues). Making it a lot more forgiving in your sessions!

Weapons + Combat Updates

• M203 grenade launcher ability added to Assault and as a new perk for the Operator

  • Assault can only get it from the Doctrine unlock

• Spec ops throw demo charge added to Operators as a new ability

• Demo Charge strengthened and retuned

• Infantry explosives buffed vs Juggernaut

• Vehicle cannon turn speed and pop cost balance pass (Bradley, Abrams, Cerberus)

• Turrets lights now properly rotate when they "Look around" at night

Visual + Audio Updates

• Updated loading screens from contest submissions

• Fixed nights being too dark, added Moonlight lighting support

• Medium GI now uses Screenspace GI, Low disables GI entirely

• Fixed weapon flashlight attachment pivots and turret visual desync issues

Camo + Cosmetic Systems

• Vehicle camo system implemented with replication support

• Recruit Popup + Weapon Market camo selector initial pass

• Added "signs" from legacy (Online support too!)

• Support Pack camo unlocks are now back in the rebuild! supports online play too!

Quality of Life + Restrictions

• Fixed exploit bypassing Doctrine restrictions via upgrade buttons

• Added sky validation to block invalid building placement where you could build production structures over say a bridge and units would not