[Content Update] 7/29 Content Update Notes - Quarantine Mode!

For 7/29, another treacherous map has been added…Operation: Overdose is going to drop you soldiers into a locked down lab facility, where even the help of valued teammates may not keep you alive. Don't worry, Central Command is providing a whole new set of weapons, items, and supplies to ensure your survival. Good luck, brave men and women of Combat Arms...you’ll need it.



Operation: Overdose

SITREP: The physiological stress and fatigue caused by the ongoing war has left soldiers deserting in droves and showing a lack of respect for their superior officers. In a controversial step to boost mercenary morale, high ranking officers authorized development of a stamina drug using a promising new organic sample. When the final product was being prepared for mass production, the first and only surviving test subject had an abnormal and untested dosage enter their bloodstream. The cause of the accident has yet to be determined, but shortly thereafter, the local security response team sent transmissions warning of a severe physical threat and potential outbreak situation. Before the transmissions were abruptly terminated, they alluded to the remainder of the drug sample left intact in the research center. The research center has been shut down by the Automatic Quarantine System, and an infiltration mission by Special Forces has been called upon in order to retrieve the drug sample.


New Map: Overdose
The lab facility of Lab3, a NEXEMIS affiliate, has been shut down by the Automatic Quarantine System in an effort to control the spreading of an infectious virus. Retrieve the drug sample from the lab, but beware of biological contaminants.



New Mode: Quarantine

At the beginning of the game, one or more players will be randomly selected as a Host Infection.


Infected Team: Your mission is to infect as many humans as possible. Hit a human with a melee attack in order to infect them. Infect all humans to win the mission.

Human Team: Your mission is to survive. You survive either when the mission timer runs out or you destroy all of the Infected.




Limited Edition NX Weapons:

The following weapons will be only be available for a limited time so get to the Black Market and grab yours today!

-- The Rare M4A1 SOPMOD

-- A Permanent version of the PSG-1 MOD. Equips in either the weapon or backpack slot, moveable to storage, and never expires!



Buy one, get one free NX sale:


For one week only, buy the new Utility Backpack and get an extra one free! 3 slots of storage, 2 times the duration. Offer expires August 5th at 10am PDT.

-- Utility Backpack





New NX Weapons & Gear


-- Flamethrower (Specialist Only)



-- SAIGA 20K CQB



-- MK.48 MOD 0



-- SAIGA 20K CQB CAMO available now in Supply Case SG-N


-- MK.48 MOD 0 CAMO available now exclusively in Supply Case MYST-N



-- USP Tactical SE available now in Supply Case P-N



Other New NX Items


-- Bonus EXP Pass (40%)
-- Bonus GP Pass (40%)





Starter Package

A gift for new users! Every player who creates a character for the first time will receive a 7-day Starter Package in their inbox, complements of Central Command. This package includes:

-- Heavy Vest
-- FAMAS
-- M24
-- Sport Shades
-- M1911 MEU





New GP Weapons & Gear


-- Supply Case MG, containing the MK.48 CAMO available at Staff Sergeant 2
-- M67 Frag Pack at Command Sergeant Major 3
-- Flamethrower (Specialist Only) at Second Lieutenant 4
-- Utility Backpack at First Lieutenant 1
-- L85A1 CAMO available now in Supply Case AR
-- SAIGA 20K CAMO available now in Supply Case SG


-- Specialist and Specialist item GP prices have been reduced!



Other Game Changes & Updates


New Arms Permitted Options:
-- Shotguns Only
-- No Shotguns


Map Changes:
-- One Man Army added to Showdown
-- Capture the Flag added to Brushwood

Item Fixes:
-- Heartbeat Detector / Satellite Scanner no longer have abnormal battery drain/use if a teammate has a Heartbeat Detector / Satellite Scanner equipped.
-- Heartbeat Sensor functions again.
-- Female Specialist Viper has had her speed and stamina adjusted to their intended amounts.
-- Descriptions for the M1911 Knight’s Gold, M1911 Silver, Desert Eagle Gold and Desert Eagle Black have been updated.


Minor Functionality Issues:
-- Idle Timer adjusted to 2 minutes in game rooms.
-- First Anniversary Bandana now displays correctly on female characters.


Balancing:
-- Satellite Scanner has been balanced to alert the opposing team that it has been activated, and does not recharge after respawn.
-- Nutshot has been changed so that it is no longer a one hit kill. You now obtain a Nutshot when your killing shot hits a male character in the nuts.
-- HDS-4 Reflex Sight aiming bonus has been increased to 5%.


Bug Fixes:
-- Curse Filter fixed in the lobby.
-- The Left and Right arrow keys can now be assigned to the game controls.
-- GM Impersonation and Red Text issue in the Server Lobby has been fully addressed.
-- Vote Kick – UI no longer remains active and blocks the screen.
-- In-Game: Areas where vulnerable to clipping or glitching through walls or assets in Warhead, Gray Hammer, and Rattlesnake have been fixed
-- Power Surge – Restricted area on top of a warehouse at Bravo Spawn can no longer be accessed.
-- Rattlesnake – You can no longer climb on top of the warehouse and hide in restricted areas of the battlefield.
-- Modifications on the L96A1, K1A and M14 should now appear correctly for Scorpion.
-- Total clan EXP needed to rank up is now displayed in the clan tab (as opposed to the remaining amount needed).





--Combat Arms Command--

Best. Patch. Ever.

Look's like Nexon finally decided to listen to the players, and we have epic balancing. Possibly the best patch this year.

THANK YOU NEXON.

Go here for new patch weapon pictures : http://www.combatarmsforums.com/showthread.php?t=3089

No GP weapons? This is not good..... .

Yea, the L85A1 . They just didn't put it on notes. >.<

From what I see the L85A1 is GP Supply case only. Buying permanent BM weapons :S. *Braces himself for possible M416CQB outbreak*.

SELECT BM items. SELECT.

Probably only the crap ones. haha . I hope so =S

Permanent PSG :O Time to go buy NX lol. And wtf is everyone hyped up on the sopmod for? Sorry if that seems off topic but the patch was talking about it... I mean, it just looks like an m4a1 desert warrior with a silencer and an itech to me. All the noobs think its a god when someone can just make one by buying an m4a1, a silencer, and attaching an itech to it...

SomeJello, I currently use a M4A1 with S3 and Trishot holosight, but the SOPMOD's silencer does not reduce damage as much, so it makes it a very well rounded weapon with low recoil and excellent damage ability.

As far as I know, all NX weapons that include silencers don't take damage penalties from the silencer.

Hense why the MP5SD was so popular for all of 30 seconds.

The M4Sopmod is probably the second most powerful gun in the game, proceded by the bloody gattling gun. I hardly use the iotech on it. Hip shooting FTW.

Quarantine is crap

Fixed that for ya'

OMGOMGOMG - You're back ?

Nice to see you again

Nexon is about to release a quarantine update to address concerns that players have had about the speed and power of the infected. It definetely needed balancing.

lol you mean Seawied actually went away from this site for a while?!?!?

wouldnt now seeing as hes been a member since march, and already has almost a 1,000 posts, lol.

ya Summer is my busy season. Couple that with being disgusted with Nexon's nut shots I stopped playing for a while.

I have no idea how long I'll be back for though

Nut shots are no longer one hit kills

I doubt nexon will come out with any or little new gp guns. They dont make anything off of gp but nx they make a killing. And they are also changing the ranks at which you unlock guns at. The advanced backpack they pushed to a higher rank along with a few other guns. It's just what they're gona make money off of but either way its lame.

Just got on today--balancing issues are better: zombies are slower, less hp, and bullets hurt them more.

Still can't patch the dumb lone wolf humans who don't work with others in the office tho lol

btw love having no nutshots!

well thats the new update, but they couldve been a lil more specific.

I played a little last night. Seemed much better.

CA is still a lag magnet. You can't play at all if your capped. I get this random EXP glitch where I don;t get my EXP at all.

hehe, I managed to make my broadband last 2 weeks this month. I'm gonna beat you to 2LT2

When I do , I'm gonna slow down my playing a bit though. I really only wanted the G18.

Although that Silver bar looks really nice........