Happy Holidays everyone!! This update comes with a hefty amount of balance changes and an awesome AI takeover feature in case one of your allies accidentally drops from the game. This will be going live on Friday the 22nd, just in time for Xmas! As always, see below for the details and let us know if you find any bugs! Gameplay Notes Pilot Changes · Deadeye · Kingbreaker · Special move Release…
GREETINGS and HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Just a very minor update to prepare things for the Halloween celebration event being hosted by our loving fanbase Dropzone Nation! See below for all the details and don't forget to tune in to twitch.tv/dropzonenation at 1:00pm EDT to watch the stream, play some games, and win some Halloween crates! Patch is landing today, October 31st, in an hour or so! Miscellane…
GREETINGS COMMANDERS! It has been quite awhile since our last update and for that we apologize! We're hoping this patch makes up for it, releasing October 18th/19th (depending on your time zone)! We're very excited to give you a big sweep of balance changes, gameplay additions to objective points, a new Overtime rule, and of course... our very first Vanity crate feature everyone's favorite upco…
Greetings everyone. Recently Dropzone's publishing was switched from Gameforge to Sparkypants internally. There was an in-game message during a 5 week window asking for each players' permission to migrate their account, but it's possible some of you accidentally chose "No" instead of "Yes", or you just weren't logged in during the 5 weeks leading up to the migration. If this is the case and you…
Greetings Commanders! This week's patch will release on August 30th and with it comes the release of our third Sniper, DEADEYE, along with a variety of new gear to flesh out our Sniper class! See below for all the details! Gameplay Notes Pilot Changes · Pilot: Deadeye **NEW!** · Pilot Class: Sniper · Trait: Deadeye MARKS the enemy nearest to any enemy he kills. · Default Gear: Pinpoint Laser, P…
Hello Core hunters! This week's patch will release August 16th. We have some quality of life changes and some fixes, but most importantly we have added a 'Consent to Transfer' message/setting for all current players. You can follow this link for all the details as to why we have done this: Change of Publisher If you have any question about this please do not hesitate to post in the thread or me…
On September 6th, 2017, Gameforge will be relinquishing its role as publisher of Dropzone and handing the game over to its developers, Sparkypants. This will not change anything for you – all items, game progress and unlocked content remain yours. In order to continue playing with your account, we need to receive consent to transfer your account details to Sparkypants by September 6th. From Aug…
Hello Europans and everyone beyond the belt! This week's patch will release August 2nd. Some HUD improvements, a few balance changes, and a big overhaul of the custom lobby system. Check out all the details below! Gameplay Notes · Dead Rig Command Grid · The Command Grid is now fully interactable even when your rigs are dead · Upgrade your rigs via mouse click or hotkeys (ALT + Q, W, E) · Hover…
Greetings Commanders! This week's patch will release on July 20th and is a bit of a game changer! Cross-Mode queue is finally here and as you might have seen on some of our other broadcast channels, the broken transmission we mentioned the other week was from our new Sniper pilot, SHRAPNEL! See below for all the details! Gameplay Notes · One Queue to Rule Them All · Our Cross-Mode Multi-Queue s…
Attention, Commanders! In the course of the day we'll be rolling out a fix that will add queue penalties to players resigning a draft. Your Dropzone Team
Greetings Europa! This week's patch will release on July 5th. It's a relatively light one, but there are some nice nuggets for you. Also... we recently received a broken transmission in the clear. It's very garbled and missing some data. We have our team working to clean it up, but the one word we have been able to understand so far is.... "shrapnel". Could be a distress signal, could be a debr…
Attention all Commanders! As most of you have already seen in our Patch Notes release yesterday, build 2301 has a huge change to our in-game leveling system. If you haven't tried it out yet, or you've played with it but want to learn more about it, our very own Andrew Auseon has put together a short video explaining the change, how it differs from the old method, and why we decided to go this d…
It's been awhile, Commanders! We are happy to report this week's patch will deploy on Wednesday, June 28 , and boy is this a big one. We have a SIGNIFICANT change to the way our in-game leveling works, so please read the details and give us your feedback once you start playing a good amount of matches with it! Gameplay Notes · New Rig/Gear Leveling System · To the bridge the gap between 1v1 and…
Greetings Commanders! Apologies for the lack of an update this week. Time flies when you're having fun, or at least working hard to include some big changes for the next release! Same thing, right? As usual, we will provide all the details in our Patch Notes next week, but for now here is a small list of what you can expect: · Parties will be able to match with non-partied players for 3v3 Ranke…
Commanders, this week's patch will deploy on Wednesday, June 14 . Gameplay Notes · Queue Penalty Improvements · Abandon and Surrender options have been added to the in-game options menu · Getting kicked from a game due to AFK detection, disconnecting from a game, and choosing the abandon option in a match with 2+ human players is considered toxic behavior and will be subject to a queue penalty…
Commanders, this week's patch will deploy on Thursday, June 8 . Gameplay Notes · 3v3 Improvements · The Command Grid in Team 3v3 now displays your teammates’ health and respawn timers, similar to the Command Grid in the 1v1 game mode · Hovering over allied pilot icons in the Command Grid will display your teammates’ gear loadout and skill cooldowns · AFK Detection · AFK detection is active in a…
Salutations, Commanders! Hope everyone's enjoying the 5th class, Sniper, and new map Styx! Here's a look at what's coming up for the community this week: Developer Blog ------------------------------- Just in time for the release of Lynx, our first ever Sniper pilot, Designer Peter Janaros talks all about the new class and their signature gameplay mechanics: Give it a read, then go check out Ly…
Commanders, we've got a massive update coming your way tomorrow, Wednesday, May 31 ! We've lifted the cloaking field on our 5th class, and the first Sniper pilot, LYNX, will be available for EVERYONE to play tomorrow. And where better to play than on a brand new map, STYX. Gameplay Notes · New Map: Styx Once Drauger Limited's foremost testing ground for military innovation, this subterranean in…
We've heard your requests, Commanders! In this week's patch, deploying Wednesday, May 24, we're adding Ranked 3v3 mode! Note that this mode (as with Ranked 1v1) is still WIP, and we'll continue to update 3v3 and Ranked 3v3 modes based on your feedback. In this patch we're also adding new ways to get rewards, and revamped UI to better show your progression! Gameplay Notes · Ranked 3v3 mode has b…
Commanders, here's your recap of community happenings! Developer Blog ------------------------------- Want to know more about the Dropzone universe? Producer and narrative writer Andrew Auseon dives into the lore in this week's new blog post! Here's the full blog post: Tournaments ------------------------------- DZN Weekly Beta Cups When: Tuesday, May 23 Regions: All There will be another weekl…
Here are this week's patch notes, Commanders! Gameplay Notes Gameplay Modes · Account level requirements to unlock gameplay modes have changed · Team 3v3 vs humans is now available immediately for players · 1v1 Ranked is now available at level 10 instead of level 15 · Solo Skirmish -> VS AI (Player VS Player) is now available immediately · An Experience Selection screen has been added to the ga…
Here's a look at next week's upcoming events, Commanders! Tournaments ------------------------------- DZN Weekly Beta Cups: 3v3 When: Tuesday, May 16 Regions: All The next weekly cup from Dropzone Nation will be a Team 3v3 tournament! Grab some allies and sign up! ------------------------------- If you have a Dropzone-related fansite, group, or are organizing a Dropzone tournament or other comm…
This week's patch notes are here, Commanders! Version 2055 is incoming Wednesday, May 10 . Gameplay Notes · A quicker tutorial experience has been added for new players · Three quick missions starring Recon, focusing on 1-rig control · Pings · The ping radial (default key: V ) has been redesigned, and now allows players to quickly swipe their mouse in the direction of the ping they want to issu…
Salutations, Commanders! Here's a look at your community events for the upcoming week! Developer Blog ------------------------------- A brand new blog post is up today, this time with one of our backend engineers, Wraithan . Wraithan explains a question that many of you have asked: "How does matchmaking work in Dropzone?" You can read all the details about our matchmaking algorithms on the Spar…
Commanders, it's time for patch notes! Version 2023 will deploy Wednesday, May 3 : Gameplay Notes · Kavash Boss · Bosses will no longer aggro units via proximity. The boss will now become aggro'd only after being attacked by a unit · The boss no longer has minions · Boss auto attack range reduced from 25m to 21m · Boss auto attack DPS increased from 110 to 150 · Each time the boss respawns, it…
Greetings, Commanders! There will be a new game update tomorrow, Wednesday, April 26 , with changes to gameplay, gear, and pilots; as well as quality-of-life suggestions from you, our player community; and lots of bug fixes! Gameplay Notes · Pushes and pulls no longer interrupt abilities · Example: Abilities like Palm Rockets and Dyno Vortex will no longer stop Recon's Orbital Strike channel. T…
It's Friday, Commanders! Time for your weekly update with what's going on in the Dropzone player community. Developer Blog ------------------------------- We have a new post on the Sparkypants developer blog! In this second dev blog post, we interview Art Director Ted Terranova about how we create the unique pilots of Dropzone! Check out the video interview: Read the full blog post: Interview:…
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