News: Weekly Briefing, May 14, 2010

Official Communiqué: Combat Arms Command, May 14, 2010


Attention Soldiers!

It's time to take a bit of a breather this week and maybe spare a thought to those hard working individuals who police Combat Arms to try and keep everything on the up and up -- the GMs were throwing an amazing event where you can finally get a chance to ask all those questions you always wanted to. We also had a supply drop this week, a new GP weapon available for purchase, and an ongoing discussion about the ramifications of the changed Vote Kick mechanism. Of course May is also Specialist Month, and several of our great events are continuing for another week or so… get out there and mix it up with the enemy, soldier! Check out everything that happened this week in Combat Arms, and remember that the meek shall inherit the Earth... after the strong are finished with it.


Headlines
REC Rules Coming to the Papa Server

Looking to take a break from the high-powered killing, shooting and mayhem of the battlefield? Why not try some of the low-pressure killing shooting and mayhem on the Papa server with new Recreational (REC) rules! Fun, relaxation, gunplay! What could be better?

Get the details here

5/12 Time Release Update

There's a new supply drop from Combat Arms Command designed to help you survive another day of battle. Check out the M960, the Combat Vest and the Flame Bandit Mask, all available now!

Get the details here


Ongoing: May is Specialist Month

Scorpion! Viper! Hawk! The names of the terror-inspiring elite are being celebrated this month with a host of Specialist-related events and once-in a lifetime sales. Check this notice for some current sales and keep checking back all month long for some more great stuff!

Get the details here

Ongoing: Weekly GP Weapon Sales


All this month we'll be bringing you exclusive and exciting sales. These are no ordinary sales though. We'll be offering a rotating series of NX Exclusive weapons and making them available for GP purchase! This amazing opportunity continues this week with the AA-12. Check back every week to see what else is up for grabs.

Get the details here


Events

GM Meet & Greet

Have you ever wondered just who the GMs are? What they're like? What their favorite weapons are? Well here's your chance to find out during the incredible GM Meet & Greet event!

Say hello!

Ongoing: Bombing Run

You could win one of 20 Supply Crate MYST-N and Weapon Renewal Kit packages if you complete 30 games of Bombing Run by May 24th!

Kaboom!

Ongoing: ACR Extraordinaire

You'll get a Supply Case GIFT-N just for getting 100 kills with either the ACR or the ACR Sandfire by May 24th!

Pew Pew!


Ongoing: Explore Kill Creek

You'll get a Supply Case GIFT-N just by completing 30 matches on Kill Creek by May 24th!

Learn more about it


Ongoing: Clan Match Event

You'll get a 10-use 100% Bonus EXP Pass for completing 15 Clan matches by May 24th!

Group up


Item of the Week: AA-12



This week’s item of the week is the AA-12. This rapid fire shotgun equipped with a drum magazine is known for its minimal recoil and high level of accuracy. The consensus on this gun is that it's at its best on small tight maps such as Death Room and Junk Flea where enemies are almost always in range. While it doesn't carry the punch or the range of some other shotgun types, the low recoil, accuracy and the 20 ammo per clip makes up for it. It also has a fairly fast fire rate for a shotgun, making this a good gun for an emergency situation.

Let’s see what a few of your fellow Combat Arms players had to say:


“This shotgun is unrivaled in clip size compared to other shotguns, which allows for you to come out on top of any engagement and be able to continue unloading your way to victory. It's best used on close quarters maps like Death Room, Overdose, and even Junk Flea. Nothing better than owning all opposition with a few well placed shotgun blasts with this weapons high accuracy."– Josh F.

“The AA-12 is great for any type of close quarter combat surroundings. Walking around a corner, see an unsuspecting player, shoot 2, maybe 1 round, and instant death. The best part is seeing them QQing about you being a shotgun noob, while knowing inside you still got that kill before them and they are just jealous.– Chad W.

“The AA-12 is a fantastic weapon for people who want to get good with shotguns. It doesn't take very much effort to make this weapon good. It has a very high fire rate, extremely good accuracy (for a shotgun), insanely low recoil, and it packs one serious punch! And to make it even more awesome it holds a 20 round clip!”- Jesse O.


Details on the AA-12

Community Spotlight
Vote Kick Discussion

Sarge posted in the forum that based on previous discussions with the fans, a change was made to how Vote Kick works. It now requires 70% of votes to be positive in order for a player to be kicked. What do you think of this change? How has it affected your game?

Join the Discussion!


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Interesting stuff although I still don't see why they are making a month for specs since most people see them as over powered players that ruin the game. I suggest that you make a section called Combat Arms News since we usually comment on game updates and events and it should probably have it's own section to make things more organized.

How does everyone feel about the new Papa server REC rules?

Personally, I see it as a load of BS. It's not going to help anything unless Nexon adds a sliding scale to how the game plays for different levels.

For instance, if a Trainee gets pwnt by a Master Sergeant on normal rules, then possibly for the trainee the game would become easier than it would for the MSG. Otherwise, you don't actually accomplish much besides letting the MSG kill the Trainee that much faster since gun recoil doesn't play that much of a factor in getting killed.

Barring all level disparity, though, it might be interesting. I doubt kills there count toward KDR and I would bet that EXP and GP are awarded at reduced rates.

Idk. The REC rules are pretty dumb and at best the server would be a good place to practice tapping because of the lower recoil. But ya, it probably is going to end up kind of like a noob version of the Delta server (kinda like how Tyleh suggested except I think there is a small chance they will literally make a separate Kdr tracker for the new server like Delta (might not since it would make player rankings look even more messy)).

The REC pwns but it kinda sucks in close range but in far range its kinda good from there....

i dnt rly llike the rec. im not bad wit it its jsut it isnt somtin i woulld buy/

lol but if i had nx i would of bought the REC cuz its kinda good for meh i mostly use it only if in games and some1 dies lol xD

desiareluvbird wrote:

The REC pwns but it kinda sucks in close range but in far range its kinda good from there....

uhh...they're talking bout REC (Recreational) rules for the new Papa server...

i new that duhyy....

lol why wat is this papa server gonna be like for like standards

well the REC is good in any severs but i mostly suck in it on brovo.... D:

Dying Heavens wrote:

desiareluvbird wrote:

The REC pwns but it kinda sucks in close range but in far range its kinda good from there....

uhh...they're talking bout REC (Recreational) rules for the new Papa server...

Lol @ that.

REC rules and Papa Server sounds like a complete fail. Even if it makes the game slightly easier for both new players and experienced players, it would be just like any other server, except much easier to kill noobs. Everything else is pretty much of an "okay" update, I don't care much about them though xD.

i agree papa sever does fail in it....

You need to update your weekly briefing lol, the Gp gun if the week is the Rec

Thanks for the reminder, lol.
Posting it right now =P

Has anyone gotten the rewards from the events yet? I got over 100 kills with the ACR and I still haven't gotten my package thing yet.

I'm pretty sure you get it when the event ends (I've got like 250 kills with my Sandfire) because that's how it went with the 100 MG kills event.

Daraku9 wrote:

Has anyone gotten the rewards from the events yet? I got over 100 kills with the ACR and I still haven't gotten my package thing yet.

You only get the rewards the day the event ends.

Then I'm happy I didn't buy that gun again to get more kills. It's not that good of a gun. Anyone know when the rec rules thing is going up?. It seems a bit odd for Nexon to release information on that kind of an update this early.

Daraku9 wrote:

Then I'm happy I didn't buy that gun again to get more kills. It's not that good of a gun.

Lol, I'm like the only who likes/ is good with that gun it seems. My first match with it I went 14/1 lol.

Wow. Idk, just don't like it because it has weird recoil and its basically like a yellowish orange version of the M416 (except the m416 has great recoil) and its out of order in the shop.

Daraku9 wrote:

Wow. Idk, just don't like it because it has weird recoil and its basically like a yellowish orange version of the M416 (except the m416 has great recoil) and its out of order in the shop.

Meh, same stats except slightly higher damage and accuracy

You forgot to mention that the ACR is also hideous. =)

Tyleh wrote:

You forgot to mention that the ACR is also beautiful. =)

Oh, i agree 100%

It doesn't matter if the accuracy is good if it has bad recoil (kind of like the G36E. Not sure it is more powerful than the M416 either since that would make it pretty close to an AK47 with half the recoil).....