Looks like CA is getting a Zombie mode... hell yes
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I'm sure you've all heard about the upcoming Zombie style mode that is due to hit our monitors in the August patch. Several images and a small amount of information was leaked by a Nexon US employee, and this is where we all first heard about it. From what we read there, the new mode, named Quarantine Mode, is a battle between humans and zombies. The object of the game, as a human, is obviously, to survive the zombies, whilst its the job of the zombies, to eliminate all humans before the round ends. We also learnt that this new mode will come with a new map, and new weapons.
With such a big upcoming patch, and so little information to feed on, we felt that it was time to learn more from Nexon...
Interview -
Hey Nexon, thank you for taking the time to site down and conduct this interview with us. It's greatly appreciatted.
So, the new mode. We've all read the information that was leaked, seen the pictures, and had time to catch a glimpse of the stunning new desktops, but in all honesty, we still don't know that much about what to expect. We've learned that people will be able to play as both humans, and zombies. Can you talk us through exactly how that works?
So you the basically start as either a human or an infected host, and your objective is to either survive as a human or make the survivoring humans the same as your kind when you are a zombie. You might get the basic idea from other enjoyable zombie movies and games, but it is harder to survive when you are in a closed area with mutated life forms. If you are a zombie, you win when you infect every one of the other characters. If you are a human you have to survive for a duration of time to win. Zombies and humans are randomly selected a few seconds before the match starts. The actuall numbers and ratio of humans to zombies at round start are still under balancing, so I can't give a sure number about that.
You spoke about game rounds, and timers. How do the game rounds work?
You may think about the S&D mode. Each game consists of a several rounds that have a limited time and which can also be controlled manually in the room options.
How about the characters looks. Is there one type of zombie character, or does it depends on your character / mercenaries?
The zombie's form will depend on your current character.
We also saw pictures of the new map that the zombie mode will be playable on. Can you give us a brief description of this map?
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Numerous incidents of deserts and accidents occur as the soldiers grow exhausted from the physiological stress and fatigue of the ongoing war. The higher powers of the military authorize NEMEXIS the development of a drug to solve this situation. A slight mistake of over dosage leads to a subject soldier going berserk, and the research center suddenly becomes indescribable chaos. The research center is 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.
The map is a closed area which is a bit twisted for users to have to suffer during this kind of hide and seek. It personally reminds me of the feeling of a light Doom or Duke Nukem map for any of you players out there, but it's up for you to decide
Will this map be the only one that we will be able to play Quarantine Mode on, or are we able to play it on some of the more regular maps that we have here in Combat Arms?
Unfortunately, Yes. If the players enjoy it enough, we will definitely make it possible for other maps too in the future.
Probably one of the smallest points in the leaked interview was the brief mention of new weapons to be included with this mode. Of all the things to not give information on, this was the point that was ignored. Can you tell us what new weapons to expect with Quarantine mode?
No new quarantine mode orientated weapons will be added during this patch. At the moment we are still under balancing, so we may try to differ the effects of each weapon vs the zombies. Personally I would suggest a gun with a lot of bullets when you actually play the game. It's definately needed There may be new zombie orientated weapons in the future, depending on how well this mode goes down with players.
Most patches take place in the early part of the month. Has a date been confirmed for this patch yet, and if yes, what is it?
Currently we are expecting it in the US on 30.07 and in Europe at 05.08. Instead of delays, we will try our best to deliver a version with as many bugs fixed as possible.
Moving away from Quarantine mode; With so many repocutions from the last patch with the specialists, are we to expect any game balancing, or further changes to be made to anything other than this mode? Any glitchproofing of maps, gun nerfing, votekick changes, black market updates, or anything?
Considering the specialists, we believe the major conception of it being overpowered comes from the unavailability. I admit that the GP prices were rather unrealistic, and that will be adjusted. We are also planning for a shotgun options on room Though it is not a prefered weapon now we still have requests about it. Gun nerfing and bug fixing are still under process, so I can't give confirm answer about it. There will also be new weapons released, both GP and NX weapons available. For the Votekick we have noticed that the amount of complaints have reduced drastically after the vetos were counted as no's and we would like to observe it a bit more until we give additional tuning. I hope that answers all.
Nexon have added several news modes, and pieces of content over the last few months. Can we expect this to continue, and what can we expect in the future ?
Considering the time left for the next release it's a bit early to tell, but there definitely will be more PVE options for the fireteam lovers within this year. :-)
Well thank you for the time, I hope you enjoyed it just as much as we did.
Here are some pictures concerning the new mode -
Quote:
I'm sure you've all heard about the upcoming Zombie style mode that is due to hit our monitors in the August patch. Several images and a small amount of information was leaked by a Nexon US employee, and this is where we all first heard about it. From what we read there, the new mode, named Quarantine Mode, is a battle between humans and zombies. The object of the game, as a human, is obviously, to survive the zombies, whilst its the job of the zombies, to eliminate all humans before the round ends. We also learnt that this new mode will come with a new map, and new weapons.
With such a big upcoming patch, and so little information to feed on, we felt that it was time to learn more from Nexon...
Interview -
Hey Nexon, thank you for taking the time to site down and conduct this interview with us. It's greatly appreciatted.
So, the new mode. We've all read the information that was leaked, seen the pictures, and had time to catch a glimpse of the stunning new desktops, but in all honesty, we still don't know that much about what to expect. We've learned that people will be able to play as both humans, and zombies. Can you talk us through exactly how that works?
So you the basically start as either a human or an infected host, and your objective is to either survive as a human or make the survivoring humans the same as your kind when you are a zombie. You might get the basic idea from other enjoyable zombie movies and games, but it is harder to survive when you are in a closed area with mutated life forms. If you are a zombie, you win when you infect every one of the other characters. If you are a human you have to survive for a duration of time to win. Zombies and humans are randomly selected a few seconds before the match starts. The actuall numbers and ratio of humans to zombies at round start are still under balancing, so I can't give a sure number about that.
You spoke about game rounds, and timers. How do the game rounds work?
You may think about the S&D mode. Each game consists of a several rounds that have a limited time and which can also be controlled manually in the room options.
How about the characters looks. Is there one type of zombie character, or does it depends on your character / mercenaries?
The zombie's form will depend on your current character.
We also saw pictures of the new map that the zombie mode will be playable on. Can you give us a brief description of this map?
Quote:
Numerous incidents of deserts and accidents occur as the soldiers grow exhausted from the physiological stress and fatigue of the ongoing war. The higher powers of the military authorize NEMEXIS the development of a drug to solve this situation. A slight mistake of over dosage leads to a subject soldier going berserk, and the research center suddenly becomes indescribable chaos. The research center is 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.
The map is a closed area which is a bit twisted for users to have to suffer during this kind of hide and seek. It personally reminds me of the feeling of a light Doom or Duke Nukem map for any of you players out there, but it's up for you to decide
Will this map be the only one that we will be able to play Quarantine Mode on, or are we able to play it on some of the more regular maps that we have here in Combat Arms?
Unfortunately, Yes. If the players enjoy it enough, we will definitely make it possible for other maps too in the future.
Probably one of the smallest points in the leaked interview was the brief mention of new weapons to be included with this mode. Of all the things to not give information on, this was the point that was ignored. Can you tell us what new weapons to expect with Quarantine mode?
No new quarantine mode orientated weapons will be added during this patch. At the moment we are still under balancing, so we may try to differ the effects of each weapon vs the zombies. Personally I would suggest a gun with a lot of bullets when you actually play the game. It's definately needed There may be new zombie orientated weapons in the future, depending on how well this mode goes down with players.
Most patches take place in the early part of the month. Has a date been confirmed for this patch yet, and if yes, what is it?
Currently we are expecting it in the US on 30.07 and in Europe at 05.08. Instead of delays, we will try our best to deliver a version with as many bugs fixed as possible.
Moving away from Quarantine mode; With so many repocutions from the last patch with the specialists, are we to expect any game balancing, or further changes to be made to anything other than this mode? Any glitchproofing of maps, gun nerfing, votekick changes, black market updates, or anything?
Considering the specialists, we believe the major conception of it being overpowered comes from the unavailability. I admit that the GP prices were rather unrealistic, and that will be adjusted. We are also planning for a shotgun options on room Though it is not a prefered weapon now we still have requests about it. Gun nerfing and bug fixing are still under process, so I can't give confirm answer about it. There will also be new weapons released, both GP and NX weapons available. For the Votekick we have noticed that the amount of complaints have reduced drastically after the vetos were counted as no's and we would like to observe it a bit more until we give additional tuning. I hope that answers all.
Nexon have added several news modes, and pieces of content over the last few months. Can we expect this to continue, and what can we expect in the future ?
Considering the time left for the next release it's a bit early to tell, but there definitely will be more PVE options for the fireteam lovers within this year. :-)
Well thank you for the time, I hope you enjoyed it just as much as we did.
Here are some pictures concerning the new mode -
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