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30 Jul 2024

PATCH NOTES JULY 30, 2024 - P2A RELEASE

Version: 0.26.0-10302

The Machines Arena Play 2 Airdrop campaign is finally here, bringing a multitude of updates to enhance the overall experience. This release particularly focuses on preventing griefers and cheaters from exploiting the system.

While many changes are primarily visible on the P2A website, this update represents a significant overhaul of backend systems, laying the groundwork for future TMA development. Features introduced during P2A, such as quests, milestones, and more, will become integral parts of upcoming TMA releases.

P2A and Website

  • Creation of more than 60 Quests for you to rake in as many points as you can 
  • Update of the website for the P2A
    • Rework of the inventory
    • New Landing Page
    • New Dashboard for you to centralize the information of your account
    • Airdrop Counter to see the progression of the P2A goals
  • Creation of the asset ownership points system to reward players holding onto TMA assets
    • Special rewards for holding onto Special Minted Skins and Familiars
      • Frost (Daye) - [600pts]
      • Pyro the Red-Nose Flamedeer (Pyro) - [2000pts]
      • Toxwraith (Ozy) - [600pts]
      • Day of the Dead (Tesla) - [600pts]
      • Pharaoh (Zulu) - [2000pts]
      • Dragon Dancer (Devol) - [2000pts]
      • The Amorous Archer (Noble) - [2000 pts]
      • Midas_CF (Pyro) - [3000pts]
      • Midas (Pyro) - [3000pts]
      • Royal Guard (Nightcore) - [3000pts]
      • Rustic (Pyro) - [3000pts]
      • Chrome (Daye) - [3000pts]
      • Demo (Daye) - [4000pts]
      • Desert Ranger (Tesla) - [3000pts]
      • Urban Commando (XE) - [2000pts]
      • Mercenary (Bravo Zulu) - [2000pts]
      • Sylvan Cloakranger (XE) -[3000pts]
      • Ethereal Mechmancer (XE) - [3000pts]
      • Moki Familiar - [2000pts]
      • Engineer Devol - [2000pts]
      • Polarspirit Noble - [2000pts]
  • Creation of a VIP system to provide you with daily point rewards in the P2A competition
  • For more info on P2A please check out our FAQ: https://www.themachinesarena.com/blog/p2a_faq

Anti Cheat Effort

  • QuickPlay or Ranked matches Rejoin feature within 2 minutes, 
    • Rejoin dialog when restarting the game or entering the main menu.
  • Ranked match ban for leaving the match and do not rejoining within the 2 minutes rejoin period or before the match ends
    • Escalating ban times: 6min, 15min, 30min, 60min, 12 hours
    • Reset time after last ban: 24 hours

Stock Limit

  • Introduction of limited stock items
    • Players can see how many items of a kind are still in stock 
    • Once an item is out of stock, the player can’t buy them from the shop anymore

Bug-fixes

  • Fixed camera and removed black bars when loading level.
  • Fixed the Skirmish Score counting 
  • Diverse UI fix for mobile
  • Fix mobile buttons that were unclickable

Misc

  • General Intro Performance Improvements
  • Fixed UI localization