Update 2.7 New Game Mode Pre-Release Thread

NG_Sam

Hi Everyone,

With the new update drawing nearer there'll be more information and speculation about the new features, so I'm making an announcement thread to keep the conversation coherent and in one place. First up: New Game Mode!

Let's go!

EDIT: We will do our best to answer your questions as accurately as possible, but as this feature is not yet released the answers that are given in this thread are potentially subject to change.

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We got limited info on the new game mode challenge system that is called "The Distance".
If you have questions, ask away! But I am not sure if I will have all the answers except from what we were told ;p

Pain Walker

Here we go

Monsuta

What about we use Tara's leader trait to heal our survivors during The Distance? Will it actually heal or just a fake heal in only that mission but the damage will appear on next map?

Pain Walker

@Monsuta my video explains that

Tzar

When will we be able to see it?

Putchuco

Here are my immediate questions:

- Can we exchange gear between survivors from mission to mission, especially between 'fallen' survivors and the replacements?
- Do we get a heads-up on the next mission, in terms of enemies, what team/gear to use?
- Is there going to be a 'leaderboard' where we can see each others progress? Global, national, within our guild?

Monsuta

@painwalker OK I saw what you said, but what situation like this:

A survivor with 2000 health got injured by 100 damage so this survivor only left 1900 health but didn't get into bruised stage, what happen to him on next level?
This survivor start at 1900 health or 2000 health?

@Fearofabotplanet Can you answer this?

Putchuco

Another two:
- Can we see which survivors have already fallen in the new Game Mode, or is this only visible when we want to replace someone?
- Can we replace a NON-fallen survivor (will he/she keep his/her damage?) and can we swap them back in at a later stage?
- bottom line: can we only replace fallen survivors?

Conan1976

OMG!!! Looks great!!! Thanx NG!

Monsuta

@painwalker I've updated the question, what should that survivor health on next level if didn't heal?

Putchuco

BIG question:
- can each survivor wrestle ONCE, or can the entire team wrestle three times in total, or can we wrestle once per mission and survivor?

(Pls tell me this game mode will not be dominated by the wrestling champions...)

zeowerus

I'm looking forward to playing this new game mode

Pain Walker

@Monsuta it’s better to address all the questions towards fear and Shteevie. That’s all we can reveal for the time being. Everything will become clear gradually.

zbot

In no particular order, yes, yes and definitely yes, and no.

Gladi

What are rewards based on? I got they scale with increased difficulty, but does player lvl influence those rewards for example? And what kind of rewards we can get from The Distance? Tomatoes/XP/gold/tokens/gear/TGs...?

Pic

This looks great! Finally something different

Zelenioblak

Finally fun for change..I'm so ready for this

Chisp

So there will be a timeframe to complete these missions, like in challenges? Because otherwise if it is so hard and there is no hospital, if all survivors get heavily damaged you would be stuck forever...

capibara

And what about gas cost? It will be free?

zeeblack

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Monsuta said:

@painwalker OK I saw what you said, but what situation like this:

A survivor with 2000 health got injured by 100 damage so this survivor only left 1900 health but didn't get into bruised stage, what happen to him on next level? He would start at 1900 and not bruised
This survivor start at 1900 health or 2000 health? 1,900

@Fearofabotplanet Can you answer this?

zeeblack

Monsuta said:

What about we use Tara's leader trait to heal our survivors during The Distance? Will it actually heal or just a fake heal in only that mission but the damage will appear on next map?

Tara only heals during the missions and since Distance is a series of missions, I think the damage would not appear on the next mission

NG_Sam

I've made this edit to the intro text, but will add it here too for clarity: We will do our best to answer your questions as accurately as possible, but as this feature is not yet released the answers that are given in this thread are potentially subject to change.

Breaking20

Will all players be starting at the same difficulty level or will it be catored towards lower level players like guild challenges?

NG_Sam

@Monsuta Survivors who are damaged will remain damaged in future levels. If one drops to 1900 it'll stay that way unless healed or damaged again. If you heal them with Tara they will keep that healing too.

@Putchuco You will be able to see which ones have fallen and the idea is that you can swap your team between rounds even if they have not fallen. You'll have to strategise to make best use of your survivors before they fall.

@Gladi The rewards will scale with difficulty, they're not always going to be the same but we're going to make sure that the rewards are meaningful and desirable.

@Chisp The Distance will run on a schedule like you're used to with the challenges, meaning that when you fail you'll have more chances to try and complete it next time it runs. It's going to be hard and only the strongest will be able to make it to the very end.

@capibara There will be a gas cost for this mode as there are with all others.

TJS

Sounds very interesting and very much looking forward to trying it out. I guess I have questions like many but as it's released I'm sure many of these will be answered.

NG_Sam

@Breaking20 It's a mode more for the end game players and as a result will be available only for those who have Council level 18. This reflects the difficulty of the game mode - it's going to be very very difficult.

Putchuco

@Fearofabotplanet thx for your first set of answers.
We fully understand that things are not FINAL final, so we won't go haywire on you

What about these earlier questions:

- Can we exchange gear between survivors from mission to mission, especially between 'fallen' survivors and the replacements?
- Do we get a heads-up on the next mission, in terms of enemies, what team/gear to use?
- Is there going to be a 'leaderboard' where we can see each others progress? Global, national, within our guild?

Gladi

@Fearofabotplanet Somewhat dont get your answer. I knew those rewards scale with difficulty, what I wanted to know is, if player(camp) lvl is somehow involved(like it is in challenge/deluxe rewards crates, for example gear lvl drops) or if it is based purely only on difficulty of said Distance mission(like RSL20 or RSL25 or whatever difficulty meter will be there). And "not always going to be same" means different rewards for different rounds/missions or different rewards in different "The Distance" runs? Can you tell us what is in poll of possible rewards and/or if this poll is going to change once in a while(or every week)?
English is not my native language, so I hope it is clear enough what I(guess it is also WE) want to know.

zeeblack

@Fearofabotplanet Let me jot down the crucial questions still left unanswered

1. Can we exchange gear between survivors from mission to mission, especially between 'fallen' survivors and the replacements
   
2. if player(camp) lvl is somehow involved(like it is in challenge/deluxe rewards crates, for example gear lvl drops) or if it is based purely only on difficulty of said Distance mission(like RSL20 or RSL25 or whatever difficulty meter will be there).
   

Other questions which need answering are

1. Do we get a heads-up on the next mission, in terms of enemies, what team/gear to use?
   
2. Is there going to be a 'leaderboard' where we can see each others progress? Global, national, within our guild?
   

Invader

zeeblack said:

Can we exchange gear between survivors from mission to mission, especially between 'fallen' survivors and the replacements

Why should that be any different to other game modes?