SMASH+GRAB

Free WeekendThis weekend, everyone can play Smash+Grab for free! Now is your chance to team up (or face off) with your friends amid the dystopian multiplayer mayhem. Deck out your crew in unique style, craft your weapons to get the upper hand, and battle your way to the top. Since our Early Access launch, we’ve patched the game 7 times and made 63 big improvements, including Crew Commands, crash and bug fixes, optimisations, gameplay and matchmaking tuning, and the addition of new unlockable items. We’re going to keep up that pace with regular bug fixes and tweaks, as well as major content updates, which will add new characters, maps, modes and more. The streets of Union Bay are calling – it’s time to get in there and join in the chaos. Free Weekend runs from 12pm PDT October 13th to 12pm PDT October 18th, 2016. Update NotesPatch Notes - October 12, 2016Hey Smash+Grab friends! Today’s update is our biggest yet – full of optimizations, bugfixes, gameplay tuning and more. See the notes below for full details. We’ve also got 13 new country-themed bags which are available for all players to unlock, and everyone will receive a new Zombie Mask at login. (More ghoulish masks will arrive with next week’s release….) As always, we love your feedback so please keep it coming. And thanks for all the support and suggestions so far! Stability and Optimization Stability improvements and crash fixes Minor framerate improvements Matchmaking Fixed a scenario where imbalanced matchmaking could occur Disabled ‘Leave’ and ‘Disband’ buttons upon going into the matchmaking queue to ensure the private room is not disbanded unintentionally Items and Progression Added a new Zombie Mask, available at login and equippable on any Leader Added 13 new Country-themed bags that are randomly awarded by levelling up your account Balance and Gameplay Fixed an issue in Ransack (Upmarket) where not all the crafting component types were available in all of the phases: Swapped out 2 medium size Gord stores for medium size Lux stores in phase 2 Swapped out 3 small Lux stores for 3 small Gord stores in phase 3 The total amount of cash and the location of stores has not changed, just the item types that came out of these loot stores This allows crafting components of all types to be obtained in all phasesTuned guards to be less aggressive towards individual Leaders and instead spread out to attack their Crew (to lessen the feeling of being ganged up on by guards) Tuned AI Leaders so they will help to escort a nearby box carrying ally back to the subway in the Take Back game mode Smoothed minion movement when they steer and attempt to avoid other characters Character / Visuals Fixed an issue with Tenblade skin shader so she’s no longer tinted green during match intros Fixed some geo crashing and black patches on various vanity items World / Visuals Fixed a bug where video screens were not playing when switching VFX quality settings from “low” to any other quality setting Fixed the aspect ratio of the “directory sign” video and “attract” video screens at the entrance to the top section of Steel City Front End / Lobby Improved the clarity of the message that is displayed when AFK users are disconnected Fixed a bug where the party Leader could exit a match and start a new one before the other party members had a chance to return to front end Fixed a bug where sometimes teammates/opponents would enter matches with incorrect loadouts when they switched Leaders while in a Party Fixed a bug where if a player left the game during the pre-match lobby, the UI didn’t update their username Fixed an issue where getting above level 99 could cut off the last number in the FE Fixed an issue with Tenblade’s soldier unlock image and soldier unlock titles Fixed a bug where newly unlocked perks didn’t display a breadcrumb badge (so you weren’t properly guided to find it in the FE) Fixed a bug where the friends list and chat bar would overlap Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where sometimes, when players entered coop mode, they would be labeled as AI and did not have camera control Fixed a bug where picking up a second stamina buff while one was already active did not refresh the timer or refill stamina Fixed a bug where crossbow bolts that got stuck in barricades would remain after barricade is destroyed Fixed a bug where floating crossbow bolts were sometimes present at the start of the match Fixed a bug where minions wouldn’t help Leaders break prize crates in Practice mode Fixed a bug where Ranged AI Leaders would fire at strongboxes from very far away Fixed a bug where Ooze’s Sticky Bomb would sometimes attach at incorrect distances from its target Tuned the speed of the Super Nailgun’s tracers to better match the projectile’s speed Tuned the look of the muzzle flash and impacts from Scatter’s basic Nailgun Fixed a bug where sometimes (from the receiver's perspective), Scatter's shots with the Super Nailgun caused a muzzle flash that could be seen through walls, and bullet tracers appeared to go through wallsPatch Notes - October 12, 2016Balance and Gameplay Re-balanced the speeds that Leaders VS Soldiers loot Soldiers and LTs now loot faster, while Leaders loot slightly slower than before This allows you to use your Crew Commands to a much greater effect now – for instance, you can park your Crew in front of a store and tell them to loot, and they will be much more effective than before – allowing you to move away and even loot another nearby store The net time to loot is the same as before – Soldiers and LT’s just play more of a role nowScatter can now plant his Nailbomb quicker Increased the activation cost of Tenblade’s Dire Wounds by 20% Fixed the camera shake for the receiver of Tenblade’s bladed grapplesBug Fixes Fixed a bug that was causing Katch to be rewarded up to $1500 extra when smashing and looting stores Fixed a frame advantage for receivers of Upscribe's grapple attack. (The receiver would recover before Upscribe did, allowing them to strike him before he had recovered)Patch Notes - October 5, 2016Optimisation Added general gameplay performance optimisations, as well as some specific opts around store smashing and lootingStability Fixed a gameplay crash that was occurring for some usersMatchmaking Teams will now be more fairly balanced in accordance to their level Fixed a bug that caused disconnects during matchmakingPatch Notes - October 3, 2016Matchmaking Player levels are now more evenly balanced between teams Quickplay matches are now more evenly balanced between Takeback and RansackBug Fixes Fixed most instances of a black screen occurring when loading into the gamePatch Notes - September 29, 2016 Balance and Gameplay Lowered Tenblade’s base health regeneration rate to 1.15 hp/second (was 2hp/sec) Increased Scatter’s base health to 240 (was 230) Increased Etch’s base health to 250 (was 235) Lowered the threshold to trigger Reaper’s Early Release to 20% (was 25%) Reduced damage on Reaper’s ability to 40 (was 50) Auto Nailgun Ice Mod: Increased Damage by 45% Reduced Freeze effect by 5%Commands issued to your crew with the chat wheel (ALT) now last 30 seconds Tuned the steering for Upscribe’s charge blade attack - he stabs like you want him to now! Tuned Strike ties - Weapon clashes now happen more often Fixed jittering when two Leaders loot a store at the same time Matchmaking Fixed bug where user was unable to match make certain modes if their leader closes client while in lobby Fixed bug where changing your character during the last 10 seconds could cause you to have a broken loadout Added automatic re-queue for match making if you have been disconnected from the websocket Players in a party will now be removed from the matchmaking queue if they disconnect Players now earn a badge for leveling up their account to milestones of 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100. This badge displays on the Loading Screen and can be seen by other players Other Bugs & Optimisation Fixed a bug where players would sometimes perform actions before respawning, and occasionally slide around when spawning in Fixed a bug where leaders would sometimes respawn doing a hit reaction Fixed a bug where Scatter and Tenblade were not getting the proper buff when activating their Rally Command (F Key). (Their crew got the buff but the leaders were missing it.) Fixed a bug where some Achievements were broken for accounts that participated in the Closed Beta Fixed Reaper’s Passive so it auto-kills immediately, instead of 1 second late Fixed a bug that could cause your friends list to look wrong when you got a message. Optimised glass hit effect to look better and cost less performance Optimised shadow-casting lights on medium and high settings Fixed Tenblade’s name in her rally description Stability We’ve added more stuff under the hood to help us better diagnose problems as they happen Shortened and reduced number of callstacks on crash page Added extra logging to the client for output logs Doubled the default connection timeouts Match types and modes are now marked correctly in match histories table About the GameSMASH+GRAB is an underground competition where gangs of the future battle it out for loot, weapons, and infamy inside a corporate urban dystopia. Assemble your crew and team up with other players to fight, loot, and craft your weaponry to come out on top. Assemble your Crew Each player leads a gang of five: A leader, a lieutenant, and 3 soldiers Choose from a selection of melee and ranged characters Combine abilities with your gang and teammates for deadly strategy Level up characters to unlock hundreds of perks and clothing items Smash it Up Fight against and alongside players and their AI-controlled gangs Use strikes, grapples, counters, evades, and brutal finishers Each leader has unique combat moves and abilities Gang members have their own distinct AI personalities that can be influenced by the leader Grab what you Can Everything you need to win can be found by looting and taking down enemies Loot a variety of weapons to upgrade your gang Craft unique & deadly weapon mods from the ingredients you loot First team to reach the cash target wins