As we continue to move through Early Access and testing, we need your help! We’re looking for help finding bugs, giving feedback, and even working out new strategies. So, in order to make it easier for all of our players to participate we’re beginning brand new weekly testing times — starting today!
Join us every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 11am PDT/7pm BST in Discord. Our Pathfinders, Wardens, and devs will be in voice chat and ready to play, answer questions, and find new things we can improve. However, our servers will remain up 24/7 just in case you need some extra playtime!
Schedule
Monday
11:00am PDT — 1:00pm PDT
19:00 BST — 21:00 BST
18:00 GMT — 20:00 GMT
Wednesday
11:00am PDT — 1:00pm PDT
19:00 BST — 21:00 BST
18:00 GMT — 20:00 GMT
Friday
11:00am PDT — 1:00pm PDT
19:00 BST — 21:00 BST
18:00 GMT — 20:00 GMT
Take On the Devs
Think you've got what it takes to beat the devs? Get your team of two ready for this week's special Community Stream!
Play Free and Register for ESL's Go4Cup!
This weekend The DRG Initiative is free on Steam for anyone to jump in and not only play, but also register and participate in our very first ESL Go4Cup!
Starting now you can download the game and play until Monday, 2 July!
ESL Go4Cup Sign Ups Are Live
We've been talking about it, and now it's here. Sign ups for our very first ESL Go4Cup are live and we've got $3,000 in prizes to award to the very best.
Do you have what it takes? Sign up now!
https://play.eslgaming.com/thedrginitiative
Patch Notes — 01 June Update
For this update, we focused primarily on balance and making the game feel much more competitive, no matter which faction or character you choose. To achieve this, we looked at making the Wastelanders more viable, increasing the tankiness of both Taloc and Els’beth, plus a lot of other small tweaks.
Balance can be a delicate thing to achieve, and there are a lot of levers to pull in order to achieve it. Once the update is live, we want to hear from you. Head over to the Steam forums and let us know what you think of the changes we’ve made. Now, let’s get to it!
Content Changes
Addicted spawn points changed
Amount of Addicted kills required to open up parts of map reduced slightly
More cover added to various parts of the map. Ice Lake, Back Alley, and exits to Sewers all have more cover
Amount of fog increased
Timing to open up parts of the level reduced. Now, Middle will open on every round
Character Changes
Sister Knight Wardens have had their armor color changed to bring up their visibility to match the Wastelanders. The Penitent will remain the same.
Els’beth is now faster
Votan’s rocket pistol replaced with hand cannon
Wastelanders now have slightly more damage resistance overall
Taloc will bring the pain! He’s faster and with an improved fire rate on his grenade launcher
Both teams have updated sniper reticles
We can’t wait for you to get in and try out these changes and let us know what you think. Visit us on the Steam forums and Discord to tell us!
We Want Your Feedback
Being in early access means that not only are we continuing to work on the game by adding new features, factions, maps, and squashing bugs but also that we want your feedback. And although not every decision is suited to taking a vote from the community, we absolutely want the community's voice to be heard and give opportunities to directly influence the future of The DRG Initiative.
One of the things we've been working on is new armor designs for the Sister Knight Wardens. These designs are early in the concept phase, but we're too excited not to share them. The philosophy and direction behind these potential changes are ultimately part of balance -- the Sister Knight Wardens can have an unfair advantage in terms of visibility and we all know you can't shoot a target you can't see. The theme for these designs is to give the Knights a unified team uniform look; like they are part of the best team on the most dangerous show on earth.
Have a look at the designs below and vote on which you would want to see implemented in the game. If you don't like any of them, let us know why! Once we've settled on the design moving forward, we'll be sharing more art as it gets translated from drawings to in-game models.
Thanks for being part of The DRG community and we can't wait to share more of the things we've been working on.
-The DRG Team
Get your team ready for the ESL Go4Cup
Do you need a top down map of the arena to get your team ready for the ESL Go4Cups starting? We've got you covered.
The DRG Initiative comes to the ESL Go4 Cups this June!
Get your team together, the show is about to begin!
Starting this June we are bringing the The DRG Initiative to the ESL’s grass roots online competitive gaming platform, the Go4 cups. The competitions will run each week, with the best teams going into a monthly final with a chance of winning proper prize money and possibly some extra goodies from our brilliant hardware partners.
This is the outcome of just over a year of relationship building with the ESL and we’re super excited it’s going to happen.
Much more to come on the details and how you can sign up over the next few weeks, get your team ready and keep an eye out for more details.
Be sure to follow us on Twitter and join our Discord so you don’t miss out!
Let's Stream!
Ready for some mid-week streaming fun? Community Manager CptFancypants and Slingshot Cartel’s Jamie Jackson are joining in with BossmanGrissom on Wednesday, May 2 2018.
We’ll be talking about the game, getting into some matches and maybe even giving away some game keys! Bring your best suit and get ready!
Date — 02May2018
Time — 1pm PDT/8pm GMT
Link — twitch.tv/bossmangrissom
See you there!
We're Live!
We're live with the first weekly stream hosted by Community Manager CptFancyPants. Join in the chat and jump in the solo queue for some games!
