Ahead of this week's event we have continued our rebalancing of the game and introduce experimental 'capture stages' to objectives.
Capture progress is now divided into stages, which once completed are saved even if the capturing player is killed. This is intended to improve the attackers vs. defenders balance and encourage defenders to defend objectives more closely, as attackers can can make progress without completing the capture.
What's new?
We will post the changelog on Steam ahead of the event. Keep an eye on the game news feed on Steam.
The next event
Regular fortnightly community event OPEN TO ALL. Play with your friends, meet the devs and fellow community members on the battlefield.
You can also optionally sign-up at discord.gg/vanguardww2 in the #events channel where you can also sign up for notifications of future events and get a 30 minute reminder before the event starts.
Note: This event will run on Saturday 23rd July from 7:00PM UTC+1 to 8:30PM UTC+1. The event time on the Steam page should be displayed in your local time
How to I do Join?
This event will be on the latest pre-release beta of the upcoming "REINFORCED" Update on the '0.6-beta' branch.
You can change branch by right-clicking the game in your library, selecting properties, opening the betas tab and entering the password 'slowrampdrop' before clicking 'check code' (important). Then select 0.6-beta from the dropdown menu.
Warning: If you are switching from the public to beta branch it is a large update of 10GB as we have made a huge number of cumulative changes which affect the whole game.
Community Event - 28th May
Regular fortnightly community event OPEN TO ALL. Play with your friends, meet the devs and fellow community members on the battlefield.
You can also optionally sign-up at discord.gg/vanguardww2 in the #events channel where you can also sign up for notifications of future events and get a 30 minute reminder before the event starts.
Note: This event will run on Saturday 28th May from 7:00PM UTC+1 to 8:30PM UTC+1. The event time on the Steam page should be displayed in your local time
What's new?
Updated and expanded Pegasus Bridge map
Fixed crash when joining with an order in progress
Various minor bug fixes
How to I do Join?
This event will be on the latest pre-release beta of the upcoming "REINFORCED" Update on the '0.6-beta' branch.
You can change branch by right-clicking the game in your library, selecting properties, opening the betas tab and entering the password slowrampdrop before clicking 'check code' (important). Then select 0.6-beta from the dropdown menu.
Warning: If you are switching from the public to beta branch it is a large update of 10GB as we have made a huge number of cumulative changes which affect the whole game.
Community Event - 14th May
Regular fortnightly community event OPEN TO ALL. Play with your friends, meet the devs and fellow community members on the battlefield.
You can also optionally sign-up at discord.gg/vanguardww2 in the #events channel where you can also sign up for notifications of future events and get a 30 minute reminder before the event starts.
Note: This event will run on Saturday 14th May from 7:00PM UTC+1 to 8:30PM UTC+1. The event time on the Steam page should be displayed in your local time
This event will be on the latest pre-release beta of the upcoming "REINFORCED" Update on the '0.6-beta' branch.
You can change branch by right-clicking the game in your library, selecting properties, opening the betas tab and entering the password slowrampdrop before clicking 'check code' (important). Then select 0.6-beta from the dropdown menu.
Warning: If you are switching from the public to beta branch it is a large update of 10GB as we have made a huge number of cumulative changes which affect the whole game.
Community Event - 2nd April
Regular fortnightly community event OPEN TO ALL. Play with your friends, meet the devs and fellow community members on the battlefield.
You can also optionally sign-up at discord.gg/vanguardww2 in the #events channel where you can also sign up for notifications of future events and get a 30 minute reminder before the event starts.
Note: This event will run on Saturday 2nd April from 7:00PM UTC to 8:30PM UTC. The event time on the Steam page should be displayed in your local time
What's new?
TBC
How to I do Join?
This event will be on the latest pre-release beta of the upcoming "REINFORCED" Update on the '0.6-beta' branch.
You can change branch by right-clicking the game in your library, selecting properties, opening the betas tab and entering the password slowrampdrop before clicking 'check code' (important). Then select 0.6-beta from the dropdown menu.
Warning: If you are switching from the public to beta branch it is a large update of 10GB as we have made a huge number of cumulative changes which affect the whole game.
Community Event
Regular fortnightly community event OPEN TO ALL. Play with your friends, meet the devs and fellow community members on the battlefield.
You can also optionally sign-up at discord.gg/vanguardww2 in the #events channel where you can also sign up for notifications of future events and get a 30 minute reminder before the event starts.
Note: This event will run on Saturday 19th March from 7:00PM UTC to 8:30PM UTC. The event time on the Steam page should be displayed in your local time
What's new?
Continuing the theme of increasing variety and replayability, this event feature the new map variant and expanded map area on Lion-sur-Mer premiered two weeks ago and a new experimental feature to randomise objectives when a phase contains a single objective along with UI improvements and bug fixes.
How to I do Join?
This event will be on the latest pre-release beta of the upcoming "REINFORCED" Update on the '0.6-beta' branch.
You can change branch by right-clicking the game in your library, selecting properties, opening the betas tab and entering the password slowrampdrop before clicking 'check code' (important). Then select 0.6-beta from the dropdown menu.
Warning: If you are switching from the public to beta branch it is a large update of 9.7GB as we have made a huge number of cumulative changes which affect the whole game.
Community Event - 19th Feb
Open to all community event in-game. Play with your friends, meet the devs and fellow community members on the battlefield.
You can also optionally sign-up at discord.gg/vanguardww2 in the #events channel where you can also sign up for notifications of future events.
Note: This event will run on Saturday 19th February from 7:00PM UTC to 8:30PM UTC. The event time on the Steam page should be displayed in your local time
What's new?
This event features a new map variant for the map Lion-sur-Mer and bug fixes from the last test.
How to I do Join?
This event will be on the latest pre-release beta of the upcoming "REINFORCED" Update on the '0.6-beta' branch.
You can change branch by right-clicking the game in your library, selecting properties, opening the betas tab and entering the password slowrampdrop before clicking 'check code' (important). Then select 0.6-beta from the dropdown menu.
Warning: If you are switching from the public to beta branch it is a large update of 9.7GB as we have made a huge number of cumulative changes which affect the whole game.
Dev Blog: February 2022
After welcoming in a New Year we wanted to update the community on what has been happening behind the scenes. The last year has been challenging for many people and we are looking forward to a brighter 2022.
To kick off the New Year we are planning more regular and frequent events and the long overdue “Reinforced Update” in the first quarter.
We are keen to hear from the community on how they want us to release the update and we have created a (very) short survey to gather your opinions.
GIVE US YOUR IDEAS AND FEEDBACK ON HOW WE RELEASE THE “REINFORCED” UPDATE
Saturday 19th February @ 7PM UTC to 8:30PM UTC Join the community and developers in-game on the latest pre-release build
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Behind the scenes we have been working on new features, fixing bugs and refining / balancing from community testing.
Amongst other changes we have rebalanced capture speeds when multiple players are in the capture zone and added a “last hope” capture speed bonus for the last attacking player, so working together when possible is rewarded but the last attacking player still has a hope of capturing an objective.
We have completed the implementation of a “Fog of War” mode without the third person spectator camera which is both loved and hated depending on your point of view to give server admins the choice.
By far the most commonly requested feature from the community is bots. Bots are now in development and will be making a future appearance in the pregame warm-up. Bots are not planned for the REINFORCED update but we look forward to adding them to the game in the future.
That’s all for this update. As always you can find us on our official discord at discord.gg/vanguardww2 where you can find other players and get notifications of upcoming events and news.
Community Event
Open to all community event in-game. Play with your friends, meet the devs and fellow community members on the battlefield.
This event will be on the latest pre-release beta of the upcoming "REINFORCED" Update on the '0.6-beta' branch.
You can also optionally sign-up at discord.gg/vanguardww2 in the #events channel where you can also sign up for notifications of future events.
You can change branch by right-clicking the game in your library, selecting properties, opening the betas tab and entering the password slowrampdrop before clicking 'check code' (important). Then select 0.6-beta from the dropdown menu.
Warning: If you are switching from the public to beta branch it is a large update of 9.7GB as we have made a huge number of cumulative changes which affect the whole game.
Vanguard Community Event
Open to all community event in-game. Play with your friends, meet the devs and fellow community members on the battlefield.
This event will be on the latest pre-release beta of the upcoming "REINFORCED" Update on the '0.6-beta' branch. Instructions will be posted 48 hours ahead of the event along with the branch password.
You can also optionally sign-up at discord.gg/vanguardww2 in the #events channel where you can also sign up for notifications of future events.
Update: password is slowrampdrop. You can change branch by right-clicking the game in your library, selecting properties, opening the betas tab and entering the password before clicking 'check code' (important). Then select 0.6-beta from the dropdown menu.
Warning: It is a large update of 9.7GB as we have made a huge number of cumulative changes which affect the whole game.
Vanguard Community Event
Open to all community event in-game. Play with your friends, meet the devs and fellow community members on the battlefield.
This event will be on the latest pre-release beta of the upcoming "REINFORCED" Update on the '0.6-beta' branch. Instructions will be posted 48 hours ahead of the event along with the branch password.
You can also optionally sign-up at discord.gg/vanguardww2 in the #events channel where you can also sign up for notifications of future events.
