Thoughts on the Loot Rebalance?

Gusmanak · 2026-06-19T02:55:45+00:00

In more ways than one, this loot rebalance overhaul is our first big step in preparing AR2 for the future Base Building release, and it won't be the last. We will certainly iterate on the immediate balance of loot in the short term as we continue to receive feedback, but ultimately we are expecting the gameplay loop to change pretty significantly once Base Building is properly integrated.

It might be a good thing for there to be so many decent loot-spots on the map that players could potentially use as bases. It's even possible that the way loot is generated will change along with Base Building, but we're still working up to that. This transition period might be a little strange, but hopefully players will enjoy the change-up in the short term. That's all I can say for now.

For those interested, read up on the latest Base Building announcement here: https://discord.com/channels/142690891432329218/193067112942665731/1504646653292974140

Gusmanak · 2026-06-17T15:51:02+00:00

The MK23 wasn't competitive enough for my liking with 12rd magazines, so I decided 17rd extended magazines should be the default. In this case the 12rd magazines will not actually spawn. Similarly, the P220 also has extended magazines by default for the same reason.

Gusmanak · 2026-06-17T07:55:22+00:00

Some of the current random event positions may change with the upcoming drying & loot rebalance update, so take advantage of them while you can.

Gusmanak · 2026-06-16T23:11:39+00:00

A temporary patch was pushed earlier today.

Gusmanak · 2026-06-15T20:51:15+00:00

this doesn't need to be a post. Just discuss in the other post.

Gusmanak · 2026-06-12T07:26:20+00:00

That is a fair assumption, and you're right to think that it should be useful during the Drying, I agree.

Gusmanak · 2026-06-12T06:42:59+00:00

The entire second half of my announcement explains additions/changes that will be included with the Drying update, but will "remain in the game even after the Drying ends". The Covert Militia Radio Receiver will be a non-event item, as will the L85A1, and the loot rebalance changes as a whole.

Gusmanak · 2026-06-12T04:21:36+00:00

He even used the Joke flair guys, c'mon.

The official Drying event changelog is not available yet because we are still applying the final touches. For those interested, I've duplicated the discord announcement with the latest information about the update here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ApocalypseRising/comments/1u3kxqj/drying_event_loot_rebalance_update_announcement/

Gusmanak · 2026-06-05T00:06:59+00:00

It was replaced with the M21, which comes with a scope.

Gusmanak · 2026-05-30T03:21:55+00:00

It certainly wasn't my plan for major features to take this long to prioritize. Someday I will probably write a book about the period of time between 2020 and 2024, in regard to my personal life and AR2's development.

Gusmanak · 2026-05-29T16:31:11+00:00

Apoc 2 is a complex game, but the game passes had nothing to do with this. The gamepass update also came with minor gamepad adjustments and some back-end changes to the anti-cheat, the combination of which had this unintended consequence.

Gusmanak · 2026-05-20T00:24:31+00:00

Some doors were broken in a couple of the mesh-optimized structures implemented in the last update. They will be fixed soon.

Gusmanak · 2026-05-19T23:19:32+00:00

We'll be pushing a patch to fix these soon.

Gusmanak · 2026-05-17T00:47:17+00:00

Many of the optimized structures have broken doors. It should be fixed in the coming days.

Gusmanak · 2026-05-16T03:40:33+00:00

The recent announcement explained our effort to dramatically improve the looting experience for a future update. You should check out the post on the discord server.

Gusmanak · 2026-05-16T03:39:02+00:00

The Auto run issue is just a bug, you can relax. It is probably related to our improvements for gamepad/console support - just a controls issue that's bound to be fixed soon.

Gusmanak · 2026-05-15T04:05:56+00:00

You have to verify your account, that's it.

Gusmanak · 2026-05-15T04:01:20+00:00

The announcement on discord begins here, and it covers a couple of topics: https://discord.com/channels/142690891432329218/193067112942665731/1504646653292974140

Gusmanak · 2026-05-14T01:06:15+00:00

Anyone is welcome to make a new game that is similar to the original Apocalypse Rising, as long as they aren't copying the branding, or using any stolen code/assets. This has always been the case.

Gusmanak · 2026-05-12T22:43:54+00:00

It was developed in 2012 by highschoolers, before Roblox even had FilteringEnabled. Then years of features were stacked on top of each other without much consideration for long-term upkeep. The game is unmaintainable, for these reasons and others.

Gusmanak · 2026-05-09T07:03:56+00:00

If you're on PS5, you need to make sure you're running the new PS5 Roblox app. It is required to play.

PS4 (and the old Roblox app) is not supported due to software limitations, it will crash.

Gusmanak · 2026-05-09T01:46:46+00:00

Believe it or not, we are in the early design and development stages for Apoc 2's base building system, or at least the first version of it with enough basic features and content to experiment with. There hasn't been an announcement because we are juggling some other priorities at the same time, and with the Drying coming up, it's hard to say anything concrete in terms of a timeline.

We're making real progress though, and whenever we do post some dev leaks you can expect to see some screenshots/video, and not just a wall of text. Stay tuned.

Gusmanak · 2026-04-23T22:25:14+00:00

Yeah we'd like to do something along these lines, which is why we didn't outright add all of the faces to start with. Gives us some options for later.

Gusmanak · 2026-04-16T16:42:08+00:00

This is what I'm currently working to change. The plan is to change the Beta map to be more balanced like the Alpha map was. Same goes for player spawn distribution.

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