Link1603 posted on spectrum asking about Arena Commander and the rentals that used to be free.
TheDJBuntin-CIG responded that an update is coming with specifics for which ships/vehicles/weapons will be free to rent as well as ships that were previously not available for rent.
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Hi All!
Thanks for bringing this to my attention - this was indeed not intended.
An update is being pushed to the AC Shop Service now. I go into more detail below.
Our intent is for one vehicle of each role listed below to be available in Arena Commander for free.
The following vehicles will be free once the service update is live:
- Fighter: Aegis Gladius
- Multi-crew: Anvil Paladin
- Racing: Mirai Razor
- Gravlev: C.O. HoverQuad
- Heavy: Crusader C2 Hercules Starlifter
You'll also still have a free stock Tank and Gravlev for game modes for these. (ie Grav Race & Tank Royale)
Behring are also sponsoring Arena Commander this season, featuring some of their ballistic weapons for free across the module:
- Behring S-38 Pistol
- Behring BR-2 Shotgun
- Behring P8-SC SMG
- Behring P4-AR Rifle
- Behring FS-9 LMG
- Behring P6-LR Sniper Rifle
Reminder to check out Single Weapon Elimination each patch to get a hands on with new weapons and gear!
When the service updates the following vehicles will be available for rent, where they weren’t previously:
- MISC Hull B
- RSI Aurora Mk2
- RSI Hermes
- RSI Apollo Medivac
- RSI Apollo Triage
- RSI Perseus
- RSI Salvation
- DRAKE Clipper
- DRAKE Golem OX
- Greycat MDC
- Greycat UTV
- Kruger L-22 Alpha Wolf
- Anvil Paladin
- Esperia Stinger
- Grey's Shiv
AC rentals now also persist across patches, reminder that you can "Extend Rental" to keep them longer.
I also want to reiterate that we are not a fan of the rental system in its current state, whilst that menu being Flash does limit things somewhat I will be investigating quick ways to improve the system for 4.10, one example being having a much longer initial rental period. For now my team is primarily focused on supporting the PU & SC1.0 with some pretty cool and important features (Transport, Radar/Scanning, Instancing and soon Freight Elevators & Hangars) but I will be reviewing some of the top issues in AC and seeing if there’s anything we can do to make the experience better.