Block N Load: Cog in Rotation, Balance Survey Results and More Ranked Beta News!

Cogwheel joins the free rotation this week, playing alongside Tony and Kreepy. With Cogwheel top of the balance charts, he’s a great hero to get to grips with.

Balance Survey Results

Many thanks to everyone who replied to our Balance Survey. Besides some great data to hold up next to our in-game statistics, there were also lots of really good ideas submitted. As we act on what we’ve learned from the survey, we’ll be paying close attention to your thoughts. You can see the results of the survey here and we’ll keep you updated as to what our conclusions and actions will be.

Ranked Beta Weekend 3

It’s fair to say that there were strong opinions about Solo Ranked play. We are always gratified to see how passionate our players are! However, we’d like to point out that posting multiple identical threads emphasising the point doesn’t help us. To make it easier for us, it would be great to see one thread in Feedback with discussions for and against a feature, rather than spread it out amongst several threads that can drift off-topic. Our hope is that you give each experiment a fair chance and try not to let your preconceptions colour your opinions. Approach it with curiosity and an open mind, try to enjoy the experience and we’ll all have a better game in the end.

Considering the strong feelings, however, we’re going to bring 5 Man Squads in Ranked up a week and see how people get on with it. This doesn’t mean we won’t revisit Solo - we might.

Or we might not.

Join us this weekend for Week 4 of Ranked Beta! Now with added Draft Pick!

Cheaty Cheating Cheaters and Anti-Cheat

Reports and discussions about cheating in Block N Load has jumped a notch this last week and we wanted to let you know that we are reading your reports and posts and taking action when appropriate. We also note your questions about our Anti-Cheat solutions and what we are doing to improve them. We want to avoid giving cheaters information that they can use to circumvent our systems, so we really can’t go into any detail, but please be aware that all anti-cheat solutions have to change over time to address new cheats that pop up and our anti-cheat is no different.

We’ve also seen calls for Player moderators and while we appreciate that this is used by some games, there is a great deal of infrastructure that would be needed for something like this to work for Block. New software tools, network and security integration, testing and new processes all would have to be put in place, and of course, the moderators themselves need to be managed which is time-consuming in itself. Player moderation is not something we’d be able to implement at this point, but we deeply appreciate all the offers of help. For those of you who do want to make a difference, you can do so by being vigilant and reporting any bad behaviour in game. If you have evidence you can share, please do so via private links to videos or screenshots and send them to us using our contact form.

We are dedicated to getting rid of as many cheaters as we can and put a lot of our time into our tools and in reviewing individual cases to ensure that our bans are fair. We won’t get them all, but we’re aggressively pursuing them!

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Written by Michelle-Louise Janion

I tend to favour the puzzle, RPG, action-adventure and strategy genres. My particular favourites over the years have been Final Fantasy IX, Metal Gear Solid, Civilisation V and The Last of Us. I'm also a sucker for a series: Darksiders, Assassin's Creed, Tomb Raider etc.

I am a bit of a lone gamer as I tend to steer clear of PvP, and only play multiplayer with close friends.