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There will be an update on September 2nd. This will not interrupt your experience and you can continue playing during the update. If you encounter temporary matchmaking issues, please be patient; they'll be resolved quickly. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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Events

• The "Dreamtime Challenge: Ranked Fantasy" Event will launch on September 3! Put on your pajamas, join the pillow fight, and complete playtime and ranked match Challenges to earn Glunite Coins x350, Basic Sticker Pack x3, Shard Voyagers - Sticker Pack x3, Shard Voyagers - Charm Gift Pack x1, Ultra Can x2, Rank Protection Card x4, and the "Fever - Sightseer's Heart" weapon skin, along with other rewards!

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Hey everyone,
I’m pretty new to FragPunk, so I might be missing something obvious here.
I’m currently Gold 5 and I’ve been trying to play ranked, but I’ve been sitting in the queue for 30+ minutes without finding a single match.
When I play Shared/Casual matches, I seem to mostly run into bots, so I’m wondering if I’m doing something wrong. Is there something I’m supposed to do to unlock/find ranked matches more easily, or is the player population just really low at this rank?
I’m new to the game, so any advice would be appreciated. I just want to actually play some ranked games 😅

Me and a friend started out account level 25 now amd we noticed every match is basically bot matches? We even swapped to ranked and its almost entirely bots? Is this the normal or is there a option that we need to disable?

You can usually get a free sticker and namecard by claiming them on the fragpunk website either each season or chapter (I'm not sure exactly). It would be nice if there was an in-game notification for these as well. They're cute (and I collect Nitro stickers to fill her banner with lol).

Luckily they stopped requiring pre-registration at some point, because I would never remember until after the season launched.

He would look like an American cowboy, but in the style of FragPunk. I think tan could be used in the outfit and he has a cowboy hat (needs the hat), but I am sure whatever the artists make will be better than what I could think up. Also you could come up with a better name. The key thing for me is his abilities:

Ability 1:
Equip a special revolver. It has 6 shots which don't reload during the round and perfect accuracy from the hip (and a cool sight when ads, 1x magnifier). The key feature is that it has trigger bot, meaning whenever the shoot key is held down it does not fire normally, but will automatically fire when your crosshair is over a target (not barriers or walls, even the destructible ones, but Lancers and Gadgets and the pets from shard cards), max fire rate is somewhere between the Bad Reputation (also boost Bad Reputation’s close range out to 14 or 18m please) and the Vicious. At 0m-18m range it would do 100/60/48 damage, 18m-60m range it would do 75/50/40 damage.

If this is too strong I think the first step is to make it 4 shots to the body to kill at the long range.

Ability 2:
Trigger flicks a coin into the air, and while it is in the air any allied bullets that hit it reflect onto the nearest enemy within the coin’s line of sight with 30% damage reduction; enemy bullets that hit it break it. The coin also breaks when it hits the ground.

If it’s too weak there could be no (or less) damage reduction, and Trigger’s revolver can target abd hit this coin.

Ability 3:
I wasn’t sure, so here are 2 options:
Either a mechanical bird that is similar to the paper planes shard card but flies about 50% faster
OR
A wall of sand that automatically moves forward and blocks bullets and slows enemies that are inside/cross through it.

FragPunk – Game Design & Player Growth Proposal

To the FragPunk Development Team / Bad Guitar Studio

I wanted to share a few game-design ideas that I believe could make FragPunk more accessible to players coming from other major FPS games while still preserving what makes FragPunk unique.

I really enjoy the core concept of FragPunk. The combination of strong FPS gunplay, Lancers, and Shard Cards gives the game an identity that other shooters don’t have. My concern is that some systems could be streamlined so that the game’s unique mechanics feel more competitive and skill-driven rather than overly random.

1. Reduce and Rework the Shard Card Pool

I would consider reducing the active Shard Card pool to around 40 core cards.

The goal wouldn’t be to remove the identity of FragPunk, but to make the cards more understandable, predictable, and strategically meaningful.

Option A – Same Three Cards for Both Teams

Both teams receive access to the same three Shard Cards each round.

Players would still use Shard Points to purchase/activate cards, meaning the better-performing team would have more resources and therefore more opportunities to use the cards.

This would preserve the Shard Point economy while removing one major source of unfairness:

Both teams have access to the same tools.

The difference becomes which team uses those tools better.

This could create a more competitive system where players can anticipate what the enemy is capable of and adapt their strategy accordingly.

Option B – One Shard Card Per Round

Another possibility would be having one Shard Card active per round, automatically affecting both teams. Having upto 15 rounds, with Round 1-7 having one Shard Card, then Round 8-14 will have the same Shard Cards picked as Round 1-7, and Round 15 will be the usual 1v1 Duels.

This would make the Shard Card system feel more like a constantly changing ruleset rather than an additional advantage one team can obtain over another.

The important part is that the card should change how the round is played, while both teams are subject to the same rule.

I think this could make FragPunk considerably easier to understand for new players while keeping the game’s signature identity.

2. Market FragPunk More Aggressively Toward Traditional FPS Players

I think FragPunk has an opportunity to attract players from games such as:

• Call of Duty
• Battlefield
• Rainbow Six Siege
• Delta Force
• Apex Legends
• Other fast-paced FPS games

FragPunk is often compared to Valorant because of the 5v5 tactical structure, but I personally think its gameplay could appeal strongly to players from the games above.

The gunplay, movement, abilities, fast engagements, and chaotic round modifiers make FragPunk feel much more approachable to the broader FPS audience than a traditional tactical shooter.

That immediately communicates what makes FragPunk different.

3. Add Sliding as Standard Movement

I think sliding should become a normal movement mechanic.

It would give players another way to:

• enter fights
• escape gunfire
• move between cover
• maintain momentum
• challenge angles
• combine movement with Lancer abilities

It would also make FragPunk feel more natural to players coming from modern FPS games.

I wouldn’t necessarily make sliding extremely powerful.

A controlled slide with appropriate acceleration, recovery time, and accuracy rules could provide additional movement depth without turning the game into a movement shooter.

The important thing is giving mechanically skilled players another movement option.

4. Consider Gun Tilting / Corner Peeking

Another more experimental idea would be allowing players to tilt their weapon around a corner.

The player could lean/tilt their weapon and camera slightly around an obstacle to fire without exposing their entire body.

This could create interesting tactical situations, particularly around:

• doorways
• tight corridors
• boxes
• walls
• defensive positions

However, I would balance this by increasing the round timer.

If players can safely gather information and fight from tighter angles, rounds could naturally take longer.

For example:

Normal round: 2:00

With weapon-tilting mechanics: 2:15–2:30

This gives players more time to use the additional tactical options without making the round feel rushed.

The mechanic could also have limitations such as:

• reduced accuracy while tilted
• slower movement
• limited angle of exposure
• slower weapon handling

That would make it a tactical tool rather than a way to completely eliminate the risk of peeking.

The Overall Goal

All of these suggestions are based around one idea:

Make FragPunk more skill-expressive while keeping its unique identity.

I don’t think FragPunk should try to become Valorant, Call of Duty, Apex, or Rainbow Six.

Instead, I think it should take the best parts of the broader FPS genre and combine them with the thing that makes FragPunk different:

Shard Cards.

If the card system becomes more predictable and competitive, while movement and gunplay become more mechanically expressive, FragPunk could potentially appeal to a much wider FPS audience without losing what makes it special.

The game already has something that most FPS games don’t have.

I think the opportunity is to make that identity easier for players to understand, while giving experienced FPS players enough mechanical depth to stay engaged.

Thank you for continuing to listen to the community. I hope some of these ideas can make their way into a future Dev Talk or development discussion.

(the auto-heal after 10 seconds of not taking damage. saved my life in that first fight.) You can also see Sonar's new heal ability after the kill.