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Wardogs will bribe players with cash and XP to pick Blue team in Season 2

"Lonestar cash and XP bonus. Season 2 only. New Bakurani spawn."

"We're looking at how we can help the win rate of a certain team." -Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer (via "Road to Season 2" devlog)

Bulkhead wants to boost one team's win rate, and it's willing to bribe its players (with in-game cash) to do it. Despite all three teams starting on equal grounds, many Wardogs players have been avoiding Blue from the start, going so far as to idle on the selection screen for minutes waiting for a slot to open on Green or Red.

The are practical balancing problems that work against Blue team, like their lackluster camouflage and unfavorable spawn points (Season 2 is tackling Bakurani), but the bonuses are meant to counter the other reason Blue sucks, as I covered last month:

"Another, less talked about possibility, is that Blue team's infamy is a self-fulfilling prophecy. …

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