# APB Reloaded Legendary Beta announcement

- Product: APB Reloaded (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/apb-reloaded)
- Vendor: Little Orbit
- Date: 2020-06-23
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/113400/view/2488750270042049233
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/apb-reloaded/releases/2020-06-23-legendary-beta-announcement

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- **removed** — Remove Joker Mystery Boxes from ARMAS
- **added** — Allow renting Legendaries with in-game Joker Tickets directly from the Joker Store
- **added** — Add 5% chance to permanently unlock a Legendary when renting from the Joker Store
- **added** — Add rental loyalty program where 20 rentals without a permanent unlock guarantees a permanent drop
- **added** — Add ability to purchase bundles of Joker Tickets from ARMAS at a rate of 100G1C for 500JT
- **added** — Add 1% bonus chance at a permanent Legendary gun for each 500 Joker Tickets purchased through ARMAS
- **added** — Start public Open Beta for the new engine on June 27
- **added** — Make characters tradeable and sellable once permanently unlocked
- **changed** — Change monetization model to remove loot boxes and guarantee value for money spent

You've already read about our [**10th anniversary celebration**](https://www.gamersfirst.com/apb/news/2020/6/15/apb-10th-anniversary). Now, we want to make the last two very big announcements that will coincide with that event. To start, we are fundamentally changing our monetization model by **removing JMBs** and allowing you to **rent and obtain Legendaries with in-game Joker Tickets**. Alongside these changes, we are going to start the public Open Beta for the new engine on Saturday, June 6/27. Be sure to read to the end of this post to catch it all!

On 6/10, Joker Gunworks started [**renovating gun rentals**](https://www.gamersfirst.com/apb/news/2020/6/8/joker-store-renovations), but there's one legendary surprise they saved for last!

After our last update, you may have spotted Anne Partridge lurking around the Joker Store. She's been on the run from RedHill and keeping things quiet, but now she's ready to don her uniform and trade her hacking skills in for Joker Gunworks' protection.

Starting **June 24**, when you go into the Joker Store, Anne will be your official liaison for all those black-market deals Joker would prefer to keep off the books. She's been hacking shipments to secure more of the prototype parts and weapons they use to supply Legendaries to the public, so now she can make them available for valued Joker Gunworks customers to rent all the time.

Let's take a look!

There are a few things to note about this new menu. First, you can now rent Legendaries with Joker Tickets directly from the in-game Joker Store instead of going through ARMAS. Paying the rental price will unlock the Legendary for 7 days, which means you can try them out and see what matches your playstyle the best.

Anne likes repeat business and she likes to tease her customers. Occasionally, she'll make a "mistake" and not log that you rented the gun. Then you get to keep it for good. This means that, each time you rent from her, you have a 5% chance to permanently unlock that same Legendary for good. Once it's yours, that character can keep it, trade it, or sell it - whatever you want!

But what happens if you don't get lucky?

Don't worry, Anne has you covered! If you test a Legendary enough times, she'll give you the gun anyway as thanks for all the valuable field data you've collected. Here's how it works:

You may have noticed those green bars in the first menu we showed you. With Joker Gunworks' rental loyalty program, each rental where you don't get a permanent drop will fill that green bar slightly. Once a bar is completely full (around 20 rentals without a permanent unlock), your next rental is a guaranteed permanent drop! Whenever you get a permanent version, the bar is reset. For the first time ever, players can save up Joker Tickets to play with Legendaries!

As part of this change, we are finally retiring the Joker Mystery Boxes from ARMAS. We are moving away from loot boxes that never guarantee anything and often result in junk rewards you didn't want. Starting June 24th, if you want to speed things up, you can directly purchase bundles of Joker Tickets from ARMAS at a rate of 100G1C for 500JT.

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As a thank you for your support, you get a bonus 1% chance at a permanent Legendary gun from the entire pool for each 500 Joker Tickets that you purchase this way. The advantage of this system is that we get to keep the jackpot moments that you guys love with absolutely no downside. You will always get the exact value for your money, and if you don't get the bonus, you can still use those Joker Tickets you purchased to get the exact Legendary that you want.

We hope that this new system will empower both new and old players to progress the way they want in APB. Whether you build up Joker Tickets through play

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