Today's changes to the weapon mechanics are intended to be fairly transparent to players, but they simplify a load of things under the hood, which will make adding new weapons (especially firearms) to the game much easier in future. You'll also notice some quality of live improvements (you no longer have a separate *Stored* version of each weapon), and we've taken the opportunity to add a bit more flexibility to the weapons you can equip and to clean up a few other things.
There will be another tranche of weapon updates in the near future, which will introduce pistol holsters into the game and add a few other things. The reason we're working on this now is that it's really been a block for adding new weapons to the game, and it'll also be required for the badlands.
Other things we've got in the works:
- We've bumped Zara to Q1 2024, but she might be in testing this year.
- Dating Miriam is currently in testing.
- New mission content is in the works.
- As is body modding and tattoos.
Read the full changelog here:
There are some new street occurrences.
New life card: Gutter connoisseur?*
One new implant.
The AQ338 now gives Scope quality.
Overhauled some weapon mechanics.
You can now potentially carry more than one long weapon.
Larger mêlée weapons are now long weapons.
Several new weapons (mêlée and otherwise).
- One subscriber-only.
Heavy weapons now require setting up to use.
Heavy weapons now have a minimum combat range.
Increased the value of MedChem kits.
The Tower Group data packet can now be used to get off Tower's radar.
- Just once, ever.
Adjusted the inventory and slots tabs layout again.
Made some small performance improvements.
You can now undock and move slot in the left hand interface area.
You can now lock your quick access inventory from being sorted.
Improved the mouse over hovers.
New artwork.
Fixed a problem with initial Contact/Alessandra and progress with Learning/Black Moon.
Fixed a problem with Transport capacity.
Fixed some typos and such things. Thanks for the reports.