Hello everyone! Last week we covered the concepts behind the Survivalist, which we are working on for launch. Today I wanted to go more in-depth on what else we are actively working on for post launch. Now, as a bit of a heads up, I want to go into why we are slotting these items for a post launch update.
We are trying to minimize the impact of any work we do that could imbalance or cause unintended bugs because we are actively working to remove as many balance issues and bugs as possible for our launch on November 18th. This doesn’t mean our content teams are standing idle however, and today I want to share with you a few of the items we are bringing online.
Many fans have been requesting shield based gameplay and we have previously looked into it, but at the time weren’t able to bring it online in time for the SWAT perk. I am happy to announce that several teams here at Tripwire have been working on bringing that vision to life and one of the first weapons players will see post launch is the Tier 4 Mace and Shield for the Berserker perk (which will be an alternative to the Eviscerator)!
This new weapon has required us to bring several new systems, from animation, rigging, and code, online to support it. Since those systems are falling into place, we feel that this new weapon is shaping up nicely and will quickly become a community favorite. With new features such as taunting and shield bash, as well as fun, mace-tastic gameplay, any player that wants to get up close and personal with the Zeds is going to want to check out this new weapon!
But that isn’t all! We are also working towards our next Zed addition, the double bladed Gorefast. This medium to high tier Zed will be sure to be a “swinging hit” when it spins into the game post launch!
We will be updating the community as these new items come online, as well as updating you all with our plans for next year as we look over and start working on new content and features to add to the game.