This update includes new special effects for the second playing field, changes for the customization window in players profiles, numerous gameplay changes and fixes and more. The full list of changes is available below.
A. NEW FEATURES
- New interface for the players profile customization All the settings for the player's profile customization are now gathered in one place. Now you won't have to search for a desired token trail or a Governor frame in your Collection – just open your profile windows 'Customization' tab, and select the category of the item that you want to change.
- Visual update of the second playing field Just as with the old playing field, you can now hover the mouse cursor over different locations of the new playing field to see them highlighted. In addition, these new objects do not just glow brighter under the cursor, but also react to clicks. Feel free to experiment with it!
B. NEW CONTENT
- New cards
- ːcardsː 'The Ramp'
- ːcardsː 'A Snitch'
- New in-game items
- ːflakeː 'Winter Town' – Main menu background | Winter set
- ːflakeː 'Frame of Ice' – Governor frame | Winter set
- ːSneakyChestː «Excellent Choice!» – Phrase | General set
- New item on the Black Market:
- 'Sponsor' – Lobby icon (animated) | Available only on the Black Market. (Tradable, Not Marketable. After receiving this item, it can't be sold on the Steam Marketplace but can be traded/gifted to another Steam user).
C. CHANGES
- The matchmaking system has been adjusted once again. Searching for opponents with similar rating will be more strict (there should be no more occasional opponents with a much higher (10+) rating than yours if you use this option). At the same time, the priority to create a session with the appropriate players has been increased which should have a positive impact on the queue waiting time.
- Now The Governor can't take bribes at any time when he/she wants. Instead, this action can be performed only at the beginning of the Governor's turn, before the Governor moves. This change removes a kind of 'arcade' action when sometimes the Governor needs to grab a bribe as fast as possible (before a conflict with another player, as an example). Now this action will be more predictable and it also adds some tenseness for the Governor, where an especially big or needed bribe is available but can't be taken right away.
- The tooltip for the bribes has been updated to reflect the change described above (for now it is only available in RU and EN, other languages will be updated later).
- The tooltip for the 'Bribe' spots has been slightly updated for a better explanation of how the spot works – players pay the bribe twice there, not a single doubled bribe, which in some cases makes an actual difference.
- The text of the 'A Well-deserved Holiday' card has been updated to reflect the fact that no more cards can be played after this one if a player teleports himself to the Inferno with this card.
D. FIXES
- Fixed the issue where the effect of the "Automated Traffic Policeman" did not trigger for its owner after a player used 'Second-hand' to move and got a card with 5-6 move points.[ːnotebookː Thainlex]
- Fixed the issue where the custom starting location for characters was ignored in mods and they always started from their default locations.
- Fixed the issue where the 'Almost there!' achievement didn't work properly on the new playing field.
- Fixed the issue where all Jail events were always shown in the visual log with the 'neutral' behavior icon. [ːnotebookː Thainlex]
- Fixed the issue where a misfortune that has been sent with the Jail event 'Jail Telegram' did not count in the final stats. [ːnotebookː Thainlex]
- Fixed the issue where the '5 seconds of fame' global effect did not count in the final stats. [ːnotebookː Flibustier-USSR]
- Fixed the issue where in some cases ːmaliceː received by players did not count in the final stats. [ːnotebookː Speedy Gonsales]
- Fixed the issue where the items from 'Famous Figures' DLC did not count in the overall number of items in Collection if it is sorted by item type. [ːnotebookː Flibustier-USSR]
- Fixed the incorrect tooltip for the Smart Screwdriver.
F. KNOWN ISSUES
Information about all currently known issues, their status, as well as the suggestions from the community can be found at our public page on Trello: https://trello.com/b/HjOStDAS You can use our forums to report new issues or make suggestions about the game – they will be added to the Trello list.
Have you noticed that quite a few of the fixes and improvements in this post have the names of the players who reported/suggested them? This is because from now on, when a certain suggestion is implemented or a significant reported bug is fixed, the players who reported those first, are rewarded with in-game chests. Please keep those reports and suggestions coming!
G. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
As was announced before, the new season starts tomorrow, December 15, 12:00 GMT. The rules for the ranked mode will be the same as before with a single exception: on both servers, all ranked sessions will be played on the new playing field! Good luck everyone in ːflakeː the Winter season!
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