Hunters,
Here are the notes for Update 2.5. During this test you can play solo only on all servers except South America and Russia. Bloodline rank will be similar as your live rank and money will be set to $5000.
EDIT (Oct-06 16:53 CEST): the solo mission is replaced with random mission.
Version: v0.425
SteambuildID: 3186157
Client patch size: ~220MB
- Trainee mode: With this release we are introducing the “Trainee mode” for Hunters up to bloodline rank 15. We believe this will help players in the early ranks to familiarize themselves better with the game without having the risk of losing Hunters in this process. When you get killed your Hunter will not be gone permanently as previously. All you will need to do is buy the equipment you wish to equip your Hunter with after such a scenario. Please note this only applies until you reach bloodline rank 15, and does not apply if you prestige.
Gunplay
We are focusing on those weapons we identified to dominate the current meta in order to provoke other, currently less used equipment to come to the foreground and mix things up a bit.
- Crown & King Auto-5
- Extra ammo reduced from 12 to 5 shells
- Caldwell Conversion Uppercut
- Extra ammo reduced from 12 to 6 long bullets
- Mosin Nagant M1891 Avtomat
- Extra ammo reduced from 10 to 0 long bullets
- Dolch 96 and Dolch 96 Precision
- Extra ammo reduced from 10 to 0 medium bullets
- Vetterli 71 Karabiner
- Extra ammo reduced from 19 to 12 medium bullets
- Explosive Crossbow
- Direct hit to upper torso or head will kill other players now.
- Machete
- Slight melee damage reduction
- Changes the pose for the charged melee attack to no longer cover the torso with the arm to absorb damage.
Developer Notes:Even if a weapon has 0 extra bullets now, the moment the player fires bullets, the empty space is dynamically added to the extra ammo pool. So if you have an Avtomat now, having fired 6 rounds off your 15 round magazine, means you can pick up to 6 extra rounds up. The moment you reload them into your gun, the extra ammo pool will shrink again until it reaches 0.
Price changes
- Hand Crossbow from $210 to $110
- Hand Crossbow poison from $240 to $115
- Nagant M1895 Officer Carbine from $86 to $35
- Crossbow from $280 to $180
- Crossbow Explosive from $400 to $290
- Crossbow Shotbolt from $305 to $220
- Mosin-Nagant M1891 Avtomat reduced from $1800 to $1500
- Cavalry Saber increased from $22 to $69
Trainee Mode
- Safety net added for new players to help them learn the game.
- In the first 15 ranks (excluding prestige) your hunters won’t be lost when they get killed in a mission. Instead the hunter gets reset to the pre-mission status including all gear and health.
- Fixed a bug where the player could get stuck in Slaughterhouse and Scupper which resulted in the loss of a hunter
- Sometimes dynamite or grenades make no sound when exploding.
- AI may become stuck when navigating around certain areas.
- Hunter heads may snap back and forth if too close to other entities or pieces of geometry.
- Hive swarms are able to attack players through solid walls and small lattices.
- Oil pools are invisible.
- Shadows may not blend together correctly on low end systems.
- In rare instances, players may become stuck on the matchmaking screen at the “Loading Map” stage.
- If 2 players invite each other via steam (without one of them accepting) they can be stuck in that invite state and will have to wait for a bit or restart their client in the worst case.
- Dark sight boost can sometimes be consumed faster than intended.
- Direct hits with Fire Bombs and Lanterns will not knock down AI as intended.
- The AOE (self-) damage indicator on the throw helper of the liquid fire bomb is not in sync with the actual AOE/damage range.
- Depending on the area, windows might show incorrect reflections.
- In some cases, you may encounter a strange visual effect from smoke and muzzle flashes. This is more prominent in underground areas, but can occur outdoors as well.
- Russian region is available in UI but is inactive at the moment - more news about it soon!
~The Hunt team