Being inside the Comer & Sons buildings now gives you a special status effect, that both makes the game much harder, while massively increasing loot rates
NOTE: The -100% Headshot damage was a mistake, I've now removed it in-game
Comer & Sons now has extra lone bosses scaterred randomly through the building
The triple bosses at the end of Comer and Sons now have a 5x higher chance of dropping Elites or Uniques vs regular bosses (on top of the status effect bonus)
Other large buildings now have a small chance to spawn extra bosses in other rooms, although no where near as frequently as Comer's
As I'm sure most of you are aware, the end of last year was a bit sucky in terms of DF2 updates as I had to spend a lot of time getting things done in DF1, and also had a bunch of crazy stuff going on in my home life which meant I couldn't put it anything like the number of hours I did earlier in the year. I'm however pleased to say that a lot of those issues are calming down and I'm finally back working on DF2 almost full time.
My number #1 priority is to get the level 50 update complete as soon as possible. However I should warn you, this is a big update that really needs to come in one big chunk, and because of that there won't be much obvious happening for a few more months. I will endeavour to post some screenshots and brief updates every now and then, but it will generally be fairly quiet.
The first stage of this update will be adding all the new weapons. Just give you an idea there will be around 40 new weapons in total. I expect this to take me about 2 weeks. Once this stage is complete I will release the new weapons as cosmetics so you guys at least have something new to play with while I work on Stage 2.
The second stage will be adding all the new enemies, which will be hardest part. The Spitter took me two weeks to implement, and I'd want to add 3 new bosses with unique mechanics in a similar fashion. So we'd be looking at 6 weeks. I'd also like to add new versions of the basic zombies, which I expect will take me a further 2 weeks.
Hopefully by this point, all our new clothing cosmetics art will be finished and I can then spend 2 weeks putting all of those into the game. However if they are not quite ready I will probably delay this part for a future update. I'll then need approximately 2 weeks to add things like Uniques, handle basic code needed for expanding the level cap and do some balancing.
So this looks like 12-14 weeks in total which would bring us up until April. I think this is a pretty good estimate, but as always don't be surprised if it takes a bit longer as estimating big jobs like this can be difficult. Another thing to be aware of is that due to the timing of Easter I may need another couple of weeks to get those events handled in both games. So actually, probably more like May.
NOTE: I've also got people working on adding a proper storyline to DF2 while I tackle level 50. This should be complete well before I finish my update, so there will be another small thing to look forward to in the shorter term.
Once level 50 is complete, my aim will be to spend the remainder of 2021 on:
From now until Sunday January 3rd you will be able to:
Hunt the fearsome Wendigo boss, but watch out for it's bloodcurdling scream!
Take down Christmas infected that grant large amounts of bonus EXP!
Join in with new Christmas challenge events!
Enjoy some festive Egg Nog to fuel your loot runs
Get +100% EXP, +100% Ammo Loot, +100% Elite Find Chance AND +100% Unique Find Chance!
Grab a new Limited Edition themed cosmetic item from the credit shop :)
Get 20% off all Credit and Membership purchases
Merry Christmas DF 2 :)
Client Update (Version 0.170)
A bug that prevented the Wendigo from dying and giving loot was fixed
Wendigo scream range was reduced
Wendigo run speed was reduced
Some small bugs related to weather were fixed
NOTE: You will need to quit the game client and install the update on Steam before theses changes take effect. If the game fails to update, logging out of Steam and back in again usually does the trick.
There are now four different types of weather and it changes roughly every 1-2 hours.
You can now find Upgrades from normal (non-boss) Level 15+ loot spots. These upgrades can be used to slightly improve existing weapons or armour. There are currently 11 different types and more will be added in the future.
Preparations for Christmas Event
You can no longer slide up the side of large objects to avoid zombie attacks
Frequency of Stalker attacks was reduced
Fixed a bug that caused you to view a player's profile even while pressing E
Fixed a bug that stopped older head cosmetics from appearing in the shop rotation
Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented you from looting bosses outside
Base noise radius for most guns has been reduced
HOTFIX #1:
A bug that stopped you from viewing player profiles was fixed
A bug that caused all boss loots to come out as damaged was fixed
A bug that stopped armour from generating stats was fixed
Some stuttering related to the new weather modes was fixed
NOTE: You will need to quit the game client and install the update on Steam before theses changes take effect. If the game fails to update, logging out of Steam and back in again usually does the trick.
P.S I'm sorry that updates have been slow on DF2 these past few months. This is because I've had a of lot extra things to do both on DF1 and in my personal life (about to be a dad for the 5th time O.O). However I feel confident that I'll be able to get back to full speed working on DF2 early in the new year. Thanks a lot for your understanding and patience :)
