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Ghost Ship Games · Coffee Stain Publishing·$29.99
Mar 9, 2018 · 100mo ago

Update 9: Drill You Later!

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Update 9 focuses on significant buffs to the Driller and Bosco, improvements to mission failure payouts, and various quality-of-life and system fixes.

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Buffs15

  • Driller
    • Flamethrower:Flamethrower fuel capacity increased from 160 to 270 units.160270 units
    • Flamethrower:Each fuel canister now holds 90 units instead of 80.8090 units
    • Flamethrower:Flamethrower range increased from 8.5m to 10m.8.5m10m m
    • Power Drills:Power Drill fuel increased from 30 to 35.3035
    • Power Drills:Walk speed while drilling increased by 10%.+10% %
    • Power Drills:Melee attack speed with drills has been doubled.1x2x
  • Bosco
    • Bosco's damage increased from 3 to 6 (100% increase).36
    • Bosco now receives a 250% speed boost when ordered.250% %
    • Bosco's acceleration increased from 300 to 550.300550
    • Friendly fire reduction changed from 1 to 0.2.10.2
    • Cave Leech Protection:Bosco should now save players from cave leeches more consistently.
    • Lighting:Bosco now has a lighting ability to increase visibility in caves.Added
  • Mission End
    • Survival bonus doubled from 75 to 150 credits per surviving player.75150 credits
    • Failing a mission now grants 25% compensation of minerals stored in Molly.0%25% %
  • Co-op SessionsKicking:Getting kicked now results in a Mission Failed state with compensation based on contribution.NoneContribution-based

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  • Driller
    • Power Drills:Base melee drill damage reduced from 10 to 8 hp.108 hp
    • Power Drills:Upgrade melee drill damage reduced from 5 to 4 hp.54 hp

Bug fixes1

  • GeneralFixed late join crashes, vanity item display issues, and key binding availability for '5'.

Other changes7

  • Co-op Sessions
    • Joining/Kicking:Joining or kicking players is no longer possible once the Drop Pod countdown has begun.AlwaysDisabled after Drop Pod call
    • Added private server checkbox, updated server list filters, and added joining player indicators.
  • Caves
    • Generation:Added more cave shapes and increased randomness to existing shapes.Increased
    • Hazards:Introduced sticky web environmental hazards to the caves.Added
  • General
    • Steam Trading Cards are now implemented and available.Added
    • Flamethrower:Flamethrower smoke changed back to black from white.whiteblack
    • Added Croatian, Finnish, Italian, and Japanese languages.Added

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