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NIGHTFALL - PTS V0.8.5 PATCH NOTES
16 View2023-08-20Hey everyone, the PTS is here!!! Happy Saturday. Below are the patch notes for this PTS. Most of the items listed below are being actively tested. All players who've played NIGHTFALL before this date have access to the v0.8.5 PTS, just message me!
New Features
Here are the primary new features being tested in the v0.8.5 PTS:
- New Survivor: Vivianne Arkham
Vivianne Arkham is a child prodigy who, after seeing numerous news reports of various people going missing in her town, she decided to investigate on her own. She began to study the mist, knowing that it somehow plays a role in these disappearances. She eventually came to the conclusion that it was causing these missings, but she didn't inform the rest of her town. The only way to confirm her theories: test it for herself.She walked alone in the woods, just like how most of the people she studied disappeared, like Ponnea Jezz, Steve Narrere, or Alex Jones. She found the mist shortly in front of her, waiting. Without hesitation, she bolted inside, and her theory was proven correct.
Personal Perk: Fast Travel
At the start of the game, Vivianne receives two blue torches. Place a torch on the ground to begin constructing a portal. Place the second torch in a farther location to finish constructing the portal. The torches will dissolve into the ground, creating a warped floor beneath. If a survivor steps on a warped floor for 3 seconds, the survivor will teleport to the other warped floor. The warped floors will dissolve after the exit gates or powered or the hatch is opened. The killer can not destroy a warped floor, but before the portals are constructed, the killer can destroy the blue torch to completely cancel Vivianne's ability. Torches can not be placed on vaults.
- New Map: Arkham Observatory
The Arkham observatory is Vivianne's family workplace, where they observed the city from a faraway location as a part of their job, working for the city. The Arkham Observatory was also where Vivianne would do her studies on the many victims of the mist before she was taken as well. The mist couldn't completely steal the observatory, so it instead created a corrupted manifestation in its own world, bringing Vivianne with it.
- Hex: No Way Out - NERF
Development has found the Hex: No Way Out perk to be way too powerful, and can potentially hold the game hostage on maps like Shackhouse, Ironworks, or Mineshafts. We have decided to nerf Hex: No Way Out, and we're testing the nerfs in the PTS.
Previously:
For the first 60 seconds after the last generator is completed, exits are blocked from being opened. Killer will receive a permanent 1x speed amplifier until the Hex is cleansed.
New:
For the first 40 seconds after the last generator is completed, exits are blocked from being opened. Killer will receive a permanent 1x speed amplifier. If the Hex is cleansed, the Killer's speed amplifier is removed, and the exits are unblocked.
- The cost to purchase Hex: No Way Out has been increased to 85 Crystals (was 75)
- The Scientist - BUFF
After observing gameplay with the Scientist and seeing how incredibly weak he is against most team compositions, we are buffing the Scientist's power. Although there is no exact way to completely negate the random deaths he endures after teleporting a lot, we can delay it.
Previously:
Have 16 ender pearls that refill every time you run out. 10 second cooldown.
New:
Have 48 ender pearls that refill every time you run out. Receive a Totem of Undying at the start of every game to delay the death effect. When dying, teleport to the center of the map, no matter how close a survivor is to it.
We hope the Scientist buff would considerably strengthen him in most games and make him more fun and enjoyable for all players.
- Patches coming in the live update, but not the PTS:
After The Miner & Billy Nelson being the very first unlockable characters in the game, the game grew and progressively added more survivors and killers, leaving The Miner and Billy in the dark. As the game grew, only the first three basic killers were playable. In order to make the game more enjoyable and less money hungry, not saying it was before, we will make The Miner and Billy Nelson available to all players. Any players who purchased either character and have the little paper in game or the irl receipt (for real $ puchases) can show it to me and will be given a half refund.
Development has also closely analyzed usage of the Ivory Mori offering in game, which makes the game incredibly killer-sided and is an easy win for killers. Being able to kill survivors earlier than normal is very unfair to the survivor being killed first. Coming in the live update, Ivory Mori's will no longer be available, and will be taken off of the shop and the tome. Ivory Mori's previously on the tome will be replaced with Shards on either track, premium or free.
Please remember that the PTS is only available to players who have played the game BEFORE 8/19/2023. We can not admit newer players into the PTS due to security reasons. The PTS is live, and can be played at all SSUs up until August 26, where developers will close it, make final changes, and then launch the update on the live game.
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