Developer Crytek talked about the upcoming update 1.9 in today's Hunt: Showdown developer livestream. We at Guided.news summarize all the important information for you.
When is the update coming? The first stream ran on Monday evening, June 27, 2022 starting at 18:00 on Crytek's official Twitch channel. There, the developers presented more details about the upcoming update 1.9 to their community. Today, July 13, the update will go live around 4:00 p.m. and will then be playable for everyone. Beforehand, the servers will go offline so that the developers can install the update.
New features in the Hunt: Showdown Update 1.9
New Summons
With the last major update 1.8.1 summons were added to the game, tasks that you can complete on the map. Update 1.9 will add more Summons. Among other things, legendary Summons for BB.
In addition, quests chains will be implemented later, Crytek continues to work on them.
Update 1.9 will also update the overview map and better show you which Summons you have active and where you can complete them.
Black Market
You will be able to purchase discounted Legendary BB Content on the Black Market. The Black Market will initially have 3 vendors available, each with its own theme and limited stock. All items are visible and are regularly renewed randomly.
Level design changes in Hunt: Showdown Update 1.9
By popular request, the Hunt: Showdown developers have now made the Kingsnake Mine accessible. The mine's tunnels connect the main and auxiliary buildings. Ladders and long elevators lead out of the tunnels.
The mine has narrow passages, but not so many spots to hide. Crytek doesn't want campers holed up in the mine.
Other level design changes:
- Alice Farm: There is now a window directly to the side of the barn at Alice Farm. You can now also run across the silo with a ladder onto the roof of the barn and across the entire barn.
- Darrow Livestock: The Darrow Livestock's filthy hole, which was previously a quick trap, now has a ramp for easier exiting.
- Pitching Crematorium: Pitching's surface textures have been adjusted to provide more cover. A new entrance accessible from the forest has been added to the crematorium.
- Port Reeker: Port Reeker has added a few more stairs, ladders, and bridges to improve accessibility.
- Stillwater Bend: Stillwater Bend has been cleaned up a bit and offers more space in the courtyard. A few ladders have also been added. The boss room is now also accessible via a staircase.
- Lawson Delta - C&A Lumber: A new ladder leads to the boss.
- Lawson Delta - Salters Pork: Outside of Salters Pork, in the field, there is now underground access to the outhouse.
- Desalle - Fort Bolden: The old bridge has been replaced by a modern bridge. The area has also been cleaned up and made clearer.
- Desalle - New Spawnpoints: Desalle has received a new spawnpoint system and new spawnpoints that ensure teams don't spawn too close together. Spawn fights are still possible, but they are meant to remain fair.
Technical & gameplay features
Technical features
- Server stability: Players should be able to play anywhere in the world. For example, Australians should also be able to play on the US or EU servers. This causes problems due to the desync. Crytek's goal is to improve overall server performance and maintain global accessibility.
- Scalability: A new system should ensure that player rushes are handled correctly, and the servers are automatically increased. The system has already been successfully tested in Asia. With update 1.9, the system is now coming to Europe and the USA.
- Match timer reduction: Bounty Hunt missions now only last 45 minutes instead of 60 minutes. Less than 1% of all games last longer than 40 minutes. The 45-minute limit reduces the load on the server.
- Ping-limit Feature: In order to further overcome the problems with too high pings, a limit is now introduced. The limit is 225ms at the start. If your ping is too high, your server region will change. If your ping is too high everywhere, you play on the server where your ping is best. You can still play with friends anywhere.
Gameplay Changes
- Team Details: Added details about your squad's actions to better understand what happened during the match. Includes color coding, timestamp, and bounty icons. The data is recorded as long as you are in the game.
- Weapon Audio: Adjusted distant weapon sounds, so you can more clearly identify how far away they are and whether they were fired indoors or outdoors. Outdoor shots have a clear echo, while indoor shots sound rather dull.
- Weapon Balance: The Centennial's rate of fire has increased by 20%.
- Weapon Balance: Terminus reload time increased by 20%, and the rate of fire increased by 5%.
- Ammo Balance: Long Ammo Pistol Balance - previously only for the uppercut. Slightly less damage at close range (20-60m), higher damage at longer range (80-120m).
- Ammo Balance: Slug Balance - Effective range of some medium-barreled shotguns has been reduced. Adjusted damage multipliers that require more precise hits on the upper body for a one-shot kill. Slug ammo count has also been reduced slightly.
- Poison Balance: Poison ammo now has the same damage as normal ammo.
- Melee Balance: The heavy knife and saber can now perform another heavy attack.
- Melee Balance: The damage of a heavy attack with a machete is increased, so you can now take down a Heavy in 2 hits.
- Melee Balance: Talon variants have been adjusted. They are now similar to the Battle Axe. However, you can only use 2 heavy attacks before your stamina is depleted, but they do more damage.
Legendary content
Of course, there are new legendary items that will be added with update 1.9 that you can purchase:
- Weapon: Knife "The Last Word" - 700BB
- Weapon: Winfield Terminus "Burn Out" - 700BB
- Weapon: Winfield M1873 "The Redmartin" - 900BB
- Hunter: "Bartender" - 900BB
New Legendaries on the Black Market:
There will also be new legendary items on the Black Market, which you can purchase for full price or with a 20% discount.
- Weapon: Berthier "Cassius" 720-900BB
- Weapon: Specter 1882 Compuact "The Collins" - 640-800BB
- Weapon: Vetterli Marksman "Swamp Song" - 720-900BB
- Weapon: Vetterli Silencer "Fate's Whisper" - 720-900BB
- Hunter: "Hawkshaw Jack" - 800-1000BB
A lot of Bug Fixes
Update 1.9 is said to offer the longest list of bug fixes in recent years. In particular, the LEMAT bug will be fixed with 1.9. Senior Community Manager Rick Taylor talked about how the LEMAT bug was so difficult to fix that they even considered taking the Lemat out. Instead, they rolled back the last bug fix that caused the problem for the time being.
Changes to player movement and better technical coordination between client and server should ensure that the desync problems are fixed. However, network problems can continue to cause desyncs. However, Crytek still needs your feedback on the topic in order to further improve the problem.
More information from the stream
- A blog/video to monetize Hunt: Showdown is still a work in progress and should be released soon.
- Fixed server crashes from dedicated servers.
- An event will come that will be different from the previous ones. Player feedback has been implemented, but more information will follow later.
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