Warhammer 40,000: Darktide News

[h3]Rejects, [/h3]

Last week we saw the release of Patch #5 and Hotfix 1.0.36, which were focused primarily on quality-of-life changes, bug fixes, and a couple of small buffs for Psyker and Ogryn.

Towards the end of March, we’ll release a small content drop containing some additional tools for you to help in the fight against the heretics of Tertium! The content drop will be accompanied by a large number of bug fixes and improvements*. Here is a sneak peek of two of the weapons you will find included:

Ironhelm Mk IV Thunder Hammer - These Thunder Hammers have a weapon special that gives players some cleave before triggering some extra damage when stopping.



Deimos Mk II Blaze Force Sword - This Force Sword employs more of a thrusting attack pattern that is great against armoured, single-target enemies.



Furthermore we’ll be deploying a couple of new conditions (and some modified versions of already existing conditions), which you will be able to see on the Mission Board in the coming weeks.

Now onto some questions!

Material Pickup Prompt

We’ve seen the community feedback on the recent patch that added new notifications when picking up crafting resources. We'll be looking at implementing a toggle for this option in the interim so you can choose to opt out of the notifications.

We're also reviewing the HUD in general with how it works and providing both feedback and information - so please let us know your thoughts on the current HUD and what you would like to see going forward!


Can Opener Blessing

Some players have been asking about a bug with the Can Opener Blessing on the Foe-Rend Ripper Guns - we will add a bug fix in the upcoming content drop so that the brittleness will only be applied on a stab attack.

Alongside this bug fix, we’ll add a few buffs to the Foe-Rend Ripper Guns, including; doubling the stacks of brittleness per stab, increasing the stagger capabilities, increasing the damage and armour penetration per stab, and some changes to movement penalties.
Detailed patch notes will go live shortly after the content drop releases!

.* added after posting by Catfish for clarity

We want you to create art worthy of the Emperor’s gaze. Your muse? Everyone’s favorite Tech-Priest; the one and only, Hadron. We don’t have any strict guidelines on how you create your masterpiece, whether it’s digital or physical, a painting, cosplay, a video, papier-mâché, pretty much anything goes.

We wouldn’t want to upset the Tech-Priest, so, even though AI art is all the rage lately, we will not be accepting submissions that have used heretical AI tools. If you have a style reminiscent of AI-generated art, fret not, just make sure to document different stages of the project proving that this is in fact your masterpiece so Hadron can rest assured that no undue heresy is taking place.

The winners will be picked by a jury of devs from various different disciplines. The prizes are: 3 Darktide Imperial Edition keys, exclusive Darktide hoodie, Darktide t-shirt and Fatshark merch. We’ll be picking 3 winners. Cut-off for entries is 11 pm CET on April 6th, the winners will be announced on our social media later the following week.

The finer details PLEASE READ

You can upload your submissions to your own social media profile (e.g. Twitter / Instagram) using the hashtag #DarktideArtContest, or upload it in the appropriate thread on the Fatshark forums. To prove ownership, all submissions must be clearly watermarked with your Fatshark Forums username, Reddit username, social media handle, or show your username clearly in the photo written on a piece of paper (or something similar) Only creations that are Hadron-themed are valid. Please keep all submitted content SFW. You can submit one entry! Please enter original creations! We will be checking. Notice to new members: Your post will have to be approved before it appears here, which may take up to 12 hours if posted during the night. Please be patient, it will be approved!

‍

Here are the patch notes for patch #5 that just went live on Steam, and will be available shortly on Microsoft Store.

[h3]New & Updated Features:[/h3]

We added a small notification for when Strike Team members pick up Plasteel or Diamantine during gameplay. A chime will play, and an onscreen message will show who picked up the resource and what it was.

The total collected resources during the mission will be visible in the Tactical Overlay (Default keymap: Tab).

[h3]Classes[/h3]
Skullbreaker

• Feat: Payback Time
  • “When an enemy damages you, gain 20% damage against enemies of the same type for 5s.” has been changed to “When an enemy damages you with a melee attack, gain +20% damage for 5s”
• Feat: Lead the Charge
  • Now also grants Stun Immunity and Suppression Immunity to allies for the duration of the buff.
    

Psykinetic

• Feat: Warp Unleashed
  • Damage Bonus increased: from 5-15% to 10-25%.

• Feat: Wrack and Ruin
  • Increased stacks of Soulblaze applied as well as the radius: Stacks: 2 -> 3 Radius: 3 meters -> 4 meters.
    

Preacher

• Fixed issue where Preacher’s “Until Death” Passive could activate when at 1 health even when the Preacher didn't take damage.
  

[h3]Blessings [/h3]

• Lorenz Mk V Kickback - Expandable
  
  • Melee Power Bonus now also affects your regular melee weapon, not just the Special Action melee attack. The bonus values have been tuned down to account for this, and the duration has been lowered slightly (4s -> 3.5s).
    

Dev note - ’This should make the blessing much more useful and fill a similar role as the human Stub Revolver Point Blank Blessing.’

• Flamer - Quickflame
  
  Increased reload speed bonus gained from the Blessing “Quickflame” on all tiers:
  
  • Tier 1: 5% -> 18%
    
  • Tier 2: 7.5% -> 20%
    
  • Tier 3: 10% -> 22%
    
  • Tier 4: 12.5% -> 24%

Dev note - This change was to bring "Quickflame" in line with the other blessings. We have our eyes on the Flamer, as it might be a little strong, and we are considering some changes in an upcoming patch.

• “Savage Sweep” Blessing
  • Fixed a bug where the Munitorum Mk III Power Sword didn't show the correct values in the description text
    
  • Fixed an issue where the Tier 4 Blessing didn’t give players 50% as intended.

• Fixed an issue where the Blessing "Thrust" would not give out the maximum bonus on various weapons.
  
• Fixed hit marker for the blessing "Haymaker."
  

[h3]Weapons[/h3]

• Fixed a visual effect bug for Helbore Lasguns that occurred when switching to a grenade while charging a shot.
  
• Fixed a bug where you sometimes couldn’t switch to the Grenade Box when using the Blastoom Mk III Grenadier Gauntlet due to missing chain actions.
  
• Fixed a bug where the wrong stat name was shown on the Locke Mk IIb Spearhead Boltgun.
  
• Fixed a bug where Bull Butcher Mk III Cleaver and human Combat Axes dealt incorrect damage vs Maniac on some light attacks.
  
• Fixed a bug on Catachan Mk III Combat Blade where the push follow-up attack could be canceled by other attacks.
  
• Fixed a bug on Orestes Mk IV Assault Chainaxe that caused an unwanted delay on heavy attacks if you combo into them from a push follow-up attack.
  
• Fixed an issue from 1.0.30 that made it impossible to manually turn off revved Eviscerators and Chainaxes.
  

[h3]Item Acquisition[/h3]

• Emperor's Gift for Heresy and Damnation missions will now see an increase in the Sanctity (rarity) of the item gifted. At Level 30, players who play at Heresy will no longer see a Redeemed (green) item. This applies to Weapons and Curios.
  
• For characters at level 30, you will no longer see a weapon with a base rating of under 300 from the Armoury Exchange, Sire Melk’s Requisitorium, or through the Emperor’s Gift.
  

[h3]Shrine of the Omnissiah[/h3]

• Lowered the amount of Plasteel required to consecrate to Transcendent Sanctity in the Shrine. At the maximum item rating of 380, 700 Plasteel is now required (previously 800). Note that the item rating cost scaling will still apply for lower ratings.
  
• The cost of shrine actions (Consecrate, Re-Bless) now have the order of 'Plasteel, Diamantine' to follow the consistency of the ordering in your acquired total currencies.
  
• When you do not have enough Diamantine or Plasteel to perform the selected action in the shrine, the cost will now be shaded red.
  
• After proceeding with an action in the shrine, the item list will scroll back to the last selected item that was acted upon.
  

[h3]Fixes and Tweaks[/h3]

• Improved quality of several localized texts.
  
• Resolved a few miscellaneous typos found in some texts throughout the game.
  
• Further improved clarity on some items through their texts.
  
• The sorting of your loadout inventory will no longer show you items that have been bartered and are no longer available.
  
• Added missing text for the Private Mode functionality in the mission board.
  
• Made changes to the emote wheel to resolve issues in selecting an emote to animate with. It was difficult to navigate with a mouse when moving between the gaps.
  
• Resolved an issue where the wrong weapon skin or trinket would sometimes be shown on the preview in the weapon card/list entry after it had been changed.
  
• The "locked by Trust Level" text within Brunt's Armoury has been brought forward in layers; it was previously behind the texture, making the text hard to read.
  

[h3]Stability[/h3]

• Resolved a crash surrounding the inspection of cosmetic items inside the Armoury Exchange or Commodore's Vestures.
  
• Isolated and resolved a case of a rare crash that would occur when switching between Loadout/Cosmetic/Feats views.
  
• Resolved a crash that was caused by changing portrait frames via loadouts.
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause a server and/or client crash by successfully dodging 16 attacks in a row.
  
• Optimized network data when creating liquid effects such as Grenadier/Flamer fire, Beast of Nurgle slime, or fire barrels.
  
• Fixed a disconnect issue that could occur when attacking a large number of enemies in a short amount of time.
  

Last week we saw the arrival of Patch #4: Blessings of the Omnissiah, Hotfix 1.0.31, Hotfix 1.0.31+, and Hotfix 1.0.32 which brought a TON of changes, including the addition of Brunt’s Armoury, weapon balancing, earning blessings and more.

Next week we will release a small patch including small Psyker and Ogryn buffs, bug fixes, and some crash resolutions.

Towards the end of March, we will release a large patch - more details on this will be in the next Comm-Link, so stay tuned!

We also want to thank you for all the great feedback you gave while testing our new and improved Hunting Grounds Condition.

Now, onto some answers to questions asked by the Community this week…

Experimental branch

We are still testing the changes in the Experimental Branch, if you are having issues with GPU-related crashes, please consider looking at this post on our Forums!
We don’t currently have a timeframe for when we expect to add any of these changes to the main server. We will move things over when we know it has a solid impact on stability and won't impact performance or gameplay. As soon as we are in a spot to add these, we will let you know!

Base rating of weapons for players at Level 30

Since the release of Patch #4 we’ve been busy monitoring the feedback and data regarding both item acquisition and the Shrine. For the patch next week we will make some small adjustments based on some of our findings. For characters at level 30, you will no longer see a weapon with a base rating of under 300 from the Armoury Exchange, Sire Melk's Requisitorium, or through the Emperor's Gift. The rest of the changes we are currently working on, we will cover in the patch notes next week.

Is it possible that icons for unlocked Blessings might be coming?

Yes, we're currently developing the ability for you to see which blessings you have earned at the Shrine, and which blessings you still have yet to earn. You will be able to see the difference in all places where the blessing icon is present, including the Armoury Exchange and Sire Melk's Requisitorium. Both the list of weapons, and on the larger detailed weapon card.