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PVKII Play with Devs & Testers APRIL 25 1:30 EST/GMT-5



It's the last Saturday of the month! Come out and play with us this Satuday April 25 at 1:30 EST / GMT-5. Refer to the Steam Community Hub Event for most accurate time for your area.

We'll be playing on these servers and more:
  • Spamgrounds Servers
  • [EU] 24/7 Servers
  • House of Rum Stock and Custom Server


*Server we play on are subject to change, keep a look out.

Feel free to ask us questions or just hang out!

We'd ask that you please adhere to all server rules for the game and on discord, and follow any rules enforced by server admins, developers, or testers throughout the event. Sounds easy, and we'll have fun!


Survey closed this past Sunday. Results will be posted tomorrow before the Community Play event!


Join the conversation on the official PVKII Discord! Interact with devs, testers, creators, and community!

See you in game!
PVKII Team
Octoshark Studios

PVKII Player Survey Now Closed!



Ahoy ye' scallywags!

EDIT:

Survey is now closed! Thank you players! We received 1000+ entries. Crucial information on our road to 1.0! Stay tuned for the results later this week.

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Thank you players! We've received over 800 responses so far! If you haven't had a chance to do it, the survey will be open until 11:59 PM EST Sunday. Stay tuned for results!

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We want to hear from you! Please take a few moments to complete the survey below.

We would appreciate if players old and new would take a few moments to complete this. Please share how you feel about the game and what things you'd like to see next!

Please make sure you read the entire question and all options before making your choice(s).

Thank you for your time and we'll see you in game!
PVKII Team

Survey link removed.

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PVKII Player Survey



Welcome to the first ever PVKII Player Survey! We want to hear from you! Please take a few moments to complete the survey below.

We would appreciate if players old and new would take a few moments to complete this. Please share how you feel about the game and what things you'd like to see next!

Please make sure you read the entire question and all options before making your choice(s).

Thank you for your time and we'll see you in game!
PVKII Team

SURVEY LINK: https://forms.gle/rVTUDEMAyd4GwJHUA

Minor Update & Changelog (Beta 0.4.2.2)

PVKII Beta 0.4.2.2 Minor Update Changelog


An update has been released for PVKII. Server owners, please update your servers. We last saw you in December with our Glacier Update, since then PVKII has turned 13! Thank you for all your playtime and to the countless developers, creators, testers, donators and contributors!

Please stay home, stay healthy, and game on! Wishing you all good health from all of us at Octoshark Studios.

View changelog below:

bt_glacier Fixes & Updates
- Small details added to glacier including gorgeous trees by juicyfruit
- Fixed minor map issues including playerclips in tunnels
- Updated navmesh

New Achievements - Glacier Pack

How Much Does a Polar Bear Weigh? - Destroy 10 Ice Blocks in Glacier - Title: The Ice Breaker
Hurtcules! Hurtcules! - Win 10 Rounds in Glacier - Title: The Parrot of War
Polar Bear Dip - In Glacier, kill 5 enemies using freezing water - Title: The Iceman
Art for achievements made by Pache94

Balance Tweaks Heavy Knight
Two-Handed Sword:
Base Damage: 80 -> 77
Charge Time: 0.75sec -> 0.95sec
Charge Damage: 35% -> 42%

Animation Modifiers:
StartAttackSpeed: 0.8 -> 0.85
SwingSpeed: 1.35 -> 1.67
AttackSpeed: 0.95 -> 0.85

All Attacks:
Wind-up: 0.83 -> 0.71
Recovery: 1.25 -> 1.15

This is a somewhat significant rework of HK’s sword aimed at improving QoL. The sword is overall faster, but has a longer charge time to compensate. Additionally, to accommodate for the faster speed, the base damage is lower. However, the charge damage bonus is also higher, offsetting the lower base damage. TL;DR: uncharged and partial charged attacks are faster but weaker, and fully charged attacks should feel largely the same.

Counter Attacks
Several weapons had mismatched hit traces on some of their counter attacks.

Man-At-Arms’ Halberd:
Right Counter Attack: Changed from a Thrust to a Leftward Slash

Gestir’s Spear:
Forward Counter Attack: Changed from an Overhead to a Thrust
Left Counter Attack: Changed from a Rightward Slash to a Thrust
There was no reason for the Spear, a thrusting weapon, to have 2 randomly non-thrusting counter attacks.

Bondi’s Seax:
Left Counter Attack: Changed from a Leftward Slash to a Rightward Slash
Right Counter Attack: Changed from a Rightward Slash to a Leftward Slash
These traces were being generated in the wrong direction.

Berserker’s Big Axe:
Left Counter Attack: Changed from a Thrust to a Rightward Slash
Right Counter Attack: Changed from an Overhead to a Leftward Slash
The right counter attack’s animation was changed as well.

Code Fixes & Updates
- Added Glacier achievements
- Disallow remote MOTD by default
- Fixed GrogBot crash on game mode change
- Fixed a potential crash on explosion
- Fixed a start-up hang on Linux
- Fixed accumulated physics force not being applied to ragdolls
- Fixed achievement Watch Me Right Hook! not having a title
- Fixed being able to callvote a map outside rotation
- Fixed bot avatars showing incorrect teams in LTS
- Fixed garbled list of add-ons in offline mode
- Fixed legs being cut with dismemberment turned off
- Fixed server crash on workshop_download_collection
- Fixed several Linux crashes
- Game now mounts Workshop maps on subscription
- Load local credits HTML instead of remote
- Misc. optimization for GrogBot
- Shuffle players callvote now restarts round
- Tweaked VGUI in-game menus
- Updated Chinese translations


Join the conversation on the official PVKII Discord! Interact with devs, testers, creators, and community!


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See you in game!

PVKII Team
Octoshark Studios

PVKII Play with Devs & Testers Dec 29 1:30 EST/GMT-5



PVKII Glacier Update is here! Keep the bloody good times going by celebrating with us and helping squash some bugs! Come out and play with us this DEC 29 at 1:30 EST / GMT-5. Refer to the Steam Community Hub Event for most accurate time for your area.

We'll be playing on these servers and more:
  • Spamgrounds Servers
  • [EU] 24/7 Glacier


*Server listings are subject to change.

We'd ask that you please adhere to all server rules for the game and on discord, and follow any rules enforced by server admins, developers, or testers throughout the event. Sounds easy, and we'll have fun!


Join the conversation on the official PVKII Discord! Interact with devs, testers, creators, and community!

See you in game!

PVKII Team
Octoshark Studios