Easter 2023 Update
[h2]Happy Easter![/h2]
Grab your Greneggs, a new update for Primal Carnage: Extinction is now available!
This update includes a seasonal Easter Event along with several fixes and improvements, plus adjustments to several weapons and dinosaurs. Read on for all the details...
[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]
Tupandactylus has received some tweaks to make it less of a headache to deal with. Namely, the air ram "headbutt" attack is now less damaging and there's not quite as much knockback from it. To offset this, both Tupa and Ptera now have the same health (350).
The flaregun has seen a radical reworking, its shots now have a small amount of heat-seeking when they fly close to a target. Coupled with this, flaregun shots that land on the ground can now ignite enemies that walk over them. Finally, it has a faster reload speed, but much less ammo than previously, with the projectiles flying slower through the air.
Humans in general should now be a bit more effective in combat. Most guns outside of sniper rifles / special weapons (flamethrower, netgun etc.) now have better mid-range damage output. From the humble MK Pistol, to the speedy Spaz-12, most guns now pack more of a wallop without needing to be in a dinosaur's face.
There are a number of other changes as well, such as more damaging Cryo acid pools and tweaks to the stungun, which you can see in the full notes further down. We're interested to see how these changes play out, as it seemed the mercenary team were still at a disadvantage oftentimes in recent months.
[h2]Easter Event[/h2]
We're celebrating Easter with a fresh batch of new looks in-game today, focused on our feathered fiends! From glorious (and gigantic) Oviraptor mutations, to fluffy Novas and Spitters, there's a tonne of cracking new cosmetics...
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Grab the 2023 Easter Gift to award up to 24 other players with special Easter items! It includes a new Rex mutation, tracking devices for all dinos, new human outfits and a whole flock of Ovi skins! This bumper box contains 33 different items total, with splashy new looks galore such as the epic Gold Slash Spino...
And don't forget - over 50 classic items are returning today as well!
Looking outside of the store, there are a handful of new free drop skins and sprays added to the game. These aren't time-limited and will be sticking around after the Easter Event concludes.
As always, you can check out all of the latest items added to the game on our Special Event Trello board!
[h2]Looking Ahead to 3.0[/h2]
There may be a stretch without content updates for a while as we finalize the revised PlayStation version of Primal Carnage going forward. We're in the final stages of getting our closed console beta approved (once it stops crashing, we'll be accepting testers).
The next big release on PC will be version 3.0, which will bring a lot of the added polish and enhancements being made for the revised PS4 edition to the Steam side. These include more gameplay improvements, large-scale map reworks, expanded lore and backstory, refined UI and HUD with more customizability, and maybe even some new voice acting.
We're unsure when this update will release, but it will most likely be after the PS4 relaunch. We look forward to sharing more about all this in the coming months, and hope you'll like the new overhauls once they're in your hands! Until then, here is the changelog for Easter...
[h2]Changelog, Version 2.9.14[/h2]
Join us on Discord...
[h3]Thanks for playing![/h3]
-The Primal Carnage Team
Grab your Greneggs, a new update for Primal Carnage: Extinction is now available!
This update includes a seasonal Easter Event along with several fixes and improvements, plus adjustments to several weapons and dinosaurs. Read on for all the details...
[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]
Tupandactylus has received some tweaks to make it less of a headache to deal with. Namely, the air ram "headbutt" attack is now less damaging and there's not quite as much knockback from it. To offset this, both Tupa and Ptera now have the same health (350).
The flaregun has seen a radical reworking, its shots now have a small amount of heat-seeking when they fly close to a target. Coupled with this, flaregun shots that land on the ground can now ignite enemies that walk over them. Finally, it has a faster reload speed, but much less ammo than previously, with the projectiles flying slower through the air.
Humans in general should now be a bit more effective in combat. Most guns outside of sniper rifles / special weapons (flamethrower, netgun etc.) now have better mid-range damage output. From the humble MK Pistol, to the speedy Spaz-12, most guns now pack more of a wallop without needing to be in a dinosaur's face.
There are a number of other changes as well, such as more damaging Cryo acid pools and tweaks to the stungun, which you can see in the full notes further down. We're interested to see how these changes play out, as it seemed the mercenary team were still at a disadvantage oftentimes in recent months.
[h2]Easter Event[/h2]
We're celebrating Easter with a fresh batch of new looks in-game today, focused on our feathered fiends! From glorious (and gigantic) Oviraptor mutations, to fluffy Novas and Spitters, there's a tonne of cracking new cosmetics...
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
Grab the 2023 Easter Gift to award up to 24 other players with special Easter items! It includes a new Rex mutation, tracking devices for all dinos, new human outfits and a whole flock of Ovi skins! This bumper box contains 33 different items total, with splashy new looks galore such as the epic Gold Slash Spino...
And don't forget - over 50 classic items are returning today as well!
Looking outside of the store, there are a handful of new free drop skins and sprays added to the game. These aren't time-limited and will be sticking around after the Easter Event concludes.
As always, you can check out all of the latest items added to the game on our Special Event Trello board!
[h2]Looking Ahead to 3.0[/h2]
There may be a stretch without content updates for a while as we finalize the revised PlayStation version of Primal Carnage going forward. We're in the final stages of getting our closed console beta approved (once it stops crashing, we'll be accepting testers).
The next big release on PC will be version 3.0, which will bring a lot of the added polish and enhancements being made for the revised PS4 edition to the Steam side. These include more gameplay improvements, large-scale map reworks, expanded lore and backstory, refined UI and HUD with more customizability, and maybe even some new voice acting.
We're unsure when this update will release, but it will most likely be after the PS4 relaunch. We look forward to sharing more about all this in the coming months, and hope you'll like the new overhauls once they're in your hands! Until then, here is the changelog for Easter...
[h2]Changelog, Version 2.9.14[/h2]
- Increased effective damage of most weapons at their mid-range point
(affected guns include all shotguns, AR, M4, burst rifle, SMGs, Colts, MK, Deagle) - Tightened spread pattern on all shotguns
- Heavy melee attacks have been sped up for most guns
- Added more controller rumble events to first person animations such as reloading
- Increased base rumble intensity of firing weapons
- Increased stungun max charge damage from 180 to 200
- Stungun minimum stunned duration reduced from 1 sec to 0.75 seconds
- Reduced self-damage from stungun auto-discharge when held too long
- Minor reduction to SMG damage distance
- Fixed an issue with dual pistols reloading audio
- Faster damage tick interval for Cryo acid pools
- Increased acid pool tick damage from 25 to 30
- Flaregun projectiles now have a small amount of "heat seeking" if they fly close to a target
- Flaregun shots that land on the ground can now ignite enemies
- Reduced flaregun instant hit damage from 90 to 65
- Flaregun critical hits now do 1.5x damage instead of triple damage
- Reduced how much fire damage flaregun shots do over time
- Added more recoil and spread to the flaregun
- Reduced flaregun projectile's speed
- Reduced flaregun ammo pickup amount
- Flaregun now reloads much faster
- Moderate reduction to Tupa headbutt knockback
- Reduced maximum Tupa headbutt damage from 70 to 60
- Increased health of Ptera from 320 to 350
- Increased detection check radius for Tupa headbutt
- Reduced tupa knockback, reduced minimum charge damage
- Reduced minimum flight time to explode for AR grenades
- Possible fix for assault rifle grenades bouncing too much
- Fixed some instances where keyboard prompts were still shown when using a gamepad
- Can now swap between tabs in the store using L1 and R1 buttons on controller
- Player ID card screen is now closeable the same way as all other menus on controller
- Can now use Triangle/Y for changing avatars in main menu with controller
- Fixed controllers getting stuck when navigating certain menus
- Store price tags now use a larger font
- Item-names/descriptions in store are now larger when hovered
- Updated the Deluxe DLC store link to point directly to the bundle page on Steam
- Merch Store link now goes to the main homepage of the shop instead of Accessories
- Added new Easter cosmetic content
- Character texture memory optimizations
- Updated eye masking for Glory Cryo skin
- Fixed garbled text on a few death screen hints
- Network priority adjustments that may improve loadout synchronization
Join us on Discord...
[h3]Thanks for playing![/h3]
-The Primal Carnage Team