Warhammer: Vermintide 2 News

Welcome to another developer update.

It’s a short week this week and next, with folks enjoying time out of the ‘office’ to celebrate the season and taking a long weekend. Since we’re working from home, perhaps it just means switching Steam accounts and playing some new releases, or hanging out in the garden with a cold brew. Maybe building legos with the baby sharks (doo doo doo doo doo doo) or learning a new skill, like lock picking, or baking, or something in between. Whatever we’re up to, we hope you have a nice long weekend as well, doing whatever you put your minds to.



[h2]Double the XP, double the glory![/h2]
Right now, in Vermintide 2, we’ve got Double XP up and running again! This is a bonus weekend and will be running until Tuesday April the 14th. A great time to level your Krubers (seriously, why is he the least picked hero? Sort it out people! He’s a BATTERING RAM!).

Stay home. Stay safe. Level up!



[h2]Community Event[/h2]
We wanted to announce a new community event this week, but due to the shorter week and some unprecedented hitches (largely due to partners and collaborators also feeling the pressures of ‘working from home’, we’re not quite in the spot we wanted to be in to make that a reality. We’re going to do all we can to get that up and running next week however, and will share more news with you when we’re ready to put that live.

[h2]Deathwing X Vermintide 2[/h2]
Right now we’re coop-ing with Focus Home Interactive and anyone who owns Vermintide 2 can avail of a deep discount on Space Hulk: Deathwing

If you own Vermintide 2, you'll automatically get a 80% off coupon on Space Hulk: Deathwing on Steam and vice versa! The cross-promotion will last 10 days from April 10th at midnight PST until April 20th at 11:59 PM.

Go in the inventory of your Steam profile and find your 80% off coupon!

Now is your time to get into the Warhammer universes and discover two unique experiences. You’ve mastered the art of fighting the Ratmen, why not try your hand against the Genestealers?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/816090/Space_Hulk_Deathwing__Enhanced_Edition/?snr=1_100400_2100__2103

We've just enabled Double XP in celebration of the long weekend. We hope you're all keeping safe and socialising in responsible ways. So rally the troops and why not smash a few ratmen in the face?



Right now, the developers have invaded the Quick Play queues on all platforms, so pop in and see if you can catch a Shark out of water!

Welcome to another Developer Update! We’re still all working from home for the time being. We’re getting to know our new co-workers as we interfere with their normal operating procedures and invade their normal working environments.



This week some folks expected an April Fool gag from us, as would be tradition, but we decided that in keeping with the general sentiment that now is not the time for fake news, we would hold off. It’s something we can keep in our pocket for next year all the same, and we’ve had plenty of giggles in the past with some light hearted pranks, some of which ended up being true, either through implementation by the team (in the case of Bar Brawl) or through the hard work of modders like Grimalackt and Zaphio (Deathwish and Mute Kerillian, respectively). If you want a reminder of all our past Vermingags, then look no further:

2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J_19J3257A

2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu9Pe7fp0qs

2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2IBtsnkiq8

2018:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/552500/announcements/detail/1655510866867351765

2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll44B-olDzo

At the moment, we’re busy working away on some of the final steps for us to be able to reveal details on Season 3 and what’s to come. We’ve also been working to bring you something a bit different to keep you all busy whilst you may be stuck in the house, and hope to be able to show you all of that in the next developer update.

Keeping with (recent) tradition, at 2pm UT today (that's.. right now!) the Sharks will be invading the Quick Play queues in Vermintide 2. We’ll cover all platforms so look out for those Shark teeth portrait frames. We’re likely to be found in various difficulties as we’re sharks of varying capabilities!



That's it from us. Not a juicy one this week, but soon no doubt!

Take care!

/Team Fatshark

Thanks for checking out this week's developer post. We don't have a huge deal to share this week. We've been thrilled with your reactions to the latest and last Chapter in the Curse of Drachenfels adventure for Vermintide 2, and hope that Nurgloth isn't being too mean to the Quickplay PUB runs out there!

Given most of us are being told to stay inside right now and limit physical interactions with society, we have doubled all XP gains once again and will keep that going until March 29th.



Also, today at 4pm CET the developers will be invading the lobbies of Vermintide 2, so it's a great time to jump in-game, grab some levels or more commendation chests, and hang out with the crew as they work from home (and of course play from home!). We look forward to hanging out and pushing back against the End Times with you.

You can now play the third and final Chapter of the Curse of Drachenfels, Enchanter’s Lair on PC. This update consists of three new missions in total, is part of Season 2 and is free for all owners of Warhammer: Vermintide 2. You can find more information about Season 2 here.

[h3]HE'S IN THERE, ISN'T HE? THERE'S A PECULIAR STENCH.[/h3]


You’ve seen him before. Now go get him, heroes! You can read more about Nurgloth the Eternal here.

Features

• New Map: Enchanter's Lair
  
• A batch of Weapon Skins added to Lohner's Emporium. These may be familiar to some players just previously not available via the store.

Level Fixes

• Righteous Stand: Fixed an issue where the end event would be super bright once the Twitch-mode Darkness mutator expired.
  
• Old Haunts: Fixed some spots where players could get stuck, also where they might 'slip' off the map.
  
• Old Haunts: Fixed some illogical player respawn issues.
  
• Old Haunts: Fixed some culling issues.
  
• Old Haunts: Fixed an issue where players who joined after the gargoyle head puzzle is complete would instantly complete the 'Ahead Of Time' challenge criteria.
  
• Taal's Horn Keep: Fixed some floating props.
  
• Taal's Horn Keep: Fixed performance issue in HUD.
  
• Weaves: Fixed culling issues in various Weaves types.
  
• Weaves: Bots could sometimes remain dead if they died before the Arena and not be available for rescue within the Arena. This shouldn't be possible now.

General Fixes and Tweaks

• Added delay on kill volumes so people with bad connection wouldn't die from touching it when they get extrapolated under the floor on server side. This should dramatically reduce those heart attack moments. Let us know if you experience them still, and specifically where you do if you do.
  
• Torches can now block arrows.
  
• Reikland Reaper - Durations are now refreshed when procced again.
  
• Added a notification for the host that a party member is not eligible for a particular Deed, whilst before it would start the Deed and silently kick the ineligable player.
  
• Fixed a LOD issue that could cause the Ravaged Art pickups to be hidden in very particular situations.
  
• We've made changes so the chat doesn't take mouse wheel input if it's not focused, before it would scroll when it was visible. Chat will now always scroll all the way down when it is unfocused.
  
• Fixed quickplay stats sometimes not getting incremented after finishing quickplay game.
  
• Fixed an exploit where items could be duplicated into the Salvage window.
  
• Fixed various crashes.

We just updated to 2.3.0.1 with some fixes.

• Fixed crashes caused by Ironbreaker’s Gromril Curse talent during the Nurgloth encounter.
  
• Fixed some art issues in the Enchanter’s Lair mission.
  
• Fixed a broken patrol route in the Enchanter’s Lair mission.
  
• More generic crashes fixed.