0.8.79 — New Combat System, Madmen re-worked

Hello, Volunteers!

The new Patch is already out, with the New Combat System and additional Madman improvements included!

More detailed info included below:

• New Combat System — combat perks are now available, along with Combo Attacks! (for example, two light attacks + one strong will do a spin attack) Also, new attack animations included.
  
  
• We’ve included new animations for Madman before the scheduled release of December 14 - and we’d love to hear your feedback about it!
  
  
  
• New combat sounds:
  
  — New melee weapon swing sounds изменены эффекты «свиста оружия»;
  — Sounds for new attacks, included in the improved Combat System ;
  — Improved sounds for Madmen;
  — Improved sounds for bladed weapons ;
  — Overall combat sound improvements;
  
  
• New sounds for UI actions like: Leveling Up, getting a Quest, discovering a new Location, NPC Rank up, etc
  
  
• Other sound changes:
  
  — increased distance of audible steps, with their volume decreased
  — Added a specific sound for falling from a high spot
  — distance of Hunter’s ambient sound increased
  — volume and distance of Molotov Cocktail sound optimized
  
  
• Visual changes to “purple” mods - they now have an additional element (for example - fire + electricity)
  
  
• Healing from the “Heart” artefact was increased to 3% per minute. Also, the effects from two “Heart” artefacts stack. If the auto-heal is on, they’ll also stack with it.
  
  
• UI changes, related to “purple” mods redesign.
  
  
• In co-op, enemies are now 40% more powerful - this decision was made based on player’s increased combat ability included in this update.
  

Fixes

• While running with a gun equipped with no enemies alerted, you couldn’t hear footsteps - Fixed.
  
• Situational UI fixes
  
• Situational sound fixes
  

P.S. This is not the last patch in this direction, we are aware of some problems, so a hotfix will be released in the next couple of days.

And of course, if you’re enjoying the game - please don’t hesitate to give us a review!

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