Update 1122 (Killing Floor 2)

Event: Chop Til’ You Drop

Hey mercs, how’s the holiday shopping going? If you need some extra dosh, there’s an easy solution, keep killing Zeds of course! For that, we suggest you visit the new map, Carillon Hamlet, a small town that was preparing for the holiday until a bunch of obnoxious elves burst into their production line. Additionally, you can try the 2 new weekly modes that will challenge your killing skills: face all the bosses in a row in the Boss Rush, or experience Shrunken Heads where headshots will not be an option. Finally, The Horzine Research Group has launched a new product on the market for this Christmas campaign, the HRG Stunner, a new handy tool to help the SWAT mercs shine.
Beta 1 Start 11/16/2021

New Additions and Highlights

1 New Community Map
- Carillon Hamlet
  - Compatible with Survival, Weekly, and Endless Game Modes.
  - An industrial small village that is preparing for the holiday season.

Visit the train station, the chapel, the market and factory with its underground tunnels.

2 New Weekly Modes
- Boss Rush
  - Five consecutive boss waves.
  - Each boss will be selected randomly, but without repeating any of them along the five waves.
  - The difficulty of each boss scales up each wave.
  - A certain amount of set dosh is granted after each wave.

Shrunken Heads
- Players and Zeds will spawn with a tiny head, the reverse of the Bobble Zed weekly mode.
- Headshots no longer apply critical damage.
- Some Zeds will have new vulnerable spots. An indicator FX is displayed to point out these spots.
- Squad composition is slightly adjusted to have a higher rate of Rioters, Gorefiends and Scrakes.
- Zeds spawn 50% faster but the total amount of Zeds is reduced by 20%.
2 New Weapons
- HRG Stunner for the SWAT
  - An alternative version of the AA-12 Auto Shotgun for the SWAT Perk.
  - A tier 4 full-automatic weapon that shoots 12-gauge steel slug rounds.
  - The secondary fire consumes several rounds to fire a concentrated flashbang shot that explodes, stunning the enemies.
  - Trader price is 1500 Dosh.
- Doshinegun as an off-perk weapon (Not available for purchase individually during BETA)
  - This is a paid DLC weapon. This weapon can be shared amongst players through our weapon sharing system.
  - A tier 2 off-perk weapon that works in semi-automatic or full-automatic fire modes.
  - It literally shoots dosh stacks that behave like a blunt projectile and leave a dosh pickup in the ground.
  - The weapon does not count with spare ammo reserves, instead it draws the ammo directly from the dosh reserves as a ratio of 25 Dosh per round or 500 dosh per full clip
  - Trader price is 600 Dosh.

Special Note for Steam & EGS Armory Season Pass Holders:

During the start of Beta 1 for Christmas 2021, the Inventory Weapon Skins tied to the new Doshinegun will be granted to all Armory Season Pass holders on Steam and EGS. This will unlock full access to this weapon and its associated variant skins for those Armory Season Pass holders that choose to opt-into the Beta update. As this new content is not present in the current non-beta live build, Armory Season Pass holders on Steam and EGS who don’t opt-in to the Beta will still receive these inventory skins but will appear with missing thumbnails, names, and descriptions that do not unlock anything in game or affect game behavior. Don’t be alarmed as these will appear as expected if you choose to opt-in Beta later, or wait until the Christmas Update is released in the live branch for final release.

New Steam Achievements
- Carillon Hamlet related achievements
Time-limited Objectives, Tickets, and Cosmetics (Not available during BETA)
- Seasonal objectives related to Carillon Hamlet
- Complete all seasonal objectives to earn the Holiday Shopping Companion
- Krampus Prize Tickets
- Krampus Golden Prize Tickets
Zedconomy (Not available for purchase during BETA)
- Doshinegun Weapon Bundle
- Holiday Shopper Outfit Bundle
Chop Til' You Drop Full Gear Bundle
Premium Christmas Ticket Bundles come in three sets of tiers:
- Bronze - 5 Premium Seasonal Tickets
- Silver - 10 Premium Seasonal Tickets and 1 Bonus Golden Seasonal Ticket
- Gold - 20 Premium Seasonal Tickets and a 3 Bonus Golden Seasonal Tickets
Alchemist Gear Cosmetic Bundle Pack
Alchemist Weapon Skin Bundle Pack
Christmas Weapon Skin Bundle Pack

Beta 1 for this update contains a lot of exciting new features! As such, feedback is going to be incredibly important. Stay tuned for a link to a survey where you, the community, will be able to provide your feedback directly to us! Thank you!

Addressed Community Feedback

As mentioned in the 2020 Killing Floor 2 ‘State of the Game’ our goal is to bring to the community a continued stream of QOL changes for each update throughout the year. Please continue to report any QOL changes you believe should be added to the game by submitting your feedback in the ‘general’ section on our official forums at: https://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/forum/killing-floor-2

General

Endless game vote to pause
- Vote to pause system implemented for endless game mode.
- New “vote to pause” button included in main menu during trader time.
- New “vote to resume” button included in main menu during paused games.
Improvements in the Aim assist for controllers
- The auto aim assist has been improved and the range to detect the head as the aiming point has been increased.

Balance

Weapons
- VLAD-1000 Nailgun
  - Ammo pool increased from 336 to 378
  - Default fire (multiple nails) spread decreased by 18.75%
  - Alt fire (single nail) spread decreased by 50%
  - Nail projectile speed increased by 25%
Perks
- Survivalist
  - Make Things go Boom (level 20 skill)
    - Explosive resistance increased from 40% to 50%
    - Area of effect of all explosives increased from 40% to 50%
Bosses
- King Fleshpound
  - Walking and sprinting speed increased by 15%
  - Shield scale increased by 10%
  - Ground pound damage increased by 10%
  - Beam range increased by 20%
  - Beam damage increased by 20%
  - Phase thresholds changed from 65% / 50% / 20% to 75% / 60% / 30%
- Abomination
  - Sprinting speed increased by 15%
  - Vomit range by 10%
  - Abomination sub-spawn delay reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds
  - Fart attack timers reduced for all difficulties by about 2 seconds
  - Fart attack timers while raged reduced for all difficulties by about 0.75 seconds
  - Bloat mine projectile speed increased by 50%
- Abomination Sub-Spawn
  - Health reduced from 250 to 150
  - Explosion damage reduced by 20%

Designer Notes :

We know that endless games can be a huge time commitment, so we included the option to pause the game If every player agrees the waves will not be resumed, allowing players to have a break for whatever necessities. The option will be available only during trader time online. The system to resume the waves will be similar, with a vote of all players confirming.

The auto-aiming system for controllers was not working as expected under some specific circumstances. Sometimes when aiming slightly above the head the system used to auto-aim to the body center instead of the head. We have increased the range of detection of the head to avoid this problem. With this adjustment, using a controller will feel more accurate and consistent to player expectations than before.

We made very slight adjustments on the VLAD-1000 Nailgun just to improve the feeling of the weapon in the Support hands. We think the weapon was in a good spot in terms of balance, but these small adjustments will make it more friendly to use for this perk.

Regarding the Survivalist perk skill “Make Things go Boom”, it was boosted to have similar values as the Demolitionist equivalent skill, as we think that the Survivalist deserves to have the same capacities.

Finally, we made some adjustments on two bosses that were less prefered to play against by many mercs, King Fleshpound and Abomination. We boost some of their stats, mostly focusing on making them more aggressive and giving more importance to the skills that make them unique.

For the King Fleshpound, we adjusted the health thresholds in which the boss will be able to use their skills (ground pound, beam and shield), and we boosted the stats of these.
For the Abomination, we boosted different skills to make its rage phases more dangerous, increasing the sprinting speed and the rate of farts and bloat mines. Regarding the sub-spawns you will notice an increase in their number but they will be weaker.

Bug Fixes

Also mentioned in the 2020 Killing Floor 2 ‘State of the Game’ our goal is to bring to the community a continued stream of community-reported bug fixes for each update throughout the year. Please continue to report any bugs you discover by visiting our official forums at: https://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/forum/killing-floor-2 and posting in the ‘PC’ or ‘Console’ sections.

Map:

Netherhold
- Fixed an issue where Zeds don’t attack players within the Diabolic Experiment doorway area.
- Fixed an issue where the door into the Dining Hall clips into the wall.
- Fixed a collision volume in the Lounge area near the archway.
Monster Ball - Fixed an issue where the dance floor music doesn’t play.
Sanitarium - Fixed an issue with boss pathing that would sometimes prevent them from pursuing players into the catacombs.

Weapons:

Piranha Pistols - Fixed an issue where the Rackem Up skill was not applying when wielding the single pistol
Minigun - Fixed an issue where turn speed after picking up the minigun remains slow at all times regardless of equipped weapon.
HRG Disrupter
- Fix to animation of reload in 3rd person camera causing model stretching.

Update 1122 (Killing Floor 2)

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