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Killing Floor 2 Early Access |OT| I Buy You. Birth sign: DOSH
- Thread starter Dusk Golem
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TheMrPliskin
Member
I think that Gunslinger is going to be my excuse to sink a bunch more time into KF2.
The Dear Leader
Banned
Man, Tripwire does not mess around when it comes weapon models, those things are gorgeous.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Yup! They hired a new audio engineer around the time the Incinerate & Detonate update dropped due to the various complaints about audio issues. You can already hear some of their work in game now with a tweaked set of Siren sounds. Guns are getting overhauled, and the Fleshpound may be getting all new sounds and spoken lines of dialog with the upcoming update. Eventually, every sound should be reworked to fit the cleaner audio design they're working on.
The attention to detail is amazing. I can't think of many other games that would think about oddities on a gun's finish like that.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Demolitions and firebug are already out, as well as 3-4 new maps since you last played. There also is no stat reset happening, they announced a few months ago, they were able to sort it out, they announced it at last E3.
Demo came out in the last update along with the Firebug perk.
Unfortunately Demo sucks unless they reworked it since the initial launch.
Brerlappin
Member
Demo sucks at low level then jumps straight into OP AS LIVING FUCK at 25
I just hit 25 with my support class, put 72 hours in so far, can't wait for Gunslinger to drop
Bluebomberimo
Neo Member
Man watching Berserkers in this game lately has been a total blast, I can't imagine how satisfying it must be to knock big enemies on their butts. Also has anyone else noticed sweet spots with some enemies? I recently learned that shooting Skrakes in their knees and back can cause them to stumble more often which can be REALLY helpful.
I'm certainly looking forward to Gunslinger coming out, any guestimate for when the next update is coming out or are we still going with "around Christmas"?
I'm certainly looking forward to Gunslinger coming out, any guestimate for when the next update is coming out or are we still going with "around Christmas"?
Disagree strongly. Demo is OP as fuck from the get-go. The starting grenade pistol is REALLY good for trash. The problem is the random times when it doesn't clear trash/aggros' the bigger enemies that you're explosive killing behind the bigger specimens and that low level not having enough damage resistance to tank the bigger specimen you pissed off.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Some new information on the mystery achievements added a few weeks ago, two Webms showcasing the incredibly detailed feel of dual wielding, and a new character!
WWAUT - Down The Sights
Since the last time I showed off the Gunslinger weapon set we have been bringing them online. Today I want to show off the 1858 revolvers as well as the Desert Eagle in game! These are to be considered near final in terms of animation and effects (but some work may still be ongoing).
http://media.tripwirecdn.com/111315/m1856.webm
http://media.tripwirecdn.com/111315/deserteagle.webm
Last week some eagle-eyed members of the community may have noticed that the character who I used had some new arms. Today you have all also heard his voice. I can now confirm the latest addition to the Killing Floor 2 player roster as Oisten Jaegerhorn!
Jaegerhorn's face is modeled off of Jeremiah Scott who is a guitarist for the band Demon Hunter and also co-wrote and recorded several of the songs from the Killing Floor 2 soundtrack. This Swedish Viking brings just the right amount of Heavy and Metal to the fight against the Zed hordes! Hell be available for free to everyone who follows us on the KF2 Steam Community page (http://steamcommunity.com/app/232090/allnews/ and click the Follow button!). Make sure you hit that Follow button - so long as you are Following KF2, you will have Jaegerhorn available to you.
To top things off for today I would like to talk about those new achievements that many of you have been wondering about. As part of the update we are working towards we are doing a first pass at non map achievements. Including the achievements for the new maps, players will be soon be able to work towards:
Perk Rank Achievements unlocked at:
Level 5
Level 10
Level 15
Level 20
Level 25 for each perk
The Hot Shot Achievements
Win a match on every difficulty with each perk
As we move forward we are planning to add more unique, fun and challenging achievements for players to chase.
http://killingfloor2.com/Zedconomy/
Looks like they're adding crates to the game. And people are bitching already.
Looks like they're adding crates to the game. And people are bitching already.
Intheflorsh
Banned
Right after the Overkill situation, great timing.
Yeah, and the fact that the game has been stuck in early access for so long doesn't things at all. Maybe they should have waiting a bit before doing this, but then again the outrage over this is overblown.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
It might be overblown, but at least it has a precedence.
One Foul Note
Member
This game still feels so very far from what we all want Killing Floor 2 to be it is hard to not feel at least a little frustrated when the latest update isn't a new class or map. That said, I can't imagine that these crates will cause a negative impact on the development cycle or overall balancing of this game. Hopefully, if Overkill find they are turning a healthy profit on these skins, then it will inspire them to make the new content a little bit nippier.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
The problem isn't the existence of microtransactions in of itself, it's just that they put it while still being EA.
RocketDarkness
Member
Game already has more content than the launch version of KF1, so I'm not particularly bothered. Just give me my Christmas zombies/map next month (and maybe a new class if you're feeling generous, Tripwire) and I am a-ok with this stuff.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Patriarch is comin to town:
When the Patriarch finally lands at the end of a game, hes a towering pile of flesh and circuitry. He absorbs a lot of damage, sure, but thats par for the course with Killing Floor bosses. Patriarch is in many ways the same character from KF1, but hes learned some new tricks. When he spots players hiding from his rocket launcher attacks, for example, he turns the launcher into a mortar and lobs rockets up and over players cover.
His invisibility power is back, too, but he uses it in more interesting ways. Rather than simply a tool for retreat, the Patriarch uses his invisibility to attack unpredictably. Now when players lose sight of Patriarch they cant be completely sure: did he run away to heal, or is he about to pounce on them from behind?
More importantly, however players beat Patriarch will be a very different approach from how they attack Hans, the current final boss in Killing Floor 2. Any map will have a 50/50 chance of spawning Hans or the Patriarch, and that uncertainty is part of Tripwires strategy for giving players an ongoing tactical puzzle.
BoosterDuck
Banned
I hope the next class is SMG specialist SWAT
and a mac10 for pyro
Bluebomberimo
Neo Member
Man I can't wait to have Patriarch in, it'll spice things up a bit more for people like me who play this game too much already.
How do I get there in the Steam client?
Tokubetsu
Member
groups > browse groups
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
WIP Patchnotes. The update is not live, but this gives the community a heads up on incoming changes.
Zerker, Demo and Medic nerfs, UI and audio tweaks, and more!
Zerker, Demo and Medic nerfs, UI and audio tweaks, and more!
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
KF 1015: Return of the Patriarch - Available NOW!
DECEMBER 3 - [TW]YOSHIRO
The brand new Return of the Patriarch Content Pack for KILLING FLOOR 2 includes the following:
DECEMBER 3 - [TW]YOSHIRO
The brand new Return of the Patriarch Content Pack for KILLING FLOOR 2 includes the following:
- New Boss The Patriarch
- 2 New Maps Farmhouse and Black Forest
- 1 New Perk Gunslinger
- 1 New Playable Character - Oisten Jaegerhorn
- Zed-conomy and Trading Floor Store
- Other New Features including server welcome screen, various bug fixes and improvements, steam mod and map workshop added and much more!
Tokubetsu
Member
SuperStiltzkin
Member
Damn, the nerfs are real. Haven't played nearly enough to tell if these are necessary or significant nerfs though.
Also the Patriarch looks like a Super Mutant now.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Tripwire's community manager stepped in to mention that both Demo and Firebug have in-progress tweaks, but nothing that was completed in time for the update. Except for taking away the only tool that made Demo worth playing at the high level. The RPG gets better ammo refills from ammo boxes, but since the spawnrate for those got nerfed so hard during Incinerate & Detonate, it doesn't do anything to make up for the now complete lack of power the class possesses.
One of the devs mentioned that Firebug's splash damage being so high is considered an exploit by Tripwire, which caused many to wonder why it's still in the game at this point if that's the case. This again begs the question - why is Tripwire not using the community to do constant iteration on classes before they become "official"? At this point, my best guess is that Tripwire uses an extremely rigid development process which doesn't work well with iterative design. That's something they really needed to work on changing before KF2 even hit EA, and now it's more painfully obvious than before that this game is in trouble if they can't respond to balance issues faster than once every 3 months.
I pretty much run Medic and Demo when with my main group, which makes this update really frustrating for me as both of them have lost a lot of efficiency.
One Foul Note
Member
Is no one playing on normal mode anymore? I couldn't find a single game last night and had to go solo just to test out the gunslinger. I found games at survivor difficulty but I feel a bit guilty jumping into them given that I am quite a casual player so none of my perks are a particular high level.
The Dear Leader
Banned
Dem Dual .500 Magnums are great, you can turn most enemies into mush with a single shot. Little underwhelmed by the default revolvers, I think if they had a slight boost in reload speed and little less recoil they would be more useful, still fun to shoot around with though. Desert Eagle and 1911's are fine, they get the job done.
What's up with the new 9mm sound? Had no problems with what it was before. Now it just sounds weak, a bit like the medic weapons actually. The 1911 sounds weird as well.
The aiming in KF2 has always felt sluggish to me. I've mucked around with the sens but I'll just have to get used to it. Maybe too much CS for me.
The aiming in KF2 has always felt sluggish to me. I've mucked around with the sens but I'll just have to get used to it. Maybe too much CS for me.
Yeah it sounds bad now. It was all right before, don't know why they had to change it.
Bluebomberimo
Neo Member
Quite Happy with how the new maps had their own unique collectibles, though the dolls and lug monster fruit things in the new ones are super easy to find, kinda makes me wonder if they'll update the older maps to have new ones but I kinda don't think they will since they already made achievements for collecting them. As for the drops thing I thin people are overreacting a bit since it isn't even fully active right now, there's only one drop as far as I've seen and it's just a single hat that all characters can wear.
Plus I think it's better that there's been such a long pause between updates since it means there should be a decent chunk of new things per big update. Though it shouldn't be too much longer until the game is out of early-access now since there are only three more classes as far as I remember that need to come out and once all the classes are done I imagine that's when they can put all of their focus into maps and stuff.
I'm hoping some things with players change as well when the game is done, Server abandoning happens way too often and though it's been rare being randomly vote kicked from servers because of randoms just hopping in a being jerks is kind of annoying. I'm still kinda eh on how little money you get since it's hard to get what you need for certain enemies before they start showing up.
Plus I think it's better that there's been such a long pause between updates since it means there should be a decent chunk of new things per big update. Though it shouldn't be too much longer until the game is out of early-access now since there are only three more classes as far as I remember that need to come out and once all the classes are done I imagine that's when they can put all of their focus into maps and stuff.
I'm hoping some things with players change as well when the game is done, Server abandoning happens way too often and though it's been rare being randomly vote kicked from servers because of randoms just hopping in a being jerks is kind of annoying. I'm still kinda eh on how little money you get since it's hard to get what you need for certain enemies before they start showing up.
EARLY.
ACCESS.
DONE.
RIGHT.
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Wasn't the game also targeted to "release" by the end of this year? Which it hasn't. But Dirt Rally, which came out on Early Access a bit later than it has?
I mean, I buy their "content creation time" thread on Steam and know they're a small team, but there's so many numerous missteps in regards to the Early Access here it's just sad and funny.
Mad Season
Banned
it's just cosmetics...
Oh they drop... offline. Unless they fixed that.