Hello mercs,

Work on the next update has already started and here is another small patch for CU05.

HOLIDAY EVENT

The annual Dead Grid holiday event is currently active until January 15. Pine Valley zombies eagerly await you to start the festivities, so BYWB - bring your warm brains.

This small update includes some new consumables to deliver the gifts yourself, plus you get to keep them after the party is over!

WEAPON BALANCE

Based on your feedback, the new silenced sniper rifles added in CU05 have been buffed to be more in line with some of the other competitive unique bows.

CONTROLLER WELCOME SCREEN

If you have a gamepad connected, you may see this screen after launching the game. The greeting can be disabled by turning off the controller in Game Settings.

FULL PATCH NOTES

NEW CONTENT

• Added 2 new powerful consumables, frequently available from Slade during the seasonal event.
  Up to 15 of each can be owned at a time, after which Slade will no longer offer them.
  Note: These consumables are FREE and cannot be sold back to Slade, so use them in combat to discard.
  
• Added 5 new achievements for tracking even more kills, 2,500, 10,000, 15,000, 20,000, 30,0000.
  
• The Festive Bow accessory returns from last year's seasonal event, found on mission Gas Up.
  

MISC CHANGES

• Rebalanced the damage of the new unique sniper rifles Bubble Boy and Silent Fury to make them comparable to some of the high end bows.
  
• Changed the mission lore of region location Army Truck.
  
• New welcome dialog to help with controller configuration, shown on the main menu when using a gamepad.
  
• New launch option '--hdd' to slow down the loading sequence, specifically on slower non SSD drives. A message is displayed on the intro screen indicating when this option is enabled.
  

BUG FIXES

• Armory progression information is not reset when loading different saves, this is visual bug only.
  
• Refreshing assignment details changes the item level of weapon rewards.
  
• Refreshing assignment details changes the number of supplies granted by the 3rd reward.
  
• Fixed typo in skill Viper.
  
• Fixed typo in achievement Beginner's Luck.
  
• Fixed typo in tooltip for unaware enemy cards.
  
• Adjusted grammar of region modifier Palms of Death.
  
• Adjusted grammar of achievements No Newbs Left Behind, Bootcamp for Winners, Merc University.
  

Please post your issues in Discord or the Steam forums.

Thank you!
--Paul