Alpha 0.1.8 The new perk system is separate from the skill system, although there are a few perks that won’t have any effect if you haven’t unlocked the appropriate skill. You can buy all available perks from Val for 50 wants apiece. You will be able to have three perks equipped at once, but they can only be swapped out in the sewer base via the skill book. This adds another level of strategy where you can swap out perks based on the mission you will be doing. Patch notes below!

• NEW: Perk. Hacking costs half the battery points.
  
  
• NEW: Perk. Boost through any door. If the door is locked you take damage.
  
  
• NEW: Perk. Do five times more damage to Mechs.
  
  
• NEW: Perk. Get double the NEEDS when looting them. (Does not include mission rewards)
  
  
• NEW: Perk. Get double the SCRAP when looting them. (Does not include mission rewards)
  
  
• NEW: Perk. Get double the WANTS when looting them. (Does not include mission rewards)
  
  
• NEW: Perk. EMPs destroy turrets, cameras and damage Mechs.
  
  
• NEW: Perk. Grenades start fires when they explode.
  
  
• NEW: Perk. Molotovs explode as well as starting fires.
  
  
• NEW: Perk. Infinite bottles in your inventory.
  
  
• NEW: Perk. Boost cool down is cut in half.
  
  
• NEW: Perk. Loose loot glows.
  
  
• NEW: Perk. Take 20% less damage from physical attacks. (Does not include elemental attacks)
  
  
• NEW: Perk. Sometimes grapple darts don't break when preforming actions that usually break them.
  
  
• NEW: Perk. A compass is added to your HUD that points to the nearest enemy.
  
  
• NEW: Perk. Hacked cars always leave a trail of flammable gas.
  
  
• NEW: Perk. Proxy darts explode on contact.
  
  
• CHANGE: The boost ability now boosts towards where you cursor was when you pressed the button as opposed to where your cursor is when you begin the actual boost. Basically this means boosting is easier to aim.
  
  
• CHANGE: You no longer have to pick up the antibiotics for the story mission requiring them. They are now automatically given.
  
  
• FIX: If you hack the brain of the final enemy on the map to betray it will no longer crash the game.
  
  
• FIX: When you hack an enemy brain to betray it will now only explode once when contacting its target.
  
  
• FIX: When running the “HACK – LOOT - DESTROY” mission; scrap and want amounts are now tallied based on worth instead of how many items looted.
  
  
• FIX: Fixed a graphical glitch caused by dying when zoomed in or boosting.
  
  
• FIX: Fixed an issue causing the trip mines to not show up in Val’s shop.