Update #13 - 20131003
Update size: 1,3 gb
The three biggest changes
A complete overhaul of the weapon system, introducing numeric values instead of bars
Major changes to the stealth system, balancing how much weapons, skills and armors affect your concealment
Rewritten skill descriptions, introducing numeric values in the spirit of Mekonlips' www.pd2skills.info
System
XP buff for HARD, VERY HARD, OVERKILL to account for increased difficulty, making it more rewarding
Pro Job XP payout increased on OVERKILL difficulty, making it more rewarding
Failure XP payout reduced slighlty
Special enemies will now be marked when seeing them through security cameras
You can now mark special enemies when in bleedout
Fixed a bug where skills that reduces purchase cost did not reduce cost of buying Premium Contracts
Changed suppression to threat
Changed visibility to concealment
Changed recoil to stability
Masks
All masks are now shown in your mask stash - now you know how many masks there currently are and which ones you have
Fixed a mask exploit where the player could abuse the mask system to gain money
Stealth
Major changes to the stealth system, balancing how much weapons, skills and armors affect your concealment
Fixed a bug for suspicion meter not decaying when same enemy has more than one suspicion object in sight
Decreased most SMG weapons and Assault Rifles concealability
Increased Pistol concealability except for the Deagle Pistol and Bronco .44 Revolver
It will no longer be possible to sneak right in front of enemies
Added a Detection Risk ring in the inventory instead of the Concealment bar
Fixed various issues with Suspicion and Detection related skills
Adjusted armor concealment values to make the first four armors more forgiving and the last three more punishing
Adjusted the weapon concealment values to be less punishing
Security cameras have been improved and will now detect you faster - GENSEC have been hard at work
Tweaked the detection values based on QA and community feedback
Law enforcement
Increased Sniper difficulty on OVERKILL so that they now deal massive damage
Tasers can now team up together with Shields
Law enforcers can now carry the Bronco .44 Revolver - go on, make their day
Fixed a crash regarding Sniper on the OVERKILL difficulty
Bulldozers can now throw smoke grenades - Oh my god
Bulldozers can now use the IZHMA 12G Shotgun - Sweet baby Jesus
Added new VO when law enforcers are suppressed
Fixed a crash related to flashbangs
Fixed a crash when a player tries to convert a dead law enforcer
Added hearing loss sound for flashbang
Added new VO for police officers and S.W.A.T.'s
Decreased damage output of law enforcers carrying the CAR-4 Rifle
Decreased damage output of law enforcers carrying the AMR-16 Rifle
Reduced the distance that the Taser can tase you
Added SFX to the Taser when his taser malfunctions and increased the damage the taser takes
GUI
Three icons have been added for the drill monitor so players can now see which skills have been activated
Weapon modification icons have now been added to the inventory and the loadout menus
Increased volume of player armor regeneration sound
Gangsters
Gangsters have been balanced so that they are less deadly, yo
Armor
Armors have received a dodge value - the lighter you are, the higher chance you have of dodging bullets
Further balanced movement rates for all armors
Armor penalty now affects steelsight speed, crouching speed and in-air movement speed
Skills
Rewritten skill descriptions, introducing numeric values in the spirit of Mekonlips' www.pd2skills.info
Complete overhaul of skill descriptions to more accurately describe what the skills do
ECM Feedback radius has been extended to 25m
Improved the Fast Learner skill by increasing its effect
Balanced the Bulletproof skill by decreasing its effect
Improved the Cat Burglar skill by increasing its effect
Improved the Lockpicking Expert ACE skill by increasing its effect
Improved the Gunslinger skill by increasing its damage and reload time
Improved the Cable Guy skill by increasing the interaction speed
Balanced the Inspire ACE skill so that it works 75% of the time
Improved the Sentry Combat Upgrade skill by increasing the armor %
Balanced the Chameleon skill, decreasing its effect
Balanced Tier 4 of the Ghost tree
Balanced Tier 6 of the Enforcer tree
Drill
Add ability to upgrade drills with your skill upgrades - you can now upgrade other players drills
Fixed bugs with the drill and hacking device, sound getting stuck and unavailable upgrades for clients
Weapons
A complete overhaul of the weapon system, introducing numeric values instead of bars
Selecting equipped mod will display the base, mod and skill stats
CMP Submachinegun - Increased the damage, spread and recoil
AMR-16 Rifle - Decreased the damage and recoil
AK.762 Rifle - Decreased the damage
Krinkov Submachinegun - Decreased the rate of fire
AK5 Rifle - Lowered the recoil
Kobus 90 Submachinegun - Lowered the recoil
Deagle Pistol - Lowered the recoil, increased the damage
Mark 10 Submachinegun - Increased the damage and spread
Locomotive 12G Shotgun - Increased the full and fall-off damage
Crosskill Pistol - Decreased the damage, lowered the recoil
Mosconi 12G Shotgun - Modifications for the Mosconi 12G Shotgun now have higher concealment
The Ergo Grip modification of the Crosskill Pistol now has a stability statistic
Nightclub heist
Fixed a bug with a shelf with no collision in the kitchen
Watchdogs heist
Watchdogs Day 2 - Fixed a bug with the trucks collision
Four Stores heist
Fixed a bug where a camera wasn't spotting players properly
Diamond Store heist
Fixed the AI navigation graph so they move properly
Big Oil heist
Fixed a bug so that the players can't shoot through the round windows to the left and right of a door
Modified cost for Big Oil Pro
Jewelry Store heist
Fixed a bug where throwing jewelry bags on top of street lights will cause progression to be stopped
Fixed a bug where the player and bag collision wouldn't work properly with the dump truck (this is also fixed on the Ukranian job)
Rats heist
Rats Day 2 - Fixed an issue where one of the money bag isn't secured when it spawn in the van
Modified cost for Rats Pro
Framing Frame heist
Framing Frame Day 2 - Fixed a bug so that players now are able to pass through the train door before it closes
Framing Frame Day 2 - Fixed an issue with the phone when multiple players would answer it at the same time
Framing Frame Day 3 - Fixed a bug where bags weren't reachable