Killing Floor 2 Summer Opt-In Beta Preview Branch Is Now Available

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Yoshiro [developer] May 17, 2018 @ 8:08am

Killing Floor 2 Summer Opt-In Beta Preview Branch Is Now Available

Players will now find the summer opt-in beta available under the preview branch in the games properties in Steam. Server admins can also opt their servers into this branch using the following command:

app_update 232130 -beta preview

The work in progress changelog for this beta is as follows:

Highlights

2 New Maps
- Objective Survival - Airship
- Survival - Lockdown
Two New Objective Types for Airship
- Weld and Repair
- Operate and Control
4 New Weapons
- M99 AMR for Sharpshooter
- Static Strikers for Berserker
- Doomstick for Support
- Goreshiv Survivalist knife
Weapon Upgrade System
- Players can use Trader Pod to upgrade weapons to Tier 5
- Boosts damage but may incur extra weight
- Boosts medic dart recharge rate for all Field Medic weapons
Prestige System
- Reset level 25 Perks to 0 for XP bonus, Vault Dosh, and unique icons and weapon skins
New Paid DLC Character
- Mrs. Foster, fully voiced by Claudia Black
New Enemies, E.D.A.R.
- E.D.A.R. Trapper
- E.D.A.R. Blaster
- E.D.A.R. Bomber
Time-Limited Summer Objectives, Tickets and Items (event tickets and drops will not be part of the beta)
- Airship Summer Objectives to earn a Steampunk Outfit Bundle
- Summer Sideshow Event Tickets
- Steampunk Cosmetics
Zedconomy
- Neon MKII Encrypted USB
- Bluefire Encrypted USB
Dosh Vault
- Added Tier 2 Weapon Skins
New Steam Achievements for Airship, Lockdown, and their Collectibles

General

New Summer Sideshow models for the Rioter, E.D.A.R.s, King Fleshpound and Abomination
Added Daily Objectives for E.D.A.Rs., Doomstick, Static Strikers, and M99 AMR
Added messaging on the in-game chat box whenever a player initiates the SKIP TRADER feature
Added an UPGRADE button to the Trader Pod Menu weapon preview window. Players can select it to upgrade weapons for a price
Upgraded Weapons will have a yellow-orange glow instead of a green one for the pickup model to help tell the difference between a weapon that is upgraded and one that is not
Added audio to the command wheel THANK YOU command for all playable characters
Added new default main menu music track by Rocky Gray
- “Monstrosity”
Added new music tracks for Airship by Rocky Gray
- “Brass and Steam”
- “Fight in Flight”
- “Red Mist”
- “The Craft”
- “Zed Destroyer”
Added Ringmaster Lockheart voice audio as the Trader voice for Airship
- Voiced by David Lodge
Reverted changes to picking up and throwing dosh. Nearby players will immediately pick up thrown dosh
Made sound and FX adjustments to the nuke explosion generated by the Demolitionist ZED TIME - Destroyer of Worlds perk skill
Added new Summer Sideshow video slides to the main menu
Adjusted texture and material of Summer Sideshow elite crawler model to help better tell the difference from its normal variant
Adjusted the 1st Person reload sounds to be louder
Added additional layers of dosh pallets to the Vault Dosh to see more dosh in the vault
Added a News button on the main menu HOME tab for players to see the latest news about Killing Floor 2
Added a delay to blocking zeds so that the damage and incap mitigation does not occur instantaneously
Changed the text for the Trader Pod “Auto-Upgrade” feature to “Auto-Trade”

Balance
Survival game mode

Wave configuration
- Hell On Earth wave modifications to improve challenge for short, medium, and long game sessions

Endless game mode

Wave configuration
- Hell on Earth wave modifications to improve overall challenge
Hell On Earth zed damage scale
- Bosses do 100% damage regardless of wave
Outbreaks
- Boom mode
  - Reduced the amount of Zeds by 60%
Special zed waves
- Clot and Crawler waves
  - 100% more total zeds
  - Spawn rate raised by 900%
  - Clots now spawn enraged
- Stalker waves
  - Spawn rate raised by 200%
  - Chance to have E.D.A.R.s spawn with Stalkers
- Siren waves
  - Reduced the amount of Zeds by 50%
  - Spawn rate raised by 100%
- Husk waves
  - Reduced the amount of Zeds by 25%
  - Chance to have E.D.A.R.s spawn with Husks
- Gorefast waves
  - Reduced the amount of Zeds by 25%
  - Spawn rate raised by 50%
- Bloat waves
  - Reduced the amount of Zeds by 50%
  - Spawn rate raised by 50%
- Scrake and Fleshpound waves
  - Now can happen on all difficulties
  - Reduced the amount of Zeds by 80%
  - Spawn rate reduced by 75%

Zeds

Scrake
- Raised vulnerability to Microwave damage by 10%
Fleshpound
- Raised vulnerability to Microwave damage by 10%
Slasher
- Suicidal difficulty
  - Sprint chance raised from 50% to 85%
- Hell On Earth difficulty
  - Sprint chance raised from 70% to 95%
Cyst
- Hard Difficulty
  - Sprint chance on damaged raised from 1% to 70%
- Suicidal Difficulty
  - Sprint chance raised from 5% to 50%
- Hell On Earth Difficulty
  - Sprint chance raised from 40% to 85%
  - Sprint chance on damaged raised from 80% to 100%
Alpha Clot
- Hard Difficulty
  - Sprint chance on damaged raised from 5% to 70%
- Suicidal Difficulty
  - Sprint chance raised from 5% to 50%
- Hell On Earth Difficulty
  - Sprint chance raised from 75% to 85%
Siren
- Scream radius reduced from 800UU to 600UU
- Sprint speed raised from 200UU to 275UU
- Suicidal Difficulty
  - Sprint chance on damaged raised from 5% to 65%
- Hell on Earth Difficulty
  - Sprint chance on damaged raised from 10% to 85%
Hans
- Suicidal Difficulty
  - Evade chance on damage reduced from 20% to 10%
- Hell On Earth Difficulty
  - Evade chance on damage reduced from 20% to 10%
  - Supporting Zeds
    - Quarterpounders added
    - Scrakes added
Patriarch
- Hell on Earth Difficulty
  - Supporting zeds
    - Cysts removed

Perks and Weapons

9MM Pistol and Dual 9MM Pistols
- Bullet damage raised from 15 to 25
- Fire rate reduced by 14%
- Max ammo reduced from 240 to 90
- Ammo cost raised from 8 per mag to 12 per mag for single 9MM Pistol
- Ammo cost raised from 16 per mag to 24 per mag for Dual 9MM Pistols

Firebug

Microwave Gun
- Adjusted stats to Tier 3
- Stream damage reduced from 14 to 13
- Alt-Fire blast damage raised from 200 to 210
- Amount of ammo from ammo boxes raised from 40 to 50
- Base Weight reduced from 10 to 8
- Ammo cost reduced from 100 per mag to 80 per mag
- Purchase cost reduced from 1500 to 1200
Huskcannon
- Adjusted stats to Tier 3
- Base charge damage reduced from 100 to 60
- Base Weight reduced from 8 to 7
- Ammo cost reduced from 50 per mag to 40 per mag
- Purchase cost reduced from 1500 to 1200
Flamethrower
- Stream damage reduced from 21 to 18
- Base Weight reduced from 8 to 7
- Purchase cost raised from 1100 to 1200
Incendiary Trench Gun / Dragonsbreath
- Bullet pellets reduced from 9 to 8
- Weapon name changed to “Dragonsbreath”

Berserker

Eviscerator
- Adjusted stats to Tier 3
- Saw blade projectile damage reduced from 480 to 250
- Bash damage reduced from 90 to 75
- Chainsaw damage reduced from 29 to 24
- Base Weight reduced from 10 to 8
- Amount of gas ammo from ammo boxes reduced from 125 to 50
- Sawblade ammo cost reduced from 75 per mag to 50 per mag
- Purchase cost reduced from 1600 to 1300
Bonecrusher
- Adjusted stats to Tier 3
- Bash damage reduced from 175 to 150
- Heavy swing damage reduced from 165 to 160
- Light swing damage reduced from 80 to 73
- Parry damage mitigation raised from 60% to 70%
- Base Weight reduced from 9 to 7
- Purchase cost raised from 1200 to 1300
Zweihander
- Base Weight raised from 6 to 7
- Purchase cost raised from 1100 to 1300
Pulverizer
- Purchase cost raised from 1200 to 1300
Nailgun
- Bullet damage reduced from 30 to 25
- Fire rate raised by 33%
- Number of nails per shot raised from 7 to 8
- Weight blocks reduced from 6 to 5
- Ammo cost raised from 20 per mag to 26 per mag
- Purchase cost raised from 600 to 750
Katana
- Base Weight raised from 3 to 4
- Purchase cost raised from 600 to 850

Sharpshooter

Railgun
- Adjusted stats to Tier 3
- Max ammo raised from 21 to 24
- Manual shot damage reduced from 750 to 562
- Homing shot damage reduced from 375 to 281
- Base Weight reduced from 10 to 9
- Ammo cost reduced from 25 per mag to 20 per mag
- Purchase cost reduced from 1500 to 1100
M14 EBR
- Bullet damage reduced from 90 to 80
- Ammo cost reduced from 60 per mag to 53 per mag
SPX 464 Centerfire
- Bullet damage reduced from 180 to 165
- Ammo cost raised from 50 per mag to 55 per mag
Winchester 1894
- Base Weight reduced from 5 to 4

Support

AA12
- Adjusted stats to Tier 3
- Bullet damage reduced from 20 to 12
- Base Weight reduced from 10 to 9
- Ammo cost reduced from 82 per mag to 56 per mag
- Purchase cost reduced from 1500 to 1100
M4 Combat Shotgun

Bullet pellets raised from 7 to 8
Base Weight reduced from 7 to 6

Double-barrel Boomstick
- Bullet pellets reduced from 12 to 10
- Reload speed raised from 0.88 seconds to 1 second
- Base Weight raised from 4 to 5
- Ammo cost raised from 11 per mag to 13 per mag
- Purchase cost raised from 650 to 750

Commando

SCAR-H Assault Rifle
- Adjusted stats to Tier 3
- Bullet damage reduced from 55 to 42
- Base Weight reduced from 6 to 5
- Purchase cost reduced from 1500 to 1100
Stoner 63A LMG
- Adjusted stats to Tier 3
- Bullet damage reduced from 30 to 20
- Base Weight reduced from 9 to 8
- Ammo cost reduced from 70 per mag to 55 per mag
- Purchase cost reduced from 1500 to 1100

SWAT

Kriss SMG
- Adjusted stats to Tier 3
- Bullet damage reduced from 33 to 29
- Base Weight reduced from 6 to 5
- Ammo cost reduced from 35 per mag to 26 per mag
- Purchase cost reduced from 1500 to 1200
Heckler & Koch UMP
- Ammo cost reduced from 45 per mag to 36 per mag
P90 SMG
- Ammo cost reduced from 50 per mag to 40 per mag
MP5RAS SMG
- Ammo cost reduced from 33 per mag to 28 per mag

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Yoshiro [developer] May 17, 2018 @ 8:09am

Field Medic

HMTech-401 Assault Rifle
- Adjusted stats to Tier 3
- Bullet damage reduced from 35 to 25
- Dart recharge rate raised from 10 seconds to 16 seconds
- Base Weight reduced from 7 to 6
- Ammo cost reduced from 40 per mag to 35 per mag
- Purchase cost reduced from 1500 to 1100
HMTech-301 Shotgun
- Fire rate reduced by 33%
Hemogoblin
- Base reload speed reduced from 3.6 seconds to 2.34 seconds
- Tactical reload speed reduced from 2.4 to 1.7
- Weapon equip speed reduced from 1 seconds to 0.6 seconds
- Weapon unequip speed reduced from 0.6 seconds to 0.5 seconds
HMTech-201 SMG
- Bullet damage raised from 15 to 17
- Medic dart charge ammo use reduced from 50 per shot to 40 per shot to 40

Gunslinger

AF2011-A1
- Adjusted stats to Tier 3
- Bullet damage reduced from 53 per bullet to 43 per bullet
- Base Weight reduced from 3 to 2
- Ammo cost reduced from 27 per mag to 23 per mag
- Purchase cost reduced from 750 to 550
Dual AF2011-A1
- Adjusted stats to Tier 3
- Bullet damage reduced from 53 per bullet to 43 per bullet
- Base Weight reduced from 6 to 4
- Ammo cost reduced from 54 per mag to 46 per mag
- Purchase cost reduced from 1500 to 1100
.500 Magnum Revolver
- Adjusted stats to Tier 3
- Bullet damage reduced from 160 to 130
- Base Weight reduced from 3 to 2
- Ammo cost reduced from 25 per mag to 22 per mag
- Purchase cost reduced from 750 to 550
Dual .500 Magnum Revolver
- Adjusted stats to Tier 3
- Bullet damage reduced from 160 to 130
- Base Weight reduced from 6 to 4
- Ammo cost reduced from 50 per mag to 43 per mag
- Purchase cost reduced from 1500 to 1100

Demolitionist

RPG-7
- Adjusted stats to Tier 3
- Rocket round impact damage reduced from 150 to 102
- Rocket round explosion damage reduced from 750 to 510
- Base Weight reduced from 9 to 8
- Ammo cost reduced from 30 per round to 26 per round
- Purchase cost reduced from 1500 to 1200
Seeker Six
- Adjusted stats to Tier 3
- Rocket round impact damage reduced from 120 to 82
- Rocket round explosion damage reduced from 125 to 85
- Base Weight reduced from 9 to 8
- Ammo cost reduced from 40 per round to 26 per round
- Purchase cost reduced from 1500 to 1200
M16 M203
- Bullet damage raised from 30 to 33
- Grenade round impact damage raised from 225 to 230
- Grenade round explosion damage raised from 225 to 230
- Fire rate reduced by 4.5%
- Grenade ammo cost raised from 13 per round to 15 per round

Survivalist

Freezethrower
- Base Weight reduced from 8 to 7

Bug Fixes

Zeds

Fixed an issue where the King Fleshpound’s laser was continually ticking damage.
Fixed an issue were the Siren’s scream range was further than the visual effect.
Fixed an issue where Fleshpounds were no longer destroying/knocking over smaller zeds when charging

Gameplay

Fixed an issue where Zeds were not enlarging in the Outbreak Beefcake wave of Endless mode
Fixed an issue where the Resupply Pack Support perk skill was not providing bonus ammunition to players
Fixed an issue where the Bloat’s puke did not damage players if it becomes stumbled during the puke animation
Fixed an issue where Support and Demolitionist players could grant more ammunition than intended during Trader Time
Fixed an issue where players could parry one another
Fixed an issue where Berserker players could keep the Parry skill effects indefinitely by switching perks during Trader Time while having the Parry skill effect active

General

Fixed an issue where a player could hold duplicates of a single-handled pistol
Fixed an issue where Trader skip votes weren’t being cleared for each new wave
Fixed an issue where the Mac-10 still had head bob
Fixed an exploit where the Railgun could do full damage using auto lock mode

Map

Fixed an issue where Zeds would get stuck on Power Core
Fixed a clipping piece of ceiling on Nuked

Fixed and issue where the Mac-10 was not listed under a type category in the Trader Menu
Fixed an issue where C4 would not work with Quick Switch
Fixed an issue where the game difficulty of an Endless server was displaying the incorrect difficulty information for servers on the Server Browser

Cosmetic

Fixed an issue where the AK-12 Tactical Mint skin was showing up as a gray box
Fixed an issue where certain Vault Precious skins did not have the “V” Vault logo
Fixed an issue where Cyberpunk Arm Screens could not be equipped
Fixed an issue where Rae’s Cyberpunk outfits were inconsistent between First and Third Person views
Fixed an issue where a large number of cosmetics would not show up correctly when using the filter search

Platform Specific Fixes
PC/Steam