Additional Info:

As this update is mainly focused on matchmaking changes we have only one region available (US East) to have the most players in the same region. We will use the telemetry generated by your matchmaking attempts to validate the changes introduced.




Skill-based matchmaking

An option “Skill-based” has been added to the lobby screen. When enabled, this option will match you exclusively with players in your assigned skill bracket. Please be aware that selecting this option can result in fewer players in your match.

When this option is disabled, we will try to match you with players in your assigned skill bracket first. If no such match is available, we will then look for a match with as many players as possible based on those that have also disabled the “Skill Based" option.

Ratios for different group types

We have added a ratio that will increase or decrease the PvP rating of a group depending on its type.

PvP rating decay after absence

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We will reward players who play on Test today (26.10) from the update until 23:59 CEST!

• 100 Blood Bonds for 1 Hour of Bounty Hunt played during the above timeframe,
  
• Bloodbonds will be delivered to the players with the Live release.

• Fixed an issue where wrong lobby screen was selected / displayed on game start up.
  
• Fixed an issue where the control scheme got changed from Hunter to Gunslinger for returning users.

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Gunplay
Frag Bomb

• Adjusted damage falloff resulting in higher chances of survival towards the range limit.
  
• Shrapnels that reach players behind full cover only apply Intense Bleeding and no actual health damage.

General

• Consecutive shots will now correctly cancel and prevent sprinting for a very short time in order to prevent "run and gun" exploits.
  
• Entering Dark Sight now follows the same rules as switching equipment in order to prevent recoil cancelling.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused a specific wall to be missing.

UI

• Fixed an issue where double clicking didn't buy and equip items (it was only buying them).
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the choices in the control scheme selection screen to not be saved by the game's options.
  
• Fixed a bug where switching to the 'Training' or 'Contract' tab could displays an empty screen.
  
• Fixed a bug where no unlocks list was displayed in the progress tab.

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Gunplay

• Overall, weapons should blend nicer again and feel more responsive, as the transitions after swapping weapons have been smoothed out a bit.
  • However, some weapons might still feel a bit clunkier compared to before, as there was zero delay when swapping, and now there will always be a bit at least to ensure the shooting animation, and recoil are not skipped before the swap action is completed.
    
  • Weapons with Marksman and Sniper scopes, as well as powerful weapons in general will be affected by this more noticeably than others.
• Slightly increased the rate of fire for the LeMat Mark II revolver.
  • It shoots a little bit slower than the Caldwell Conversion with regular fire.
    
  • The fanning speed is comparable to the Caldwell Pax now.
• Slightly reduced the rate of fire for the Nitro Express Rifle.
  • It is a bit slower now in firing the second barrel right after the first, in order to help with animation blending and the quick swap smoothing mentioned above.

UI

• Fixed an issue where a wr...

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Hunters,We will reward players who play on Test today (05.10) from the update until 23:59 CEST!

• 100 Blood Bonds for 1 Hour of Bounty Hunt played during the above timeframe,
  
• Bloodbonds will be delivered to the players with the Live release.

• Fixed an issue where players were able to "Run and Gun" using rapid-fire weapons.
  
• First set of improvements made to the Quick Swap changes.
  • Pistol sway now only occurs after a weapon switch.
    
  • Pistol sway duration has been reduced from 3 to 2 seconds after entering ADS.

Developer Notes:
We iterated some more on the recent changes to the player's movement improvements, eliminating an unintended side effect that allowed players to rapid-fire with levering/fanning and the Avtomat while sprinting.

We also refined the ruleset for when the additional handgun sway is triggered, limiting it only to right after changing weapons and no longer every-time you enter Aim Down Sights (ADS) with them.
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New Weapon Variant
Winfield M1873C Vandal Striker

• Variant of the shortened Winfield Vandal.
  
• The knife attached to its barrel can be used for both heavy and light melee attacks.

New Legendary Weapons
Martini Henry Marksman "Oberon's Hound"

• Martini-Henry IC1 Marksman

Description: "Named for a most fearsome and relentless hunter of the wood, in a bygone time this rifle won its renown taking down the prey etched on its receiver: egret, doe, buck, and bear. Now, this Martini-Henry IC1 Marksman sights itself on bigger, deadlier prizes. "Martini Henry Deadeye “Sacrosanct”

• Martini-Henry IC1 Deadeye

Description: "Sanctified in something beyond mortal understanding; the work of this Martini-Henry Deadeye is hallowed. Unfortunates who find themselves sighted in the purview of the Sacrosanct will face their sins, all too soon."Springfield Marksman “Archangel

• Springfield 1886 Marksman

Description: "In Christian scripture, archangels led the celestial host against the forces of darkness. In the bayou,... Read more

General

• Fixed an issue where hunters caught on fire too easily after they had recovered from fire damage already.

~The Hunt Team

Store

• Reduce the cost of the Gator Leg trait to 2 Hunter Points.
  
• Reduce the cost of the Heavy Knife to 25 Dollars.

General

• Fixed an issue where Hunters equipped with dual wield weapons had the wrong pose in the menu and weapons were not attached to the model's hands.
  
• Fixed an issue where some Hunters could not be burned.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Dauntless trait would works through walls.

Audio

• Fixed a bug with the Gator legs Trait, where the teammate's footsteps were not altered properly.

Trials

• Fixed an issue where some traits would not be applied when playing a Trial.
  
• Fixed an issue where the generator audio would persist on Trial restart.

UI

• Fixed an issue where an incorrect image was used when picking up ammo for the Crossbow Shotbolt and Explosive variants, as well as the Poison Hand Crossbow.
  
• Fixed an issue where the new host in a team of three would not have an invite button after specific steps.

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Spectator Mode

• Enabled the option to spectate other teams in Bounty Hunt missions, after Player's own team had been completely wiped.

Golden Cash Register

• Reduced the chances of the Golden Cash Registers appearing, but increased the amount of Blood Bonds provided by them from 25 to 50.

Performance - Stutter We have been investigating the cause of stutter with some of the community member who has been kindly sending us profiling captures. In the reported cases, we found that the issue was caused by the graphics card video memory, where the card ran out of available VRAM.

We have made a quick change on the Test Server modifying the Ping value to display the average, min and max of Video Memory (VRAM) consumption in the last 64 frames in Gigabytes. In case some of you are able to reproduce the stutters on the Test Server we would like to ask you to check the max value, and compare it to the max value your graphic card supports.

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Hunters,

Welcome to the Test Servers for Update 1.4.3!
As always, feel free to reach out to us and tell us how you feel about the upcoming changes.

Please take your time and read the changelog below. New Weapon Variants

• Winfield M1873C Vandal
  
• Winfield M1873C Vandal Deadeye

The Vandals are shortened Winfield M1873 C variants with 1 less bullet and only medium size. They can still be used for levering.Developer Notes:
Why Vandal and not Mare's Leg? Mare’s Leg is an anachronistic name for 1895, a name which came into use in 1958. So while we took inspiration from the more modern weapon, we created our universe’s own version – one that would be right at home in 1895. New Legendary Content
"Winfield Vandal Gold Rush"

• Winfield M1873 C Vandal
  
• Description: "When the law caught up with felon-turned-prospector John Wright, he fled his Oregon hide out with nothing more than this gold-veined Winfield Vandal - made to celebrate his very first lucky strike. Wielding it, he fought his way south, lure...

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Hunters,We will reward players who play on Sunday (26.07) from 18:00 to 21:00 CEST!

• 100 Blood Bonds for 30 min of Bounty Hunt played during the above timeframe
  
• Bloodbonds will be delivered to the players the following week

We are heavily investigating issues most known as the "ghost bug" meaning that a player is stuck on server side, but can move and in some cases interact with items. We would like to ask players that frequently experienc this on the Live servers to join our test servers.If the issue occurs during testing, we would like to ask users to reach out to us and send their Game.log file, found in Hunt (Test server)'s installation folder, so then we can further investigate the mentioned issue.Thank you for your collaboration! Audio

• Reduced impact of lightfoot on water land sfx.

• Fixed a bug where the statistics for 'Wellspring bounty' did not display the correct number (includes Rifts).
  
• Fixed a bug where if the user searched for a partner and canceled it instantly lead to an er...

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New Legendary Content
"LeMonnier's Kit"

• First Aid Kit
  
• Description: "Dr. LeMonnier was fatefully suspicious of Huff’s actions in the asylum, and though this First Aid Kit can stem heavy bleeding, it could not stop the pinprick injection that transformed him into another experiment."

"Steel Eye"

• Spyglass
  
• Description: "The determined pursuit of one’s goals requires a clarity of ambition. Those with a headstrong mentality - said to be steely-eyed - see their targets clearly with this looking glass."

"Rising Sun"

• Flare Pistol
  
• Description: "This inlaid Flare Pistol glints brilliantly in the magnesium rays of its discharge. A small detail, appreciated by connoisseurs of the night."

"Steel Sprung"

• Hand Crossbow
  
• Description: "More than just a showpiece of its smith’s skill, this complex Hand Crossbow is wrought from fine materials with expert machining, proving deadly and powerful."
  
• Exclusive Legendary Rewards:

"The Auger"

• Lebel 1886 Talon
  
• Description: "Scrawled in blood on this Lebel 1886 Talon ...

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To encourage participation on the Test Server we are going to award 100 Blood Bonds to players. The Blood Bonds will be distributed for playing at least 20 minutes on Wednesday 24/06 between 21:00 and 23:00 CEST (19:00 to 21:00 UTC).

• Balancing pass on some of the Trials challenges.

• Fixed a bug where player got kicked from group with a 0x20007 crylcoud error.
  
• Fixed an issue where ammo box spawns were missing in some cases.
  
• Fixed a bug where the reward text was cut off for some Trials and did not fit into the window.
  
• Fixed an issue where the extraction banner had a way too small font size in German.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Map displayed in the Trials Menu was the last one you played.
  
• Fixed an issue where failed challenge requests did not revert beacon state to active.
  
• Fixed a bug where challenges could be started while another one was already running.
  
• Fixed a bug where the small weapon was unequipped after unloading from Bounty Hunt or after restarting the game.

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To encourage participation on the Test Server we are going to award 100 Blood Bonds to players. The Blood Bonds will be distributed for playing at least 20 minutes on Tuesday 23/06 between 20:00 and 22:00 CEST (18:00 to 20:00 UTC). Gunplay

• Increased the recoil of the LeMat's secondary shotgun fire mode.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Crossbow to deal less damage than intended.
  
• Fixed several animation issues when using Dual Wielded weapons.
  
• Fixed cut off text in all languages for timed challenges.
  
• Fixed several localization issues.
  
• Trials: Fixed animation issues during banishment.
  
• Trials: Fixed audio issues during banishment.
  
• Trials: Fixed an issue where players had unlimited time to complete a wave challenge.
  
• Trials: Fixed an issue where a wrong map was shown depending on player location.
  
• Trials: Fixed an issue that lead to players spawning empty handed.
  
• Dual-Wield: Fixed Dual Wield icons shown in the Roster Tab.
  
• Dual-Wield: Fixed audio issues during weapon animations.
  
• Dual-Wield: Fix...

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Dual Wielding – Double the gun, double the fun. This Update brings the long-awaited Dual Wielding feature, available when using two identical handguns.Trials Mode – You have asked, and we listened! We are happy to introduce the first iteration of our PVE mode – Trials! Explore the maps, complete difficult challenges, and collect Trial Stars for exclusive rewards.New Legendaries – The update brings three shiny new Legendaries as well as two other exclusively unlockable with the Trials Mode! Dual Wielding
Dual Wielding Handguns is a new and exciting feature in Hunt:Showdown, allowing players to equip and use two handguns at the same time. All available handguns that can be used for dual-wielding:

• Pair of Nagant M1895
  
• Pair of Nagant M1895 Silencer
  
• Pair of Caldwell Conversion Pistol
  
• Pair of Caldwell Conversion Chain Pistol
  
• Pair of Caldwell Conversion Uppercut
  
• Pair of Caldwell Pax
  
• Pair of Caldwell Pax Claw
  
• Pair of Bornheim No.3
  
• Pair of Bornheim No.3 Extended
  
• Pair of Nagant M1895 Officer
  
• Pa...

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To encourage participation on the Test Server we are going to award 200 Blood Bonds for players. The Blood Bonds will be distributed as follow:

• 100 Blood Bonds for playing at least 20 minutes (it can be across multiple games) on Saturday between 20:00 and 22:00 CEST (18:00 to 20:00 UTC).
  
• 100 Blood Bonds for playing at least 20 minutes (it can be across multiple games) on Sunday between 20:00 and 22:00 CEST (18:00 to 20:00 UTC).

UI

• Due to a bug the ammo count is removed from the weapon pick up screen.

General

• Fixed some minor localization issues.

Audio

• Fixed an issue where a hunters "out of breath" sound continued to play for too long after sprinting.

Gunplay

• Fixed an issue where crossbows, hand crossbows and wood axes did not cause bleeding to Hunters.
  
• Fixed an issue where players could survive their own frag bomb explosions.

UI

• Fixed an issue where the progress for a challenge would not be visually tracked from the in-game map counter.
  
• Fixed an issue where in Japanese, scrolling in the B...

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Gunplay Frag Bomb

• Reduced damage from 200 to 150.
  
• Now deals Intense Rending Damage (Causes Intense Bleeding).

Developer Note:
This change will slightly increase the chance for players to survive with severe injuries at the edge of the frag bombs explosion radius.Damage Intensities

• Slightly adjusted and normalized the damage over time received from Bleeding.
  
  • Light Bleeding is now 50% weaker than Medium Bleeding.
    
  • Medium Bleeding is equal to what players are used to from before this Update.
    
  • Intense Bleeding is now 50% stronger than Medium Bleeding.
• Slightly adjusted the damage over time received from Burning.
  • Medium Burning is equal to what players are used to from before this update
    
  • Intense Burning is now 50% stronger than Medium Burning

UI

• Improvement made to the News feed usability. Players can now open 'previous' and 'next' news from the pop up screen using the left and right navigator.

Store

• Reverted the Blood Bond price of the Winfield M1873 Talon "Night Terror" back to 400 from...

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Different Intensities for Damage Effects – Update 1.4 rewrites everything you know about burning, bleeding or poison, with new rules and intensities for each damage type.New Equipment – The update brings some new toys to play with. Now you can poison your careless foes using the brand new Poison Trip Mine tool and as for the careful Hunters, the Serpent trait has been added, allowing the interaction with clues, rifts and abandoned bounties from afar when using dark sight.New Legendaries – We have introduced many new Legendary weapons including the runners up in our 2nd anniversary weapon skin contest as well as a Hunter! Make sure to check them out. Different Intensities for Damage Effects Fire Damage

• Fire damage can now cause different effects related to burning.
  
• Light Fire Damage
  • Scorches health chunks lightly.
    
  • Does not cause burning on hunters automatically.
    
  • Can cause or increase burning on hunters when dealt repeatedly over a short amount of time.
• Medium Fire Damage
  • Scorches ...

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(Please note: We currently only have US East and Oceania regions available for testing.) Audio

• Decoy Fuses now play a tiny explosion sound when they explode.

UI Death Screen:

• Improved and added text transition to the Death Screen for an overall smoother transition.
  
• The Detail button is now a toggle, similarly to the Damage history button.

General

• Fixed some client crashes.
  
• Fixed cases when player could get nothing from item boxes.
  
• Fixed edge case where the Packmule trait would not work as expected.
  
• Fixed a number of cases where weapons on the ground could not be looted.
  
• Fixed a number of cases where weapon would not be equipped after switching it (no arms/hands and weapon rendered).
  
• Fixed the too quick disconnection at the end of the quickplay round so that Quickplay end of rounds animations are played before returning to the menu.
  
• Fixed the missing explosive icon for the Bomb Lance in the store and equipment screens.
  
• Fixed a number of minor animation issues.
  
• Fixed a number of mino...

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Audio

• Ear ringing effect is now correctly applied to Legendary weapons as intended.

Gameplay

• The Nitro Express Rifle has been tweaked to be in line with the previously made consistency adjustments, in order to prevent quick scoping like in previous test server update.
  
• Fixed an issue that could prevent players from receiving rewards when using a Item box.

UI New Death Screen Improvements

• Overall improvements made with the removal of several not-needed texts.
  
• The graveyard background has a much grittier look now.
  
• The death screen blends in much smoother and provides a nice transition, allowing the HUD to display the deathblow feedback properly.
  
• 'Headshot' and other special events are now not only displayed as tooltips when hovering over the icons.
  
• Layout adjustments made to improve grouping of all weapon and partner related information close to each other.
  
• Visual improvements made to the display of damage history.
  
• Fixed inconsistencies between lowercase and uppercase texts.
  
• Fixed sev...

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