Sneak peek: PvP Overhaul

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Hello everyone!

It’s time to reveal the biggest change in the upcoming update: a complete overhaul of the PvP game mode. This game mode has not received any attention from us in a long time, so now we wanted to bring it up to par with the rest of the game.

Two new mission types The PvP overhaul introduces two brand new mission types: Outpost Deathmatch and King of the Hull.

• In Outpost Deathmatch, two teams battle inside one of two purpose-built outposts. The first team to reach a set amount of kills gets the win.
  
  
• In King of the Hull, the teams must race their subs to a beacon station, get inside, capture it and defend it from the enemy team to emerge victorious.

Improved Sub versus Sub gameplay Something we’ve seen players request many times is choosing different subs for different teams in PvP, and now you can. This should make the existing Sub vs Sub mission type more interesting!

We’ve also made PvP maps smaller, made it possible to see the approximate location of the enemy submarine, and added new ways of breaching and boarding the other sub to spice things up.

Perk points for PvP and Mission Mode An important addition in the overhaul is a start-of-the-round perk point system. Both teams are granted a number of points which they can spend on submarine upgrades, talents, and extra gear.

The perk point system is also applied to Mission mode to make playing single missions more engaging, allowing your crew to use the talents and upgrades already familiar from the campaign mode.

Choose your playground Many things in PvP become more customizable with this overhaul. For example, you can disable monster spawns, modify the rules of respawning, adjust the point limit needed to win a round, and choose the map you want in the PvP lobby settings.

What do you think? Read more about the PvP overhaul now on our blog[barotraumagame.com], and stay tuned for the update in a few weeks!