Warhammer: Darktide Dev Tracker

Hello Everyone,
Ahead of our next update Unlocked and Loaded, we wanted to share these patch notes related to balancing for Weapons, Blessings and Classes within Darktide. The purpose is to give players a sneak peak at what to expect, as well as to receive feedback on what we’ve prepared.

Important Note: These are not the complete patch notes for the upcoming update, Unlocked and Loaded. We’ll have more to share on the release date, September 26. This is to simply give players a look ahead at the balancing!

Depending on player feedback, we’ll be able to tweak values for the changes below. If there are any larger reworks requested, we’ll likely be unable to make those changes before the update. However, we’ll be able to revert anything that feels out of place / doesn’t feel right for players and remove it from this patch.
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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

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

Hello Rejects!
My name is Daniel, and I’m a Programmer and Designer at Fatshark. This blog covers parts of our journey in creating enemies for Darktide. Over the years, I’ve gathered many clips and screenshots and wanted to share some of the early development stages and explain our thought processes. Keep in mind that many of these clips and screenshots feature temporary assets (sorry artists!) since they were created early in the project to test gameplay mechanics.

For Darktide, the Combat team used a very iterative approach. We identified the most important features to include, made functional prototypes, tested them in co-op, found problems, and made adjustments to improve the feel. We repeated this process many times. Our core goals for Darktide combat were replayability and co-op. We believe these are best achieved with highly polished moment-to-mo... Read more

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

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

Heyo Everyone,
As promised, here is the next batch of questions and answers regarding the Itemization Rework coming after summer. Again, we collected over 11 pages of feedback, questions and general concerns after the release of the last Q&A dev post.

As a refresher, the two new systems are the Mastery system and the Empower system (formerly Expertise). (There is still a chance that these names change.)

Note: All of the questions we’re answering in this are pulled directly from the comments on the Forums, Reddit and Discord. We kept the players’ wording instead of writing our own questions.

In case you missed our previous comms:

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

Heyo Everyone,
Our latest hotfix (1.4.12) is out now on Steam and the rest of our platforms will follow. You’ll find the patch notes below!

• Fixed an issue where ammo crates would still spawn in Maelstrom Mission C-I-VI.
  
• The tooltip for the Stopping Power stat has been updated to reflect that it affects damage as well.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the canteen on Psyker “Shroudwrap Carapace” cosmetic upperbody to be warped.

Heyo Devoted Rejects,
We’re excited to announce the next free update coming to Darktide - Unlocked and Loaded - will be releasing on September 26, 2024.

https://youtu.be/69zI8J5nnZU

Unlocked and Loaded will include the overhaul to itemization, a new mission with a new objective, and improvements to social features.

Itemization Overhaul: Unlock Your Potential: With the itemization overhaul, players will master their weapons over time, unlock blessings, weapon marks, and perks, and tinker with their gea... Read more

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

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

https://youtu.be/Sk-xRz9eAqc

Acquisition Agent: Wyrmwood 78

Veracity Rating: 12-Alpha

Subject: [REDACTED]

Action: Monitor

Cross-reference: “Urmal”, [REDACTED], [REDACTED]

Entry Begins:

Falter not, wither not.

Those words have lodged firmly in my mind. There have been endless words and fanatical ramblings – enough to last several lifetimes – and most are just background noise. That statement, though… it carries weight. Enforced inactivity leads to a degradation of body and mind and so I must keep both active. The first comes with physical recovery. The other will hopefully come from committing some of my myriad thoughts to this journal.

How long have I been here? Days, certainly. Weeks, perh... Read more

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

Rolling blackouts are plaguing sectors of the hive. Worse, we’ve heard reports of someone, or something lurking in the darkness. We need devoted rejects to get down there and sort this mess out.

Play and complete missions with a new Special Condition, “Terror in the Dark” to earn rewards. This condition will only be available during the event!

This event will start on Thursday, August 15 and run until Thursday, August 29. The rewards will be Ordo Dockets, Plasteel and Diamantine.

Note: This event is only available on the normal board on 3/4/5 difficulties (regular malice, heresy and damnation).

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

Heyo Everyone,
As promised yesterday, here is hotfix #45 (1.4.11). It is live now on Steam and it will shortly go live on our other platforms.
Fixes

• Fixed a server crash issue related to a player taking damage from a projectile or the environment when they were dead or knocked down.
  
• Fixed an issue in the Orthus Offensive special assignment where one of the twins could double spawn.

Known Issues

• We have a known issue of certain blessings (like Shattering Impact) showing an undefined text description. The cause has been identified and we’re working on a fix for this, as well.
  
• We also have a known issue of certain advanced circumstances not working properly (e.g. No Ammo modifier). We are working on a fix for this. In the meantime, we're going to disable these on the miss...

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

Heyo Everyone, Note: As a heads up, this hotfix includes routine updates to our audio software, which resulted in a chunkier sized update compared to normal.

New In-Game Event: Herald of Admonition Rolling blackouts are plaguing sectors of the hive. Worse, we’ve heard reports of someone, or something lurking in the darkness. We need devoted rejects to get down there and sort this mess out.

Play and complete missions with a new Special Condition, “Terror in the Dark” to earn rewards. This condition will only be available during the event!

This event will start on Thursday, August 15. The rewards will be Ordo Dockets, Plasteel and Diamantine.



Bug Fixes and Changes Weapons Branx Pickaxe

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