[2022] Tempest | Hotfix v0.8.0.3

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

Welcome back! We've got an update for you.



Firstly we'd like to apologize. In our haste to remove money and XP farmers from the game, we penalized our Custom Difficulty goers way too harshly and bypassed the core concept of what custom was originally advertised as "Play your way".

In the long term, we will be rebalancing the entirety of Custom Difficulty's reward multipliers, to make sure that they are fairer, not overly rewarding when lower risk is taken, and stop cheesy tactics to farm easy rewards.

Today, we're removing the -60% reduction for Custom games, and adding the following until the rebalancing is finalized, early next year with 0.8.1:

• Custom Reward Multipliers will now have a maximum cap of x15, displayed with the actual multiplier beside it in brackets.
  
  
  
  
• Incorrectly identifying the ghost type will lower your multiplier to the next default difficulty (rounding down). E.g. 5x > 4x or 3.7x > 3x

• Some Ouija board questions have had their sanity reductions increased, as they were much too powerful for the sanity trade-off
  • Ghost location – 50% (Previously 40%)
    
  • Bone location – 50% (Previously 20%)
• The Haunted Mirror's sanity drain has been adjusted, so that you can't entirely avoid the sanity drain with a ~1-second peek and still reap the reward. This should also encourage slightly longer peers into the paranormal realm.
  
  • The Mirror will now drain a minimum of 20% sanity per use
• Adjusted player freezing breath visuals so it will no longer block your view when walking too close to it
  
• Smudge Sticks will now visually animate much more accurately with the timing of their gameplay effect
  
• Improved Smudge Sticks' smoke effect
  
• Adjusted several inconsistent text capitalizations in English
  
• Rebaked Sunny Meadows

• Removed several sky light leaks in the following locations:
  • Willow
    
  • Tanglewood
    
  • Edgefield
    
  • Ridgeview
    
  • Grafton
    
  • Sunny Meadows
• The DOTS and death room ghost will no longer be the wrong ghost model
  
• The reset save button will now work
  
• Sanity will now stop draining when you are in a lit area
  
• Snow will no longer fall inside the Bleasdale attic
  
• Willow front room window fingerprints will now be photographable

If you experience any issues or want to give feedback, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord: https://discord.gg/phasmophobia
Thanks,
The Kinetic Games Team