[Fatshark] Quickpaw

Hi everyone! My name is Teodor, resident game designer on Vermintide 2. While I have been at Fatshark for a while now I am still fairly new to the V2 team, joining just last year. And so, this will be my first ever dev blog for the project. Let’s get straight into it!

This latest update saw the introduction of our new Chaos Warrior variant (and his big shield). Players coming from Darktide might feel right at home when looking at our newest enemy, but he does function slightly differently than his Bulwark brother from across the studio. We’ve been looking at adding a new Elite enemy for a while, especially one that makes room for some heavy-stagger-playstyles, so here he is in all his shield-wielding glory.



The first thing you’ll notice is that this new Chaos Warrior is heavy, but he does have an exposed weak spot in th... Read more

Hotfix 5.4.2 - 17th of April As a heads up, the patch size for this hotfix is unfortunately 25GB. We're still investigating what's causing some of our patches to have this issue to be able to avoid this in the future.

Features & Tweaks

• Added new sound effects for when the Chaos Warrior with Shield blocks a ranged attack.
  Slightly increased the likelihood of hero conversations starting in A Parting of the Waves.
  Tweaked some objective markers in A Parting of the Waves to avoid confusion.
  Added an idle animation for the 5th Hero in A Parting of the Waves.

Fixes

• Fixed the missing dialogue for Saltzpyre when he's the last man standing and when someone wastes healing. Ohhh he's gonna let 'em have it now...!
  
• Fixed a visual bug in the first person view of a particular fireball staff illusion, which was missing its proper glow.
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Heroes!
A free new update is coming to PC on April 11, containing a new map: the conclusion of the Karak Azgaraz storyline! This fourth, final map is not a remaster of a Vermintide 1 mission, but a brand new, stormy mission!

A Parting of the Waves Those who have followed Lohner’s Chronicles recently might already know, but our Heroes are not on the best of terms right now. After Sienna picked up Necromancy and started raising the dead to fight the onslaught of Skaven and Chaos better, things have been… tense. Distrust slowly surged amongst our heroes. Today, the Ubersreik Five are on the verge of falling apart.

That’s when jolly ol’ Kruber had a fantastic idea! The Five should group up and set sail, chasing after the Skaven ships fleeing after being routed in Khazukan Kazakit-Ha!
Slayi... Read more

Never one to pass up an opportunity to keep the old war funds flowing, I reckon it's time to take the Emporium of Wonders in a whole new direction, namely shoes, boots, sandals, sabots, and clogs - a festive festonery of footwear. I mean, some folk might say that an army marches on its stomach, but wiser heads know that it's the feet that make the magic happen. Gotta look after them, is what I'm saying ... for the right price. Now, who wants what?


Do you wonder to wander? Searching for the boot for your route? A shoe to break your blue? Dare not to leave your toes bare? Maybe Ladrielle has asked you to step up your footwear game?

Lohner’s Shoe Emporium of Wonders offers those wandering among us (looking at you, Kerillian) a place to keep your toes dry. For the price of a couple of shillings, your Hero can wear the most dashing and daring of sol... Read more

Hotfix 5.3.5 - 15th of March
Fixes

• Fixed a consistent crash when completing an Essence Weave objective.

Hotfix 5.3.4 - 14th of March
Fixes

• Fixed players being booted to the main menu upon being disconnected, they're now booted to the Keep.
  
• Fixed various crashes related to the chat window.
  
• Fixed a crash when starting a Back to Basics deed while having an Outcast Engineer with the Gromril Plated Shots talent.
  
• (Versus) Fixed the last sub-objectives being counted twice when completed
  
• (Versus) Fixed a softlock when using controllers in Versus.
  
• (Versus) Fixed a bug that allowed firing while in ghost mode as Warpfire Thrower and Ratling Gunner.
  
• (Versus) Fixed a bug that allowed Pactsworn to spawn from ghost mod...

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