RUNE II: Decapitation Edition Duplicity Update 2.0.19209 Patch Notes -- December 17, 2020

HIGHLIGHTS

• Find the entrance near Midgard’s marketplace.

• These new PvP modes blend high risk and high reward with RUNE II’s fast action combat!
• Think you’re better than the dev team? Challenge us on Friday (12/18), Monday (12/21), and Tuesday (12/22) starting at 3pm PST!

• Earn XP from killing NPCs, players, and winning rounds.

GENERAL

• Fixed duplicate characters loading the wrong save slot
• ☆ Updated UPnP error messages.
• Goldberg.

PVP

• Adjusted pickups and visuals on Arena, Lost Thorstadt, and Redheim PvP maps.
• Implemented a "ready up" system with a much longer startup period unless everybody is ready. Add a skull icon to dead players on the scoreboard.
• Adjusted Bow Stamina Usage
• Fix staggered state to disallow dodge roll while staggered
• Disabled damage on Force Runes
• Increase revive time from .75s >> 2s

COMBAT AND GEAR

• ☆ Arrows no longer auto-add to the gear wheel.
• ☆ Updated dodge roll movements to work based on root motion and rotate based on velocity
• Increased Ice Grenade ground and character effect duration.

CAMPAIGN

• ☆ Added Abandoned Village, Brewer’s Guild Village, Dwarven Crystal Cave, Monster Hunter Guild’s Village, Raiders Outpost, and Giant’s Cave to the world.
• ☆ Added new side quests
• Thom's Son is the representative from the Hunter's Guild. Hunt some fauna for him to prove you're worth his time.
• Huntsmaster Ulfred has taken notice of your representation. Hunt more fauna and he'll reward you with a recipe for the Huntsmater of the Realmkeeper legendary bow.
• Belva challenges you to a drinking contest. Can you outdrink her?
• Captain Dryden lost his boat at sea. Help cheer him up.
• Exiled singer Hertha requests your aid in searching for a mythical creature to help redeem herself. She’ll give you a legendary armor recipe for helping her.
• Free Teki from Raven's Keep jail cell and he'll handsomely reward you with allmetal.
• Help Nomad Ake care for his sick wife.
• Added 300% more festive cheer throughout the world and enemies.
• Adjusted enemy placements throughout the open world
• ☆ Updated NPC models to make them more unique
• ☆ Updated enemy aggro ranges
• Fixed Brynja despawning too early
• Fixed enemy visuals persisting after their death
• ☆ Fixed draugr shield launching players upon contact

INPUT

• ☆ Added skip dialog gamepad button prompt
• Fixed issue where players could get stuck in Game + UI mode after exiting root menu
• ☆ Updated tooltips to display Mouse and Keyboard or Gamepad keys, depending on which input you’re using.
• Updated default emote menu key to X

AUDIO

• Added additional voiceovers.
• ☆ Added additional weapon sound effects.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Restoring characters from a friend’s hosted game into a new universal character slot may not work as intended.
• Universal characters that start in a PvP mode and then play co-op after may see their teammates as enemies.
• Online xp may reset between characters and sessions.
• Co-op connectivity may not work as intended.