Changes for the Playtest. New Features, Bugfixes and animations.

1. Balancing

Increased skill progress speed for weapons and armor for the first 5 skill levels.
Reduced Karma loss for PvP kills.

2. Content

Added some new information regarding difficulty ratings and enemies to the journal.
Added 3 new quests for fresh players starting out.
Added final asset for Apron equipment.
Added Icons for Wastelander equipment set.
Added Spitter Mutant.
Updated a few (tower) buildings: Opened up several stairways and hallways and removed or moved some rubble or walls for a generally better hunting experience due to more openness.
Updated some tooltip text on a few botany harvestables.
Updated the spawn behavior of some monster homes due to some invalid blocking settings.
Updated Harvestables and Lootables to have their correct animations hooked which will be updated over time.
Updated all relevant quests to use a character level gate to match the new difficulty rating: Be sure to check in with NPCs as your character levels up to see if they have new quests available!
Fixed vfx of skill “Ruffian’s Rage” to no longer obstruct visibility when aiming.
Fixed some glitches when wearing certain equipment pieces.
Removed outdated hospital building as that area will be reworked completely

Added nameplates for players and enemies.
Added special symbols in nameplates for Guards and Elite enemies.
Added visual difficulty rating for quests in NPC dialogs, quest log and HUD: Players can now assess a quest’s/questline’s general difficulty before accepting it.
Added new animations (ongoing process).
Updated highlighted compass symbol for active quests.
Updated Journal entries.
Fixed fullscreen resolution switching on scene changes.
Fixed compass quest highlight after returning a quest.
Fixed an issue where NPCs would shoot at an invisible object and not react anymore.
Fixed bug where Fishing rod was not equipped properly.
Fixed a bug where the E button did not close an open Dialog.
Fixed a bug where music was still playing while the Story video was playing.
Fixed a bug in character creation where character played a wrong animation when switching the gender.