1. Chance to find household items in cupboards, such as salt in the kitchen or a lighter in a drawer.
   
2. Navigational glowsticks for aid in not getting lost in large maps or providing a marker to other players for important rooms that may be hard to remember for a whole game, such as the breaker room or on larger maps, the ghost room.
   

• The first part of the Progression overhaul will be coming in v9.0, which will be the next update after v8.1
  
• Progression Part 1 will feature the new leveling system and equipment upgrades.
  
• As has already been stated in the past, this overhaul will result in a complete progress wipe for all players, due to how equipment and upgrades will be unlocked in a specific order compared to the current system that puts no progress restriction on equipment.
  
• Leveling up will no longer be per 100XP; instead, each level will require more XP as you progress and upon reaching the end of level 100, you will unlock the option to prestige and reset your progress, with the reward of a new badge and title for your ID card.
  
• Your level prior to this wipe will be saved and will be used at a future date to give you a unique badge for your player character to show off how far you made it pre-wipe. These will have different colors and materials depending on how high your level was, but no distinction has been given for what the range of levels is per alteration nor what the level cap is for this badge.
  

• Custom Difficulty will be given an overhaul to reward values in v8.1. Currently the maximum reward multiplier is 24x, but this will be lowered to approximately 15x to bring custom games closer in reward earnings to the default difficulties. This is intended to result in fairer rewards and prevent Custom Difficulty from encouraging use of optimal settings to farm XP and money.
  
• A new difficulty mode called Insanity will be added. This will become the new hardest difficulty in the game, and features a reward multiplier of 6x. However, you'll have to deal with this:
  • Ghosts will hide two types of evidence.
    
  • No Cursed Possession.
    
  • The ghost's room will change more often.
    
  • No setup time (same as Nightmare).
    
  • Shorter hunt grace period.
    
  • Longer hunt duration and kills increase the duration.
    
  • Sanity pills restore less sanity.
    
  • Fuse box starts off (same as Nightmare).
    
  • Almost no hiding places.
    

• A Challenge Mode will be added which will present a rotating weekly challenge hand-made by the developers.
  
• You'll be able to play these modes in any location, but if you complete them three times in the specified location, you'll earn a large chunk of money and experience!
  
• Equipment is provided for free, and as such you will not lose anything if you die in this mode.
  
• Here are some examples of challenges that can be found in this mode:
  • Lights Out - No fuse box access and flashlights are forbidden. The only source of light will be candles and glowsticks.
    
  • Hide and Seek - A dedicated version of the same game you can trigger with the Ouija board.
    
  • Audio-Only - Focused on Paranormal Microphones and Sound Sensors.
    

• The shop will be getting overhauled to be easier to use for purchasing items and bringing items into matches.
  
• Firstly, the shop/storage page will now function like an online shopping cart. You can add your items to the list with the + icons, then choose to Buy, Sell, Add or Remove. Once you're done, you can clear your list with the Trash icon. This makes adjusting your added loadout or making a quick removal much faster than the current system.
  
• Secondly, an icon has been added to each shop item, displaying how many have been committed to the lobby and will appear in the truck once you've loaded in. This should reduce the amount of jumping back and forth between the shop and the lobby screen.
  
• You can see an image of the new shop via this link.
  

• New Difficulty - Insanity
  
• Challenge Mode - Weekly rotation of 26 different challenges, with each one available twice a year. Completing a challenge three times on the specified map will give a huge XP and money bonus.
  
• New Cursed Object - Monkey Paw
  • Wishes can be found scattered throughout Sunny Meadows and will be added to your Journal when found.
    
• Custom Difficulty - Reward values overhauled.
  

Monkey Paw Wishes

"I wish to see a ghost"

• Positive: Ghost event occurs near the player.
  
• Negative: Spawns the ghost near the player for 5 seconds before starting a cursed hunt. Players vision darkens during this time.
  

"I wish for activity"

• Positive: Increases ghost activity.
  
• Negative: Breaks fuse box permanently and locks exit doors for two minutes.
  

"I wish to trap the ghost"

• Positive: Traps the ghost in its room for one minute.
  
• Negative: Darkens player vision temporarily, locks door to current room for one minute and starts a cursed hunt after the minute has passed.
  

"I wish to be sane"

• Positive: Sets all players sanity to 50%.
  
• Negative: Passive sanity drain increased and the ghost has a chance to change its room.
  

"I wish to be safe"

• Positive: Unlocks the nearest blocked hiding spot.
  
• Negative: Lights in the current room will burst. In future hunts, the ghost will can hear you and detect electronic equipment from any distance.
  

"I wish to leave"

• Positive: Immediately unlocks all exit doors, even during a hunt.
  
• Negative: Darkens player vision and decreases movement speed for five seconds.
  

"I wish for [weather]"

• Positive: Changes weather to desired type.
  
• Negative: Darkens player vision and lose 30% sanity.
  

"I wish to revive my friend"

• Positive: Revives a dead player.
  
• Negative: Chance of killing the living player in return.
  

"I wish for knowledge"

• Positive: Eliminates one type of evidence in the journal and all ghosts that have that evidence.
  
• Negative: Darkens player vision, muffles sound permanently and starts a cursed hunt.

(Mar 3rd, 2023, 04:05 AM)Dragon Lord Wrote:

Gotta see if I can get that weekly challenge done. It seems like a pretty brutal one though, especially for lesser experienced players. The map is Prison, and I believe you start with only 75% sanity, Sanity Pills do not restore sanity, the breaker is broken, and ghost and player speed is 125%, plus a couple of other modifiers that I'm forgetting. I think hiding spots might all be blocked too. The nice thing though is that as long as you get the ghost type right, it counts, even if you die/your team wipes. So as long as you can just pin down what type of ghost it is before everyone dies, at least you can still get the $3,000, haha. Doubly nice since all of the items are provided for you, so you don't lose anything by dying, but can still gain the monies. Oh, speaking of items, I just remembered another thing about this week's challenge mode -- in addition to the difficulty settings, you also are given no Smudge Sticks.

So maybe we can give a run at it on Sunday or something and see if we can't bring home that fat paycheck.

(Mar 3rd, 2023, 07:50 PM)Dragon Lord Wrote:

You can hide in the jail cells in Prison, and they are decently reliable, but yeah, you can still get unlucky and have the ghost decide to randomly check the one that you're in and rip. Upstairs bathroom in prison also has stalls that you can hide in. There's lockers in the Infirmary as well, though we never get the ghost up there to be able to actually use them. There's also a couple of barrels you can hide behind on that weird upper ledge of the cafeteria that you need to go through the upstairs to get to. It's a pretty dumb hiding spot though considering it's so far out of the way and the ONLY time it'd ever come into play is if in the ghost is in the cafeteria monitoring room up there.

• All players will be set to Prestige 1 when levels are reset to zero for the Progression 2.0 update, so that everyone can continue to play on all maps and all difficulties without the need to unlock them again.
  
• The first time players log-in after the update goes live will be presented with a screen to customize their pre-wipe badge. Whatever you set for your badge will be locked in permanently upon confirmation, so make sure you're happy with your choice before saving your badge. This image gives a glimpse at the choices available as well as the level requirements for each of them.
  
• D.O.T.S. has been completely rebuilt, so now the visuals are of the actual ghost and thus you will need to shine your Infrared lights near the ghost's actual position. This creates much more engaging gameplay for players, you can use D.O.T.S. to see where your ghost is, or if you're struggling to get the evidence, use Salt, Motion Sensors or other equipment to find a better spot for your Projector.
  
• Ghosts with D.O.T.S. evidence can now enter a short “D.O.T.S. state” when wandering; where they are temporarily visible with infrared light, during this time they will wander towards the nearest player (or to a random spot in the room if it's empty) before disappearing.
  
• D.O.T.S. Tier I is like the real-life equivalent of a D.O.T.S. projector; a Laser Grid Pen. Similar to a flashlight, you can walk around the location and scan quickly for evidence, the only downside being its short range and low light intensity. Preview
  
• D.O.T.S. Tier II is how you know D.O.T.S. today, a placeable projector emitting an average-sized sphere of light, except now you can encourage the ghost to walk into it by standing nearby! Preview
  
• D.O.T.S. Tier III cranks up the light to the maximum, again placeable, this Projector scans the room at a much longer range with a wide beam of light, making finding ghosts in those bigger rooms much easier. Preview
  
• Different tiers of the same equipment can be brought into matches by different players, allowing you to try out combinations of different tiers or simply discover what tier works best for your team.
  

(May 2nd, 2023, 05:07 AM)Dragon Lord Wrote:

I'm really looking forward to seeing what things like Tier 3 Flashlight is like, or Tier 3 Crucifix, Spirit Box or Cameras.

(May 2nd, 2023, 05:07 AM)Dragon Lord Wrote:

I also like they are making it so you can choose which tier of item you want to bring, instead of being locked to Tier 3 once you upgrade to that point. This opens up some strategic decisions, like bringing Tier 1 Dots on small maps like Tanglewood and saving Tier 3 DOTS for large open areas like on Campsite, Prison and High School.

• v0.9 - Progression 1 | July 2023
  • Levelling 2.0
    
  • Rewards Overhaul
    
  • Equipment Upgrades
    
  • Prestiges
    
  • Evidence Overhauls
    
  • [REDACTED]
    
• v0.9.1 - Progression 2 | Q3 2023
  • New Tasks
    
  • New Optionals
    
  • Photo Overhaul
    
  • Video Evidence
    
  • New Equipment: Sound Recorder
    
  • Sound Evidence
    
  • [REDACTED]
    
• v0.9.2 - Progression 3 | Q4 2023
  • New Player Models
    
  • Player Animations
    
  • CCTV Overhaul
    
  • Player Customization
    
• v0.10 - Horror 2.0+ | 2024
  • New Ghost Models
    
  • Hallucinations
    
  • Events Overhaul
    
  • New Interactions
    
  • New Locations
    
  • New Equipment
    
  • Much More...
    

• Completely overhauled. Cold Breath particles will now appear at around 5-7 degrees Celsius and below. For example, if it's snowing and the fuse box starts off, you'll find Cold Breath instantly everywhere, even in the Truck! Alternatively, if the fuse box is on, so that the house is nice and toasty, you'll find Cold Breath appearing only in rooms where the ghost has been long enough to drop their temperature.
  
• Thermometer's are now starting equipment, meaning you get one free for every contract.
  
• Cold Breath is seemingly no longer enough of an indicator for Freezing Temperatures evidence since you now have to take a Thermometer into a room that triggered Cold Breath to check if the temperature is below zero degrees Celsius.
  
• Room temperatures are now synced across players, no longer will one player see Cold Breath before another, and you'll get much more consistent readings on your Thermometers when checking in a group.
  
• Thermometer Tier I [Preview] is an old house-Thermometer, ripped straight off of your Investigator's living room wall. This Thermometer has a slow sample rate, meaning you'll have to wait longer to get an accurate reading. You may want to bring one in and check back on it later in the contract.
  
• Thermometer Tier II [Preview] looks the same as the one currently in the game, however, the way you use it differs. Instead of turning it on and getting a reading every two seconds, you now have to hold the Use button to scan for temperatures. This makes running around and checking each room's temp much faster than Tier I, alongside this, scanning manually feels much more responsive, instead of updating constantly and not knowing if it's accurate or not.
  
• Thermometer Tier III [Preview] is a straight upgrade to Tier II, completing temperature scans at double the speed of its predecessor. Additionally, this more modern Thermometer is more accurate with each reading, allowing players to quickly and efficiently scan rooms to find the ghost or to get 'Freezing Temperatures' ticked off in the Journal.