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Last Tide Patch Notes — November 23, 2018
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Hunt
Last Tide has a new event game mode, Hunt! The goal of Hunt is to survive. Hunt adds respawning, roaming sharks, and the bounty system. Kill divers and sharks to earn bounty and become the most notorious diver on the server! Every 24 hours Hunt enters a battle royale, crowning a winner, and then giving a fresh chance to climb the Bounty Board.
Changelog
Sharks
- There are now roaming sharks!
- Sharks are attracted to areas containing divers
- Each zone is inhabited by a different shark species
- Sharks no longer attack downed players
- If a Megalodon is killed another will appear after a short while
Bounties:
- Bounty system awards bounty points for killing sharks and divers
- Players can steal bounty points from each other
- Players are removed from the bounty board if they leave the game
- Bounty leaders have their map quadrant shown globally (1st-3rd)
Oxygen System:
- Oxygen slowly depletes
- Divers need to find Diving Cylinders to refill their oxygen reserves
General:
- Divers are knocked down upon losing their health and can now be revived by anyone
- Sharks will no longer target a diver who has been knocked down
- Placing the reticle over another diver will display their name
- Players can now self-kill their diver once downed
- The boat now travels in a loop along the outside of the map
- Removed bombing plane
- Doors can now be closed
- Day and night cycles have been added
- Battle Royale mode will begin at the end of each day
- S.T.E.V.E. can no longer be damaged during survival mode
- Supply plane now delivers every 30 minutes
Pod Stations:
- Pod stations no longer require a cooldown between use
- Pod Tokens are now required to use a pod-launcher
Megalodon:
- Now drops the harpoon
- No longer regenerates health
- Lowered speed
VOIP:
- Added open-water communication
- Adjusted VOIP radius (voices will now cut-off over distance)
Items:
- New Item: Diving Cylinder - Provides much needed breathing gas for divers
- New Item: Pod Tokens - Grants a single use of a Pod Station
- New Item: Compass - A basic diving compass
- New Item: GPS - Provides divers with a minimap, their location, and orientation
- Items will now respawn after a period of time
- Megalodon now drops the harpoon
- Ammo spawns reduced
- Supply crates no longer drop the harpoon
Zones:
- Different types and qualities of items will spawn in each zone
- Higher tier items can be found as players move towards the NW
- Shark difficulty increases as players move towards the NW
Other:
- Fixed various crashes
- Performance improvements (Client + Server)
Known Issues:
- Changing divepods