Rustler

Here’s an opportunity, Gamer!

Balancing changes:

• Weapons colliders largely increased. It should be way simpler to hit an opponent now
  
• Dodge (jump) now possible when your attack was blocked
  
• Dodge now possible way sooner if your attack does not hit an opponent
  
• Dodge does not cost stamina
  
• Axe damage increased
  
• Exploding barrels effect tweaked
  
• You can get the money back from the bard if you kill him
  
• Races checkpoints size increased
  
• Further balancing of cage fights minigame.
  
• Bleeding skill effect lowered
  
• Number of guards at the gates lowered
  
• Pedestrians spawning near gates disabled
  
• Quest changes (spoiler alerts)
  
• You can now kill Bard’s audience
  
• Mining quest does not remove all your money
  
• Cow’s HP doubled
  

Bugfixes and other changes:

• Races music added
  
• Cage Fights no longer starts when it is not supposed to
  
• Horseshoes achievement fixed
  
• Immortal bards now die like everyone
  
• Constantly increasing Guy’s HP bug fixed
  
• Godmode cheat now works as intended ;)
  

• Sensei quest might glitch if you do it too long
  

• AI opponents will now lower their guard from time to time.
  
• AI opponents will now be less eager to retaliate immediately after blocking an attack.
  
• The guards will now make fewer attempts to jail the player when mounted on a horse.
  
• The number of attacks performed by mounted guards has been lowered.
  

• The first two quests have had their difficulty lowered significantly (i.e. fewer guard spawns).
  
• During quests, using F9 will now reload the game from their starting point (while, by the way, fixing all the quest-related issues that may occur).
  
• The first few fights in the MMA Side Activity have been rebalanced for a more challenging experience.
  
• Several other bug fixes.
  

This week the team will focus mainly on:

1. Adding extra checkpoints to quests, so you do not have to restart them from the very beginning.
   
2. Further game balancing (various skill/perk combinations in particular).
   
3. Minor and major bugfixes.
   

• Early Access notification text removed.
  
• First fight can now be passed with a stick as a weapon (issue fixed)
  
• Exploding barrels effect lowered (explosion could cause other issues too)
  
• Disappearing quest arrows issue fixed.
  
• Footsteps sounds balanced.
  
• Bard music range balanced.
  
• Low stamina does not cause music to mute
  
• Medieval Martial Arts cage fights rebalanced (added more HP for the opponents)
  
• Forced Wanted level removed from “High Stakes” quest
  
• Interlude (“Meat Muffins”) quest has lowered cash requirement (1200)
  
• All quest cars should now have 2 horses for redundance
  

• AI fighters lowering their guard from time to time
  
• AI fighters being less eager to counterstrike immediately after blocking an attack
  
• Fewer attempts to jail the player when he jumps on a horse
  
• Number of attacks lowered for mounted guards
  

1. Game properties in your STEAM library
   
2. Select BETAS
   
3. Select OPEN_FRESH_BUILD from drop down menu
   
4. Wait for Steam to download the update.
   

• Get a glimpse of the absurd story;
  
• Train yourself in combat to prepare for fighting in the full game;
  
• Forget all your history knowledge and dive into times that never existed;
  
• Try to pick up all the pop culture references;
  
• Ride ultra-fast horses;
  
• Throw poop at guards.