PERISH news & patch notes

• Damn those Kavouraki! These cheeky chitinous tanks have had their health somewhat reduced so that they are less bullet-spongey (still, beware of their impervious armor)
• Where's the music? A significant number of players reported that the idryma safe zone music was playing throughout the game instead of the soundtrack for each level; we may have identified a potential fix for this issue and we'd like your help in checking this fix out in the latest build, if you could confirm this for us we'd appreciate it enormously!
• Curse these metal hands! Lightning Acolytes are reduced in number during the Aiakos of the Belfry boss fight after we read various reports that their spawning frequency was utterly infuriating: they are not banished entirely though, so still watch out for those red beams
• The Emperor's New Pyrius: The Pyrius Grenade Launcher model was invisible in the rotating chest of goodies; it is now, accordingly, not-so-invisible anymore

• Music should no longer get stuck on the idryma track
• Pyrius Launcher and Aegis Shield are no longer invisible in the armaments chest
• Kavouraki now have 25% less health
• Reduced amount of Lightning Acolytes that can spawn in Aiakos of the Belfry fight
• Fixed Pyrius Launcher ADS location
• Added new main menu background rotation
• Fixed Tartaros spawn director issues when the player count changes during the final battle

Bug Fixes

• Fixed and added a failsafe to the Notus bossfight if he ever loses navigation
• Fixed stationary snipers in Aquilo being unstable for clients
• Fixed performance issues with the foliage fadeout distance in the Zephyrus landscape
• Zephyrus boss health now scales further down when playing solo
• Zephyrus now takes slightly less damage from melee weapons
• Fixed an issue where Minotauroi could knock around Hound Skull Pyr Portals
• Aquilo boss now moves more quickly and attacks more frequently
• Fixed Vulturus dialogue lines being inaudible from a distance
• Added more healing pools to the Aquilo caves
• Fixed an issue where the pre-cave Aquilo fight progress bar started only two-thirds full

Act I - Zephyrus

Act II - Aquilo

Act III - Notus

Act IV - Vulturus

Four New Weapons

Major Changes to the Main Campaign

• Safe zone checkpoints: are you halfway through a decent run, but dinner's ready? Worry no more! Reach a safe zone between levels and your save-game will update at that location. Next time you enter the portal, you can choose to carry on from that checkpoint, or start a fresh run.
• Weapons unlocked in Exodus, including the laser-reflecting Aegis shield, can be used in the main campaign. Erinyes (or Furies, if you're of a Roman persuasion) be damned!
• Explore the main campaign levels on the difficulty settings of "Tough" and "Forgiving" to find extra Health Pools. Save an at-risk run by finding a Health Pool to save your bacon and avoid an untimely death in those extra-hard mid-level runs!
• "Punishing" and "Tartaros" work as originally intended, with no extra Health Pools whatsoever.
• Similar to the above, Card-Bearers can now be found on all difficulty levels throughout main campaign levels. Gain additional cards during a run to become extra-powerful and hone your session build even more quickly.

General Bug Fixes

• Players experiencing a regular crash ~2 hours into a session should fully uninstall Epic Online Services from the windows "Add or Remove programs" utility before also reinstalling PERISH. This has been a difficult issue to diagnose and effects everybody differently, so please get in touch with us on discord if you're still suffering with this!
• Spamming the Aklys active ability no longer get the player's arms stuck
• Bolts from the ballistae in the Aiakos arena should no longer ever miss
• The menu should no longer be able to be opened twice, causing a menu to be stuck on the screen
• Players respawning in Elysium or Tartaros no longer receive comeback cards
• The Boreas scope is no longer left behind when players die
• The held statue in the forges no longer clips into the camera when attacking
• Fixed a number of networking issues that could cause players to get stuck in the portal transition
• Player HUD no longer shows up during the Elysium credits
• The Zeus Gauntlets can no longer chain lightning through obstacles
• Quickly ADSing while getting close-quarter kills with the Eurus can no longer mess with the player's FOV
• Fixed a number of occurrences of untranslated English text
• The rubble left behind by Aiakos after his cutscene now remains for the fight
• Improved collision of steps in the Temple

Difficulty

• "Aiakos of the Belfry" boss now takes 100% more damage from "Orphic Daggers" (dagger upgrade received upon equipping "Reforged Ponos")
• Aiakos no longer pushes players away with every normal footstep
• Aiakos' health now scales with host difficulty preset selection (in other words, on "Forgiving", Aiakos of the Belfry has much reduced health compared to the other difficulty presets)

Balance Changes

• "Zophos" revolver recoil during burst fire mode more accurately follows the player’s crosshair
• "Zophos" revolver recoil has decreased slightly overall

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the hitbox for the first "Kathorao" boss would remain for a while after her defeat
• Fixed arrows and daggers hitting colliders that were too large on some rock walls
• Fixed spectator camera remaining fixed on the player’s death location for hosts
• Fixed a rare case where enemies could slip on wine for a client but not a host
• Fixed an issue with the Ponos disappearing when entering Elysium
• Fixed the “Enemy Threat Increasing” message appearing when reaching Charon’s Crossing
• Fixed an issue that caused the reforged Ponos active ability to not deal damage to Aiakos
• Fixed an issue where larger enemies could be prevented from spawning on forgiving difficulty

PERISH Update #5 - Casting those bugs adrift with one hefty swordsweep!

Difficulty

• The enemy spawn rate changes considerably between Forgiving, Tough and Punishing difficulty levels
• Punishing spawn rate is increased, Tough is similar to pre patch #5 and Forgiving is somewhat more relaxed
• Tartaros is now even more difficult! There is now a small chance that any regular Athanatoi are replaced by champion-level Athanatoi

UI/General

• When starting the game for the first time, PERISH will now select the language that Windows OS is set to, if it is supported
• Weapon upgrades in the shop now more clearly display their status
• Kicking but not hitting anything now has a sound effect

Balance Changes

• The Minotauros enemy is now considerably more aggressive, charging at players with less preamble and more ferocity
• The arrows of the Apollonian Bow now start with +1 penetration, making it much more effective against armoured enemies; sweet collaterals are now possible
• The overall damage multiplier (including all stacked boosts) is now capped at 5x
• Relentless Rage damage increase has lowered from 1.5x to 1.2x damage
• Explosive Daggers explosion range reduced from 180 to 100

Bug Fixes

• Looking up or down all the way while using a controller and having “Invert Y” enabled no longers locks the player’s view at the max/min pitch
• Throwing a dagger and then immediately engaging ADS with the Boreas no longer unhides the Boreas weapon model incorrectly
• Fixed an issue that could cause the “interaction circle” UI element to get stuck on a player’s screen when interacting with some objects
• Fixed issues with the Spitha hammer active upgrade
• The Spitha meteor should now activate much more reliably, and hit on-target more as well
• When placing a meteor marker on an enemy, the marker will now target at their feet, causing the meteor to more accurately aim for them
• Fixed a number of issues with the player spectator camera
• Spectators should no longer get whipped up into deep space when all players die
• Spectators should now always be able to switch between valid living players
• The timing of the debris that falls under Kakos has changed to prevent players from getting stuck between the debris and the lava floor
• The Boreas rifle model is no longer visible during cutscenes
• Aiakos’ arena should no longer be escapable when flung into the air by him
• The area around the Lamia stelae no longer gets in the way of melee attacks/kicks
• Eos’ ranged attack can now damage Python statues
• Pyr Demons now die rather than disappearing when defeating Kathorao
• Standing on top of Karkinos as it dies no longer causes camera flickers
• Fixed a number of “safe spots” where enemies wouldn’t attack players
• Broken pillars in Tartaros now have proper collision
• Fixed some cases where the Lamia soul could spawn in the air if she died there. It will now spawn close to the ground regardless of her height at death
• Removed collision from some small shells in the Maelstrom of Charybdis

Save Backups

• The saving system has been made more robust, and additionally it now saves 5 sequential backups that can be manually reinstated. This should mean even if you crash during a save you should have at least 1, if not more valid saves to go back to that aren’t far from your current progress.
• Saves can be found in %appdata%/Local/PERISH/Saved/SaveGames and any of the “PERISH_Save_BackupX” files can be renamed to “PERISH_Save” to use one of the backups
• Make sure to do this while the game is running, or with Steam cloud turned off. Otherwise, Steam cloud will overwrite your save with the one stored on their servers

Bad Connection & High Latency Improvements

• Disconnections or crashes after long play sessions should now be much less likely to occur
• General network responsiveness should be slightly improved for clients with high ping

Tartaros Difficulty

• The Tartaros difficulty has been increased significantly
• Enemies can now spawn further around the player
• Max number of enemies increased
• Interval between enemy spawns reduced
• “The enemy threat increases” events increase both max number of enemies and reduce the spawn interval even further

Balance Changes

• Reduced Kourai Khryseai armour hit damage reduction from 80% to 50%
• Tartaros (the location) has been increased in difficulty significantly, with an adjusted roster of enemies
• Further to Tartaros level tweaks, there is a new "crimson and steel" Tartaros skin for the default character model

Enemy Spawning

• Changed the timing and/or location of “enemy threat increases/decreases” events

Bug Fixes

• Kourai Khryseai no longer rave-dance when stuck or when all players are dead
• Rebinding any keys including movement should now work as expected
• The Phorcid’s invincibility effect is no longer reversed for clients
• Terror damage from the Staff of Thyrsus explosion no longer damages other players
• Medusa’s glare card now triggers consistently every 2.5 seconds rather than by chance
• Fixed a rare issue where Karkinos’ legs could desync, causing her to regain health
• Fixed an issue that allowed a player to stand on a portcullis gate before it opened
• Zeus Conduit active ability (electrical mines) no longer persist through runs
• Doryktetos card should no longer be presented to clients more than once in a run
• Being resurrected from death when entering Charon’s Crossing should no longer leave an unused portal in the sky
• Apollonian Bow "perfect-timing" window now matches both the powered up-arrow and the upgrade progress

PERISH has received its second update, and it's a big one!

Enemy Spawning

• Spawning has received a number of changes based on player feedback
• Enemies will now always try to spawn in a cone in front of the player, it should be much less likely that enemies spawn directly behind you
• Enemies should no longer ever spawn within 10m of any player
• Enemies will now spawn in much slower before players take the first step of an objective
• Once players start an objective, the spawn rate increases and “The enemy threat increases” appears on screen, time to prepare!
• Once players complete an objective, the enemy spawn rate will decrease again and “The enemy threat lessens” will be shown

Bad connection/High Latency improvements

• Movement input lag should be greatly reduced for clients with very high ping. Both dashing and jumping now feel much snappier for the client in these extreme network scenarios
• An improvement to hit feedback for clients with high ping is being investigated

Balance Changes

• Eurus base damage per projectile increased from 42 to 52
• Eurus max spread decreased from 4 to 3
• Bow damage increased from 160 to 200
• Kakos Sentinel health range max increased from 21,000 to 32,000

Bugfixes

• Sniper aiming laser will no longer go through walls
• Clients should no longer sometimes fly upwards when leaving portals
• Improved hitboxes around Talos’ leg pieces
• Fire cannon should now hide correctly when throwing items/daggers
• Devil daggers should now apply correctly if a dagger is thrown just before card selection
• Fire cannon sound should now work for clients/hosts alike
• Equipping ring upgrades should now work correctly when ring slots are full
• It should no longer be possible to spawn multiple eidolons in the Thalassian Fissure
• The correct number of logs should now always be present for the labyrinth snake burning
• Card selection godmode now begins as soon as the time slowdown starts, and only ends once the time slowdown ends
• The route to the crucible portal after completing the Talos objective is now blocked off
• Spectator camera should no longer be stuck in player’s heads, or fly around the level
• Standing on the firebowl or cerberus state in the Temple is no longer a safe spot from enemies

PERISH Releasing February 2nd!

• Improved enemy spawning
• Calmer phase before objectives started in each area
• Comeback cards! These powerful new cards are awarded after you've died in a multiplayer run and your friends have managed to reach the next airlock and revive you
• Ammospheres are GONE! No more worrying about running out of ammo ruining a run. Reload to your hearts content
• Numerous bugfixes and performance improvements

The PERISH Demo has been Updated with a huge range of improvements

If you have played the PERISH Demo before, please delete your saves in "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\PERISH\Saved\SaveGames" If you have any trouble with this please get in touch with us on Discord

• A new weapon, the Eurus 14 barrelled shotgun to unlock in the demo
• Completely redone HUD and improved UI
• Massive visual updates to every area of the game
• New cards to spice up your run
• Weapon upgrades are now unlocked by completing mini-objectives with them
• New punchy gun sounds
• WEAPONS ACCRUE THE BLOOD OF SLAIN WARRIORS

Changes:

• Basic enemies now attack less from behind
• Ammo is now recovered by 25 ammospheres at each airlock and is no longer purchasable in the Pantheon shop. This is just a temporary workaround for now with a more robust ammo management system in the works
• Enemies in earlier levels now drop more Danake to aid in acquiring Danake in the early-game
• Reduced the damage of the Eos energy slice projectile
• Added a more noticeable spawning sound for basic enemies
• Ping is now rebindable

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where dagger count boost card would give clients +6 daggers instead of +3
• Fixed an issue where you could select a card before all the cards have been revealed
• Fixed an issue with the lodestone collection objective in the Pyristaktos Ravine with the objective text not updating when all lodestones were picked up
• Added a failsafe to prevent losing item unlocks in rare occurrences
• The throwing axe upgrade should now hit enemies much more reliably
• Fixed an issue with the shop tutorial where loadout buttons were clickable, opening categories other than consumables

Please re-set your difficulty preset to reflect some of the changes if you've played the demo before!

• Increased players base movement speed
• Enemy hesitation amount and flash default value to on, making it easier to anticipate enemy attacks
• Chest in the first airlock now contains Zophos (Revolver)
• Zophos (Revolver) cost reduced from 800 to 400
• Lightning Acolytes now take longer to throw and their projectiles are slower

A new PERISH Dev Diary! Watch our process for creating the weapons of PERISH, featuring the Boreas bolt action rifle