UPDATE 17 - HOTBAR AND MORE — The Lantern of the Laughless Saint News

New
-Weapon/Spell control overhaul: Ability to toggle between your equipped weapon and a spell with a hotkey (Keyboard:R, Gamepad:B). Number key hotkeys (1-8) have been added to PC. The quick options radial wheel menu now selects favorited weapons instead of equipped weapons. Tapping the button toggles sheathing. The legacy equip system has been added at the bottom of gameplay settings.
-Combat Rebalance. Enemies are much more accurate with their attacks. Enemies tuned slightly to compensate for this.
-Resting encounter system: Resting now restores health when enemies aren't around, but in hostile areas there is a chance your sleep is interrupted. The threat of the interruption depends on the area you've decided to rest in.
-Autorun button (default Q, no default bind on gamepad but can be set)
-9 new summon spells are placed around the world
-Six new alchemy effects (Night Eye, Silence, Slow, Jump, Dispel, Drain Fatigue). Dispel removes all non-alchemy related over-time effects. Existing alchemy effects have been re-distributed for this.
-New potion system: four quality levels, distributed through chests and vendors.
-Evidence Chest crime system: two locked chests, one in Henrik's and one in Tintentan's house that stolen items are sent to. Guards finding you far outside of town somehow will have your item in their own inventory.
-Two high level added near Magdal's Rest
-Two additional dungeons in the yellow fungal area
-Underwater kelp forests and coral, to be updated with ingredients in a later patch
-Notification if you attempt sprinting while overencumbered or casting while silenced
-Weather volume slider
-Disconnects on host/client side now alerted to players

Updated
-Some summon spells have been rebalanced to accomodate the new spells. There should be a smooth transition between early and late game now
-Alchemy system no longer tells you if your selected ingredients share effects if effects are unknown.
-Some restorative effects on ingredients have been shifted slightly to not be the first ingredient revealed on eat. Their relative distribution has not changed.
-Merchants will get rid of excess inventory every 3 in game days to avoid inventory issues.
-Restorative potions are now over time instead of instant
-Spells and effects now indicate if they affect you or a target
-No longer naturally buoyant in water
-Particle effects on many weapons have been greatly reduced
-The ability to roll has been removed for now
-Armor damage reduction capped at 85%. Armor skill contribution to armor rating rebalanced to prevent early-game armor from being nearly as effective as late game armor.
-Updated/recut some NPC dialogue audio
-Many fonts and UI elements have updated fonts / font sizes to make them easier to read
-Rebalanced attributes given per level of skills
-HP no longer given simply for leveling up

Fixed
-Online multiplayer stability improved
-Collisions on rocks and trees and bedrolls have been greatly improved
-Camera now remains stable during bow shots in first person
-Spears and two-handed behavior now consistent during sprint/block
-Shields now correctly equipped in your hands
-The dunce cap now has a proper mesh
-Fixed missing fast travel points
-Spells now affected by SFX volume slider
-Crosshair no longer disappears during combat
-Ingredients no longer fail to auto-stack when dropped and picked up again
-Certain NPCs no longer stretch on death
-Companions no longer care about your crimes
-Fixed companions occasionally not showing up after dismissal
-Restore missing amphitheater ghosts after delayed co-op quest loading. Added save regresssion coverage
-Grounding fixes to prevent certain NPCs from dying prematurely due to the ground under them not loading in time
-NPCs that spawn as dead no longer sometimes show up as invisible
-Gille now correctly trains acrobatics
-Petyr no longer re-offers his quest
-Fungal pants don't hide your arm

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