[h3][b]Merc Changes[/b][/h3] [list] [*] Decreased G-17 cost from 18.000 to 10.000; [*] Decreased Silencer G-17 cost from 9.000 to 4.000; [*] Decreased Burnado RD (G-17 Scope) cost from 8.000 to 4.000; [*] Decreased Magtorch FLGX (G-17 Flashlight) cost from 5.000 to 2.500; [*] Decreased Sixty-45 cost from 15.000 to 6.000; [*] Decreased .45 ACP cost (per bullet) from 120 to 30. [/list] [h3][b]Alien Changes[/b][/h3] [list] [*] Scream Wave & EMP shared cooldown is no longer applied if there’s only one alien in a session; [*] Aliens now spawn invisible; [*] Scream Wave no longer locks item switching; [*] Alien invisibility “shield” now only protects from 80% of the damage; the rest goes straight to HP; [*] Melee Attack now instantly breaks invisibility without triggering invisibility cancel animation; [*] The time when energy starts regenerating after taking damage is reduced to 5 seconds from 10; [*] Invisibility now triggers a 4-second cooldown when it breaks from taking damage, using EMP, Scream Wave, or Attack. [/list] [h3][b]General Changes[/b][/h3] [list] [*] Changed the way how contracts are randomized so players should have more variety of contracts during long gameplay sessions; [*] Updated alien death hints & skill descriptions to reflect recent changes; [*] Optimizing shadows for better performance. [/list] [h3][b]Bug Fixes[/b][/h3] [list] [*] Fixed an issue that allowed to stack effects of the same perk several times as merc; [*] Fixed an issue where resetting to the default parameter in controls wouldn’t reset the mouse & keyboard tab; [*] Fixed an issue where shotgun bullet count would display incorrectly in stash; [*] Fixed an issue where error message tooltips would show under the UI; [*] Fixed an issue where dogtags could break user UI; [*] Fixed an issue where an incorrect error message tooltip would appear in inventory when moving items; [*] Fixed an issue where “No escape bonus” for aliens would visually be rewarded even when humans would extract. [/list] Please restart the game and install the patch.