Balance Changes

Balance changes are mostly only in Vanilla and Lay D Denton, and do not apply for the other mods since they bring their own balance changes.

General

• Damage to the player's torso has been reduced from 2x down to 1.3x
• Damage to the player's head has been reduced from 2x down to 1.6x
• The large metal crates are now destructible, they have 2000 hp.
• Gibbed enemies now drop all their items.
• Buffed water fountains and water coolers so you can heal way faster.
• Explosive barrels now do more damage. This is big for Stick With the Prod modes, and blowing up the weld points in the ship.

Items

• ChargedPickups (hazmat suit, ballistic armor, thermoptic camo, rebreather, and tech googles) now immediately free up an inventory space when you use them.
• Tech Goggles are now greatly buffed and can see through walls. Their strength is in-between the Vision Enhancement augmentation level 1 and level 2.
• Medkits and alcohol now give 1 health to any dead legs before healing anything else.
• Wine now gives 3 health and 1 energy.
• Forty now gives 2 health and 1 energy.
• Liquor now gives 2 health and 2 energy.
• Flares are a bit brighter.
• Flares no longer get extinguished when falling into water

Enemies

• Civilians and Thugs now have better accuracy, but still not as good as Military.
• Greasel health reduced from 100hp down to 80hp
• Small spider bots health reduced from 80hp down to 70hp, and speed reduced from 300 down to 280

Skills

• Hacking computers now uses 5 bioelectric energy per second. Also slightly reduced the hacking speed for Trained and slightly increased the hacking speed for Master.
• Fire extinguishers now stack in your inventory, and the Environmental skill allows you to carry more.
• The swimming, enviro, and demolition skills are now 20% cheaper.
• Hazmat suit now also helps against fire, electricity, and explosions.
• Enviro skill now gives a little passive damage resistance for the same damage types as Hazmat suits. Demolition skill allows you to carry more grenades at once.
• Master pistol skill has slightly reduced base strength.

Augmentations

• The healing aug gives way less health.
• Level 1 of the speed aug has been buffed, but max level remains the same.
• Spy Drone aug has improved speed and the emp blast now also does explosive damage.
• The flashlight aug uses 0 energy and is also brighter.
• The Vision Enhancement aug is greatly buffed. Now all levels can see through walls and at greater distances. Level 2 and higher can also see through walls for inventory items (even NanoKeys!), containers/crates, electronic devices, and datacubes.

Weapons

• Dragon's Tooth Sword now does much less damage, but if you aim for the head you can still kill most enemies in 1 hit.
• Thowing knives deal more damage, and their speed and range increase with your low tech skill.
• The PS20 has been upgraded to the PS40 and does significantly more damage.
• Flare darts now set enemies on fire for 3 seconds.
• Pistol now has a base damage of 12 instead of 14.

Levels

• NYC Warehouse made slightly easier by adding thermoptic camo, ballistic armor, and fire extinguishers
• NYC Airfield mission has a few extra rebreathers
• NSF HQ made slightly easier by removing large metal crates, and reducing multitools needs for the electric panels
• Paul is now mortal during the raid in mission 4, so you need to help him fight!
• Fix for MJ12 jail cabinet not working with Agent Sherman's key
• The freezer door in the Lucky Money Club can now be opened from the security computer.
• Jenny's phone number is now in a datacube since it's randomized (but it always ends in a 9 so it rhymes with the song)
• Added the ability to disable the big fan when leaving the ship, and the big fan in below decks
• Adjustments to Area 51 Bunker difficulty
• Area 51 Page made slightly easier by reducing respawning enemies from the UCs