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We have presented you parts of new features, devblog posts and previews of 2.0 in the last couple of weeks, now we finally want to present you with the complete Feature Changelog for The West 2.0:


User Interface
  • Modern layout
  • Notifications
  • Redesign of the game windows
  • Interface highlights


Job System Improvements
  • Fixed job durations
  • Higher job dangers
  • More adjustments

New Map
  • Feeling and flair
  • Display of jobs and the quest givers
  • Secrets and mysteries

New Chat System
  • Handling and design
  • Whisper
  • Custom chat rooms


Better Start Phase
  • Tutorial
  • Speed buff
  • Optimization of the first quests


Hotkey System
  • Opening windows
  • Moving the map
  • More hotkeys


Redesign of the Questbook and Saloon
  • Separation of the Saloon and Questbook
  • Makeover of the Quest window


Enhanced Minimap
  • Improved search
  • More markers


Misc
  • Job overview
  • Cloth calculation
  • Loading screen at the game start
  • Deletion of reports and open quests


Complete Changelog
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USER INTERFACE


Modern User Interface
With Version 2.0 the old classic browser game interface with a bold border around the map will be replaced by a free fullscreen interface. Moreover the text buttons will be replaced by intuitive clear icons. With these changes the interface will be much clearer and more of the map is now shown. Altogether the interface will now look more like a client MMORPG.

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Notifications
The most important game events will now be shown directly on the interface. Job reports, reached achievements and game tips can now be seen without the need to open a new game window. In addition, the report window will stay as an archive.

Redesign of the game windows
All the game windows have been redesigned and were adapted to the new The West 2.0 layout. Many of them got new functions and features or were simplified.

Interface highlights
Exactly as in Version 1, the interface elements that cover new messages or reports will be highlighted. The inventory icon will also be highlighted when players get a new item that they never had before. The skill icon highlight has been changed as well. The highlight will stay as long as open skill or attribute points are available. This way you will never forget to use them.

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JOB SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS



Fixed job duration
In Version 2.0, each job will have a fixed duration. The duration will go from 15 seconds (Only three tutorial jobs) to 2 hours. In general the job duration goes along with the jobs difficulty. In order to have all durations in every phase of the game there will be exceptions which means that you can do long jobs at the beginning or short jobs in the high level phase as well.
The biggest benefit of the new job system is that it fits for players who like to play actively as well as for those who don't want to be bound to the game constantly.

Higher job danger
In order to strengthen the strategic planning of jobs and skills, the damage calculation has been rebalanced. The danger chance that is shown as a percentage in the job window is a fix number per job and the number is not influenced by the motivation. The danger height is shown by a color indicator - green, yellow and red show whether the injury will be harmless, medium or dangerous. The damage height will be reduced by 1% per labor point of the related job. The injury will always subtract a percentage of the maximum health points, not a fix value.

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More adjustments
The product finding chance as well as experience points and salary of many jobs were adjusted in order to fit to the new job durations. The skill requirements and the difficulty are exactly the same than in Version 1.
For an easier start into the game there are three new jobs with a duration of 15 seconds: Spear Fishing, Tending Lambs and Collecting Spices.



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NEW MAP


Feeling and Flair
The most amazing new feature of The West 2.0 is the new map. A living, diverse high quality map has been made out of complex varied graphics by hand which is the basis of the whole gameplay. Lakes, rivers, grass, clouds, mountains, forests and a lot more can be discovered in many different combinations.

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Display of the jobs and quest givers
In order to make the map clearer and reduce the number of buttons and icons shown in one screen, jobs and quest givers are now grouped together. Three to five jobs can now be found within one job group symbol on the map. A jetty at a river outfall, for example, offers 5 different jobs directly at one place: River fishing, Spear fishing, Demolishing the dam, Straightening the river and Stream fishing. All job and quest giver groups have a unique icon on the map with a highlight around the symbol and are, compared to the other decoration elements on the map, a lot bigger so it's easy to find them.

Secrets and mysteries
As the new map is completely created by hand, there are many idyllic places on the map that you can discover. Special areas and hidden places can be found by luck or after searching for a while. And what is that clouded mountain area in the center of the map?

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NEW CHAT SYSTEM

Handling and design
On the bottom left of the interface you can find a list of all chat rooms you are currently in, it also shows how many players are in those rooms. You can open chat rooms in t
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