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LOADOUT OPEN BETA

Greetings and Welcome to Pirates Vikings and Knights II Open Beta! This event will be held from June 27, 1:30 PM EST to June 28th, 10:00 PM EST To access the Open Beta, you must open your game's Properties and enable th

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Greetings and Welcome to Pirates Vikings and Knights II Open Beta!

What changed

0 fixes10 additions16 changes2 removals
  • Compatibility
  • Events
  • UI and audio
  • Gameplay
  • Server
  • Balance
changedGreetings and Welcome to Pirates Vikings and Knights II Open Beta !
changedThis event will be held from June 27, 1:30 PM EST to June 28th , 10:00 PM EST
changedTo access the Open Beta, you must open your game's Properties and enable the Open Beta tab here!
addedMajor ChangesAdded alt weapons! Updated a few specials, finished the Competitive Gamemode, updated various sounds, models, and animations.
addedMajor ChangesAssassin has new lines performed by her new voice actor, Renara Hawke!
addedAlt Weapons:Added 1 new weapon for each class! Choose your loadout in the Loadout Menu (B by default).
\ Increased Longbow ammo (15/2018/25\ Increased Longbow ammo ( increased, buff\ Increased Flatbow ammo (14/2820/32\ Increased Flatbow ammo ( increased, buff\ Increased Arming Sword/Shield charge time & damage mod (1.51.7\ Increased Arming Sword/Shield charge time & damage mod ( increased, nerf7 &1.351.427 & increased, buff

Pirates Vikings & Knights II changes

changedGreetings and Welcome to Pirates Vikings and Knights II Open Beta !
changedThis event will be held from June 27, 1:30 PM EST to June 28th , 10:00 PM EST
changedTo access the Open Beta, you must open your game's Properties and enable the Open Beta tab here!
addedAdded alt weapons! Updated a few specials, finished the Competitive Gamemode, updated various sounds, models, and animations.
addedAssassin has new lines performed by her new voice actor, Renara Hawke!

This event will be held from June 27, 1:30 PM EST to June 28th, 10:00 PM EST

To access the Open Beta, you must open your game's Properties and enable the Open Beta tab here!

Major Changes

Added alt weapons! Updated a few specials, finished the Competitive Gamemode, updated various sounds, models, and animations.

Assassin has new lines performed by her new voice actor, Renara Hawke!

Alt Weapons:

Added 1 new weapon for each class! Choose your loadout in the Loadout Menu (B by default).

Dragon

A double barreled shotgun pistol that fires both barrels while ADSing!

Handmortar

Handheld explosive delivery system, stand back and let your bombs do the talking!

Navaja & Cloak

Style on your foes by parrying both melee and projectile attacks with your cloak before dicing them up!

Swivel Gun

A cannon ripped straight from the ship, light it and blast your foes into next week!

Giant Boulder

A huge rock for smashing skulls, throw it with Mouse1 while holding Mouse2!

Battle Axe

Become a one man army with this axe, fully charge your side swipes to keep swinging!

Short Spear & Shield

Trade range for staying power and aggression, stay in fights longer and end them!

Cateia

A Gallic throwing stick that pieces enemies, ricochets off walls, and comes back!

Arbalest

A powerful crossbow with insane knockback, cancel and continue your reload whenever you want!

Chu Ko Nu

A curious rapid fire contraption that’ll make your foes run straight to the grave!

Bastard Sword

A versatile blade great for any situation! Press Reload to swap between offensive and defensive grip!

Rapier

A simple and elegant weapon that trades backstabs for finesse and reliability!

Special Changes:

\ Skirmisher can now turn slightly mid special

\ Sharpshooter’s special now explodes with additional smaller bomblets

\ Berserker can no longer be parried during special

\ Bondi special arrows now knock enemies upwards, shoot them again to crit them and push them away

\ Heavy Knight special now sucks in enemies before launching them away

\ Heavy Knight special now forces player into third person by default (toggle in Multiplayer Settings)

\ Archer special ignites enemies hit with any of the arrows (rather than only if hit by all 4)

\ Assassin special visual effects updated

Balance:

\ Removed Long Rifle spread

\ Increased Longbow ammo (15/20→18/25)

\ Increased Flatbow ammo (14/28→20/32)

\ Increased Arming Sword/Shield charge time & damage mod (1.5→1.7 & 1.35→1.42 )

\ Falling melee damage mod made more consistent and forgiving

\ Rolling/Kicking repeatedly increases cooldowns more harshly

\ Artisan Flintlock loses accuracy briefly after Roll Reloading

Models/Animations:

\ Assassin model updated

\ Fancy Dagger remodeled

\ Long Rifle remodeled

\ Archer Sword reanimated

\ Added a rope to Buccaneer’s model

Competitive Gamemode:

\ Added a proper display for player roster

\ Added a musical track

\ Added audience SFX that reacts to gameplay

\ Spectators can now see each other

\ Spectators can see the nameplates of other players

\ Spectators can press +use to throw food between rounds (also works in Duel)

\ Extensive bug fixes

\ All related Convars renamed to start with ‘comp_’

Misc Changes:

\ Grogbot behavior improved

\ Various new sounds for gore/weapon draws/etc.

Source

Steam News / 27 June 2026

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