Ghost of Tsushima Patch 2.12 Now Live

Ghost of Tsushima is more than a year old and still getting support from the developer. Sucker Punch Studios released a major update yesterday that changes the game substantially. Several classes and items have been balanced and tons of bugs have been squashed.

The spawn points for both Survival and Rivals mode are now randomized, and the Show Details Screen will reveal both perks on equipped gear.

We have mentioned the highlights of the update below:

• In Survival and Rivals modes, enemy spawn points will now be randomized and will change with each new match.
  • However, Nightmare Survival will maintain a fixed spawn pattern for the entire week to create an even playing ground for the leaderboards.
  • Nightmare Story now has a fixed spawn location for Gyozen’s Scroll and the Oni Chest each week.
• Added the ability to matchmake to fill empty slots to Nightmare Survival and Nightmare Story.
  • For now, we're testing this feature and will monitor to make sure it doesn't upset game balance and may remove it in the future depending on your feedback.

Class Balance Changes

• Assassin
  • Increased the base assassination speed. Stealth attacks are now faster and quieter.
  • Removed Experienced Assassin technique
    • Replaced with a new technique, Deft Hands
    • Adjusted the unlock order of some Assassin techniques.
  • Adjusted targeting of Shadow Strike technique.
  • Shadow Strike now scales slightly with Stealth Attack Damage
  • While Shadow Strike is active, the Assassin will be invisible to enemies.
• Hunter
  • Staggering Arrow
    • Reduced cooldown (From 55 seconds to 42 seconds)
  • Spirit Archer
    • Reduced cooldown (From 55 seconds to 42 seconds)

Item Adjustments

• Bottle of Liquid Courage
  • Decreased maximum resolve gain from 3 to 2
• Weightless Spirit
  • Drastically increased reload speed
  • Increased draw speed
  • Increased arrow velocity
  • Increased maximum Fire Arrow count
• Bomb Pack and Forbidden Medicine
  • When equipped on Samurai and Assassin, reduced the total concussion bomb ammo count (From 12 bombs to 6 bombs)
• The Mist of Yagata
  • Increased the healing effect
• Magma Bomb
  • Fixed a bug affecting Magma Bomb duration when used alongside Smoke Bomb.
  • No longer knocks down enemies caught in the blast

You can read about the complete patch notes via the official website.

So what do you think? Are you interested in any of these changes? Have you been playing Ghost of Tsushima recently? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.