Yesterday, we pushed a demo update to help improve the Heist Advantages that rolled out with the Stealth Fest demo update. While the original set of Advantages was pretty cool, the new set is even better!

Heist Advantages

In advance of jobs and heists, as your team works to prepare for the hit, you can accumulate planned Heist Advantages. These Advantages can be the tipping point between a flawless heist and a mess of bullets and blood – or just help you make sure it's all your bullets and their blood and not a mix at all.

The new demo update includes 4 updated Heist Advantages for the Haven Smokeout job - Violent Distraction, Sense-Net DDOS, Biochip Fritz and Unplug Cameras.

Getting Heist Advantages

To gain heist advantages, you need to reach out to your underworld network, pay bribes, call in favors, lean on those you have leveraged or completing preemptive hacking tasks. These will either cost you money directly ($10K to bribe a traitor to pull the plug on the cameras) or Contact Favors (1 Favor to call in a local gang to cause a violent diversion to draw away Smokeout reinforcements).

If you haven't tried the demo yet, it offers:

• Your first big heist to pull off! Find out how our turn-based squad tactics plays. See if you have the skills to use creative stealth, a variety of weapons, and the turn order itself to accomplish objectives in each map and get your crew out alive.
• Six squad members in your roster; each brings a unique set of talents to your crew. In the full game you'll have opportunities to recruit new members, as well as access to multi-classing, extensive skill trees, weapon modding, cybernetics – everything you need to build out the perfect squads for your playstyle and the needs of the jobs you're taking on.
• A glimpse of your main character's origins as a Cyber Knight. These elites of our dark future's underworld are rare and highly sought after. Knights have capabilities no one else in this world does – but it comes at a cost.
• A first look at your safehouse; in the full game you'll have access to base-building features to expand this underground hideout, providing more opportunities to upgrade your team and expand your capabilities to take on bigger jobs as you make a name for yourself.
• A preview of the choices you'll need to make in this shadowy world of mercenaries, secrets, and cyberpunks. How far will you go for a chance at a better life? What are you willing to risk for the extra credits or knowledge that could make a big difference for your crew? Who will you stay loyal to? Who can you trust?

v0.6.127 - 7/26/2023

- Adjusted power levels for all Heist Advantages offered for Haven Smokeout
- Improved Advantage offers for bribes and favors
- Improved starting Contact set to be better positioned to offer these Advantages