Mortal Online 2 Opens New PTR With Combat Updates, Mount Overhaul, Ramped Up Gore, and Bear Mounts

mmorpg.com:

Today, theMortal Online 2 PTR opens for what the team is calling their “sprint patch”, intended to reflect a number of promised changes from the latest roadmap. You can hop on to check out new combat features, make use of additional carry weight, pet adjustments, bug fixes, and you can also now ride bears.

It is a pretty thorough patch to test, though there’s even more content coming when the update goes live. Star Vault is holding back a new dungeon from the PTR build to avoid any spoilers, but the rest should keep testers busy during this weekend for the PTR duration.

Mount stamina gets an overhaul, adding in some quality of life changes intended to make travel more seamless. Some of the changes include drain and regenerate rates being equalized, and mounts only draining stamina when you boost or sprint. There are other changes, including to all mount speeds, that you’ll get to discover.

And yes, you can now ride bears as your chosen mount. They get new stats when mounted too.

Combat changes make up a lot of the update. They’re adding in a secondary weapon set you can set up and swap to quickly with a key. Additionally, expect smoother and faster inputs. The team is also returning some effects and adding a ramped up gore level with this PTR. For one, dismemberment is now back in combat.

As for that gore, well, expect combat options to be bloodier, improved reactions for combat strikes, from headshots to execution effects, There’s even a setting you can change for “Player Corpse Stay Time” to determine how long the bodies stick around after kills.

The team is also planning a combat event to test out all of the newness on the PTR. It will likely be a two sided combat event but Star Vault doesn’t rule out surprises.