Warhammer 40K: Darktide Update Aims To Make Completing Missions, Crafting More Rewarding

gamespot.com:

Blessings of the Omnissiah introduces major changes to developer Fatshark's co-op shooter, but whether it's enough to change the negative conversation surrounding it remains to be seen.

By Cameron Koch on

Warhammer 40K: Darktide's latest update brings big changes to how players earn gear and modify gear, and looks to be a step in the right direction for a title that has been heavily criticized by fans for feeling incomplete.

Patch #4, Blessings of the Omnissiah, revamps numerous aspects of Darktide's progression. For starters, players will always receive a new weapon or piece of gear upon completing a mission, something that curiously wasn't the case until now. Completing missions on higher difficulties will increase the chances of receiving a higher-rarity item.

Players have complained since launch about being unable to obtain the gear they want, as doing so largely revolved around sitting at a vendor that stocked random weapons and waiting for the vendor to refresh its inventory. Developer Fatshark has largely addressed that issue with the update, as players can simply buy a base version of any weapon type they've unlocked at any time at the Armory Exchange.

Blessings, a key-part of Darktide's endgame, can now be extracted and weapon blessings modified at the Shrine of the Omnissiah, giving players more control of their progression. Another much-maligned system, Sire Melk's Requisitorium, has also been revamped. His challenges are generally easier now and the rewards he offers have improved.

More missions will be available at any given time via the mission board as of Patch #4, which addresses another common complaint fans have had. Emotes have also been added so players can interact with one another while in the game's