OutHard gameplay overhaul

Whats is this mod?

This mod overhauls the trainers skilltrees, making them more specialized and geared towards a challenging co-op gameplay, as well as inviting the player to meet new trainers to increase their arsenal of tactics and improve the playing experience. The focus of this mod is to make the experience of playing outward with friends more fun and challenging. expect a new adventure where you and your allies must specialize and become powerful together to face the dangers of Aurai.

Soon...

More balance, trainers, items, skills and ways to make your group's life more miserable.

Talk to me

For suggestions, criticism, report any bugs and changelogs join Outward modding community/outhard-workshop on Discord.

Hall of legends

• Emo, the Dark weaver of coding, for your guidance and help in coding.

• Gnarly, Malzatra, PraxiBee and Amador. loyal companions who helped forge this mod through exhaustive testing and fierce patience as they listened to my changes and bullshit during the process.

• Sinai, I never got to know him, but his knowledge and service to the outward community echo to this days encouraging new moders to do new work. rest in peace legend, wherever you are.

• StormCancer and IggyTheMad, Noble mentors who instructed me in the dark and twisted paths of outward modding.

Installation

• Download and install r2modman. follow the installation procedures and select Outward definitive edition when it launches.
• Download OutHard Gameplay Overhaul through the R2modman mod manager.
• Download OutHard Gameplay Overhaul Mod configs and settings . In R2modman, click on “settings” and then on “browse profile folder”. Your profile folder will be opened, extract the contents of this folder into your profile folder, replace the files if required and you're done (this process must be repeated every time there is an update so that the settings and additions work correctly).

Whats New?

Trainers

The trainers have been revamped to provide more specific choices in their niches and offer a range of new build possibilities, as well as new trainers that bring a range of new skills to reinforce your strategy.

• As well as the purchase of trainers skills by defeating enemies in combat you can acquire Expertise, this new feature will allow you to develop your character with unique characteristics focused on your play style.
• Your character will have access to a total of 20 basic skills (this limit is between actives and passives skills. breakthroughs, initial and story line skills do not count towards this amount). at any time you can choose to discard the knowledge of these skills in order to learn new ones.
• Through the Expertise Handling skill you can convert your Expertise into Influence to buy training or into attribute scrolls that permanently improve your character's physical and mental characteristics.
• By exploring and looting the depths of dungeons or the corpses of fallen enemies, your character can acquire knowledge about various ambits through ancient scrolls of knowledge.

Magic

Outward magic has always been surrounded by ritualism and mystery... no spoilers here my friend... explore the world of aurai to reveal its secrets.

• Trainers scattered across Aurai can teach you to master the magical arts in a variety of ways, but by exploring the far reaches of dungeons and forgotten places you can acquire lost knowledge about this powerful art.
• Ways to reverse the ties with leyline have been discovered by a cabal of mages in abrassar, such knowledge can be acquired for a price...

Combat

Combat is deadlier than ever. you and your allies should be much more prepared and cautious when facing any enemy.

• Enemies will spot you from much further away and attack you more aggressively.
• Dodging will no longer grant you invulnerability frames, dodge effectively or simply move. rolling into an electric blast from a Mantis Shrimp is no longer a good idea.
• Groups of enemies can quickly approach any conflict as reinforcements, generating chaotic and unexpected situations.
• Whenever an enemy hits you directly in combat, it begins to regenerate life and receives a bonus to its movement speed, this effect is canceled when you hit an enemy with direct damage.
• Friendly fire can kill you just as faster than your enemies, position yourself well and fight smart.

Survival

Survival has become more difficult... riches will be more scarce, the cost of repairing and maintaining equipment and the knowledge to obtain it has become more significant. you will no longer be able to eat, drink and sleep to maintain buffs at all times because your satiety will have a much greater impact on gameplay.

• Your hunger, thirst and fatigue cravings will occur more frequently and will quickly become a major problem if not dealt with.
• Your character is just an ordinary person and until you achieve glory through your feats and training it will stay that way. You start the campaign with a reduction in your health, stamina, damage, resistance and regeneration.
• There is an upper limit to your needs which, when reached, will grant you a small need-related bonus; however, when you reach more than 100% on a need, you will no longer be able to satisfy it until it falls below 100%.
• A new currency called Influence will take the place of silver, it will be mostly used to buy training and will be much more difficult to obtain. however, a new gold coin will be used as the common currency of trade between sellers and traders throughout aurai.

Crafting

No more wiki or knowledge of higher deities my friend, learn the recipes and craft your items and equipment. ignored recipes and hungry vendors await you. now not every dirty pleb may get his hands on that great life potion. But don't worry though, new tools and ways to get items have been added to make your life less miserable. there's also a gift from your ancestors, a powerful elixir that can make you turn back from poor life choices... at a price.

• A recipe for a powerful potion has been passed down to you by your ancestors that will allow you to reset your breakthrough points to reallocate them to other skill trees.
• New recipes related to the making of alchemical items and equipment have been added to make your gameplay always fresh and with new options.
• All equipment has a chance of having some of its characteristics improved or worsened to some degree or of having different characteristics to a “vanilla” item, opening up new possibilities for creating diverse builds and making powerful items truly unique.
• The ingredients for most alchemical items have changed somewhat and their results are more modest. it is now possible to consume potions while moving.

Your new beginning

• Once you've created your new character, you'll be in the between; by talking to the spirit guide,you will be reincarnated on your new journey.

• The Raid mod settings allow up to 10 allies to join you on your adventure, from the moment you leave in the between your friends can join you. but beware, the more players are online in the session the more difficult the enemies will be.

• This modpack has been "tested" and "balanced" taking into account only the mods in the description. For this reason, and because I don't have enough time to do so, I can only offer support to problems related to the mods contained in this modpack.