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Friday news, part two:

Obsidian went back and made Avowed's combat 'more juicy' because we all collectively winced at its underwhelming first showcase
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/obsidian-went-back-and-made-avoweds-combat-more-juicy-because-we-all-collectively-winced-at-its-underwhelming-first-showcase/
Obsidian's first-person fantasy RPG Avowed is due out this year. In fact, it's due out November 12 if you believe a quickly scrubbed post on the Obsidian website. But the studio is still hard at work tweaking and twiddling with the game ahead of release. One of the things it's been mucking around with? The combat, which looked quite a bit better in Avowed's recent deep dive than it did when we saw the game in its first gameplay showcase in January.

Obsidian says Larian's experience let it knock Baldur's Gate 3 multiplayer out of the park, but it wouldn't have been possible for Avowed
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/obsidian-says-larians-experience-let-it-knock-baldurs-gate-3-multiplayer-out-of-the-park-but-it-wouldnt-have-been-possible-for-avowed/
Once upon a time, Obsidian's upcoming Skyrim-esque (but definitely not Skyrim) RPG Avowed was set to have multiplayer. You'd have been able to jaunt about Eora with a pal or two before the studio realised that, hang on a sec, that's not a very Obsidian thing to do.
So the idea was dropped, almost certainly for the better, and Avowed became the thoroughly singleplayer experience we've seen in its showcases. But in a recent chat with Windows Central, Obsidian shed a bit more light on the decision to go solo, particularly in the wake of the stonking success of Baldur's Gate 3 (and its co-op mode).

Tekken director says that the fighters 'are all like my children' and if players keep pestering him about favourites he'll 'charge you tuition for lectures'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fighting/tekken-director-says-that-the-fighters-are-all-like-my-children-and-if-players-keep-pestering-him-about-favourites-hell-charge-you-tuition-for-lectures/
What started as a jokey retweet, when Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada told a fan to buy 50 copies of Tekken 8 if they wanted Anna Williams to be added to the game, ended with a lengthy argument, a stern talking to, and some business advice. 

Final Fantasy 14's director confirms that no, Pictomancers weren't meant to manually remove their own buffs for a 1% DPS increase—outlines other job changes for patch 7.01 of Dawntrail
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/final-fantasy/final-fantasy-14-s-director-confirms-that-no-pictomancers-weren-t-meant-to-manually-remove-their-own-buffs-for-a-1-dps-increase-outlines-other-job-changes-for-patch-7-01-of-dawntrail/
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail has been out for less than a week. I'm barely starting to near the story's final act myself, however that hasn't stopped the admirably ravenous theorycrafting communities of the world from tearing into its new job balance adjustments.

Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail players are baffled by proposed changes to Viper, a job that's existed for less than week, and honestly so am I
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/final-fantasy/final-fantasy-14-dawntrail-players-are-baffled-by-proposed-changes-to-viper-a-job-that-s-existed-for-less-than-week-and-honestly-so-am-i/
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail's been out for a week at the time of writing (this is including the Early Access period—which is mostly symbolic and there to split the server load up). In that time, Square Enix has already been quick to promise a glut of job adjustments following player feedback, as posted to its news site yesterday.
Among these changes, game director Naoki Yoshida (Yoshi-P) is investigating what can be done for the poor Viper, one of the new melee combat jobs from the expansion—a vicious warrior that wields twin blades, sometimes glueing them together like Darth Maul.

Escape From Tarkov studio Battlestate Games has put a bounty on cheaters
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/escape-from-tarkov-studio-battlestate-games-has-put-a-bounty-on-cheaters/
Escape From Tarkov has had problems with cheaters pretty much from the start, but despite being vocal about its efforts to rid the game of their influence—and occasionally referring to cheaters as "scum of the Earth"—some players aren't convinced that developer Battlestate Games is all that serious about dealing with the problem. A new anti-cheat effort rolled out in the latest patch might change some minds on that front: The studio is now offering "compensation for reporting players who violated game rules"—in other words, a bounty on cheaters.

All Genshin Impact codes from the 4.8 livestream
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/genshin-impact-codes-4-8-livestream/
The Genshin Impact 4.8 livestream codes are here, giving you a little bump of Primogems to add to your hoard for wishing on new characters and reruns. For those that are new to Genshin, every six weeks miHoYo puts on a livestream detailing the characters and events that are set to arrive in the new version. As an added incentive to watch, there are three codes you can pick up during the stream.

And here are the GOG and Steam deals for the weekend:

+GOG

• Nothing new at GOG, which means that there’s “only” the Summer Sale. Remember that it will end on July 10, so time is running out.

+Steam

• It’s a similar story with Steam, with “only” the Summer Sale (and weeklong deals) going on. Keep it mind that it will also end soon, on July 11.

That’s all folks! Until next time, I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.