A long-standing plasma critical bug has been fixed. Previously, for non-bolt damage sources, plasma was killing when applied to the chest at ranks 5, 6, 8, and 9, whereas it was killing at only ranks 8 and 9 for a bolt. The non-bolt criticals have been matched to the bolt criticals so that the damage tables are identical regardless of source. In addition, we've updated plasma damage to be lethal for rank 7 criticals to the chest as well as rank 8 and 9 criticals to the back (from all sources).

In other words...
Chest rank 5: Lethal -> Nonlethal
Chest rank 6: Lethal -> Nonlethal
Chest rank 7: Nonlethal -> Lethal
Back rank 8: Nonlethal -> Lethal
Back rank 9: Nonlethal -> Lethal

GameMaster Oscuro

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