Those two perks were recently nerfed from a 50% increase each to a 25% increase each. Unfortunately, the text of the perks was not changed at the time, but the issue has already been reported to Threshold and will likely be fixed in the next version.
I do hope that this answers all of your questions in this regard,
Sooba.
And as for update progress, Threshold is currently working on encounter number six out of the seven planned encounters. Specifically, they're working on the bat-girl who is estimated to be around 50% complete at the moment. Although, said bat-girl has had a little feature creep as Threshold wants to add more to her, and she has been described as cute and has large, pointed, fluffy ears apparently. Other than the previously noted hypnotic content, she is also slated to have head-pats for those with an interest in such content. From the sounds of things, the update probably will not arrive before the 20th and may not quite make the 20th, but will still be finished before the end of the month as previously mentioned and probably will not arrive too long after the 20th.
I do hope that everyone interested in the upcoming story area finds this information at least a little helpful.