Patch note 0.15.2 – Final Update before Early Access

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[h2]Final Update before Early Access[/h2]
[h3]New features[/h3]

• New enemy: Blood Priest
  + Heal other enemies. Can spawn enemies.
  Design notes: FX on the Blood Priest are WIP

Not on my watch!

• New Weapon: Evisceration Claws
  + Critical Hits to enemies with less than 50% Health remaining.

• Curse Removal
  + Choose the Curse you want to be relieved of.

• Random Enemies
  + Enemies are now more randomly chosen to create unexpected combinations and new fights. Note this is a first iteration, expect to meet (too) many Virgins.

• Settings
  + New “System” category in the Options menu: Lets you erase a save.

• New SFX all around!

[h3]Balancing[/h3]

• Shields
  + Reduced Parry Frames to 10 (from 12)
  + Increased Base Damage of all Shields by ~15%
  Design notes: The extended parry window for Shields was a bit too much exploitable, the bonus is reduced from +4 frames to +2 frames compared to other weapons. On the other hand, shields were a little low on damage considering they only deal single hits.

• Dark Fire Curse
  + Dark braziers now emit an aura that puts off fire and your torch.

Day. Night. Day. Night. Day...

• Stats cost
  + Statistic Buffs' Gold Cost for two statistics at once are now computed at the sum of the two multiplied by 1.5 (from 2).
  Design notes: Double Stats Gold Cost had a tendency to increase too quickly, making them less profitable even when players had enough Gold to spend.

• Timed Challenge Rooms
  + Initial Amount of Gold in the pot is now 2000 (from 1500). Time for emptying has been increased by 10 seconds for Tier 2 and 20 seconds for Tier 3.
  Design notes: Compared to the standard Gold Room, Treasure Rooms require completing a hard challenge to get full value from them. Increasing Gold Gain potential makes them more appealing to get a massive boost of Gold.

Evisceration Claws in action

[h3]Fixed bugs[/h3]

• Fix for the rollback hammer: you’re no longer teleported at the starting room when using a heavy two-handed weapon.
  
• Fix for collision issues: you no longer go through walls or objects when dodging or using certain types of weapons (ie. claws)