Update #63 -- Enlightened Content & Balance Patch
Hello everyone! Today I’m excited to bring you the Enlightened Content and Balance Patch! This is the 3rd of these patches, with this one focusing on the Enlightened. After this, I'll be getting started on the final of these patches, aimed at the Daughter of the Void! A few things before I dive into the details...
[h2]Companion Website[/h2]
For those of you who have been in the Discord, you would have seen the amazing new Discord bot (which is now updated regularly to match the game data!). This was all done and setup by Girlphobia, and I can’t thank them enough for all the amazing work.
However, the fun doesn’t stop there. They’ve been super busy putting together a companion website, for those times when you can’t have the game open in front of you! Today, I’m super excited to share it:
Vault of the Void - Companion Website
Please feel free to poke around the website and forward through any issues or suggestions you may have!
[h2]Big News -- Coming Soon[/h2]
I got some fantastic news this week which is super exciting! I’ve hinted at this in the past, and finally have confirmation of things this week. I’ll be making a separate post and announcement on this very soon -- so stay tuned (don’t switch off!).
[h2]New Challenge Coins! [/h2]
Also included in today's patch is 4 NEW Challenge Coins! With the Challenge Coin pool now starting to grow, I do have some plans to clean up that UI to make it easier to search and sort. More on that soon!
[h2]Enlightened Content[/h2]
Okay -- let's dive into the Enlightened patch and see what we have! As always, I’ve got a full list of updates below. This may look a little leaner than past, but that's due to there not actually being too many outliers in the statistics. We linked up with a few veteran Monk players as well to talk about holes in the kit, and issues they’d like to see addressed.
In total, we’ve got 8 new Enlightened Artifacts and also 8 new Cards! You’ll see some focus here on breaking Chains and also some Affliction targeting -- hopefully this will help smooth out Monks play a little!
Another big change comes to the Mindfulness starting kit. Stillness and Discipline are out, and Persist and Fast Forward are in!
Overall, throughout the testing the last few weeks, response has been positive! As always though -- very happy to hear feedback and will make adjustments where needed!
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And thats it for now! Thank you everyone for continuing to make Vault of the Void what it is today! We’re on the road to 2000 reviews and I couldn’t be more proud and excited! Lots of very fun stuff coming this year -- can’t wait to share more!
Huge thank you as always to the internal content team, including all the testers and bug finders -- and of course the amazing translation team for all their hard work!
All for now,
- Josh
[h3]Neutral/Non-Enlightened[/h3]
- New Tempest Elite Artifact: Meteorite.
- New Neutral Uncommon Artifact: Obscure Trench Bug
- Meteor: Upgrade only goes down to 2 cost now.
- Kneecaps: +1 Weak pre and post upgrade
- Riposte: Deals +1 damage pre and post upgrade
- Sneak Attack: Added "Purge: Rage 25%."
- Surprise Attack: Reworked to "If the target is Attacking, apply Weak 1. (Remove Otherwise) Otherwise, apply Vulnerable 1 and deal 9 damage. Deal 14 damage."
- Do Over: Reworked to 3 cost: Deal 8(11) damage. Block 8(11). Recur 1 random Attack & 1 random Ability card.
- Ice Wall: Reduced the upgraded purge block from 10 to 8.
- Torch of Triumph: Added "and Overcharge 1"
- Sugar Rush: Changed from starting at full energy to just starting with +2 so it can't go quite as out of control in certain combos.
- Helm of Focus: Added "The first time each battle you suffer Confusion or Haunted, gain 1 Energy."
- Open Up: Added Rigged when upgraded.
[h3]Challenge Coins[/h3]
- I Meant To Drop That: The Hidden
- Steamiest Building: The Hidden
- Chained No More: The Enligthened
- Bittersweet Visions: The Enlightened.
[h3]Artifacts[/h3]
- New Uncommon Enlightened Artifact: Spork: Each time you break an Attack Chain, Draw and Discard 1. Each time you break an Ability Chain, Rage 25% and Delay Rage 25%. Each time you break a Buff Chain, Overcharge 1.
- New Rare Enlightened Artifact: Sake: Each time you play a card while not in Zen, Draw & Discard 1.
- New Rare Enlightened Artifact: Scroll of Heaven-and-Earth: Each time you reshuffle your deck, apply Slow 1 to all enemies, and Foresight both the top- and bottom-most cards that aren't Foreseen or Afflictions.
- New Elite Enlightened Artifact: Rear View Mirror: The first time each turn you Vision, Draw 1.
- New Elite Enlightened Artifact: Octopus Sausage: When you break a Chain of 2, enter Zen.
- New Elite Enlightened Artifact: Harmonious Triangle: The first time each turn you gain Echo Wall, add a Chant to hand.
- New Elite Enlightened Artifact: Bing of Tea: If you end your turn with 4 or more Zen card plays, Delay Draw 1.
- New Elite Enlightened Artifact: Xishi Teapot (Art Note: Have it slightly cracked to represent the chain breaking): Each time you break a Chain, Delay Draw 1, up to twice per turn.
[h3]Card Changes[/h3]
- Mindfulness Starter Now contains 2x Persist and 1x Fast Forward instead of Stillness and Discipline
- Stillness: Deals +3 Shii pre and post upgrade
- Discipline: +1 Immediate Block pre and post upgrade
- Back in Time: Deals +2 Shii pre and post upgrade
- Ankle Break: Deals +2 damage and +3 Shii, pre and post upgrade
- Undermine: Deals +1 future strike pre and post upgrade
- Body and Mind: Changed the Shii from 4(6) to 7(10). It's hard being an Enlightened X cost!
- Reach Through Time: -1 cost pre and post upgrade
- King of Echoes Void Stone: Changed to King of Prophets which simply says "Foresight 1."
- King of Tranquility: Changed to "Add a Chant to hand. Expel a random Affliction in hand to add another."
[h3]New Cards[/h3]
- Decline: Enlightened Common Attack, 1 cost: Deal 5(6) Future Strike 1 time(s). Zen: Sift 1(2). Chain 1 if you have an Affliction in hand.
- Asceticism: Enlightened Common Ability, 0 cost: Discard all non-Attack cards in hand. For each, Chain 1(, Rage 25%) and Block 2.
- Pyre: Enlightened Uncommon Buff, 2(1) cost: The first time each turn you draw an Affliction, Discard 1 and gain 2 Energy. Expel.
- Branching Paths: Enlightened Common Ability, 1 cost: Sift 2(3). Foresight a card in Discard.
- Set in Stone: Enlightened Uncommon Ability, 1(2) cost: Foresight 1(2). Add a Yellow Void Stone to selected cards. Purge: Sift 1.
- Pivot: Enlightened Common Ability, 1 cost: Block 5. Delay Block 3. Follow-Up: Apply Vulnerable 1(3).
- Tranquilize: Enlightened Uncommon Ability, 1 cost: Apply a 2 turn Debuff that makes the target suffer Shii equal to your excess Block. (Don't) Expel.
- Convergence: Enlightened Uncommon Heavy Attack, 3 cost: Apply 5(7) Shii 3 times. Choose a Foreseen card to put from deck to hand. If there are none, Foresight 1(2).
[h2]Companion Website[/h2]
For those of you who have been in the Discord, you would have seen the amazing new Discord bot (which is now updated regularly to match the game data!). This was all done and setup by Girlphobia, and I can’t thank them enough for all the amazing work.
However, the fun doesn’t stop there. They’ve been super busy putting together a companion website, for those times when you can’t have the game open in front of you! Today, I’m super excited to share it:
Vault of the Void - Companion Website
Please feel free to poke around the website and forward through any issues or suggestions you may have!
[h2]Big News -- Coming Soon[/h2]
I got some fantastic news this week which is super exciting! I’ve hinted at this in the past, and finally have confirmation of things this week. I’ll be making a separate post and announcement on this very soon -- so stay tuned (don’t switch off!).
[h2]New Challenge Coins! [/h2]
Also included in today's patch is 4 NEW Challenge Coins! With the Challenge Coin pool now starting to grow, I do have some plans to clean up that UI to make it easier to search and sort. More on that soon!
[h2]Enlightened Content[/h2]
Okay -- let's dive into the Enlightened patch and see what we have! As always, I’ve got a full list of updates below. This may look a little leaner than past, but that's due to there not actually being too many outliers in the statistics. We linked up with a few veteran Monk players as well to talk about holes in the kit, and issues they’d like to see addressed.
In total, we’ve got 8 new Enlightened Artifacts and also 8 new Cards! You’ll see some focus here on breaking Chains and also some Affliction targeting -- hopefully this will help smooth out Monks play a little!
Another big change comes to the Mindfulness starting kit. Stillness and Discipline are out, and Persist and Fast Forward are in!
Overall, throughout the testing the last few weeks, response has been positive! As always though -- very happy to hear feedback and will make adjustments where needed!
[hr][/hr]
And thats it for now! Thank you everyone for continuing to make Vault of the Void what it is today! We’re on the road to 2000 reviews and I couldn’t be more proud and excited! Lots of very fun stuff coming this year -- can’t wait to share more!
Huge thank you as always to the internal content team, including all the testers and bug finders -- and of course the amazing translation team for all their hard work!
All for now,
- Josh
[h3]Neutral/Non-Enlightened[/h3]
- New Tempest Elite Artifact: Meteorite.
- New Neutral Uncommon Artifact: Obscure Trench Bug
- Meteor: Upgrade only goes down to 2 cost now.
- Kneecaps: +1 Weak pre and post upgrade
- Riposte: Deals +1 damage pre and post upgrade
- Sneak Attack: Added "Purge: Rage 25%."
- Surprise Attack: Reworked to "If the target is Attacking, apply Weak 1. (Remove Otherwise) Otherwise, apply Vulnerable 1 and deal 9 damage. Deal 14 damage."
- Do Over: Reworked to 3 cost: Deal 8(11) damage. Block 8(11). Recur 1 random Attack & 1 random Ability card.
- Ice Wall: Reduced the upgraded purge block from 10 to 8.
- Torch of Triumph: Added "and Overcharge 1"
- Sugar Rush: Changed from starting at full energy to just starting with +2 so it can't go quite as out of control in certain combos.
- Helm of Focus: Added "The first time each battle you suffer Confusion or Haunted, gain 1 Energy."
- Open Up: Added Rigged when upgraded.
[h3]Challenge Coins[/h3]
- I Meant To Drop That: The Hidden
- Steamiest Building: The Hidden
- Chained No More: The Enligthened
- Bittersweet Visions: The Enlightened.
[h3]Artifacts[/h3]
- New Uncommon Enlightened Artifact: Spork: Each time you break an Attack Chain, Draw and Discard 1. Each time you break an Ability Chain, Rage 25% and Delay Rage 25%. Each time you break a Buff Chain, Overcharge 1.
- New Rare Enlightened Artifact: Sake: Each time you play a card while not in Zen, Draw & Discard 1.
- New Rare Enlightened Artifact: Scroll of Heaven-and-Earth: Each time you reshuffle your deck, apply Slow 1 to all enemies, and Foresight both the top- and bottom-most cards that aren't Foreseen or Afflictions.
- New Elite Enlightened Artifact: Rear View Mirror: The first time each turn you Vision, Draw 1.
- New Elite Enlightened Artifact: Octopus Sausage: When you break a Chain of 2, enter Zen.
- New Elite Enlightened Artifact: Harmonious Triangle: The first time each turn you gain Echo Wall, add a Chant to hand.
- New Elite Enlightened Artifact: Bing of Tea: If you end your turn with 4 or more Zen card plays, Delay Draw 1.
- New Elite Enlightened Artifact: Xishi Teapot (Art Note: Have it slightly cracked to represent the chain breaking): Each time you break a Chain, Delay Draw 1, up to twice per turn.
[h3]Card Changes[/h3]
- Mindfulness Starter Now contains 2x Persist and 1x Fast Forward instead of Stillness and Discipline
- Stillness: Deals +3 Shii pre and post upgrade
- Discipline: +1 Immediate Block pre and post upgrade
- Back in Time: Deals +2 Shii pre and post upgrade
- Ankle Break: Deals +2 damage and +3 Shii, pre and post upgrade
- Undermine: Deals +1 future strike pre and post upgrade
- Body and Mind: Changed the Shii from 4(6) to 7(10). It's hard being an Enlightened X cost!
- Reach Through Time: -1 cost pre and post upgrade
- King of Echoes Void Stone: Changed to King of Prophets which simply says "Foresight 1."
- King of Tranquility: Changed to "Add a Chant to hand. Expel a random Affliction in hand to add another."
[h3]New Cards[/h3]
- Decline: Enlightened Common Attack, 1 cost: Deal 5(6) Future Strike 1 time(s). Zen: Sift 1(2). Chain 1 if you have an Affliction in hand.
- Asceticism: Enlightened Common Ability, 0 cost: Discard all non-Attack cards in hand. For each, Chain 1(, Rage 25%) and Block 2.
- Pyre: Enlightened Uncommon Buff, 2(1) cost: The first time each turn you draw an Affliction, Discard 1 and gain 2 Energy. Expel.
- Branching Paths: Enlightened Common Ability, 1 cost: Sift 2(3). Foresight a card in Discard.
- Set in Stone: Enlightened Uncommon Ability, 1(2) cost: Foresight 1(2). Add a Yellow Void Stone to selected cards. Purge: Sift 1.
- Pivot: Enlightened Common Ability, 1 cost: Block 5. Delay Block 3. Follow-Up: Apply Vulnerable 1(3).
- Tranquilize: Enlightened Uncommon Ability, 1 cost: Apply a 2 turn Debuff that makes the target suffer Shii equal to your excess Block. (Don't) Expel.
- Convergence: Enlightened Uncommon Heavy Attack, 3 cost: Apply 5(7) Shii 3 times. Choose a Foreseen card to put from deck to hand. If there are none, Foresight 1(2).