Ziggurat 2 News

Hi! Today's patch fixes a number of bugs introduced in yesterday's update.

Improvements:

• Tweaked a bit the text font so it's properly aligned.
  

Bugfixes:

• Fixed {MasteryPoint} text in the quest result screen.
  
• Removed a weapon still in development.
  
• Fixed Daily challenge leaderboards having inverted order.
  
• Fixed Daily challenge screen showing loadout for the wrong day.
  

Today's update brings a bunch of bugfixes and quality of life improvements, as well as a new boss, the Madroot Mandrake!

New content:

• New boss: Madroot Mandrake
  

Improvements:

• Weapon information in the equipment list is now condensed to a single DPS stat, and general information on fire rate and elemental proc chance, instead of a precise number. We feel it's easier to compare weapon performance at a quick glance that way.
  
• Changed the underlying leaderboard system to use the Steam API. This means there's no limit to the number of them (so all leaderboards will be saved, not just the last 7), and should present fewer issues overall.
  
• "Mastery level up" screens are removed from the post-quest result. They're still shown in the list.
  
• You'll now be taken to the Laboratory screen right away after a quest.
  
• Integrated Steam Rich Presence: Friends will now be able to see which mode are you playing, and at which dungeon floor you are.
  
• Removed Menu audio slider, it was a bit redundant after adding the Master Volume slider.
  

Gameplay changes:

• Global damage improvements from the skill tree will now also affect character skills, such as Shove or Shield Bash.
  
• Some changes to Khorhoi to make it less frustrating to fight, without making it too easy.
  
• Letting off and pushing the sprint key/button after shooting/landing is no longer required.
  
• Infinite Dungeon: Difficulty increases quicker on really deep floors (floor 25+).
  

Bugfixes:

• Shuffle perk wasn't using the shared RNG seed, so it wouldn't act the same way for all players in dailies.
  
• Indra's Anntena passive effect was reducing damage instead of increasing it.
  
• Fixed some effects that caused a weapon switch (such as amulets) stopping the animation earlier than intended.
  
• The "Thorough" perk wasn't affecting the proper stats.
  
• Fixed coin drops in Gauntlet being half of what was intended.
  
• Fixed amulet model being shown on the weapon animations in specific situations.
  
• Fixed performance issues when you have an extremely big mana/health pool.
  
• Fixed visual issues with specific effects (such as Arachnid Rime)
  
• Fixed AI jump paths in a specific combat room.
  

Hi! Today we're releasing a small update with a number of balancing changes and bugfixes that should improve the overall experience:

Gameplay changes:

• Decreased amount of Summoners spawned in a fight
  
• Made it so guardians will be spawned in a room that matches the style of the fight (more open, or with more cover).
  
• Slightly changed the layout of a couple boss rooms.
  
• Increased initial and per-floor charges of Amulets that use charges.
  
• Reduced cooldown of most amulets with unlimited charges.
  
• Decreased power/duration of most amulets with unlimited charges. We think that amulets with unlimited charges felt a bit too powerful in short fights, were a single use of the amulet is always available right away. Reducing their power and cooldown makes them useful tools, available more often, but not overpowered.
• Increased a bit effectiveness of Argo's Resolution.
  
• Decreased effectiveness of Carina's Unmatched Talent.
  
• Slightly decreased enemy damage boost on missions with higher threat levels.
  
• Decreased power of the skills that increased weapons' damage per level.
  

Improvements:

• Increased enemy spawn sound volume a bit.
  
• Decreased TAA (Used when Antialiasing is set to "Very High") blurriness a bit, should mitigate the "seeing double" problem.
  
• On Scavenge fights, a few shards will be spawned right away.
  
• Made cutscene texts more readable in Japanese.
  

Bugfixes:

• Should have fixed a bug when entering a boss room and trying to leave right away while the intro cutscene is being loaded.
  
• Fixed bug in the random room generation algorithm that allowed several repeats of the same room type to be spawned on specific circumstances.
  
• Fixed minion bar switching too soon to "X Minions remaining".
  
• Fixed double purchases when using a controller in the skill tree.
  
• Fixed Forge being always shown in the map key.
  
• Fixed Mana Shield being half as effective as intended.
  

Hi! We're releasing an update that fixes a few issues found in yesterday's update, as well as a few balancing changes to the new skill tree:

Improvements:

• Added a way to re-spec the skill tree (with a minor penalty to prevent abuse).
  
• Story related achievements will be retroactively unlocked upon loading an older save.
  

Gameplay changes:

• Increased damage dealt by enemies in quests with higher threat level.
  
• Decreased effect of "barrier on level up" and "barrier on floor start" skills.
  

Bugfixes:

• Fixed Explorer achievement not working.
  
• Fixed Shrine contextual text not present.
  

Hi!



Today we're releasing an interesting update that overhauls the whole campaign upgrade system (for the second time!), replacing money and individual item upgrades with a global skill tree and a new way to unlock its contents!

Please note that while the skill system should work, it may require some further balance in regards to each skill power and how quickly it scales compared with mission threat difficulty. Please let us know of your impressions in the forum or the official Discord server!

We're also adding a new enemy, the Summoner, and a new Boss, Khorhoi, so there's plenty of new things to try out!



New features:

• Replaced Money in the campaign with Insight, which is earned by unlocking new mastery levels in characters and equipment.
  
• Money can only be used while in a run now.
  
• Added a skill tree that uses Insight to unlock new skills. The older Laboratory section is moved to a new Armory section.
  
• Replaced loadout rewards from money bonus to mastery bonus (so it's easier to gain Insight).
  
• New Guardian: Khorhoi
  
• New enemy: Summoner
  
• Added achievements.
  
• Added a new boss song for main campaign quests.
  
• Added Japanese language.
  

Gameplay changes:

• Increased item mastery level cap to 11, like with characters.
  
• Notably Increased shop prices (since now you won't need the money once the run finishes).
  
• Increased a bit difficulty of quests with a higher threat level.
  

Improvements:

• Slimmed down a bit the game font, should be a bit more readable and overall it looks a bit better.
  

Bugfixes:

• Fixed Master Volume setting not working properly.
  
• Fixed Sirius' special skill being unlocked by default.
  
• Fixed weapon animation issue when starting the level until the first shot.
  
• A bunch of minor undocumented bugfixes here and there.