Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator News

Despot is about to go on a holiday break, so he decided to take a minute to say "Merry Christmas" to his punies. Don't get misled by the cute Santa hat, though: Horrifying experiments on humans are going nowhere next year.

Now, let's see what we have in store for you today.



In this one, we've added some festive Christmas decor to cheer you all up while you miserably perish in Despot's dungeon. Xoxo. Also, we added new mutations and traditionally tweaked the balance.

[h2]• New Mutations •[/h2]

• Rat-ify: Transforms enemies into... rats. Only Mages can get this mutation. They can transform an enemy into an animal for 5s every 20s for 30 mana, but you need 3 mages to perform a cast.
  
• Soul Gift: this is a more powerful version of Final Gift; it increases a random ally's health by 1000 when one of your teammates dies.
  

[h3]• Reworked Mutations •[/h3]
Some mutations underwent significant overhauls. We compiled this list in collaboration with our community on Discord. Feel free to join us if you'd like to participate in discussions about future updates.

• Thunder Lance — there is now a 50% filter for damage
  
• Magic Mirror — chance to silence now, no longer stuns
  
• Fighters' Link can’t kill, it stops working when a unit has 20% of health
  
• Magical Blood — mana blocks damage until it hits 50% of total mana
  
• Mass Taunt — all tanks use it simultaneously and cooldown is shared between all tanks (even if they were stunned or silenced). Cannot be multicasted.
  
• Curse of Variety — items become more pricey, not newbies
  

[h3]• Balance Changes •[/h3]

• Magical Blood — damage block multiplayer: x2 ➔ x3
  
• Thunder Lance — the chance of casting increased: 5 ➔ 20
  
• Curse of Mutation — item cost increased: 100% ➔ 150%
  
• Vampirism has been slightly nerfed in all modes except Brawl: 7% ➔ 5%
  

Shooters items' damage has been slightly nerfed:

• Tier 1: 35 ➔ 30
  
• Tier 3: 85 ➔ 80
  
• Tier 4: 120 ➔ 105
  
• Tier 5: 135 ➔ 120
  

Eggheads items' damage has been buffed:

• Tier 1: 35 ➔ 40
  
• Tier 2: 53 ➔ 60
  
• Tier 3: 74 ➔ 85
  
• Tier 4: 110 ➔ 125
  
• Tier 5: 170 ➔ 185
  

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[h3]WINNERS:[/h3]




Congrats! Your victory medal has been added to your name on the leaderboard.

[h3]Season 21 starts right now and ends on January 25th at 16:00 UTC.[/h3]

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Our team wants to wish you all Happy Holidays, folks. You are, as always, a rad community, and we're super blessed to have you by our side. We don't have a photo in Xmas gear, so we just photoshopped some Santa hats into this one:



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Despot's Game is 60% off for the duration of the Steam Winter Sale (until January 4th). Buy it or gift to a friend:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Battle_Simulator/

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Check our new game out: Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2348610/Slime_3K_Rise_Against_Despot/

Join our community to share your feedback with the devs and chat with other puny humans like you:

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UPDATE 1.8.2

In this update, we have adjusted the zombie-level boss fight, buffed eggheads, slightly nerfed healers, and made significant changes to the mutation pool

[h2]Class Balance[/h2]

• Healers class ability is buffed on all levels:
  
  • Tier 1: 30 ➔ 45
    
  • Tier 2: 50 ➔ 60
    
  • Tier 3: 65 ➔ 80
    
  • Tier 4: 90 ➔ 110
    
  • Tier 5: 125 ➔ 150
    
• Healer’s T4 ability (Shock Therapy) radius changed 100 ➔ 75
  
  
• Added 25% more attack speed to Tier 1-3 Eggheads.
  

[h2]Mutations balance[/h2]

• Bloodletting damage multiplier: 3 ➔ 2
  
• Explosive Magic is now a quest mutation for mages. Fireball can be found in the general mutation pool.
  

[h2]Mutation pool[/h2]

• Critical Hit is not available for Tanks anymore
  
• Splash is not available for Mages anymore
  
• Magic Mirror is now available for Tanks, but not available for Shooters
  
• Intimidation is now available for Mages, but not available for Tanks
  
• Untouchable is not available for Fencers and Tricksters
  
• Snake Agility is now available for Eggheads
  

We have changed the levels where the next mutations can appear:

• Magic Shield is now available from level 1
  
• Purr-Meow is now available from level 1
  
• Damage Link is now available from level 1
  
• Spatial Reasoning is not available on level 12
  

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[h3]WINNERS:[/h3]




Congrats! Your victory medal has been added to your name on the leaderboard.

Season 20 begins today!

[hr][/hr] Check our new game out: Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2348610/Slime_3K_Rise_Against_Despot/

Join our community to share your feedback with the devs and chat with other puny humans like you:

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[h3]When an experiment-conducting, humanity-controlling AI says something like "Thank you," you know it's truly a special day.[/h3]

Today, Despot wants to thank all puny humans for:

• The endless inspiration for creating the Despotism puniverse.
  
• Reminding our team every time we come up with some crazy idea that the real world is much crazier than our ideas.
  
• Reproducing so that Despot has enough material for his experiments.
  

If you have any feedback, that here is the perfect opportunity to give it to Despot while he's in the mood. 💬

Despot made sure Christmas came one month earlier for all of you puny humans. Pick the game up while the offer lasts:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Battle_Simulator/

[h3]Hurry, punies: the old price is coming back on November 28th.[/h3]

In this update, we have increased the number of rerolls in mutation altars in modes with food, buffed Tanks, nerfed Fencers, and revised some of the numbers of different abilities and mutations—in general, this is mainly a balance patch.

[h2]• Classes Balance •[/h2]

Tanks

• Tier 1 (Tower Shield) 5 ➔ 15
  
• Tier 2 (Periodic Table) 15 ➔ 25
  
• Tier 3 (Sanuzzi Fridge) 40 ➔ 60
  
• Tier 4 (Panzer-Poo) 100 ➔ 120
  
• Tier 5 (Excellent Coffin) 120 ➔ 145
  

Fencers

• Tier 3 (Chainsaw) 130 ➔ 115
  
• Tier 4 (Lightsaber) 180 ➔ 160
  
• Tier 5 (Dreihänder) 300 ➔ 250
  

[h2]• Mutations & Abilities Balance •[/h2]

• Magic Blood: Damage reduction multiplier doubled (if a puny human has mana, incoming damage will be halved)
  
• Magic Mirror: Chance: 10% ➔ 5%, stun time: 2 sec ➔ 2.5 sec (we’ll increase it to 3 sec if it sticks well)
  
• Tier 4 Healer skill (Shock Therapy): Chance: 30% ➔ 15%
  
• Blood Magic fixed
  
• Feint: Range: 25 ➔ 40, Damage: 200 ➔ 230
  
• Cleansing: Cooldown: 20 sec ➔ 10 sec
  
• Force (T4 Fencer skill): Chance: 30% ➔ 20%
  

[h3]• Miscellaneous •[/h3]
The number of starting rerolls in mutation altars in modes with food has been increased by 1.


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[h3]WINNERS:[/h3]




Congrats! Your victory medal has been added to your name on the leaderboard.

[h3]Season 19 starts right now and ends on November 30th at 16:00 UTC.[/h3]

[hr][/hr] Check our new game out: Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2348610/Slime_3K_Rise_Against_Despot/

Join our community to share your feedback with the devs and chat with other puny humans like you:

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