Update November 8th - v0.9.0r
[p]Hello, dreamers![/p][p]Today’s major update brings a new endgame quest type, the Singularity! Face off against the most challenging bosses yet and hunt for awesome new equipment while at it![/p][p]The battle system has been adjusted further to increase strategy required and reduce randomness of encounters![/p][p]As always, feel free to join our Discord for exclusive giveaways, updates or to discuss among yourselves and with the developer! [/p][p]https://discord.gg/DQuU4haBDH[/p][p][/p][p]If you are enjoying the game, please consider leaving a review to help with visibility! Dream on![/p][p] [/p]
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[p]New Fashion: Halloween Sylfie -15% launch discount[/p][p]NEW: The Singularity
[p]A new game mode has arrived! Follow Corrin through time to battle powerful opponents! These superbosses will pose an extreme challenge to even well-equipped parties! For starters, the Queen of Vampires will make her appearance, with additional bosses being added down the line![/p]- [p]Added new game mode: The Singularity[/p]
- [p]The Singulary is unlocked by talking to Corrin after recruiting her as a party member[/p]
- [p]Each quest consists of a single wave fight against a superboss[/p]
- [p]Added new quest: Velvet Queen[/p]
- [p]Further quests will be added in future updates[/p]
- [p]Healing items are provided for the fight[/p]
- [p]Several high rarity items can be received by defeating a superboss[/p]
- [p]Clearing a quest in The Singularity for the first time will increase the level of Corrin’s passive, Singularity Record, by 1[/p]
Suppression
- [p]Clearing Suppression quests can now trigger the bonus quest[/p]
Characters
[p]General[/p][p]Most attacks deal DMG with a 20% variance. In the lategame, this can lead to an enormous amount of additional DMG dealt to the player without any counterplay. To reduce frustration, variance is being lowered significantly. This applies to both party members as well as enemies.[/p]- [p]Reduced DMG variance of relevant attacks[/p]
- [p]Old: 20% DMG variance[/p]
- [p]New: 5% DMG variance[/p]
- [p]Updated the graphical effects that indicate the effects of Encouraged, Enraged and Fearless[/p]
- [p]The acting party member now is marked by a pulsating outline[/p]
- [p]Changed DMG variance of Mark Exilium[/p]
- [p]Old: 0% DMG variance[/p]
- [p]New: 5% DMG variance[/p]
- [p]While under the effect of Limit Break, Marlon now shines with a faint pulsating hue[/p]
- [p]Decreased the effect of Shadow Cloak:[/p]
- [p]Old: +30% evasion & +10% AP regen[/p]
- [p]New: +20% evasion & +10% AP regen[/p]
- [p]Changed DMG variance of Blood Explosion[/p]
- [p]Old: 0% DMG variance[/p]
- [p]New: 5% DMG variance[/p]
- [p]Changed the effect of Commercial Break:[/p]
- [p]Old: Inflict Provoked on every enemy, decrease ShirA.I.'s DMG taken by 25% for 1 turn and she goes off-air.[/p]
- [p]New: Inflict Provoked on all enemies, gain a 4/6/8/10/12% max HP stackable Matrix Shield per target, then go off-air.[/p]
- [p]Changed the effect of Circuit Snach:[/p]
- [p]Old: Reduce one ally's AP by 2 and gain an energy charge. \[max 3][/p]
- [p]New: Reduce one ally's AP by 2 and gain an energy charge. \[max 4][/p]
- [p]Changed the effect of Overvoltage:[/p]
- [p]Old: Increase readiness of one ally but Sylfie by 25% times the amount of energy charges Sylfie has, before resetting them.[/p]
- [p]New: Increase readiness of one ally but Sylfie by 25% times the amount of energy charges Sylfie has, before resetting them. If at 4 stacks, apply Enraged to the target.[/p]
- [p]Changed the effect of Energy Charge:[/p]
- [p]Old: 15/30/45% chance to inflict Shocked on enemies attacking this unit, depending on the amount of energy charges owned. \[max 3][/p]
- [p]New: 20/30/40/50% chance to inflict Shocked on enemies attacking this unit, depending on the amount of energy charges owned. \[max 4][/p]
Enemies
- [p]Added new boss-type enemy: Queen of Vampires, Alice[/p]
- [p]Added new boss-type enemey: King Consort[/p]
- [p]Reduced DMG variance of relevant attacks[/p]
- [p]Old: 20% DMG variance[/p]
- [p]New: 5% DMG variance[/p]
- [p]Increased DMG variance of special abilities of boss-type enemies[/p]
- [p]Old: 0% DMG variance[/p]
- [p]New: 5% DMG variance[/p]
Status Effects
[p]Matrix and Counter Shield are proving too easy to maintain continuously. To have players choose more carefully how and when to utilize abilities granting shields, they now expire after 2 turns.[/p]- [p]Adjusted duration of Matrix Shield[/p]
- [p]Old: No expiration[/p]
- [p]New: 2 turns[/p]
- [p]Adjusted duration of Counter Shield[/p]
- [p]Old: No expiration[/p]
- [p]New: 2 turns[/p]
Items
[p]The ability to use items without taking up a turn action is proving too potent even with the reduction of their carriable quantity. To further balance item usage, the consumption of items now costs 1AP across the board.[/p]- [p]Using items now costs 1AP[/p]
- [p]Added multiple new socket pieces:[/p]
- [p]HP/VAMPIRE: Recover 5/7/10% of DMG dealt in HP. Socket effect does not stack.[/p]
- [p]ATK/Ogre: +6/9/12 ATK[/p]
- [p]DEF/Wall: +15/20/25 DEF[/p]
- [p]HP/Angel: +50/75/100 HP[/p]
- [p]SPD/Racer: +2/3/4 SPD[/p]
- [p]Increased effect of HP/MOTHER:[/p]
- [p]Old: +25/50/75 HP & +3/5/7% HP per turn[/p]
- [p]New: +50/75/100 HP & +3/5/7% HP per turn[/p]
General
- [p]Only selecting items of type weapon, armor and spirit now opens the item use window[/p]
- [p]Experience Charm excluded[/p]
- [p]Updated the graphical effect that plays when starting a boss battle[/p]
- [p]Shortened the boss defeat animation[/p]
- [p]Shortened the animation of Deathseeker’s special effect[/p]
- [p]Reworded selected state descriptions and system text[/p]
- [p]Changed selected dialogue[/p]
- [p]Optimized game performance[/p]
- [p]Reduced game file size[/p]
- [p]Updated credits[/p]
Bug Fixes
- [p]Sanctum enemies and select bosses now have their intended DEF values[/p]
- [p]Suffering a knockout mid attack now always properly updates party member positions[/p]
- [p]Reseting Tower conditions or using the heal option no longer causes unintended pauses before resuming the battle post selection of a condition[/p]
- [p]Weather effects now display correctly when entering quests repeatedly[/p]
- [p]Rare socket pieces now show their correct rarity color in the item use window[/p]
- [p]Using ATK Boost and DEF Boost will no longer show the “Item Cooldown” text pop-up for the user[/p]
- [p]Party member images now appear in the correct position at the beginning of a battle[/p]
- [p]The boss of stage 20 of the Digital Training Grounds no longer will play its usual boss defeat animation[/p]
- [p]Fixed issue that caused the game to crash if certain conditions were met[/p]
- [p]Fixed issue that caused the icon of the first item to not load when entering a shop[/p]