Banquet for Fools News

[h2]🌸 Performance [/h2]

🌱Removed a remaining reference to the guide videos that could have caused performance issues after using the guide menu

[h2]🌸 Adventuring [/h2]

🌱Fixed a bug that capped party at only one boro receiving Vol’s blessing from the fairy pond, now any new boro can receive these

🌱Fixed a bug when trying to turn in a chalk rubbing with Valentina while also being able to discuss a seed situation, leading to a dialogue error where you only receive XP from one of these events

[h2]🌸 Balancing [/h2]

🌱The frog known as Vesa has more health
🌱Skeletons that toss their regenerating spines have better aim and hit harder
🌱Armed skeletons have more weapon skill and hit harder as well as increased action speed

[h2]🌸 Gameplay [/h2]

🌱 Support guards will no longer charge while in a form-up, only kick and attack
🌱 Support guards now share their last known positions of enemies amongst each other, allowing for them to target visible enemies behind superficial or environmental walls blocking their sight
🌱 Support guards no longer finishing closing a gap on a target, dodge or block when a new form-Up circle is made, allowing them to get there faster - they’ll only finish an existing attack. 🐍< We’re still adjusting this for support in groups and this will be included in the next patch!
🌱 Support guards that are independent and in a group will actively pivot and around combatants more while their action bars fill
🌱 Support guards kick breakable walls less frequently while waiting for their action bar to fill
🌱 Support guards that are independent are more loose on sticking on an existing target when there are new vulnerable or closer ones nearby or the way to their current
🌱 Support guards have some additional checks for enemy hazard tiles and support guards casting volatile spells for friendly fire
🌱 Support guards engage a brawl more predictably regardless of if they are in a group or not. 🐍< The next patch will add a ‘danger’ heat map in for support to consider when prioritizing targets, so they more often target enemies on the outskirts of enemy clumps at the start and during combat

[h2]🎨 Visuals [/h2]
🌱 Pinning a small lizard now uses the correct pinning animation
🌱 Silver shroomer blood mask (the health visual) is now visual

[h2]🌸 UI [/h2]
🌱 Fixed an issue that could result in hot keys overlapping

[h2]🌸 Gameplay [/h2]
🌱 Support guards with spell books will now cast spells as expected automatically
🌱 Support guards with charm bells will now bind as expected automatically
🌱 Support guards have increased priority to move through hazard tiles depending on the situation

[h2]🌸 Adventuring [/h2]
🌱 Can now turn in robber’s head to Mareshal Nadia of Aven Dura if Bogda didn’t make it out of Western Ruins

[h2]🌸 Controller [/h2]
🌱 Fixed a bug with quick-equipping items while at the Pedlar

🐍< demo also updated with latest changes

[h2]🎨 Visuals [/h2]
🌱 The little bugs you can step on now cast shadows!
🌱 Field Assembly Kit: the appropriate globe item is shown as an icon instead of the vial

[h2]🌸 UI [/h2]
🌱 Groups: You can now start typing immediately after clicking the icon to rename a group, instead of having to click inside text field

[h2]🌸 Gameplay [/h2]
🌱 Ghost ailment only happens on hit, and can be prevented while wearing Runic Head Wrap
🌱 poison tile effects are removed after being stepped on
🌱 fixed issue where support guards wouldn’t respond after changing groups while in a mobile form up
🌱 Improved responsiveness of melee combatant support guards during various combat situations
🌱 Fixed an issue where support guards could hold for a moment before going through combat routines if party leader wasn’t moving during combat
🌱 fixed a bug where groups were keeping rally attacks from moving to locations

[h2]🌸 Controller [/h2]
🌱 Added auto-equip functionality for items inside guard’s bags

🐍 < demo is also updated with newest additions, and GoG will be up shortly.

The new and improved tactics menu for setting up groups and combat behaviors is now live! This allows for some new movement formations in and out of combat that weren’t previously possible, allowing you to get an edge during a brawl or move more defensively.

You can now group similar characters together and they’ll stay near and guard one another, flank as group, and have quick getaways with the whole party.





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[h3]How it works:[/h3]

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🌸Each of the 4 groups can be designated a head(temporarily changes to whoever you are playing as if you’re in the group) and up to 6 support characters

🌸The characters in a group prioritize sticking together as a tighter blob, similar to how the guards move outside combat now. If you're not playing a character in a group, the support will stick to the group's head

🌸A support head's position is based off their weapon (and behaviors from the bottom section of picture). Support will still always dodge/block if they can but try to stay close to the group head before doing actions

🌸The bottom tray is a free-for-all bucket, characters act how they do now if left in there

🌸Groups activate anytime combat or form ups are active, so now you could form up circle somewhere and then flank as a group instead of individually in or out of combat

The Form-Up circle is placed, but other characters in the Party leader's group can continue to flank and run around together outside of it as usual:

Melee group attacking while ranged weapon guards stay back together:

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[h2]Mobile Form-Up![/h2]

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Designating a form-up circle on the ground creates an area the support guards will prioritize staying in for defensive or offensive purposes. You can now designate a character to be the center of the form-up, and the support guards will stick to them.

This allows for quick getaways, or engaging a brawl similar to when you are on the boat - your guards will attempt to be a compact blob at all times and only attack when they are close enough to the enemy - more so if you’re not actively not on the move. So with some careful maneuvering as the leader, this is an effective way of avoiding fights with lots of damaging tile effects where you can more precisely control where everyone is. Using this mobile Form-Up overrides any Groups, so you can activate this at anytime to wrangle in the whole crew.



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[h2]Behaviors:[/h2]

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There are additions to the options you can set per-guard as well.
For item usage, you can now set:

🌸How low can health drop before using a belt item?
🌸How difficult will a fight need to be to take a stat-buffing item?
🌸How low can a friend's health drop before sharing an item?

With that last option your guards can now take a turn to automatically heal their fellow guards with their belt items!
Techniques can be set for:

🌸Charging frequency?
🌸Kicking frequency?
🌸Pinning frequency?

We’ve had some requests for combat options for the guards, and have added in:

🌸How many spirit bars need to fill before casting at will?
🌸Switch weapons at will?
🌸Binding frequency?

Arranging these with groups in mind allow you to dictate who’s using stamina for what purposes, like who’s aggressive with techniques or who’s more focused on saving stamina for dodging, and who’s taking turns healing themselves/others, and where they will be located in a brawl.

While all these options provide more control, the party’s effectiveness will still rely on a good foundation of skills, equipment and power of friendship/techniques between the guards. This also allows for various niche skill arrangements in parties to survive, like having more utility guards that stay back or are primarily used for summoning/binding/casting.

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[h2]Log:[/h2]

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🐸< Demo has also been updated with newest changes



[h2]🌙 Additions [/h2]

🌱Improved Tactics menu grouping behavior for the guards as well as additional combat behavior routines
🌱Mobile Form-Up addition if you select any guard/portrait instead of the ground
🌱 Spell book auto-casting toggle has changed to a behavior slider in the tactics menu. The options you have for this are “never” or requiring 1 - 3 spirit bars before autocasting. ⚠️This will default to requiring just 1 spirit the next time you play the game

[h2]🌸 UI [/h2]

🌱 Fixed issue with elyxir crafting where if you were using components from the belt slots they wouldn’t remove correctly if there was a stack
🌱 Multi-hand damage and Chance to Hit show in the Character Sheet formulas when a second weapon is equipped (or second fist if Multihand skill is greater than 50)
🌱 All menus now close automatically if they were opened in the brief window between the camera panning to a character to for dialogue
🌱 Fixed a rare hud issue with the portrait docks where the icons could be removed and not return after loading due to a rounding position of their placement on the screen
🌱 Fix for the Dazzling Whip not showing its Rally attack gains correctly in its properties description
🌱 Fixed a bug when using chalk rubbing kit twice in Forten Lazure tomb could result in issues

[h2]🌸 Adventuring [/h2]
🌱 Fixed an issue with the padurii mother’s vine waves causing an infinite damage loop and subsequent crash when wearing the Moon’s intercession ring
🌱 Fixed a possible instance when purchasing new song books for your guards where the NPC was incorrectly determining if the party needed them or had the emeralds for them

[h2]🎨 Visuals [/h2]
🌱Fixed some wonkiness with the witch’s hair in Forten Lazure

[h2]🌸 Maps [/h2]
🌱 Fixed a map exit issue between the Bog and Ruined Temple where middle exit did not go to correct location

[h2]🌸 Balancing [/h2]
🌱 Decreased damage from blue bog flyer’s spit attack
✨ the intercession “Grace Note” damage output no longer is reduced by armor, because it’s magical and from Chora who doesn’t care about armor

[h2]🌸 Gameplay [/h2]
🌱 Fixed an issue for support guard pagans in the party automatically casting spells again if their spell book was removed and put back in their inventory
🌱 Fixed a situation that could occur for support guards not following leader after combat ends
🌱 Fixed bug with a horn song bought in Aven Dura applying to party instead of enemies
🌱 Fixed an issue that could result in support guards hanging back at the beginning of combat
🌱 Fixed a bug resulting from charging sea creatures from land if they were targetable
🌱 Can no longer charge or kick flying creatures

[h2]🌸 UI [/h2]

🌱Changing rounding inconsistency on Action time reduction from jewelry
🌱oar whack action: says “whack” instead of pin on hover over targets
🌱Removed licech from Abandoned Farm chest

[h2]🌸 Adventuring [/h2]
🌱 Fixed bug with boro stats wildly increasing for some non-english language based games
🌱 Fixed typo with Remus dialogue

[h2]🌸 Maps [/h2]
🌱 Fixed visual bug with fairy circle in Lower Sandbanks