Equin: The Lantern News

Have you WAITED around too long for another update like this guy?

Dad jokes never get old, do they?


Well wait no more!

It's not a super huge update however it's a super important one. I was playing this a bit today and saw that my Warding Vest (with a 5% chance to reflect enemy spells) was reflecting those spells EVERY SINGLE TIME.

5% my ass...

Yeah, oops!

There are 3 items in the game that give the player this power: The Warding Vest (5%), the Wizard's Crown (10%), and the Mirror Shield (20%). Of course they stack!

Anyhow these now work as intended. I hope you didn't have a run going that exploited this, cos' now you'll be in for it!

A friendly reminder: Start a run today to partake in the Cleric's Special. That's a free Dog Star (mace) and $25 right off the bat. Woo Hee!


Until next time, have a good one!
-Del_Duio


P.S: OH! And also just an FYI I don't have internet connection at my house currently and it's a big PITA to upload new builds for me right now. So I'll do what I can when I can, but that's why I'm unable to answer any chat messages and etc. here too. ːsteamhappyː

Here's some more stuff that I think helps improve things:




Every class minus the Cultist has had its starting max HP reduced (ex. The Warrior in this picture went from 30 -> 25). Challenge is good!




Though you could always look at your Special Screen and see if you had fire prone gear equipped, there's now an icon on the main screen that tells you too. This is much better, and probably should've been added at the start. If for some reason you're also under the effect of a Resist Fire effect this prone icon will STILL show up- This is to inform the player that though your wooden items are temporarily protected that resist fire could go away at any moment so don't get lax!




Minor but important, now whenever you fill an empty bottle at a cauldron it'll tell you what potion you got right away (instead of the generic "Filled your empty bottle" text). It saves you a step going into your backpack just to see what you happened to get!




I have no picture for this however there was a bug where the rare Pleebius Stick wouldn't burn if hit by fire. This is fixed now. It's also worth noting that this is the only cursed item in the game that can be removed by a method other than the BLESS spell / effect. Just step into any open flame and watch it fry. Hooray!




Yet I somehow forgot to change this on the Equin splash screen at the beginning. It's there now ːsteamfacepalmː


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That's it for... next time!

-Del_Duio

It's been a little while, but here's some fun tweaks for the game.





The chances for gold chests to spawn per floor has been slightly reduced.
But the chances for better things from gold chests has been increased.

I feel this is a pretty good trade-off!



Most of the special orange tagged Hero Gear has been improved. I left Voltia's Ring along since it was already really good. The remaining items are..

Equin's Axe
Was ATK 15 / STR +2
Now it's ATK 17 / STR +4

Reena's Killer
Was ATK 24 / STR +2 / DEX +2
Now it's ATK 30 / STR +2 / DEX +5

Rol's Hat
Was DEF 1 / Evade +12%
Now it's DEF 1 / Evade +12% / Gold +15%

Dirn's Platemail
Was DEF 12 / STM +10
Now it's DEF 12 / CON +4 / STM +10

Serkious' Armor
Was DEF 8 / XP & Gold +15%
Now it's DEF 8 / MDEF 5 / XP & Gold +15%

Ah! Much better now!

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Three of the Four pieces of Robin's gear have had their gold find percentages increased as well. Only the glove remains unchanged.

Robinslayer
This sword will now give you Gold +90% (Was 25%)

Robin's Cape
This cape will now give you Gold +80% (Was 50%)

Robin's Hat
This hat will now give you Gold +50% (Was 25%)



Here's some other misc. changes I felt would be nice.

Flanged Mace
Was: ATK 5
Is Now: ATK 7 / DEX -1
Remember that equipping a shield while using this weapon will give you an extra +5% chance to shield block.

Nightblade
This incredible (and incredibly rare) sword got a big boost in power, going from ATK 8 to ATK 16.

Spiked Mace
The mace will now inflict 2 points of damage back on the enemy when you've been hit.

Training Sword
Using the Training Sword from your backpack will now give you +1000 XP (was +250 before).

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The Complete Item spreadsheet has also been updated to reflect these changes:

http://www.dxfgames.com/ETL_ITEMLIST2018.xlsx


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That's all! Until next time, be good and etc.

-Del_Duio

Hello!

Equin: The Lantern's Roguebasin page has been updated with all the new stuff. If you haven't yet visited it yet (or Roguebasin at all), it's a really cool site that can connect you with TRILLIONS of awesome games roguelikes.


http://www.roguebasin.com/index.php?title=Equin:_The_Lantern


Thank you!

Del_Duio

Since this past weekly sale, there's been a lot of new players that have given my game a go.

First off, THANK YOU ːsteamhappyː



Secondly, you may not be aware of everything Equin: The Lantern has to offer. I would highly recommend checking out any of our community guides but for sure make a stop and take a look at the Beginner's Guide.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/547980/guides/

While in the game itself, there's a handy tutorial section which goes over lots of different aspects of the gameplay without being super spoilery-



Since the game first arrived on Steam in 2016, ETL has received many (many) awesome content updates. Here are some quickies to consider:

The Cultist class has been tweaked and retweaked a billion times, and is now a.. erm, CULT FAVORITE-


Muggers and Thieves now open closed doors-


Padlock items can prevent this-


High level thieves can shoplift, which is just the best-


Empty Bottles can be filled at any pond, which can help lessen plague later-


Many potions can be dumped on things for various effects too-


Special Events are found behind Iron Doors like this-


500 Items with shitloads of effects and uses, including this stuff-


There's an activity log tracker, good for keeping track of things of course-


New enemy statuses like petrification and sleep-


Find the game way too easy? Try the Red Shirt challenge, you sadist-


And yada yada all the live long day. If you're totally bored later you can also check out ETL's gigantic news log, which has 1,000,000 updates such as these.



I received a negative / not recommended review of the game a little while ago and his concern was that the game has many flickering images which could be problematic with people with epilepsy. I absolutely agreed with this, so there's now a new splash page at the start to warn those who may be affected-


Thank you, and as always if you have any questions or suggestions about this game by all means make a post about it on the ETL board!

-Del_Duio
DXF Games