Cross of Auria News

In my quest to make the game more accessible to new players, I have moved the bulk of events and challenges from the Colosseum Basement to the Veil. I'm developing a new process for future events with a concept similar to the horseman DLC, but more on that later.
This update introduces a few more zones as timelost, so it was imperative to get it out there ASAP.

The upstairs events in the Colosseum will remain where they are for the time being.

5.1.3 [Build #117, Release Date: January 08, 2021] Bugs to look for: Report them as a comment to the most recent patch notes.
- All Veil transfers should direct to where the corresponding Watcher suggests they will.

DLC Changes:
- A Watcher in the Veil now exchanges the materials required for the Hallows++ gear in the form of a shop. The terminal in the Colosseum Basement has been removed. Overall cost to purchase remains the same.

Timelost:
- The Colosseum entrance to the Headless Horseman DLC has been timelost. If you saved your game there, leave the zone and save elsewhere before the next timelost purge. The new Veil entrance to the Horseman DLC will serve as the permanent location.
- The Trophy Hall has been timelost and save restricted.

General Updates & Changes:
- Paths to newly timelost zones have been blocked and these zones are now save restricted.
- The event version of the Veil has been expanded to include rifts and other events formerly housed in the Colosseum. DLC store pages have been updated to reflect the new location of these rifts.
- The Colosseum basement has collapsed and can no longer be entered.
- Scorpio's Pupil (event) now has a visible passive barrier regen, has greatly increased stats, and has adjusted Pit Coin drop rates.
- Eldritch Wretch (event) now has greatly increased stats and adjusted Pit Coin drop rates.
- Each gazer from the Jelly Trio (event) now have chances to drop Pit Coins.
- One of the Watchers in the Veil will now cycle Hollows+ gear, destroying socketed gems but allowing the weapons to be Disassembled into frames. These frames are required for crafting Hollows++ gear. Destroyed gems will not be refunded. This process does not need to be done if the Hollows+ weapons are obtained after this patch is downloaded, as newly acquired gear will have the disassembly flag built in.

Ever since I created Amaya and Eurus, I've been looking at the other four main characters and thinking about what other kinds of abilities they should have to help make combat more interesting. It took dozens of hours, but I came up with something. Here is the first look at that.

And by first look, I mean that I'm in the process of final testing and this will be in the live version of the game later today or tomorrow morning. Look for version 5.1.2 in the Info section to know if it is live.

Memoria can be found using a telepad in the permanent version of the Veil. This telepad is located closest to the one that leads to Ruby's House.

Introducing...

- In this location, players can choose to have Ruby learn new skills.
- There are 24 available skills to be chosen, but it is only possible to pick 20 (at level 99), so choose wisely!
- One "Memory Shard" is obtained on every 5th level, and then an additional one at level 99. Use these at the statue which corresponds with the skill you want Ruby to learn. A shard will be lost upon each activation.
- Each path leads to stronger skills of a similar type, but not to worry, there's no guesswork involved because the details of every skill in this area are outlined below. To get to the strongest electric skill, the previous four must be learned first.

[h2]Skill Details[/h2]
Note 1: I have done my best to copy everything over, but the occasional detail about warmup and cooldowns may have been unintentionally omitted from both the tooltip in-game or the description here.
Note 2: The data you are about to read is more complete than the tooltip in-game due to the limitations on space for skill effects.
Note 3: If a skill from Memoria doesn't learn or perform as intended, please reach out via comment ASAP and I'll look into it. Memoria was built without the use of self switches or other entanglements, so fixes should be easy... I hope

[h3]Defense (Left)[/h3]
- Sentinel: Increases defense and chance to be targeted. (30%). Cost: 20 TP.
- Bulwark: Increase defense (33%) for 5 turns. Reduce physical damage taken for 5 turns. (33%). Cost: 25 TP.
- Guardian Angel: Greatly increase chance to be targeted for 7 turns. Cost: 25 MP.
- Sword Dance: Adds chance to counter physical attacks for 6 turns. Cost: 30 TP.
- Omniwall: Increase elemental resistances by 20% for 5 turns. Cost: 50 MP.

[h3]Magic (Mid-Left)[/h3]
- Meditation: Restore 30% HP and 30% MP immediately and an additional 30% over time. Reduces TP gained for 3 turns. Cost: 75 TP.
- Spark Storm: Barrage a single target with 5 electric charges. Cooldown: 3 turns. On-Hit: Stun (6%) Cost: 50 MP.
- Arcane Cannon: Increases target's magic by 50% for 3 turns. Adds arcane to normal attacks. Action Speed: +60. Cost: 40 MP & 20 TP.
- Arcstorm: Strike all enemies with violent arcbolts. Lasts 3-5 turns. Warmup: 2 turns. Cooldown: 5 turns. Cost: 30 MP.
- Sacrifice: Reduce HP to 1. Restore 2x that amount to allies. Deal 3x that amount to a random enemy. Cost: 100 MP.

[h3]Electric (Center)[/h3]
- Lightningwalk: Reduces resistance to dark. Cooldown: 1 turn. Damage greatly increased if used after Shadowstep. Cost: 30 TP.
- Spark+: A magick attack imbued with electricity. Strikes twice. Electric effectiveness increases with each use. Cooldown: 1 turn. Cost: 20 MP.
- Energize: Adds electric to an ally's normal attacks for 7 turns. Cost: 30 MP.
- Crossbolt: Deliver two devastating electric blows to a single enemy. Electric effectiveness decreases by 2 with each use. Warmup: 3 turns. Cooldown: 3 turns. Cost: 20 MP & 25 TP.
- Statue {not a skill} - Allows Ruby to upgrade Sparkstrike to Lightningstrike at the cost of 150 Electric Power. Then, allows Lightningstrike to be upgraded to Bolt Cutter at the cost of 300 Electric Power.
- Sparkstrike formula: (a.atk * 3) + (a.mat) + (v[03] / 4). Cost: 5 MP & 10 TP.
- Lightningstrike formula: (a.atk * 4) + (a.mat) + (v[03] / 3). Cost: 10 MP & 15 TP.
- Bolt Cutter formula: (a.atk * 4) + (a.mat * 2) + (v[03] / 2). Cost: 15 MP & 20 TP.
v[03] indicates the "electric power" variable. Note: If you have a save file from before the quest for Lightninstrike and Bolt Cutter were removed from the game, you will still have to pay the statue to progress Sparkstrike even if Lightningstrike is already learned. However, if Ruby already knows Bolt Cutter, you don't need to interact with the statue at all.

[h3]Holy (Mid-Right)[/h3]
- Light's Shackle: Damage & stun a target for 1 turn. Cooldown: 3 turns. Cost: 30 MP.
- Seraph's Gaze: Removes all parameter changes from enemies. Cost: 50 MP. {This skill removes all "Buffs" and "Debuffs" to parameters and removes all custom parameter enhancement and deficits between #400-448}
- Skybeam: A devastating beam of light burns into all enemies. Electric Synergy. On-Hit: Burn (10%). Cost: 75 MP.
- Exorcise: Deals devastating damage to a single target. Cooldown: 10 turns. Action Speed: +30. Cost: 120 MP.
- Return Spirit: Restores a KO'd character to 100% HP. Cooldown: 1 turn. Adds Holy element to their attacks and greatly boosts DEF/MDF. Cost: 40 MP & 20 TP.

[h3]Dark (Right)[/h3]
- Shadowstep: Reduces resistance to electric. Cooldown: 1 turn. Damage greatly increased if used after Lightningwalk. Cost: 30 TP.
- Shadowspark: A magick attack imbued with dark. Strikes twice. Electric Synergy. Cooldown: 1 turn. Cost: 20 MP.
- Blinding Slash: Dark. Action Speed: +10. On-Hit: Blind (30%). Stun (20%). Cost: 2 MP & 10 TP.
- Shadow Spike: Barrage a single target with 3 dark charges. Cooldown: 2 turns. On-Hit: Stun (6%). Cost: 50 MP.
- Emblem of the Night: Curse an enemy to take damage for the remainder of battle. The target also takes increased electric and dark damage. Cost: 50 MP & 100 TP.




5.1.2 [Build #114, Release Date: December 31, 2021] Notice:
- All zones marked as Timelost will be completely removed from the game at the start of 5.2.0.
- Loading a save file located in a time lost zone will result in a game crash. This is not an issue that can be fixed.
- The most recent of these zones became timelost on December 12th, 2021. They will be deleted on or after February 1st, 2022.
- The removal of these maps and the events contained within frees up both file space and in-game data space. There are only so many maps that RMMV can generate. For as long as there are maps taking up excess back-end data, new maps can not be created.

Notice / Future Cleanup:
- At some point in the future, the following zones will become Timelost and subsequently removed from the game. They will be replaced by a single larger map instead of multiple smaller maps. It takes a great deal of testing to make sure the entanglement of the multi-map setup is correctly passed to the single-map setup, so these will not be an all-at-once endeavor. Stay tuned to future updates for details.
-- Den An'ura (First Pass)
-- Den An'ura (Return)
-- Rift An'ura (Lv. 20)
-- Scarlet Cavern
-- Hell's Gate
-- Frost Forest
-- The Black Forest

New:
- New key tooltip term: "Electric Synergy". This term is used to show items, skills, and effects which benefit from but do not contribute to Ruby's electric power.

General Updates & Changes:
- Most flashing in the Veil zones have been replaced with Neutral 1 animations instead.
- The Hall of Challengers is being transformed into a lifeless monster-filled arena. The size of this location is now more in line with how it appears from the outside and its contents are more in line with the emptiness of Agartha. The challenge can be started once Ruby is at least level 15. Enemies in this area are fixed at level 30.
- Each newly acquired piece of the Challenger's Battleguard set now increases resistance to all elements by 5%.
- Removed the respawn restriction of the Headless challenge DLC. This challenge may be undertaken in rapid succession without the need to clear the upstairs activitiy in between challenges.

Skill Changes:
- Singlehand Stance will now apply a 3% per turn TP regeneration for 5 turns.
- Doublehand Stance will now apply a 3% per turn MP regeneration for 5 turns.
- Changed tooltip info for Ruby's electric attacks to take less space.
- Reduced Sparkstrike's Normal Attack to 20%.
- Reduced Lightningstrike's Normal Attack to 50%.
- Reduced Bolt Cutter's Normal Attack to 75%.

Other:
- Removed the inner Hall of Challengers arenas from the package data.
- Removed data for Battlefront enemies and blocked access to the battlefront for the time being.
- Removed data for most remaining custom Pit and Gauntlet enemies. Transferred data for custom Pit bosses to the in-development section of the game data.

Notes:
- Minigame Megathread was updated on December 28th, 2021 to reflect the changes to the Gauntlet and Battlefront and to include the addition of Yuelslain's Village.


5.1.2.1 [Build #115, Release Date: December 31, 2021] New:
- New key tooltip term: Electric Alignment. This term is used on items, skills, and effects to indicate contribution to and benefit from the Electric Power variable. Unless otherwise specified, each usage will increase Electric Power by 1. Skills will read: "Electric Alignment: (%benefit from electric power)."
- New key term: Diminish. This term is used in conjunction with parameters. Skills that formerly said "May reduce enemy defense: (chance%)" now say "Diminish Defense of target by amount: (chance%)." If the chance is guaranteed on hit, that portion is omitted. Target may be replaced with self, allies, enemies, etc.
- New key term: Boost. This term is used similarly to Diminish but to signifiy increases to stats instead of reductions. Skills that formerly said "Increases attack of allies" will instead say "amount% Attack Boost of target: (chance%)." If the chance is guaranteed on hit, that portion is omitted. Target may be replaced with self, allies, enemies, etc.

Skill Changes:
- Arcane Shock II now has a 1 turn cooldown.
- Flame Shock and Frost Shock have had their power reduced from (a.mat * 4) to (a.mat * 3) to be in line with Arcane Shock I.
- Updated tooltips for many skills.
- Smoke Bomb damage increased from (a.atk) to (a.atk * 2), type changed from Physical to Dark, and tooltip updated.
- Smoke Blast changed from Physical to Dark.
- Suppressor Bomb and Suppression Blast changed from Physical to Soul.
- Suppression Blast & Sludge Blast damage increased from (a.atk * 3) to (a.atk * 4) to match Smoke Blast.
- Expose Weakness now deals (a.atk) physical damage, can critical, can miss, is a physical attack instead of certain hit, and has an Action Speed of +10 instead of +5.
- Skills which referenced "wind vulnerability" now display the state's name "Air Current" instead.
- Skills which referenced "wind weakness" now display the state's new name "Sharp Gusts". Still only the level 1 effect chance is displayed. All skills which can apply Sharp Gusts I can also apply Sharp Gusts II & III at lesser rates.
- Crush Armor no longer costs MP.
- Insatiable Ravager damage per hit increased from (a.atk * 2) to (a.atk * 3) and variance increased from 5% to 20%.
- Ravage can now critically hit.
- The Lightning Rage abilities Double-Strike, Triple-Strike, and Spark Shock can now critically hit.
- Cleave+ now deals (a.atk * 3) damage, up from (a.atk * 2).
- Wicked Strike now deals (a.atk * 10) damage, up from (a.atk * 8).
- Arcane Missile now has a 1 turn cooldown.
- Thunderstorm now has 25% Electric Synergy.

Other:
- Moving forward, "On-Hit" will be reserved for skills that have the potential to strike more than once per turn. Ex: On-Hit: Warp (200) for Warpstrike III indicates that all three hits will take off 200 barrier, for a total of 600 in addition to the regular damage done by the skill.


5.1.2.2 [Build #116, Release Date: December 31, 2021] Updates & Changes:
- Adjusted the remaining skills not updated by the 5.1.2.1 build to conform to the new tooltip style.
- Game version now properly reads 5.1.2.2 on Info screen. Patch Notes file incorrectly shows 5.1.3 where 5.1.2.2 should be.

Occasionally when I do these posts, I give a little insight into what is being worked on or what my goals are, but it's usually attached to the tail end of a patch notes briefing. Today we're going to have a look at the broader scope of goals for the near future, in list format in no particular order. Included will be some status notes about their development progress if there is any to mention.

The following are goals to be completed during the 5.1.X versions of the game. All updates between now and 5.2 will work toward these goals.

* Completion and finalization of Yuel's Castle. Then, a look at potentially downscaling difficulty in the entire zone if needed.
- The design for the interior of Yuel's Castle is already complete. Making the area interesting is far from finished.
- Will continue to release as area blocks until completed, similar to how Library and Prison were released.

* Creation of Yuelslain's Monarch DLC.
- Not yet in development pending the finalization of Yuel's Castle.
- Will allows the re-challenging of bosses from Yuel's Castle on a permanent basis for more / different loot.
- Adds a unique extra boss.

* Transformation of the Hall of Challengers.
- Gauntlet and Pit data will be permanently removed from the game.
- Zone has already been redesigned with the west wing partially filled with new level 30 challenges.
- Original custom Pit bosses scaled up to Lv. 30.
- The decision to transform this area in this way comes from observing the difficulty of Yuel's Castle relative to what equipment Ruby's party has access to. Also, the coding for both the Pit and the Gauntlet proved to be too complicated and glitchy over the long haul and needed to be significantly reduced to function.

* Addition of a second Colosseum challenge
- Since the birth of the Colosseum, I've only had a single challenge for a reimagined state of Den An'ura. However, the goal was always to have reimagined versions of every dungeon Ruby goes through with similar yet more complex trials.
- Scarlet Cavern will make an appearance as the next Colosseum trial with an expanded single map.
- Scarlet Cavern map is already completed. Once a gearset, enemy list, and economy has been established, this will be added to the portal left of the An'ura Rift.
- Current goal is level 30-40 range for the dungeon with primarily Fire and Earth type enemies.

* Removal of multi-map locations
- This is already partially in progress, found in patch notes as when zones become Timelost.
- The engine has a finite number of "maps" which can be stored in its database, and the concept of small multi-map zones is wasteful of limited resources.
- Will remove both version of Den An'ura, Scarlet Cavern, Hell's Gate, and Black Forest to replace them with single maps that serve the same function as the original.
- Once a map becomes Timelost, players have until the next major patch or 2 months to save in a non-timelost zone.
- Loading a save file in a Timelost zone will result in a game crash. That save file will be unrecoverable. To prevent this, future Timelost zones will become save restricted in an update leading up to them becoming Timelost. The overall time between a map becoming save restricted and being removed from the game should usually be roughly 3 months.

* Creation of Battle Series X
- I introduced this concept in a previous update and pretty much haven't said anything about it since. Don't worry, it hasn't been scrapped and I haven't forgotten about it. During the creation of the "Zodiac Overwatch", I discovered some things about plugins I had installed but not used - like Item Synthesis and Item Disassembly. Since then, the concept of the Crafting menu, breaking down items, and learning skills via items has found its way to other parts of the game even though they originated here in this unreleased DLC.
- Currently, Battle Series X hosts level 25 zodiac-themed bosses. "Trash mobs" haven't been thoroughly created yet, but will be in the 15-25 range.
- Data for an entire set of gear is already included in the game package for this area.
- This area, unlike Yuelslain's Village, does not have an overarching story or integration in the quest log. The map for this zone is also already finished, so the lack of quest log entanglement is unlikely to change.
- The concept for Battle Series X came months before Yuelslain's Village, but around Halloween 2021 I decided to make a Christmas themed event that evolved into what became YV.
- Once completed, Battle Series X will release as a free DLC, just like Yuelslain's Village. The reason for this is effectively to keep separate from the primary game package extra data which isn't always desired. Removing BSX from your game package won't cause you to lose any of the items obtained from the area, but will cause a game crash if you do so while saved in the Zodiac Overwatch. The same concept applies to all subzones of Yuelslain's Village, and will carry over to all other DLC packs.

Beyond 5.1.X
Following the completion of all the above goals, focus will shift back to moving the main story forward through Sha'ri (bottom right of world map) and potentially Castalia (bottom left).
- Completion of the Orc War campaign and introduction to the next campaign.
- Dojo in Lvell for all time periods.
- Inn in Lvell for all time periods.
- Usage of Alpha Ruins
- Terra Anatis sidequest
- Obscurite explorable


Beyond Orc War Campaign
Once everything you have read above this section has been completed, it will be time to evaluate whether continued development on CoA is a wise business decision for me. There are other game ideas I want to pursue, both on RMMV and on Unity, in addition to the work I do as a content creator and live streamer. Ever since making CoA F2P, thousands more people have been able to pick up and try the game - which I love. However, as a solo developer, I have to consider how best to feed my family. If development on CoA were to come to a halt, it would likely only be temporary while a new project was made from start to finish. On the other hand, if any of my other business ventures started to pick up, it's likely that development on CoA would cease immediately and permanently. Since there is no current "end of the game" ever since I abandoned the idea of releasing CoA in $0.99 chapters, everything above can be summarized as: develop a clear ending to the main story & add post-game things to do. That's it right there. That's the current overall goal. On the other hand, who knows - if for some reason the paid DLC I have in mind does exceedingly well, there would be no reason to pursue other ventures. I know a lot of developers don't talk about this kind of thing, but it's important to highlight that I'm not a teenager. In fact, I'm 32 with 2 kids, but I still struggle with the idea of abandoning a profitless project because it's something that I love.

Solemness aside, thank you for reading if you got this far, and I'll see you in the next patch notes which will probably be in 3 or so days. Next update is already loaded with fixes and removals of unused data and partial change to Hall of Challengers.

Enjoy the new year everyone
//Hardytier

Development on the newest content is still in full swing! It is my goal to release complete pieces as soon as they are finished, so expect more of these updates in the 5.1 series until Yuelslain's Village and Yuel's Castle are complete!

I like to picture Yuel's Castle as the first real raid-style location in the game - so I have been treating it exactly like that. What could have been a simple location with a final boss of the area has transformed into a multi-boss loot-filled challenge location and I have enjoyed creating it so far, more so than I've enjoyed a lot of development for a long time. I do still worry that it is too tough relative to the strength playable characters can currently attain, so let me know if you're finding the challenge to be insurmountable.

5.1.1 Highlights:
- Two quests from the remaining villagers who did not offer quests, beginning once the masked villagers move on the castle.
- Yuel's Castle is open with full access to the Library and Prison areas. Banquet Hall and beyond remain closed for now.


5.1.1 [Build #113, Release Date: December 27, 2021] Issues to look for: Report them as a comment to the most recent patch notes.
- Inability to progress to Yuel's Castle, but before the Banquet Hall.
- Inability to defeat enemies in Yuelslain's Village or other DLC areas.
- Library boss does not appear after all local enemies have been defeated.

Yuelslain's Village:
- Randomized chests (gold) have been added to the expanse area.
- The Library Wing and Prison Block of Yuel's Castle are now available. The blocker object to the banquet hall will be removed in the next update.

New:
- Introducing Regeneration II - heals 1/10th all allies HP and has a 25% chance to remove Burn, Poison, Bleed, TP Degeneration, MP Degeneration, Fear, Mind Control, Disable, Silence, and Soulbroken! Additionally, this skill has a 5% chance to apply Omni-Resistance I, which removes and resists all of those states simultaneously until the end of the next turn. A guide for this skill will drop from a boss inside Yuel's Castle, but only one of these will be available for now. Use it wisely!

Fixes:
- Removed the weapon requirement from Miles's bombs. Amaya should be able to use thermite grenade properly now.
- Wind tomes now correctly apply Wind-type damage.
- Curse of Sloth, Envy, and Pride have been changed to Soul type.

Updates & Changes:
- States applied by element tomes have had their icons updated.
- Data for all elemental enchantment tomes has been filled out.

Other:
- Removed all code for the functionality of creating elemental flasks using the mixing stations.

5.1.1.1 & 5.1.1.2 Adjustments:
- Blocked access to the Battlefront and removed some package data for the area.
- Adjusted the Hall of Challengers - details to come in 5.1.2.
- Removed the Save restriction from Yuelslain's Village.
- Fixed a texture hiccup in one of the YV houses.
- Removed Shadowstep and Lightningwalk from Ruby's level up tree that were left over from Memoria development.
- Added skills to the Overmind.
- These updates do not change the in-game displayed version, but have already been deployed.

The first part of Yuelslain's Village is now available. Truth be told, I had intended not to make it much longer than it is now, but then it dawned on me that Yuel should have a castle so rather than rush it out, I've blocked off the area. Like most of you, I will be celebrating the holidays with my family, so while bug reports may pile up, I won't be able to get to any of them until the day after Christmas at the very earliest. I've never made something that functions the way this DLC does with so many pieces that aren't included in the base game package, so I'm expecting some hiccups but have yet to find any on my own.

I think my biggest question is - "Is the challenge too difficult?". So, if you happen to make it up to the castle where the save restriction is, let me know that you were able to make it there! If you're getting absolutely demolished, let's talk about it. This is the first major area to be released which uses the 2nd generation enemy stat roll system.

Since I will be busy tomorrow and Christmas day, I will mark the DLC as able to be downloaded immediately after posting this message. Have a happy holidays, everyone!

5.1.0 [Build #112, Release Date: December 23, 2021] Bugs to look for: Report them as a comment to the most recent patch notes.
- Unable to make quest progress in Yuelslain's Village. Include details about which quest and what you have done right before encountering the issue.
- Anything that doesn't work correctly - such as the Quest Log, transfers from one map to another in YS, missing enemy data, any crashes, etc.

New:
- Yuelslain's Village is now available! Visit the store page for more information: (Yuelslain's Village Store Page).
-- Yuelslain's Village is still in development. A zone in the top right of the map is currently blocked pending finalization. A warning will pop up when you get to close saying that the save feature has been restricted. By simply turning around to the tile just before that one, Save will be re-enabled.
- A new beginner's guide is available @ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2689252544. This guide covers basic controls, main menu details, specifics to understand character stats and parameters, a text version of the elemental resistances chart, and the basic Google Sheets graphic I used to create and reference those elemental resistances.

Updates & Changes:
- The tier 2 poison physical attacks are now named "Toxinstrike".
- System iconset has been updated for Warp, Barrier, Wind-Weak, and other statuses.
- Air Current now resets its turns on re-application instead of adding turns and has a fixed duration of 5.

Known Issues:
- When using a guide book item, it appears that you can use it on multiple characters. However, the effect only functions for as many books as you have. Using a guide book you only have one of on all 6 characters will only grant the skill to the first character it was used on. As far as I can tell, this display hiccup is not something that can be fixed when using learn skill consumable items. The single-use nature of guide books functions as intended.

Notes:
- Warp, Warpstrike I-V, & Warpspark all apply the Warp states at the same rate per hit - Warp I: 66%, Warp II: 50%, Warp III: 33%, Warp IV: 10%, Warp V: 3%. This information is not included in the tooltip. Instead, it reads "May cause massive barrier degeneration over time."
- Each of the Warp states may be applied simultaneously.
- Multiple Wind-Weak I-III applications will increase the remaining duration. Applying a higher tier of Wind-Weak will give the target immunity to the lower tiers and set the duration relative to if the debuff had just been applied.