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With our latest update 1.5, we expanded the secondary specialization choices for all remaining specializations to make reaching milestones more exciting. Below, we'd like to present two combinations that were highly popular during our patch testing and might inspire you as well.

[h3]Combat Medic + Guardian[/h3]
The combination of Combat Medic and Guardian is one of my favorite setups, like a paladin in other games. Choosing Combat Medic as your primary specialization for adept gives the biggest HP increase with each level.

Choosing Guardian as your secondary specialization gives you abilities like Taunt and Defensive Stance, which not only regenerate your Magic Shield but also deflect 65% of incoming damage back to the attacker. Skills like Healing Crystal also improve your defenses by replenishing your Magic Shield and increasing your magic resistance by 40%. With an extra 25% boost from the passive Adept skill and more resistance from your Endurance attribute, you can protect yourself against all elements except chaos.

This combination lets you heal through elemental damage while also acting as both a tank and healer in the party. This way, other party members can focus only on doing damage, making the team stronger overall.



[h3]Sharpshoter + Elementalist
[/h3]The Sharpshooter specialization, with its great passive boosts for basic attacks, benefits the most from combining with the Elementalist. Elemental Rune is one of those skills that enhances your character's elemental resistance and skill power while standing on it, and it freezes enemies who try to approach you.

Additionally, the skill Frostfire Blink gives the Sharpshooter an extra escape option, similar to the Ranger class's basic roll. These two skills work perfectly to maintain the right distance, allowing the character to focus on what it does best: dealing damage.


[h3]Discover Your Perfect Combination
[/h3]The examples provided above are meant to inspire you to experiment and find the best specialization combinations that suit your playstyle. While these setups offer unique advantages, there are countless other combinations to discover. We encourage you to explore and come up with even better builds and combos. It's important to note that these examples do not include unique items and weapons, which can also be used to create excellent combinations.

We would love to hear about your innovative combinations and the strategies that work best for you. Happy experimenting!
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Thank you all for your reports. Below is our second hotfix after the 1.5 update, addressing other important issues you have reported.

Version: 1.5.2.73561; download size: 59.5MB
[h2]Changelog[/h2]

• Fixed stat limits like resistances which could have previously been abused by resistance strip
  
• Fixed translations for Sharpshooter's skills in different languages
  
• Removed automatically selecting the first specialization which could lead to selecting it accidentally
  
• Fixed an issue when hovering over an item with previewed stats being different than actual stats when the item was equipped
  
• Fixed an issue with weapon skills not being updated when weapon skill level was increased or decreased
  
• Fixed issues with extra stats from research not being properly added to units
  
• Disabled dialogue animations for overhead dialogues when the characters are in combat
  
• Fixed an issue with bugging UI animations in character creation
  
• Fixed issues in coop regarding units visibility and disabled option to select party order when no units are available to a player

Please continue to share your feedback with us. The best way to do it is via the in-game "Report Issue" option or by joining our Discord and sharing it there. If you encounter a crash, please send a report after restarting the game.

Thank you for your patience and continued support.
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Thank you all for your reports. Below is our first hotfix after the 1.5 update, addressing some of the most important issues you have reported.

Version: 1.5.1.73535; download size: 81MB

[h2]Changelog[/h2]

• Fixed a critical issue in co-op which caused the players not to be able to split their party.
  
• Fixed an issue with units not picked for the dungeon to have their abilities shown on the skill bar.
  
• Fixed an issue in co-op where in rare cases a player couldn't properly join the host.

We are aware of the remaining co-op issues and are actively working on fixes. We'll release another hotfix as soon as possible to address these and other reported problems. Thank you for your patience and continued support.
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[h3]Changes[/h3]
Since the game's release, we've consistently supported Dark Envoy. So we decide now to launched an updated demo featuring the latest version 1.5.

Here are some key features that we added since last wersion of the demo:

• Challenge Arena
  
• Training Room
  
• Complete animation overhaul for improved responsiveness
  
• Reduced bugs and improved game stability
  
• New unique enemies and random events
  
• Polished and redesigned cutscenes
  
• Updated and expanded all skills
  
• More crafting options
  

This demo provides players with the opportunity to delve into the first two main missions of the game, along with two randomly generated dungeons. Optional cooperative gameplay is also available, allowing you to team up with friends.

Take advantage of the 35% discount available until the end of the Steam Summer Sale. Now is the perfect time to dive in!

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We are excited to release our first update since the last Director's Cut update. Patch 1.5, called the Tactical Combat Update, introduces expanded specialization choices, additional skill levels, and numerous bug fixes. Balance changes include reduced weapon damage and enhanced skill power, along with difficulty adjustments to improve gameplay.

Version: 1.5.0.73523; download size: 4.1GB
[h2]Changelog[/h2]

• Extended secondary specialization choice by all remaining specializations to make reaching the milestone more exciting. For example warrior characters will be able to become elementalist, gunslinger or technomancer.
• Introduced additional levels for both active and passive skill (4th and 3rd respectively) for base class and first specialization. Skill costs of additional level equals 2, but their mana cost remains the same.
• Fixed a potential issue with game breaking in case unit wasn't properly removed when leaving a dungeon
  
• Fixed an issue with auras (e.g. from chaos armor enchantment) triggering with every unit attack
  
• Fixed an issue with multishot enchantment not applying resistance strip even when applied on items with resistance strip
  
• Vasso will now join us in autonomous mode during tutorial sequence
  
• Party will automatically be reselected after Vasso leaves during tutorial sequence
  
• Fixed a critical issue with input hotkeys not working for players who had played earlier versions of the game
  
• Fixed an issue with inventory item slots not updating correctly when lots of items were sold and the inventory was almost emptied
  
• Improved camera fade in/out during dialogues and cutscenes in game
  
• Lighting improvements in cutscenes in chapter 1 and 2, and Capital Ruga Quest
  
• Fixed an issue with player not being able to interact with quest characters if settings from a previous version of the game were corrupted
  
• Suggested characters will now be shown when selecting party for different quests
  
• Characters not added to party will now be presented as holograms when taking part in dialogues
  
• Fixed bug with damaging auras that dealt damage multiple times (cooldown reset every time unit attacked).
  
• Fixed Gunslinger’s Stream of Metal issue where bullets were stopped by allied units.
  
• Fixed some audio issues on skills.
  
• Fixed a game breaking bug in explosions challenge that prevented players from completing the challenge

[h2]Balance Changes and Crafting Changes
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[h3]Weapons:
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All tier 2 and 3 weapons damage (both melee and ranged) was slightly reduced across the board as we received feedback that they were too powerful in comparison to skills:

• Tier 2 weapons damage reduced by 2
• Tier 3 weapons damage reduced by 10

In addition to that we reduced crit chance and crit damage values that could be rolled during crafting as secondary stats. Those values are doubled for two handed weapons.

Crit chance Crit damage

[h3]Skills general boost
[/h3]Most of the skills in base classes remained at the same power level as before.

All of the specialization’s active skills were buffed across the board by increasing their damage, summons duration, buff duration etc.

Indirect buff to skills in crafting - allowing Skill Power to roll in additional stats for weapons. Detailed values (doubled for two handed weapons) below:

Skill power

[h3]Debuff nerf
[/h3]As it was possible to strip all of the enemy stats we added cap for strip status effects:

• Armor strip cap introduced at 50 stacks
• Resistance strip cap introduced at 25 stacks

[h3]Difficulty changes
[/h3]We decided to make some changes in difficulties as we received some feedback that for some players the highest difficulty is too easy and vice versa normal difficulty is too difficult.

To target those issues we:

• Added 10% damage reduction at normal difficulty. If it is still too hard we recommend decreasing it even further.
  
• Buffed enemies hp on insane difficulty to make fights longer and force to build more tanky instead glass cannon raw damage:
  
  • Normal enemies from 5% to 25% hp increase per party level
    
  • Boss enemies from 2% to 25% hp increase per party level

We hope these updates enhance your experience and make the game even more enjoyable. Thank you for your continued support and feedback.
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