[0.6.45] Updates

I want to open this release by talking about Patreon. After receiving a lot of feedback, I have decided to not give Patreon early access to builds. Going forward we will be returning to simultaneous releases.

Changes

• Added branching relationship paths for Aei Ma, Pi Lip, Zi Liang, and Lingxi Gian.

  • Added extensive unique dialogue for Aei Ma and Lingxi Gian during combat, meditation, and crafting interactions based on the chosen path.

• Expanded the festival tournament mechanics.

  • You can now enter tournaments above your realm.

  • Added many unique dialog entries depending on your actions through the tournaments.

• Improved Realm-Awareness for NPCs across the world, updating greetings and interactions based on player progression.

• Improved UI and Quality of Life:

  • Added a 'Hide Empty Slot Warnings' toggle to the Options menu to suppress notification badges on the Crafting and Technique screens.

  • Added name-based search filters to the Recipe Library and Herb Garden planting mode.

  • Increased the clickable hit area of 'Close' buttons across all menus.

  • Improved tooltip layout by vertically centering icons for long item names and removing excessive margins on enchantment tooltips.

  • Updated the item quest requirement icon from a bell to an exclamation mark.

• Updated character images for NPCs Pi Lip, Jiaohua Lin, Lingxi Gian, Tidao Feng, and Aei Ma.

• Changed the Hungry Ghoul Realmbreaker to a permanent incandescent-rarity world encounter in the Sinner's Pit.

• AddedImproved the Crafting system interface and feedback-Added a 'Luck Analysis' section to the Crafting Complete screen, displaying success/failure statistics, average expected percentages, and a 'Luck Score' percentile. -Added a distribution bar chart to the results screen to visualize the probability curve of crafting outcomes.

• Added Stability mastery support to the 'Wait' crafting action.

• Added a display to Technique Crystal tooltips showing the count of lower realm fallback techniques available if all primary techniques are already known.

• Removed the requirement for players to be in the Qi Condensation realm to access the mystical region.

• Added a 'Disable Crits' checkbox to the Training Ground Combat Preparation Dialog to force critical hit chance to 0 for the player and party.

• Introduced a global pity system for rare location events that increases rarity weight by up to 5x after approximately 40 failed attempts.

• Added player-specific luck distribution for rare events based on the character's name, applying weight multipliers of 10x, 8x, 4x, and 2x to different rare events.

• Introduced Pillar Patterns to the Pillar Grid to allow placing pre-defined layouts of shards.

• Changed the equipment picker to grey out duplicate item types rather than hiding them, adding tooltips to explain slot requirements.

• Improved the gifting system to allow Improved (+) and Sublime (S) item variants as gifts, providing 2 and 3 approval respectively.

• Added the Sublime (S) version of the Heaven's Guardian Array to its crafting recipe.

• Updated the Weakness stat tooltip to show a maximum stack count of 15 instead of 150%.

Balance Changes

• Buffed 'Channel Attunement' technique for puppets:

  • Ascended Puppet (Celestial) now grants 5 stacks of sunlight (up from 3).

  • Ascended Puppet (Chromatic) now grants 2 stacks of sunlight (up from 1).

  • Attuned Puppet (Celestial) now grants 3 stacks of sunlight (up from 1).

• Increased 'Breaker Detonation' damage on the Third Fang Spear+ to 0.98 of Artefact Power.

• Rebalanced the 'Cross-pollination' technique (Blossom school, Pillar Creation realm) to require at least 1 stack of Razor Blossom and 1 stack of Iron Blossom for activation.

• Increased the maximum barrier mitigation cap for Shadow Shroud V (Pillar Creation realm) from 25% to 35%.

• Rebalanced Pillar Shards:

  • Renamed "Internal Resistance Shard" to "Origin Attunement Shard." Adjusted bonuses from 15% Resistance to 10% Resistance