Alpha 1.14 Release Notes: Armor Overhaul & Combat Depth

🎮 NEW FEATURES

New Combat Abilities

Bleed

• Your melee attacks can now make enemies bleed, dealing damage over time

• Bleeds stack up to trigger "Hemorrhage" - a massive damage burst at 3 stacks

• When bleeding enemies die, the bleed effect transfers to nearby enemies

• Scales with your Strength

Steel Tempest

• Hit one enemy, damage multiple! Each weapon swing sends phantom strikes to nearby enemies

• The higher your level, the more enemies get hit per swing

• Great for clearing groups of enemies

Sword Summon

• Summons a magical floating sword that fights alongside you

• Automatically attacks enemies and orbits around you when idle

• Gets faster and stronger as you level it up

• Damages enemies both on direct hits and while passing through them

Lightning Chain (Improved)

• Now uses a charge system - each swing can trigger multiple lightning strikes

• Better at chaining through groups of enemies

Character Progression

Four New Equipment Slots

• Necklace, Belt, Ring 1, and Ring 2

• More ways to customize your build

Controls & Interface

Smart Controller Detection

• Game now auto-detects when you switch between keyboard/mouse and controller

• Button prompts update automatically

• Full support for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC controllers

⚖️ BALANCE CHANGES

Stat Upgrade Rebalancing

• Vitality: +10 health per level (was +1) - huge buff!

• Armor: +5 per level (was +10)

• Magic Resist: +5 per level (was +10)

• Movement Speed: +7.5% per level (was +10%)

• Attack Speed: +7.5% per level (was +15%)

• Dodge Strength: +10% per level (was +20%)

• Shield: +10 per level (was +20)

• Attack Range: +55% per level (was +47%)

• NEW Spell Cast Speed: +7.5% per level (separate from attack speed!)

🐛 BUG FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS

Combat

• Fixed boss fight music not playing correctly

• Enemies can now be pushed back when you dodge or sprint near them

• Better auto-targeting that prioritizes enemies in front of you

• Rolling is more responsive and can interrupt more actions

• Fixed abilities triggering incorrectly or causing infinite loops

Multiplayer

• Fixed crashes when switching scenes

• Improved enemy spawning and synchronization

• Hosts can now properly share dynamically spawned enemies with clients

• Better handling of players joining/leaving

• Reduced network bandwidth usage

UI & Performance

• Stats now display as percentages where appropriate

• Cleaner number formatting throughout

• Improved spell wheel responsiveness

• Better menu navigation

• Fixed memory leaks and crashes

• Smaller save file sizes