Balance & Visual Pass 13.5

Some visual improvements, a variety of balance changes, and a fix to undetected input on a controller.

VFX

• Improved the lighting effects

• Improved the look of ground drops

• Improved the collecting soul animation

• Improved the shoot particles

• Improved the animation of the gun firing

• Improved the visuals of the enemies

• Improved the look of the player’s bullet

Changes

• Increased the drop chance of Runes by 50%

• Modified the rarity of properties in the artifact pool

• Increased max projectile size: 16 -> 20

• Knockback now applies faster

• Reworked how buffs work

  • Before: Small percentage stacking buff decaying over 6 seconds

  • Now: Gain a charge until the buff is triggered, giving a 20% increase lasting for 8 seconds

Armaments

• Increased Projectile Size by 25%

• Default Knockback 0% -> 25%

• Madrugar: Range 30 -> 20

• The Judge: Range 20 -> 14

• Orgrish Thumper: Range 10 -> 6

• Sashek’s Draught: Range 30 -> 28

• Borrilis Blaster: Range 30 -> 24

• Virin’s Atomizer: Fire Rate 500 -> 480

• Virin’s Atomizer: Range 30 -> 28

Runes

• Calibler Rune now gives Max Projectile Size

• Hoarder Rune now gives Trinket Quality

• Maelstrom Rune no longer banishes different artifact tags

• Maelstrom Rune: Projectile Count 3 -> 20%

• Runes now have artifact tags

Artifacts

• Bonus to Range on Special Hit: 25% -> 20%

• Explosive no longer triggers when hitting Obstacles

• M`Thrgdr's Stunt: Range: 25% -> 20%

• M’Trgdar’s Mayhem: chance to not expend bounce 70% -> 50%

• Tome of Flight: Dash Cooldown 25% -> 20%

• C’Luthu’s Wind: Chance to not consume Dash Charge 30% -> 25%

• C’Luthu’s Wind: Dash Charges 3 -> 2

• C’Luthu’s Wind: Dash Speed 30% -> 20%

• Ska-Thish’s Gift: Dash Charges 2 -> 3

• C’Luthu’s Flight damage deal on collision can now critically hit

• C’Luthu’s Flight: Dash Cooldown 25% -> 20%

• C`Luthu's Gale: Chance to not consume Dash Charge 50% -> 40%

• C`Luthu's Gale: Dash Charges 5 -> 4

• C`Luthu's Gale: Dash Cooldown 50% -> 40%

• C`Luthu's Gale: Dash Speed 50% -> 40%

• C`Luthu's Gale: Dash Duration 50% -> 40%

• Ska-Thish’s Dagger: Dash Charges 3 -> 4

Fixes

• Fixed the game not detecting the controller input when it should

• Fixed Aetheric Gloves showing up when not having the requirements

• Fixed the Silent Soul having a similar color to the Eldritch Soul

• Fixed the Hoarder Rune being unobtainable

• Fixed the Caliber Rune being unobtainable

• Fixed Uzushug Dismay, creating a death spiral to performance

• Fixed Tirbulations saying they are locked when they are not

• Fixed Screen Messages not appearing

• Fixed Converters artifacts missing from the pool of artifacts

• Fixed many artifacts not working with Soul Fire or Explosive damage

• Fixed Typos in artifacts