Patch Notes 1.2.0

1.2.0 Patch Notes

This update enhances overall game pacing, significantly reduces the need for grinding, and introduces quality-of-life enhancements. It also addresses major bugs and introduces a new feature: “Unusual Foes”.

Improvements & Changes

Adventuring & Level Design Changes

• Scourge bosses will now show up at the end of story levels to award badges, reducing the need for additional adventures to obtain their badges.

• The badge requirement to progress has also been reduced.

• The length of all scout adventures has been drastically reduced.

• Some foes may be marked as an “ Unusual Foe,” granting them various buffs (or debuffs) that may change the dynamics of the battle.

• Increased the quantity and availability of materials that can be harvested. Each location on the map has fixed material types that will always be available there.

• Shortened the length of levels to never be longer than 14 rooms across.

• Narration will play less frequently when looting items.

• Before the final room in a level, instead of always encountering a camp, you might encounter a merchant instead.

• When loading into a level that has been updated by a patch, the player will be safely returned to the Lair to prevent any data loss.

• Stygian Skull will start with 3 Rising Inferno counters instead of 5.

• Mimics have been buffed to make them slightly more challenging.

Gameplay & Quality of Life Improvements

• Added a prompt to warn the player about ending the campaign before entering the final level.

• Guilds are no longer needed for a goblin to change class, as long as the class is unlocked.

• Material count is displayed in a more prominent area in the Lair. It is also easier to see the materials needed to upgrade each room.

• Tooltips of materials will now state what rooms they are used for.

• The number of times a goblin can redraw abilities is now counted per battle instead of per adventure, allowing them to redraw abilities more frequently.

• Level 3 Guild bonuses that affect power have been rebalanced.

• Peons have a new passive ability. Bringing a peon along will enable you to harvest twice when gathering materials.

• The retained goblin when entering New Game+ will no longer be allowed to breed.

• AdjustedCombat Ability Changes- All Hunter Traps: Traps will automatically spring when the affected foe dies. - Blood Rupture: Damage will now scale based on the number of bleeds. - Frostbite: Lv.1 will now deal damage. If already frozen, the second freeze is guaranteed. - Pestilence: Can now damage foes with slow at Lv. 1. - Astral Flame: Damage has been slightly increased. - The “Guard” ability has been renamed to “Defend.” - Retaliate: Will now also work on ranged attacks.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed various memory leaks that caused the game to slow down.

• Fixed genetic traits resetting after combat and some that were not working as intended.

• Fixed the location preview in the world map where locations showed materials that were not actually available at that location.

• Fixed various misleading information in tooltips.

• Various visual polish and fixes for the environment and terrain.

• Fixed an issue where soul count was sometimes not increasing when goblins were retired.

• Fixed an issue where shrine blessings also unintentionally buffed enemies.

• Skills that are locked in the guilds will now show details on their cost and targeting in the preview tooltip.

• Various new animations added to cutscenes.

• Slight reduction in animation