Steam News27 January 20224y ago

The "Factions" Update is live!

Memory Leak & Bug Fixes A memory leak causing stability issues involving tooltips has been fixed. - A bug causing the map to not reset fully has been fixed.

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Full Malice & Greed update

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What changed

0 fixes5 additions7 changes1 removal

Performance
UI and audio
Maps
Gameplay
Balance

changedMemory Leak & Bug FixesA memory leak causing stability issues involving tooltips has been fixed. - A bug causing the map to not reset fully has been fixed. If your map was slowly being filled with bloodstains, this will now be fixed. - The overall stability of the game should be improved. If you run into new crashes, please upload your save file on Discord or Steam forums, and I can use it to fix the bug. (%appdata%\Godot\app_userdata\Malice & Greed)

addedTooltip System RedesignedTooltips have been redesigned with a new format, making them much easier to read, and better preventing them from going offscreen. Event tooltips now have more information about what to expect when you enter them.

changedBattle FactionsThere are now 7 different enemy factions that can show up as battles on the map. These function similarly to Common Battles, but only units in that faction will spawn.

changedBattle FactionsThis allows you to prepare more when planning what party build to make, and better choose what allies to take into battle to perform well against the enemy. Additionally, battles have been capped to a maximum of 7 modifiers, and the Emergency Boss limit reduced from 4 to 3.

addedEssence Skill InspectionYou can now view all of a unit's Essence skills when inspecting them.

changedNew ItemsHarbinger Fangs [Rare] - Allies with Arcane Essence have Payback: Deal 1 Arcane Damage to all enemies, with Lifesteal. *Payback activates when a unit is revived.

Malice & Greed changes

changedA memory leak causing stability issues involving tooltips has been fixed. - A bug causing the map to not reset fully has been fixed. If your map was slowly being filled with bloodstains, this will now be fixed. - The overall stability of the game should be improved. If you run into new crashes, please upload your save file on Discord or Steam forums, and I can use it to fix the bug. (%appdata%\Godot\app_userdata\Malice & Greed)

addedTooltips have been redesigned with a new format, making them much easier to read, and better preventing them from going offscreen. Event tooltips now have more information about what to expect when you enter them.

changedThere are now 7 different enemy factions that can show up as battles on the map. These function similarly to Common Battles, but only units in that faction will spawn.

changedThis allows you to prepare more when planning what party build to make, and better choose what allies to take into battle to perform well against the enemy. Additionally, battles have been capped to a maximum of 7 modifiers, and the Emergency Boss limit reduced from 4 to 3.

addedYou can now view all of a unit's Essence skills when inspecting them.

Memory Leak & Bug Fixes

A memory leak causing stability issues involving tooltips has been fixed. - A bug causing the map to not reset fully has been fixed. If your map was slowly being filled with bloodstains, this will now be fixed. - The overall stability of the game should be improved. If you run into new crashes, please upload your save file on Discord or Steam forums, and I can use it to fix the bug. (%appdata%\Godot\app_userdata\Malice & Greed)

Tooltips have been redesigned with a new format, making them much easier to read, and better preventing them from going offscreen. Event tooltips now have more information about what to expect when you enter them.

Battle Factions

There are now 7 different enemy factions that can show up as battles on the map. These function similarly to Common Battles, but only units in that faction will spawn.

This allows you to prepare more when planning what party build to make, and better choose what allies to take into battle to perform well against the enemy. Additionally, battles have been capped to a maximum of 7 modifiers, and the Emergency Boss limit reduced from 4 to 3.

Essence Skill Inspection

You can now view all of a unit's Essence skills when inspecting them.

New Items

Harbinger Fangs [Rare] - Allies with Arcane Essence have Payback: Deal 1 Arcane Damage to all enemies, with Lifesteal. *Payback activates when a unit is revived.

Measuring Tape [Rare] - When an ally with Strength Essence spends 2 or more Crystals at once, remove a stack of all Debuffs on them for each Crystal spent.

Morphine Drip [Common] - When an ally with 6 or more Arcane will take 2 or more damage, reduce the amount by 2, and they lose 1 Max HP.

Supersweet Candy [Common] - When your teams round starts, allies gain HP equal to their negative Defense.

The Best Defense [Common] - Damage dealt by allies with 6 or more max Strength is increased by their Defense.

Changed

Heist Plans [Common] Old: The protagonist can pass for free.

New

Allies with 6 or more max Dexterity can pass for free.

Changed

Stacked Deck [Common] Old: If no ally has cast a skill yet this round, allies can pass for free.

New

When a battle starts, Potentiate all allies with 6 or more max Technology.

Demonform Changes

Demonform's rather complex cost setup has been replaced with the following simplified system:

Builds with high amounts of potential can now sustain Demonform for significantly longer.

Source

Steam News / 27 January 2022

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