Patch Two - Gameplay Tweaks, Balancing Changes & Bug Fixes

Greetings, Corvus

Your valiant efforts in darkness, wielding the plague, haven’t gone unnoticed. We’ve deployed another patch to remedy some gameplay issues and fix various bugs - NOW LIVE!

This update also harbours an array of balancing changes – predominantly focused on Plague Weapons and AI – to improve your experience! We’ve also altered a plethora of boss attributes with the intention of refining combat.

Please let us know your thoughts on the following changes – and thank you for your unwavering support through launch and beyond!

Patch Notes

Overall

• Fixed the achievement not unlocking bug

• Players can now get missed achievements by talking to Aisemy

• Fixed the Corvus stuck in air bug

• Added an extra story note from the tutorial level to the main game

• Added a hint next to enemy health bar when they’re out of their area before they start healing

• Gameplay

• Unreleased ladders will now have a different look

• Plague weapon Blood Sword damage increase effect will expire with the buff

• Offensive buffs gained from Katar and Knife plague weapon will expire correctly

• The Fools Punch plague weapon enhance 01 and 02 will function correctly

• 'Flying Dagger' plague weapon will overwrite “Intercept Wing” talent correctly

Level

• Leave Garden Sub-quest 1 early will now unlock other levels correctly

• Moved the archer in Garden main level so he can't shoot you when accessing the shortcut

• Moved the Aisemy at the end of Sea of Trees Sub-quest 1 so it’s easier to spot

Misc

• Volume control will affect the volume before you applied

• The Corvus music will not be affected by volume control

• Made the elite enemy’s health bar more obvious

• Polished the camera control using controller and fixed related bugs

• Fixed some typos and incorrect strings

Balancing

• Potion recipe “focus” will now give you 25% more Memory Shards rather than 10%

• Lowered the efficiency of the "Energy Restore" buff from Perfectionist Lv2 or Adrenaline Lv2

• Fast-acting potion amount increased by 1 for each level

• AI

• Lowered Odur’s health (from 3500x2 to 3000x2)

• Odur will now use his ultimate more often (from 80 secs to 60 secs)

• Increased Mutated Odur’s health and damage (from 8000 to 10000, ultimate damage from 190 to 237)

• Increased God of the Fools’ damage (from 145 to 195)

• Increased the Hanged Queen health and damage (from 7000 to 9000 and about 20% damage increase)

• The Hanged Queen will now stop restoring health when blood sucking animation is interrupt

• Lowered Sound of the Abyss’ health (from 6000 to 5000)

• Added hints for some of Sound of the Abyss’ attacks

• Corvus boss’s hammer plague weapon area affect now match the special effect size

• You will get correct plague weapon when reaving Corvus boss

• Mutated male villager’s critical attack will now knock down Corvus

• Female villager’s crying attack will now deal damage to Corvus

Plague Weapon

• Increased Halberd plague weapon extended action damage (from 1.25x to 1.5x)

• Increased Fist plague weapon damage (from 3x to 4x, in air damage from 5x to 6x)

• Increased Vile Blood Shield plague weapon damage (from 300 to 600)

• Increased the Blood Strike damage from Blood Sword plague weapon damage (from 2x to 4x)

• Shortened the explosion delay for Javelin Sword (from 5 secs to 3 secs)

• Increased Fist plague weapon affected area (from 500 cm to 700 cm)

• Lowered Bow plague weapon damage (from 2.5x to 1.5x)

• Increased Bow plague weapon cooldown (from 1 sec to 3 secs)

• Increased Bow plague weapon energy cost (from 50 to 60)

• Increased Shield plague weapon cooldown (from 1 sec to 3 secs)

• Increased Hammer plague weapon cooldown (from 10 secs to 12 secs)

• Increased Great sword plague weapon cooldown (from 10 secs to 15 secs)

• Increased Katar plague weapon cooldown (from 8 secs to 12 secs)

• Shortened Mutated Tentacles plague weapon cooldown (from 15 secs to 10 secs)

• Increased Mutated Tentacles plague weapon energy cost (from 75 to 100)

Talent

• Lowered the health and energy recovery amount from Healing Execution Lv1 and 2 (about cut in half)

• Lowered the energy recovery amount from Energised Claws Lv1 and 2 (from 10%, 20% to 5%, 10%)

• Increased the efficiency of Defence Lv1, Lv2, and Lv3 (about 10% more efficient for each level)

• Lowered the damage from Gliding Claw Lv1 (from 1.5x to 1.25x)

• Lowered the damage from Long Claw Lv1 and 2 and removed the bleeding effect (from 30% to 20%)

• Corvus will now move forward more when performing Short Claws

• Short Claws will only restore your health when dealing claw damage

• Short Claws will only a stack of "Offensive" buff for each combo, not each hit