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Full Veles: Rise of the Damned update
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What changed
- UI and audio
- Performance
- Balance
- Gameplay
- Fixes
Veles: Rise of the Damned changes
Version 2.1.0 — The Codex Update
This update introduces the Codex, expanded graphics settings, performance improvements, and significant combat balancing.
The Codex
Collect 70 unique Tomes across 14 enemy families on Damned difficulty.
Combine five Tome volumes to craft powerful Compendiums.
Each Compendium grants a unique passive bonus and additional score.
Complete the collection to craft the Black Encyclopedia of the Damned.
Sacrifice additional Compendiums for permanent score bonuses.
Graphics and Performance
Added Low, Balanced, and High graphics presets.
Added individual controls for FPS, render scale, texture quality, combat effects, projectile trails, enemy outlines, environmental detail, particles, and HUD refresh rate.
Added internal resolution scaling to improve performance on slower devices.
Added optimized gameplay textures and caching.
Improved performance during large encounters.
Balance Changes
Increased Chain Frost’s damage and projectile speed.
Reduced Ballista Shot’s damage.
Reduced Fire Siphon’s base damage.
Shuriken Attack now damages the first enemy hit instead of piercing.
Increased Vortex pull range and strength.
Improved knockback behavior for mines and slash abilities.
Enemy hits can no longer deal more than 90% of the hero’s maximum health in a single hit.
Overkill damage no longer provides additional lifesteal, reflected damage, score, or damage-stat credit.
Improved consistency across physical, magical, and pure damage calculations.
Additional Improvements
Hero level is now displayed on the main menu.
Improved boss and treasure-chest indicators.
Fixed score multiplier calculations.
Fixed ability radius scaling and several combat interactions.
Various stability, platform, interface, and visual fixes.
Source
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