What changed
1 fix0 additions2 changes3 removals
fixedI know that v1.1.0 just shipped, but better we hotfix sooner than later when stuff becomes too unbalanced! Thanks once again to L Saille (expert Devil Daggers player) for the extensive and quick feedback!!
removedBoss-Fight PacingSpawn stagger is back during boss fights: Bosses became too hard when spawning continued without remorse, so we reintroduced a staggered approach for secondary enemy spawning. While a boss is alive past its grace window, regular spawns queue up and drain out once the boss dies. Stalling still builds post-boss pressure, but you're no longer fighting the Skein and a full Phase 2 rotation at the same time.
changedBoss-Fight PacingGrace windows extended: Skein 20s → 30s, Maw 15s → 22.5s, Nexus 10s → 15s. More breathing room to actually burn the boss before pressure ramps back up.
removedBoss-Fight PacingPer-boss enemy caps: Was a flat 30. Now: Skein 15, Maw 22, Nexus 28. The Skein in particular no longer devolves into too-many-balls-in-the-air.
changedShard EconomyTier 4 and 5 costs lowered. The tier-3+ cost penalty dropped from 1.3x to 1.15x. SHARD IV now costs 13 tokens (was 15). SHARD V costs 19 (was 22). This should allow you to reach SHARD IV very narrowly when the first boss (Skein) spawns.
removedThe MawCore phaser spam halved: Post-arms phaser spawn interval went from 4s to 8s. Phasers no longer snipe you mid-arm.
Void Daggers changes
fixedI know that v1.1.0 just shipped, but better we hotfix sooner than later when stuff becomes too unbalanced! Thanks once again to L Saille (expert Devil Daggers player) for the extensive and quick feedback!!
removedSpawn stagger is back during boss fights: Bosses became too hard when spawning continued without remorse, so we reintroduced a staggered approach for secondary enemy spawning. While a boss is alive past its grace window, regular spawns queue up and drain out once the boss dies. Stalling still builds post-boss pressure, but you're no longer fighting the Skein and a full Phase 2 rotation at the same time.
changedGrace windows extended: Skein 20s → 30s, Maw 15s → 22.5s, Nexus 10s → 15s. More breathing room to actually burn the boss before pressure ramps back up.
removedPer-boss enemy caps: Was a flat 30. Now: Skein 15, Maw 22, Nexus 28. The Skein in particular no longer devolves into too-many-balls-in-the-air.
changedTier 4 and 5 costs lowered. The tier-3+ cost penalty dropped from 1.3x to 1.15x. SHARD IV now costs 13 tokens (was 15). SHARD V costs 19 (was 22). This should allow you to reach SHARD IV very narrowly when the first boss (Skein) spawns.
I know that v1.1.0 just shipped, but better we hotfix sooner than later when stuff becomes too unbalanced! Thanks once again to L Saille (expert Devil Daggers player) for the extensive and quick feedback!!
Boss-Fight Pacing
Spawn stagger is back during boss fights: Bosses became too hard when spawning continued without remorse, so we reintroduced a staggered approach for secondary enemy spawning. While a boss is alive past its grace window, regular spawns queue up and drain out once the boss dies. Stalling still builds post-boss pressure, but you're no longer fighting the Skein and a full Phase 2 rotation at the same time.
Adaptive queue bleed
Once the queue builds past 2 entries during a boss fight, it bleeds one out every 6 seconds.
At 4+ entries
every 4 seconds.
At 6+
every 2.5 seconds. Post-boss release is smooth rather than overwhelming.
Grace windows extended: Skein 20s → 30s, Maw 15s → 22.5s, Nexus 10s → 15s. More breathing room to actually burn the boss before pressure ramps back up.
Per-boss enemy caps
Was a flat 30.
Now
Skein 15, Maw 22, Nexus 28. The Skein in particular no longer devolves into too-many-balls-in-the-air.
Shard Economy
Tier 4 and 5 costs lowered. The tier-3+ cost penalty dropped from 1.3x to 1.15x. SHARD IV now costs 13 tokens (was 15). SHARD V costs 19 (was 22). This should allow you to reach SHARD IV very narrowly when the first boss (Skein) spawns.
The Maw
Orb-per-weakpoint mechanic: Each time you destroy one of the Maw's weakpoints, one spawner orb appears at the arena edge. 10 orbs across the full fight (9 arm weakpoints + core). Pressure ramps with progress rather than overlapping with the boss mechanics themselves.
Core phaser spam halved: Post-arms phaser spawn interval went from 4s to 8s. Phasers no longer snipe you mid-arm.
Endgame
Post-Nexus pressure softened 25%: The late-game sqrt escalation curve was scaled back. At t=1000s the multiplier is now 1.96x instead of 2.28x. Still ramps on and on, just less brutally.
