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Steam News4 December 201411y ago

Update #5: New boss and minor improvements

This update adds a new boss on Floor 2, as well as new languages and other improvements and balancing changes. New Floor 2 boss: Audrey. The last 3 enemies of a wave are highlighted when behind walls and far away.

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What changed

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  • UI and audio
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • Maps
  • Fixes
  • Performance
addedThis update adds a new boss on Floor 2, as well as new languages and other improvements and balancing changes.
addedNew Floor 2 boss: Audrey.
changedWeapon balancing: Nikola's Surge: Damage +40%. Mana usage +25% Bloodthirst Needles: Damage -10% Butterflies: Mana usage +20%, Damage -10%, Butterfly fly time + 50% Crossbow: Increased freeze chance Freeze bombs: 100% freeze chance. Decreased damage on impact. Increased spike time. Shaman wand: Mana usage -10% Alchemist wand: Damage -33% Mana usage -50%
changedChanged savegame deletion policy. Saved games are only deleted when you resume, or when you use Save & Quit again. This way you can for example pause an Endless play, and still play standard games without having to resume or lose progress.
changedChanged default gamepad mappings: Upgrade is set to X button, and Y button is set to "Last weapon". This should better match usual FPS gamepad controls.
removedAuto aim behavior disabled/modified for certain weapons. For example, Serpent staff projectiles won't hit where you are actually aiming, so auto aim is disabled for it.

Ziggurat changes

addedThis update adds a new boss on Floor 2, as well as new languages and other improvements and balancing changes.
addedNew Floor 2 boss: Audrey.
changedWeapon balancing: Nikola's Surge: Damage +40%. Mana usage +25% Bloodthirst Needles: Damage -10% Butterflies: Mana usage +20%, Damage -10%, Butterfly fly time + 50% Crossbow: Increased freeze chance Freeze bombs: 100% freeze chance. Decreased damage on impact. Increased spike time. Shaman wand: Mana usage -10% Alchemist wand: Damage -33% Mana usage -50%
changedChanged savegame deletion policy. Saved games are only deleted when you resume, or when you use Save & Quit again. This way you can for example pause an Endless play, and still play standard games without having to resume or lose progress.
changedChanged default gamepad mappings: Upgrade is set to X button, and Y button is set to "Last weapon". This should better match usual FPS gamepad controls.

This update adds a new boss on Floor 2, as well as new languages and other improvements and balancing changes.

  • New Floor 2 boss: Audrey.

  • The last 3 enemies of a wave are highlighted when behind walls and far away.

  • Weapon balancing:

    • Nikola's Surge: Damage +40%. Mana usage +25%

    • Bloodthirst Needles: Damage -10%

    • Butterflies: Mana usage +20%, Damage -10%, Butterfly fly time + 50%

    • CrossbowIncreased freeze chance
    • Freeze bombs100% freeze chance. Decreased damage on impact. Increased spike time.
    • Shaman wand: Mana usage -10%

    • Alchemist wand: Damage -33% Mana usage -50%

  • Changed savegame deletion policy. Saved games are only deleted when you resume, or when you use Save & Quit again. This way you can for example pause an Endless play, and still play standard games without having to resume or lose progress.

  • Changed default gamepad mappings: Upgrade is set to X button, and Y button is set to "Last weapon". This should better match usual FPS gamepad controls.

  • Auto aim behavior disabled/modified for certain weapons. For example, Serpent staff projectiles won't hit where you are actually aiming, so auto aim is disabled for it.

  • Changed the image for the bad ending.

  • Game mode is shown in the map screen.

  • Fixed wave not ending at the proper time when the Carrot Rain / Necromancy modifiers were active

  • Fixed crash when resuming a game with the Magic binding perk applied

  • Fixed crossbow projectile not being rendered

  • Shrine effects are now checked, so effects such as "Lose Amulet" or "Amulet recharged" don't appear if they wouldn't have any effect.

  • Fixed some minor typos

  • Added Russian and Italian languages

  • The default language is automatically detected (instead of always defaulting to English)

Source

Steam News / 4 December 2014

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