cosmonarchy-bw-prerelease/patchnotes.md

# 11 January 2024
## Year 3, month 1, patch 1

This patch will include new features, balance adjustments, bugfixes, and audiovisual improvements.

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## Mechanics
- Energy regeneration is now interrupted while the specialist is stunned

## Game Modes
- **Uprising:**
	- Reduced training time of Broodspawn
	- Tweaked the composition of some existing spawners
	- Added many new spawner types in tiers 1 & 2

## Editor
- Kill Units at Location vanilla trigger functionality has been restored (r. 3crow/Kenoli, c. DF)

## AI
- **Star Sovereign**s now activate Grief of All Gods more liberally

## Bugfixes
- **Stability:**
	- Slightly reduced selection limit (252 » 246) to prevent action buffer instability
- **Gameplay:**
	- Unloading structures is now more generous (still needs work; b. Londier, c. Veeq7)
	- Didact Shroud of Adun is no longer disabled after Recalling (r. GreenEggs'NSpam & Londier)
	- Auras from **Azazel**, **Seraph**, **Crucible**, **Barghest**, **Sycophant**, **Manifold**, **Matraleth**, and **Sasyrvoleth** are now deactivated while the unit is stunned (r. Londier)
	- **Hypnagogue** corpses can now be interacted with (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
	- Fixed bad interactions between Tyranny of the Sun and **Aurora** Last Orders
	- Fixed being able to enter non-mutual ally transports (r. Londier & billy)
	- Fixed being able to load neutral units into transports
- **AI:**
	- Fixed Protoss AI sometimes attempting to make structures with **Artisans**
	- Fixed Terran AI having impossible requirements for training *Silverongue**s and **Magnetar**s
- **Audiovisual:**
	- Broodspawn spawning SFX no longer plays globally
	- Resolved 'invalid shield overlay' error for **Tetcaerokor** (r. beriso)
	- Corrected poor fire placements for the **Biotic Bastion**'s damage overlay
	- Witness and replay UI is no longer drawn over ingame menus (c. DF)

## Audiovisuals
- **New unit responses:**
	- Potentate (script a. BladehollowRWL)
- **Corpse updates:**
	- Phalanx, tank & siege (a. ArbuzBudesh)
- **Projectile updates:**
	- Atreus (bigger projectile)

## Terran
- **Reclamation:**
	- Initial heal for reclaimed units is now granted over 10 seconds, from 3 seconds
	- Reclaimed specialists begin with 0 energy, from full
- [Apostle](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/apostle):
	- **Charon Rifle:**
		- Weapon damage 1x10 » 1x15
		- Weapon cooldown 1 » 1.5
		- Weapon range 5 » 6
- [Autocrat](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/autocrat):
	- **Eminence Rifle:**
		- Weapon cooldown 1.33 » 1.5
		- Weapon range 6 » 5
- **NEW:** [Harakan (Golden)](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/harakan-golden)
	- Fast-moving frontliner with plasma shields
	- Available for the **Golden Republic**

## Zerg
- **NEW:** [Iziralisk](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/iziralisk)
	- Short-range rending assault strain
	- Available for the **Zorthos Tendril**