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# X September 2023 -- prospective patch notes
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## Designer's Notes
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Patch goals include:
- Smoothing out costs and stats in the wake of the Protoss and Zerg revisions
- Adjusting advanced workers to be more relevant in the overall game state
- Pulling the trigger on the "shroud piercer" Kinetic Penetration revision
- Revising the last of the multi-purpose late-game air units (e.g. Hippogriff) to be more fair in large quantities
- Making additional progress on the custom advisor implementation
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## Summary
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- Advanced workers are now available in tier 2, and move ~16.5% faster than before
- Protoss production structures have had their time costs increased
- The Pythean and Clarion have found new homes (Nanite Assembly and Synthetic Synod respectively), while the Parthenon and Strident Stratum were removed
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## Latest content
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- [Pr0totype #21 - The Hammer Falls! ](https://youtu.be/EXoWdTvHwiw )
- [Pr0totype #22 - A Story About My Ackmed ](https://youtu.be/KFucu-iXi8E )
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## Bugfixes
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- Stability:
- Fixed a crash related to Demiurges (r. benno & The Shambler, c. DF)
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- Gameplay:
- Sycophants no longer "donate" shields for free (r. Mystery Meat)
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- Ascending corpses now enchants allies instead of enemies
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- Cagra spread by Omnivales now correctly recedes when the Omnivale dies (r. Btyb88)
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- Recalling a saved selection no longer culls unavailable units (e.g. stunned, in transport) (c. DF)
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- Fixed default hotkey collisions for: (r. neblime)
- Larvosk Cesiant: Control Strains and Ocsal aspect
- Argosy: Epigraph and Empyrean
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- AI:
- Fixed request processing for Alkajelisks
- Zerg AI no longer overbuild Ovileths in the early game
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- Audiovisual:
- Ocsal Cesiant now has a wireframe
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- Kills string has been reinstated
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## Audiovisuals
- Updated sprite for:
- Ocsal Cesiant (placeholder)
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## Terran
- [Talos ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/talos ):
- Now trained from Quarry
- Now moves ~16.5% faster
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- [Sundog ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/sundog ):
- Time cost now 35, from 30
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- [Salamander ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/salamander ):
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- Time cost now 35, from 30
- HP now 175, from 180
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- [Pythean ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/pythean ):
- Now trained from Nanite Assembly
- [Quarry ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/quarry ):
- Gas cost now 75, from 50
- Parthenon:
- Removed
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- [Stockade ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/stockade ):
- Time cost now 40, from 35
- [Mantle ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/mantle ):
- Time cost now 45, from 40
- [Starport ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/starport ):
- Gas and time costs now 150/50, from 125/45
- [Rotary ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/rotary ):
- Mineral and time costs now 200/35, from 125/20
- HP now 750, from 700
- [Commandment ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/commandment ):
- Gas and time costs now 150/35, from 125/25
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## Protoss
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- [Artisan ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/artisan ):
- Now trained from Embassy
- Now moves ~16.5% faster
- [Clarion ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/clarion ):
- Now trained from Synthetic Synod
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- [Atreus ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/atreus ):
- Now has Interception
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- [Sycophant ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/sycophant ):
- Idolatry no longer procs on allied Sycophants
- We will attempt to implement this more elegantly later!
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- [Vassal ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/vassal ):
- Time cost now 14, from 12
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- [Idol ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/idol ):
- Weapon splash radii now 12/18/24, from 12/24/36
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- [Analogue ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/analogue ):
- Time cost now 40, from 35
- Cylindrical Blaster weapon re-added, targeting only ground
- Empathy Core:
- Now drains flat 10 energy per hit taken
- Retaliation attack is now a phantom strike, dealing half damage
- [Empress ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/empress ):
- Time cost now 50, from 60
- HP now 200, from 180
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- [Aurora ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/aurora ):
- Time cost now 20, from 22
- HP now 80, from 75
- Armor now 1, from 0
- Armor penetration now 1, from 0
- [Lanifect ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/lanifect ):
- HP now 100, from 90
- [Panoptus ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/panoptus ):
- Shields now 70, from 50
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- [Exemplar ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/exemplar ):
- Gas and time costs now 125/50, from 100/40
- Weapon cooldown now 1.13, from 1.08
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- [Empyrean ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/empyrean ):
- Armor penetration now 2, from 3
- Weapon splash radii now 12/24/36, from 12/24/48
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- [Embassy ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/embassy ):
- Gas cost now 100, from 75
- Strident Stratum:
- Removed
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- [Engram ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/engram ):
- Weapon splash radii now 12/24/36, from 24/36/48
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- [Grand Library ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/grand-library ):
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- Time cost now 55, from 45
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- [Rogue Gallery ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/rogue-gallery ):
- Time cost now 50, from 45
- [Prostration Stage ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/prostration-stage ):
- Time cost now 60, from 50
- [Ancestral Archives ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/ancestral-archives ):
- Time cost now 70, from 60
- [Ardent Authority ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/ardent-authority ):
- Time cost now 55, from 45
- [Synthetic Synod ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/synthetic-synod ):
- Time cost now 70, from 60
- HP now 850, from 750
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- [Stargate ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/stargate ):
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- Mineral, gas, and time costs now 200/150/55, from 125/125/50
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- Shields now 350, from 300
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- [Argosy ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/argosy ):
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- Time cost now 60, from 50
- **NEW:** [Potentate ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/potentate ):
- Flexible supportive ranger; trained from Prostration Stage
## Zerg
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- [Gosvileth ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/gosvileth ):
- Now requires Irol Iris
- Now moves ~16.5% faster
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- [Mortothrokor ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/mortothrokor ):
- Now moves ~7.5% faster
- Whetted Appetite:
- Now increases lifesteal
- No longer increases movement speed
- [Alkajelisk ](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/alkajelisk ):
- Now moves ~22% faster
- Weapon range now 8, from 10
