2023-09-03 16:33:37 +00:00
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# X September 2023 -- prospective patch notes
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2023-02-16 18:16:49 +00:00
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## Designer's Notes
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2023-05-25 21:34:52 +00:00
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2023-09-03 16:38:17 +00:00
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Patch goals include:
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- Smoothing out costs and stats in the wake of the Protoss and Zerg revisions
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- Adjusting advanced workers to be more relevant in the overall game state
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- Pulling the trigger on the "shroud piercer" Kinetic Penetration revision
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- Revising the last of the multi-purpose late-game air units (e.g. Hippogriff) to be more fair in large quantities
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- Making additional progress on the custom advisor implementation
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2023-07-03 03:01:46 +00:00
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2023-08-26 23:17:59 +00:00
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## Summary
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2023-09-04 18:25:52 +00:00
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- In tier 2 and beyond, Protoss production structures have had their time costs increased
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2023-07-19 23:11:36 +00:00
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2023-09-03 16:33:37 +00:00
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## Latest content
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2023-09-07 20:44:09 +00:00
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- [Pr0totype #21 - The Hammer Falls!](https://youtu.be/EXoWdTvHwiw)
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- [Pr0totype #22 - A Story About My Ackmed](https://youtu.be/KFucu-iXi8E)
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2023-09-04 18:25:52 +00:00
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## Bugfixes
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2023-09-05 15:49:15 +00:00
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- Stability:
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- Fixed a crash related to Demiurges (r. benno & The Shambler, c. DF)
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2023-09-04 18:25:52 +00:00
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- Gameplay:
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- Sycophants no longer "donate" shields for free (r. Mystery Meat)
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2023-09-05 23:02:19 +00:00
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- Ascending corpses now enchants allies instead of enemies
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2023-09-05 16:23:55 +00:00
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- Cagra spread by Omnivales now correctly recedes when the Omnivale dies (r. Btyb88)
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2023-09-08 16:22:12 +00:00
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- Fixed default hotkey collisions for Larvosk and Ocsal Cesiants (r. neblime)
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- AI:
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- Fixed request processing for Alkajelisks
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- Zerg AI no longer overbuild Ovileths in the early game
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2023-09-05 23:02:19 +00:00
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- Audiovisual:
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- Ocsal Cesiant now has a wireframe
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2023-09-08 16:22:12 +00:00
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- Kills string has been reinstated
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2023-09-05 23:02:19 +00:00
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## Audiovisuals
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- Updated sprite for:
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- Ocsal Cesiant (placeholder)
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2023-09-04 18:25:52 +00:00
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## Protoss
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2023-09-08 00:04:57 +00:00
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- [Atreus](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/atreus):
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- Now has Interception
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2023-09-04 18:25:52 +00:00
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- [Sycophant](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/sycophant):
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- Idolatry no longer procs on allied Sycophants
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- We will attempt to implement this more elegantly later!
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2023-09-08 00:04:57 +00:00
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- [Idol](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/idol):
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- Weapon splash radii now 12/18/24, from 12/24/36
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2023-09-04 18:25:52 +00:00
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- [Analogue](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/analogue):
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- Time cost now 40, from 35
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- Cylindrical Blaster weapon re-added, targeting only ground
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- Empathy Core:
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- Now drains flat 10 energy per hit taken
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- Retaliation attack is now a phantom strike, dealing half damage
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- [Empress](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/empress):
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- Time cost now 50, from 60
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- HP now 200, from 180
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2023-09-04 18:31:21 +00:00
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- [Exemplar](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/exemplar):
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- Gas and time costs now 125/50, from 100/40
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- Weapon cooldown now 1.13, from 1.08
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2023-09-08 00:04:57 +00:00
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- [Empyrean](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/empyrean):
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- Armor penetration now 2, from 3
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- Weapon splash radii now 12/24/36, from 12/24/48
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2023-09-04 18:25:52 +00:00
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- [Strident Stratum](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/strident-stratum):
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- Mineral and gas costs now 250/150, from 200/200
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- HP now 400, from 450
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2023-09-08 00:04:57 +00:00
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- [Engram](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/engram):
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- Weapon splash radii now 12/24/36, from 24/36/48
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2023-09-04 18:25:52 +00:00
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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 50, from 45
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- [Rogue Gallery](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/rogue-gallery):
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- Time cost now 50, from 45
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- [Prostration Stage](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/prostration-stage):
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- Time cost now 60, from 50
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- [Ancestral Archives](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/ancestral-archives):
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- Time cost now 70, from 60
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- [Ardent Authority](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/ardent-authority):
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- Time cost now 55, from 45
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- [Synthetic Synod](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/synthetic-synod):
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- Time cost now 70, from 60
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- HP now 850, from 750
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- [Argosy](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/argosy):
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2023-09-05 23:02:19 +00:00
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- Time cost now 60, from 50
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- **NEW:** [Potentate](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/potentate):
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- Flexible supportive ranger; trained from Prostration Stage
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## Zerg
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- [Mortothrokor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/mortothrokor):
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- Now moves ~7.5% faster
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- Whetted Appetite:
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- Now increases lifesteal
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- No longer increases movement speed
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- [Alkajelisk](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/alkajelisk):
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- Now moves ~22% faster
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- Weapon range now 8, from 10
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