# XX October 2023

## Designer's Notes

Patch goals include:
- Revise or remove 2.5 and 3.5 tech for Terran
- Continue to address overdetermined role overlaps
- Shuffle costs of tier 2 and 3 units to properly incentivize gas capping
- Complete tileset updates to use extra height levels and improve available varieties

## Latest content
- [Ascension #5 - Imminent Growth](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLACFHAM2MlxP3_sacU_4VUoJ5iMeUU2a7)
- [Pr0totype #26 - The Wild Worlds...](https://youtu.be/TgiH2EBvXBo)
- [Ascension Format Explainer](https://youtu.be/kl0RlFWqvXU)
- [Pr0totype #27 - For the Faithful](https://youtu.be/n6jupKt7wQg)
- [Pr0totype #28 - How Far We've Come](https://youtu.be/cimvhnWc1U4)
- [Pr0totype #29 - The Mapman Cometh](https://youtu.be/PcLMfM9c3jw)

## General
- Vision update timer has been sped up significantly (c. Veeq7 and DF)
- Painting missile launches with Eidolons and Seraphs can now be queued (c. DF)
- Terran cloaked units now use the new **Proximity Cloaking**, and are only decloaked if hostiles are within 3 range
- Burrowed units are now revealed slightly more generously by nearby ground units
- Worker wandering searches for better mineral nodes within 5 range, from 8, reducing unintentional inefficiences

## Tilesets
- The following tiles now provide a height difference:
	- Jungle: Swamp, sunken jungle
- The following tiles were added:
	- Ashworld:
		- Magma cliff to crushed rock, jungle (level 1)
		- Cooled magma cliff (level 1)
		- Magma cliff to jungle (level 1)
		- Active lava to jungle (level 1)
		- Mud to jungle (level 1)
	- Desert:
		- Cooled lava to dirt (all levels)
		- Compound to cooled lava (level 1)
- The following tiles were deprecated and are now removed:
	- Jungle:
		- Sunken jungle cliffs for temple and dirt

## UI
- Scrolling with middle-mouse button is now buttery-smooth, complete with a config option for inverting the direction (c. Veeq7)
	- This sometimes creates pixel artifacts, which will be addressed in time
- Joining a lobby now plays a sound (with help from DF)

## Game modes:
- Briefings are now skipped in Competitive, Debug, and Omnipresence modes
- In Competitive, Debug, and Omnipresence modes, unit stats are no longer loaded from map info, making this exclusively a Scenario feature

## AI:
- On competitive maps (class 1 and 2), AI can no longer roll greed builds
- Improved worker resource assignment when at low worker counts
- Improved pre-5 minute attack handling
- Further increased priority of refinery structures
- Boosted priority of tech tier structures
- Made adjustments to how frequently Zerg request multiple tech nodes
- Removed worker transfer calls to improve early-game worker efficiency

## Audiovisuals:
- Provided a new sound read for Terran proximity cloak, to contrast with Protoss passive cloak (c. lolrsk8s)
- Upgraded Hippogriff sprite with new materials, animations, and thrusters (with lots of help from Solstice)
- Upgraded Wyvern sprite with new materials
- Diadems now leave behind large rubble, instead of small rubble

## Bugfixes
- Stability:
	- Fixed a common crash with Nydus Cesiants (r. Boris)
	- Fixed instability related to the Mortothrokor death animation (r. TheBeaver99)
	- Fixed a rare crash related to bouncing attackers (r. Enozlliks)
	- Fixed a rare crash related to Solarions and Stewards (r. GreenEggs'NSpam, c. DF)
	- Fixed an AI-only nullsprite crash (r. Myrian) and a selection-related nullsprite crash (r. 3crow)
	- Fixed a rare image function crash (r. GreenEggs'NSpam, c. DF)
	- Fixed a rare missile launch crash (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
- Gameplay:
	- Fixed Zerg regression failing if the attacker is killed or otherwise unavailable before their projectile deals fatal damage to the Zerg target (r. Mystery Meat & DF)
	- Partially-resolved an issue with Zerg regression on burrowed units (r. lolrsk8s)
	- Sentinel and Sevenstep no longer deal double damage in some cases (r. Mystery Meat)
	- Queueing Lay Mine orders can no longer provide infinite mines (r. TheBeaver99)
	- Lardfix: Irradiate (from Seraph and Morningstar) now sends under attack notification (r. The Shambler)
	- Prevented advanced workers from displacing each other during harvesting or construction (r. The Shambler, c. DF)
	- Fixed Optecton target acquisition misbehaving when both ground and air targets were within range (r. The Shambler, c. DF)
	- Alkajelisks can now be mutated from Ocsal Larvae by players (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
	- Azazel Defensive Matrix: no longer cleanse debuffs (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
	- Lobotomy Mine Dazing Detonation: clear slow for flingy units
	- Mind Tyrant Maelstrom: apply debuff to flingy units
	- Claymore Kelvin Munitions: clear debuff for flingy units (r. TheBeaver99)
	- Fixed failed Magnetar attacks when turning or at max range (r. Mystery Meat)
	- Fixed many interactions between Akistrokor Blissful Embrace and transports (r. Mystery Meat)
	- Removed Salvage, for real this time (r. lucifirius & GreenEggs'NSpam)
	- Savant Power Siphon: Correctly reduce attack rate of turreted units (e.g. Goliaths) (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
	- Standardized behaviors for landing on deployed Terran units, and fixed an issue where unsieging Phalanxes became unresponsive when landed on (r. Mystery Meat)
	- Factories with queued units now cancel their queues when mind controlled (r. Mystery Meat)
	- Fixed a rare case where Aion Reclamation Fields could be permanent (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
	- Kalkalisks no longer deal double damage to their primary target
	- Mortothrokor: properly leave behind corpses (r. TheBeaver99)
	- Properly inherit facing angles when transforming between unit types (i.e. Zerg regression, Vagrant, Axitrilisk) (r. TheBeaver99)
	- Resolve hotkey conflicts between Analogue and Architect (r. DF), Apostle and Tinkerer's Tower, Return Resources and Supreme Construction (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
	- Lodestones undergoing Emergency Detonation now kill their cargo (r. Mystery Meat)
	- Stopped Optectons from attacking transports when right-clicking to enter them
	- Fixed cancelling Morningstars refunding without interrupting the train order (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
	- Fixed random race rolling not working properly in your first singleplayer match (c. DF)
		- Caveat: Currently doesn't hide witness slots, but setting them to computer does nothing
	- Sevenstep no longer has energy (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
- Audiovisuals:
	- Standardize missile strike dot to always be sorted above air units (r. Mystery Meat, c. DF)
	- Correctly redraw unit names when selecting Anchors and Lodestones
	- Hide decaying overlays on reclaimed units while they're cloaked (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
	- Removed the Attack button on garrisons, since it currently does nothing (r. neblime)
	- Reset animations correctly for Protoss structures that re-gain power while in the middle of training a unit (r. The Shambler, c. DF)
	- Stop counting Morningstars as military units in unit counter
	- Correctly show cast range for Eidolon Missile Strike (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
	- Improved sync between Golem attack animation and actual damage (r. TheBeaver99)
	- Added placeholder liftoff and landing dust overlays for Mantle and Starpad (r. TheBeaver99)
	- Siren weapon tooltip now displays the full potential damage of its attack
	- Fixed Mind Tyrant Tyranny cast range preview (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
	- Corrected ability tooltips for Cuirass Stonewall Protocol (r. GreenEggs'NSpam), Mind Tyrant Maelstrom, and Akistrokor Blissful Embrace (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
	- Fixed tooltip handling for Savant Breathing Battery (r. GreenEggs'NSpam) and Lanifect Disruption Field
	- Clear rally point display when canceling Hachirosks (r. Mystery Meat)
	- Fixed Cohort command card (r. 3crow)
	- Cleaned up tooltips that referenced 'weapon range' without involving weapons
	- Talos: use the Shaman portrait, instead of Data Disc
	- Vagrant Shade: use the same portrait as the Vagrant (r. TheBeaver99)
	- Cleaned up some silent missing frame errors (r. beriso)

## Terran
- [Eidolon](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/eidolon):
	- Weapon range now 8, from 9
	- Sight range now 8, from 10
	- Now moves ~8% slower
	- **Pacifist Cloaking replaced with Proximity Cloaking**
- [Siren](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/siren):
	- Mineral and gas costs now 100/75, from 175/50
	- HP now 100, from 140
	- Armor now 1, from 2
	- Weapon cooldown now 1.17, from 0.83
	- Weapon range now 9, from 4
- [Striga](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/striga):
	- Mineral cost now 125, from 150
	- Armor now 3, from 4
	- Now applies Apollyoid Adhesive
- [Dilettante](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/dilettante):
	- Mineral and gas cost now 150/0, from 125/25
	- Armor now 2, from 1
	- Weapon damage now 3, from 2
- [Sevenstep](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/sevenstep):
	- Gas cost now 75, from 100
- [Lobotomy Mine](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/lobotomy-mine):
	- Dazing Detonation:
		- Stun time now 3 seconds, from 2
		- Slow time now 3 seconds, from 4
		- If destroyed, now procs the slow effect
- [Goliath](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/goliath):
	- Time cost now 28, from 25
- [Blackjack](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/blackjack):
	- Time cost now 18, from 20
	- Weapon range now 6, from 5
- [Matador](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/matador):
	- Time cost now 18, from 20
	- Twinstrike Cannons weapon range now 5, from 4
	- Cinder Servos now grants +2 armor, from +1
- [Ramesses](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/ramesses):
	- Time cost now 28, from 25
	- Now moves ~10% slower
- [Durendal](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/durendal):
	- Gas and time costs now 75/35, from 50/30
	- Armor now 3, from 4
- [Penumbra](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/penumbra):
	- Weapon armor penetration now 4, from 0
	- Now collides with Cataphracts, Paladins, and Architects
	- *Standardizing the Penumbra to use the same Kinetic Penetration rules as everyone else.*
- [Anticthon](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/anticthon):
	- Significantly boosted turn radius to prevent pathing issues
- [Wraith](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/wraith):
	- Time cost now 28, from 25
	- Sight range now 6, from 7
	- Now moves ~10% slower
	- Weapon damage now 2x5, from 1x10
	- **Pacifist Cloaking replaced with Proximity Cloaking**
	- *Since Wraiths can now attack from max range without decloaking, reigning in their offensive power vs armor and their general mobility seemed appropriate.*
- [Wyvern](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/wyvern):
	- HP now 180, from 200
	- Jackson Cannon:
		- No longer deals splash damage
		- Now benefits from Kinetic Penetration
	- *Wyverns emerged as an extremely low-skill method of wiping ground armies. Kinetic Penetration requires more control to accomplish what standard splash did previously.*
- [Sundog](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/sundog):
	- Mineral and gas costs now 125/100, from 150/75
	- Sight range now 7, from 8
	- Now moves ~3% slower
	- **Pacifist Cloaking replaced with Proximity Cloaking**
- [Salamander](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/salamander):
	- HP now 160, from 175
- [Azazel](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/azazel):
	- Gas cost now 150, from 100
	- Sublime Shepherd:
		- No longer provides bonuses to enemy units
- [Tinkerer's Tower](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/tinkerers-tower):
	- Gas cost now 100, from 50
	- No longer requires Fountainhead
- [Apothecary](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/apothecary):
	- Gas cost now 300, from 200
- [Scrapyard](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/scrapyard)
	- Time cost now 20, from 25
- [Mantle](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/mantle):
	- Mineral cost now 250, from 150
	- No longer requires Fountainhead
- [Iron Foundry](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/iron-foundry):
	- Mineral, gas, and time costs now 400/150/60, from 300/100/50
- [Future Station](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/future-station):
	- Mineral, gas, and time costs now 400/200/40, from 200/150/30
	- No longer requires Atelier
- [Biotic Bastion](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/biotic-bastion):
	- Time cost now 45, from 30
	- HP now 850, from 800
	- No longer requires Atelier
- [Starpad](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/starpad):
	- Mineral and gas costs now 100/100, from 125/75
- [Starport](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/starport):
	- Gas cost now 150, from 125
- [Rotary](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/rotary) and [Commandment](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/commandment):
	- No longer requires Fountainhead
- [Nanite Assembly](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/nanite-assembly):
	- Mineral, gas, and time costs now 600/400/75, from 300/250/60
	- HP now 1700, from 1500
	- No longer requires Atelier
- Fountainhead, Atelier:
	- Removed
- [Wellbore](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/wellbore):
	- Time cost now 50, from 60

## Protoss
- [Envoy](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/envoy):
	- Now moves ~5% slower
- [Amaranth](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/amaranth):
	- Time cost now 22, from 25
- [Atreus](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/atreus):
	- Shields now 70, from 80
	- Weapon now homes in on target
	- *Improving the Atreus's consistency should provide Protoss with a more "core" response to throngs of hostiles.*
- [Herald](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/herald):
	- Mineral and gas costs now 100/100, from 150/50
- [Cantavis](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/cantavis):
	- Gas cost now 150, from 125
	- HP now 50, from 40
	- Shields now 50, from 40
- [Vassal](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/vassal):
	- HP now 40, from 35
	- Shields now 30, from 35
	- Now moves 5% slower
- [Golem](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/golem):
	- Time cost now 28, from 25
	- Shields now 60, from 80
	- Armor now 3, from 2
	- **New passive: Tranquility Array**
		- Upon taking shield damage, restore 2 shields for all allies within 3 range.
	- *Helping the Golem live up to its intended combat role.*
- [Positron](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/positron):
	- Armor now 2, from 3
	- Transport size now 4, from 2
	- No longer has Interception
	- *Providing missile interception to the Positron was an experiment that wound up failing. Reverting that change and dropping its armor will keep the unit reliant on a proper backline and good target selection.*
- [Accantor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/accantor):
	- Mineral cost now 250, from 200
	- Shields now 60, from 70
	- Transport space now 6, from 4
	- *Requiring more of an investment to make more than one Accantor drop seems appropriate in a world without the "Shuttle Speed" upgrade.*
- [Aurora](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/aurora):
	- Last Orders damage now 25, from 20
- [Lanifect](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/lanifect):
	- HP now 100, from 90
	- Now moves ~10% slower
	- *This gives Disruption Field more time to be active in skirmishes, while making repositioning a bit more feasible. The Lanifect should also be a bit more reliable in sorties.*
- [Pylon](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/pylon):
	- Mineral cost now 75, from 50
	- *Protoss players should think a bit more about when and where to add Pylons. This also reduces manner Pylon frequency, without removing it entirely.*

## Zerg
- [Ovileth](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/ovileth):
	- Sight range now 10, from 9
	- *Cautious change to allow Zerg to combat Eidolons from a range, in the wake of Proximity Cloak.*
- [Quazilisk](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/quazilisk):
	- Now moves ~16% slower
	- Weapon armor penetration now 1, from 0
	- *In an attempt to diversify the Quazeth Pool, the Quazilisk should fall off later in the game now, while not being able to react to enemy movement as swiftly as its counterparts.*
- [Nathrokor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/nathrokor):
	- Mineral cost now 75, from 50
	- Now moves ~5% slower
- [Kalkalisk](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/kalkalisk):
	- Weapon damage now 5, from 4
	- *After fixing a bug where the Kalkalisk was dealing double damage to its primary target, this change keeps their damage relatively similar.*
- [Mutalisk](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/mutalisk):
	- Gas cost now 75, from 50
	- Armor penetration now 0, from 2
	- Now moves ~5% slower
	- *Keeping an eye on mass Muta...*
- [Tosgrilisk](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/tosgrilisk):
	- Mineral, gas, and time costs now 100/150/28, from 150/100/25
	- Weapon cooldown now 1, from 1.25
	- *...and providing them better scaling once tier 3 is achieved.*
- [Skithrokor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/skithrokor):
	- Skittering Spores:
		- Damage now 4, from 8
		- Cooldown now 0.791, from 0.708
	- New passive: **Ablative Whiplash**
		- Projectiles deal damage to all targets, reducing by 1 for every target pierced, and return to the attacker after reaching their target
	- *Riffing on the passives of the Kalkalisk and the Lakizilisk, this change lets the Skithrokor compete with stacked air units - without erasing worker lines in the process, we hope!*
- [Bactalisk](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/bactalisk):
	- Weapon range now 7, from 8
	- *Reducing the Bactalisk's weapon range should encourage other options if you need to siege someone at tier 2.*
- [Evigrilisk](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/evigrilisk):
	- Mineral and gas costs now 200/100, from 250/50
- [Keskathalor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/keskathalor):
	- Mineral and gas costs now 300/250, from 400/150
- [Geszithalor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/geszithalor):
	- Mineral and gas costs now 250/175, from 300/125
- [Alkajelisk](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/alkajelisk):
	- Gas cost now 250, from 200
- [Gorgrokor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/gorgrokor):
	- Serrated Cleavers (vs. ground) weapon cooldown now 0.583, from 0.5
- [Ultrokor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/ultrokor):
	- Mineral and gas costs now 250/150, from 325/75
- [Zarcavrokor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/zarcavrokor):
	- Mineral and gas costs now 175/150, from 225/100
- [Spraith Cesiant](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/spraith-cesiant):
	- Weapon range now 9, from 8
	- *Part of the recent push to increase security against early air.*
- [Quazeth Pool](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/quazeth-pool):
	- Time cost now 45, from 40
- [Ezigrisant](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/ezigrisant):
	- Time cost now 45, from 50