# X September 2023 -- prospective patch notes

## Designer's Notes

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

## Summary
- In tier 2 and beyond, Protoss production structures have had their time costs increased

## Latest content
- [Pr0totype #21 - The Hammer Falls!](https://youtu.be/EXoWdTvHwiw)
- [Pr0totype #22 - A Story About My Ackmed](https://youtu.be/KFucu-iXi8E)

## Bugfixes
- Stability:
	- Fixed a crash related to Demiurges (r. benno & The Shambler, c. DF)
- Gameplay:
	- Sycophants no longer "donate" shields for free (r. Mystery Meat)
	- Ascending corpses now enchants allies instead of enemies
	- Cagra spread by Omnivales now correctly recedes when the Omnivale dies (r. Btyb88)
- Audiovisual:
	- Ocsal Cesiant now has a wireframe

## Audiovisuals
- Updated sprite for:
	- Ocsal Cesiant (placeholder)

## Protoss
- [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!
- [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
- [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
- [Strident Stratum](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/strident-stratum):
	- Mineral and gas costs now 250/150, from 200/200
	- HP now 400, from 450
- [Grand Library](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/grand-library):
	- Time cost now 50, from 45
- [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
- [Argosy](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/argosy):
	- 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
- [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