# 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

## 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)

## 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