# 16 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 - 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 ## Latest content - [Pr0totype #21 - The Hammer Falls!](https://youtu.be/EXoWdTvHwiw) - [Pr0totype #22 - A Story About My Ackmed](https://youtu.be/KFucu-iXi8E) ## Game modes - Added a 'Debug' game mode that maxes out starting resources and significantly speeds up build times. ## 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) - Recalling a saved selection no longer culls unavailable units (e.g. stunned, in transport) (c. DF) - Fixed default hotkey collisions for: (r. neblime) - Larvosk Cesiant: Control Strains and Ocsal aspect - Argosy: Epigraph and Empyrean - AI: - Fixed request processing for Alkajelisks - Zerg AI no longer overbuild Ovileths in the early game - Audiovisual: - Terran and Zerg tech-up advisor transmissions are no longer swapped - Axitrilisk birth anim now uses Hydralisk as a placeholder, instead of Talos - Ocsal Cesiant now has a wireframe - Kills string has been reinstated ## Audiovisuals - Updated sprite for: - Ocsal Cesiant (placeholder) ## Terran - [Talos](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/talos): - Now trained from Quarry - Now moves ~16.5% faster - [Sundog](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/sundog): - Time cost now 35, from 30 - [Salamander](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/salamander): - Time cost now 35, from 30 - HP now 175, from 180 - [Pythean](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/pythean): - Now trained from Nanite Assembly - [Hippogriff](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/hippogriff): - Mineral cost now 250, from 300 - Chimera Cannons: - Weapon damage now 4x10, from 4x15 - No longer targets air units - Now uses Pegasus Missiles when targeting air units - [Quarry](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/quarry): - Gas cost now 75, from 50 - Parthenon: - Removed - [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 ## Protoss - [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 - [Atreus](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/atreus): - Now has Interception - [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! - [Vassal](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/vassal): - Time cost now 14, from 12 - [Idol](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/idol): - Weapon splash radii now 12/18/24, from 12/24/36 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [Embassy](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/embassy): - Gas cost now 100, from 75 - Strident Stratum: - Removed - [Engram](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/engram): - Weapon splash radii now 12/24/36, from 24/36/48 - [Grand Library](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/grand-library): - Time cost now 55, 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 - [Stargate](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/stargate): - Mineral, gas, and time costs now 200/150/55, from 125/125/50 - Shields now 350, from 300 - [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 - [Gosvileth](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/gosvileth): - Now requires Irol Iris - Now moves ~16.5% faster - [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