cosmonarchy-bw-prerelease/patchnotes.md

6 August 2023 -- prospective patch notes

Designer's Notes

More rebalancings, more new sprites, more bugfixes, and a more useful patch description when I'm not sleepy!

Latest content

• Pr0totype #17 - Wiggle No Longer
• Daily castovers continue...
  • Alexhandr vs benno
  • The Shambler vs benno
  • Solstice vs The Shambler
  • neblime vs Alexhandr
  • DF vs neblime
  • Btyb88 vs Alexhandr, part 1 and part 2
• Fraudarchy 5 August 2023

UI

• It is now possible to train Scribes when selecting Nexuses and Embassies together
• Added a new config option for always showing condensed selections (c. DF)
• It is now possible to select multiple units when in replays (c. DF)
• When holding shift (or when config - always_show_extended_tooltips is set to true), weapon tooltips now display approximate ranges with a circle
  • This is not 100% consistent with weapon ranges; we will improve this feature in time!

Audiovisuals:

• New sprite:
  • Nathrokor, Liiralisk (c. Solstice)
• Updated sprite:
  • Quazilisk (c. Solstice)
• Updated icon:
  • Diadem
• New weaponfire SFX:
  • Silvertongue

Bugfixes

• Stability:
  • Fixed another nullsprite crash (r. Alexhandr)
  • Fixed a few crashes related to removing units via triggers (r. StratosTygo)
• Gameplay:
  • Structures can no longer spawn trained units on different height levels based on rally point (c. Veeq7)
  • Attacks with the "go to max range" behavior now calculate max ranges more accurately (c. Veeq7)
  • Hippogriffs no longer miss their target while at max range (c. Veeq7)
  • Landing structures can no longer teleport to map bounds in rare cases (r. StratosTygo & fagguto)
  • Anciles no longer protect against friendly "go to max range" projectiles when those projectiles kill their target
  • Anthelions can no longer damage undetected hidden enemies (r. IskatuMesk)
  • Ensnaring Brood attacks now apply Ensnare to noncombatants, towers, and liftable structures (r. fagguto)
  • Phalanxes entering siege mode while decolliding with structures now queue a tank mode order instead of self-destructing
  • Lakizilisks no longer have a variable delay before burrowing (c. DF)
  • Fixed Sevenstep projectile movement being slower than intended
  • Town centers are no longer placeable near Vespene Ridges in quasifog (r. Mystery Meat)
  • Caphrolosk and Gathtelosk mutation shortcut conflicts have been resolved (r. neblime)
• Audiovisuals:
  • Magenta, Rainbow New, and Patriotic Freedom are no longer rollable as player colors
  • Delay between ally under attack notices has increased
  • Transport UI now colorizes as green for own units (c. Veeq7)
  • Aura circles no longer show for selected enemy units (replay/witness mode notwithstanding)
  • Fixed Gosvileths not getting the correct shadow offset when cancelling or interrupting constructions (r. Mystery Meat)
  • Fixed error printout related to Sevenstep's passive
  • Standardized Nathrokor and Ovileth morph button positions
  • Corrected Silvertongue portrait and unit responses
  • Fixed Rilirokor's passive tooltip (r. lucifirius)
  • Fixed Tinkerer's Tower tooltip (r. Mystery Meat)

Terran

• Mason and Talos:
  • Repair HP amount now 75% of the previous amount per second
• Cleric:
  • Healing rate now 9 HP per second, from 12
• Cyclops:
  • Mineral cost now 100, from 75
  • HP now 85, from 80
  • Weapon damage now 10, from 6
  • Armor penetration now 0, from 1
  • Weapon cooldown now 1.25, from 0.75
  • Fragmentary Shells removed
  • New: Recursion Rounds:
    • Each Cyclops attack leaves behind a latent shell that detonates after 2 seconds, dealing 10 damage to all enemies within 2 range
• Phalanx:
  • Arclite Cannon:
    • Armor penetration now 0, from 3
    • Weapon cooldown now 1.33, from 1.54
  • Deployment speed now ~25% faster
• Valkyrie:
  • HP now 160, from 180
  • Armor now 3, from 2
  • Weapon damage now 6x5, from 2x8
  • Armor penetration now 0, from 5
  • Weapon cooldown now 1.5, from 1
  • Splash radii now 24/32/48, from 20/30/40 (pixels)
  • Attack now staggers its missiles, and fires them in a fixed cone pattern
  • No longer has Prolonged Arms
• Sundog:
  • Gas cost now 75, from 50
  • Weapon damage now 2x12, from 4x5
  • Armor penetration now 5, from 2
  • Weapon cooldown now 1, from 0.83
  • Weapon no longer splashes
• Azazel:
  • Sublime Shepherd:
    • Now stacks with Minotaur Fore Castle
• Hippogriff:
  • Weapon cooldown now 2.5, from 2.25
  • Weapon range now 13, from 15
  • Turn rate now 6, from 12 (matches Minotaur)
• Quarry:
  • Collision size adjusted to make right-side resource returns more elegant
• Treasury:
  • Collision size now identical to Ministry (slightly wider, slightly shorter)

Protoss

• Hierophant:
  • Initial attack windup now 3 frames long, from 6, increasing responsivity
• Architect:
  • HP now 200, from 180
  • Weapon damage now 30, from 40
  • Weapon cooldown now 1.33, from 1.5
  • Now moves ~11% faster
  • Collision now ~8% smaller
• Crucible:
  • Gas cost now 150, from 125
  • Shields now 200, from 300
  • Armor now 4, from 3
• Matrix:
  • Mineral cost now 200, from 150
  • HP now 150, from 120
  • Weapon cooldown now 0.83, from 0.92
• Engram:
  • Mineral cost now 300, from 250
  • HP now 250, from 220

Zerg

• Quazilisk:
  • Weapon damage now 2x6, from 1x5
  • Now moves ~20% faster
• Nathrokor:
  • HP now 75, from 70
  • Plasmid Breath weapon removed
  • New weapon: Vestigial Strike
    • 1x8 damage, 2 armor pen, melee range, targets ground
  • New weapon: Nathrok Claws
    • 2x4 damage, 0 armor pen, melee range, targets air
• Vorvrokor:
  • Captivating Claws:
    • No longer stacks per unique Vorvrokor
    • Now applies Ensnare (which stacks with Matraleth Ensnaring Brood)
• Izirokor:
  • Attack windup now 2 frames long, from 4, increasing responsivity
• Skithrokor:
  • Armor now 1, from 2
• Vithrilisk:
  • HP now 180, from 200
  • Weapon cooldown now 2, from 1.875
• Lakizilisk:
  • HP now 120, from 140
  • Burrow animation now 30% longer
• Gorgrokor:
  • Armor penetration now 0, from 1
  • Weapon cooldown now 0.5, from 0.42
  • Weapon splash radii now 20/30/40, from 30/37/45 (pixels)
  • Now moves ~15% slower
• Alkajelisk:
  • Turn rate now 8, from 12
• Zorkiz Shroud:
  • Time cost now 50, from 45
• Alkaj Chasm:
  • Mineral and gas costs now 500/700, from 400/800