cosmonarchy-bw-prerelease/patchnotes.md

8 February 2024

Year 3, month 2, patch 1

This patch will include new features, balance adjustments, bugfixes, and audiovisual improvements.

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Game Flow

• Added ridge refineries with no tech requirement for all races, boosting ridge yields from 3 vespene to 5 vespene

Bugfixes

• Stability:
  • Fixed numerous issues contributing to undefined behavior, resulting in desyncs, crashes, or aberrant results (a. DF)
• Gameplay:
  • Sevenstep - Mind Matter:
    • Can no longer self-apply on large units (r. Kenoli)
    • No longer fires if the source Sevenstep is in a transport (r. Kenoli)
  • Resolved mnemonic hotkey conflict between Ultrokor and Akistrokor morphs (r. jakulangski)
• AI:
  • Fixed AI still being able to make Masons via Quarries (r. jakulangski)

Audiovisuals

• Updated sprite for:
  • Dracadin (c. Solstice)
  • Rogue Gallery
• Added visual effect for:
  • Blackjack (passive state switch)

Terran

• NEW: Sieve
  • Ridge-based vespene processor
• NEW: Cleric (Futurist):
  • Protective infantry; can deploy Piety Wards

Protoss

• Hierophant:
  • Shields 70 » 80
• Gladius:
  • Armor 2 » 1
  • Plasma Flurry:
    • Weapon damage 15 » 12
• Steward:
  • Pulse Cannon:
    • Weapon damage 8 » 6
• Nexus:
  • Now provides power
• Gateway:
  • Time cost 50 » 55
• Rogue Gallery:
  • Reduced collision size by ~10%
• Grand Library:
  • Reduced collision size by ~8%
• Lattice:
  • Time cost 50 » 45
• NEW: Cedent
  • Ridge-based vespene processor

Zerg

• Protathalor:
  • Build time 25 » 22
• Bactalisk:
  • Corrosive Acid:
    • Weapon cooldown 1.17 » 1.25
• Vithrilisk:
  • Build time 30 » 25
• Okrimnilisk:
  • HP 380 » 600
• NEW: Eskigant
  • Ridge-based vespene processor
• NEW: Kazitrith Cesiant:
  • Support cell to boost combat prowess of nearby allies; mutated from Cagrant Cesiant