cosmonarchy-bw-prerelease/patchnotes.md

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

• Gameplay:
  • Sycophants no longer "donate" shields for free (r. Mystery Meat)

Protoss

• Sycophant:
  • Idolatry no longer procs on allied Sycophants
    • We will attempt to implement this more elegantly later!
• 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:
  • Time cost now 50, from 60
  • HP now 200, from 180
• Strident Stratum:
  • Mineral and gas costs now 250/150, from 200/200
  • HP now 400, from 450
• Grand Library:
  • Time cost now 50, from 45
• Rogue Gallery:
  • Time cost now 50, from 45
• Prostration Stage:
  • Time cost now 60, from 50
• Ancestral Archives:
  • Time cost now 70, from 60
• Ardent Authority:
  • Time cost now 55, from 45
• Synthetic Synod:
  • Time cost now 70, from 60
  • HP now 850, from 750
• Argosy:
  • Time cost now 60, from 50