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Ascension #5 update

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See patchnotes.md for info on the most recent patch!
# Table of Contents
- [25 September 2023](#25-september-2023)
- [16 September 2023](#16-september-2023)
- [3 September 2023](#3-september-2023)
- [31 July 2023](#31-july-2023)
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- [13 August 2020](#13-august-2020)
- [12 August 2020](#12-august-2020)
# 25 September 2023
## Designer's Notes
A similarly-sized patch will be on the horizon before our next tournament on 30 Sep! See you all then.
Patch goals include:
- Pulling the trigger on the "shroud piercer" Kinetic Penetration revision
- Continuing to adjust balance in the wake of Ascension #4
- Further improving audiovisuals
## Summary
- Kinetic Penetration now deals full damage to the first target, and half damage to all others
- Melee air unit performance has been significantly improved
## Latest content
- [Ascension #4 - Calm Before the Storm](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLACFHAM2MlxOlZKGsQvv3wOH3G7gzPSc1)
- [Pr0totype #24 - A Psionic Hurricane!](https://youtu.be/1cXLyQIFcZw)
## Map Pool
- Competitive 1v1:
- Removed: Equilibrium
- Added: Ex Situ
## Internals
- Cagra spread now uses a safer random function, which may help with network stability
## Gameplay
- Kinetic Penetration now deals full damage only to the first target, and half damage to all other victims (c. Veeq7)
- Stewards now reveal their parent Solarions when attacking from out of vision
- The following Zerg ground units can now burrow:
- Cikralisk, Protathalor, Axitrilisk, Mortothrokor, Tethzorokor, Evigrilisk, Keskathalor, Vilgorokor
## Bugfixes
- Gameplay:
- Lifted turreted units (e.g. Goliath) can no longer attack from lifted Anchors (r. Mystery Meat)
- Melee air unit tracking has vastly improved (c. DF)
- Lardfix: Mixed selections of burrowed and unburrowed units (including selections with Lakizilisks) no longer prohibit basic commands
- Audiovisuals:
- Terran error SFX can now correctly plays no more than once at any time
- Phalanx siege transforms have had turret and base relations corrected (r. DF)
- Vagrant unit responses have been corrected
- Treasuries now display progress bars while under construction, and no longer display an armor icon
- Birthing Zerg units now use the correct armor icon
- Vagrant selection circle has been corrected
- Custom UI graphics (order lines, transport UI, etc) are now reset between games (c. Veeq7)
- Lardfix: title music now plays again after concluding a multiplayer game (c. DF)
- Tilesets:
- Adjusted pathing for default Ashworld dirt and magma cliffs to be more consistent
- Fixed numerous height and buildability issues on niche Jungle tiles (r. TheBeaver99)
## AI
- Increased refinery request priorities to improve gas capping pace
- Reduced number of tower requests per base to reduce clutter
- Madcaps and short-range units will no longer attempt kiting
## Audiovisuals
- New sprite for:
- Goliath (c. Solstice, wireframe c. jun3hong)
- Updated sprite for:
- Cyclops (c. Solstice, wireframe updates c. jun3hong)
## Terran
- [Sentinel](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/sentinel):
- Weapon damage now 1x24, from 1x20
## Protoss
- [Matrix](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/matrix):
- HP now 180, from 150
- [Star Sovereign](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/star-sovereign):
- Intervention Missiles no longer deal splash damage
- [Patriarch](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/patriarch):
- Weapon cooldown now 1.25, from 1.5
## Zerg
- [Quazilisk](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/quazilisk):
- Mineral cost now 75, from 100
- [Nathrokor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/nathrokor):
- Time cost now 25, from 22
- Vestigial Strike armor penetration now 1, from 2
- [Gorgrokor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/gorgrokor):
- Calcification weapon damage now 1x8, from 1x5
# 16 September 2023
## Designer's Notes

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Subterranean Tentacle (Surkith Colony)
Skittering Spores (Skithrokor)
Suicide (Skryrokor)
Parasite (Matraleth ability)
Parasitic Excision (Matraleth ability)
Salvage (Talos)
Screaming Venom 2 (Keskathalor)
Dark Swarm (Isthrathaleth ability)

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imgol 440 0 0 # Fragmentation Grenade Hit (thingy\efgHit.grp)
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# 25 September 2023
# 30 September 2023
## Designer's Notes
A similarly-sized patch will be on the horizon before our next tournament on 30 Sep! See you all then.
Patch goals include:
- Pulling the trigger on the "shroud piercer" Kinetic Penetration revision
- Continuing to adjust balance in the wake of Ascension #4
- Further improving audiovisuals
- Adjust balance after Kinetic Penetration changes
- Improve role identity and synergy for a few problem units
- Further improve audiovisuals
## Summary
- Kinetic Penetration now deals full damage to the first target, and half damage to all others
- Melee air unit performance has been significantly improved
- Fairly minor changes were made in this update, with a few nasty bugs finally quashed!
## Latest content
- [Ascension #4 - Calm Before the Storm](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLACFHAM2MlxOlZKGsQvv3wOH3G7gzPSc1)
- [Pr0totype #24 - A Psionic Hurricane!](https://youtu.be/1cXLyQIFcZw)
## Map Pool
- Competitive 1v1:
- Removed: Equilibrium
- Added: Ex Situ
- [Crash Course: Micro!](https://youtu.be/pgrVDYiMzeM)
- [Pr0totype #25 - Titans Walk Among Us!](https://youtu.be/2ZZ7i1CmAz8):
## Internals
- Cagra spread now uses a safer random function, which may help with network stability
- Terrain height has been extended by DarkenedFantasies, allowing tilesets to have significantly more height levels!
- This required some changes to vision range and weapon range; be on the lookout for any related issues!
## Gameplay
- Kinetic Penetration now deals full damage only to the first target, and half damage to all other victims (c. Veeq7)
- Stewards now reveal their parent Solarions when attacking from out of vision
- The following Zerg ground units can now burrow:
- Cikralisk, Protathalor, Axitrilisk, Mortothrokor, Tethzorokor, Evigrilisk, Keskathalor, Vilgorokor
## Tilesets
- The following tiles now provide a height difference:
- Desert: Sandy Sunken Pit (both variants)
- Iceworld: Ice
- Twilight: Sunken Ground (both variants)
## Bugfixes
- Stability:
- A null unit crash related to updating unit speed has been fixed (r. greeneggsnspam, c. DF)
- Gameplay:
- Lifted turreted units (e.g. Goliath) can no longer attack from lifted Anchors (r. Mystery Meat)
- Melee air unit tracking has vastly improved (c. DF)
- Lardfix: Mixed selections of burrowed and unburrowed units (including selections with Lakizilisks) no longer prohibit basic commands
- Audiovisuals:
- Terran error SFX can now correctly plays no more than once at any time
- Phalanx siege transforms have had turret and base relations corrected (r. DF)
- Vagrant unit responses have been corrected
- Treasuries now display progress bars while under construction, and no longer display an armor icon
- Birthing Zerg units now use the correct armor icon
- Vagrant selection circle has been corrected
- Custom UI graphics (order lines, transport UI, etc) are now reset between games (c. Veeq7)
- Lardfix: title music now plays again after concluding a multiplayer game (c. DF)
- Tilesets:
- Adjusted pathing for default Ashworld dirt and magma cliffs to be more consistent
- Fixed numerous height and buildability issues on niche Jungle tiles (r. TheBeaver99)
## AI
- Increased refinery request priorities to improve gas capping pace
- Reduced number of tower requests per base to reduce clutter
- Madcaps and short-range units will no longer attempt kiting
## Audiovisuals
- New sprite for:
- Goliath (c. Solstice, wireframe c. jun3hong)
- Updated sprite for:
- Cyclops (c. Solstice, wireframe updates c. jun3hong)
- Changing selections after units die no longer occasionally breaks selections (c. DF)
- Reclaiming Terran addons no longer sometimes sets the parent to neutral (r. neblime)
- Lobotomy Mine, Claymore, and Gorgon slows now correctly apply to flingy-based units (r. neblime & TheBeaver99)
- Psionic Storm now correctly damages the caster (c. Veeq7)
- Iroleths now correctly regress to Ovileths
- Group-selecting Lakizilisks and other units no longer occasionally shows a disabled attack icon
- Fixed a rare issue with Olympians becoming unresponsive when moving after a melee attack (r. lolrsk8s)
## Terran
- [Sentinel](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/sentinel):
- Weapon damage now 1x24, from 1x20
- [Savant](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/savant):
- Armor now 2, from 1
- No longer has energy
- Entropy Gauntlets now always provides Kinetic Penetration
- [Madcap](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/madcap):
- Cabeirus Feeders now provides 15% attack speed per stack, from ~10%
- [Vulture](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/vulture):
- HP now 85, from 90
- Now moves 6.25% faster
- Now visibly shoots two projectiles for better visual clarity
- [Cataphract](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/cataphract):
- Weapon range now 9, from 8
- [Gorgon](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/gorgon):
- Weapon cooldown now 0.79, from 0.83
- [Azazel](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/azazel):
- Defensive Matrix:
- Timer now 10 seconds, from 30
- Heal now 10 HP per second, from 5
- [Magnetar](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/magnetar):
- Max energy now 150, from 250
- [Fountainhead](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/fountainhead):
- Mineral, gas, and time costs now 250/500/45, from 200/400/30
- [Tinkerer's Tower](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=terran/tinkerers-tower):
- Mineral and gas costs now 100/50, from 75/75
## Protoss
- [Matrix](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/matrix):
- HP now 180, from 150
- [Star Sovereign](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/star-sovereign):
- Intervention Missiles no longer deal splash damage
- [Patriarch](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/patriarch):
- Weapon cooldown now 1.25, from 1.5
- [Cabalist](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/cabalist):
- Shields now 30, from 20
- Now decloaks on teleport
- [Positron](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/positron):
- Weapon now has Interception
- [Clarion](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/clarion):
- Now a Detector
- [Ancestral Archives](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=protoss/ancestral-archives):
- Mineral and gas costs now 450/400, from 500/500
## Zerg
- [Quazilisk](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/quazilisk):
- Mineral cost now 75, from 100
- [Nathrokor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/nathrokor):
- Time cost now 25, from 22
- Vestigial Strike armor penetration now 1, from 2
- [Gorgrokor](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/gorgrokor):
- Calcification weapon damage now 1x8, from 1x5
- Vestigial Strike armor penetration now 0, from 1
- [Bactalisk](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/bactalisk):
- Armor now 2, from 3
- [Matraleth](https://www.fraudsclub.com/cosmonarchy-bw/show.php?target=zerg/matraleth):
- Parasitic Excision:
- Cast range now 2, from 8
- Now has a 1-second channel

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