cosmonarchy-bw-release/patchnotes.md

22 March 2025

Year 3, month 3, patch 2

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Patch summary

• Made several balance adjustments ahead of the March Invitational (29-30 March 2025)
• Adjusted tech requirements for the Valkyrie, the Pythean, and the Xenolith
• Deployed the Cestus, the Facade, and the Bulwark
• Made several bugfixes and a few AI improvements
• Added a few new terrain blends to Desert
• Added some new models, courtesy of DeltaCadimus and Solstice
• Updated Ramesses unit responses, courtesy of Myrian

Bugfixes

• Gameplay:
  • Projectiles for the Hotshot, Siren, Cataphract, and Valkyrie now no longer fail to strike targets that are at max range
  • Stewards are no longer affected by speed modifiers, fixing bugs with attacking targets (r. ArbuzBudesh)
  • Fixed bad buttonset for Futurist Federation Stockades (r. Londier)
• Audiovisuals:
  • Fixed Manifold and variant weapon SFX being muted (r. lolrsk8s)
  • Fixed Sublime Shepherd overlays showing on cloaked/burrowed units (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
  • Fixed debug errors in Piety Ward death animations (r. Londier)
  • Fixed bad Starbound Manifold passive string (.r lolrsk8s)

Audiovisuals

• New models for:
  • Simulacrum, Matrix (c. DeltaCadimus)
  • Star Sovereign (c. Solstice)
• New unit responses for:
  • Ramesses (c. Myrian)

Terran

• Savant:
  • Power Siphon:
    • Weapon range 7 » 8
• Blackjack:
  • Movement speed 5 » 5.5
• Wraith:
  • Build time 28 » 25
• Valkyrie:
  • Now trained at Starpad, from Starport
• Trojan:
  • Build time 30 » 28
• Pythean:
  • Now trained at Starport, from Nanite Assembly
  • Now accelerates faster, reducing drift
• Azazel:
  • Sublime Shepherd:
    • Effect range 4 » 6
    • Now always applies to structures
    • Now applies if the attacker dies before the attack lands
• Anchor:
  • Transport weight 10 » 15
• Sentinel:
  • Transport weight 8 » 12
• NEW: Cestus:
  • Warding outpost; detects and provides armor; no tech requirement
• NEW: Facade:
  • Cloaking outpost; can activate a cloaking field; requires Atlas

Protoss

• Manifold:
  • Build time 20 » 18
• Idol:
  • Resource costs 100/50 » 75/50
  • Build time 28 » 25
  • HP 80 » 70
  • Armor 1 » 0
• Golem:
  • Build time 30 » 28
• Vibrance:
  • Sensory Overload:
    • No longer attacks air units
• Didact:
  • Movement speed 2.914 » 3.332
  • Dimensional Recall:
    • Channel time 2.25 » 4
• Xenolith:
  • Now requires any tier 3, from any tier 2
  • Resource costs 250/150 » 250/200
  • Build time 30 » 40
  • Dimensional Recall:
    • Channel time 2.25 » 4
• Lattice:
  • Resource costs 150/25 » 175/25
• NEW: Bulwark:
  • Protective core; detects and heals shields; no tech requirement

Zerg

• Rilirokor:
  • No longer has Saber Siphon
  • This was intended to be removed when the timed life gain on-hit was implemented. Oops!
• Rililisk:
  • No longer has Saber Siphon
  • Now gains timed life on each attack
• Liiralisk:
  • Hollowed Glaves:
    • Armor penetration 1 » 2
• Tethzorokor:
  • Resource costs 150/50 » 150/25
• Ultrokor:
  • Resource costs 300/150 » 250/125
• Surkith Cesiant and Skortrith Cesiant:
  • Weapon fire animation timing reduced
• Spraith Cesiant:
  • Seeker Spores:
    • Weapon cooldown 0.54 » 0.42
• Spirtith Cesiant:
  • Spirtith Spores:
    • Weapon cooldown 0.54 » 0.42