cosmonarchy-bw-release/patchnotes.md

8 July 2023

Designer's Notes

This update has some changes to balance, and a whole lot of bugfixes!

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Gameplay

• Resource crevice tiles are now buildable across all tilesets
  • If you find any unbuildable ones, please report them!
• Kinetic Penetration:
  • Now only penetrates if armor pen is greater than armor, instead of penetrating when both values were the same

Bugfixes

• Stability:
  • Fixed a crash when checking for Phantom Strike procs from dead attackers (r. benno, c. DF)
  • Protected against another nullsprite crash related to Wyverns (r. benno, c. DF)
• Gameplay:
  • "Go to max range" attacks no longer underflow across the map when targeting units close to the left or top edge of the map (c. DF)
  • Lanifect Disruption Field now correctly disables units in Anchors (r. The Shambler)
  • Friendly fire no longer activates Zoryusthaleth Mitosis (r. DF)
  • Seraph Observance no longer permanently debuffs victims
  • Kinetic Penetration now correctly works alongside Apollyoid Adhesive, Autocrat Controlled Opposition, Seraph Observance, Vithrilisk Corrosive Touch
  • Ability casts no longer proc Analogue Empathy Core (r. Londier)
  • Lanifects no longer flee when attacked while Disruption Field is active
  • Clarions no longer flee when they have other units Phase Linked (r. fagguto)
  • Star Sovereign Intervention no longer fires on undetected targets
  • Improved lifting and landing for turning structures (c. DF)
  • Simulacra now inherit Demiurge Worship (r. Londier)
• Audiovisual:
  • Paladins no longer turn north during their first volley (r. TheBeaver99, c. DF)
  • Sublime Shepherd overlays no longer appear on resources (r. fagguto)
  • Fixed the string for the Salamander/Azazel addon requirement (r. 3crow)
  • Engram now correctly displays a progress bar while warping in (r. IskatuMesk)
  • Deployment unit responses no longer play while in replays (r. IskatuMesk)

AI

• Improved targeting for:
  • Simulacra during Autovitality

Audiovisuals

• Improved sprites for:
  • Diadem (c. DarkenedFantasies)
  • Cyprian, Cyclops (c. Solstice)
• The following units have been renamed:
  • Cagrant Cesiant (formerly Cagrant Colony)
  • Larvosk Cesiant (formerly Larvosk Colony)
  • Surkith Cesiant (formerly Surkith Colony)
  • Spraith Cesiant (formerly Spraith Colony)
  • Skortrith Cesiant (formerly Skortrith Colony)
  • Spirtith Cesiant (formerly Spirtith Colony)

Terran

• Maverick:
  • HP now 50, from 45
• Madrigal:
  • Furia Missiles:
    • Weapon cooldown now 0.92, from 0.83
• Ancile:
  • Gas cost now 100, from 75
• Gorgon:
  • Gas cost now 50, from 25
• Azazel:
  • Fore Castle (via Sublime Shepherd) now provides +2 armor, from a 1.5x increase
• Minotaur:
  • Fore Castle now provides +2 armor, from a 1.5x increase
  • Though this doesn't change base calculations, armor buffs and debuffs will not be multiplied, and instead simply have +2 added to it
• Diadem:
  • Weapon cooldown now 8, from 7
  • Weapon can no longer target air units
  • While lifted, turn rate boosted to 27 (normal for lifted Terran structures; c. DF)
• Quarry:
  • Gas cost now 50, from 25
• Treasury):
  • Time cost now 60, from 55

Protoss

• Simulacrum:
  • Mineral and time costs now 100/20, from 75/15
  • HP now 75, from 70
  • Armor now 1, from 0
• Vassal:
  • Mineral and time costs now 75/12, from 50/10
  • HP now 35, from 30
• Idol:
  • Mineral and gas costs now 100/75, from 150/50
  • HP now 90, from 100
  • Weapon cooldown now 0.92, from 1
• Analogue:
  • Gas cost now 150, from 100
  • HP now 140, from 150
  • Max energy now 100, from 150
  • Weapon removed
• Aurora:
  • HP now 75, from 70
• Lanifect:
  • Mineral and gas costs now 100/75, from 150/50
  • HP now 90, from 80
• Panoptus:
  • Shields now 50, from 60
  • Turn rate now 24, from 18

Zerg

• Zethrokor:
  • HP now 40, from 35
• Quazilisk:
  • HP now 55, from 50
  • Time cost now 15, from 18
• Nathrokor:
  • Mineral and gas costs now 75/50, from 100/25
  • HP now 70, from 65
  • New: Adrenal Frenzy:
    • Now gains +25% movement speed for 2 seconds after landing an attack
• Skithrokor:
  • Mineral and gas costs now 75/50, from 100/25
  • Weapon cooldown now 0.71, from 0.75
• Vithrilisk:
  • Corrosive Touch:
    • No longer amplifies damage as if armor were in the negatives
    • Now expires after 5 seconds of not being refreshed
• Lakizilisk:
  • Weapon cooldown now 1.58, from 1.5
• Larvosk Cesiant:
  • Gas and time costs now 50/30, from 25/25
• Nydus Cesiant:
  • Now mutated from Cagrant Cesiant, and thus spreads cagra
  • Now regresses into Cagrant Cesiant when the exit is killed