General Update 05/01/2022

General Update 05/01/2022

More work balancing the game, as well as some other general bug fixes and enhancements.

General

• Lifesteal value per attribute point increased from 2.4 to 5, so all entities/environment objects with lifesteal have a bit more than twice as much.
• Resolved not fairly selecting between options at the same power level for waves - the first option was always ignored.

Difficulty Curve

• Difficulty curve sped up significantly, increasing the difficulty of the game. New key timings are:
  • Level 2 on wave 3
  • Level 3 on wave 6
  • Level 4 on wave 9

Units

• Earth Mage - Attribute distribution changed from {hp_max = 1, move_speed = 1, attack_dps = 2, attack_range = 2} to {hp_max = 2, move_speed = 1, attack_dps = 5, attack_range = 5}
• Clay Golem
  • "Changed Design" upgrade explosion damage increased from 1.5x to 2x, and max damage reduced from 1/2 to 1/3
• Rock Trolls
  • "Resource Sharing" now also increases attack range (adds 1.5x original attack range, for a net 2.5x attack range) and increases attack speed (attacks twice as fast)
• Animated Sculpture
  • When in resource collection form the animated sculpture is uncontrollable to reduce confusion, and if it does not gain any resources after 30 seconds it will allow movement again
• Airy beast
  • The damage taken as a result of excess convergence is also marked as reflect damage, so airy beasts will no longer kill themselves on their own thorns when triggering excess convergence.
• Living laboratory
  • Added animation
• Stone Golem
  • Multiple layers explosion damage reduced from 3x to 2.5x
  • Changed design max damage taken reduced from 1/3 to 1/4

Bug Fixes

• Resolved all attack speed modifiers not doing anything
• Resolved calming aura crashing
• Resolved an unlikely crash that could occur when a unit which is constructed is selected when their construction finishes.