Update 8: The Seaside Resort Update!

Welcome cosmic tourists! We are happy to welcome you to our Seaside retreat, on the Bleak Coast, where you will find beautiful waves, plenty of starving slimes, and a brand new implement of destruction!! I won’t have to remind you, STAY OFF THE GRASS.

With this update, our first new map is arriving with a new style for our enemies. We are also building up our build system, with a new weapon property system. With this system, weapons will have properties that determine what effect they will have on the battlefield, and steer them toward specific Artifacts early on.

Additionally, with a variety of performance improvements, we have been able to increase enemy spawn rates, meaning there will be some serious horde moments ahead of you.

As always, our detailed patch notes are below. We look forward to your feedback and hope you enjoy the map, weapon, and systems!

Additions

• Added Bleak Coast Map
• Added 1 New Gun (Orik’s Flightline)
• Added a weapon property system, which changes the balancing of every gun in the game, and replaces mundane artifacts. There are still mundane Boons and Ichors
• Added ability to switch between a Pixel Art and Non-Pixel Art Font (We plan on adding an HD font later)
• Added 12 New Ichors (Gromain, Zho-Ikmet, C’Luthu, N’Tho, Ro-Kuro, Ska-Thish, Za’Tel-shan, Jurahi, Uzushug, Wz’Atlan, Do-Jen, Helikul)
• Added 1 New Boon (Gorubax’s Mirror)
• Added 1 New Artifact (M`Thrgdar’s Stunt)
• Added 9 New Harmonies (Zho-Ikmet’s Sagacity, Ro-Kuro’s Mirror, M`Thrgdr’s Pong, M`Thrgdr’s Rebound, Irtokan’s Fury, Jurahi’s Fury, Irtokan’s Volatility, Jurahi’s Coating, C`Trixa’s Presence)
• Added 6 New Curses (Sloppy Aim, Brass Degradation, Poor Rifling, Small Caliber, Broken Mirror, Cro’Athek's Megalophobia)
• Added 1 New Ability (Poison the Well)
• Added 3 New Unspeakables (Teklan’s Deck, Wed-gido's Sigil, Abug’Kee’s Brand)
• Added 5 New Runes (Bloodletter, Witch Doctor, Expanding Munitions, Bombardier, Warmonger)
• Added 8 New Trinkets (Rubberized Casings, Tungsten Rounds, Poisoned Glyphs, Cleaning Rods, Syringes, Anointed Rounds, Whetstones, Treated Barrels)
• Added 2 Variant enemies to the default slime
• Added 1 SFX (Flask pickup)

Performance

• Improved the performance issues caused by all enemies
• Improved the performance issues caused by all ground drops
• Improved the performance issues caused by the player
• Improved the performance issues caused by projectiles

Gun Balance

• Cathilan’s Repeater Fire Rate 200 RPM -> 180 RPM
• Cathilan’s Repeater Passive: Damage 12 -> 14
• Cathilan’s Repeater Passive: Damage Per Level 1% -> 1.5%
• Borrilis Blaster: Range 85 -> 80
• Goruk’s Doorbell: Range 35 -> 30
• Madruger: Damage: 2 -> 4
• Madruger: Fire Rate 720 RPM -> 500 RPM
• Madrugar: Heat Stacks Benfits: 0.5% -> 0.4%
• Madrugar: Range 90 -> 80
• Dretch Bane: Fire Rate: 480 RPM -> 360 RPM
• Dretch Bane: Damage 3 -> 5
• Shrike: Passive Projectile to Damage Conversion 10 -> 8
• Shrike: Range 200 -> 140
• Shrike: Damage 17 -> 18
• Default Max Fire Rate: 1020 RPM -> 900 RPM
• All Guns: Base Health Regen: 45 -> 100 seconds
• Converted Natural Health Regen into a Property, only some guns start with natural health regeneration
• Converted Health Regen Speed upgrades into Healing upgrades now affect everything that progresses the health regeneration timer

Artifact Balance

• Ruinous Shard: Projectile Spread Per Stack -2% -> -3%
• Ruinous Shard: Projectile Spread Max Stack -80% -> -90%
• Ruinous Shard: Critical Chance 4% -> 8%
• Explosive Rounds: Blast Radius 1 -> 2
• Flathead Rounds: Projectile Speed 0% -> 15%
• Penetration Rounds: Piercing 1 -> 3
• Penetration Rounds 15% Projectile Speed -> 15% Range
• Rubberized Tips: Projectile Bounce 1 -> 2
• Rubberized Tips: 15% Projectile Speed -> 15% Range
• Contaminated Casings: DoT Damage 3 -> 6
• Az`Zundo Torrent: DoT Damage 4-> 6
• Az`Zundo Torrent now requires Dot Damage to Obtain
• Ephemeral Straw: Ichor Drop Chance 15% -> 10%
• Tome of Hunger: Ichor Drop Chance Per Kill 1% up to 15% -> 0.5% up to 15%
• Helikul’s Flasks: Ichor Chance Required 25% -> 20%
• Helikul’s Flasks: Pickup Range 0% -> 10%
• Irtokan’s Ichor: Trinket Chance Per Pierce 1% -> 0.01%
• Irtokan’s Ichor Trinket Chance at Max Stacks 30% -> 0.3%
• Do-jen’s Apprentice: Trinket Chance 2% -> 5%
• Teklan’s Phantasm: Stack Per Soul Gathered 2% -> 1%
• Teklan’s Phantasm: Max Stacks 80% -> 75%
• Sanguine Dirge: Stacks Per Kill 1% -> 0.5%
• Sanguine Dirge: Max Stacks 30% -> 25%
• Soul Engine: Stacks Per Soul 1% -> 0.5%
• Necrotizing Powder: Stacks Per Soul 1% -> 0.5%
• Abyssal Quickening: Stacks Per Soul 1% -> 0.5%
• Zho-ikmet’s Delights: Damage Conversion Ratio 30% -> 25%
• Az`Zundo’s Frenzy: Fire Rate 32% -> 30%
• Az`Zundo’s Frenzy: Max Fire Rate 360 RPM -> 150 RPM
• Az`Zundo’s Ichor: Max Fire Rate 360 RPM -> 150 RPM
• Az`Zubdo’s Torrent: Fire Rate 8% -> 6%
• Tale of Serenity: Fire Rate 8% -> 6%
• Anomalous Gem: Fire Rate 10% -> 6%
• Ro-Kuro’s Ichor: Max Fire Rate: 0 -> -200 RPM
• Dual Chamber: Max Fire Rate: 0 -> -50 RPM
• Ro-Kuro’s Legion: Max Fire Rate: 0 -> -100 RPM
• Ro-Kuro’s Legion: Projectile Amount 3 -> 2
• Ak’Ruhan’s Hunger: Stacks Per Soul 1% -> 0.5%
• Ak’Ruhan’s Hunger: Max Stacks 50% -> 40%
• Teklan’s Ichor: Pickup Range Per Level 3% -> 2%
• Scorched Grimoire: 1 Blast Radius -> 3 DoT Damage
• Jester’s Exile: Bounce 2 -> 1
• M’Thrgdar’s Reckoning: 1 Bounce -> 1 Damage
• Shrine Tender: Damage 3 -> 2
• Celestial Resonance: Fire Rate to Critical Conversion Ratio: 40% -> 35%
• Ibnaklek’s Gloom: Critical Damage 25% -> 20%
• Unstable Crystal: Extra Damage: 5 - 15% -> 3 - 9%
• Unstable Crystal: Critical Damage 15% -> 10%
• Phantasmal Memento: Critical Chance 8% -> 6%
• Gluttonous Mask: Projectile Speed 5% -> 10%
• Harlequin Hat: Projectile Speed 5% -> 10%
• Tome of Banishment: Damage 1 -> 0
• M’Trgdar: Stacks per Level 1% -> 0.5%
• Splintering Cascade: Damage 100% -> 75%
• Reworked Charm of Punishment
• Reworked Dual Chamber
• Reworked Ro-Kuro’s Legion
• Reworked AzZundo’s Torrent
• Reworked Aetheric Carvings
• Reworked Ak`Ruhan’s Ichor
• Reworked Goubax’s Ichor
• Reworked Unstable Crystals Artifact
• Reworked Aetheric Gloves Artifact
• Reworked Tome of Flight Artifact
• Reworked Gambler’s Dice Artifact
• Reworked Charm of Punishment Artifact
• Reworked Book of the Guilty Artifact
• Reworked Healing Roots Artifact
• Removed Pure Talent, Upgraded Caliber, Enhanced Rifling, Volatile Powder, Coiled Springs, Ergonomic Stock, Eye For Value, Armored Casing. These artifacts became redundant under the new weapon property system.

Ability Balance

• Cyclical Coils: Damage loss per Coil 5% -> 4%
• Renewed Agility: Chance on Dash to activate: 25% -> 30%

Enemy Balance

• Increased the number of enemies on the field at once by roughly 3x-6x this is thanks to the performance improvements
• Enemy Speed Scaling no longer applies to bosses
• Modified the spawn weight for all enemies
• Rebalanced soul worth of every enemy
• Rebalanced health of every enemy
• Rebalanced speed of every enemy
• Enemies no longer get a decaying 4x speed boost when they spawn
• Boomer: friendly fire blast damage 10 -> 48
• Boomer: friendly fire blast damage now scales with health scaling
• Mudder: Increased the size of the Mud patch
• Mudder: Mud disappearing faster when applying stacks
• Fire Sprite: Projectile Speed 120 -> 210

Soul Balance

• Soul of the Madman: Fire Rate 28% -> 15%
• Soul of the Madman: Range: 10% -> 8%
• Soul of the Goruk: Max Fire Rate 0 -> -40 RPM
• Reworked Soul of the Berserker
• Reworked Soul of the Cathilan
• Reworked Soul of the Damned
• Reworked Soul of the Dretch
• Reworked Soul of the Harrath
• Reworked Soul of the Madman
• Reworked Soul of the Pacifist
• Reworked Soul of the Trinket Master
• Reworked Soul of the Victor
• Reworked Soul of the Borrilis
• Reworked Soul of the Collector
• Reworked Soul of the Duplicant

Rune Balance

• Unrelenting Torrent: Max Fire Rate: 0 -> -60 RPM
• Gluttonous Maw: Pickup Range 50% -> 40%

Gameplay Balance

• The souls required are now exponential rather than linear
• Map Objectives no longer move when too far offscreen
• Re-balanced the Rune Drop Rate
• Trinkets and Ichor Flasks no longer have a reduced pickup range
• All Trinkets Stats 1% -> 0.1%
• Trinket Chances are now Base Trinket Chance rather than % Trinket Chance
• Blast Damage can now Critically Hit
• DoT Damage can now Critically Hit
• Reduce base projectile speed by 25%
• It now takes 5% Ichor flasks for an Ichor after the first Ichor
• Speed Min/Max Range 10 - 160 -> 20 - 200
• There is now a max size for projectiles it is capped at 50 x 50
• Rebalanced Tribulations

Changes

• Updated the graphics of Souls
• Trinkets and Ichor Flasks now give experience like Souls do and will spawn instead of souls, if they are rolled
• Removed Dash Speed Trinket
• Madrugar only needs 720 Fire Rate to unlock rather than 800 Fire Rate

Fixes

• Fixed some enemies moving faster than intended
• Fixed only a single trinket of the same type giving benefits
• Fixed some graphical wobbliness on the gun sprite
• Fixed bombs sometimes not as damaging as intended
• Fixed knockback on damage taken not working as intended
• Fixed Shrike passive working if you only had 1 projectile
• Fixed when pressing resume, it didn’t hide the stats and artifacts panels as it should
• Fixed an issue when a projectile bounced it would ignore range
• Fixed projectiles sometimes ignoring their range