Added the second chapter of the main storyline along with its associated expeditions and a new City Upgrade: Forge. Read more in its dedicated post here.
GAMEPLAY
Revamped every sprouter enemy with new themed abilities and visuals.
Characters hitboxes slightly increased.
Global loot drop quality slightly increased.
Fighting the Sprouter Queen should now feel more consistent.
EXPEDITIONS
Reward system revamped: Quality of rewarded items is now tied to current progress percentage (before, it was based on the number of completed objectives) and added a currency reward option. Failed expeditions can still be turned-in for said currency reward.
Long expeditions now always feature a guaranteed Well and Treasure Chest event encounters.
The position of leader-type encounters is now always shown in the expedition map.
ITEMS
Dodge Rating attribute lowered on items by roughtly 25%.
Firestarter Rod (Relic) removed and replaced by a new item: Pyromantic Syllabarium (Relic).
ABILITIES
Ambush removed and replaced by a new ability: Shadow Strike.
Wildfire removed and replaced by a new ability: Fiery Verse.
Evasive Leap (Signature): Now grants immunity to attacks and negative effects for the duration.
Bloodthirst: Max charges increased from 2 to 3. Recovery rate reduced from 0.50 to 0.40. No longer adds bonus Leech damage to melee attacks but they now heals for a fixed amount instead (based on Rank).
Cauterize: Max charges increased from 2 to 3. Recovery rate reduced from 0.50 to 0.40.
Cure Wounds: Max charges increased from 2 to 3. Recovery rate reduced from 0.65 to 0.50.
Displacer Mantle: Max charges increased from 2 to 4. Recovery rate reduced from 0.50 to 0.35.
Magic Missile: Max charges increased from 4 to 5. Recovery rate reduced from 0.75 to 0.65.
Mirror Images: Max charges increased from 2 to 3.
Shuriken Toss: Max charges increased from 3 to 4. Base damage reduced by 1. Targets hit by each projectile reduced from 3 to 2.
Spiritual Lantern: Recovery rate reduced from 0.35 to 0.30.
Sticks to Snakes: Max charges increased from 2 to 3. Recovery rate reduced from 0.35 to 0.30. Summoned Snakes now hunt in pack.
Summon Efreeti: Max charges increased to 2. Duration changed from permanent to 60 seconds.
USER INTERFACE
Interface for Waypoints has been revamped and expanded.
Equipment Audit added: In an attempt to help players gearing up, the games will now try to hightlight and warn about suboptimal equipment choices and/or suggest changes. Please note that this is an experimental feature.
Tooltip for Armor attribute now also shows damage reduction percentage.
AMBIENT
It is now less dark at night and inside outdoors biomes (such as caves).