Beta Test Reworks and Balancing - v1.2.287

Hey Oracles,

A small beta patch focusing on fine tuning and bug fixes. Soon the changes will enter the main branch.

Important Note: All new text are currently only available in English. All of the changes in the beta version are subject to change.

To access Astrea beta version:

• Right-click Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles in your Steam Library
• Select Properties...
• Select the Betas tab
• Click the Beta Participation dropdown and select the "beta" branch

Patch Notes

General

• Temporarily removed Sage's Card Star Blessing due to it causing many bugs.

Balancing

Moonie

• Nerfed Eclipse Gaze, decreased Serenity from 3 to 2.

Austra

• Nerfed Apian Lamp, removed start of the battle Favorable Winds.

Sothis

• If player owns Contemplation Sarcophagus dice related to Inner Warmth won't appear anymore.
• If player owns Contemplation Sarcophagus and doesn't own Fervorous Sundial dice related to Concentration won't appear anymore.
• Reworked Balance of Reckoning, swapped the effects, now Affliction + Boost are applied on even Soul Heat and Relief is applied on odd Soul Heat.
• Reworked Goddess Cartouche, changed it from a Black Hole Blessing to a Star Blessing and removed the Sentinel Torment drawback. Also decreased Relief applied from 3 to 1.
• Buffed Scorching Sands, now it deals 2 additional Purification on top of the Purification based on Soul Heat.
• Nerfed Hourglass Mastery Epic Die, Changed 3 Hourglass Mastery 1 die faces to Purify 6.
• Buffed Eclipse Blast dice, added Draw 1 to die faces.
• Buffed Sandshaping dice values and added 1 additional Draw 1 to die face.
• Buffed Sunny Flares dice values.
• Reworked Bloody Solstice so it doesnt double itself when applying it while it is active.
• Removed Inner Warmth Risky Die.

Enemies

• Buffed Doomed Astronomer Astropolis Ruins Boss Battle all Anomalies. Increased base Max Corruption from 110 to 130.
• Buffed Voidsmith Ground Zero Hard Battle all Anomalies. Increased starting amount of Doom and Doom gained each turn. Changed Aphotic Instinct value to be the next turn doom amount for clearer feedback.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Anomaly 8 not increasing Bosses Max Corruption on beta branch.
• Fixed Astrea triggering Crimsom Equinox infinitely on certain situations.
• Fixed Twisted Scroll + New Virtue blessings and effects replacing wrong Virtue.
• Fixed Cryptic Memento not working on enemies spawned after the first turn.
• Fixed Protection not negating Corrupted Critical and Corrupted Astrium.
• Fixed Charged Pylon copied die through Copycat not being affected by Charged Pylon Empower.
• Fixed Reliable Eight not having the possibility of appearing with Customized Opening, Sealed Pool, The Chosen Pool, Chaotic Beginning or Golden Room on Daily Run and Run Customization Modifiers when it should be possible.
• Fixed Cursed Sands not triggering on Reroll effects and blessings.
• Fixed Fixed Plague Doctor achievement not being unlocked between 2 stages battles.
• Fixed Forceful Stream having Wave tooltip.
• Fixed pressing "Try Again" after being defeated on Daily Run not resetting Virtues and dice pool properly.

May Astrea bless you 💙 ❤️
- Leonardo Castanho, community manager and lead dev of Astrea