Demo Patch #1 — Balance & Combat Improvements

Dominus Gladiatus Demo — Patch #1

Our first demo patch is live! We've been going through player feedback and making a number of balance, combat, and quality-of-life improvements.

Balance & Gameplay

• Battle Fatigue reworked

  • Victory: +1 Fatigue

  • Defeat: +2 Fatigue

• Injuries can now occur after arena battles

  • Victory: 10% chance of injury

  • Defeat: 40% chance of injury

• Added the Infirmary, allowing injured gladiators to recover between battles.

• Removed the Temple from the demo.

• Removed the Morale penalty from the Doctore's whip.

• Improved gladiator selling: sell values have been rebalanced, and equipped items are now returned to the Armory when a gladiator is sold.

• Gladiators can no longer be hit by a crowd-thrown stone when calling to the crowd at full health.

• Added new tutorial explanations for Fatigue, Injuries, and Morale.

• Rewarding a gladiator now grants +3 Morale, up from +2.

• The Doctore's whip now doubles a gladiator's training speed over 2 days.

Combat Improvements

• Improved Retiarius AI so he will no longer call to the crowd while his opponent is stunned.

• Fixed an issue that could prevent the Retiarius from using his net during combat.

• Added clearer damage reduction text effects during combat.

• Added new helmet impact sound effects.

• Fixed various bugs and issues throughout the combat system.

Thank you to everyone who has played the demo and shared feedback. Keep it coming — we're reading it and continuing to improve the game.