Hello Awakeners!
Thank you for continuing to play The Awakener: Battle Tendency, and thank you for all the feedback and support you have shared with us through Steam reviews, discussions, and our community.
This Version 1.103 update includes many adjustments and fixes related to the Steam Deck experience, Sola’s combat performance, Boss mechanics, achievement goals, Challenge Board, Stage 101-110 difficulty and rewards, monster performance, execution issues, and localization text.
For Steam Deck players, we have made dedicated improvements to UI font readability, performance, and graphics settings. A new Steam Deck-specific graphics preset has also been added to the graphics options, aiming to provide a clearer and more stable gameplay experience.
Version 1.103 Main Update Content
1. Steam Deck Optimization and Game Settings UI Adjustments
· Added Steam Deck optimization options
· Improved UI font size and readability on Steam Deck
· Optimized performance for Steam Deck
· Added a Steam Deck-specific graphics preset to the graphics options
· Players can now choose to show / hide control prompts
2. Sola Combat Adjustments
· Improved the interrupt capability of Sola’s Awakening Skill
· Increased the number of hits of Sola’s Awakening Skill
· Increased the damage of Sola’s Awakening Skill
3. Combat System and Local Co-op Fixes
· Weapon elemental effects are now affected by Physical Damage bonuses
· Fixed some button issues in local co-op mode
· Fixed some bugs that could occur during executions
· Fixed an issue where Savage Orcs could not be executed
· After a Boss recovers from Break status, it will now have 2 seconds during which its Break gauge will not decrease
4. Boss Battle Mechanic Adjustments
· Added an AOE attack when the Boss Thunder God enters phase transition
Thunder God hit state adjustments
· Free state: 0% damage reduction
· Attack startup and attacking: 50% damage reduction
· Knocked down / being executed: takes 50% increased damage
· Phase transition: 60% damage reduction
Stage 110 Thunder God hit state adjustments
· Stage 110 Boss damage reduction has been reduced from 90% to 50%
· Free state: 50% damage reduction
· Attack startup and attacking: 75% damage reduction
· Knocked down / being executed: 25% damage reduction
· Phase transition: 90% damage reduction
· Stage 110 clear time has been increased from 300 seconds to 600 seconds
5. Boss and Stage Difficulty Adjustments
· Increased the base Break value of the Boss Lizardman Raider
· Adjusted the stage difficulty curve
· Overall difficulty of Stages 101-110 has been reduced
· Break gauges in Stages 101-110 have been reduced to about half of their previous value
· Monster damage in Stages 101-110 has been greatly reduced
· Boss damage after Stage 30 has been greatly reduced
6. Stage 101-110 Reward Adjustments
· Greatly increased rewards for Stages 101-110
· Bosses in Stages 101-110 now drop more coins
· Bosses in Stages 101-110 now drop more souls
· The Stage 110 Boss will now drop 5 pieces of red equipment
7. Steam Achievement Adjustments
· Reduced the requirement for the 500 Perfect Dodge achievement to 50
· Reduced the requirement for the 500 Perfect Defense achievement to 50
· Reduced the requirement for the 1000 clears achievement to 200 clears
· Reduced the requirement for the 500,000 kills achievement to 100,000 kills
· Added a new achievement: Reforge equipment 200 times
8. Challenge Board Adjustments
The stage requirements for the following Challenge Board tasks have been adjusted:
· Perfect Dodge: 5 / 20 / 50
· Perfect Counter: 5 / 20 / 50
· Monster Kills: 200 / 1000 / 2000 / 6000 / 20000 / 100000
· Stage Clears: 1 / 4 / 10 / 20 / 40 / 200
9. Performance Optimization
· Greatly optimized performance for large groups of monsters
10. Localization Text Fixes
· Updated some localization text
· Updated some Eidolon-related localization text
· Some Eidolon text has been changed from Halo to Aura
11. Other Fixes and Adjustments
· Updated the credits list