Mortal Rite 00.09.28

BUGS

• Made improvements that should more reliably play the opening cinematic.
• Fixed issue that caused Archer Knight to T-Pose.
• Fix for Archer Knight losing armor that he didn't have.
• Archer Knight should now properly check for LOS before shooting at targets.
• Fixed an issue that caused the central column for lifts to be floating when the lift was raised.
• Fix for destructibles not dropping items when destructed via damage.
• Fixed a bug that prevented attribute descriptions from rendering when hovering over them.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Increased the duration of soft lock from 0.3 to 0.5 when attacking near an enemy.
• Increased turn speed for Initiate, Dawksin, Fia, and Shold. Shold has the slowest turn speed, Dawksin has the second slowest, while the Initiate and Fia have the fastest turn speeds.
• Reduced brightness of Lift Crystal.
• Alden's initial dialog has been updated.
• Alden now plays a larger part in the player's journey.
• Tutorial messages have been updated.
• LEVEL: Broken Temple: Blacksmith fight has been updated.
• ENEMY: Cultist Blood Arrows ability visuals updated to be more bloody.
• LEVEL: Refuge: Added test enemy in practice arena.
• SHOLD: Reduced Form Axe ability focus cost from 5 to 2.

ITEMS

• With a goal of having potions be more usable and make for more interesting gameplay, Potions have had the following changes made:
  • Potion duration reduced from 120s to 30s.
  • Potion buff reduced by 50%.
  • Potion downsides no longer exist (Unstoppable Force still has walk restriction).

• Updated loot for a few enemies.

UI

• Ability slots will now stay horizontal when switching from keyboard & mouse to controller.
• Item Notifications now allow players to equip the item they found by holding 'E' on keyboard or 'X' on gamepad.
• Focus Bar is now hidden until player equips at least one ability.