Prime Monster has been out for 4 days, and an awful lot of very bad ideas have become law in the Fractured Kingdom. And all thanks to you! You've beaten, killed and cajoled your MPs (sometimes in that order) and done even worse to your opponents. Truly an inspiration to politicians everywhere.
While watching these democratic horrors take place, we have been busy addressing a whole variety of issues - bugs, balancing, complaints, desires, and other general fixes. The full list of changes is at the bottom of this post.
We wanted to let you know here that we appreciate all the reviews and the comments in the forums and have read every word.
We intend to support the game with patches like the one we are releasing today - and more. Please do continue to let us know your thoughts, both here and via [email protected].
And finally - thank you for playing the game. Whether you're already an Elder Statesmonster or still at the start of your political journey, we hope you've enjoyed inflicting your horrible will on the long-suffering citizens of the FK thus far.
Balance
Office
Updated the "Catastrophic Data Leak" decision to be affected by the Private Skeletary staff member.
Chopper Badstone
Modified "The Big Mo" tactic to prevent the Unity gain getting doubled if triggered while Harness Anger is active.
Updated "Mob Mentality" tactic to trigger after a Harness Anger drain.
Updated "Super Tribal" tactic to prevent it from reducing the number of Defender stacks on front bench dice.
Adjusted "Pipe Down" tactic to charge Harness Anger from 2 to 4 (upgrade: 3 to 6).
Adjusted "Consult Plotters" tactic to reduce its PC Cost from 2 to 1 (upgrade: 1 to 0).
Adjusted "Draw Power" tactic to increase its damage from 3 to 4 per Frenzied MP.
Adjusted "Insult Their Kind" tactic to increase its damage from 8 to 10.
Adjusted "Carrying The Room" tactic to increase its damage from 9 to 12 (upgrade: 15 to 17).
Adjusted "Hype Orc" tactic to gain 1 additional Unity to the dice roll result.
Viscount Sucksworth
Adjusted "Drain The Tension" tactic to reduce its PC Cost from 1 to 0.
Adjusted "Find A Vein" tactic to lower the roll success target from 4+ to 3+.
Adjusted "Brass Neck" tactic to increase its damage from 3 to 5.
Adjusted "Loom" tactic to increase its Fearless Unity gain from 5 to 7.
Adjusted "Lackey" tactic to deal 1 additional damage to the dice roll result.
Rotilda de Cay
Updated "Sudden Repose" tactic to a Common rarity level (from Super Rare).
Updated "Brain Drain" tactic to a Super Rare rarity level (from Rare).
Adjusted "Overwhelming Majority" tactic to reduce its Body Count requirements from 16 to 6 (upgrade: 14 to 4).
Adjusted "Filibuster" tactic to reduce its PC Cost from 2 to 0.
Adjusted "Dead Drop" and "Dig Deep" tactics to ensure they trigger off of any cards you discard at the end of your turn.
Adjusted "Helping Hands" tactic to revive from 1 to 2 chosen Dead MPs (upgrade: 5). Body Count requirement stays at 12 when upgraded (up from 8).
Adjusted "Helpful Question" tactic to gain 1 additional Unity to the dice roll result.
Adjusted "Heckle" tactic to deal 1 additional damage to the dice roll result.
Adjusted "Grave Accusation" tactic to deal 2 additional damage to the dice roll result.
UI/UX & Visuals
Added a Staff popup award for the Chenkins staff member when the "Chief of Staff Chenkins" pledge is enabled.
Improved dice selection highlights.
Added additional VFXs to fall under the "VFX flashes" accessibility setting.
Please note this is an ongoing adjustment and other VFXs are planned to be adjusted in following patches.
Audio
Added SFX when upgrading a tactic or card.
Added SFX when the Whipped buff's stack increases.
Added SFX feedback to vote tally changes rather than when dice voters play "change mind" animation.
Adjusted leader audio selection to prevent the same leader audio from playing twice in a row in the lobby.
Text
Adjusted several lines so singular values are correctly parsed.
Localisation: Added a missing translation in the election cutscene.
Bug fixes
Gameplay
Fixed an issue where the doubled shop prices caused by the Financial crisis were not properly disabled after Term 3.
Fixed an issue where MPs introduced by Rotilda midway through the session would never be affected by the "Vitally Challenged" trait.
Fixed an issue where Chenkins could not be fired through different means.
Fixed an issue where an enemy's MP could be selected as a rebel during the Faction Fuss story.
Fixed an issue where the Authority loss could be incorrectly displayed in the "Accept his resignation" option in the "Great Hunting Debate" crisis.
User Interface & Experience
Fixed an issue where the Party's Servant pledge forced resignation pop-up could show at the same time as the level-up flow.
Fixed an issue where a +X tactic counter could show the incorrect value.
Fixed an issue where the loading icon could display ahead or after the portcullis loading screen.
Fixed an issue where the "Personal Time" pledge popup could be displayed at the incorrect time.
Fixed an issue where the booklet was going off-screen when receiving tactics and staff rewards after a debate.
Fixed an issue where cards could flicker up and down in quick succession when hovered over at specific angles.
Fixed an issue where the Staff Dismissal selection layout could show incorrect spacing.
Fixed an issue where a run ending due to Authority dropping below zero would not show properly in the Records.
Visuals
Fixed an issue where the PC obtained from the "Stimulus Package" tactic could appear in front of its effect ping.
Fixed an issue where the Unity meter's flame was the wrong colour.
Fixed an issue where white blocks could appear when using the Flashbang item against a Blob opponent.
Fixed various sorting issues related to VFX.
Audio
Fixed an issue where office music could be removed before the election cutscene.
Opponents
Fixed an issue where Dead Rod could skip an animation during his Term 2 attacks.
Fixed an issue where the incorrect enemy preview was shown for Grimrose's Signature attack.
Staff Members & Items
Fixed an issue where the Paper Pusher staff member did not trigger when cards get naturally discarded at the end of the turn.
Localisation
Fixed an issue where the "End Turn" button text was slightly overflowing its button in German.
Others
Fixed an issue where the language dropdown in the settings menu when starting the game for the first time could be incorrectly set.
Known Issues
And here are some known issues we will be addressing in future patches:
Shrieker's Eye: After resetting the suspicion level to 0, rolling a 1 will show the incorrect icon.
Pledges: The tooltip on how to unlock the “Personal Time” pledge is incorrect, the player is required to win a run on Seasoned Veteran difficulty or above instead of any difficulty.
Achievements: "The Buck Stops Over There" achievement can unlock if picking "Coordinate with the Goblins" or "Accept Responsibility" option in "Make Do And Amend" story.
Newspaper: Incorrect headlines can appear after winning the debate against Split the Younger in Term 1, or Puke and Dead Rod in Term 3.