Ultimates Update: Balance, Improvements, and Fixes

Ultimates Fixes - 11/19/24

• Fix for invisible Mages after leaving battle with Stoneskin.

• Fix Burrower Larva battle if dark ultimate is cast on Burrower Larva spawns.

• Fix for a crash when some firewalls deny access.

Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 11/11/24

Fixes and Improvements

• Improved Pustulant Carcass attack visuals.

• Fixes for un-translateable text.

• Made the seasonal visuals setting visual, but disabled, while in game.

• Visual improvements to the Dark, Earth, Lightning, Nature, and Water Ultimates.

• Lightning strikes visually show that there are different damage levels.

• Lightning strikes show where they will hit with sparkling FX before the strike actually hits.

• Unique FX for when Lighting hits a Lightning Rod.

• Audio improvements to Lightning Ultimate.

• Fixes for some full-screen FX during events. e.g. Cold Snap, Heatwave, Gloom

• Fix for poison visuals so that the FX last as long as they should, even if the target dies.

Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 11/6/24

Fixes and Improvements

• Fix for schools that had an unfinished construction block that was broken, and then cancelled.

• Fix cast animation not playing when one mage needs to run multiple counter attack visualizations in a row.

• Fix for error when dragging the queue and rightclicking simultaneously on the Research UI.

• Fixed an error where the music would revert to main game play music from combat music after entering a ritual window.

• Fix potential loss of input when entering combat while placing.

• Adjust default camera field of view for lower ratio screens in combat to avoid overlaps.

• Added ability to use custom resolutions.

• Better adjusting Combat Log height based on screen ratio.

• Combat Log now can scroll.

Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 11/5/24

Fixes

• Fix for Mages sometimes gaining improper extra statuses for upgraded Wand needs. (Victory, etc.)

Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 11/4/24

Critical Fixes

• Fix for issues where sometimes Mages could not deliver everything needed.

Gameplay Changes

• Fixes for Doubt changes that happen when a Mage is on a broom.

• Setting to enable and disable seasonal graphics while on the main menu. Forever halloween!

• Updated Nature Ultimate audio.

• Updated FX for Crystal Ball.

• Updated Sal Reagents.

• Fixes for Staff animations.

• Fixes for Twitch client stability.

Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 11/3/24

• Fix error when dragging a crafting item and right-clicking.

• Tighter fit on the right side for rituals for a better fit and to avoid the Start Ritual button being off screen.

• Add scrolling for rewards on post-combat UI as needed.

Also aware of some issues with deliveries before construction. A proper fix will probably be tomorrow (Monday).

Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 11/1/24

Critical Fixes

• Fix for some more older saves (pre-Apprentice release) that would load properly, then crash when hiring Students. Apologies to @HLLT and others!

Gameplay Changes

• In advanced combat, Hallowed One and Torch Snuffer now only drain mana on hits.

• The founder will now sometimes cast while floating inside of blocked areas if it's the only way to reach their target.

• Changes to ensure that adjusting low priority Storage will trigger evaluating Tasks on higher priority storage also.

Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 10/31/24 (Boo!)

Gameplay Changes

• Corrupted Mana Lanterns will now appear in the wings closest to the surface before pushing deeper.

• Sustaining Terrain now works for enemies.

Fixes and Improvements

• Improvements to Torrent spell targeting.

• Show info to explain that you need a meal when both in a starving state and At Death's Door in the alert message and hover.

• Removed Augury Job Type from students who gained it due to a bug.

• Fix incorrect and extra statuses showing up for battle setup related to boon/wane events.

• Improved simulation performance when looking at the Tasks UI with many tasks.

• Improved Ultimate animations.

• Fixes for audio stinger balance and other audio issues.

• Fix issue where haulers were frozen due to an out-of-date 'move from storage to storage' task.

• Improvements to the Ritual UI to not overflow when there are many attendees. Especially helps in some non-English translations.

• Updated Counterattack description to clarify which spell it will use and that it costs Mana.

Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 10/30/24

Gameplay Changes

• Standard Difficulty starts with 3 Mages instead of 2.

• Added new difficulty setting to allow healing slowly while sleeping in a regular bed.

• Relaxed difficulty now lets Mages heal slowly while sleeping in a regular bed.

• Added new difficulty setting for Advanced Wand Needs to select between an easier and harder mode.

• Relaxed difficulty now uses an easier version of the Advanced Wand Needs.

Fixes and Improvements

• Fix for issue where hired students could end up with an extra Scar.

• Make sure 'move between storage' tasks are updated properly if low priority storage gets a higher priority.

• Fix issue where haulers would lock-up when considering tasks to move objects from one storage to another.

• On the in-world UI for starting a battle, show the reason for battle not starting like we do for the alert hover.

• Fix duplicate apprentice status showing up in combat setup.

• Fix for incorrect wand need parameters if you changed difficulty during the game.

• Unknown Scar Effects are now properly labeled that instead of Unknown Quirk.

• Adjusted Book of Rooms to fit 4:3 screens.

• Improved audio for Dark Ultimate.

Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 10/29/24

Gameplay Changes

• Mages will no longer go start battles if they do not have their requested Potion.

Fixes and Improvements

• Added alerts for Battles and Rituals not starting due to lack of resources or unreachable resources.

• Performance improvements for schools with many haulers, but not much storage available.

• Dark Ultimate can now be targeted on enemies.

• Added a Feed Alert for Spectral Croa appearance.

• Added more information to explain that Spectral Croa can appear from Croa Corpses in storage on Spectral Croa description.

• Improved Fire, Dark, and Water Ultimate visuals.

• Added more information on Research UI and an Alert to show when the Research is not possible because the tier requirements(Skill/Room) are not met.

• Fix for allied statuses not being detected properly for some spell cost modifiers, e.g. With Shadow Cloak, Tentacle Sweep II cost was not being reduced.

• Early Rain events without lightning strikes are now just called Rain and not Storms in their alerts.

• Rampage no longer targets furniture in fog or in Invaded rooms.

• Now showing battle-related statuses in Combat Setup, like those from Bane events.

• Now showing Blood Magic (Raven Cult Bane) costs in the Combat UI.

• Updated Flow II and Flow III descriptions to have all the information that Flow I does.

• Fix for Mana being over Mana Max when losing Dauntless from high Conviction.

• Fix for L8-L10 Ember Golem text to correctly link Counterattack instead of Retaliate.

• Now linking Blood Magic in Combat Log when it applies damage to Mages.

• Fix for main menu music sometimes not fading our properly when loading a save while in combat.

• Fixes for Crystal Ball icon.

• Tweaked the Book of Rooms to make it more clear that you can scroll to see more.

Ultimates Balance and Fixes - 10/28

Balance Changes

• Relaxed mode has starting research again. Applies to new games and existing saves from Ultimates.

• Slightly nerfed enemy parties with Scythes in them. They now have advantaged terrain for the player, worse terrain for enemies, and weaker or fewer sidekicks for the Scythes.

• Adjusted pacing of early-game events so that they don't hit quite as early.

• Relaxed difficulty enemies how have lower HP.

• Added more low Enemy HP custom difficulty options.

• Tentacle Sweep HP cost lowered from 25% of Max HP to 20% of Max HP.

• Introversion/Extroversion Needs no longer consider Quilted Helpers.

• Doubled Victory gain from doing combat damage and killing enemies.

• 2.5x Victory gain from winning a battle.

Fixes and Improvements

• Fixes for Founder Ghost sometimes getting stuck doing deliveries.

• Updating Chinese translation with fixes.

• Improvements to Room Requirements display.

• Fix for enemy UI in combat being visible when it shouldn't be.

• Fix for several descriptions not being updated properly for Ultimates.

• Fix for a combat soft-lock when knocked out by exiting a lava terrain.

• Fixed bug where dragon incubator tend window would spam UI sound

• Fix deliveries by mages who don't have any skill in air. Among other issues, this could cause failure to perform rituals.

• Fix for situations where Room Types might not be applied after a change to doors or halways.

• Fix for some old savegames(pre-April) being loaded improperly and then crashing when hiring a staff. Reload your original save to fix if you have this situation.

• Fix for Detachment 2 hover text.

• Fix status icons not showing up in some cases during combat on the side displays.

• Gaining Dauntless from high Conviction will now preserve the current mana fill %.