v1.2.0 Nightmare Update

General

Added a new Nightmare difficulty level

• Nightmare difficulty now replaces Hardcore difficulty.

• Nightmare is substantially harder, and is meant for players who found Hard too easy.

• Existing save files can switch to Nightmare difficulty in the Options menu.

Added a Standard or Hardcore game mode selection

• Standard: Units will respawn after being defeated in combat.

• Hardcore: Units cannot be used again after being defeated in combat (aka. perma-death).

• Previous saves made on the old Hardcore difficulty will now use the new Hardcore game mode.

• Saves made on the new Hardcore mode will have a purple heart on their save file.

• Standard or Hardcore modes can only be selected when making a New Game, and cannot be changed later.

Enemies

• Reduced enemy difficulty in the third fight of the Dew Meadows.

• Increased the chest time in the fight to the right of the town in the Dew Meadows.

• Increased the chest time in the secret fight in the Coral Oasis.

• Increased the chest time in the fight above the maze in the Kingdom of Grandia.

• Moved a Bomb Pillow in the first Colosseum fight.

Cards

• Detonate Pillow

  • No longer increases in damage per debuff type on the Pillow by default.

  • This effect has been moved to Miniature Coffin.

• Cascading Frost

  • Increased INT scaling from 120 to 140.

  • Reduced Area of Effect from 3 to 2 tiles.

• Fire Trap

  • Increased duration from 3 to 5 turns.

• Ice Trap

  • Increased duration from 3 to 5 turns.

Equipment

Added three new items to the Tier 5 shop:

• Bottled Fairy

• Spiked Sallet

• Mirror Shield

Check them out in-game to see what they do!

• Heart Bracelet

  • Now applies Stim to enemies that already have Charm.

  • Reduced MP gained from 2 to 1.

• Spotter's Scope

  • Increased INT and DEX scaling to 100.

  • Now sets Snipe to always have 5 range.

• Retaliator

  • Now always activates when dodging an attack.

  • Reduced DEX scaling from 150 to 140.

• Glass Platemail

  • Reduced HP gained from 50% to 40%.

• Miniature Coffin

  • No longer inflicts all debuffs to adjacent enemies when detonating a Pillow.

  • Instead, it now provides 40% more damage per debuff type on the Pillow.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where Steam Achievements were not being awarded when launching the game without an internet connection.

• Fixed a bug where enemy damage forecasting was incorrect on Easy and Medium difficulties.

• Fixed a bug where Retaliator did not attack friendly units when used with Friendly Fire.

• Fixed a translation error with Shadow's Blindfold in Simplified Chinese (thanks vtxtune!)