Dark Envoy News

• Extended secondary specialization choice by all remaining specializations to make reaching the milestone more exciting. For example warrior characters will be able to become elementalist, gunslinger or technomancer.
• Introduced additional levels for both active and passive skill (4th and 3rd respectively) for base class and first specialization. Skill costs of additional level equals 2, but their mana cost remains the same.
• Fixed a potential issue with game breaking in case unit wasn't properly removed when leaving a dungeon
  
• Fixed an issue with auras (e.g. from chaos armor enchantment) triggering with every unit attack
  
• Fixed an issue with multishot enchantment not applying resistance strip even when applied on items with resistance strip
  
• Vasso will now join us in autonomous mode during tutorial sequence
  
• Party will automatically be reselected after Vasso leaves during tutorial sequence
  
• Fixed a critical issue with input hotkeys not working for players who had played earlier versions of the game
  
• Fixed an issue with inventory item slots not updating correctly when lots of items were sold and the inventory was almost emptied
  
• Improved camera fade in/out during dialogues and cutscenes in game
  
• Lighting improvements in cutscenes in chapter 1 and 2, and Capital Ruga Quest
  
• Fixed an issue with player not being able to interact with quest characters if settings from a previous version of the game were corrupted
  
• Suggested characters will now be shown when selecting party for different quests
  
• Characters not added to party will now be presented as holograms when taking part in dialogues
  
• Fixed bug with damaging auras that dealt damage multiple times (cooldown reset every time unit attacked).
  
• Fixed Gunslinger’s Stream of Metal issue where bullets were stopped by allied units.
  
• Fixed some audio issues on skills.
  
• Fixed a game breaking bug in explosions challenge that prevented players from completing the challenge

• Tier 2 weapons damage reduced by 2
• Tier 3 weapons damage reduced by 10

• Armor strip cap introduced at 50 stacks
• Resistance strip cap introduced at 25 stacks

• Added 10% damage reduction at normal difficulty. If it is still too hard we recommend decreasing it even further.
  
• Buffed enemies hp on insane difficulty to make fights longer and force to build more tanky instead glass cannon raw damage:
  
  • Normal enemies from 5% to 25% hp increase per party level
    
  • Boss enemies from 2% to 25% hp increase per party level

• Fixed an issue causing units summoned from unique items to infinitely multiply in the hub area. Previously created copies will despawn when you leave the location. We learned the hard way that you can, in fact, have too much of a good thing.
  
• Slight rebalance focused on early game experience - minibosses have had their HP pool lowered on lvls 1-6 so as not to be so deadly to a 2-3 character party without proper equipment. Enemy DMG and HP was lowered by 10-20% on Normal and lower difficulties. Hard difficulty was very slightly rebalanced as well. Insane remains as it is - a significant challenge, requiring the most game-breaking builds to be conquered.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the new Elite Assassin to appear too often.
  
• Fixed an issue with Warrior’s Frenzy passive skill that could have caused an infinite Attack Speed bug.
  
• Fixed small glitches in dialogues and cutscenes throughout the game, including a bug that caused units that were sitting down to glitch and return to idle for a brief moment at the start of a dialogue.
  
• Fixed a slight graphical issue on the opening splash screen.
  
• Fixed a scrolling issue with conflicting drop-down lists.
  
• Fixed a co-op issue that could have caused the client to be unable to change their weapon.
  
• Fixed various exceptions that could have caused the game to become unstable.
  
• Google Analytics data gathering was turned off by default.
  Please note that all data gathered is completely anonymized and only tracks your in-game actions (skills used, story choices, character classes, etc.). We do not gather any data from your operating system or other software. You can always opt-out using an in-game option to remove all data related to your gameplay that was stored so far.
  

• Less shy about connections with Tower of Time universe, new main meta level voiced narration
  
• Major narrative changes, reworked main cutscenes, some VO reworked, creating a completely different experience, especially during the first few hours of the game.
  
• Balancing, polishing then reworking again, then repeating the process
  
• Improved Jaan map and unique boss items
  
• further optimization and QoL improvements
  

• Reworked tutorial. Characters will no longer split up for the first part of the game, allowing for more seamless co-op play from the first minutes of the game. NOTE: Due to multiple changes to the flow in the early part of the game, saves made on the very first location will not be compatible with the new version. All other saves from further points in the game should be fully compatible. If you encounter any issues, please inform us using the in-game Report Issue function.
  
• Rebalanced and updated combat encounters throughout the game and a general overhaul of player skills, items and even the tech tree. Our focus was to increase the variance in valid player options instead of nerfing the builds that were performing extremely well. As such, the changes mostly include buffs to the most overlooked items and upgrades, including a considerable boost to 2-handed weapons and melee options. There was, however, slight nerf to the most powerful combinations but we expect them to still perform well despite the changes (looking at you, dual pistols with chaos damage enchantment and maxed out Crit Chance). Detailed overview of balance changes can be found here: [LINK]
• Recut and improved dialogues with high emphasis on improving the overall pacing, especially at the beginning of the game.
  
• 4 new cinematics throughout the game, including a brand new intro.
  
• 18 new unique items including custom handcrafted Boss drops, granting distinctive new weapon skills. Ever wanted to be able to throw explosive rats like a certain Rodent Monarch or summon Manaless out of enemy corpses? Now’s your chance!
  
• 2 new minibosses: Imperial Elite Assassin and League Winter’s Breath. Both may now appear on any random dungeon with the corresponding faction, further increasing their variance.
  
• New cutscenes as well general improvement and polish on the existing ones.
  
• Added a highly requested UX feature: clicking on the map will now move the camera to the designated point.
  
• Reworked Rex bossfight for increased clarity in boss mechanics and smoother experience.
  
• Upgraded world map: it now has an additional layer, showing the geographical names and borders of various regions for some extra lore and greater immersion. In addition, previously visited locations will remain visible (although grayed out, to be easily distinguishable), showing a map of your previous voyages.
  

• Added tutorial pop-ups explaining each side objective as they appear for the first time - either in the main game or in random dungeons.
  
• New 20 level challenge awaits in the challenge arena - complete with a unique reward.
  
• Polished audio, with high focus on UI and player abilities. New audio events for many interactable objects.
  
• Respecialization Trainer got his own custom icon. He certainly deserved one!
  
• Skill cooldowns will now immediately reset on combat end. No more sitting around, waiting for this juicy ultimate to be available again.
  
• Further improvements to lighting and level art on both quest locations and random dungeons.
  
• More dynamic cameras in select dialogue scenes, overall cutscene and dialogues polish.
  
• Fixed issues with healing fountains occasionally bugging out and not healing the user despite having additional charges.
  
• Most skills effects will now automatically disappear as soon as a cutscene starts. No more firewalls and summoned trees blocking the view.
  
• Mining deposits received new looks based on the resource they grant.
  
• A “select all” button was added over the leftmost character portrait.
  
• Added an option to hide all tutorials. It can be turned on and off at will in the settings.
  
• Forgotten Altar side objective will now reset on each game load, making it harder to brute force it with a save/load tactic.
  
• Increased responsiveness on enemy units and fixed an AI issue that occasionally caused them to get stuck in-between actions.
  
• Ancient Generator side objective will now correctly count down on the timer at the top of the screen, as indicated by the player goal.
  
• Enemy tooltips will now correctly appear when the currently selected character is armed with a prism.
  
• Crafting menu will now display a “Craft Item” button instead of “Precraft Item” for Normal rarity items that do not need to be precrafted.
  
• Invisible units will no longer immediately exit combat.
  
• Solved numerous small graphical issues on enemy and summon units and their abilities.
  
• Multiple fixes to desync issues and other co-op specific bugs.
  
• Fixed waypoint interactions on gamepad.
  
• The Challenge Arena will no longer misleadingly inform the player that they would not be able to return if they leave. In fact, they are welcome to!
  
• Fixed an issue with HP bars occasionally not updating correctly.
  
• Fixed an issue that occasionally could have caused the controls to glitch upon changing the keybindings.
  
• Fixed a potential blocker in the Faction Meeting quest.
  
• Numerous other fixes, corrections and slight upgrades throughout the whole game.
  

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