STS2 Patch Notes — 2023-09-15

What a week, huh? At least we've got a shiny new build to end it with ^-^

Build link: REDACTED

Due to Unity's recent ~shenanigans~ the next build will be a while out as we explore our migration plan. In the meantime, we've done a big Act 1 balance pass and made lots of changes to Necrobinder's cards, so let us know what you think! ✨

CONTENT:

• Temporarily deprecated the Turret Operator fight
• Reworked Nibbit move rates
• New Act 1 enemies: Vine Shambler, Flying Mushroom, Furry Worm Crawler
• Many Necrobinder card changes, adding more Vigor and Shield:

- Better Than Ever no longer draws a card, now also transfers shield

- Camaraderie rarity changed from Uncommon -> Common, now gives Vigor instead of Temporary Strength

- Twist Soul is now Ethereal

- Scourge Doom lowered from 14(19) -> 13(17)

- Negative Pulse block lowered from 7(8)->6(7)

- Heel cost lowered from 1 -> 0, Shield gain lowered from 8(11)->5(8).

- Carve Soul Doom lowered from 10 -> 9

- Loyalty cost increased from 0 -> 1, Vigor gain increased from 3 -> 4

- Reanimate now costs 3 and no longer heals Osty to full on upgrade

- Big Hand now uses Vigor instead of Temporary Strength, Vigor gain lowered to 5

- Empower is now a Skill that provides Vigor

- Shared Fate now exhausts

- Encase rarity changed from Common -> Uncommon, now exhausts and gives 15 Shield instead of 20 Encase

- Camaraderie now gives Vigor instead of Temporary Strength

- Caged Rage now gives 3 Vigor instead of 2 Strength

BALANCE:

• Exoskeleton power is affected by non-card damage
• Reworked Act 1 strong and weak encounters
• Nibbit now gains Strength
• Mawler HP increased from 50 -> 70, new move patterns
• Orb Plant now has Disperse power
• Cubex Construct no longer applies Unflinching
• Fogmog is now a strong enemy, HP increased from 58 -> 66, and its illusion no longer applies Weak
• Shrinker Beetle HP increased from 33 -> 40, chomp damage 5 -> 7
• Twig Slime no longer applies Slimed
• Major Byrdonis rework: no longer has Byrdonis nest
• Inklet HP decreased from 6 -> 5, no longer applies Vulnerable

BUGFIXES:

• Enemy intent damage now reflects Vulnerable on Osty if he is in front
• Made Mad Science non-upgradeable instead of being upgraded when gained
• Aggregate card upgrade preview now displays correctly
• Primal Force now shows a hovertip for Giant Rock+ when previewing its upgrade in the deck screen, as does Storm of Steel with Shiv+
• The text "Select cards to remove" no longer appears when viewing your deck after obtaining the Empty Cage relic
• Damage values in card text now properly reflect when the player has Cruelty
• Osty now properly benefits from Pen Nib
• The text in Osty-attack cards now properly reflects Osty's damage-modifying powers, and the text in block cards now properly reflects the block-modifying powers of whichever creature is in front
• Doom overlay is now properly removed from the player's healthbar when combat ends
• Fixed Slumbering Beetle being too big
• Osty now correctly stays dead on save and reload
• Fixed softlock if the Necrobinder dies before Osty
• Fixed Osty switch button not showing up when Osty revives
• Fixed Decimillipede background layering
• Cards now animate smoothly in the background while preview plays
• Future of Potions no longer tries to offer you a common Power card (as they don’t exist)
• Time’s Up now includes Doom hovertip
• Fixed energy hovertip for Necrobinder
• FTL card limit now increases correctly on upgrade
• Fixed an issue where playing 2 Drain Life in a row would leave you with 0 Vigor instead of 14
• Fixed an issue where Byrdpip wouldn't appear until a second after combat had started
• Fixed an issue where the Hatch button wasn't appearing in rest sites after choosing "Take the Egg" in the Byrdonis Egg event

ART:

• Portrait art has been updated for the following events: Bedlam Beacon, Dense Vegetation, Inviting Cocoon, Relic Trader, Tea Master, The Round Tea Party, The Sunken Statue, The Trial, and Wellspring
• Updated Egg Layer's animations
• Updated Entomancer's animations
• Resized Byrdonis

UI & EFFECTS:

• Added a bob to map position icons
• Card compendium now has a 5 row limit and can be filtered for Necrobinder cards
• When a relic applies a power at the start of combat, it no longer plays VFX
• Adjusted event BG scaling, hovertip positions, and event text fitting on more aspect ratios
• Adjusted Abandon Run confirm popup and start of combat HUD show/hide UX

WORDING:

• The description for the Osty's Devotion relic has been updated for greater clarity
• Fixed small typo in FTL card description
• Tag Team wording improvements
• Pull Aggro wording improvement
• Fixed Encase wording