STS2 Patch Notes — 2024-05-04

Hey playtesters, got another patch for ya! And it's a doozy. First of all... THE NECROBINDER REWORK IS HERE!! No more swapping! Necro's HP is now a fraction of what it was but, at the end of combat, she heals completely AND revives Osty if he's dead! Another big change to her kit is she can now sacrifice her own HP to boost Osty in various ways through cards. We're very interested in hearing your thoughts on her new playstyle!! 💀 ✨

Other notable changes are that this is the first Godot build with music and SFX (wooo!) and the Regent's Gravity mechanic has started to be phased out (still a WIP!)

Also, one of the bugs we've been tracking is a particular kind of softlock. We've seen it a couple of times but it's particularly tricky to reproduce. Unlike other softlocks, the common symptom of this one:

• you can't hover or /play cards in your hand (even for tooltips).
• you can still technically hit End Turn and the combat progresses (though obviously you are stuck because you can't play cards)

So far we're calling this bug the hand lock (or hand cramp). If you see it, please file it as such with as much info as you can. Happy slaying!

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CONTENT:

Necrobinder:

• Necrobinder now starts with two relics: Osty's Devotion and Bound Phylactery

- Bound Phylactery: "At the end of combat, heal ALL HP. If Osty is dead, revive him with 1 HP."

- Osty's Devotion: now "All enemy Attacks and Debuffs target Osty. All Block is gained by Osty."

• Necrobinder can no longer swap places with Osty
• Added Binding Chains card

- Attack - 3(2) - Rare

- “Lose 6 HP. Deal 6 damage. Enemy is Stunned. Exhaust.”

• Added Rattle card

- Attack - 1 - Common

- “Osty deals 5 damage 3(4) times. Exhaust.”

• Added Sap Will card

- Attack - 2 - Common

- “Deal 14(18) damage. Next turn draw 1 additional card. Exhaust.”

• Added Morph Form card

- Power - 3 - Rare

- “Lose 2 HP. Whenever Osty attacks, he hits an additional time.”

• Added Soul Prison card

- Skill - 1 - Common

- “Ethereal. Enemy loses 6(9) Strength this turn.”

• Added Spirit Of Ash card

- Power - 1 - rare

- “Exhaust your hand. Gain 1(2) HP for each card exhausted this way. Exhaust.”

• Added Storm of Bone card

- “Deal 1(2) damage for each card in your Discard pile.”

• Added Swipe card

- Attack - 1 - Common

- Osty deals 10(15) damage to ALL enemies.

• Added Call of the Void card

- Power - 1 - Rare

- “Innate. At the start of your turn, add 1 Ethereal card to your hand.”

• Death Grip

- Attack - 1 - Uncommon

- “Lose 1 HP. Osty deals 1(2) damage 5 times.”

• Added Death's Visage card

- Attack - 0 - Common

- “Lose 1 HP. Deal 11(16) damage. Apply 1 Doom.”

• Added Enfeebling Touch card

- Attack - 1(0) - Uncommon

- “Deal 1 damage. Remove all Block and Strength. Exhaust.”

• Added For My Own Good card

- Skill - 1 - Common

- “Osty loses 1 Strength. YOU gain 2(3) Strength.”

• Added Backhand card

- Attack - 2 - Common

- "Osty deals 5 damage twice. Gain 5(10) Block."

• Added Chain Punch card

- Attack - 1 - Uncommon

- "Retain. Osty deals 5 damage for each Skill already played this turn."

• Added One-Inch Punch card

- Attack - 1 - Rare

- "Osty deals 5 damage. Apply 15(20) Doom. Exhaust."

• Added Friendship card

- Power - 1 - Rare

- “The first time you and Osty attack the same enemy each turn, gain 3 energy.”

• Deprecated Rabid card
• Deprecated Scavenge card

Regent:

• Deprecated Reserves card

BALANCE:

Ironclad:

• Cruelty rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare
• Dark Embrace rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare
• Evil Eye changed:

- Rarity increased from Common -> Uncommon

- Block gain increased from 6(9) -> 7(10)

• Tear Asunder buffed: Energy cost lowered from 1 -> 0

Necrobinder:

• Necrobinder's max HP decreased from 35 -> 9
• Osty's max HP increased from 45 -> 55
• Reworked Better Than Ever:

- Skill - Uncommon - 0

- “(Retain) Lose 1 HP. Osty gains 1 Strength. Osty gains 1 Dexterity.”

• Reworked Blood Dividend:

- Power - 1 - Uncommon

- “Whenever you lose HP, draw 1(2) card(s).”

• Reworked Bodyguard:

- Skill - 2 - Uncommon

- “Gain 12(16) Block. Osty gains 4(6) Vigor.”

• Reworked Caged Rage:

- Power - 2 - Uncommon

- “Innate. Whenever Osty gains Vigor or Strength, YOU also gain that much.”

• Reworked Drain Life:

- Attack - 1 - Uncommon

- “Deal 6(9) damage. Heal 1(2) HP. Exhaust.”

• Reworked Encase card:

- Power - 1 - Uncommon

- “Lose 1 HP. Osty gains 10 Plating.”

• Buffed Barbs+: Thorns granted to Osty changed from 6 -> 7
• Changed Borrowed Time: gain 9 Doom -> lose 2 HP
• Buffed Camaraderie+: damage increased from 9 -> 11
• Changed Carve Soul: is now Ethereal
• Changed Dark Siphon:

- Energy gain decreased from 3 -> 2

- Base damage increased from 18 -> 20

- Upgraded damage increased from 24 -> 25

- Exhaust added

• Changed Deathbringer: deal 13(19) damage to all enemies -> apply 21(27) Doom to all enemies
• Buffed End of Days: Doom increased from 25(35) -> 26(37)
• Buffed Eradicate: damage increased from 10(13) -> 11(16)
• Changed Fetch:

- Added Exhaust

- Fetch+: Damage increased from 8 -> 10

• Changed Flatten+:

- Damage decreased from 6 to 5

- Energy cost decreased from 3 -> 2

• Changed Grab+: now lowers cost from 1 -> 0
• Buffed Grave Warden: cost changed from 1 -> 0
• Changed Loyalty: now "Lose 2(1) HP. Gain 5(6) Block. Osty gains 5(6) Vigor."
• Changed Pull Aggro: now “Osty deals 5 damage twice(three times).”
• Changed Oblivion: “Lose 3 HP. Double(Triple) the enemy's Doom. Exhaust.”
• Reworked Ghost Eater card - gain energy for every 6 now instead of every 10
• Reworked Heel: “Gain 5(6) Block. Gain 5(6) additional Block for every time Osty attacked this turn.”
• Buffed No Escape: applied Doom increased from 50 -> 66
• Reworked Plague Carrier: now “Whenever Osty attacks an enemy, apply 3(4) Doom to them.”
• Reworked Putrefy: now “Apply 2(3) Vulnerable. Apply 2(3) Weak. Exhaust.”
• Reworked Reanimate: now “Lose 2 MAX HP. Revive Osty and he heals 55 HP. Exhaust.”
• Reworked Sacrifice: now “Osty loses 5 HP. You heal to full HP. Exhaust.”
• Reworked Slap: now “Osty deals 5 damage and applies 2(3) Weak.”
• Reworked Tackle: now “Osty deals 5 damage and applies 2(3) Vulnerable.”
• Buffed Sentry Mode: cost decreased from 3 -> 2
• Changed Transfuse card:

- HP loss decreased from 15 -> 10

- Transfuse+ no longer removes exhaust

• Changed Twist Soul card: applied Doom changed from 25(29) -> 24(31)

Regent:

• Comet changed:

- No longer applies Gravity

- Damage increased from 20(24) -> 20(25)

- Weak increased from 1 -> 2

• Crescent Spear changed and clarity improved: now “Deal 6(8) damage for every 3⭐ you have.”
• Crush Under completely reworked: now applies Vulnerable and Exhausts; no longer uses Gravity
• Glitterstream changed:

- Block gain changed from 6(9) -> 6(8)

- Weak changed from 2 -> 1(2)

- Exhaust added

• Gravity Well changed: now "Gain 5(7) Block for every 2⭐you have."
• Minion Guards buffed: Block gain increased from 6(10) -> 12(16)
• Pale Blue Dot buffed: Energy cost decreased from 2 -> 0
• Particle Wall buffed:

- ⭐ threshold lowered from 9(7) -> 5

- Block gain increased from 8 -> 10(14)

• Photon Blade changed: “5: Deal 11(15) damage”
• Quasar nerfed: ⭐ cost increased from 6 -> 7
• Seven Stars changed:

- Now gains 1(2)⭐ on play

- No longer damages all enemies when upgraded

• Singularity changed: now "Cards currently in your hand cost 0⭐ and 0[Energy] this turn. Exhaust."
• Solar Strike changed:

- Energy cost decreased from 2 -> 1

- Damage decreased from 9(12) -> 6(9)

• Stardust changed:

- Damage increased from 2(3) -> 3(4)

- Now uses all ⭐ on play

Colorless Cards:

• Peck changed:

- Energy cost increased from 0 -> 1

- Peck+ now increases the number of hits by 1 instead of increasing damage

Relics:

• Neow's Note nerfed: Shop price reduction decreased from 75% -> 50%

Enemies:

• Ceremonial Beast will now also inflict 3 Dazed on its Plow turn if not stunned!
• Crossbow Ruby Raider now starts reloading instead of firing on turn 1 of combat
• Furry Worm Crawler strength gain when inhaling increased from 1 -> 3
• Medium slimes always apply status cards on turn 1 instead of attacking
• Workerbug (Rock) will now be the ONLY Workerbug type first encountered in a battle
• In Roach combat, now only one Roach attacks on turn 1 instead of both

Events:

• Self Help Book choices changed:

- Master of Strategy HP cost increased from 10% -> 20% of max HP

- Sharp HP cost increased from 2 -> 3

- Nimble HP cost increased from 3 -> 4

Misc:

• Corrupted enchantment nerfed:

- HP loss increased from 2 -> 3

- Damage decreased from +100% -> +50%.

ART:

• Added Regent rest site animations
• Flame glow on character now disappears once rest site option is selected

UI & EFFECTS:

• Added star tokens to the bottom of cards to denote rarity
• Osty's health now appears in the top bar when playing as the Necrobinder
• Audio is back!

BUGFIXES:

Characters:

• Multihit on killing Osty no longer breaks his animations

Cards:

• Anger and Leading Strike no longer generate their cards if combat is finished
• Camaraderie is now correctly classified as an Attack
• Claw damage is no longer reset when Magi Knight downgrades it
• Drain Life card now has Vigor tooltip
• Fixed Reprogram being named Defragment
• Fixed Rant and Rave being called Radiate
• Fixed Free and Unrelenting affecting card costs in reward screens
• Genetic Algorithm block is no longer reset when Magi Knight downgrades it
• Headbutt now puts cards at top of draw pile instead of bottom
• Heatsinks+ no longer draws a card when it's played
• Reanimate cost fixed from 3->2
• Sap Will cost fixed from 1->2
• Seven Stars is now correctly classified as an Attack
• Stoke and Taunt now correctly use cast animation

Relics:

• Added Confusion hovertip to Snecko Eye
• When a card's energy cost is modified by Snecko Eye, it now correctly turns green
• Runic Pyramid now visually clears Bound card condition at end of turn
• Bound Phylactery now heals Osty to 1 HP if he is dead
• Ink Bottle and Pen Nib now increment correctly when the last card ends combat
• Removed unnecessary Dexterity hovertip on Ember Tea relic

Enemies:

• Egg Layer combat now has expected enemy turn order
• Fixed softlock between Decemillipede segments dying from poison
• Gave Heavy Barricade the Sleep intent
• Fixed swarm of Slimes combat from 6 -> 5 slimes
• Fixed Slumbering Beetle’s slumber: now properly procs on Lightning orb and doesn’t proc on blocked damage
• Updated Burrowed power to match new behavior

Events:

• Gold-colored text in event descriptions now displays properly
• The "Continue" button on the Hungry for Mushrooms event now displays properly
• Fixed softlock on events that give you curses when you have Undulating Mass

Misc:

• Aggression no longer gives you Strength
• Dampen no longer procs incorrectly at end of the player turn
• Fixed softlock on Bound affliction application if there aren't any cards in discard/draw piles
• Your character now regrows at the end of a Shrinker Beetle fight
• Character stats button is now under construction again
• Deck count now updates properly after Neow adds a card to your deck
• Exceptions that occur in uploading metrics no longer break Abandon Run
• Exiting map room now closes map
• Hovering over energy counter now correctly shows energy hovertip again
• Star counter hovertip shows up on hover and includes info about star cap
• Star energy now caps at 9
• Updated hovertip keywords in Smith room upgrade preview

PERFORMANCE:

• Reduced background memory usage by 55%
• Fixed memory leak

WORDING:

Cards:

• Improved Alignment wording
• Improved Decisions Decisions wording
• Improved Lunar Streak wording
• New line added to Dragged Prey

Events:

• Improved the temporary placeholder text for the Infested Automaton event
• The Trial event now correctly uses the word "defendant" instead of “plaintiff”

Misc:

• Improved the wording on the affliction intent to indicate it will be afflicting your cards instead of applying debuffs