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Richard Murtlandsteam_community_announcements

223d ago

Splintered v1.1 features the Trial of Chaos! Dive back into Aedma's Trials to experience the most chaotic trial yet! Completing this trial unlocks the "Random!" preset and an expanded appearance selector. v1.1 also features the new "Standard+" preset (for those that have cleared Chapter 5). Details below:

v1.1 Main Features:

Trial of Chaos
- The most chaotic trial yet where every setting in the game is randomized!
  - To unlock this trial, all previous trials must be completed.
- Completing the Trial of Chaos will to unlock the "Random!" preset, which gives a random (and hidden) set of settings for every seed.
  - Note: For those that want to randomize all settings but also want to fine tune a few 'must have' settings, selecting the "Random!" preset under "Customize Run" will allow you to do just that.
- Completing the Trial of Chaos also unlocks an expanded appearance selector, allowing you to set your appearance to any of the general NPCs.
Standard+ Preset
- These settings are similar to "Standard", but enhanced with many new features that players unlock beyond Chapter 2.
- To unlock this preset, players must first complete Chapter 5.
- Highlights include:
  - Final boss is randomized
  - Equipment and Equipment Abilities are randomized/shuffled
  - Enemies have traits from all eras
  - Bosses have +2 bonus traits
  - Talent setting is set to shuffle
    - This is normally a "Hunt" mode setting, but it adds a nice level of variance and progression to talent acquisition, so I've included it even if players haven't cleared the Trial of the Hunt yet.

Misc.:

Completion % has been modified to account for the new Trial and achievement (but still totals 101% when the game has been fully completed).
Fixed an issue where bonus boss traits couldn't be set to "3" after clearing the Trial of the Rogue.
Fixed an issue where, when playing a seed with both "Random Equipment" and "Randomized Equipment Price", two items would become purchasable for 1g and only require 1exp to level their abilities.
Fixed an issue where there would be a timing discrepancy between the end of run "Clear Time" stated in the dialogue box and the "Clear Time" reported in the Run History.

v1.1.0a:

Fixed an issue that would create a nearly "no win" scenario in Chaos mode if Final Boss: Ludriel was mixed with the Clairvoyance 30% vulnerability mod. This would cause Judgement to do more damage than intended.
Fixed an issue where casting damaging spells in combat would cause an adjustment to spell effect timings outside of combat.

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v1.1 - The Trial of Chaos

Richard Murtlandsteam_community_announcements

223d ago

v1.1 Main Features:

Trial of Chaos
- The most chaotic trial yet where every setting in the game is randomized!
  - To unlock this trial, all previous trials must be completed.
- Completing the Trial of Chaos will to unlock the "Random!" preset, which gives a random (and hidden) set of settings for every seed.
  - Note: For those that want to randomize all settings but also want to fine tune a few 'must have' settings, selecting the "Random!" preset under "Customize Run" will allow you to do just that.
- Completing the Trial of Chaos also unlocks an expanded appearance selector, allowing you to set your appearance to any of the general NPCs.
Standard+ Preset
- These settings are similar to "Standard", but enhanced with many new features that players unlock beyond Chapter 2.
- To unlock this preset, players must first complete Chapter 5.
- Highlights include:
  - Final boss is randomized
  - Equipment and Equipment Abilities are randomized/shuffled
  - Enemies have traits from all eras
  - Bosses have +2 bonus traits
  - Talent setting is set to shuffle
    - This is normally a "Hunt" mode setting, but it adds a nice level of variance and progression to talent acquisition, so I've included it even if players haven't cleared the Trial of the Hunt yet.

Misc.:

Completion % has been modified to account for the new Trial and achievement (but still totals 101% when the game has been fully completed).
Fixed an issue where bonus boss traits couldn't be set to "3" after clearing the Trial of the Rogue.
Fixed an issue where, when playing a seed with both "Random Equipment" and "Randomized Equipment Price", two items would become purchasable for 1g and only require 1exp to level their abilities.
Fixed an issue where there would be a timing discrepancy between the end of run "Clear Time" stated in the dialogue box and the "Clear Time" reported in the Run History.

v1.1.0a:

Fixed an issue that would create a nearly "no win" scenario in Chaos mode if Final Boss: Ludriel was mixed with the Clairvoyance 30% vulnerability mod. This would cause Judgement to do more damage than intended.
Fixed an issue where casting damaging spells in combat would cause an adjustment to spell effect timings outside of combat.

Patch v1.0.2

Richard Murtlandsteam_community_announcements

271d ago

Patch v1.0.2 features various fixes and improvements based on player feedback and reports from the v1.0 launch!

Details:

Added a new option to a randomizer setting:
- Chapter 4 & 5 Spoilers: Added the "Random" option to the "Final Boss" setting.
Changed a behavior when marking Chests and Secret Stashes in the "Help" system:
- Now: When the player is holding the max amount of an item (9) and fails to receive another from a chest/stash due to not being able to carry more, that location will still be marked as "searched" in the help system.
- Previously: Players had to find a way to use/get rid of 1 item from their stack of 9 and then take the item for it to be marked in the Help system. In some edge cases (such as being on the overworld, and not having any easy way to get rid of a torch) this would cause players to not be able to mark off their help log as easily and cause redundant searching.
Fixed an issue where, when using the "Help" feature in a randomized run, the first location would fly off the text box. They now display three at a time instead of four. (A previous change increased the line spacing in the main text box, which lead to this issue.)
Fixed a formatting issue with equipment abilities in the "Run History".
Fixed an issue where (Trial of the Hunt spoilers): When Defeating Dreska on the overworld in a "Randomizer" run, the "Trial of the Hunt" completion text would display. It now correctly reports "Randomizer Cleared!" and your clear time.
Fixed an issue with "Momentum" and "Dominant" (+ATK and +MaxHP based on enemies slain, Max 20 stacks). Previously, the player could "store" stacks beyond the maximum. This provided no immediate benefit (only 20 stacks would be applied to your character), but this caused an issue where players would have more stacks than expected after dying (and losing half of your stacks). This is now fixed and works as expected.
Fixed an issue when the Randomizer setting "Equipment Era" is set to "Random", where some equipment wouldn't be selected from the global pool.
Fixed an edge case where the player could get stuck in the starting Throneroom at the very beginning of the game. (This only applied to the very start of a new run, if the player saved and quit after opening the Throneroom door but before leaving the Throneroom.)
Fixed a sprite layering issue at the very end of Chapter 5.
Fixed various typos.

v1.0.2a Hotfix:

Fixed an issue when trying to sell the "Dragon's Horn" or "Aedma's Blessing" that would cause a crash. It now appropriately states that you cannot sell such a priceless item. (I believe this was introduced relatively recently, likely in v0.9, apologies for the inconvenience!)

v1.0.2b Hotfix:

Fixed an issue with the following custom combination of randomizer settings involving the Roguelike "Selectable Levelups" setting:
- Fixed an issue when Equip Abilities shuffle is set to OFF that would cause the Sister's Gift to behave oddly (all abilities would be the item's default abilities, instead of just the first and this would also cause a display bug when viewing them in the equipment menu).
- Fixed a similar issue when Equip Abilities shuffle is set to OFF, and "Hunt Equipment" is set to ON, which affected equipment obtained via hunting.
- If you were running a custom seed including these pairs, please start a new run to see these changes (previous runs will be completable, but might still have the display bug until a new run is started).

v1.0.2c Hotfix:

Fixed an issue that caused the "Laststand" enemy trait to bypass the first instance of lethal damage in some cases.
Fixed a minor visual issue that caused the "Mage Trainer" in Geshromir to appear when indoors (when in Trial of the Hunt/Hunt Spells mode).

v1.0.2d Hotfix:

Fixed an issue caused in v1.0.2c that caused the "Mage Trainer" in Geshromir to appear in Chapter 1. Speaking to her would cause the player to learn the "None" spell, which would get added to your spell list in error. This has been fixed, and upon updating to v1.0.2d the "None" spell will be filtered from your spell list.

Early Access Patch #21 (v0.3.1) - Chapter 3b Improvements

Richard Murtlandsteam_community_announcements

358d ago

Early Access Patch #21 (v0.3.1) contains fixes and balance changes for Chapter 3b based on player feedback!

Ability Changes:

Invisible:
- Critical chance after Invisible increased (10% -> 20%)
Ironfist:
- Now also gives +25% Accuracy (in additional to the +10 Strength)
Blazing Fist:
- +1 fire damage per 2 torches held (buffed from per 3 torches held)

Note: The combination of ability changes and fixes below should improve the effectiveness of Bandits. Invisible has a bigger "payoff" (especially when combined with Brute Force and the Payoff abilities) and overall stuns should be landing a bit more often, providing increased defenses and opportunities for offense. Also the unarmed build should be more consistent with the additional accuracy and enhanced true fire damage from the "Blazing Fist" ability.

Fixes:

Fixed an issue where the bonus critical chance from "Invisible" wasn't being considered for "Brute Force"
- It was increasing your strength, but not applying that to your ATK. It now properly updates your strength and propagates that bonus to your attack, making for an extra powerful attack when coming out of Invisible with Brute Force.
Fixed a bug where double attacks wouldn't give the second hit an additional chance to stun.
If an attack will both stun and defeat an enemy, the stun will no longer be reported.
Fixed an issue with the Necromancer's pre-battle damage effect where the "Resilient" trait would reduce damage repeatedly.
Fixed an update timing issue for HP related to the "Ironbody" trait and unequipping a weapon.
Minor changes to Instinct mode logic for 3b abilities

General Changes:

Made adjustments to 3a and 3b ability descriptions to improve consistency.
- Effects that only apply to "Basic Attacks" are now more clearly outlined. These were largely "on hit" effects from Chapter 3a and 3b. References to "attacks" also include special attack abilities like Healing Thrust and Dream Strike.
Various minor localization changes

v0.3.1a (hotfix)

Fixed an issue introduced in v0.3.1 that gave Ironfist far too much accuracy instead of the intended 25%.
When your attacks strike twice from the "Double Strike" ability, the second instance of damage is now reported in the main text box along with the text "Strikes twice!".

v0.3.1b

Fixed a text formatting issue introduced in v0.3.1 for clairvoyance mode reporting

Early Access Patch #20 (v0.3.0) - Chapter 3b

Richard Murtlandsteam_community_announcements

365d ago

Early Access Patch #20 (v0.3.0) features a new chapter, Chapter 3b! Dive back into the main quest to experience new equipment and abilities, deadlier enemies with new enemy traits, and unravel more of Splintered's story!

Chapter3b Main Features:

New equipment and abilities based on 3 new class archetypes:
- The Cleric, Arcanist, and Bandit
- Each class features at least one "Spell Transformation", that transforms their spell into a new spell ability.
- Additionally, various existing spells and attacks have new enhancements!
7 new enemy traits
- Several more enemies carry new innate traits in Chapter 3b.
- Many more traits are now inherited by enemies and spread throughout the randomizer.
- Bosses in Chapter 3b are also very likely to randomly inherit 1 additional trait!
The progression of Splintered's plot, that sets that stage for Chapter 4! (coming soon!).
Note: Clairvoyance and Instinct mode are both available to use in Chapter 3b! I'll be further tuning Instinct Mode to the specific play patterns of the new features of Chapter 3b, but it should be sufficiently responsive to the new abilities to allow players to complete 3b with this mode on, should they choose!

v0.3.0a Hotfix:

Revised Flow description, now specifies it increases a spell's "magic" damage.
- It also wasn't previously applying to Fireblast, but does now.
Fixed a bug related to "Primed Explosion", causing it to operate with the opposite effect of what's intended.
Teleporting on the overworld now resets your steps until an encounter occurs (this ensures you can safely enter a town after teleporting, in the event you're trying to teleport away from danger in Clairvoyance Mode).
Fixed an issue where Talentless wasn't applying healing sources (such as the Energized talent).
- Revised Talentless description: "If no talents are selected, gain +1 HP when attacking."
Enemy regeneration from the "Regenerative" trait no longer occurs at the start of combat.
Fixed an issue in the "Trait Compendium" causing some trait names to not fit on a single line.
Revised the following ability descriptions to fit in to the shop info box:
- Revised Attack Primer description: "Landing an attack gives spells +20% explosion chance and explosion damage."
- Revised Torch Primer description (for consistency): "Throwing a torch gives spells +20% explosion chance and explosion damage."
- Revised Healing Flame description: "Transforms Gr.Heal into Healing Flame. Heals -66% less but also deals fire damage."
- Revised Flameblast description: "Transforms M.Blast into Fireblast. Always hits. -50% less DMG, +50% ExplChance."
- Revised Invisible description: "Transforms Ward into Invisible. Gives +100% EVA and spell EVA. +10% Crit Chance next turn."

v0.3.0b Hotfix:

Fixed an issue with 3b abilities in "Instinct Mode" that would result in the player's turn being skipped rather than casting the new spell transformations.

Early Access Patch #18 (v0.2.8) - Chapter 3a Balance Pass

Richard Murtlandsteam_community_announcements

386d ago

Early Access Patch #18 (v0.2.8) is largely a balance patch focused Chapter 3a based on player feedback!

Ability Changes:

Mindsear
- Reduced MP scaling by ~20%. ("Silenced enemies take additional fire damage. Scales with MP.")
- Dev Note: This was doing a bit too much damage at high MP levels, especially when players had both fire damage on hit (Ignite) and silence burn (Silent Flame) rolling.
Lightning Slash
- Now casts an enhanced version of Magic Bolt that pierces 20% of enemy magic defense.
- Description modified to indicate the M.Bolt is enhanced.
- Dev Note: Often, this will be a ~20% a damage increase. Against enemies with large amounts of magic defense (such as Dreska), this is a much more substantial increase.
Healing Rain
- STR scaling substantially reduced (from 5str per HP -> 10str per HP), but base healing increased to compensate at lower levels (2HP-> 4HP).
- Dev Note: This was healing a bit too much at modest levels of STR, especially when Magic Bolt echoes and double casts were rolling. Even after the reduction, the effect is quite strong, as ability support can provide active and passive healing with a chance to double the effect.
- Example at 100 str:
  - Old: 22hp per bolt
  - New: 14hp per bolt
Ignite
- +2 bonus fire damage (up from +1)
- This gives the Searing Sword a bit more initial impact before fire scaling sources kicks in.
Critical Buildup
- Now gives +10% crit (up from +5%) every time you land a non-critical strike.
- Dev Note: While the abilities of the Fortune Garb are intended to be situationally effective, this ability wasn't quite paying off as much as it was supposed to. This should substantially increase its effectiveness in medium length fights.
Resourceful
- +30% chance to recover a torch when thrown (up from +20%)

Equipment Changes:

SpellBlades Gauntlet
- EXP to max 900 (down from 1200)
Searing Sword
- Price reduced to 1300 (from 1400)
- ATK reduced to 14 (from 18) (Note, this is compensated by the increased damage to Ignite, which deals pure fire damage).
- Swapped ability order, now learns Ignite first, then Silent Strike. (This provides a more immediate damaging effect.)
Blazing Mantle
- Swapped the ability order of Inferno and Warmth.
Jugglers Belt
- EXP to max 1500 (down from 2000)
- Price: 5 (down from 20)
  - A minor change, but since it requires a torch to have an effect, it'll help in situations where there's very little gold and a player is trying to get on their feet.

General Changes:

When using "Enhanced Teleport" in battle, the known location list will no longer display. The spell will either report that it can't be used, or escape from battle if the player knows "Blink".
Various equipment descriptions revised.

Early Access Patch #17 (v0.2.7) - Chapter 3a Custom Settings

Richard Murtlandsteam_community_announcements

392d ago

Early Access Patch #17 (v0.2.7) features custom setting support for Chapter 3a! It also features improved help via "Ludriel's Guidance" in the randomizer and various 3a adjustments.

General Changes:

The Help System (and Ludriel's Guidance) is now MUCH more useful in Chapter 2 and beyond.
- It now gives a reminder of what items you need to create Aedma's blessing (Dragon's Horn, Aedma's Splinter, and Sunstone)
- It now displays your progress in terms of chests and secret stashes searched (e.g. "7/34").
- It now displays the locations that you've yet to fully search (indicating they still have chests or secret stashes you've yet to open).
- Note: If continuing a run started before v0.2.7, respawnable chests will need to be obtained again to accurately display progress.

Chapter3a Support:

The Blessing of Clairvoyance and Instinct are now available for use with Chapter 3a (if you've unlocked them).
- Note: Due to the increased complexity of 3a's abilities, I expect Instinct Mode will require additional tuning compared to the classic settings. I plan on further refining this feature following balance passes of 3a.
Chapter3a has been added to the Randomizer presets. Additionally, the following settings have been added to the customizer:
- Class Equipment (Classic | 3a)
- Enemy Trait Pool (Classic | 3a)
- Extra Boss Traits (None | One)
- Note: Chapter 3a must be completed before these features are unlocked.

Misc. Changes:

Enemies burning from the "Silent Flame" ability will no longer burn after successfully running from you.
Fixed an issue where Magic Bolt echoes wouldn't properly defeat an enemy before they had taken their turn.
Healing Thrust and Dream Strike now cause the player to take thorns damage, when applicable.
If a counter attack would defeat you, the enemy will no longer finish their turn.
The damage log now reports both instances of Magic Bolt when striking twice due to Twinbolt.
In Clairvoyance mode: If your hovered move deals damage or heals, your post turn damage or healing (regeneration, echoes, etc.) will be added to the displayed result.
- e.g. If Lesser Heal will heal for 21, and Greater Heal will echo for 44 HP: hovering over lesser heal will display "HP: 65".
Fixed a bug where gold received could be slightly different than stated when picking up gold from a chest.
Fixed various typos and updated descriptions.

v0.2.7a:

Fixed an issue introduced in v0.2.7 that was causing chests to respawn after running from enemy nest encounters. (This was due to some of the chest tracking changes provided to support the new Help system progress reporting.)

Early Access Patch #13 (v0.2.3) - Localization Prep

Richard Murtlandsteam_community_announcements

419d ago

Early Access Patch #13 (v0.2.3) is mostly a small patch containing a couple of improvements to the "Trial of Instinct" based on player feedback. However, this patch also contains major changes to Splintered behind the scenes to support localization. Ideally, the localization changes will go completely unnoticed and display the English text exactly as you'd expect. However, the way text is delivered behind the scenes has changed drastically. This work is in preparation for supporting a Japanese translation of the game, and is a big step toward that milestone! Trial of Instinct Changes

When auto-battling in Instinct mode, your character will wait 1 second before automatically making their first move when entering a new battle. This only occurs in Instinct Mode when auto-battling. This delay can be skipped by pressing or holding confirm/cancel (to fight/run).
- Previously, running on turn 1 often wouldn't occur unless the player was holding the run button prior to battle (indicating they wanted to run from everything).
- Now, players can make a quick decision to assess if they want to fight or run on the first turn.
- Important note: This delay can be skipped! Pressing/Holding the "confirm" or "cancel" button will immediately start the auto-battling with fighting or running, respectively. This allows battles to be just as snappy as they were previously when you have a good idea of what enemies you'll face and know exactly how you want to respond.
Changed the behavior around 'Mana Shield' in Instinct Mode
- Previously, auto-battling caused Mana Shield to be used too much and resulted in quite a bit of MP loss (20 MP at a time)
- Now, if Instinct Mode detects Mana Shield will activate, the situation will be treated as a "dire" state, resulting in defensive maneuvers such as Greater Heal.
- Note: In practice, this makes the Mage Stone with the Mana Shield ability less detrimental to use when auto-battling and saves quite a bit of MP (this is especially true against Dreska and her 2x tail thrash). This change should help improve Mage viability in the mode.

Localization Changes:

The delivery of all in-game text has changed to support localization. Ideally, these changes will go unnoticed, and English text will be displayed as expected.
If you see any issues with text delivery, please send a report (and a screenshot would be greatly appreciated if available!). Here's an example for context:
- Seeing a text label like: "inappropriate_item" instead of the expected "This isn't the time to use that item!".

General Changes:

When enemies heal, the combat display will now say specifically how much HP they healed for.
Various minor text adjustments.

v0.2.3a:

Fixed an issue where Talent names weren't displaying properly when unlocked.

Early Access Patch #11 (v0.2.1) - Balance Patch #3

Richard Murtlandsteam_community_announcements

435d ago

Early Access Patch #11 (v0.2.1) is largely a balance patch aimed at combat balance, equipment choice, and rewards. Also, a new item type, "Charms", have been added. In general, sources of +DEF should feel more impactful, further improving class identity and increasing the value of armor/shield upgrades. Mid-tier enemies are slightly more difficult but enemies overall should feel more rewarding (high-tier enemies are now especially rewarding!). Charms provide a boost to the base stat of your choice and in seeds with excess gold, enchanting them is great way to spend it (they can be enchanted to +9, but with greatly diminished returns and increased costs). Standard now features "Enhanced Teleport". All this and more in the patch notes below! Primary Changes:

Player's Base DEF formula modified
- DEX now gives less natural DEF (~3/4ths of previous value).
- Some armors have been given small amounts of +DEF to help compensate.
- Related Change: Upgrading equipment now gives +6 ATK/DEF (up from +5 ATK/DEF).
- The primary goal of this change is to increase the impact of +DEF sources. DEX was giving a large amount of base DEF, and often caused the effect of +DEF from equipment, abilities, and equipment upgrades to have a diminished effect and feel less impactful. This change also means enemies will deal slightly more damage with attacks, especially in the mid-game before equipment upgrades are applied.
Enemy buffs:
- Mid-tier enemies strength and defenses have been slightly increased. Their EXP rewards have also been slightly increased to compensate.
- Very slight enemy HP increase (~3%). When enemies spawn, their HP is calculated from a range based on their Max HP. This HP range is now 80% to 100% (up from 75% to 100%). This means -very- slightly more enemy HP on average with a more predictable HP range.
Intense Dragon Breath:
- Previously dealt: 65-72 DMG
- Now deals: 54-60 DMG
- Note: Dreska's Intense Dragon Breath STILL deals ~65-72 DMG, as she now contains the "Flameborne" trait, increasing her fire damage by 20%.
- This change helps make the Magi-Dragon and Elder-Dragon a bit more manageable, as the requirements to survive two Intense Dragon Breaths has reduced.
Enemy Rewards:
- Enemies will now give 2x EXP when slain for the first time.
  - This further rewards seeking out new foes to slay, even when you have little interest in their Talents for your current build. It also encourages taking on slightly more difficult enemies for the early surge of EXP.
- High-tier enemies have had their EXP rewards substantially buffed.
  - High-tier enemies are often difficult, taking several turns and resources to bring down. This lead them to be often skipped and avoided. Their increased rewards in addition to the 2x EXP "first defeat" bonus makes hunting them down much more worthwhile.
- Mid-High tier enemies have had slight EXP increases as well.
Charms:
- The "Secret Shop" in Edelynn now sells Charms (the Ward Potions have been moved to the standard shop). A "Charm Enchanter" can be found next to the vendor.
- Increases the base stat of your choice (HP, MP, STR, DEX) when held in your inventory. You can only hold one charm.
- Costs 50g. Gives +4STR, +4DEX, +6HP, or +6MP.
- Can be enchanted (upgraded) to +9, but with greatly diminished returns and increased cost with each level. Charms are very economical and beneficial from levels 0-4. Levels 5+ are often a "luxury" to provide a small stat boost to players with excess gold.
  - e.g. for the STR Charm (DEX Charm has same values):
    - Level 0: +4STR, 50g total cost
    - Level 2: +8STR, 500g total cost
    - Level 4: +10STR, 2000g total cost
    - Level 9: +15STR, 12000g total cost
  - e.g. for the HP Charm (MP Charm has same values):
    - Level 0: +6HP, 50g total cost
    - Level 2: +12HP, 500g total cost
    - Level 4: +16HP, 2000g total cost
    - Level 9: +24HP, 12000g total cost

Other Changes:

Standard Preset updated, now features Enhanced Teleport (previously Default style).
The Dagger's 3-step strike ability now takes 360EXP to learn (up from 60)
- This is a very powerful ability and obtaining this often felt instant at virtually any stage of the game. It now takes a little more effort to come online in the early game.
The Name Selector (and Randomizer/Custom Settings selector) now give audio feedback when inputting/removing characters.
Various minor visual and text adjustments.

--------------------Equipment and Enemy Changelog:-------------------- Equipment:

Leather Cuirass:

+2 DEF (4->6)

Assassin Garb:

+2 DEF (8->10)

Silkweave Cloak:

+2 DEF (2->4)

Mid-Tier Enemies:

Impervious Rockroot:

+5str, +10def, +5hp
+5exp

Heavy Knight:

+5str, +5def, +8hp
+5exp

Enchanted Construct:

+5exp

Swift Knight:

+5str, +5def, +8hp
+5exp

Heartless Knight:

+5str
+5exp

Young Dragon:

+5str
+10exp

Dragon:

+5str
+10exp

Young Magi-Dragon:

+10str
+10exp

Frenzied Knight:

+5str
+10exp

Glimmer:

+10str
+10exp

Shadow:

+10str
+10exp

Elite Heavy Knight:

+5str
+20exp

Elite Swift Knight:

+5str
+20exp

High-Tier Enemies:

Masterful Conjured:

+55exp

Magi-Dragon:

+80exp

Gemcapped Assassin:

+82exp

Voidwoven Construct:

+130exp

Elder Dragon:

+135exp

Chaotic Construct:

+105exp

Berzerking Knight:

+100exp

Early Access Patch #10 (v0.2.0) - Aedma's Trials

Richard Murtlandsteam_community_announcements

442d ago

Early Access Patch #10 (v0.2.0) features new content! Dive into the first of "Aedma's Trials" (previously referred to as Challenge Modes) to take on the "Trial of Clairvoyance". Additionally, five new achievements have been added. Major Features:

Aedma's Trials
- Aedma's Trials feature game-altering modifications to Splintered's gameplay beyond typical randomizations! These trials are often challenging, but completing them permanently unlocks their game-altering features that can then be used in future runs and content.
Trial of Clairvoyance
- Enemies are deadlier than ever, but Aedma has blessed you with Clairvoyance!
- Featured Modifiers:
  - Enemies deal 30% more damage.
  - You are Clairvoyant. You can predict enemy encounters, your opponent's moves, and the result of every turn in combat!
  - Clearing the Trial of Clairvoyance unlocks both of these modifiers in the Randomizer's custom settings.

Additional Updates:

Five new achievements have been added. Two are related to the "Trial of Clairvoyance" and three are general achievements.
The "Custom Settings" menu has been expanded with category pages to support the growing list of customizable Randomizer settings.
- General | Magic | Aedma's Trial
Many enemy sprites have been re-centered to improve their sharpness (their previous anchor points were causing some sprites to misalign with the pixel grid).
"Divine Shield" no longer prevents dying to damaging tiles, to be inline with the changes in v.0.1.9 (as it now works once per combat).
Fixed a minor issue with the "Equipment Price" randomizer setting, where equipment would show "0 exp" to level when it inherited Ludriel's Shield price.

Major Recent Changes Since Release: If it's been awhile since you've checked out Splintered, here's a brief overview of the major changes that have occurred from Splintered's weekly updates!

The Randomizer now has customizable settings to tailor your runs and provide new interesting features and experiences.
Chapter 2 rebalanced to help players ease into the Randomizer.
Many NPCs received dialogue updates to enhance the story in Chapter 2 and the Randomizer. Also a new story quest has been added in Chapter 2.
Several bosses buffed and have improved randomizer interactions.
Numerous balance changes and equipment ability buffs/reworks.
Various accessibility options and improvements including rebindable keys.

v.0.2.0a:

Fixed a bug where sleeping enemies wouldn't wake up when the Clairvoyance setting was active.
Fixed a bug introduced in v.0.2.0 where the Mana Shield would restore MP instead of removing it.

v.0.2.0b:

Fixed a bug where opening an empty spell menu when the Clairvoyance setting is active would cause errant behavior.

v.0.2.0c:

Fixed a visual bug where, when the Clairvoyance setting is active and if the enemy is about to defeat you, a successful run would read "Success! Run Away! Defeat!" instead of just "Success! Run Away!"

v.0.2.0d:

Fixed a visual bug where the Clairvoyance encounter UI would falsely show the ambush indicator "!" when the Godborne ability of Ludriel's Shield is active.
Fixed a bug introduced in v.0.2.0 where players would receive the 100% guaranteed run success from running 3 times, before they had tried to run 3 times.

Early Access Update #9 (v0.1.9) - Balance Patch #2

Richard Murtlandsteam_community_announcements

449d ago

Early Access Update #9 (v0.1.9) is a balance patch aimed at equipment balance and improving build variety from run to run. On top of many Equipment changes, a new randomizer setting has been added that allows equipment prices to be shuffled. Additionally, the critical strike damage formula has been reworked, as crits were previously dealing excessive amounts of damage to heavily armored foes. Lastly, a "Slain!" tag will now appears in combat to help indicate if the enemy has been slain and recorded for your Talent requirements. Balance Changes Overview:

Ability changes for Assassin Garb, Divine Blade, and Guardian Plate, making them more desirable and impactful.
Equipment prices and EXP needed to reach max level have been adjusted to bring the gold and exp needs of each class archetype a bit more inline with one another. Additionally, some equipment has had its ability order swapped.
- In general, the less an item costs, the more the exp it'll need to reach max level.
- Several expensive items had too high of exp requirements, and have been reduced.
A randomizer setting has been added to shuffle equipment prices. This setting is currently only available in a "Custom" Randomizer run, and hasn't been added to the "Chapter 2" or "Standard" presets.
The critical strike damage formula has been reworked. Critical strikes were doing a bit too much damage against heavily armored enemies (especially in the end game). This rework ensures crits perform well at both piercing armored foes and providing powerful blows to less armored enemies.
All balance changes can be found in full detail at the bottom of the patch notes.

Other Updates:

A "Slain!" tag will now appear in combat to help indicate if the enemy has been slain and recorded for your Talent requirements.
Fixed a typo with the Necromancer text in Chapter 2 and the Randomizer.
Fixed a typo when the Uncles receive a power up.
The outer cursor in the randomizer/customizer menus now follows the inner cursor instead of resting at the menu blocks.

------------------Detailed Balance Changes:------------------ Assassin Garb:

Assassinate:
- Previously: "+100% critical chance against sleeping enemies. Strikes always wake enemies."
- Now: "+50% critical chance against sleeping enemies."
- Notes: Sleep's greatest advantage is the potential extra turns it can generate, and wasting turns failing Sleep just to deliver 1 crit often wasn't worth it. By removing the downside, going for Sleeps is a much more lucrative proposition, even against enemies with some amounts of Sleep resistance. Naturally, the upside power had to be reduced to compensate (and may need to be reduced further), but this should be a much more desirable ability now.
Heart Seeker:
- Previously: "+50% to critical strike bonus damage."
- Now: "+25% increased critical damage. Critical damage increases now also increase weapon attack."
- Note: The critical strike bonus damage going from 50%->25% is not a nerf. Due to the changes to critical strike damage calculations, the resulting effect is unchanged. Critical strike damage also increasing weapon attack is a buff, intended to make the Assassin Garb not only desirable to Dagger users, but also any high ATK weapons (such as the Invisible Blade). This effect applies to any source of increased critical damage, such as the Lethal Talent.

Divine Blade:

Peak Performance:
- Previously: "Deal 25% increased attack damage when at full health."
- Now: "+20% increased ATK when HP is above 50%."
- Notes: Previously, Peak Performance was often acting more like a "first strike". Outside of turn 1, few opportunities presented themselves in which you'd have full HP against an enemy. Players (especially Paladins) should be able to keep this effect up much more often now. "+20% Increased ATK" applies to your TOTAL Attack Power on your status sheet.

Guardian Plate:

Divine Intervention:
- Renamed to "Divine Shield".
- Previously: "Once per long rest, ignore fatal damage."
- Now: "Once per combat, ignore fatal damage."
- Notes: Since Divine Intervention could only be used once per expedition, it was often forgotten about. Now that it can be used once per combat players can engage with the ability more often and in advantageous ways such as risking a run attempt or going for that final blow before healing, knowing they'll be protected should they fail.

Lethal Talent:

Previously: "+30% increased critical strike damage."
Now: "+20% increased critical damage."
Notes: This is actually a slight buff due to the changes to the critical strike damage calculations. Also, Lethal has usage beyond crits thanks to the Assassin Garb's new "Heart Seeker" ability.

Equipment Price, Ability EXP, and Ability Rebalance:

5 pieces of equipment have had their prices adjusted to help bring the overall gold cost of each class a bit more inline with one another.
- Total gold cost for Thief gear is slightly up (~500g)
- Total gold cost for Mage gear is slightly down (~500g)
- Total gold cost for Paladin gear is very slightly up. (~200g)
16 pieces of equipment have had the Total EXP needed to Max their abilities adjusted to be more in line with the price of the item. In general, low cost items must be used and invested into more, taking more EXP to max. Higher cost items require less investment, taking less EXP to max.
- While a few low cost items will have larger EXP requirements due to this rebalancing, it's mostly kept towards the final ability. For reference, any piece of equipment can be fully maxed (from 0 EXP) by using it from level 12 to level 14 (with experience to spare).
- Overall, EXP costs are slightly down across the board (by ~5%), largely due to higher priced items previously requiring too much EXP to max.
4 pieces of equipment have had their ability order adjusted, often placing the "payoff" ability as the last ability learned (and taking extra investment).
Full equipment change log is provided below.

New Randomized Equipment Price Setting:

A setting has been added to shuffle the prices of Equipment in the randomizer.
- "Equipment Price: "OFF" | "Shuffle"
- Currently this setting is only available as a Custom setting in the randomizer. It is defaulted to "OFF" for both "Chapter 2" and "Standard" setting presets.
When equipment prices are shuffled, the total exp needed to max the item will change along with it. For example:
- The Dagger costs 60g and needs 2000exp to max. The Invisible Blade costs 1800g and needs 1000exp to max.
- If the Invisible Blade's price is randomized to the Dagger's price of 60g, it will also adopt the Dagger's exp requirement and now take 2000exp to max.
- Any levels between 1 and Max are scaled appropriately.
Note: This feature makes seeds feel even more unique and can send players towards equipment and builds they weren't previously considering. Shopping with your first ~500 gold often influenced equipment and build choices. With this setting enabled, players will want to evaluate where the initial "bargains" are, as well as items that are prohibitively expensive as they're planning their build, especially in seeds where gold is tight.

Critical Strike Damage Rework:

Critical strikes were doing too much damage against enemies with a high Armor (Base Defense) stat. This is especially true on late game enemies such as Dreska. The critical strike formula has been adjusted to bring this more in line with other sources of damage in these situations, while still being being able to effectively pierce high armored enemies and deliver overwhelming blows.
Previously, crits would roughly: Calculate your attack damage ignoring base defense and then apply your bonus damage multipliers (2x default + your crit bonus damage%).
Now, here's the step by step on how crits work going forward:
- ATK is calculated based on STR. However, a critical strike will calculate your ATK based on EITHER STR or DEX, selecting whichever is higher.
  - This helps DEX builds, and avoids situations where high STR and low DEX would result in a crit doing less damage.
  - (This is unchanged, crits did this before v.0.1.9)
- When a critical strike occurs, two damage numbers are calculated, and the higher number is selected:
  - Attack damage is calculated IGNORING base defense and at the top of your damage range. (With this calculation, your crit has effectively pierced the weak spot in their armor.)
  - Attack damage is calculated INCLUDING base defense and at the top of your damage range, then multiplied by 2x. (With this calculation, your crit is overwhelming the enemy with a 2x attack, striking through their armor with great force.)
- Now that the most valuable critical strike type is selected, it's multiplied by the player's % critical strike bonus damage (this is found on abilities and talents).
- Critical strikes will always do at least 2 damage.

Magic Wand:

Total EXP to Max: 2000 (up from 1500)
- Final ability takes 1500EXP (up from 1000EXP)
Crescendo and Magical Attunement Ability order swapped

Claymore:

Total EXP to Max: 1900 EXP (up from 700)
- Final ability takes 1500 EXP (up from 300)

Invisible Blade:

Price: 1800g (up from 1500)
Total EXP to Max: 1000 (down from 1500)
- 2nd ability takes 400 exp (down from 500)
- Final ability takes 600 exp (down from 1000)

Divine Blade:

Price: 1200g (up from 1000)
DEF: 10 (up from 5)
Total EXP to Max: 1400 (down from 1600)
- 2nd ability: 400 exp (down from 600)
Peak Performance (buffed) and Fortified Strike Swapped

Starlight Sword:

Price: 2200g (down from 2500)
Total EXP to Max: 900 (down from 2000)
- 2nd ability: 150 (up from 50)
- Final ability: 750 (down from 1950)

Leather Cuirass:

Total EXP to Max: 600 (up from 200)
- Final ability: 560 (up from 160)

Silkweave Cloak:

Total EXP to Max: 1300 (up from 600)
- Final ability: 1000 (up from 300)
Steelweave and Focused swapped

Blessed Hauberk:

Total EXP to Max: 1700 (up from 800)
- Final ability: 1500 (up from 600)

Assassin Garb:

Price: 1400g (up from 1200)
DEF: 8 (up from 4)
Assassinate and Heart Seeker buffed

MindSpring Robe:

Total EXP to Max: 1600 (down from 2000)
- 2nd ability: 400 (down from 600)
- Final ability: 1200 (down from 1400)

Guardian Plate:

Total EXP to Max: 1000 (down from 2200)
- Final ability: 700 (down from 1900)
Divine Intervention buffed (and renamed to Divine Shield)

Buckler:

Total EXP to Max: 600 (down from 800)

Mage Stone:

Price: 350g (down from 700)
Total EXP to Max: 1000 (down from 1800)

Kite Shield:

Total EXP to Max: 1200 (down from 1800)
Retribution and Defended swapped

Thief's Cowl:

Total EXP to Max: 1000 (up from 800)

Mage's Ring:

Total EXP to Max: 1200 (up from 1000)

Paladin's Tome:

Total EXP to Max: 1300 (down from 2000)

Early Access Update #8 (v0.1.8)

Richard Murtlandsteam_community_announcements

456d ago

Early Access Update #8 (v0.1.8) focuses on improving boss encounters and comes with randomizer updates, improved Mage spell access (Magic Bolt/Blast) in the randomizer, and various other fixes based on community feedback! Many bosses have been made more powerful as they weren't quite living up to their "Great Foe"/Boss title. "Buddy System" amended to ensure increased enemy variety. Haeldritch is more relevant in randomized runs (and more rewarding in Chapter 1). A Mage Trainer NPC has been added to Havenroc Castle, which acts as a safety net to help Mage's in randomized runs that are having trouble learning their Magic Bolt/Blast at appropriate levels (but at a cost, and the feature is available to all builds regardless of proficiencies). There are also numerous fixes and improvements! Fully detailed patch notes: ---------- Boss Improvements: Many bosses have been made more powerful. Some of these are "general" changes, applying to all versions of the boss (Chapter1, Chapter2, and the Randomizer), while "Randomizer" changes only apply to the randomized versions (Chapter2 and the Randomizer).

Great Wyrm

General Changes:
- Now uses "Vicious Bite" (50% chance) instead of "Dragon Fire 1" (25% chance).
- "Vicious Bite" is an ability that deals 25-30 physical damage (compared to Dragon Fire 1's 16-23 damage). When it deals damage, it also has a 50% chance of dealing a "Crushing Blow", which makes you vulnerable to all physical damage for the remainder of the battle. The "Crushing Blow" effect can only be applied to you once per battle.
- Attack power has been increased slightly.
Randomizer Changes:
- The enemy has been informing the Great Wyrm of your chest plundering habits. As a result, looting 16 or more chests will cause the Great Wyrm to be "Enraged by your greed!" when it tracks you down. (The 'gold recovery' chest from death and "empty" chests don't count towards this number.)
- Being "Enraged by your greed!" gives the Great Wyrm the "Enraged" buff, increasing the Great Wyrm's physical damage by 50%.
Developer Note: The Great Wyrm often wasn't very threatening and was considered to be one of the weakest bosses. In Chapter 1, Vicious Bite gives it a stronger guaranteed source of damage and each turn it effectively has a 25% chance to "Crush" the player, making the fight even more threatening but still manageable for Chapter 1. In Chapter 2, players will want to consider fighting it earlier. If it's "Enraged" and you're "Crushed", it'll deal 2.25x more damage than normal, and players might have to consider running and avoiding encounters in the desert for awhile.

Necromancer

General Changes:
- Now has the "Smartcast" trait. This is a special trait typically reserved for bosses. Enemies with this trait won't waste a turn trying to cast when silenced (previously, Halifax was the only one with this trait). The Necromancer is designed to be very powerful if not properly weakened before hand; however, with such a high chance of casting spells, landing Silence would completely neutralize it. This is no longer the case.
- Attack power has been greatly increased.
- Note: While buffed, players in Chapter 1 can still handle this "nightmare" with ease by fully exploiting its weakness.
Randomizer Changes:
- In Chapter2/the randomizer, the Necromancer has grown wiser and can now only be "weakened" 10 times. Additionally, each instance will only deal 15 damage (compared to 20).
- The Necromancer has seemingly understood its folly of storing all of its power in its minions. Its dialogue has been updated in Chapter2/the Randomizer to indicate this and shed a little light on the situation.

Balgus and Halifax

General Changes:
- The Uncle you choose to fight second will now be more powerful, as they will call upon the spirit of their fallen brother to fuel their last stand. This enhances their stats and influences their combat style. (The first encounter with the Uncles is unchanged.)
- Balgus2 (When enhanced by the spirit of Halifax):
  - Balgus gains increased attack power, HP, magic resist, and the "Smartcast" trait.
  - When below half health, Balgus will use "Desperate Strike", an ability that deals more damage based on his missing HP.
  - EXP and Gold rewards have been slightly increased.
- Halifax2 (When enhanced by the spirit of Balgus):
  - Halifax gains increased attack power, HP, and base defense.
  - Halifax will now use "Imbued Strike" ability (25% chance), which deals 50 damage and restores 20HP.
  - Halifax will also deliver his finishing blows with this newfound ability as well (should your HP be at or below 50 when he takes his turn).
  - EXP and Gold rewards have been slightly increased.
Randomizer Changes:
- Both Balgus and Halifax have received minor dialogue updates in Chapter2/the Randomizer.

Randomizer Changes:

Enemy Location Randomization (Buddy System Adjustment):
- Adjusted to make 4-1 configurations (getting 4 of one kind of enemy, and 1 of another) a MUCH more a rare occurrence.
- Developer note: The buddy system (often resulting in an enemy zone configuration of 2-2-1) has been a welcome change. However, generating a zone with a 4-1 configuration was occurring a too often in zones with a limited enemy pool, such as the 'safe zone' area around Havenroc Castle or Dreskofel Dungeon/Altar.
- For reference, in the worst case scenario (the 2nd area around Havenroc, containing only 7 enemies in the available pool) a zone would have a 28% chance to generate a 4-1 configuration. This has been reduced to ~2%.
Added the Mage Trainer NPC to Havenroc Castle:
- In Chapter 1, they provide nothing, refusing to teach you your secrets and state that you must go out, gain experience, and learn the spells on your own. (Though if you return after you've learned all of your spells, they might react differently.)
- In Chapter 2 and the Randomizer, they notice your aptitude and will teach you Magic Bolt for 100g once you reach level 3. If you've learned Magic Bolt (through any means), they'll offer teach you Magic Blast for 1400g once you reach level 8.
- Developer Note: The primary reason for this change is to help players that really want to play a Mage build fight against the randomness of not being able to obtain their core spells (Magic Bolt/Blast). However, it comes at a cost and you must be the appropriate level. Also, you're never quite sure when you'll learn the spell naturally, so there's a bit of a risk in seeds where gold is harder to come by, as the natural Bolt/Blast level might be just around the corner. This option is available to all players regardless of build/proficiency choice. This change is targeted to runs where the player learns all Spells by Level 14, as it's less useful when the player is already guaranteed to learn all spells by level 10 (such as in Chapter 2), though it's still available.
- By default, this setting is turned "ON" in the Standard settings of the randomizer.
New Randomizer Settings:
- Mage Trainer: "ON" or "OFF"

General Game Changes:

Haeldritch:
- Defeating either uncle in Haeldritch results in them leaving behind two Haeldritch treasury chests (in addition to their held item).
  - In Chapter 1, this results in ~500G and a Portleaf
  - In Chapter 2/the Randomizer, these two chests can contain anything
  - Developer Note: This change is aimed at making Haeldritch a more relevant location in the randomizer. Due to how one Uncle flees after you defeat the other, their item pool is often limited, only occasionally having a 'progression' item and often meaning Haeldritch can be skipped. This change increases the likelihood that you'll need to defeat an Uncle in Haeldritch to unravel your seed.
- Chapter 1 encounter table updated from to . This fixes a visual issue with the Enchanted Map and further demonstrates the alliance between the Uncles and the Dragons.

Various Fixes and Improvements:

A description box now appears when selecting your Proficiencies, it states:
- "Proficiencies increase base stats by 10% and give a flat bonus at level 1."
Fixed an issue where some players would experience a delay the first time they "Attack" in combat after starting up the game.
- Dev Note (5/2/2025): Further testing has revealed this issue has improved, but isn't yet completely resolved. (And likely related to the issue below involving the UI reload.)
Fixed an issue where the "gold recovery chest" wouldn't be interactable when re-loading the same level (typically after teleporting or running from an npc battle/enemy nest). (This one ended up being tricky to track down, a huge thanks to everyone that reported it and their findings in both the forums and on discord!)
Fixed an issue where Aedma's Splinter and the Sunstone could be re-obtained after they've been used via their chests.
Fixed an issue where Ludriel's dialogue would revert to his Chapter 1 dialogue partway through Chapter2/a randomized run.
Fixed an issue where manually setting an invalid seed input wasn't properly displaying the "Invalid Seed" message when trying to start the run.
Fixed an issue where your Sister would give you a Leather Cuirass in place of Ludriel's Sword (when she's set to give you exclusively a weapon).
Fixed an issue when selling two pieces of equipment in a row, where the second piece would have to be selected twice.
Fixed an issue where initializing a new UI layer (such as the "Enhanced Teleport" location list) would, under rare circumstances, cause the UI to reload. While mostly unnoticeable, this UI reload could then sometimes cause a memory flush, leading to a delay when loading the submenu.
- Dev Note (5/2/2025): Further testing has revealed this issue has improved, but isn't yet completely resolved. (And likely related to the issue above involving the first "attack delay" upon starting up a game.)
Various minor background improvements (relating to pixel perfect orientation of the UI).

Early Access Update #7 (v0.1.7)

Richard Murtlandsteam_community_announcements

463d ago

Early Access Update #7 (v0.1.7) is a very large update focusing on improving Chapter 2, the Randomizer, and many other features based on community feedback! Chapter 2 has been adjusted to be much more approachable while still giving an authentic first step into the randomizer. 26 NPCs have had their dialogue updated to provide nuance and variety in Chapter 2, and most have had their dialogue further updated in the Randomizer. A lore based quest has been added and is given by your sister in Chapter 2. The Randomizer has had many improvements made, the "Enemy Nest" feature has been expanded and randomized, and various other fixes! Fully detailed patch notes: ---------- New Chapter 2 Features and Improvements: Chapter 2 has been updated with various features designed to ease players into their first randomizer (without being overly restrictive on randomizations or trivializing the overall experience).

Player's will now learn "Enhanced Teleport" in place of "Teleport".
- Enhanced Teleport allows players to teleport to cities and "friendly" locations of interest on the world map, provided they have entered the location at least once. This is especially helpful when Dreskofel Castle (or other points of interest) are located very far away from Havenroc Castle, allowing players to utilize a closer staging ground for their next excursion.
Your sister now gives you a random weapon (instead of any random piece of equipment) when you speak to her.
- Developer note: While random equipment leads to some more interesting outcomes, starting players with a weapon in Chapter 2 will help players feel more confident in confronting this new experience, especially in seeds where there are no immediate means of purchasing one.
Player's will learn all spells by level 10 (instead of the standard level 14).
- Developer note: ~8% of the time, a player would reach level 10 without learning either heal spell. This applies to any two spells, like Magic Bolt/Blast for Mages or other high impact spells. While not catastrophic, this would often discourage players from exploration and expeditions, causing them to feel a bit stuck and engage in unfavorable grinds.
The Font of Restoration (located in Havenroc Castle) is now working again thanks to your sister's efforts.
- Using it is identical to staying at an inn, but at no cost. This guarantees a source of healing if your closest town is an overly expensive inn.
- This change applies to not just Chapter 2, but the overall randomizer as well.

New Chapter 2 Dialogue and Improved Story Progression:

26 NPCs have had their dialogue updated to provide variety and nuance for Chapter 2. Many have also received additional adjustments to their dialogues in the Randomizer. In many cases these comprise of an additional phrase or two to along with the twist of some words to provide more flavor and character with context to Chapter 2 (and the Randomizer). NPCs that deliver dialogue that's critical to the completing main quest often have the least changes, as their reminders serve as the backbone of guidance to the player. NPCs that give hints, now give additional/revised hints that are in most cases more relevant to Chapter 2 and the Randomizer.
Your Sister now has a lore based quest for you in Chapter 2. Bring her what she requests and you'll receive additional lore related to her. (She also has a new outfit).
An NPC in Geshromir now reacts to you holding the Suntone.
An NPC has been added to Geshromir, detailing the miner supply station and that they're responsible for restocking the chests.

Overall Randomizer Improvements (that also impact Chapter 2):

Enemy location randomization changes:

Havenroc's Safe Zone has been expanded and made a little bit safer (to provide smoother enemy progression).
- Previously: Havenroc starts on a "safe zone" containing "easy" enemies. The 8 surrounding zones can contain up to "medium" enemies.
- Now: Havenroc still starts on a "safe zone". However, the next 8 surrounding zones can contain up to "medium-" enemies, which is a slightly weaker pool. Additionally, the next 16 surrounding zones can contain "medium+" enemies, which a slightly stronger pool but still much more restricted than the general pool of enemies.

Zone Clumping:
- Enemy zones (the 8x8 sections on the map) will now often be clumped together in groups of four. This makes easy, lucrative, or dangerous areas more discoverable and easier to engage/disengage with.
- Previously: 12 separate enemy zones were randomly placed across the world, meaning enemies would often change every 8 steps.
- Now: 12 separate enemy zones will often (but not always) be clumped together in groups of 4 (on average). This should make the distinct enemy zones more identifiable.

Buddy System:
- Previously: Zones would populate 5 random enemies. Often, this would result in an 8x8 zone containing 5 completely different enemies. This made it difficult to track down specific targets and made encounters feel a bit too random, even when you stay in a single zone.
- Now: Zones populate 3 random enemies. Two of the enemies will be paired, increasing their likelihood of being encountered (hence, the "Buddy System"). The third enemy encounter will often be unique but it could also match one of the pairs. This should make easy, lucrative, or dangerous zones more predictable and identifiable (and aid in hunting down enemies for Talents). This change also applies to dungeon encounters.
Dreskofel Dungeon Encounters:
- Previously: All 4 floors of Dreskofel Dungeon contained separate enemy groups for you to encounter. This made encounters in the dungeon feel a bit too random from floor to floor.
- Now: Floors 1&2 will share an enemy group. Floors 3&4 will share an enemy group. Combined with the Buddy System, this should make the randomizations of Dreskofel feel more distinct.
Developer note: Both Zone Clumping and the Buddy System make zones a bit easier to navigate and engage with (whether you're seeking or avoiding certain zones). They also make seeds a bit more memorable, as the enemy arrangements are more recognizable and feel more distinct. I'll be looking to make further adjustments as needed, but these changes should be a big step in the right direction. Be sure to let me know what you think as you try out seeds in v.0.1.7!

Randomized Stat progression:

I've adjusted the stat randomization algorithm, drastically reducing the chance of players getting 0 stats when leveling up. While the previous stat progression system was fair in terms of overall power, these empty level-ups made for incredibly disappointing moments.
- Previously: Leveling from 1-15 would result in '0000' growth ~.75 times/seed. Leveling from 1-20, would result in '0000' growth ~1.05 times/seed. (These averages indicate that you'd expect to see a level up with '0000' growth almost every run, meaning many players were regularly seeing two or more levels with '0000' growth!).
- Now: The odds of getting '0000' growth in a level has been drastically reduced. It's still possible to get low stat growth in a level, but a true '0000' should only happen once in ~100 runs or so. Overall Player power is roughly unchanged.

New Randomizer Settings:

Teleport Style : "Default" or "Enhanced"
Sister's Gift: "AnyEquip" or "Weapon"
Spells By: "LVL14" or "LVL10"

General Game Updates:

Enemy Nests updated, expanded, and randomized!

Enemy Nests now have a sprite to help indicate their existence and make them easier to find/remember.
Enemy Nests are now randomized and can feature roughly any enemy above a Heavy Knight.
The following enemy nests have been added to the game:
- 1x Geshromir Mines: Frenzied Knight
- 2x Haeldritch: Dragon, Young Magi-Dragon
- 3x Dreskofel Dungeon: Dragon, Magi-Dragon, Elder Dragon
Much like the chests in Dreskofel, Enemy Nests in Dreskofel are not randomized.
Developer Note: Enemy nests can be a great way to grind a quick level or two if you find a very desirable target for your build, as they can be repeatedly triggered in quick succession and avoid other unwanted battles.

The combat menu cursor now displays only when you can take an action in combat.
Fixed a display issue when selling equipment. Equipment is now immediately removed from the sell list display as soon as you sell it.

Balance Patch #1 (EA Update #6 - v0.1.6a)

Richard Murtlandsteam_community_announcements

472d ago

Early Access Update #6 (v0.1.6a) is a balance patch featuring changes to some equipment abilities that weren't quite living up to expectations (Starlight Sword, Silkweave Cloak, Mage's Ring, Ludriel's Armor). Additionally, I've made some adjustments to enemy Magic Resistance (which governs the success rate of Magic Bolt/Blast). For the affected enemies, these two spells should be a bit easier to land in exchange for dealing a bit less damage. There are also various changes/fixes, such as adding a Sprint Toggle to the options menu. Full details below: Balance Changes Overview:

Ability changes for Starlight Sword, Silkweave Cloak, and Mage's Ring should now make them more desirable and impactful. Additionally, the Spectral Talent has less of a downside, making it a more valid option for the Starlight Sword.
Enemy magic resistance has been lowered in many mid-late game enemies; however, that magic resistance has (in most cases) been converted in to "Magic Damage Reduction". This means Magic Bolt and Magic Blast will land on targets more often, but still be balanced and best when casted with Mage supported equipment.
- Please note: some enemies still have a decent chunk of Magic Resistance! While it's overall easier to land Magic Bolt/Blast (in some cases by a little, in others, by a lot), if you want to increase your odds or guarantee these spells land you'll still need to invest in Mage equipment Magic Resistance Pierce.
Ludriel's Armor has been buffed, the "Spirit" ability reworked.
All balance changes can be found in full detail at bottom of the patch notes.

Other Updates:

Added "Sprint Style" to the options menu, Sprint can be set to "TOGGLE" or "HOLD"
Fixed a bug when trying to sell more than 8 pieces of equipment (the page loading is working properly now, similar to the item list)
- This also fixed a downstream effect where, under certain circumstances involving this bugged menu state, a player could generate infinite gold.
When trying to sell Ludriel's Shield, the price is now listed as "0" to help indicate that it's "priceless" and can't be sold.
- This matches the behavior with Ludriel's Sword/Armor.
Fixed an uncommon world-generation issue that would cause the character to appear in a black void, forcing the seed# to be re-rolled.
- This updates the internal Randomizer version, but should only affect seeds that were previously unplayable.
When receiving "Aedma's Blessing", it will now always be put at the end of your item list.
Fixed an issue where, when adjusting the Exp Trainer's settings in the randomizer, the "Enchant" option wouldn't display when scrolling left.
Various text adjustments.

------------------Detailed Balance Changes:------------------ Starlight Sword buffs:

Celestial Slash:
- Updated to: "Landing an attack nullifies enemy magic resistance for your next damaging spell."
- Previously: "Landing an attack nullifies enemy magic resistance for 1 turn."
- Notes: The 1 turn restriction really hindered the likelihood of the sword's combo going off. You can now take as many turns as you need in between your attack and your next damaging spell (such as Magic Blast or Magic Bolt). The attack still needs to land.
Arcane Infusion:
- Updated to: "Your next attack gains +ATK equal to 30% of the damage dealt by your most recent damaging spell."
- Previously: "Increases ATK by 30% of magic spell damage dealt last turn."
- Notes: Same reasoning applies here, the "target combo" requiring 3 turns (Attack->Magic Blast->Attack) was far too restrictive without heavy investment. You now store your most recent damage from Magic Bolt/Magic Blast, empowering your ATK until you land an attack.

Silkweave Cloak buffs:

Soul Steal:
- Updated to: "Defeating an enemy with a damaging spell refunds 100% of the spell's MP cost."
- Previously: "If Magic Bolt kills an enemy, restore +2MP."
- Note: This effect was a bit weak and only relevant in the early game. Expanding it to Magic Blast and refunding the entire cost should make this a more interesting and lucrative to pull off.
Focused:
- Updated to: "Magic spells deal +30% more damage, but cost +20% MP."
- Previously: "Magic spells deal +20% damage, but cost additional MP." (previously +10% MP)
- Note: Other sources of increased magic damage (especially Crescendo), were causing the +% damage effect of this spell to be diminished. This is now a multiplicative effect on spell damage (as implied by the word "more"). Due to how the MP cost rounds up, going from +10% MP -> +20% MP has no effect on Magic Bolt (4 MP total), but means Magic Blast will cost 10 MP.
Stifle (lowers enemy atk when they're silenced) has been replaced with "Steelweave".
Steelweave: "Increases the wearer's DEF equal to 10% of Max MP."
- Note: Steelweave is functionally similar to Stifle. However, some enemies are difficult to Silence (due to silence resistance) and silence targets often didn't hit as hard with their attacks already. For enemies that do hit harder, spending one or more turns to silence them wasn't often a desirable option. This removes that turn pressure while also gives Mage's another source of MP based scaling.

Mage's Ring buffs:

Empowered:
- Updated to: "+20% increased Magic Damage. Spells pierce enemy magic resistance by 15%."
- Previously: "+10% increased Magic Damage."
- Note: Mage's Ring was often overlooked compared to Thief's Cowl and Paladin's Tome. Paladin's Tome can fit comfortably into ANY build (especially with the Energized talent), and the Thief build's ample synergy with dexterity and evasion made it a desirable addition. Increases to magic damage is not only more valuable but has been buffed. Additionally, another source of magic resistance pierce will help make Mage's more reliable when casting spells and more flexible with their gearing when other magic resistance pierce options aren't readily available.

Ludriel's Armor Buffs:

Base Def +10 -> +15
Spirit reworked:
- Updated to: "Every third turn, channel a free cast of Lesser Heal."
- Previously: "Victory in battle restores +1MP."
- Note: Ludriel's Armor was the least desirable of Ludriel's armaments, and often disappointing to get. The base Def buff and Spirited rework should make the armor more useful and interesting, while not devaluing the other armors/builds. Channeled spells aren't affect by Silence/Sleep and cost 0MP.

Spectral Talent buffed:

Updated to: "-20% Enemy Magic Defense. Your Strength reduced by 20%."
Previously: "-20% Enemy Magic Defense. Your Strength reduced by 50%."
Notes: While the Magic Wand effectively negated the Strength penalty, it was a bit too steep for Starlight Sword users, and would sometimes prevent the player from having enough ATK to reliably land their first strike.

Enemy Magic Resistances: Enemy Magic Resistances have been lowered for 24 enemies to varying degrees (mid-game+ enemies). This will make damaging spells (Magic Bolt and Magic Blast) hit more often across the board (and will often be guaranteed to land with investment in Magic Resistance Pierce). However, to keep Mage's the defacto Magic wielders and maintain balance, enemy Magic Damage Reduction has been increased to compensate. Casting Magic Bolt and Magic Blast will feel more consistent (with fewer "feels bad" moments), but deal less damage.

Impervious Rockroot: Magic Resist 8/16 -> 0/16. Magic damage reduction = +8/16 to compensate.
Heavy Knight, Enchanted Construct, Swift Knight: MR 2/16 -> 1/16. MDR +1/16
Heartless Knight, Young Dragon, Dragon: MR 4/16 -> 2/16. MDR +2/16
Frenzied Knight: MR 3/16 -> 2/16. MDR +1/16
Glimmer, Shadow: MR 4/16 -> 3/16. MDR +1/16
Masterful Conjured, Elite Swift Knight, Gemcapped Assassin: MR 8/16 -> 4/16. MDR +4/16
- Note: This results in Gemcapped Assassin's have a VERY high Magic Damage Reduction rate, now at 12/16.
Magi-Dragon, Voidwoven Construct: MR 12/16 -> 8/16, MDR +4/16
Elder Dragon, Chaotic Construct, Berzerking Knight: MR 8/16 -> 5/16. MDR +3/16
Great Wyrm, Necromancer, Invisible Construct, GL Balgus: MR 8/16 -> 4/16. MDR +4/16
GL Halifax: MR 12/16 -> 8/16, MDR +4/16
Dragon-mother Dreska: MR 15/16 -> 12/16. MDR is NOT compensated.
- Note: Dreska already has very high MDR at 12/16, and each point is more valuable than the last. She might receive future adjustments, but this should help Mage's that are casting in the final battle.

Developer note on balance changes: My goal with the equipment/abilities/talent buffs is to make underutilized equipment more desirable and reinforce its personal identity. Similarly, the "Magic Resistance" changes should encourage more use of Magic damaging spells across the board while keeping these spells balanced (and reserving the supreme mastery of magic to Mages). There are several very powerful abilities and combos in Splintered, and once everything has a level of desirability and identity, I'll work towards adjusting the numbers to help bring builds that are vastly outperforming the rest a bit more in line.

Early Access Patch #5 (v0.1.5a)

Richard Murtlandsteam_community_announcements

478d ago

Early Access Patch #5 (v0.1.5a) features the ability to customize the randomizer! I've added a few popularly requested settings and there are many more to come! This patch also includes a few additional minor changes. Full patch notes below: Major Updates:

The randomizer can be now be customized!
- Now that the ground work has been laid, new customizations will pop up from time to time to address randomized run balance, maximize fun, or simply create fun new experiences and challenges!
Three of the most popularly requested customization features have been added to kick things off:
- Exp Trainer Settings: The EXP Trainer is a great source of EXP, but can trivialize a randomized run when combined with farming gold from chests. The following settings have been added:
  - None (disabled)
  - Limit10 Uses
  - Unlimited (Chapter 2 Default)
  - "Enchant": Spend 1000G to receive a permanent +20% bonus from all future combat experience. (Limit one use. Gives no immediate EXP. This setting was a suggestion from the community! Thank you!)
- Gold Values:
  - None (Gold chests will still get populated, but give 0 gold when picked up!)
  - 250G
  - 500G (Chapter 2 default)
  - 1000G
- Chest Respawning:
  - Off
  - On (Chapter 2 default)
"Randomizer Presets" have been added to the Randomizer.
- Chapter 2: Identical settings to Chapter 2 and Randomizer Runs before this patch.
- Standard: These settings are intended to be a good balance of fun and challenge! "Standard" settings are based on community input, testing, and consideration as to what would make for enjoyable and replayable runs.
  - Expect the "Standard" settings to adjust from time to time!
- Custom1/2/3: These are your custom profiles that can be set with the "Customize Run" menu!
  - When selecting a Custom profile, the "Settings ID" will display so you can make sure you're on the right settings. Currently, the settings are packed into a single alphanumeric character, but this string will grow over time as more settings are added!

Additional Updates:

The "Sprint" button can now be pressed to advance text.
Holding the "Confirm" button will now auto-scroll the main text box.
Mynthrian Compass will no longer output the west or south directions with a "-" sign. ("-1W and -1S" will now read as "S1 and W1")
The "paste" feature in the Randomizer now truncates whatever you paste form your clipboard to 10 characters.
Fixed a rare bug where, an NPC starting a "frame perfect" movement could register as an invisible blocked path during loading.
Chests now respawn when the player zones into the overworld (allowing the NPCs ample time to refill their coffers).
- While chests are intended to be repeatedly farmable on default settings, the Havenroc Castle treasury and Geshromir "miner supply station" were being interpreted as bugs with such a quick respawn from the nearby stairs. Those stairs caused a level change to the Throneroom and Geshromir Mines respectively, as a level change was the previous trigger. These chests are still able to respawn, but you must make your way to the overworld first!

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