Happy New Year Spirits! If you are wondering what's up - we're still here and going strong for the release point of Oaken 1.0! In the meantime, here's the biggest update yet for you:

Sea of Serpents 0.8.2

+ a HUGE visual update!

IMPORTANT: As this patch has some substantial changes, it will clear your current run - not the whole player profile, just the run. If you have a run in progress, we recommend downloading the patch after finishing it.

Complete patch notes

[expand type=details] Oaken version 0.8.2 detailed patch notes:

MAIN CHANGES:

• Seas of Serpents - a new world for Chapter 2 with a new boss, elites and events
• VFX visuals for most spells, skills and abilities were reinvented
• Multiple objects, cards and units were improved or has been recreated from scratch (finally shrines too!)
• Objectives were completely reworked and should work and display more accurately
• Spell targeting was completely reworked and should now allow for more precise spell range indicators
• A large general balance/rework pass was also performed, with all guides, talents, trinkets, spells, wisps, etc that needed a buff/nerf receiving one
• Bosses and elites that leave the board for a turn now cannot move or attack after returning, but they now cast those spells only after finishing their turn
• Refuge node now restores all Exhausted cards to the player, no matter which option they choose
• Regen/Degen now activate at the end of a unit's turn, not the start and it is much easier to anticipate its damage
• More events are now shared between worlds in the same chapter for an increased variety
• Obstacles are now interactive and can be destroyed
• Node distribution was changed to allow for more varied outcomes
• Elder and hollow units are now easier to differentiate from their basic versions
• New trinkets were added (16)
• New Wisps were added (16)
• And, as always, a ton of bugfixes

  SPELLS:

  
  
• wade can now also push units onto occupied hexes
• impale can now be cast on allies
• decompose has been redesigned a bit
• decomposeA+ and flowB+ also make the caster swap rotation with the target (this was inconsistent between spells)
• flow now costs 1 less Lumi
• flowB+ now moves the targets forward instead of giving strengthened targets strength
• surge now costs 1 more Lumi - it overperforms by a lot for it's cost and should still be competitive at 3 Lumi
• allureC+ can now affect allies
• repel can now target enemies
• addle can now target allies
• debilitateB+ now inflicts Exposure based on the amount of allied hexes adjacent to the target
• recycleC+ now deals additional damage if the target is ensnared, not weakened
• launch now can be cast onto the hero in its basic version
• launch A+ now restores health to the target after a collision occurs
• launch C+ now gives the target Growth
• shift now doesn't prevent attacking and can be cast onto any nearby hex, but doesn't have reach shift A, B and C+ have been changed
• protect was fixed to include Strength, but now only affects nearby hexes
• recycle now spawns niblets rotated in the same direction as the target
• sprout now spawns niblets rotated in the direction of the spell

  SKILLS:

  
  
• Aya's skill can now target allies if the player for some reason wants to do it
• upgraded Aya's skill now deals additional damage if the target is not adjacent instead of hitting more targets
• upgraded Enju's skill now makes the target a Defender
• Kusta's skill now only affects a single enemy in your LoS
• Kusta's upgraded skill now works like the previous unupgraded one
• Baralai's upgraded skill now pushes all units in your frontal arc away
• Plague now deals damage to ALL nearby units
• upgraded Plague now deals damage to ALL units
• upgraded Cultivate now creates an additional allied hex under yourself
• Buff Up now also removes Weakness from the target

  ENEMIES

  
  
• The lord of niblets now summons a single Wild Niblet instead of 2, but also summons one when attacked
• The conqueror's spit now summons a hollow orbling instead of 2 wild ones on expert
• Enemies now summon pawns in a way which is not so vulnerable to outsmating
• Grandmaster Artisan was changed a bit

  TRINKETS:

  
  
• Lifeblood now works on turn start, not on turn end
• Emblem of Loyalty now grants Shield on losing Shield
• Zapbloom now triggers on Slay
• Crippling Vines are now AoE and trigger the first time you attack each battle
• The Cycle affects the whole board, not only nearby units
• Toxic Coating doesn't give you degen anymore
• Spore Infestation now weakens all adjacent units when you are attacked
• Lumite Symbionts now inflict Weakness and Exposure on the attacker, not yourself, but don't give any stats
• Cleansing Heart now protects from becoming Weakened, too
• Source of Eternity doesn't give minus stats now
• Alluring Sundew gives +1 health
• Horn of the Winds doesn't grant "Elusive" but "Mobility" instead
• Necklace of Forecast grants just Vigilant now
• Incorruptible Bark gives +1 health
• Thorn Thrower grants just Shooter now
• Barbed Rose's Seed doesn't deal damage to your units now
• Dark Infusion now heals all Fatigue when received
• The rarity of some trinkets was changed to better fit the way they now work

  WISPS:

  
  
• Wisp and trinket names are now colored by rarity
• Twisted Wisp now Ensnares the first enemy in the line to its front
• Caustic Wisp now deals 1 damage, but to all enemies in its frontal arc
• Versatile Wisp now doesn't trigger on Outsmart, only on Awake
• Unwavering Wisp now grants Shield, not Strength, to actually increase the survaviblity of the unit with Fatigue
• The Storm Inbound now grants Haste on Slay, not Mobility - it was overperforming by a lot

  UNITS:

  
  
• Elder Daughter is now 3/4 instead of 4/3
• Elder Shaper now summons Niblets in its frontal arc instead of pushing the unit in front of it away
• Aya's Awake now deals bonus damage to non-adjacent units (up to 2), and her talent increases that to up to 3

  TALENTS:

  
  
• Talent 1:3 doesn't remove units from your deck anymore, but it also cannot roll trinkets of the highest rarity
• Talent 4:3 now gives a Lumi Globe at the start of the game
• Talent 5:2 was reworded to better mean what it actually does. More rewards are included as guide-synergistic, but the chance increase was reduced to +25%
• Talent 5:3 now gives +0/+3 instead of an upgraded spell

  OTHER:

  
  
• Luminati is now a global event that can only appear in the 2nd and 3rd chapters

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[ 2023-01-07 14:40:36 CET ] [ Original post ]