SXRPG Version 6.9.5 -- 1.18 Server

[Mabuse]

SXRPG now on 1.18. server

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Current Version:6.9.5
ESSENTIAL GAMEPLAY UPDATE
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What does SX mean:
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Originally SX meant --Survival Extreme-- which became throughout the history of wesnoth-add-ons a synomyn
for maps that feature stand-alone-Heroes, that can be upgraded in so-called --shops--, fighting against an army of creeps,
which constantly increase in strengh while the game proceed. For killing creeps players are granted with gold, that
is used on their side to upgrade their heroes as well, to keep up with stonger creeps and to finally kill the ai leaders.
Gold from killing creeps will be generally given to ALL players. So no matter who kills the creeps, its always a good thing.

A major fun factor is that players gain additional temporary moves and attacks from killing enemy units,
so they are able to perform well planned killing streaks that bring even more gold to the players.

In order to win, players had to kill all enemy leaders, which were boosted in strengh greatly.
Players need to grow stronger from killing creeps and/or find gold from other sources to achieve this goal.
All 10ish turn ai als release a batch of bosses, exceptional strong units, which need some teamplay to win against,
or a very well developed single hero.


SXRPG ADDON:
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Featuring SXgameplay with RPG elements.

While SX is a basic hack-n-slay rpg-like approach, which attracted many players,
SXRPG features elaborated maps, adding adventure and dungeon-exploring gameplay to it.

On Top of the already existing differences among the different units,
SXRPG adds 6 classes of Warriors, Clerics, Rangers, Mages,
Rogues and Roguemages all with different strenghs and weaknesses.

It contains so far 6 elaborated Maps/Scenarios which need 80 to 120 turn to finish in average.
Each scenerio in this ADD ON is an adventure for 1 - 5 players. Any number of Players is welcome.

Less players means more Gold for each player to get started with. While less players get more gold at start,
but it is obvious that more players means more total income, since all players get the gold for killing creeps.

As a special Feature you can define the -Starting Level- in -advanced Options- in Game-Creation-Menu,
default is 0, but for more elaborated starting-Heroes you can chose higher Starting Levels.
The higher the starting Level, the higher the starting gold, but all enemies also rise accordingly
to the Level. I.E.: on lvl-0-start mobs start also at lvl 0, at lvl-4-start mobs start at lvl 4.
(Level is NOT the default level of wesnoth units, instead a sx-dependent measure for stat multipliers)
Starting at different Levels may change the Gaming Expierience and Gameplay.

This Map-Pack also features new units, new terrain, theres an additional soundfile.
The stuff included was mostly done by parts of the wesnoth-community and hopefully put to good use here.
Credits goes out to all who find their work here implemented. Thx to all contributors.





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CHANGELOG :5.5.0
GAMEPLAY UPGRADE
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5.3.0:

Gameplay:
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- starting levels can be selected via "advanced options" in game-start menu
("This defines at which Level the game is started.

A higher starting Level result in more Gold at start and thus
more powerful and versatile Heroes.

Level 0: 0 Bonus Gold, +0 Level Enemies
Level 1: 650 Bonus Gold, +1 Level Enemies
Level 2: 1300 Bonus Gold, +2 Level Enemies
Level 3: 1950 Bonus Gold, +3 Level Enemies
Level 4: 2600 Bonus Gold, +4 Level Enemies

Enemy stats will be adjusted accordingly, e.g. start L0 has initially
level0 mobs while start L4 begins with level4 mobs.

Boss and Guardian Stats also increase by the number of selected Levels.

While there a differences this is not a difficulty scale. Instead an option
to offer more diversity for playing. if you dont want to slowly build your
Hero select a higher starting Level. Possible disadvantage is faster
enemy progression. Possible advantage is obviously more power but also
more mana for spells.")


- moving through Fires, Ice_Fires or Burning Braziers will now cost Health
(Former: take damage when ending turn on same hex)



Players and Classes:
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- Teleport ability added, units with teleport at start keep it.
teleport allows to teleport next to allied units. its useage consumes MANA/STAMINA
(in general this enhances teamplay. teleport is only useful in teamgames by its definition
and will help the party to concentrate fighting power where it is needed.)

- Player-Controlled Demons and Mercs get BACKSTAB Ability on all Attacks
(this is to offer more tactical use to the Demons/Mercs which get a solid +100% damage boost when used
in cooperation with a hero or another Demon, enabale them to deal more damage to strong bosses)

- Kills with Soulstealer/Divine Reward grant all PLayers +1 Gold
- Scavanger Drop Chance increase with every player ingame by 16% and drops 5 gold

(in general this enhances teamplay.
soulstealer will strenghen the whole party, while scavenger/bountyhunter provides a solid individual gold boost,
that grant higher chance of profit the more players are ingame. this is to balance the fact that lower players
numbers will kill more units with each hero. in a solo game one player get 100% of all kills, while in 5 player game
one players get 20% of all kills. higher dropchance for scavenger/bounty and gold-for-all for soulstealer/reward
compensate this)



Misc:
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- added 3 new items


5.3.0a:

Bugfix:
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- small fix to make leaders stationary again


5.3.0b:

Bugfix:
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- fixed non-submerged enemies

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CHANGELOG :5.4.0
GAMEPLAY UPGRADE
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Gameplay:
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- added random bosses.
there is a chance that each turn enemy leader will spawn a boss, the chance is turnnumber/4 per enemy leader
so very early game is not so much affected, in later game ai will spawn a lot more bosses.
Also starting on higher Levels (in advanced game options) will influence the "number of turn" in game, by +10 per level.
The Bosses drop loot.

Bugfix:
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- 2 high level items fixed (Amulett of Power, Bombs)
that could not be picked up



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CHANGELOG :5.5.0
GAMEPLAY UPGRADE
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Balance:

Basic Mechanics:
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- all players start with their current max Mana/Stamina right at start.
- also non-spend gold will increase max Mana/Stamina, just collect gold and you'll be fine. No need to spend gold in Shop.
- Mana/Stamina will refill when killing enemy units, value is enemy Level
- killing enemies with Energy-, Fire-, Iceball will grant full gold reward, full expierience and will also recover mana,
gives some moves back, gives an additional attack back etc. it just just behave like a normal successful attack.


Mage/Cleric/Roguemage:
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- all magic class get +1 potion storage
- clericstaff, roguemageamulett, magestaff and magegem got buffed to increase spellrates and manarecovery/max mana
- Cleric +1 ability point
- Mage +1 ability point
- attack spells now also have a 30 mana attack to finish off weak targets
- attack spells got slightly nerfed by about 10% to honor the fact that spells are a magic-circle attack of 90% cth
(mage class get higher bonus on attackspells to compensate for that, and will end up slightly buffed
cleric+roguemage lose a bit attack spell power but will benefitt from higher melee damage instead)
- mage class get +20% bonus on attack spells by default
- cleric class get +20% bonus on heal spell by default
- roguemage class get +20% bonus on movement spell by default
- class shop items will also further increase these boni

Cleric/Rogue:
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- Critical Hit Special now grant +20% damage (former (+10%) (affect: clerics, rogue warriors)
- no more reduced potion costs

Ranger/Roguewarrior:
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- "fast reload"-special deleted (+15% strikes), instead "focus"-special available (+50% damage inflicted/recieved, 70% CTH)
- "hail-of-arrows"-special is now addable (for rangers/roguewarriors)
(this allow for "focus+precision+hailofarrows+slow" combo which dishes out more damage for non-magic ranged units)
- "Blessed"-special availabale for rangers/rogues

General:
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- some shop-weapon changes
- divine reward now grant +1 gold regardless of unit alignment (which made lawful clearly bad choice overall)
(btw, it worked like that before 5.5.0 but the description said otherwise)

Gameplay:
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- randombosses spawn now on the same level as other bosses

- Font Size was increased as it was really very small, some years ago it was important so everything could be displayed
but nowadays the screens have a better resolution

- some shop adjustments to better keep track of gold spending


Conclusion:
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- ranger (and rogue warrior ranged) do more damage
- cleric (and rogue warrior melee) do a little bit more damage
- magic was overhauled and is in general more useful also for handling and finishing off creeps
- magic users are able to utilize magic from start on


Bugfix:
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- Temple of Bones Bug fixed wehen Gorgon Sorcress was killed
- fixed bug with fungus-defense for cavalry

Report more bug on wesnoth Forums if you find any




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CHANGELOG :5.5.1
GAMEPLAY UPGRADE
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Balance:

Magic:
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- non-spend-gold will not increase maxmana and manarate after turn 1 anymore
- reduced damage-spell buff for magestaff
- minor attack spell (30 mana) base damage reduced
- for consistency rogue-mage gets +1 ability point


Mage+Cleric:
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- no extra potion storage for mage, cleric and roguemage


Cleric+Roguemage:
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- their special shop items will now increase max mana instead of manarate, since maxmana is more useful, since you can refill mana by killing creeps now


Cuirass + Ring of Defense:
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- Cuirass + Ring of Defense shop-items will also increase manarate (stamina) OR maximum mana (stamina), to make them more useful
- will also increase stamina/mana recovery from kills by +50% per item

Hit-And-Run:
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- all non magical units (warrior, ranger, rogue warrior) recieve a -25% cost bonus, ranger loses its former bonus


Gameplay Balance:
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- random boss chance is now cumulative, that means, if an AI leader doesnt use its current chance to drop a boss,
the chance is taken over to the next turn and added to it. once a boss spawns the chance is reset. this will ensure
a certain consistency even if ai gets unlucky spawning more bosses.

- random bosss type depending on game progression

- fixed an exploit in isle of dread map




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CHANGELOG :5.5.2a
GAMEPLAY UPGRADE
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- bug fix.
bosstimers werent reset, which led to endless boss spam


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CHANGELOG :5.5.3
GAMEPLAY UPGRADE
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5.5.3:
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- final bug fix boss timer.
it kept adding up chances for not yet existing (or killed) leaders, which led to boss spam in cases with
multiple leaders.


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CHANGELOG :5.5.5a
ESSENTIAL GAMEPLAY UPGRADE
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5.5.5:
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Items:
- terrain defense scroll in itemshop cost reduced to 40 gold (former 120)
- ankh of life in itemshop cost reduced to 40 gold (former 150)
- ankh of life in itemshop will increase regeneration rate by 25%
(boost underused items)

Abilities:
- alchemy-ability availabale for all classes
- regeneration ability now supports up to 750HP per Round as maximum (former 250)
(balance for non magic class and high HP strategies)

Merc Update:
- mercs and demons can be upgraded (level upgrade) and healed in shop
- mercs and demons have a basic regeneration-rate of 100HP/Round
- all mercs and demons recieve SKIRMISHER ability
(to support merc/demon strategies)

Balance:
- Adjusted some enemy Stats, so this update is not compatible former Versions.



5.5.5a:
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- in upgrade menu and inventory the number of turns is now displayed when the next companion upgrade will be available
for better overview.
- small bug fix (ability scroll item was not displayed)



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CHANGELOG :5.5.6
ESSENTIAL GAMEPLAY UPGRADE
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5.5.6:
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balance:
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- heroes now recieve a percentage boost for HP instead of a flat value, so heroes with higher base HP get more hp, heroes with lower base HP get
less
this is to emphasize differences between units, the new range is -16HP to +16HP in comparison to old version. most heroes will not see a difference,
but some may get a few HP less than before, others a few HP more. (Ghost for example get -15HP at start so it has to invest more gold in HP at start.)

- some units got adjusted
golem+titan: arcane melee instead of cold (makes more sense)
skeleton wizard+dark archon: get arcane+slow instead of arcane+drain (always wanted that change since most minor sorcs have some kind of slowing melee)
dread rider lvl2+3 get baneblade (arcane drain) instead of coldblade (cold+drain) (makes them more versatile)

- minor changes to TOB and WOW II map, some guard-units became more mobile in order to catch less careful players off guard

bug-fix:
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- fixed a wrong image at the start of dread island
- fixed a wrong (debug) setting for one of the lower difficulties, which entered "debug" mode


other:
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- darth saul image changed
- no downward compatibility




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CHANGELOG :5.6.0
ESSENTIAL GAMEPLAY UPGRADE
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Balance:
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Much needed Balance Update to bring back the immersive, challenging and option-rich gameplay.

- itemshop will only feature basic wepons with either no special at all or magical/marksman special
other specials shifted the meta to "must have" instead to "is an option", since they were too powerful

- costs for some weapon-specials got adjusted (e.g. slow for warrior is bit more expensive, charge is more expensive)
- warrior and roguewarrior have no more stunning-shield-ability instead it is enabaled enabled from the start on (slow addable)
(so no need to spend extra gold on this one, but due to this slow got more expensive, but most strategies other than old meta are cheaper now)
- onrush is now separated from slow, so its an independent upgrade (except for cleric)
- cleric has still access to onrush slow (as it cannot add slow), but its cost was raised from 475 to 600

- some units changed got added (changes for wizard of war, isle of dread)
- no downward compatibility



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CHANGELOG :5.6.1
ESSENTIAL GAMEPLAY UPGRADE
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gameplay:
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- ankh of life will now also boost basic regenablity (regen15) by 25%

- you can now look via right click into inventory of allied players/heroes
(for better management to see how to support players with potions or other stuff)


bugfix:
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- revive from ankh of life didnt work on death mode (fixed)
(nobody ever noticed ...)

- a green shard (boss item) could not be picked up (fixed)

- companion upgrade time display did not take exponential-progression into account (fixed)
(new levels were in high turn number games earier available then shown in menu)



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CHANGELOG :5.7.0
ESSENTIAL GAMEPLAY UPGRADE
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5.7.0
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gameplay:
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- small changes to isle of dread map to make it a bit more friendly and exploreable

- small changes to castle of cantar

- random bosses and roaming event-based bosses are now slightly weaker (5 turns delay strengh upgrade)
(this is to prevent massive bosses pop up too early)

- overworked weapon-special upgrade system. player wont be able to buy specials of the same type again
and only working combinations are displayed, or in other words not working combinations will not be displayed
(e.g. if you put rage on a weapon then both rage and berserk specials cannot be put onto that weapon anymore.
and ofc other, non compatible upgrades)
there are exceptions though, since its possible e.g. to upgrade CTH (chance-to-hit)
specials you can simply upgrade the better ones over the weaker specials, and the weaker ones will be deleted.
usually only upgrading for the better is allowed and combinations with weaker special replaces stronger special
are not possible.

- as a follow up some old restrictions break away
- cleric will once again be able able to combine rage+slow(+magical]
- ranger gets "blessing" as special. wont work with "hail of arrows though
- more combinatiosn for brawlers and hunter (ranged units that have melee trait / melee units that have ranged trait)
since slow can be added now easier, and thus you may upgrade strong melee/ranged weapons
- warrior can add berserk to any slow-weapon that is handy at start (e.g. default or shield in shop)
(while this may seems OP, SHOP-SHIELD has impact damage so its use is limited at start, but could be a powerful
starting combination). however, freedom above balance-restriction at this point.


- blue pots wont refill 2nd strike ability of roguewarriors/roguemages anymore
(nerf)

- extra attack spell is now separated and has mana cost depending on player strengh
(ye stronger ye more cost, but (most likely) stronger heroes have also higher mana pool)
so this is another kind of attack spell, which simply replenish
the casters ability to attack, advanatge is that its cheaper.
Disadvanatge is that attacks cost health.
Basically some kind of blue potion spell without extra moves and extra HP.
Will not refill 2nd strike ability anymore.
the spell has a basic reqirement of 65 mana, so it wont be in the cheap category though

- magic circle special now fills up +1 mana on successful hit.

- undead trait will get "undrainable" removed and will only feature "unpoisonable"
so undead units will lose the advanatge of being immune to drain
(it would be no problem in general to have units be immune against drain,
since designwise you could always fall back to "slow" as defensive trait, but since drain is a bit weaker defensive trait
(depending on resistances and defensive capabilities of the hero ofc) its still nice to have in arsenal as a designer.
however, since it is an advantage to be immune against drain, especially in boss fights, it is kinda mandatory/meta to be undead
which leads to balancing problems about how to ensure that every player gets the opportunity at the end of the day to become undead.
and then we could ask the question why not simply remove drain completely or remove immunity against drain completely.
and since the latter offers more options to the game and reduces OP-ness of some heroes the decision to remove imunity against drain was made.
being immune to poison helps much more against creeps that interrupt your regen-ability, and wont mess up boss fights, so it stil an advanatge
but no game breaking thing that has to be taken care of.



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CHANGELOG :6.0.0
ESSENTIAL GAMEPLAY UPGRADE
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6.0.0
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- weapon upgrade system again reworked. it is not compatible with custom eras, with potencially unknown specials
(the old version simply didnt work properly once unkown specials were installed)

(this time the focus was not laid on which items are already installed, instead it looks which slots are free
and only free slots (only allows ONE damage-special, ONE cth special ... etc ... at a atime) can be filled with a special.
exceptions for KNOWN and BASIC specials were included (i.e. magical, marksman -> marksman can be upgraded to magical)
this means that a custom variant of marksman cannot be upgraded to magical or precision anymore.
so it is much more restrictve towards non-sx, non default eras, but compatible for now.

bug-fix:
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- fixed some gfx bugs (thelric wrong def gfx, darth saul wrong attack gfx)
- fixed some descriptions
- ankh-item didnt provide 1 life, instead activated revive mode (fixed)

balance:
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- magic-circle special refill +2 mana on successful hit
- mid game fix-boss spawns buffed (+1 lvl)
(thus all fix boss spawns a bit stronger (turn 40+) on all maps)
- Time Limit for all Maps set to 200
- default weapons get +1 damage
- units got stat adjustments, thus it is ESSENTIAL UPDATE

gameplay:
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- wizard of war II map, endgame a bit sorted
- evil dead map overhaul, slightly
- castle of cantar overhaul, slightly

Content:
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- New Map "Sanctum of Shadows", the next Chapter of the Heroes main Quest
will take the player to the northern mountains to repell the rise of evil once again



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CHANGELOG :6.0.1
ESSENTIAL GAMEPLAY UPGRADE
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6.0.1
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bug fix sanctum of shadows
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- various gfx bug fixed
- barbarian shaman teamcolor
- recruits fixed/changed ai 9
- one bookshelve will povide additonal ability point

balance:
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- some resistances got adjusted (mostly more vulnerable), so the update is essential




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CHANGELOG :6.0.2
ESSENTIAL GAMEPLAY UPGRADE
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6.0.2
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- win+timeout message fixed

Balance:
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- barbarians + darkelves now slower in mountains



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CHANGELOG :6.0.3
ESSENTIAL BUGFIX
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6.0.3
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- fixed annoying messages, that related to typos in upgrade tree
"unknown unit types"
(wasnt aware of them earlier, since i disabled messages completely ...)





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CHANGELOG :6.0.3a
ESSENTIAL BUGFIX
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6.0.3
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- fixed annoying messages, that related to typos in upgrade tree
"unknown unit types"
(wasnt aware of them earlier, since i disabled messages completely ...)


6.0.3a
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- added some shop sounds, so everytime you buy something you get an acoustic confirmation
(sounds may be more elaborated in future versions, depending on the thing you buy)



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CHANGELOG :6.0.5
ESSENTIAL BUGFIX
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6.0.5
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- fixed really bad bug that deleted all specials when FOCUS was added



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CHANGELOG :6.1.0
ESSENTIAL BUGFIX
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6.1.0

bug-fix:
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- dread-bat display error fixed
- naga-fighter, naga-warrior, naga-myrmidon display error fixed
- shadow, nightgaunt display error fixed
- fixed road-transition bug in Temple of Bones Map (by changing terrain)



balance:
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- magic-circle only grant +1 mana per strike

- extra attack spell has minimum cost of 50 mana as stated in spell-description
- extra attack spell has maximum cost of 375 mana

- extra-attack-spell is accesscible by all classes as an ability
- alchemy ability also grants heal-spell now for non magic-classes
- lightfoot-ability will reduce hit-and-run cost by -20% for non-magic classes

- hit-and-run cost reduced by -37,5% (former: -25%), to make non-age class more convenient to play

- teleport-ability now provides a SPIRIT LINK that will allow all other heroes to teleport to the
Teleport-Host-Mage by right-clicking next to it. Costs depend on Movement-Cost or Hit-an-Run Cost.

- mages + roguemages max buyable armorlimit: 70/75
- clerics + rangers max buyable armorlimit: 70/75
- warriors + rouguewarriors max buyable armorlimit: 90/95
(Item-Bonus will always apply beyond limit, but it may be that ative Item-Bonus restrict further upgrading)

- Clerics recieve Blessing-Special (+20% Strikes, successful Strike refills +1mana) instead of BERSERK

- Roguewarriors recieve CHARGE-Special instead of BERSERK

- berserk-special completely removed, warriors+roguewarriors get critical-hit-special instead which can be
used to upgrade rage special.





gameplay:
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- killing Ai6+7 early will provide Ai8+9 with their remaining extra gold (taking all turns until limit is expired into account)
(so killing AI6+7 early is ALWAYS beneficial, as it result in AI8+9 spam low level units that can be harvested, besides an additional income Bonus)

- if only 1 or 2 AI is left, higher random BossFactor

- if only 1 Top-AI is left, its Income is boosted

- creeps recieve random additional boni (movement, arcane resist, strikes)
so some units may be faster for surprise attacks, more resistant to arcane to crack meta a bit or retaliate harder
AI9 creeps will always get a boost, AI8 67% of the time, and AI6+7 50% of time.



Difficulty adjustment for SOLO RUNS and LOW PLAYER games:
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- As Solo- and Low-PLayer Games lack Difficulty even on Grandmaster, there is a new Adjustment.
Since in low Player Games the starting Gold is higher to compensate partially the lack of Players, but it has as a side-effect
that creeps decrease greatly in Difficulty, so they can be killed off in large quantities very early on, which results in a progress-avalanche
which goes faster and faster.

To compensate the much faster Creep killing:

Soloplayer (-3 Gold), 2 Player(-2 Gold) and 3 Player(-1 Gold) Game recieve an income Penalty from killed creeps.

This can be as usual partly compensated by gold-giving abilities, but it will also give a challenge to use Resources more wisely.

So better challenge in Solo Run, 2 Player and 3 Player Game.



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CHANGELOG :6.1.1
BUGFIX
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balance:
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- cleric and roguemage cannot combine rage with blessing anymore as it is considered OP
and not in class-balance with warrior/roguewarrior (clerics rage would be stronger than warriors rage).



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CHANGELOG :6.2.2
BUGFIX
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6.2.2

bug fix:
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- teleport talisman (item) now also provides the spirit link
- book-of-runes (item) provides attack-spell correctly (will refuse if attack exist already, description updated)


- MERCS and DEMONS no longer profit from LIGHTFOOT + BLOODLUST Ability of Player.
(Merx+Demons always get +4moves after kill, exception is max movement is >23, whichis never the case though)


- Mercs and Demons can pickup Gold + storeablePotions (but not use them) and all Items that dont directly affect Unit Stats for the Player
(this was not consistent in old versions)


gameplay:
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- if only 1 or 2 AI is left, higher random BossFactor
(this was not active in 6.1.1)

- if random-boss chance is higher than 100%, the overflow is being kept and checked again
(may result in more than 1 random boss up to a max of 2 per turn, and an overall increased chance for bosses)

- mobile boss now strengh will be more progressive, similar to creep strengh
- boss-scaling expanded (for future purposes or very long games)
(so overall more and stronger mobile bosses in later game)



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CHANGELOG :6.2.3
BUGFIX
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6.2.3

bug fix:
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- fixed a typo in SX_RPG_ERA
- removed some deprecated commands to avoid Chat-clutter wiith error messages
- updated thread-info where to place feedback



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CHANGELOG :6.3.3
GAMEPLAY
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6.3.3
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gameplay:
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- certain circumstances, will remove "guardian"-state from some enemy bosses, which will result in some sort of "counterattack"
led by potencially very strong bosses

- unlike (spawned) moving bosses which are usually a bit weaker, ai may release stronger guardians from their position to attack player

- this may add a dynamic element to the game and create new situations forcing the player to adapt/retreat/reorganize.

- all maps were updated




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Current Version:6.4.1
ESSENTIAL GAMEPLAY UPDATE
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6.4.1
Essential Update

6.4.1
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bug-fix:
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fixed Bugs in Luck Mode:
- some weaponspecials could not be added (damage/hitchance related weaponspecials)
- retaliation-special (used by some mobs) was not included in damage determination



Balance:
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- reworked game modes:

- arcade mode has now ALWAYS 2 starting Lifes, independent of Difficulty
(this is to allow players benefit from enhanced difficulty, while giving some room for errors and less reload)
(final Death will drop a chest)

- revive mode has no revive-penalty anymore, so you can play indefinately
(just play online and have some fun, only 'penalty' is to get back to the group after revive)


(the changes mentioned above parially already worked like this, the description of the game modes was updated)



Changed some unit stats:
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- Bonedragon: +1 Movement
- Pitdemon: no longer Bonus on Fire-Resistance (just basic gruefoot resistance)
- Gorgon: +1 Movement
- Titan: +1 Movement
- Stone Giants nerfed: Magic-Special (ctk always 70%) exchanged by Retaliation Special (ctk 70% on defense only)
(so on defense they are as deadly as before, nerf affects their offensive qualities)



map update:
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- gameplay updates, enhanced AI reactions on all Maps, creating better boss battles,
triggered counter attacks

- if Terrain-Changes (Doors opnen etc.) vision is updated immediatly

- WizardOfWar2 cauldron-nerfed (maximum up to 3 Cyan total at a time)

- Map changes on some maps

- enemy boss composition reworked for all Maps

biggest change is enabling guardians attack player under certain circumstances, this was enhanced for all maps
Cantar only minor changes, the other maps up to massive changes with huge impact on gameplay, so .. give it a try
no older replay will no prepare for what to exspect


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Current Version:6.4.4
ESSENTIAL GAMEPLAY UPDATE
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6.4.2
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- Trigger Bugfix for WizardOfWar Map


6.4.3
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- subtle map changes in WizardOFWar2 undead castle area
- added some random tenctacles in undead castle area



6.4.4
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- fixed Bug in Temple of Bones causing Hole-Wyrms rush at Player after Killing AI6



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Current Version:6.5.0
ESSENTIAL GAMEPLAY UPDATE
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6.5.0
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bugfix:
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- fixed TYPO Bug, in which "Y" was used instead of "y" for varius triggers in "TempleOfBones" and "SanctumOfShadows"
which messed up a lot of triggers, causing them to trigger in unwanted situations

which either led to being the trigger is disabled (due to one-time use), or trigger is activated too early which
would unleash strong units too early



Balance:
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- Fire Titans recieve retaliation for their Fire-Melee attack.
- Fire Titans recieve +1 movement.

- slight changes to SanctumOfShadows and WizardOfWar




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Current Version:6.6.0
ESSENTIAL GAMEPLAY UPDATE
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6.6.0
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bugfix:
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- noluck mode fixed, there was a bug that post-added CTH-specials were not taken into account, leaving later upgraded weapons useless in no-luck mode

- prevent that already taken weapon special show up again when using no-luck mode



balance:
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- warriors and roguewarriors have again access to berserk special
(i thought it was useless, but it might be useful to take down mage-like units/weak melee units (as in regular game) that just try to slow down attacker to survive
so it can be a tactical tool, e.g. for dual-wielders like rogue warriors.





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Current Version:6.6.1
Bugfix
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6.6.1
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bugfix:
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-SanctumOfShadows fixed Typo regarding 'Pitdemons' resulting in Unit not being spawned and Error Message




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Current Version:6.7.0
Gameplay + Bugfix
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6.7.0
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GAMEPLAY BALANCE:
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- overworked terrain training distribution, players get 0-6 terrain training depending on their handicap (e.g. ghost get 0 terrain training)
mobile units get in general less terraing training, while more handicaped units get more, resulting in a potencially more fair distribution,
resulting in additional terrain-training may remain useful, even if you start out very mobile
(this will balance units a bit more, as non-mobile units will get potenciually more terrain training, whiole already mobile units will get less)

- spirit link cost increased by 60%

- lightfoot only gives +1 move after kill (formerly +2)

- max_mana/mana_rate build up will decline over time coming to a complete stop sooner or later
this means a) fast hero build up is always better b) there will be a limit for max_mana c) after reaching the limit only items can increase max_mana


- roguemages movespell bonus -15% (formerly -20%)

- scout trait now provides +63% HP (former +49%)



- mercs dont have skirmisher ability anymore
- mercs get a net (ranged, slow) for basic ranged defense and to increase tactical options
- mercs get regen+X instead of regen100 (mercs will (only) recover 40% of total HP per round) up to 100HP per round
- mercs can only be recruited when standing on a shop
- mercs and heroes can use hit/run or movespell ability of player (share players mana-pool)
(was already the case, just mention it)

- new item, mercenary contract, get a mercenary


- new ability "advanced alchemy", allows to carry and buy yellow potions and to craft bombs in shop, can be purchased after "alchemy"
- new ability "Heroes of the Realm", allows to summon heroes, can be purchased after "call to arms"
- new ability "Summon Greater Demon", allows to summon greater demons, can be purchased after "summon demon"
- new ability "Heavy Armor", gives +3 Armor Slots, can be purchased after "dauntless" or "steadfast"
- new ability "Swiftfoot", gives +1 killmoves, reduce movespell/hitrun cost by 20%, can be purchased after "lightfoot"
- new ability "divine health", overrides max HP, +20% healing efficiency, can be purchased after "magic healing"
- new ability "tome of forbidden knowledge", grants +25% max mana and +20% mana regeneration



BUGFIX:
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- non-leader units (demons/mercs) can now REALLY collect non-unit-modifying ITEMS (like coins)
- fixed bug that allowed non-leader units to be upgraded or healed without occupying a shop-tile (other healing is ofc possible)

- new GFX for mercs
- description updated for weaponsmith

- for less clutter all enemy minor-creeps got rid of their "additional weapons"


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Current Version:6.7.1
Bugfix
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6.7.1
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- increased cost of "Tome of Forbidden Knowledge" to 200 Gold
- added proper mana-decline for different starting level games



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Current Version:6.8.0
Bugfix
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6.8.0
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BUG FIX
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- Fixed MAJOR Bug with "SLOW DEFENSE" Option, will now work as intended.
- "SLOW DEFENSE" will update on SHOP Leave and Weapon-Pick up. So new Specials and Weapons will be taken into account.
- REVIVE MODE will REALLY no longer penalize GOLD upon Death, just infinite Play



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Current Version:6.8.1
Bugfix
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6.8.1
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BUG FIX
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- Fixed Bug that displayed "critical hit" as an upgrade option for clerics rage
despite the fact that it is shown correctly that RAGE will be deleted upon buying Critical hit,
it should have been never be shown at all in first place, since it is misleading




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Current Version:6.9.0
Bugfix
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6.9.0
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bug-fix:
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- fixed bug that prevented Creeps+Bosses from moving when player is on unwalkable terrain
- fixed kill-reward for certain mobile/defensive Bosses, that were treated as creeps (now grant boss-like reward)

balance:
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- slightly reduced creep progression for higher difficulties
- new Ability-Costs were reduced by 50 to 100 to ensure a more fluid gameplay and allow combinations more early
- strike-limit increased by 5

advice and documentation:
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- "Cave Explorer" Trait set on top of trait-list and labeled as "Recommended"
to help New Players



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Current Version:6.9.5
Bugfix
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6.9.5
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bug-fix:
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- fixed bug that merc-summons could not be upgraded anymore
(they have now access to an right click menu, and can be upgraded (leveled up) in shops as it should)

balance:
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- Mercenary Scroll cost reduced to 80 gold

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Maps currently included in the Pack:
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MAPS DISPLAYED HERE MAY BE OUTDATED DUE TO MAP_OVERHAULS FROM LATER VERSIONS
MAPS IN MOST ACTUAL VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE MAP DISPLAYED HERE
(Version Number of Mapshots: 4.9.12a)


Episode I: Castle of Cantar
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Episode II: Evil Dead
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Episode III: Wizard of War II
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Episode IV: The Temple of Bones
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Interlude I: The Isle of Dread
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Episode V: Sanctum of Shadows
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Please report any Issues in this Thread.

EDIT:
the exponential creep progression work (roughly) like this:

Technically:
It will add each turn 0.05 to the creep progression of 10 per turn, so after turn 1 creep go up 10.05 strengh, after 10 turns its 10.5 strengh per turn
doesnt look much, right. indeed, in the beginning its low and doesnt make a difference. but after 100 turns, 0.05 each turn add up to 5, which results in 15 per turn, which is 50% faster progression. so at turn 100 creeps grow +50% as fast, another 50 turn later, they grow 75% faster, that results in CAP reached at roughly 200, and a much more interesting gameplay in very late Stages.

EDIT:

How much extra strengh creep gain from this 0.05 addition each turn can be eactly calculated with the "gaussian sum formula".
For the certain task of evalutaing crrep strengh we take the following formulas:

T= Number of Turns

OLD:
creep strengh = Tx10 +200

NEW:
Creep Strengh= (Tx0.05+0.05) xT/2 + Tx10 + 200



Example Turn 50:
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OLD= 50x10 + 200 = 700

NEW= (50x0.05+0.05) x50/2 + 50x10 + 200 = 763 (+9%)


Example Turn 100:
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OLD= 100x10 + 200 = 1200

NEW= (100x0.05+0.05) x100/2 + 100x10 + 200 = 1452 (+21%)


Example Turn 150:
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OLD= 150x10 + 200 = 1700

NEW= (150x0.05+0.05) x150/2 + 150x10 + 200 = 2266 (+33%)


Example Turn 200:
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OLD= 200x10 + 200 = 2200

NEW= (200x0.05+0.05) x200/2 + 200x10 + 200 = 3205 (+45%)



Btw, the percentage just shows how much far ahead IN LEVELS the creep-strengh is, 100 Points strengh is 1Level (while strengh of 200 is considered 0, so lvl 1 starts at 300), so on turn 50 the Creep are (in comparison to old version) 0 levels ahead, on Turn 100 about 2 levels ahead, on turn 150 about 5 levels ahead, on turn 200 about 10 levels ahead. The increase per level is a different story.

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5.2.4a:

Heros+Shop:
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- all Heroes get new ability "Call to Arms", which allows them to summon lawful MercUnits. Works in the same way as summon
Demon, just Mercs are lawful.


EDIT:
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There will be also a Port to 1.15 very soon

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5.2.4a is also on development branch 1.15 and thus will be ASAP available on 1.16,

a fully cleaned up package, not producing any wml-noise.
(a clean copy will be also attached to 1.14 server.)

from now on everything will be check against development version, 1.14 will get exact same version

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next steps of development are:

- adding nightmare difficulty (less gold from creeps)

- changing REVIVE-mode: revive will cost gold instead of making creeps stronger, suggestions about the penalty-value are welcome
so its a good online and genral option. you dont want to die, since it weakens yourself and others will not be punished.

- bit balance change of isle of death

- new map

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the next version wil be an essential update, changing already existing units in the game:
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- fungus get more attack types, mainly fire (acid) damage
- sxrpg era no more "random faction" (as suggested in old SXthread 5 years ago ..)

- other units/factions may change as well

- while im happy with the creep balance (they grow faster in strengh as the game progresses) i realized that EVERYHING else, starting from stationary units to stationary bosses, to mobile bosses isnt in relation, so i had to do this ofc.

- On Rivive Mode you lose 150 Gold per Death, no other Penalties (as long you dont have positive Revives for whatever reason).
(if we assume that you get 75gold per turn, you would lose two turns of income per death), so its a good thing for casual players. maybe this will be aditonally set in relation to turn number, so on higher turns the penalty may be higher, ulimited extra lifes on revive-mode

- ON every Game Mode it is possible to be Revived if the Revive-Amount is positive (may find Revives via special Items)
(that means that i may implement spells, items and specal items that are somewhat related to revive, they wil work that they simply add full extra lifes or fractions of extra life, while upon death, once you have a spare life, you get revived)

- arcade mode gives you 1-3 extra lifes, depending on difficulty, higher difficulties come with less revives

- GRANDMASTER difficulty enabled, no bonus gold, -12% income from creeps
(on top of the harder creep adjustment this is the way to go for the number crunching people)



more changes to come, ofc im also working on the new map, but the balance has to be done

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Current Version:5.2.5
ESSENTIAL BALANCE UPGRADE
----------------------

5.2.5: ESSENTIAL UPGRADE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH OLDER VERSIONS
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Bugs:
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- fixed "random side" in sx rpg era, cannot be selected anymore
- 2 units in SXRPG era (from former "Kalifa") got removed, since they were not displayed anymore consistently


GAME BALANCE:
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- rebalance of several unit types (mainly damage types)

- rebalanced BOSS Stats for LATE Game
- rebalanced stationary Creeps on all Maps for late Game
(Bosses and stationary Creeps increase in strengh according in relation to the increased Creep strengh in later game)

- solo players get 1600 gold at start (former 1800) so they recieve a -200 gold nerf.


GAMEPLAY:
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- At Rivive Mode you lose (150+TurnNumber) Gold per Death, no other Penalties (as long you dont have positive Revives for whatever reason).
- At every Game Mode it is possible to be Revived if the Revive-Amount is positive (may find Revives via special Items)
- Arcade mode give 1-3 extra lifes depending of difficulty (former flat 3)

- new difficulty GRANDMASTER (no bonus gold, -12% income from killing enemies, +1% creep progression)

- you can buy 1x revive in shop for 200 Gold

- inventory menu got a new setup





Summary:
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rebalance of solo play, new difficulty, adaptions for stationary units and bosses for late game, game mode change



the next update: MORE CONTENT
new units, new terrain, new map

until then report your games in GRANDMASTER mode for evaluation, hope this version can give a little bit of challenge for experts

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Current Version:5.2.5a
ESSENTIAL BALANCE UPGRADE
----------------------


5.2.5a: ESSENTIAL UPGRADE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH OLDER VERSIONS

Bugfix:

- Highlevelitems could not be picked up due to a typo (fixed)




After some testing i think the difficulty is ok. its not that it is something completely different.
Took a while to get into it though, but then it was kinda fun. like the solo runs now.
(Never played solo runs before too much). tested on Grandmaster

Tested a lot with Warriors and Mages. For Warriors/nonMages i think skirmisher (=neutral or chaotic) is quite important to be more mobile. Mages and Magic Classes can compensate that with their much better extra Movement. Also non-mages have stronger base attack, so they may renounce on TOD bonus so they can chose neutral.


unfortuanately, there was a bug with HIGHLEVELITEMS, that could not be picked up. FIXED in 5.2.5a.


Feel free to tell me what you think -

[Spirit_of_Currents]

Fearless doesn't work.

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Fearless doesn't work.

ok, thank you for reporting
update is on its way


keep on reporting bugs, suggestions or (probably sujective) balance issues, they will be addressed and taken into consideration.

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Current Version:5.2.5c
ESSENTIAL BALANCE UPGRADE + BUGFIX
----------------------

5.2.5b: ESSENTIAL UPGRADE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH OLDER VERSIONS

Bugfix:
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- Highlevelitems again fixed
- High Gold Chests WML compatibility bug fixed
- Fearless-Ability fixed
- Fixed all Fearless related Items
- Book of the Dead Item fixed

GAME BALANCE:
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- removed melee poison from basic fungus units
(favors ranged and undead too much)


5.2.5c:

- fixed bug with ability replacement

[Spirit_of_Currents]

I suppose items that should give you more HP regen don't do it.

Blessed gives +10% strikes instead of +20%. (The base is 10 and 11 with blessed.)

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I suppose items that should give you more HP regen don't do it.

Blessed gives +10% strikes instead of +20%. (The base is 10 and 11 with blessed.)

1) Regen Bonus:
- the regen-ability will be updated after shopping, so after picking up such an item the change will apply AFTER visiting a shop
(i will change this so that the change apply immediatly, but be assured that the items works well after visiting a shop (you dont have to buy anything))
so thx for mentioning i guess this leads sometimes to misunderstandings, in the next version it will update ability after taking the item immediatly, meanwhile be assured that the regen-bonus applies after visiting/leaving a shop. This is basically an old routine because BEFORE items got added the only possibility to get more HP (and thus more regen) was via shopping (or leveling). (well also from plants and yellow pots etc )

but i think you are right: regen-bonus from items should apply immediatly
it will be fixed in the next update


2) Blessing
- i just quick tested blessing, i gave a slyph additional 5 strikes to a total of 10 then added blessing = 12 strikes.
so it works fine, the value in code is anyways set to 20%, so IF there would be problems it would be due to some strange rounding issues.
but it works fine as far as i can tell atm.

maybe you tested
FAST REALOD (+15% strikes) instead? non-magic ranged units dont get blessing-ability, instead they can upgrade with fast-reload which provides a 15% bonus on strikes


thx for reporting

[Spirit_of_Currents]

I tried to attach a game save where the blessed bug is but I got an error message "Invalid file extension."

You can move over campfires without taking damage if you don't stop over them. However, if you see a new enemy, you'll stop. So it's luck-based whether you take damage or not. Therefore I suggest you always stop over campfires but take less damage.

I've got an item that makes me undead, and another item that makes adjacent enemies' some resistances worse, but I can't see the effects in my unit description below the ToD. I suggest you can see somewhere the list of every item you've got. It would also make it easier to find item-related bugs.

I've had some situations where I want to defend with a slowing melee attack and a high damage ranged attack. It's sad I can't choose both unless the ranged attack also slows or I don't have a non-slowing melee attack.

The description of precision says "will delete current magical, magical circle and marksman specials". What about focus?