This update contains some updated in-game art for Paul and Billy, and balance tweaks for competitive play.
New art!
- Updated animations for the Big Billy Buster, Paul A & B attacks and combos, Paul's Air Throw, and Paul's walk.
Balance Changes
- Firepaul Chip reduced from 200->150.
- Previously, this move did so much chip that opponents were forced to take overly big risks against Paul to avoid getting whittled down. Now players can afford to block a couple more fireballs during a match.
- Noel Fightning Feet Chip reduced from 100->75 at max range, otherwise it still does 100.
- In situations where noel can safely use raw legs, the reward is a little less. Closer up, when she has a knockdown or plant set up, she keeps the full benefit of her chip damage. This might prevent some checkmate situations.
- Noel Fightning Feet base damage increased from 200->250, but it still does 200 at max range.
- This slightly improves the move's damage when used as a punish, or during okizeme.
- Noel setting a plant no longer makes you -10 if the opponent blocked
- Setting a plant vs block is a good read, and now you're not penalized for it.
- Nick jC chip reduced 150->100
- This is in line with making chip a little weaker across the board.
- If Billy's HP is below 900, he receives half damage from hits he armors through. If his HP is below 500, he receives 25% damage while his armor is active.
- If Billy is at low health, he couldn't really benefit from armor, and he could get stuck in certain checkmate scenarios. Now he can survive an armor trade or two when at low when he still has ~1HP.
Bug Fixes
- Put in a potential fix to an issue where some players sometimes had difficulty selecting Rematch in the online mode.
- Players should no longer lose the round when at a very small, but nonzero, amount of HP.
Miscellaneous
- Your saved key bindings have been given a one-time reset to defaults to account for some input system changes.
- Sending the developer a bug report with F8 now sends me a log with more information about the game state, to help me isolate and fix issues.
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As always, if you have comments or encounter any issues, please press F8 in-game to notify the dev. You can also hop on the discord (https://discord.com/invite/bGVftKK) to find matches and discuss the new update.