Archtower v0.6.4.0 patchnotes

WHAT'S NEW

-Only for Alpha-
• 3 new faction quests
• New level 13-4
• New enemy - Ratdog Beta (+Ratdog Alpha)
• New object containing additional enemies, the Ratdog hole
• New effect for some enemies, armor and all resistances are increased at 1/3 health and below
• New power crystal “Bloodletting” (area of effect bleeding)
• New power crystal “Thunder Jump” (short teleport)

CHANGES

-Alpha and Demo-
• If you close the game on the lose screen and the character is not dead yet, you can continue from that choice
• Dropped loot is saved if you quit the game
• Characters now do not lose any equipment they are wearing if they survive, even without all tower upgrades
• Redesigned “Colorblind” trait; it was - black and white mode; now - first-person sepia mode, can't distinguish the colors of item glowing, stealth detection +50%
• Food in the tower and out of the tower is different, but works the same
• Slightly expanded ranking system for strong enemies
• Some renaming of items, enemies, etc.
• Added a new method of drawing the health bars of enemies and followers (you can switch to the old one)
• Health bars can be customized to scale (in addition to the overall interface scale)
• Enemy and follower titles/names can be seen on the health bars (can be disabled in the settings)
• Added option to disable debuff icons above heads (enemies and followers separately)
• Old mode of health bars drawing has been finalized and supports all settings as well as the new mode
• All settings related to health bars have been moved to the “Interface” section
• The game now keeps track of the maximum level reached for each class (does not take into account previous saves)
• When choosing a new character, the level of experienced adventurers cannot be higher than the maximum level reached in their class
• Other minor changes -Only for Alpha-
• Revamped the method of generating epic item names (does not affect old items)
• Quest companion stops at the beginning of 13-4 instead of at the end of 13-3
• Tower upgrade “Dropped Loot II”, instead of saving the worn equipment, when picked up it replenishes health and potion bottles by +1
• Tower upgrade “Dropped Loot III” also saves tools (saves chemical tools not only for the Chemist class, but also for everyone who knows chemistry)
• After beating 13-4, new shortcuts on floor 13 are unlocked
• Enemy Eliminator, bombs stick on hit, charges increased from 3 to 5
• New crystal skill “Bloodletting” now drops from the quest boss
• Removed the chance of breakage when Reforging if the item is below epic quality
• When Reforging, you can choose a variant of the result (good items - 2 variants, rares - 3, epics - 4)
• Separated the concepts of Pets, Companions (quest), Followers (these are pets and companions)
• “Pet Healing” crystal works only on pets, not on companions
• Epic versions of the power crystals “Shield Stun” and “Puncturing Strike” cannot be parried
• Bandage achievements now counts for prevented bleeding damage instead of healed health
• Food healing achievements now require 20% less to heal
• Achievement for selling junk now requires 10,000 instead of 25,000
• Other minor changes

FIXES

-Alpha and Demo-
• Added protection against losing characters and saves in case of crashes at the wrong time
• Fixed situations where pots dropped from barrels and enemies could be of the wrong level
• Fixed bugs related to food dropping from some minibosses
• Other minor fixes -Only for Alpha-
• Some edits to localization texts
• Fixed a bug where you could accidentally sell a quest hat with the “sell junk” button
• To avoid errors, you can't leave one of the new factions unless you turn in a quest to their leader at the first entrance
• If a character is defeated, the energy shield will not be regenerated
• New attempt to fix rare crashes caused by throwing stones
• Prefix priorities for starter items of good quality were not working correctly
• Fixed tower upgrade to save class items (such items no longer appear in other heroes' inventory if the character is dead)
• After retirement, the classes “Harbinger” and “Chemist” do not clutter the inventory with extra copies of banners and acid bottles
• Fixed a bug where items were dropping out of Eliminators with errors
• Fixed flickering of glowing runes where it wasn't fixed last time
• Poison Spit Crystal, fixed incorrect rage/energy/stress cost increase for rare and epic quality
• Fixed bugs related to enemies parrying the player
• Fixed a bug where Blades could not parry the Hound
• Other minor fixes