Archtower v0.4.4.5 patchnotes

WHAT'S NEW

-Alpha and Demo-
• New buff for mobs, Frenzy, significantly speeds up the recovery of attacks and skills, consumes own charge, and restores the charge of other target (can't for self)
• New system of resisitance debuffs, only one type of resistance can be cut at once -Only for Alpha-
• Invisible system of charges for mobs, some powerful skills may ran out, but it is also possible to restore it
• Max hero level increased up to 14
• For level 13 STR, DEX and INT increase by 1
• For level 14 all classes have tier 2 skill upgrades for second skill
• New Floor 9 (9-4 will be added later)
• New track for Floor 9
• Improved version of Ogre Raider
• New enemy Ogre Hunter
• New enemy Ogre Shaman
• New neutral mob Work Elf
• Blue version of a skill crystal "Firebolt"
• Two new types of chest traps, for every tier of floors there are different set of chest traps
• New power crystal "Mental Spike"
• New power crystal "Shield Stun"

CHANGES

-Alpha and Demo-
• The list of Floors is updated as you progress through the story bosses (acts), instead of displaying all the Floors from the start
• Lockpicks from barrels and mobs drop in smaller quantities
• Journal and its subpages (Quests, Factions and Achievements) by default are reassigned from F1, F2, F3 to L, P, Y respectively, as some players think that this is just a manual on F1.
• Captain Bowa in the quest to return the lands at half HP inflicts Frenzy on himself
• Available Tower Upgrades have better visibility for new players
• Higher burn chance of power crystal "Firebolt" (and increases with quality)
• Stun from Vandal's "Hummering Strike" now has a 80% chance (you can bring it to 100% with skill upgrades)
• Added a hint to the description of consumables that they can be assigned to a slot
• Projectile trails of stones and arrows now get colors, if they are wearing some of the effects from skills like "Armament: Fier" and others like
• "Critical Blow" skill can no more be used with spears and swords, only daggers, crit chance bonus is always +20%, no matter of crystal's quality
• Redrawn some sprites of skills and perks (Ice Shards, Critical Blow, Light Armor Mastery, Heavy Armor Mastery)
• Other minor changes -Only for Alpha-
• Added a partially working system of reaggroing mobs between a pet and a player, for now it only works in melee and for some ranged skills, doesn't work on bosses
• Archer, "Quick Shot", tier 2 upgrade, instead of partially ignoring armor => phys. resistance -15% for 10 sec
• Poisoner, "Poison Vial", tier 2 upgrade, instead of slow while staying in the gas => no damage to self
• Acidic spits of slimes now can be blocked, but it damages shileds for x5 power
• Other minor changes

FIXES

-Alpha and Demo-
• Bugfix, coins could stuck in the wall, losing ability to be magneted
• Adequate collisions for projectiles hitting statues
• Bugfix, Firebolt's burn ignored energy armor
• Bugfix, wrong shield using animations
• Further ai code optimization, it is especially better on locations with lots of enemies
• Bugfix, while in Fighter's "Charge", for a powerful attack you can use a weapon in any hand
• Exit keys, bottles and loot shouldn't get stuck in crates and furniture where previously they could be out of reach
• Other minor fixes -Only for Alpha-
• Once again, trying to fix the hits of the Stalker's hound on the red batbirds, it must definitely work this time :-)
• Bugfix, wrong shadows of ogres
• Arrows and stones won't cause screen go red, when they hit Stromkeeper with Ice Charge turned on
• Bugfix, red batbirds while staying in gases coughed like men
• Electro's teleportation works better and more accurate
• Other minor fixes