Hello Combat Chefs!
Our Early Access has been stewing away for 1 month now! With that in mind, we put our 10th update on the menu last night (0.3.10). While we keep a lot of niche details of our updates over on our Discord, we thought it'd be best to serve you the highlights of what we've been up to in the kitchen these past 31 days over here too!
Bug fixes
Our "fly from your soup removal" team has been hard at work fixing all of the bugs that you have been so diligently reporting! We've uprooted over 50 bugs from the game since launch, everything from invincible Grandmothers to never-ending staring battles and we couldn't have done that without your help and patience during Early Access. They say a watched pot never boils, but you watching ours really has helped. (lol?)
Fan art by MoaiMan!
Abiltiy Revisions & Stat Nerfs
Abilities are what make or crack the GladiEATer combat. We want these to always be as fun as they can be and provide you Combat Chefs with tactical decisions not only when deciding which GladiEATers to serve but also what abilities to cast each turn.
For those of you seeing these for the first time, (x) is the scale of a GladiEATer's Power! So for a GladiEATer with 10 power you can just read it as "Deal 10" :)
Loga changes:
Guacamole’s Antipodal Avocado nerfed from:
-Charge Up.
-Deal (x) plus healing your team received this match.
-If target is destroyed, spawn Avocado Paste.
To:
-Charge Up.
-Deal (x) plus healing your team received since this was last cast.
-If target is destroyed, spawn Avocado Paste.
Guacamole’s Onion Flare buffed from:
-Charge Up.
-Damage all enemies equal to their power.
To:
-Charge Up.
-Damage all enemies equal to their power.
-Make enemies cry.
With these change to Guacamole, the goal was to allow you to still get that powerful burst of Antipodal Avocado damage but to then have to work to get it again, encouraging you all to try out other abilities, such as Onion Flare which now thematically makes enemies cry!
Diane changes:
Stuffed Onion's Recipe changed from:
1 Raw Onion + 1 Diced Tomato
To:
1 Raw Onion + 2 Diced Tomatoes
Stuffed Onion’s Hive Drive buffed from:
-Skip 2-Turns.
-Summon Diced Tomato.
-Diced Tomatoes 'Sting' the last enemy that hurt you.
To:
-Charge Up.
-Summon Diced Tomato.
-Diced Tomatoes 'Sting' the last enemy that hurt you.
Stuffed Onion’s Tomato Nectar reworked from:
-Heal all allies (X).
-Debuff their Power 10%.
To:
-Shield all allies (X).
-Debuff their Power 10%.
-1-Turn Cooldown.
Stuffed Onion’s Sulphide Pheromone reworked from:
-Give target Taunt for 2-Turns.
-Debuff target's Resistance 30%, for 2-Turns.
-Target Cries.
To:
-Give target Taunt for 2-Turns.
-For 2-Turns, buff or debuff target’s Resistance equal to the opposite of their Power buff.
-Target Cries.
-Gains 1-Turn Cooldown each cast.
First, we increased the recipe cost of cooking Stuffed Onion so that we could allow it to become stronger! Stuffed Onion's team-wide healing was often wasted on full health teammates, instead shield will build in excess of health! Also, Sulphide Pheromone feels very fitting to Diane. Complicated. There's now viable and obvious opportunities to cast the ability on enemies and allies and while I'd love to show off all the uses, I think it is better you get a chance to discover them!
Eggie changes:
Egg Souffle’s Puff reworked from:
-'Puff up!' for 2-Turns.
To:
-'Puff up!' for 2-Turns.
-Lose 10% Health.
Egg Souffle’s Souffle SMACKDOWN reworked from:
-Deal (1.5x).
To:
-Deal (x) buffed by target’s Power debuffs.
Egg Souffle’s Souffle Shake buffed from:
-Deal (0.4x), to 2.
To:
-Deal (0.4x), to 2.
-Debuff targets’ Power 20% for 3-Turns.
Egg Souffle’s Encouraging Fluff reworked from:
-Heal ally (x).
To:
-Heal ally (0.5x).
-Rally target.
Egg Souffle’s FLUFFSPIRATION! reworked from:
-Buff target's Power 150%, for 1-Turn.
To:
-Buff target’s Power for 1-Turn, equal to damage your team took since this was last cast.
Boiled Egg Half’s Yolk Stare buffed from:
-Debuff Power 10% for 3-Turns.
To:
-Debuff Power 20% for 3-Turns.
Raw Egg’s Yolk Stare buffed from:
-Debuff Power 10% for 3-Turns.
To:
-Debuff Power 20% for 3-Turns.
What were we thinking?! Well, we were in a pickle. You were telling us that Egg Soufflé was weak! But internally, we found it super strong. What we realised was... it was boring. A lot of their abilities were straightforward and didn't scale in interesting ways nor provide momments for you to show off your Combat Chef smarts. This rework provides a baker's dozen worth of synergies across Eggie's entire roster that we think suit our beloved eggs-pert's signature perfectly.
Other GladiEATer changes:
Croissant’s Buttersplosion buffed from:
-Charge Up.
-Make target Buttery.
To:
-Charge Up.
-Deal (x).
-Make target Buttery.
Toast Slice’s Crispy Chomp buffed from:
-Deal (x).
To:
-Deal (x).
-If target is later in the timeline, heal (0.4x).
Stat changes:
One of the big pieces of feedback we noticed was that both Diane and Loga had some highlight GladiEATers that really overshadowed the rest of their roster. To that end we've made these nerfs to the stats of these GladiEATers:
For those of you seeing these for the first time, don't be scared! is how high a GladiEATer's stat can be if all the contributing cooking games are perfect and D> is how low a GladiEATer's stat can be if all the cooking games are scored the worst.
Avocado Half's Health nerfed from:
45 33.75
To:
40 30
Raw Avocado’s Health nerfed from:
40 30
To:
35 26
Raw Courgette Slices’ Power nerfed from:
12 9
To:
9 6
Grilled Courgette Slices’ Power nerfed from:
15 11
To:
12 9
Grilled Tomato Slices’ Power nerfed from:
15 12
To:
12 9
Raw Tomato Slices’ Power nerfed from:
15 11
To:
10 7
Grilled Tomato Slices’ Health nerfed from:
60 41
To:
45 32
Phew! If you're still here, thank you for reading and as an aside, we are making strides towards our next content update already!! We cannot wait to share our next news on that with you.... soon! Good things take time to... rise!