Originally posted by Scott on the official forums.
A big thanks to everyone for your feedback on the Wendy Character Refresh. I'm glad to be working on a game where our fans passionately dissect everything we do and give their feedback.
We have decided to move away from Wendy's health value modifying Abigail's damage. We had intended for it to represent Abigail becoming enraged as her sister was approaching death, however it resulted in the sisters not working together as a team.
As of this hotfix, Abigail's damage is back to being based on the day/dusk/night phases and she has received a boost to her day and dusk damage. Abigail's attack now besets her opponents with ghostly petals for a short period of time. Opponent's beset by Abigail's ghostly petals will receive extra damage by all other attackers (eg other players, Pigmen, etc.) Wendy, being Abigail's twin sister, is able to take advantage of this and will deal substantially more damage. We have also renamed the Choleric Tonic to Nightshade Nostrum and changed it to allow Abigail to deal damage during the daytime and dusk as though it was nighttime.
I'll also take this opportunity to clear up the mechanics behind Abigail's shield. When Abigail takes damage, she will put up a shield to block all incoming attacks for a short period of time, similar to how the Thulecite Crown works. Applying the Unyielding Draught will double the duration of the shield, while Distilled Vengeance will double the duration and deal damage to anything that hits the shield.
We hope everyone enjoys these changes. A full list of details can be found below.
Changes:
- Changed Abigail's damage back to be based on time of day instead of Wendy’s health.
- Increased Abigail’s damage during daytime and dusk.
- Abigail's attack besets her opponents with ghostly petals for a short period of time, increasing its damage received from all other damage sources. Wendy is able to take advantage of this and will deal substantially more damage.
- Spectral Cure-All now lasts for 30 seconds and the other Ectoherbology elixirs now have a duration of 1 day.
- Replaced the Choleric Tonic with Nightshade Nostrum.
- Nightshade Nostrum allows Abigail to call upon the power of darkness, causing her to deal nighttime damage during the daytime and dusk.
- Abigail’s shields received a minor increase in duration.
- Retuned the number of Mourning Glory required to craft the Ectoherbology elixirs.
- Reduced how far away the Pipspook’s lost trinkets will spawn.
- Changed Abigail’s riled-up targeting to encompass more creatures
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Bug Fixes:
- Fixed the scaling of Distilled Vengeance’s damage fx
- Fixed various Wilson skins hair orientation in the back view.
- Fixed missing fur tufts on Wortox.
- Fixed an issue with Wendy’s Nostalgic skin’s hair when doing the kiss emote.