Hi fellow Adepts,
last months I've been preparing a major update to the game in order to improve the already existing content and to add a bit of something new based on your recommendations.
Inventory Overhaul
The original slots with equipped items looked quite... outdated. New window looks much more proffesional and appeals better to the current standards.
Bows and Crossbows sprites
Until now only melee weapons were visually represented on the character. Whatever the ranged weapon you possesed the sprite would always stay the same. From now on, each bow/crossbow has it's own animated sprites. The Adept carries in hand the weapon that he actively uses so it's easier for player to discern whether they are in melee or ranged mode.
Copper Guard boss and Trader's Path rework
The Copper Guard boss is an optional enemy waiting in the new extended Trader's Path map. He doesn't have a lot of health points but can quickly kill off players without sufficient armor and dodging skills. Players that will manage to defeat thim will gain access to a small treasure island.
For a new player it can take some time before he reaches the Spider Temple boss and the Woodsman is still dozing on the beach not really caring to fight. I wanted to give some cool encounter available for players at the beginning of the game.
Other improvements and fixes:
- Mixed Spells now have lower secondary requirement - Change from 1/3/5 to /1/2/3 making it easier for multi-class builds to access them
- Crossbow stat change - Buff: double damage and elemental scaling, Nerf: damage 20->18;Armor penetration 80%->40% ,
- „Good boy” and „Treasure Island” achievements added
- Piercing shot - now also restores all arrows in your quiver
- Ice Golem buff - doubled damage and +2 slow
- Blink buff – more range
- Many minor bugs and annoyances fixed
I wish these changes will make the game more approachable for the new players and also better visually looking. If you happen to find a bug somewhere, make sure to report it in the community forum. If you like the game, please consider posting a review - it helps a lot!
I think it's finally time to focus on the endgame content, but the scale of it depends on how well players will receive the current build.
I hope you like all the work I've done to improve DoTF so far. As always, big thanks for all the feedback on forums, without it, the game wouldn't have improved so much!
Krystian
PS Along with the update, the game gets a 15% discount from 11.03.2020, so if you are planning to buy the game it's better for your wallet to wait one day ;) The game will be discounted for 10 days.