I've been putting in some work over the last few weeks and rather than hold it back, I've decided to push it out to get some feedback. Without spoiling anything, the short version is that there's some new stuff to discover! For current players (as opposed to new save files), a Talisman cycle had to occur to update Eurus for a new level 1 skill. It occurred to me that he doesn't have a good enough early game TP dump, so hopefully the new skill fixes that. There was also a situational bug where Eurus would leave the party and never come back if he was encountered too early in the game. If you encountered the part of the game where Eurus leaves and doesn't come back, go into the Veil and enter the costume change Halloween event portal, then leave from there back to the Veil. The party reorganization code should add him back. If it does not, please let me know as a comment to this post.
Also, I've changed the location and DLC names surrounding what was formerly "Yuelslain's Village". I was having pretty severe writers block when I came up with it and was locked out from thinking of anything else. Moving forward, YSV area is now "Snowdrift Village", and the enemies are being scaled down to the 20-40s area instead of sitting in the 50s. Leveling scaling is not yet complete, but only enemy stats and exp/gold are affected. Loot drops are not affected.
Below is the full patch notes which explicitly outlines what was added to the game, but keeps vague data that was already planned but not yet released. Continue reading at your own peril! - Oh, and I made a candy bag so you can more easily farm the Halloween events in the Veil.
6.501 [Build #151, Release Date: December 06, 2024]
Bug Reports:
- The fastest way to report a bug is on Discord @ https://discord.gg/7GehvwKGCv.
New:
- A new foe has appeared alongside the Headless Horseman in the Challenge of the Headless DLC! Unlike the repeatable Horseman, this foe may only be fought once in this location and its loot is guaranteed.
- Both the DLC and non-DLC arena for the Headless Horseman now offer an additional level 30 challenge which has flavor text for wins, losses, and refusal to challenge.
- When first met, Eurus now knows a unique Special ability - Obliterate.
- Eurus may now apply Reave with Normal Attacks (3%).
- Enemies afflicted by Reave take 500% damage from Obliterate and have 15% reduced Defense.
- Added the key item Candy Bag which allows players to carry more than 99 Sour, Sweet, and Blazing candy at a time. Candy may be added to or removed from the bag at will. Since only 99 of an item can be held at once, functionality has been added to withdraw at most 99 of any candy at once. Players can either deposit all candy or withdraw up to 99 candy depending on available space. Fractional deposits and withdrawals are not programmed in. All players can collect the Candy Bag for free near the Veil portals to the related Halloween events.
- Under certain conditions, Ruby can discover a new class!
Fixes:
- The following items have been changed from Talisman to Accessory: Hallow's Scarf, Hallow's Earrings, Hallow's Scabbard, Hallow's Strap, Jelly Scarf, Jelly Earrings, Jelly Scabbard, Jelly Strap.
- Added the correct controls for handling Eurus in the party before the events at Scarlet Cavern. If you have a save file that has collected Eurus but is past Den An'ura, entering the Halloween event in the Veil - the one where the party changes costumes - and then exiting will re-add all out-of-party friends back to the party.
- While Rose is in the party, Ruby won't go back into her house.
- Fixed an issue where An'ura Archer wasn't dropping the Green Insect Gland.
Updates & Changes:
- Yuelslain's Village (the zone) has been renamed to "Snowdrift Village".
- Yuelslain's Village (the DLC) has been renamed to "Eyes in the Frost".
- Yuel's Castle renamed to "Shadowfrost Citadel".
- Yuelalin's Monarch (upcoming DLC) has been renamed to "The Frost Queen".
- Eyes in the Frost DLC level downscaling has begun. Level 50 mobs outside the castle are being reduced to 30, 30's reduced to 20, 40-55 reuced by 20 flat.
- Minor adjustments to the opening dialogue.
- Fixed the issue where Eurus's "Scythe" category would appear twice for new players.
- +0.5% passive MP regeneration to all talismans.
- All talismans given names.
Other:
- The Quest Log has been removed from the menu manager code. While the plugin is still lurking in the back-end, the ability to access the log has been removed. To summarize the issue - in the period of transferring data from one PC to another then adding to the game, some quest detail was lost altogether and would need to be recreated from scratch. At this point in the game's development, given where we are without having moved forward in a very long time, there is no time left to recreate the missing pieces. While I was able to restore functionality to some main story questlines, I also can't control when the menu starts to break, become invisible, or handle any of the other issues that arise as a result of this plugin. If we're ever going to move forward, we have to shed the things weighing us down. This was one of those things.
Notes:
- The level scaling in Snowdrift Village is not yet complete, but will hopefully be finalized in the next update.