Lawless Lands,

Hey everyone!

I wanted to make a quick update today with some new ideas that came to mind. This update is free for everyone who owns the game. When the Unrest Expansion releases, these improvements will also be in there as well.

First, you can now kick enemies. And it will feel great! It is a stronger, slightly faster form of the punch skill, and it has a chance to cause both hindered and crippled. Most enemy humanoids will try to kick you occasionally too.

Second, shields have been granted an additional skill called "At the Ready" which is essentially the action of raising your shield and preparing to try to counter incoming attacks. The higher your armor value, the better this skill will protect you, and you have a significant but temporary boost to your counter attack chance. A 15% increase! It is activated as soon as you use it, so if you're fighting multiple enemies, you have the ENTIRE TURN to counter all their attacks if you get lucky. Beware, enemies with shields can use this too. Most of them, anyways.

Lastly, nearly all humanoid bosses have been given a few skills they were lacking. Skills like punch, the new kick skill, and a few others. This will ACTUALLY MAKE THEM SLIGHTLY EASIER since they won't always be using the heaviest and best skills anymore. It won't be much help, but you should notice a (very) slight decrease in difficulty when facing humanoid bosses. Just because they're bosses doesn't mean they're perfect fighters.

These changes should help diversify combat a bit more, add some more tactical depth, and increase the variety of playstyles you can choose from now. The shield skill offers more defensive gameplay opportunities, the kick skill now allows you to play as a martial-artist monk if you so choose, and the increase in the available skills for enemies and the player provides much more unique combat experiences.

Check out the complete change log below!

Update 2.0.0 Change Log:

Bug Fixes:
-Fixed a few Bosses not having some Skills (They actually will all be *slightly* easier now that they will use some weaker skills periodically)

Changes & Additions:
-Added Kick Skill (It is a slightly stronger version of punch, can cause hindered and crippled, costs 2 AP, all characters get this for free by default, most humanoid enemies have been given this as well)
-Added At the Ready Skill (Shield Specific - +15% Counter Chance, +15% - Armor - 1 Turn, costs 3 AP, all shields are given this by default, all shield carrying enemies have been given this as well)
-Added new Animations for the new Skills
-Added new Status for the At the Ready Skill

NOTE: You DON'T need to start a new game.

Please let me know of any bugs or issues you may encounter. The update will be available shortly.

That's all for now, enjoy!

-Corrosion ːCStudiosː