[DotE] Relase Notes

[0.7.7] RELEASE NOTES

Content

Added 2 new levels (9-10) with a new environment: the ice biome
Added 1 new hero: Elise, the “Freelance Demolitionist” and her heavy arsenal
Changed hero max level from 8 to 15
Added 2 new minor modules:
- Pepper Spray - It confuses monsters and forces them to attack each other
- Seblaster (offence) - It targets monsters with an area of effect, hitting without distinction heroes and monsters
Added 2 new mobs:
- Hurna Hunter
- Door opener: he can open a door if you don’t kill him on time!
Added 5 new elite mobs:
- Kamikaze Necrophage
- The Keeper
- Silics Supporter
- Chimera Debuffer
- Chimera Kamikaze
Added the Stele Event. If you find a stele, it will add one or several effects to the entire floor for a limited amount of time. These effects can be positive, negative, or both.

Improvements

Added a reset skill system: you can use Science and reset the skills cooldown
Changed the healing system which is now based on the hero’s percentage of HP, and the cost is proportional to number of healed HP
Changed the operating system: the hero needs to stay in the room at least one turn to obtain a (bigger) bonus
Added an animation for the Merchant when he teleports to the Merchant module
Added a comparison system for hero equipment
Added a preview for the next skill available when you level up
Added a scrollview for passive skills when you have more than six
You can now select several heroes with the “shift” key
Added a default cursor
Updated hero selection menu
Added feedback (visual & sound) on dying heroes (< 25% HP)
Removed the Research button in the HUD

Balancing

See the latest dev blog post for more details and rationales about the multiple changes which impact the balancing of the game

Refactored configuration system which allows us to control the flow and the events more precisely:
- Some events (exit, merchants, heroes and artefacts) are placed at the generation to control the:
- Quantity of Dust loot in rooms at each floor is now controlled
- Spawn of mobs is now random at each floor
The targeting of some mobs have changed:
- Necrophage Flying attacks major modules and target in priority long range heroes
- Silics Bulldozer no longer attacks heroes
- Silics Trash attacks only the Crystal (but is weaker)
- Most part of elites mobs attacks NPC
The offence modules have now a priority target:
- Prisoner pods are anti-heroes mobs
- Tesla are anti-modules mobs
- Claymoars are basic mobs
- Smoking guns are special mobs
The move speed of entities are reduced when in the same room than enemies, except:
- Flying Necrophage
- "Crysophile" Necrophage
- Hydra Chimera
- Some heroes with "dodge" passive skills
The previous version level 8 is approximately the new level 11-12 in terms of food cost and stats
The heroes stats and skills have changed with new levels and to create a distinctions between the different teams of heroes
Increased waves difficulty when the exit is found