Early Access Patch 8 Notes
We appreciate all the feedback following last week's Warsong Update! This patch includes fixes and targeted adjustments for a smoother play experience as you battle toward the final confrontation. We're now shifting focus to our third Major Update outlined in our Roadmap. Until then, thank you for playing!
Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback!
Nocturnal Arms & Abilities
· Sister Blades: slightly increased speed of the first two strikes in the Attack sequence · Argent Skull: increased starting number of Shells; reduced Attack recovery time
Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms
· Argent Skull (Melinoë): reduced bonus Power per spent Shell now that the starting number is greater
Boons & Blessings
· Heinous Affront (Zeus x Ares): significantly increased how frequently this can affect foes 📢 Premium Service (Hephaestus): increased power level while using Black Coat (Melinoë) · Success Rate (Hermes): removed Fig Leaf (Dionysus) as an offering requirement for this
Foes & Dangers
· Typhon: reduced damage and frequency of some attacks; adjusted Life and Armor of some minions; improved camera motion between phases · Spawn of Typhon: reduced damage of some attacks; reduced range and speed of headbutt attack · Prometheus: reduced damage of some attacks; other minor changes · Aetos: slightly increased damage of fly-up attack · Satyr Sapper: reduced damage of ranged attack · Auto-Watcher: slightly reduced damage · Auto-Seeker: reduced damage of ranged attack · Blasket: reduced damage
Miscellaneous
📢 Improved feedback when gathering Blood Drops from Ares 📢 Increased appearance rate of Poppy Seeds in Tartarus · Updates and fixes to translations in some languages
Bug Fixes
📢 Fixed certain effects not increasing Moonstone Axe Omega Special channeling speed as expected 📢 Fixed Black Coat Omega Attack having unintentionally reduced range in the previous patch 📢 Fixed Extended Family (Hera) not being affected by Boons from Artemis, Athena, or Dionysus 📢 Fixed Nova Flourish (Apollo) not increasing the area of the Moonstone Axe Omega Special 📢 Fixed Steady Growth (Demeter) sometimes not working correctly 📢 Fixed Mint Condition (Hephaestus) not functioning in the newest Warden encounter in Thessaly 📢 Fixed Gorgon Amulet (Athena) sometimes summoning multiple Athenas in the Mourning Fields 📢 Fixed Fig Leaf (Dionysus) not functioning in the newest Warden encounter in Thessaly 📢 Fixed Hermes sometimes unexpectedly showing up as the first Olympian on the surface over and over after reaching the final confrontation 📢 Fixed several narrative events related to the final confrontation playing or not playing when expected 📢 Fixed visual issues with the Altar of Ashes in ultrawide resolutions 📢 Fixed a visual issue with the numbering on the Death Arcana in the Altar of Ashes · Other minor fixes
Quote of the Patch
'Zeus now cast his new weapon, pale and blinding, through the fabric of the sky, ripping it end to end; then he hurled another, stronger, at his father: it fell like a white-hot sword thrust with inexorable force.'
~Greek Myths: A New Retelling (C. Higgins)