Horse Man

Changelog

What has shipped, and what is still on the way. Newest updates are listed first.

Server Status

Balance: Control resist no longer prevents buff removal
Balance: Buff prevention can no longer be cleansed
New buff: Insulated, for Idols and Pilgrims. Prevents buff removal and stops buffs from being prevented
Added a Pity Counter
UI improvements

Balance: Control resist prevents buff removal
Balance: Reflected damage no longer triggers on-damage-dealt or on-damage-taken passives
Balance: Parasite is now unresistable and uncleansable
Raids: Weekday bosses start stunned for 1 turn
Raids: Defense ward halves defense reduction, and defense cannot drop below 0
Raids: Reset tokens no longer reset raid boss rewards
Raids: Weekday bosses drop attribute tomes as a daily reward
Raids: Weekend bosses drop Hosts Above and Realm Eater
QoL: Item skills now show in the inventory
QoL: The selected category persists between Active and Passive ability tabs
QoL: PvP and Events show an indicator for unclaimed daily rewards
Timers now use server time
Performance: mutation writes optimised
Fixed nearby locations triggering random battles
Tutorial improvements

Raids: Bosses enter Contingency at round 11. They cleanse debuffs, reset cooldowns, and can no longer be controlled
Moved passive and active tomes to more farmable sources
Sight balance tweaks
Travel system updated. Feedback is welcome if the new flow feels too disruptive
Onboarding and tutorial improvements

Raids: 7 daily raids against bosses that cannot be defeated. Rewards and leaderboards are based on damage dealt
Raids: Bosses have 100,000+ HP, 99% reduction from percent-HP attacks (Deathmark still deals 1,000+), 95% reduction from remove-half-shields, and permanently gain 50 stacking damage and 100 stacking defense each round
Raids: Standard rewards for this release
QoL: Ability reset scrolls and Ritual of Total Reset refund 50% of resources spent on abilities and faction levels
QoL: Ritual of Total Reset is now farmable
Codex entity pages list the quests where that entity appears
Balance: Unyielding can be removed or prevented by buff removal and buff disruption
Minor onboarding, UI, and portrait adjustments

QoL: Formations save between battles and quests, except quests with a party size limit or NPC allies
QoL: Factions moved to the top of the unit info panel
QoL: Identical equipment stacks up to 10, and multiple items can be sold at once
QoL: The selected party member persists between Inventory and Party
QoL: Fixed inventory and gear scroll snapping to the top
QoL: Consume multiple party essence blobs and chunks at once
QoL: Fixed previewing Top Players in PvP
QoL: Larger Back buttons on major screens, and ability list scrolling
QoL: Party list can be side-scrolled with left and right arrows
Battle guide added to the Codex, under Factions > Index
Balance: Shared Pain chains at most 3 times
Balance: Control resist prevents Disarm. A resisted Disarm can still be countered
Balance: Stun and Betray are unresistable and uncleansable, and are still suppressed by control resist
Balance: Percent ward reduces Deathmark to 50% of max HP as true damage
5 new player portraits, 6 in total. 3 are unlocked by default
2 new companion portraits per party member. For now they are rewards on current level 35 and 40 quests and the 8 level 70 faction leader quests. Dedicated level 35 and level 65 companion quests, with a party size of 2, will unlock them later
Added a ring for donors, or for free if you ask and have a reason
Timers and daily clears no longer use device time
Daily bounties exclude ally-only entities, and targets are within 15 levels of you
Secret companion drop rate raised from 1% to 5%

New effects: Obscured, Evasion prevention, Uncounterable
Balance changes: Desecrator ^, Overseer ^, Idol ^, Pilgrims v, Tyrants v, Lightbearers v
Balance changes: Reduced AP gain, more ways to reduce cooldowns
Bug fix: Animation effects persisting after leaving battle
Quests: 4 new Quests, lore message updates, quest entity balancing
Entities: 20 new entities, 3 new groups