Indie MMORPG Venture Gorgon dropped a contemporary content-and-QOL patch this week in what devs characterised as a “good well-rounded replace” with a bit little bit of all the things.
For starters, Elder Recreation has tweaked the best way area-of-effect assaults work in opposition to mobs. The devs clarify that as a result of AOE in opposition to mobs noticed a discount in direct harm however not oblique harm, intelligent gamers had been operating builds targeted on oblique harm as their I-win button. The devs compensated by buffing monsters, nevertheless it hasn’t been splendid.
“On this replace we’re experimenting with different approaches to this balancing downside. We’ve solved the technical problem that prevented oblique harm from being decreased in burst assaults. Burst assaults now deal decreased harm after they hit greater than 3 targets, just like direct harm, though the dropoff is slower and fewer dramatic than the dropoff for direct harm. (Oblique harm falls to a minimal of fifty% harm when hitting 9 or extra targets, whereas direct harm falls to 25% harm when hitting 9 or extra targets).”
The patch additionally consists of tweaks to burst harm assault radius and harm reflection on mobs, plus the studio has laid the inspiration for mount cosmetics with a brand new beauty slot for reins and garlands. And in case you play a Necromancer, you’re getting fairly a pleasant vary of buffs for minions.
