New PC and Mac Build #10878 - THOSE FROM BELOW (The Cove)

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• The Cove
  • Introduces The Cove region with new enemies, bosses, curios, art, and music.→The Cove dungeon region adds 7 new monsters, 2 new bosses, new curios, new environment art, and new music.
  • Cove monsters emphasize speed, bleed mechanics, healing/guarding, and may influence future regions.→monsters fast and bleed resistant; many bleed-causing attacks; healing and guarding mechanics
• Gameplay
  • Adds stress recovery for idle heroes between quests even if not in treatment.→Idle heroes recover a small amount of stress between quests
  • Allows selling unused supplies post-quest to recover some resources.→unused dungeon supplies can be sold back at end of quest for a small percentage of value
  • Larger roster enables more adventurers to tackle Cove content concurrently.→roster size increased to allow recruiting more heroes for Cove spelunking
  • Quicker combat sequences to maintain a brisk tempo.→streamlined combat flow to reduce waits between chained events
  • core damage calculation:Revised damage calculation to balance AOE vs single-target attacks and ensure buffs affect both appropriately.→base skill modifier applied directly to weapon damage; buffs applied after total buffs are summed
  • Trinkets rebalanced to improve value distribution and encourage diverse builds.→trinkets receive a broader balance pass; rarer trinkets become more valuable; some nerfs and rarity adjustments; more tweaks planned
  • Loot pacing adjusted to reduce overly common rare drops in early content.→fewer rare drops in lower level dungeons
  • Newbie heroes receive stronger disease resistance upon recruitment.→Resolve level 0 and 1 heroes have higher disease resistance
  • Eliminates corpse presence for certain mobs to reduce clutter and interaction complexity.→some small mobs don’t leave corpses
  • Refined surprise rules to balance first round engagement and retreat options.→surprised monsters act last in first round but do not lose an entire turn; players cannot retreat during first combat round if surprised
  • Corrected speed progression values for several heroes; changes are adjustments to fix erroneous previous data.→speed progression bug fixes for Arbalest, Jester, Leper, Houndmaster (nerf perceived due to spreadsheet errors but actual values corrected)