Time to move the main plot forward, with an investigation undertaken alongside Princess Varena. Alongside new and dangerous foes comes the game’s next level, and an assortment of new powers for every class — plus some extra powers that’ve already been accessible via various means (like certain hidden spellbooks in the Windy Peaks…) can now come online!
I figure that a level cap increase and a quest that might just lead to a whole new path through the endgame deserves a version bump, so welcome to CoC2 0.8!
Hotfix: A hotfix has been released for a crash when entering the bottom right tile in the baths after completing Varena’s Quest, a crash when using the new Heart of Oak necklace, and fights in Varena’s Quest being fleeable.
0.8.0 Patch Notes:
- The second half of VarenaQuest, a Main Story Quest supplement, is now available! If you successfully finished Varena’s investigation of the warehouse, you’ll have enough clues to proceed to the next leg of her quest! This quest more properly guest-stars Varena working alongside you, along with a certain strawberry bard, to find the root of the corruption slowly seeping into the Kingdom of Khor’minos — and gives you a chance to root out what might be the most insidious source! This one’s written mostly by me, but almost the whole staff chipped in: there’s a couple new cuties by Garde, a devious seductress by Wsan, and a new bad end by Balak. And of course, big ups to Leek for coding this bad girl!
- LEVEL CAP INCREASE – You can now reach 8th Level. Includes 3 new powers for every class, such as the White Mage’s new Tempest Smite (hit somebody with Sorra’s chain lightning), the Warrior’s Whirlwind (think Cleave, but with twice the whirling), or the Black Mage’s Twisted Pyre (that permanently reduces a foe’s Magic Resistance at-will), all learnable by leveling up or visiting the usual trainers in Hawkethorne. This also, of course, means any Level 8 power you may already have learned by other means can now be equipped as well.
- Isadora sells a number of new Warrior powers themed after the Khor’minoan Legions as part of her training options.
- Experience requirements for some levels have been adjusted. This may cause the game to incorrectly display negative Experience gain during encounters until the math, uh… works itself out? Don’t worry about it. Don’t look at me, I’m not a coder!
- New Busts: Asgeir, all the VarenaQuest NPCs.
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