Hey all!

Stories from the Outbreak 1.0 has been released, marking its full release after almost a year in Early Access.

This update brings massive improvements to the game’s narrative systems – conversations have been reworked, events now have long-lasting consequences, other humans can be fought, all writing has been improved and the total written content has been doubled. This is, of course, accompanied by various gameplay improvements, fixes, new art, and more – the full changelog has been appended to this announcement.

We’ll be monitoring player feedback and releasing patches with bug fixes and other small improvements, but we’re also planning at least one more content update in the future, plus console releases, and, potentially, modding support. You can read about our plans more in the previous instalment of Dev Notes.

If you want to support our studio and the game’s continued development, please consider leaving a Steam review! Each review really helps us.

Thank you for this adventure – we’re looking forward to our next stories together,

The Coldwild games team

Full changelog:

* Human enemies (arriving in 3 flavours)
* 41 new events, as well as additions and improvements to existing events
* 5 new trinkets
* Conversations and emotions have now been entirely reworked
* STR and SKL have been combined into a single stat: PWR
* Added an in-game encyclopedia containing information on enemies, trinkets, characters and more
* Stat checks now have an accompanying animation
* Steam achievements
* Remaining backstories and epilogues (Anna, Dmitry, Inese, and Katerina)
* Many new backgrounds and event images
* Improvements to most written content in the game, including backstories, story fragments, conversations, and more
* Further improvements to the game's ending
* Many status effect icons have been recolored or otherwise changed
* Various visual improvements and polish
* (bugfix) In certain situations combat encounter pool could be emptied resulting in combat that has no enemies
* (bugfix) Fix incorrect damage estimate indicator after using regular attack on an enemy which is already targeted by delayed attack
* (bugfix) Fix autosave happening less frequently than intentended
Balancing:
* Enemies have generally been buffed to balance various new advantages to the player (more details below)
* Stat prices now scale twice as fast, but the scaling is now unique for each stat
* Training now also gives inspiration points upon completion
* Lowered training duration by 1 (doesn't affect maximum or minimum training time)
* Training progress is now updated after completing a node instead of entering it
* Eating fully at a safehouse now heals 50% instead of 40%
* Starving at a safehouse now damages 40% instead of 20%, but is no longer lethal
* Particularly difficult enemy encounters can now be found in some events in the third map (e.g. The Wager)
* Prevented poison-heavy or protection-heavy enemy encounters from appearing in first map's hard nodes
* Immunity no longer lowered by friendly damage, and now only affects damage from enemies
* Renew can no longer be applied to inanimate objects (barricades in the Necklace of teeth challenge)
* Toxic reprisal posion amount 3 -> 2
* Elegant strikes damage bonus PWR -> 6
* Interruption - speedup next ability by 20, insted of making it instant
* Antidote poison removal 4 -> 5
* Seize hope heal amount 3 -> 4
* Debilitate tick amount 10 -> 8
* Dare PWR gain 2 -> 3
* Condemn max amount 30 -> 20
* Traffic cone delay amount 10 -> 7
* Bottle opener rarity Common -> Uncommon
* Rare coin rarity Rare -> Uncommon
* Zombie's heart challenge now decreases poison at a slower rate
Enemies:
* Swarming infected PWR 4 -> 5
* Swarming infected Virulent bite base cooldown 50 -> 45
* Warden Shield base cooldown 30 -> 25
* Warden Forceful slam base cooldown 33 -> 30
* Bloated PWR 3 -> 4
* Bloated Delay the inevitable base cooldown 20 -> 25
* King Demolition focus gain 1 -> 2
* King Battering ram focus gain 1 -> 2
* Frenetic Wild shred base damage PWR-2 -> PWR-1
* Frenetic Lacerate flesh focus gain 0 -> 1
* Aberrant Ichor spit base cooldown 40 -> 35
* Anomaly Mystify base cooldown 35 -> 30
* Parasite PWR 4 -> 3
* Parasite Latch on base cooldown 30 -> 33
* Ghoul Reap focus gain 1 -> 2
* Mutantmother initial Fumes amount 3 -> 2
* Mutantmother Spread spores base cooldown 35 -> 40
* Mutantmother Invite delay amount 25 -> 15
* Legion Out for blood base damage PWR -> 2*PWR
* Final boss aggressive strategy abilities now happen in a different order
* Worthless Worship protection amount 30 -> 20
* Worthless Worship now removes 4 bleed and 1 poison
Anna:
* Base TGH 6 -> 5
Jānis:
* Base INT 5 -> 4
* Recover base cooldown 18 -> 20
* Recuperate base cooldown 23 -> 25
* Safeguard base cooldown 20 -> 22
* Wild shout protection amount 7 -> 6
Katerina:
* Headshot base cooldown 20 -> 23
* Mind blown base cooldown 20 -> 23
* Precision shot base coolldown 25 -> 28
Dmitry:
* Deranged bashes base cooldown 45 -> 40
* Take cover, Recollect, and Look after are now half as strong
* Take cover base cooldown 50 -> 30
* Take cover focus cost 3 -> 2
* Recollect base cooldown 50 -> 35
* Recollect focus cost 4 -> 2
* Look after base cooldown 40 -> 25
* Look after focus cost 3 -> 2
Dzintars:
* Base TGH 4 -> 5
* Base AGI 3 -> 4
* Exsanguinate friendly bleed removal 1 -> 2
Inese:
* Advantageous timing and its upgrades base cooldown 25 -> 22
* Battlefield manoeuvres health loss if Inese is preparing an ability 15 -> 20
* Decapitation and its upgrades base cooldown 70 -> 80
* Overwhelm bleed amount 2 -> 3
Zigmārs:
* Base AGI 6 -> 5
* Base INT 7 -> 8
* Base AMR 3 -> 2
* Prolegomenon and its upgrades base cooldown 20 -> 23
Viktorija:
* Base AGI 6 -> 5
* Base PWR 4 -> 3
* The best defence base cooldown 20 -> 16
Maksim:
* Base PWR 3 -> 2
* Base INT 7 -> 6
* Base AMR 5 -> 4
* Designated now increases outgoing damage by 75%
* Hone base cooldown 55 -> 40
* Hone amount 2 -> 1
Samanta:
* Base AGI 6 -> 4
* Momentum and its upgrades base cooldown 25 -> 27
* Push onwards and its upgrades base cooldown 25 -> 30
* All out protection amount 45 -> 40
* All out exhaustion amount 13 -> 12
Sprīdītis:
* Base TGH 7 -> 8
* Esprit de corps base cooldown 25 -> 35
* Overloading neurons base cooldown 55 -> 50
* Fighter's impulse base cooldown 40 -> 35
* Providence base cooldown 25 -> 20
Elīza:
* Base INT 4 -> 5
* Strike back amount 20 -> 25
Beāte:
* Base INT 7 -> 5
* Butcher and its upgrades now give half as much vulnerable

Hey all!

Alex here with exciting news! The game now has a trailer and a release date.

Yep, we’re launching the game on the 20th of February. The 1.0 update doubles the amount of written content in the game, adds human enemies, improves the conversation/emotion system, features heavy rebalancing, and adds more backgrounds, trinkets, polish, and Steam achievements. We hope you enjoy it – this has taken a lot of effort to prepare!

Now, exiting Early Access means we’re satisfied with the game, but it doesn’t necessarily mean our work on it is finished. There were plenty of things that we planned to add or started working on, but that didn’t make the cut. We’re hoping to update the game with another boss fight (Legion alternative) and another playable character (fourth tank), and we also have plans to add modding support to the game. Separate console releases are also to be expected in the future.

All of this, however, is up in the air and partially dependent on the game’s financial future. With enough support for the game, we’d definitely love to update it even more – but we’re making no promises currently.

We’ll also monitor Steam discussions and our Discord server for bug reports and other suggestions.

Thank you for sticking with us through this journey! Community feedback has been essential for the game’s development throughout Early Access – including its role in balancing, as well as fixing various suboptimal systems, from character selection to the conversation system – and we hope experiencing the game’s evolution has been as exciting for you as it has been for us. See you on the other side!

May your Stories be… from the Outbreak?

Alex and the rest of the Coldwild Games team

Hey all!

Alex here with another update on our development progress in these past few months.

First and foremost, brace for a price increase. This is because the game’s scope is growing past our initial expectations and we feel it’s fair to reflect that in the price. This won’t affect anyone who already owns the game, but, if you have friends who want to try this game - now’s a great time to get it for cheap!

As for the next update, we’ve decided it’s about time for Stories from the Outbreak to leave the waters of Early Access and sail into a full release! The game’s release will be accompanied with one final large update, arriving in about 2 months.

The focus of this update will be narrative. We’re already quite satisfied with how the combat is flowing (though expect some minor tweaks and improvements), but narrative has stayed in the relative background during development. Now, we’re nearly doubling the amount of written content in the game - tens and tens of new events, backstories for each character, reworked conversations (say goodbye to those pesky debuffs from emotions), and more.

A bulk of this is work on the game’s events. The event pool is reaching a size that feels appropriate for a roguelike, but we’ve also evolved our approach to events. Instead of the events being disconnected random situations for the player to deal with, much more emphasis is put on connected micro-narratives.

The player’s decisions will often have long-term consequences. Do you wish to ally yourself with the Unity for Peace, or do you think you can survive being their enemy? Do you make enemies with fellow survivors, or do you always try to act morally at the cost of your own survival? The game will allow each playthrough to explore a different narrative unfolding in the Outbreak-ridden streets of Rīga and Saldus.

Of course, a huge part of such a narrative is the alliances and grudges you build with other survivors. Nothing prevents you from being actively hostile towards the people you meet in the Outbreak, but antagonising other scavengers can lead to violent outcomes…

Human enemies act differently from mindless zombies. Their actions are unpredictable, intelligent, quick and devastating. Don’t let their small health pools fool you - battles with fellow survivors will be some of the messiest encounters you find in the Outbreak.

Of course, the final update will also bring some other new content, fixes, Steam achievements, and, as always, a couple of gorgeous backgrounds from our artists.

We’ll post another instalment of dev notes when the update is closer. Who knows what other additions we’ll sneak in during these next couple of months. Stay tuned and let us know if there’s anything you’d like to see in the final update!

May your poison stacks be manageable,

Alex and the rest of the Coldwild Games team

Hi all! Thank you for your feedback on the latest update - we're adding a small follow-up patch mainly consisting of bugfixes and mild balance adjustments. Enjoy!

Best,
The Coldwild Games team.

Changelog:
* Poison does not reduce self damage
* Swap the default button mapping for View status effects and Inspect ability
* Include Rat skull in damage estimates
* (bugfix) Sprīdītis Infinite chaos stat loss can no longer mistakenly remove 2 stats
* (bugfix) Do not apply focus damage boost on Beāte's Butcher ability twice
* (bugfix) Fix Butcher preview when hovering timeline
* (bugfix) Hide the target selection rectangle after choosing ability target without mouse
Balancing:
* Swarming infected Virulent bite base cooldown 40 -> 50
* Bouncer base STR 7 -> 6
* Warden base STR 9 -> 8
* Ghoul Reap base damage 3*STR -> 2*STR
* Worthless Worship protection amount 10 -> 30
* Inese Execution delay 90 -> 70
* Zigmārs Trinity base cooldown 25 -> 33
* Zigmārs Trinity SKL gain 1 -> 2
* Viktorija base STR 5 -> 4
* Viktorija base AGI 5 -> 6
* Viktorija The best defence base damage 2*STR -> 3*STR
* Viktorija Laugh it off, Brush aside and Move onwards duration 45 -> 50
* Beāte's Adrenaline now applies vulnerable to self AFTER doing the initial damage calculation
* Beāte's Move back effect has been changed, primarily to combat cheese strategies

Hey everyone!

The third major update of Stories from the Outbreak is now live!

The highlight of this update is a full rework of the in-run progression system (inspiration points, ability upgrades, character roles and more); other important changes include damage estimates for upcoming enemy attacks, remade & properly randomised second and third maps, a rework of the poison mechanic, a new alternate first boss fight, new enemies, events, backgrounds, rebalancing, and more!

If you want to learn more about why we decided to approach progression differently, you can read about the motivation in the previous installment of Dev Notes: https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/news/app/1968630/view/6043326076341570006

The next major update will focus on reworking some of the game's narrative systems, as well as including some new content.

Happy Halloween,

The Coldwild Games team


* 1 new boss (alternate boss for the first map)
* 2 new enemies, as well as 1 new... object?
* 11 new events
* Backstories & epilogues for Viktorija, Maksim, and Beāte
* Reworked in-run progression system
* Estimates are now shown for the amount of damage an enemy will inflict
* Significant improvements to second and third map
* Poison now also lowers damage output
* Writing, structure and balance improvements in events
* Several new backgrounds
* Improved status effect display in situations where a unit has more than 5 status effects
* Make the status effect tooltips accessible without mouse
* Improved gamepad icon selection logic
* Change default gamepad button mapping for opening other combat actions menu and viewing status effects
* (bugfix) Pressure now removes bleed from Beāte instead of the enemy
* (bugfix) Healing done by Jar of Jam adjusted to match with the description.
* (bugfix) Ignore gamepad input while the steam overlay is open
Progression:
* New role: Training (after undergoing training, the character receives inspiration points faster)
* Inspiration points can now be spent on stats or ability upgrades
* Getting a specific ability upgrade is much more expensive than getting a random one
* Stats get more expensive the more you spend inspiration on them
* Ability upgrades no longer drop as combat loot, inspiration points are now significantly more common
* Harder battles now give extra inspiration points
* Bosses now give inspiration to the whole team
* New characters now start with enough inspiration to keep up with the rest of the team
Maps:
* New map: The third map is now in the Latvian town of Saldus
* The second and third map have been remade from scratch, with plenty of variations and randomness in each
* Character nodes in the second half of the game are now optional
Balancing:
* Infected STR 3 -> 5
* Infected Claw base damage 4*STR -> 2*STR
* Infected Bite base damage 6*STR -> 4*STR
* Swarming infected Virulent bite base damage 4*STR -> 5*STR
* Swarming infected Virulent bite base cooldown 35 -> 40
* Swarming infected Virulent bite focus gain 1 -> 2
* Swarming infected Virulent bite poison 2 -> 3
* Bouncer Slam focus gain 1 -> 2
* Warden Forceful slam base cooldown 38 -> 33
* King Demolition bonus damage to protection STR -> 2*STR
* King Battering ram base damage STR -> 2*STR
* Instead of swapping turns, Aberrant's Ichor spit now delays targets by 10
* Best friend Gnaw base damage 2*STR -> 3*STR
* Parasite Latch on base cooldown 40 -> 30
* Parasite Latch on base damage STR -> 3*STR
* Ghoul's moveset has been simplified, making it much more dangerous
* Houndwalker Seasoned hook base damage STR -> 2*STR
* Legion Annihilation base damage 2*STR -> 3*STR
* Worthless Worship base cooldown 40 -> 30
* Final boss Agony base damage STR/2 -> STR
* Final boss Finale base damage 4*STR -> 5*STR
* Final boss Sea of blood now inflicts 1 poison
* Final boss Cleanse removed bleed amount 20 -> 30
* Final boss Cleanse removed poison amount 8 -> 12
* Final boss Expand protection 60 -> 100
* Final boss Eternity base damage STR -> 2*STR
* Vintage locket now gives 2 inspiration points (so it keeps up with progression rework)
* Steel dumbbell now gives 2 inspiration points (so it keeps up with progression rework)
* When an enemy with Provoked status effect damages themselves (directly or as a result of poison/bleed) multiply damage by 2 instead of 4.
* (challenge mode) Black rose cooldown 25 -> 35
* (challenge mode) Necklace of teeth renew amount 4 -> 3
Anna:
* Deicide base cooldown 55 -> 50
* Deicide damage multiplier against full health enemies 2 -> 1.5
Jānis:
* Sharpened blade base damage STR / 2 -> STR
* Roughened blade base cooldown 25 -> 20
* Roughened blade base damage STR -> 2*STR
* Roughened blade poison amount 3 -> 2
* Recuperate base cooldown 25 -> 23
* Wild shout protection gain 5 -> 7
* Reciprocation and its upgrades now give 1 focus
Katerina:
* Precision shot SKL gain on miss 2 -> 1
* Warning shot delay amount 10 -> 15
Dmitry:
* Nimble strikes base cooldown 30 -> 27
* Beatdown focus gain 1 -> 0
* Charge base cooldown 23 -> 20
* Sadism duration 40 -> 20
* Sadism duration no longer lowered by 5 upon each hit
* Disorienting blow focus reduction 2 -> 3
* Showstopper strike base cooldown 30 -> 20
* Deranged bashes now always reduces focus by 2
* Deranged bashes cooldown 35 -> 45
Dzintars:
* Twist the blade base cooldown 17 -> 23
* Twist the blade bleed amount 4 -> 3
* Remedy and its upgrades base cooldown 22 -> 20
* Phlebotomy base cooldown 10 -> 6
Inese:
* Distraction amount 25 -> 30
Zigmārs:
* Base TGH 5 -> 4
* Base SKL 3 -> 4
* Trinity base cooldown 30 -> 25
* Minutiae base cooldown 8 -> 18
* Minutiae SKL amount 1 -> 2
* Minutiae now always gives 1 focus
* Symmetry and Reinterpretation have now swapped places (Symmetry is the base ability, Reinterpretation - the upgrade)
* Symmetry base cooldown 20 -> 25
* Reinterpretation base cooldown 15 -> 35
* Reinterpretation now inflicts 2 symmetry on the target
Viktorija:
* Starting amount of Combat expertise 2 -> 1
* Combat expertise base cooldown 40 -> 45
* Unscathed base cooldown 30 -> 35
* Death denied base cooldown 45 -> 55
* Death denied focus gain 2 -> 3
Maksim:
* Hone base cooldown 45 -> 55
Samanta:
* Momentum and its upgrades base cooldown 17 -> 25
* Parry base cooldown 17 -> 20
Sprīdītis:
* Unyielding physiology & upgrades now specifically give defensive buffs
* Unyielding physiology base cooldown 40 -> 35
* Esprit de corps base cooldown 30 -> 25
* Mutagenesis base cooldown 40 -> 35
* Animated limbs & upgrades have been entirely reworked to give offensive buffs
* Infinite chaos stat loss 0-2 -> 0-1
* Infinite chaos uses per battle 2 -> 1
Elīza:
* Flanked base cooldown 40 -> 45
* Torment and its upgrades have been entirely reworked
Beāte:
* Cut down base cooldown 25 -> 22
* Swing the blade base cooldown 25 -> 22
* Grunt work base cooldown 30 -> 26
* Massacre attack count 10 -> 7
* Massacre now deals 3 self-damage with each hit, rather than 25 self-damage at once
* Massacre no longer gives bleed or vulnerable

Hey all!

Alex here with a little sneak peek into what we’ve been working on

The third major update of Stories from the Outbreak is planned for the end of October. It’s bringing some new content and improvements to various gameplay systems.

Although the original plan for the update was to bring modding support to the game, we’ve decided to postpone this indefinitely and focus on more pressing matters for now. Instead, allow me to introduce you to the main focus of this update - the changes we’re making to in-run progression.

The systems we had in place - the current use of inspiration points and ability upgrades - were designed a very long time ago (before we even knew this game was going to be a roguelike!), so there were a few problems that we wanted to address for quite some time now. The main issues with progression were as follows:

• Players frequently only use 4 of their characters, leaving the rest as idle. The game doesn’t sufficiently encourage swapping out the team more often.
  
• There needs to be plenty of agency and options for players to customise their team. At the same time, we must avoid players always picking the same “favourite” build.
  
• More emphasis on long-term strategy, not just the short-term tactics of a single battle.
  
• We want the characters to progress a bit more during a run, so there’s a larger gap between where you start and where you end up with them.
  
• Characters found later in a run should keep up with the characters the player starts out with.

Some players have also reported a few of these issues. I’m happy to announce that these are being addressed in the upcoming update!

First, inspiration points now serve as the backbone of progression, a currency of sorts to be spent either on stat points (as before), or on ability upgrades, which no longer drop as rewards from combat. They’re also much more common than before, giving the player plenty of options for how they wish to improve characters.

Second, we’ve added a new role: Training. Characters that remain in training for long enough will start finding more inspiration for the remaining run.

Because inspiration is now so essential to progression, this means players are strongly encouraged to put their favourite characters in training whenever possible. Even if you have characters that normally collect dust in the idle bench, they’ll be seeing plenty of action now while Anna is busy doing pushups.

To make matters even messier - in the second half of the game, players now have free choice whether they want to go to character nodes. They’re sprinkled in the map randomly just as any other node. Do you take more characters, allowing for more training opportunities and backup in case a late-game enemy wipes your team? Or do you stick with a small and reliable team that is easier to feed?

Lastly, new characters you meet along the way start with some inspiration points, depending on how many inspiration points your current characters have found. They’ll be just as viable to use in combat as the units you started with.

Along with that, we’re bringing enemies, events, some additional content and gameplay improvements. I’ll leave some of it as a surprise. But who am I kidding, I simply can’t resist another screenshot.

May your strikes be nimble,
Alex and the rest of the Coldwild Games team

Hey everyone!

The second major update of Stories from the Outbreak is now live!

This update includes new content (a new character, new enemies, new trinkets and more), challenge modes (unlocked by beating the game), new backgrounds, various technical improvements, balancing changes, and more! See the full changelog included below.

The next major update will focus on adding modding support to the game, as well as including some new content.

Enjoy,

The Coldwild Games team

Content changes:
* 1 new character
* 14 new trinkets
* 2 new enemies (found only in the third map)
* 1 new event
* Added backstories for Sprīdītis and Elīza
* Added challenge modes - unlocked by beating the game
* Added custom mode
* Full gamepad support
* Input remapping
* Steam cloud saves
* Instead of locking one character, the game now chooses characters that get a bonus at the start of a run
* Changes to game ending and final battle
* Slightly improved random generation in the first map
* In the first map, you can now skip the safehouse, thus saving food - but you have to go down the hardest path
* Many new backgrounds
* Reworked character selection UI
* (bugfix) Revenge now gives a correct amount of bleed
* (bugfix) fix enemy animation when killed in the middle of repeated attacks
* (bugfix) mitigate crash caused by both player and enemy having Leeched status effect

Balance changes:
* Generally more food in food nodes, and more fuel in fuel nodes
* Some adjustments to event probabilities and stat check difficulties
* Immunity is now lowered by 4 stacks whenever taking damage from friendly units
* Most enemy cooldowns increased by 10-20%
* Bouncers and Wardens no longer give protection to targets that already have at least 50 protection
* Warden Meat shield protection 15 -> 10
* Bloated TGH 3 -> 5
* Bloated AMR 12 -> 8
* Legion AMR 16 -> 12
* Humility fuel amount for 1 damage 3 -> 2
* Pocket sundial damage reduction 7 -> 5
* Reflective vest cooldown 20 -> 15
* Yarrow tea effect period 15 -> 10
Anna:
* Mayhem base cooldown 50 -> 45
* Deicide base cooldown 50 -> 55
* Haemorrhage bleed amoun 2 -> 3
* Dance of death focus gain 2 -> 1
Jānis:
* Roughened blade base cooldown 20 -> 25
* Safeguard protection amount 15 -> 14
* Reciprocation duration 45 -> 40
* Redirection duration 30 -> 40
* Redirection protection gain 3 -> 2
Katerina:
* Suppressing fire base cooldown 18 -> 16
* Sea of Blood base cooldown 45 -> 40
* Hollow-point base cooldown 35 -> 30
* Precision shot base damage 5*SKL -> 4*SKL
* Bandage wounds has been entirely reworked
* Warning shot has been entirely reworked
Dmitry:
* Disorienting blow (and its upgrades) focus gain 2 -> 1
* Disorienting blow base cooldown 40 -> 30
* Disorienting blow base damage 3*STR -> 2*STR
* Showstopper strike base cooldown 40 -> 30
* Showstopper strike base damage 5*STR -> 3*STR
* Deranged bashes base cooldown 50 -> 35
* Take cover base cooldown 40 -> 50
* Recollect base cooldown 40 -> 50
* Look after base cooldown 20 -> 40
Dzintars:
* Incision (and its upgrades) base cooldown 20 -> 17
* Twist the blade bleed amount 5 -> 4
* Remedy (and its upgrades) base cooldown 25 -> 22
* Weak spots base cooldown 30 -> 40
* Weak spots vulnerable amount 1 -> 2
* Rip it all out base cooldown 40 -> 35
* Heart to heart base cooldown 13 -> 25
* Heart to heart vulnerable amount (to target) 1 -> 2
* Phlebotomy base cooldown 12 -> 10
Inese:
* Push through status effect has been removed and replaced with Debilitate
* Advantageous timing (and its upgrades) base cooldown 30 -> 25
* Battlefield Manoeuvres no longer consumes 1 focus
* Battlefield Manoeuvres health loss if an ability is being prepared 10 -> 15
* Decapitation base cooldown 80 -> 70
* Decapitation base damage 18*STR -> 20*STR
* Execution base cooldown 120 -> 90
* Severance base cooldown 80 -> 70
* Severance base damage 12*STR -> 15*STR
* Severance focus gain 4 -> 3
* Distraction base cooldown 30 -> 25
* Distraction delay amount 20 -> 25
Zigmārs:
* Minutiae base cooldown 10 -> 8
* Reinterpretation base cooldown 18 -> 15
* Symmetry base cooldown 25 -> 20
* Overture lower poison amount 1 -> 2
Viktorija:
* The best defence base damage 3*STR -> 2*STR
* The best defence base cooldown 25 -> 20
* Death denied base cooldown 50 -> 45
Maksim:
* Sight-line base cooldown 35 -> 30
* Conceal enemy delay 15 -> 8
* Conceal now also lowers cooldown of target by 10 ticks
* Deep breath poison removal 2 -> 3
* Deep breath bleed removal 4 -> 6
* Hone base cooldown 30 -> 45
* Hone effect amount 1 -> 2
* Bloodbath effect amount 25 -> 50
* Bloodbath effect amount no longer scales with bleeding enemy count
* Bloodbath now heals target by 3 for each bleeding enemy
* No time for this base cooldown 25 -> 20
Samanta:
* Base STR 4 -> 3
* Base SKL 1 -> 2
* Disorient now inflicts flanked effect, instead of lowering target's AGI
* Shelter of flesh has been removed from Samanta's moveset, instead replaced with Push onwards
Sprīdītis:
* Despair focus gain 1 -> 2
* Despair status effect count 1 -> 2
* Doom base cooldown 50 -> 40
* Doom focus gain 1 -> 2
* Doom status effect count 2 -> 3
* Drown focus gain 1 -> 2
* Drown bleed amount capped at 30
* Drown now adds a negative status effect
* Unyielding physiology and Mutagenesis have been entirely reworked
* Esprit de corps cooldown 50 -> 30
* Esprit de corps focus gain 2 -> 1
* Animated limbs protection per status effect 3 -> 4
* Burdening tissue delay per status effect 4 -> 5
* Overloading neurons now also gives 2 protection per status effect
* Providence base cooldown 40 -> 25
* Negative effect pool bleed amount 6 -> 4
* Negative effect pool poison amount 3 -> 2
* Negative effect pool confused amount 60 -> 45
* Negative effect pool mockery amount 8 -> 5
* Negative effect pool no longer includes weakened
* Negative effect pool now includes marked
* Negative effect pool now includes surrender
* Positive effect pool no longer includes reciprocation
* Positive effect pool now includes condemn
Elīza:
* Deep cut base cooldown 25 -> 30
* Piercing cut base cooldown 25 -> 30
* Piercing cut poison 1 -> 2
* Piercing cut bleed 3 -> 0
* Flanked base cooldown 35 -> 40
* Strike back base cooldown 25 -> 30