Auto RPG Ex v0.8 - Patch Notes

Hello hello!

Last month's contest was really fun, but it did put a big spotlight on the current progression curve challenges (as well as some skills who were better than intended in some instances). 

This month's update is primarily aimed at improving the unit balance, progression curve and add some quality of life updates to your play experience! 

This update also includes the prizes for two of the three winners of the community contest! The third prize is well on its way for next update.  

 General/Quality of Life Changes :
- North, the Winter Wolf now appears as a main Boss. Fill up your damage gauge before her by attacking her. The first one to fill it up will attack the other for a big amount of damage.
- Player Attacks can now be triggered by pressing Space on your keyboard.
- Player Active Skills can now be triggered by pressing the numbers 1-6 on your keyboard.
- Player Active Skills are now capped at lvl 50.
- Changed character unlock requirements to spread their unlocks a bit more instead of them being all unlocked incredibly early except June.
- Encouragement and Massive Blow's cooldowns shortened to 15 seconds.
- Massive Blow grants more attacks per Skill Level.
- Berserk does not affect Troops Damage anymore.
- Rally stops current Flurry of attacks if enemy is defeated to avoid defeating multiple enemies in a single frame.
- Troops were globally nerfed across the board to give more importance to the main characters.
- Sped up Scrollbar for the Unit/Skill/Troops/Relics Tabs for players using their mouse wheel.
- You can now Retreat from a Boss Fight to fight weaker monsters uninterrupted to grind Gold/Exp for your next attempt. You retreat automatically if you cannot defeat the boss in the Time given. 

Character Changes :
- 6E - New Active : Chrono Shift - After casting either Repair Kit or EMP Surge, speeds up Allies' next Active Skill by [1 x Rank] second(s).
- Sophie - Dice Toss 5 - Replaced by a Team Attack. Adds up every party member's attack and lands a critical hit that ignores defense.
- Leila - New Passive : Steadfast - When she attacks or gets attacked, speeds up her next Active Skill by [3 x Rank] seconds. Base attack buffed from 12 > 15. Mountain Crusher's Damage Buffed from 140% > 250% + 50% x Rank.
- Laetitia - Treasure Hunt's Cooldown reduced from 60 > 30 seconds. Gains 1% extra gold per Laetitia's Level. Lowered Aggro from 25 > 14. Flintlock's bonus damage buffed from 100% + 10% x Rank > 150% + 25% x Rank.
- Lilith - Amp It Up now speeds up everyone's next Attack by [2 x Lilith's Rank] seconds.
- Annabelle - Base Damage Buffed from 2 > 4. Passive boost increased from 25% per Love Level > 50% per Love Level.
- Samira - Showstopper Tap Damage Boost increased from 25% x Rank > 75% + 25% x Rank. Cooldown reduced from 40 > 30 seconds.
- Tomoe - Base Damage Buffed from 5 > 7
- Keri - Base Damage Buffed from 6 > 10
- Coco - Base Damage Buffed from 6 > 10

Visual Update :
- Bloodlust got a complete Visual Update

New Skins :
- Studded Lilith
- Casual Coco
- Pop Software Samira

New Relic :
- DJ's 12 Incher - Increase Tap Damage by 25% per Level.

Relic Changes :
- Most relics had their Max Level lowered.
- Silent Vibrator - Now reduces Unit Cooldowns by 5% per Level to compensate for lower Max Level.
- Pepper Spray - Now Boosts Gold/Experience gains by 30% on top of the previous effect. Only applies to Gold/Experience gained for defeating enemies.

Bugfixes :
- Fixed Issue where some units who faint would stay active but unable to attack with 0 HP.
- Fixed issue where units could be upgraded past Rank 9.
- Massive Blow now correctly applies Samira's Showstopper Buff.
- Added Placeholder to reduce Unit Profile issues with missing images.
- Fixed a minor issue where the Battle Log overlapped with the Tap Area.
- Fixed issue where Units could earn enough Exp to overflow the variable and end back at Level 1.
- Preemptively fixed issue where accumulated Gold could potentially overflow like Unit Exp. 

Next update will feature some more QoL stuff as well as some new story content, so you don't want to miss it! 

Thank you so much for your time!
Exquisite