Weekly Update #39

Gameplay

• Reduced number of abilites to two: one active with cooldown and one ultimate with rage cost
• Implemented Passive Triggers System

Developer’s Note:

With the earlier change to abilities (one active and one ultimate), another addition comes in the form of passive triggers. Each unequipped talent now has a chance to trigger passively during gameplay. These triggers are typically chance-based and activate on events such as OnCleaveAttack, OnCriticalStrike, OnStackApplied, OnDodge, etc.

However, the system also supports more advanced conditions, such as „Triggers once every 60 seconds while the player is below 50% HP.”

• Implemented Masteries System

Developer’s Note:

A system is now in place that calculates mastery points. Each talent from a given discipline adds 1 mastery point. Talents are aware of how much mastery the player has in their discipline, allowing me to modify their logic based on the mastery bonus.

For now, this is implemented as a proof of concept in Chain Lightning, where every 2 mastery points grant the player an additional jump.

Talents

• Chain Lightning:
  • Reworked calculation logic to be more independent allowing for multiple chain lightnings to be casted at once
  • Mastery: For every 2 points of Storm Mastery, Chain Lightning gains 1 additional jump, extending its reach and devastation across the battlefield
• Lightning Rod:
  • Effect is now triggered from crirical strikes originated only from melee attacks
  • Mastery: Each 1 points of Storm Mastery increase the effectiveness of duplicated lightning strikes by 5%, up to a maximum total effectiveness of 95%.
• New: Closed Circuit:
  • When the storm has nowhere left to go, it comes back to you. If Chain Lightning has no valid targets, it arcs through you instead, restoring 50%(+Mastery) damage and resetting its strike list. If this is the final jump, the remaining energy surges inward, healing you for the damage it would have dealt.
  • Mastery: The storm’s power flows stronger through you. For every 1 Storm Mastery, the damage restored when Chain Lightning bounces off you is increased by 5%, up to a maximum of 100%
• New: Discharge:
  • When enemies affected by Conduit die, they unleash raw storm energy, releasing 1 (+Mastery) arcs of Chain Lightning at 10% effectiveness.
  • Mastery: For every 1 points of Storm Mastery, Discharge generates an additional arc, up to a maximum of 3 extra arcs.

UI

• Removed skill slot 3 and 4 in Player Action Bar

Internal

• Damage-dealing methods now return the generated damage object, allowing abilities to identify details such as whether the damage applied was critical.