Backpack Battles reveals a host of balance changes, and doesn’t ship as the game is in early access.
Backpack Battles Update Mar 22 0.9.3 Balance Changes
Neutral
- Pineapple: Cooldown 4s -> 3.5s
- Fanfare: Cooldown 5s -> 4.5s
- Pandamonium: Now has one more * slot, damage -3
- Ice Dragon: Cold threshold 20 -> 12, Block gain 50 -> 35
- Burning Torch: Damage gain chance 30% -> 25%, damage -1, Heat threshold 15 -> 8
- Thorn Whip: Stamina usage 2.5 -> 2.4
- Dancing Dragon: Damage per Heat: 1.0 -> 0.5, Heat / Luck per Magic item: 1 -> 2
- Sapphire (Weapon): Chances reduced
Pyromancer
- Fire Pit: Health bonus per Fire item: 5 -> 4
- Frostbite: Chance to inflict Cold 70% -> 60%
- Obsidian Dragon: Heat needed for bonus attack 15 -> 22
- Phoenix: Health per Heat: 7 -> 6
- Burning Sword: Change to gain Heat 60% -> 50%
- Draconic Orb: Critical hits 4 ->3, cooldown 2.5s -> 3s
- Sun Armor: Heal 20 -> 17
- Flame Whip: Cooldown 2.0s -> 1.7s, stamina usage 2.0 -> 1.7
- Staff of Fire: +1 damage
- Molten Dagger: +1 damage
- Molten Spear: +1 damage
Berserker
- Axe / Double Axe: Cooldown 1.9s -> 2.0s
- (Armored) Courage Puppy: Cooldown 4s -> 3.5s
- Power Puppy: Cooldown 4s -> 3.5s
- Armored Power Puppy: Cooldown 3.5s -> 3.0s
- Badger Rune / Elephant Rune / Hawk Rune: Cost 6g -> 5g
- Chain Whip: Cooldown 2.5s -> 2.3s, stamina usage: 2.5 -> 2.3
- Ranger
- Mega Clover: Bonus sale chance: 6% -> 5%
- Hedgehog: Spikes 1 -> 2
- Rat: Chance to inflict Poison 50% -> 70%, chance to inflict Blind 15% -> 10%
- Yggdrasil Leaf: Heal 5 -> 8
- Poison Ivy: Poison threshold 19 -> 18, bonus damage 20% -> 25%
- Belladonna’s Shade: Poison/debuff inflict chance 60% -> 70%
- Fortuna’s Hope: Luck chance 50% -> 60%
- Carrot: Luck requirement: 5 -> 4
Reaper
- Snake: Cleanse resist chance 5% -> 4%, Cooldown 2s -> 2.2s
- Nocturnal Lock Lifter: Vampirism 2 -> 3
- Cauldron: Cooldown 4s -> 3s
- Strong Mana Potion: Mana 7 -> 9
- Strong Vampiric Potion: Lifesteal 13% -> 20%
- Strong Divine Potion: Cleanses 12 -> 13, random buffs 5 -> 7
- Staff of Unhealing: Heal +1
- Mrs. Struggles: Cooldown 3.5s -> 3s
- Miss Fortune: Cooldown 2.5s -> 2s
- The Fool: Speed bonus 35% -> 40%
- Ace of Spades / Reverse! / White-Eyes Blue Dragon / Holo Fire Lizard: Cost -1
Backpack Battles Update Mar 22 0.9.3 Other Changes
Fixes:
- Stamina usage can no longer get negative
- Strong Mana Potion / Divine Potion now mix colors correctly with other potions
- Wardrobe now works with controller
Other:
- Tutorial prompts now show controller buttons when played with controller
Backpack Battles is slated to remain in early access largely for 3 to 6 months; at least that is what the developers have revealed on the Steam page. On the other hand, a majority of content updates are planned to be released for the popular PvE avatars. A series of balance patches are also lined up on the board, as we await more information from the developers regarding the game’s next update. “We plan to continue a weekly content patch cycle, with hotfix patches in between,” revealed the team on the game’s Steam page.
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