{"id":1311,"date":"2017-05-26T08:42:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T15:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2017-07-05T00:16:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T07:16:50","slug":"fictorum-update-44-new-spellblade-ability-destructible-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/26\/fictorum-update-44-new-spellblade-ability-destructible-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Fictorum Update #44: New Spellblade Ability and Destructible Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two more weeks down and our August release draws closer. We\u2019re proud of the state of Fictorum, especially with the latest patch, which has a new Spellblade melee ability and destructible damage\u00a0changes!<br \/>\n<!--more--><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[ (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-70843120-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); \/\/ ]]><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/assets.gfycat.com\/gfycat.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">Fictorum 0.9.4 Beta<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/44.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1315\" src=\"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/44-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Fictorum Spellblade\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/44-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/44-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/44-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/44-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/fictorum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/44.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greg is back at it with this patch\u2019s vlog. Check out the latest changes in action!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fictorum Vlog 7: Destructible Damage and Spellblade\" width=\"510\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xXgzKLNBEMU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Major Change: New Spellblade Ability<\/h2>\n<p>An intrepid Fictorum can encounter the powerful Spellblade ability, enabling the wizard to overpower enemies at close range.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/gfycat.com\/FixedDismalClingfish<\/p>\n<h2>Major Change: Destructible Damage<\/h2>\n<p>Consider yourself warned: Falling rubble now deals damage to player in Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulties as well! The damage dealt is greatly scaled by difficulty.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/gfycat.com\/LinearClassicAndeancondor<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Bugs Fixes and Minor Enhancements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Processing new levels, equipment changes, enemy spawning, and rune\/item generation is now completed substantially faster<\/li>\n<li>Dash movement has been significantly improved and\u00a0is much more useful if the player has fallen off the map<\/li>\n<li>Frozen spears no longer freeze in midair after colliding with enemies<\/li>\n<li>Leather\/armor accent colors properly change on plate armor<\/li>\n<li>Channeling spell animations are smoother while moving<\/li>\n<li>Projectile targeting is not blocked by other projectiles and is blocked by shields<\/li>\n<li>Animation skating is reduced<\/li>\n<li>Townsfolk no longer count as killed enemies for evil quests after being feared<\/li>\n<li>Melee enemies no longer run impossibly fast after being feared<\/li>\n<li>Chapter tabs have been added to the top of the History window<\/li>\n<li>Cooldown is removed from Phalanx and mana cost is increased by 33%<\/li>\n<li>Events are not repeated within a chapter<\/li>\n<li>Chimney destroyed materials have been properly set<\/li>\n<li>Final levels are no longer randomly selected when encountering the Inquisition Legion<\/li>\n<li>Bandit towers have more appropriate destruction SFX<\/li>\n<li>Being knocked down while channeling Telekinesis drops the currently held enemy<\/li>\n<li>Runes properly populate in stores<\/li>\n<li>Jump always responds\u00a0appropriately<\/li>\n<li>Plate helmets have a more appropriate color scheme<\/li>\n<li>Bandit tower fences no longer float after destruction<\/li>\n<li>Defensive\/offensive teleport has been significantly improved<\/li>\n<li>Archers no longer draw weapons upon landing<\/li>\n<li>Arrows appropriately attach to the closest area hit on a character<\/li>\n<li>Enemies are not killed by stationary rubble<\/li>\n<li>More character information is included on the Details panel within the Inventory<\/li>\n<li>Cloth and plate pauldrons have increased buy\/sell values<\/li>\n<li>Character skin no longer clips through armor<\/li>\n<li>Status bar text properly hides after hovering on the chapter map<\/li>\n<li>Hardcore is off by default<\/li>\n<li>Gravity well causes enemies to get up at odd times.<\/li>\n<li>Characters do not float while getting back to their feet after a knockdown<\/li>\n<li>New music has been added for corrupted encounters<\/li>\n<li>Higher quality runes have a greater chance to drop in later regions<\/li>\n<li>High explosive rune effectiveness is reduced and base spell radii are increased<\/li>\n<li>Jump landing animations have been improved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Coming Weeks<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ll be hosting another developer twitch stream on 5\/30 at 8pm PT. 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