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- Rune Gate (2522270)
- Event type
- patch note
- Published
- 21 December 2023 - 16:30:18 UTC
- Source
- steam_community_announcements
As a damage mechanic, Elemental Illness has limited utility. It complicates the learning curve, adds unnecessary battle information, its runes lack practicality, and it restricts team composition. While the 50% extra damage is beneficial, it's seldom active, and, let's be honest, you don't really need the damage boost. And that's why I'm making the following changes: 1. Elemental Illness is now removed; 2. The concept of elemental damage has been eradicated to simplify the damage system, providing clarity and enhancing the adaptability of certain augments. Elemental attacks are now purely visual effects; 3. Secondary attributes of certain runes have been modified in the absence of Elemental Illness. All runes and augments directly tied to Illness have been removed; 4. Defense now decreases in tandem with armor endurance, and armor no longer possesses resistance; 5. Updated the recipes an...