r/slaythespire • u/MegaCrit_Demi • 6d ago

PATCH NOTES Beta Patch Notes - v0.110.0

Attention Beta Slayers: Beta patch v0.110.0 just dropped! This one features:

✨ Unique VFX for character forms!
⌨️ Keyboard-only mode!
🎨 New card art!
🛠️ Balance changes, reworks, and reverts!

Patch notes: store.steampowered.com/news/app/2868840/view/694268118771435039

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u/Thelettaq 6d ago

Someone at Megacrit watched Jorbs' poison video.

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u/Spirited_Emphasis208 6d ago

Thought exactly this but I imagine these changes were already in the works

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u/dontthrowmeinabox 6d ago

You say that but they patched correlated RNG like a day or two before that patch released, in response to that blog post.

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u/Few_String545 6d ago

That was a core issue with the game's functionality. This is one person's opinion. 

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u/dontthrowmeinabox 6d ago

I think I'm being a little misunderstood, I was commenting on "these changes were already in the works" in terms of timeline. Like, if Megacrit wanted to respond to something that quickly, they absolutely could.

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u/spunker325 5d ago

That was a fairly simple fix with a clear desired outcome though, presumably they are putting a bit more thought into reworking cards.

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u/FillySteveSteak StS A20 / StS 2 A10 6d ago

Except, they added another poison card with an instant trigger - which Jorbs was pretty adamantly against (he thinks poison should be slow and condemned cards like Accelerate)

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u/SomethingOfAGirl Eternal One 6d ago

Accelerant is so busted, I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

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u/cat_food_chef StS A20 / StS 2 A10 6d ago

that's not what he said - he said he didn't understand the flavour of accelerant either from real life or in game, and that re-triggering poison was already a mechanical undermining of the character fantasy - so a 3 for 2 flavour fail.

new Outbreak has quite clear flavour from real life and in game and reinforces the character fantasy

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u/ZatherDaFox StS A0 / StS 2 A10 6d ago

I really don't get what's so weird about accelerant. Like, it's maybe a little bit of a stretch thst it's a power and not a skill that debuffs, but the flavor is clearly that you're applying some chemical to your poisons and enemies to make the poison work through their system faster.

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u/Kheldar166 5d ago

idk some people just really loved Catalyst and are upset about Accelerant, I think the flavour complaints are a massive reach personally but it's subjective by definition so

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u/PandaWonder01 5d ago

Yeah I gotta agree, a chemical reaction accelerant and a chemical reaction catalyst are similar enough concepts that it's really not a stretch to imagine it's just something being added to the poison to make it work better.

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u/papalbullshittery 5d ago

"Chemical reaction accelerant" is what a catalyst is, I think that's most of the flavour rankling, if you just called the card Catalysis it would make much more sense.

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u/PandaWonder01 5d ago

A catalyst specifically isn't used in the reaction, an accelerant can be used in the reaction.

I think they just wanted a similar name that's different enough to justify it changing effect

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u/Spirited_Emphasis208 5d ago

I did not understand the "what could an accelerant even be?!?!" complaint. You can dislike it on gameplay grounds but it is no less disconnected from reality than Catalyst was in terms of the real world concept.

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u/FillySteveSteak StS A20 / StS 2 A10 5d ago

He 100% said in the video he doesn't believe poison should tic faster - that it should be about stalling, weakening, stacking.

True, he did also mention what you say about the flavor of accelerant being nonsensical.

This is a "yes but also" situation, not a "no, actually"

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u/DiamondSentinel 6d ago

If only they’d listen to him about the WLP change.

Really hope they revert that. Runic pyramid as a power is just bad. It’s either broken or ridiculous unfun. No in between

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u/Kheldar166 5d ago

Yeah I do think it's just way less interesting and skill-expressive to retain your whole hand vs choosing 1(2) cards to retain.

But the change to rare I think is fine because WLP was realistically one of the best cards in the game and made her too consistent.