Noblesse Oblige v0.12.0.9 "The City of Merchants" Patreon Release! (Patreon)

Edit #2: Updated to v0.12.0.9 to fix a few minor issues with old content and hopefully fix an issue with Galatea if you fought Somnus in Hypernia.

Get it here!

Edit: Updated to v0.12.0.8. Mostly minor issues, but one serious one; investing in Shadowwood Workers resets Cynthia's loyalty completely. This would be a very difficult one to do a retroactive fix for, so if you invested in this, reloading a save before it would be ideal.

Also, we now have a proper map of Versalia on the library wall. =P My pixel edits seem to have gotten passable. XD Heading to bed now.

v0.12 is out! This update ended up much more substantial than originally anticipated, but I think overall it came out very well. As ever, it's strongly recommended that you load a save in the Temporal Rift. There are also significant feature improvements, including an easier way to get to the autosave and a new screenshot button. See below for details.

I'll be going out for a while, but should be around this evening if there are any issues. Hopefully not, though, we tested this version pretty extensively. Hope everyone enjoys!

v0.12.0.7 "The City of Merchants" Patch Notes (7-5-2024)

- 80k words of text.

- Significant new section of the story.

- Over 30 new pieces of equipment!

- A new iteration of Castle Kharos!

- Two new areas in Castle Kharos (with the appropriate proposal investments)!

- Receive your first Custom Armor (with the appropriate proposal investment)!

- New loyalty skills/upgrades available (Cynthia, Lorena, Stelianos, Despoina, and Calysia [Alivaen path only, at present]).

- Six new achievements for those playing on Steam.

- Adjustments to Eris's backstory to address a logistical issue. The revised introduction scene can be viewed on version transition or from the Temporal Rift at the end of Chapter 11.

- Graphical improvements to Elysios City and Paraliapolis.

= Balance Changes

(Note: May contain spoilers for prior versions, read at your discretion)

- Ariadne's Wildfire damage increased significantly, and damage multiplier against a single target increased to x2.5

- Reworked skills for Cynthia

 ~ Bloodfury and Tranquil Fury have been redesigned as Fury builders with new effects.

 ~ Damage of Blood Strike and Retaliate increased. Blood Strike now has a 2 round cooldown.

 ~ Farstrike is now usable in either oath and builds extra Fury if it hits an archer or sorcerer.

 ~ Clash now generates 2 Fury rather than 1.

 ~ New skill: Sweeping Strike, a Fury builder AoE.

 ~ New skill: Barbed Thrust, a Fury builder for Blood Oath that causes Bleeding.

- Somnus's Lucid Dream cost decreased to 20 DP. Cooldown changed to 3 rounds.

- Somnus's Nightfall cooldown removed.

- Added 1 point of Noble Support to the decision to deploy a large force to the Elysian Groves.

- Added 5 Lorena loyalty for those who chose to face Somnus in Hypernia.

- Changed 1 point of Popular Support to 5 points of Alcinian Support in the Alcina's Faithful proposal. This change will be automatically applied on the version transition from the Temporal Rift.

= Features

- The Autosave slot can now be reached quickly by pressing Shift in the save menu. This is indicated in the header.

- F7 now saves a screenshot to a "Screenshots" folder in the game directory.

- The Proposal menu now shows Elite Units as a benefit and has a new category for "Other" benefits such as new castle areas.

- Factor effects for decisions now show the current value in parenthesis.

- Added "Unique" items. These items are designated by a "(Unique)" tag at shops, and can only be purchased once.

= UI Improvements

- Fixed clipping in the quest log description box.

- Fixed weird extra linebreaks in quest log objectives.

- Re-added luck stat when checking stat change effects of items.

- Rewrote the code for the item comparison on the right-hand menu in shops; comparisons are now done by total stat value change (with 50 HP/MP = 1 point of other stats).

= Bugfixes

- Fixed the incorrect Army Size bonus for Siege Weaponry (now gives +1 Army Size as intended; was incorrectly +3). This will be automatically corrected on the version transition from the Temporal Rift for those who invested.

- Fixed the benefits for proposals added in Chapter 10 being double counted. This will be automatically corrected on the version transition from the Temporal Rift.

Screenshots

Steam Version Info

Steam Beta Key: 77gygCH11Beta

You can access the steam version by choosing the game in your library -> properties -> betas, and entering that code. An important note, the Steam version of the game is keyed to give the supporter rewards (extra armor colors, Crown Loyalist Pendant, and Crown Loyalist Token) based on the Steam dlc rather than based on it being a supporter version. This isn't a behavior I want to mess with. You'll still have the items if you import a save with them, though.