1.8.1

Tweaked the Kensei with some improved naming conventions (ever imagine a sword in a railgun sheathe?), a replacement for Windstorm, and new Veteran and Ultra features! Minor buff to the Mesmerist’s initial Mirror Images, nerfs to Occultist’s MOLOCH Drone and Vulture’s Opportunistic Salvage, and some shuffling of features within the Zealot’s base kit (with changes elsewhere to compensate).

NPC Classes

Kensei

HF Kinetic Saber

• BREAKING CHANGE: Renamed to “Minuano” Kinetic Saber, including renamed IDs.
• Increased Threat on both profiles from 2 to 3.
• Reworded effect (no functional change).
• LCP Bugfix: Added AP tag to Charged profile.

Gunmetal Sheathe

• BREAKING CHANGE: Renamed to Mass Driver Sheathe, including renamed IDs.

Deft Parry

• BREAKING CHANGE: Renamed to Mach Parry, including renamed IDs.

Windstorm

• BREAKING CHANGE: Replaced with Gaussian Blur.

Gaussian Blur

• New feature! When sheathing the saber, move through opponent’s spaces and deal AP damage.

Mortal Draw (Ultra)

• New Ultra Feature! If the Kensei takes the last turn in the round, it can attack everyone in Burst 3 with its sword, Shredding on hit.

Pommel Launcher (Veteran)

• New Veteran Feature! Adds a new profile to the “Minuano” Kinetic Saber with Thrown 5 and Knockback 3/5/7.

Mesmerist

Mirror Image

• Change so that the Mesmerist deploys with 2 mirror images.

NARCISSUS Override

• Change to “may only draw line of sight to the Mesmerist’s spaces” to bring closer in line with existing first-party language regarding restrictions on line of sight.

Napalm

Incendiary Grenade

• Added Arcing tag.

Occultist

Diviner’s Darts

• Revert the change making it so the Occultist moves the drone, to play more nicely with MOLOCH’s grapples. Players can Overwatch moving drones, as a treat.

Call from Below

• Reduce the HP of the MOLOCH Drone from 20/25/30 to 15/20/25.
• Restrict the grapple range from 3 spaces to adjacent.

Prism

Diffraction Beam

• Change to “can only draw line of sight to the Prism’s spaces” to bring closer in line with existing first-party language regarding restrictions on line of sight.

Scintillating Gleam

• Clean up wording to bring closer in line with existing first-party language regarding restrictions on line of sight.

Torrent

Storm Surge

• Reduce push distance from 10 to 5.

Vulture

Testing found that the extended ranges of the Vulture’s “Magpie”-related suites was a bit generous, and that Opportunistic Salvage is obscene with drone-generating allies. Dialing back this power to reinforce the “near-frontline” aspect of the Vulture and limit Drone abuse.

“Magpie” Subroutines

• Reduce Range from 5 to 3.
• Reduce Overshield granted from 4/6/8 to 3/5/7.

Opportunistic Salvage

• Add Limited 1 tag.
• Reduce Range of Trigger from 5 to 3.

Grapplescrapper (Veteran)

• Reduce Range from 5 to 3.

Zealot

Divided up many of Zeal’s effects into the other pieces of its base kit. Removed Engagement and Reaction immunity from Zeal, but improved Fanatical Charge to compensate.

Zeal

• Moved ability to prevent Invisible and Hidden to Emberlight Nexus.
• Removed ability to ignore engagement and reactions while within Zeal.

Emberlight Nexus

• Added effect:

  “Characters that take burn from this weapon lose Invisible and Hidden and can’t regain either until they clear all Burn.”

Fanatical Charge

• Reduce Recharge from 6+ to 5+.
• Remove ability for Zealot to fly, but allow it to benefit from the same effect as allies.
• Add ability to ignore difficult terrain.

Rally the Righteous

• Reworked! Now lets allies be treated as one size larger for Grapple, Ram, and engagement, followed by clearing Slowed and standing up from Prone.