After a long, long hiatus I'm returning to work on my games again for a bit.

There's no new content here. I'm a busy guy. I don't have a planned release date for the postgame content, but it's still in the works.

The postgame, Return to the Tower of KYLE, will include a single dungeon with new special weapons that come with new skills, new monsters to use those skills against, and a story to give everyone an excuse to be there.  

It's not going to be as ambitious as I wanted it to be (it could have been another 3-4ish hours), but I don't really have the time for that. Still, I expect the new skills, equipment, and monsters will create some new strategies.

Anyway, on to the patch notes! The main parts are some skill reworks and a buff to poison and some weapons.

(man i hate the formatting on this site)

kylesword 1.0.6 patch notes:

General Stuff

• If you did not use the Blue Sun Globe, it will be automatically discarded after beating the final boss.
• Made the fishing minigame a bit easier.
• Escaping is now guaranteed. I swear it was supposed to be this way before...
• The game files are arranged a little differently.
•  Now there's a pre-made shortcut so you don't have to go digging through the files for game.exe.

Dungeon Stuff

• Changed what enemies you first encounter on each of the maps of the first main dungeons and the second main dungeon.

Dialogue/Scene Stuff

• Some typo fixes.
• Added a new line for Kivari when recruiting her in one of the routes.
• Added a message for whenever someone officially joins or leaves the party.
• The text box that appears after beating the game no longer says the postgame release is planned for summer 2023.
  •  So, I am no longer implying I will go back in time and release it.

Actor Stuff

• Fye Tirr now has 3 additional skills and 10 more Max MP.

Skills and States Stuff

• The Luck stat now has a greater impact on status inflict chance.
• All skills' descriptions now mention their act speed.
• Guard
  •  Slightly increased MP gain.

• Ardain's base skills:
  • Cover:
  •  Fixed an issue where, if an ally Ardain was covering died and was later revived, Ardain would always cover for that ally for the entire rest of the playthrough.

• Ryze's dagger skills:
  • Sonic Slash:
  •  Now targets a single foe.
  •  Damage formula is now: Atk*1.5 + Mat*2
  •  Confusion chance: 50% -> 75%
  •  TP Cost: 35 -> 25

• Istar's base skills:
  • Toxic Tip:
    •  TP Cost: 20 -> 15
    • Normal attack status inflict rate: 25% -> 50%
  • Crescent Moon:
    • Normal attack status inflict rate: 25% -> 100%
    • Is now a certain hit type move instead of a physical attack.
    • This means not only will it always hit, but it will also ignore Counter states and physical resistance.
  • Full Moon has been reworked:
    • It is now a strong attack that can only target a paralyzed or sleeping foe, but it has a chance to inflict instant death.
    • This should be very funny to use.

• Istar's two-handed sword skills:
  • Bladesong:
    •  Now targets a single enemy with 5 weaker slashes.
    •  Act speed: -6 -> 0
    •  TP cost: 60 -> 40
    •  Now it can be used more often but still has its multi-hit capabilities.
• Istar's bow skills:
  • Piercing Rain and Falling Hail:

    
    

    • Dmg formula: Atk*0.25
    •  Now ignores defense.
    •  TP cost: 40 -> 30
    •  The idea is to make bows able to show their utility more by making these skills cost less.

• Kivari's base skills:
  • Pass Without Trace
    • Now grants +15% crit rate.
    • MP cost: 3 -> 5
    • This will hopefully make it less niche.
  • Poison Weapon and Silent Weapon:
    • Duration: 5 -> 8 turns
    • MP Cost: 5 -> 6
  • Haste:
    • No longer doublebuffs agility.
    • Now lasts for 2 actions instead of 1.
    • Before, it was more like Kivari just giving up an action to give an ally another--which is good, but not exactly worth 24 MP.
  • Kivari no longer learns Steel-Wind Strike:
    • It was a bit too redundant and quite too costly to be of consistent use.
  • Kivari now learns Steel-Wind Stride:
    • This double-buffs the user's Atk and buffs Agi.
  • Assassin's Arms has been reworked:
    • Instead of a granting instant death attacks, it now grants +75% crit rate.
    • This change was made so Istar's new Full Moon isn't irrelevant, but this skill is still powerful in its own right.

• Kivari's sword skills:
  • Sustained Blade:
  •  Now ignores 60% defense instead of 50%.
  •  This'll help make it a bit more relevant against high defense enemies and bosses.
  • Kivari's enchanter skills:
  •  Now all grant a 10% magic attack buff.
  •  Each Aura state now gives a different elemental resistance than the attack element it grants.
  •  Fire Aura now gives ice resistance, etc.
  •  That way you don't grant an ally fire attacks while trying to buff up against a fire enemy, for example.
• Enemy skills:
  • Foul Howl:
  •  Inflicts a less problematic status ailment.

• Poison status buff:
• •  Formerly, if poison damage would kill a target, the damage would just be set to 0.
  •  Now, if poison damage would kill, it cuts the damage in half instead.
  •  Poison damage formula: (Mat+Luk)/2 -> (Mat+Luk) * .65
  •  These changes should make poison marginally more useful.
  •  Some enemies have had their Mat and Luk changed to account for this.

Item Stuff

• Wizard's Flask:
  •  MP restored: 50 -> 60
  •  Cost: 25 -> 30
• Wizard's Mist:
  • MP restored: 50 -> 60
  • Cost: 100 -> 120

• Orb of Confusion:
  •  Confusion inflict chance: 50% -> 40%
• Added a new item: Lucky Charm
  •  Buffs the party's luck.
  •  Since the impact of luck has been increased, this may come in handy when inflicting or dealing with status ailments.
  •  This becomes available once you reach Koltin.

Equipment Stuff:

• Daggers
  •  All daggers now have a +3% crit chance.
  •  All daggers have increased Atk and cost.
• Polearms
  •  Added "two-handed" to the description of most polearms.
  •  All polearms are two-handed, even if their description doesn't say so, but some descriptions were too long to fit the clarification.
• Claws
  •  Added "Claws attack twice." to the description of more claw weapons.
  •  This includes the crowdpleaser, wardbreaker, hookclaws, and raptor claws.
  •   All claws attack twice, even if their description doesn't say so, but some descriptions were too long to fit the clarification.
• Whips
  •  All whips now have a +2% crit rate and a cost increase.
• Flamberge
  •  Atk: 23 -> 24
  •  Price: 385 -> 400
• The elemental accessories (pyro gloves, cryo mitts, winged boots, etc.) now give the right amount of elemental resistance.
  •  They were all giving 75% resistances before. It was supposed to be 25%.
• Runeshield
  •  Can now actually be equipped.
• Medic Gloves
  •  Can now actually be equipped.
• Was this always an issue...?

Enemy Stuff

• Fixed some bestiary descriptions. Typos, unecessary spaces, the works.
• Enemies in the arena now give significantly more EXP and Sil.
  •  They give about five times more EXP and about twice as much Sil than before.
  •  They still are not as efficient for grinding as enemies in the overworld and dungeons, however, on the off chance you feel the need to grind...
• Zombie
  •  Mat: 1 -> 4
  •  Luk: 19 -> 17
• Wraith
  •  Max MP: 60 -> 50
• Corrupted Sentinel
  •  Max MP: 44 -> 40
• Olrock Cave Boss
  •  Replaced poison immunity with poison resistance.
• Foul Wasp
  •  Mat: 5 -> 1
• Bereskarn
  •  Max MP: 24 -> 10
• Woodguard
  •  Max MP: 50 -> 40
• Murkwoods Boss:
  •  Mat: 20 -> 19
  •  Luk: 28 -> 26
• Malicious Treant (optional miniboss)
  •  Replaced poison immunity with poison resistance.
• Hertz the Berserker (optional miniboss)
  • No longer resists dark element.
  • Mdf: 15 -> 10

• Shadow
  •  Atk: 30 -> 32
  •  Agi: 24 -> 26
• Ruin Guard
  •  Atk: 31 -> 33
  •  Agi: 23 -> 26
• Ogre
  •  Agi: 26 -> 28
• Knight Statue
  •  Mat: 20 -> 10
• Cat-Sìth (arena enemy)
  •  Gained two status immunities.
  •  Lost one status immunity.
  •  Gained one status weakness.
• 2nd Main Boss
  •  Has an additional weakness.
  •  Is more likely to use certain skills.
• Blackguard (optional boss)
  •  Atk: 55 -> 60
  •  Mat: 25 -> 35
  •  Agi: 38 -> 40
  •  Luk: 40 -> 45
• Final boss
  •  Has an additional resistance and immunity.
• Battle Bat (arena enemy)
  •  Mat: 10 -> 5

Shop Stuff

• Koltin General Store
•  Expanded the stock to include items and accessories from Olrock and Ced. For convenience!