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New Patch: Final Combat Revision [Happy April Fools]
🕑 Added 2024-04-01 20:19:12 +0000 UTCAfter years of faffing around, waffling between systems and ideas, we’ve finally chosen to look to the game’s past, and the past of the genre as a whole, and revamp our combat system one last time. We’re calling this the Advanced Roleplaying Rules module, where you’ll find greater survivability, streamlined character progression, and revised itemization that should dramatically increase the fun factor all around in a timeless harkening to the oldest days of the genre.
2.7.5 Patch Notes:
After much discussion among the staff, we have chosen to rename some of the classes to better communicate the intent behind their mechanical and narrative design. We have renamed the Warrior as the Fighter, the White Mage as the Cleric, the Black Mage as the Wizard, and the Charmer as the Bard. Thieves escape unharmed — for now! Some day they’ll even be able to actually steal things!
To combat combat becoming too easy, and characters too overpowered on both sides, you no longer gain Attribute points when you level up, making your Race, Background, and Class choice considerably more important. What you start with is what you’ll have all game! Plan out your combinations wisely!
Perks have proven to be too complex and burdensome for players and developers alike (I hate coming up with new things as you gain levels…), and thus are no longer gained past Level 1. Your initial choice of class is that much more important now!
Speaking of surviving all game, Evasion has been reworked. Now called “Armor Class,” it derives almost entirely from your equipment. The lower your class of armor, the more likely you are to dodge an attack.
The base chance for evading an attack has been increased from 15% to about 50%, significantly increasing survivability and fun factor.
Your Accuracy score has been replaced with a To Hit Armor Class rating, based around a benchmark of Armor Class 0. We’re calling this THAC0 for short.
The dice rolls used behind the scenes for THAC0 have been changed from 1-100 to 1-20 to simplify math. Most combat related numbers have been divided by 5 to compensate.
You no longer score Critical Hits for having Accuracy (or well, THAC0) sufficiently high; your Critical Chance rating is now all that determines crits.
Initiative has been replaced with a new system, Speed Factor, which determines your place in the turn order. Like with Accuracy, it’s almost entirely gear dependent. The heavier your equipment, the worse your Speed Factor will be.
After many, many comments on the confusion it caused, the Donut Steele placeholder name has been replaced with something more appropriate: Great Hero.
Given the significant degree of changes above, old saves are no longer compatible with the new version of the rules. You’ll need to make your own new Great Hero to enjoy the full depth and breadth of our 2nd Edition Advanced Roleplaying Rules.
Join us in wishing CoC2 a happy anniversary with today’s major overhaul!
You can check it out here on the web, or download it here.
Edit: Happy April 1st everyone :3 Normal updates to the game will resume, sans AD&D-isms, in a few days.
Comments
Davidson monson
dito
Danielle
Lmao you guys got me good, I almost deleted my saves and started a new game till I remembered what day it was
Puppeteir
Hey I have a suggestion guys why don't you rename thief to Rouge so that more mainstream people can understand what the class does and change thief to a background so you have no to ever implement stealing its just a flavor thing
behelitruler
I miss thac0, people that couldn't understand it just didn't try hard enough. D:
Fable Wolfe
I think I figured it out after you said "I hate coming up with new things as you gain levels."
Savin
It is a limited-time limited-reality offer valid only on the first of April.
Austin Robinson
Please say sike...
TreeSquared
I approve of these changes.* *This message has been paid for by the Shadow Wizards Lobby. The largest gold-management institution this side of the coast.
CoolFlames
Cool, fully support you and you're team making a fantastic game
Endac
Please I need to know if this is real or not lmao
FlyingTorpedoWhale
I wouldn't mind THAC0, honestly
Asurea Skie
🤣🤣🤣
Endac
I should have known this was an April Fools joke when y'all hit ThAC0
kumori
I almost panicked until I remembered the day.you got me.
Laziel
You almost had me xD
John Cleveland
Let me just check the date here....Ok Alright.
AshaSuzaku
🤣🤣🤣
Rahnonymous
Please let this be an April Fool's joke. I don't want to be rude, but I also don't want to be dishonest. This (if it isn't a joke) would absolutely break the game
shootmank
I thought you guys using THAC0 would be my favorite part of this joke, but the comment sections take the cake. A+ lmao
Pally Ganker
That's the best kind
Volza-Siriam
Bruh, assuming this isn't an April fool stunt, this is a good incentive as any to start a new save, alas all of my in game progress, and multiple choice route saves gone down the drain
Majortom589
God I hope so
officercat
There is a playable version on the website so if it's April fools then it's a very deep one
Alliebutt
It's the first of April bro. It's obviously meant as an April fools joke.
Pally Ganker
April fools?
officercat
Also will this new version have an android dl?
Jamie Diefenderfer
Ughhh.... 1000+ total hours between steam and dl.... one of these days a character will finish their story.... damnit... time to start again.... (complaining about having to deal with a new hyperfocus. not playing again. no one blast me XD)
Debra Tuttle
I definitely can’t wait to try this out. Starting a new game as soon as I boot up my computer!
Pandaberr1
So your old save that had years of development suddenly has to get thrown out
officercat
I assume this means old saves are completely broken now?
