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TO: LUCT is no doubt one of the classics of turn based tactical games, it can boast complex storyline with a memorable cast of characters and multiple endings, as well as a deep combat system with a vast arsenal of equipment, items and spells. Its PSP port can also serve as an example of how such things should be done, with the game getting not only a much needed facelift but also a thorough redesign of most combat elements.
Sadly, the game isn’t without faults, as some of the new features make it extremely prone to exploits which an experienced player can use to fully remove any challenge from the game. The main goal of this mod is to render such exploits more difficult, bringing weapons, classes and skills closer to the level they should perform at, as well as to each other. Its secondary goal is to provide tweaks to immersion, visuals and some of the more cumbersome game systems like crafting and endless skill farming.
This is still a work in progress so all feedback is welcome.
For installation instructions and more info check the included Readme file.
Major features:
- Weapon, armor and consumable item rework. Equipment is more likely to do what you expect of it, 2H weapons will do a lot of damage and a tank in heavy armor will be hard to kill.
- Additional items, spells and skills, as well as changes to the existing ones with a focus on improving the more unappealing choices.
- Skills that grant stat bonuses, like Strengthen or Spellcraft, as well as static choices like Switfoot or Spell Ward were removed and compensated with higher stat differences between classes than in vanilla game.
- A full Finishing move rebalance.
- Most ways of gaining permanent stats were removed to reduce power creep in late game and increase options during early game.
- The power of special characters was reduced across the board, they're about on par with each other now and not overwhelmingly stronger than generics.
- Generic characters have more diverse templates that split into fighter, rogue, mage and generalist archetypes, their stats can differ a lot depending on which one you hire.
- Significantly increased the levelling speed of slow skills, like Steal or Parry.
- Most classes were tweaked, with emphasis on nerfing the strong ones and buffing the weak, many gained new tricks.
- Monsters don't scale natural armor as high as before. With the changes to skills, their new role is high HP bullet sponges that take a lot of damage and use the TP gained to spam special moves.
- Many items are easier to acquire, reducing the endgame tedium.
- Visual changes to some items, special characters, skills and spells.
- Streamlined crafting.
Consolidated changelist available in feedback thread.
What's New in Version 0.994 See changelog
Released
Patch notes v0.994
General
- The battles in Palace of the Dead – Floor 50-75 have been updated
- These are the notable drops on those floors, the rest has been removed or relocated:
- Painside IV Arcana drops from Female Arcanist in PotD - Floor 53
- Femakk's Blowgun drops from Female Outlaw in PotD - Floor 54
- Golok drops from Nightwing in PotD - Floor 56
- Emberwake drops from Male Slayer in PotD - Floor 58
- Shadowfax II Arcana drops from Female Arcanist in PotD - Floor 59
- Balmung drops from Female Slayer in PotD - Floor 60
- Protection drops from Lamia Witch in PotD - Floor 62
- Bentisca drops from Female Blackguard in PotD - Floor 66
- Shams drops from Female Deadeye in PotD - Floor 67
- Windbreaker drops from Male Stalker in PotD - Floor 68
- Angol Moa drops from Male Sellsword in PotD - Floor 70
- Dark Star III Arcana drops from Male Occultist in PotD - Floor 70
- Aegir drops from Amazon in PotD - Floor 71
- Spellguard drops from Overlord in PotD - Floor 72
- Shenyi's Gaze drops from Male Deadeye in PotD - Floor 73
- Cerberos II Arcana drops from Male Arcanist in PotD - Floor 75
- Ji'ygla's Bracers drop from Female Deadeye in PotD - Floor 75
- Some of the drops on other floors have been moved:
- Cloud Ring now drops from Gryphon in PotD - Floor 11
- Scythe Lord Scroll drops from Nightwing (1h katana) in PotD - Floor 32
- Arach Lord Scroll drops from Female Stalker in PotD - Floor 36
- Samehada drops from Female Sellsword in PotD - Floor 36
- Barapha drops from Nightwing in PotD - Floor 43
- Leilah drops from Female Deadeye in PotD - Floor 49
- Mateus drops from Male Slayer in PotD - Floor 76
- Stardust drops from Hawkman Beast Tamer in San Bronsa - Floating Ruins #1
- Kamaitachi drops from Hawkman Warlock in San Bronsa - Floating Ruins #2
- Ars Magna has been removed from the game, it was just a crutch until I get to work on endgame dungeons so the spells crafted there have been moved elsewhere as drops. Elemental spells are now in their temples, dark ones are in PotD and divines are in San Bronsa. Below is the list of moved spells, but you can also see the full arcana list in the ability table in my extras folder https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1T7TupkvrKhnH0HtmU2O_-csqQuYQrjHf?usp=sharing
- Summon II spells, except Wisp II, that were dropping on high floors of San Bronsa were relocated - OK
- Deadshot IV Arcana drops from Hawkman Wizard in Temple of Hahnela #2 - Within the Fortress
- Scathe II Arcana drops from Human Wizard in Temple of Hahnela #3 - 1st Descent
- Tornado III Arcana drops from Human Sorceress in Temple of Hahnela #5 - 3rd Descent
- Sylphide II Arcana drops from Human Wizard in Temple of Hahnela #6 - 4th Descent
- Magma Orb IV Arcana drops from Human Valkyrie in Temple of Vaasa #2 - Within the Temple
- Tremor II Arcana drops from Human Male Necromancer in Temple of Vaasa #3 - 1st Descent
- Cragfall III Arcana drops from Human Male Necromancer Temple of Vaasa #5 - 3rd Descent
- Gnome II Arcana drops from Human Female Necromancer Temple of Vaasa #6 - 4th Descent
- Shocklance IV Arcana drops from Fairy Sorceress in Temple of Nestharot #2 - Within the Temple
- Blitz II Arcana drops from Basilisk in Temple of Nestharot #3 - 1st Descent
- Thunderflare III Arcana drops from Human Sorceress in Temple of Nestharot #5 - 3rd Descent
- Stormcrow II Arcana drops from Fairy Sorceress in Temple of Nestharot #6 - 4th Descent
- Aquablast IV Arcana drops from Human Witch in Temple of Greuza #2 - Within the Temple
- Ripple II Arcana drops from Human Spellblade in Temple of Greuza #3 - 1st Descent
- Acid Rain III Arcana drops from Dagon in Temple of Greuza #5 - 3rd Descent
- Undine II Arcana drops from Human Valkyrie in Temple of Greuza #6 - 4th Descent
- Sparksphere IV Arcana drops from Orc Wizard in Temple of Xoshonell #2 - Within the Temple
- Blaze II Arcana drops from Balor in Temple of Xoshonell #3 - 1st Descent
- Firestorm III Arcana drops from Orc Patriarch in Temple of Xoshonell #5 - 3rd Descent
- Salamander II Arcana drops from Orc Wizard in Temple of Xoshonell #6 - 4th Descent
- Impale IV Arcana drops from Lamia Sorceress in Temple of Lyuneram #2 - Within the Temple
- Iceover II Arcana drops from Lamia Valkyrie in Temple of Lyuneram #3 - 1st Descent
- Avalanche III Arcana drops from Gorgon in Temple of Lyuneram #5 - 3rd Descent
- Wendigo II Arcana drops from Lamia Sorceress in Temple of Lyuneram #6 - 4th Descent
- Spiritsurge IV Arcana drops from Hawkman Wizard in San Bronsa - Tower of Law Eternal #5
- Halo II Arcana drops from Lamia Valkyrie in San Bronsa - Tower of Law Eternal #8
- Judgement III Arcana drops from Male Nephalem in San Bronsa - Floating Ruins #5
- Wisp II Arcana drops from Female Nephalem in San Bronsa - Floating Ruins #14
- Primal Dawn and Primal Dusk have ben moved, it was mostly done because Azelstan’s quest is too easily missable and then you’re locked out of obtaining dark apocrypha until you world back. PotD is the logical place for it, and with palace guides cheaper to craft, high floors are almost as accessible as the low ones
- Primal Dawn drops from Male Nephalem (2h sword) in San Bronsa - Tower of Law Eternal #12 story battle, it also drops from Male Nephalem (2h sword) in San Bronsa - Floating Ruins #16 (Central Garden) and you can steal an additional one with Steal rank 2
- Primal Dusk drops from Nybeth in PotD - Floor 100 story battle, it also drops from Male Overlord in in PotD - Floor 100 random battle and you can steal an additional one with Steal rank 2
- Boreas now drops from Georges in PotD floor 22 story battle, it also drops from Male Warrior in the random battle version of the same floor as a backup in case you already completed the story battle in that playthrough
- Euros now drops from Nybeth in PotD floor 100 story battle, it also drops from Male Overlord in the random battle version of the same floor as a backup in case you already completed the story battle in that playthrough
- Tricksters/Incubussies in Phorampa now also have Glass Pumpkins, and Familiars/Cherubs in Pirate’s Graveyard also have Shiftstones
Skills
- Art of War is now out of compatibility mode that it was in since its introduction. It was done so NPCs could still use Ninjutsu command to access the spell set, and now that very few enemies with Ninjutsu command are left in the game it can be fixed. The only issue with compatibility mode was a warning that you don’t have the right command equipped if you tried learning spells while Art of War is in your skill list, which could be misleading for new players. It now won’t appear anymore
- Familiar can’t transfer special moves from Trickster and Warden anymore. It was also a compatibility thing so gremlin and pumpkin familiars wouldn’t be totally useless but now there aren’t many of those left in the game either
Classes
- Dragonborn can now use Fists, learn Trajectory and use sniper gear
- Warlock can transfer Trajectory and use sniper gear
- Lich gets access to Mind Blast instead of Warlock, it’s thematically a good fit on the class and Lich has higher casting stats so it will be able to put in some additional damage more often
- Familiar can now use Burst I/II
- Vartan gets access to new spells at the same rate as Spellblade. They can use Burst II and minor debuffs.
- Geomancer lost access to Empower Golem
- Some monsters are a bit stronger
- Added Enchanter as a unique class for Rudlum. He’s able to equip Fists, Daggers, 1H Swords, 1H Hammers, 1H Katana, Cudgels, Spellbooks and Instruments, in addition to light shields, cloth armor and cloth/light/heavy accessories. The class has a similar access to general skills as Warlock, with Counterhit2, Bash12 and Instills instead of Resonances. Enchanter can learn Encase and Rolling Stone, also being able to transfer Extend and Empower Golem from other classes. The class is able to use all Draconic utility spells, as well as unique spells Barren Soul, Acid Cloud, Emmeth and Core Collapse. More info on his unique abilities below:
- Encase active skill turns the user into stone for one turn to boost own defenses and meditate in peace, charging MP. Pigeon Ward is highly recommended while using this skill, as well as having someone nearby with a bell handy, in case you have to visit the toilet
- Rolling Stone active skill can only be used on a friendly golem, it hastens both the golem and the user
- Barren Soul is a short range damage draconic that deals Void attack damage to a single target and inflicts Weakness/Earth Averse
- Acid Cloud is a damage draconic that deals Void attack damage in a large area and can inflict Breach
- Emmeth is a draconic that heals a golem for half of its HP and removes a single debuff
- Core Collapse can only be cast on a golem (hostile or friendly). It overloads the golem’s core, removing a quarter of its current HP, which chains to all golems in the area, and then uses the energy to do a blast of Void spell damage that damages enemies in the area
Consumables
- Palace guides dont require monster materials for the recipe anymore
- Ars Magna recipe book was removed
- Added te Artificer’s Classmark, it can be crafted with the Secrets of the Master
- Added the Barren Soul Arcana, it drops from Xadoba in PotD - Floor 3 story battle and Lamia Witch in PotD - Floor 3 random battle
- Added the Emmeth Arcana, it drops from Georges in PotD - Floor 22 story battle and Ghost Warlock in PotD - Floor 22 random battle
- Added the Acid Cloud Arcana, it drops from Beelzebuth in PotD - Floor 74 story battle and Male Dragonlord in PotD - Floor 74 random battle
- Added the Core Collapse Arcana, it drops from Nybbeth in PotD - Floor 100 story battle and Female Overlord in PotD - Floor 100 random battle
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