Nieuwe patch sleutelt flink aan The Book of Aaru

Een kleiner budget betekent doorgaans ook minder tijd en ruimte om het spel voor release uitvoerig te testen, waardoor spelers dubbel dienst draaien als degene die bugs en balance issues moeten rapporteren. Dat doen velen echter met liefde, zo ook bij The Book of Aaru. Het gevolg daarvan is dat een flinke patch nu live is, welke de kritiekpunten van spelers adresseert:

Bug Fixes:

• Glyphs no longer lose their ability when crossing between levels
• Chinese fonts in-game are no longer substituted by placeholder symbols
• Ensured that the order of looted Supportive Gear and Glyphs is truly random
• Purple light fragments around Attribute Altars removed
• Fixed issue in Dungeon Caves of Despair arena where enemies were able to go through the rollable bar
• Fixed issue in Dungeon Temple of Discovery corridor where fireball traps were unable to shoot over low walls
• Fixed replacement confirmation text where the new and old item order was reversed
• Typo corrections in dialogues
• Visiting a secret dimension no longer breaks the ability of Time Bending or Medallion activation
• End credits name corrections
• Dagger and Shakram recipe no longer unlocks Staff of Madness, but itself
• Supportive Gear and Glyph replacement cancellation can no longer softlock the player in the Equipment menu UI
• Some Glyphs were fixed to work as intended based on their descriptions (for example, Challenge from Seth)
• Dropped Crafting Schematics corrected interaction UI
• Stats about collected Shards now appear correctly in the Death and Victory stat screens
• The Book of Aaru crafting UI menu no longer closes on "Back" prompt on the controller

Feature Improvements:

• Indicator for insufficient material amounts in The Book of Aaru station
• Prevention against inserting materials into negative values
• More explanations for the blessing of materials
• More hints about blessings are added to loading screens
• Discarding Supportive Gear or Glyphs is now animated in the UI to indicate the action was successful
• Lowered material costs of some items in The Book of Aaru station
• Caterpillar explosion collider lifespan reduced
• Boss fights were balanced according to players’ endgame character
• Bosses now have more health
• Shaman's Buds also have more health
• Boss phases now actually reflect events occurring during the boss fight
• Bosses now visually spawn reward materials instead of awarding them behind the scenes
• Equipment menu slot level indicators improved for better clarity - Support Gear and Glyph connections now stay visible, and bullet points reflect the correct level of the slot

Polish:

• Level exit cinematic visual improvements
• Better lighting in the Shard stage of the Tutorial
• Health Altar is now animated to indicate it was used and cannot be used again
• If the HUD cannot find the appropriate icon for a rebound input, a default icon will appear
• Better distinction between highlighted and selected slots during looting in the Equipment menu
• Polished legend for crafting in The Book of Aaru station for controllers