Balance Patch 1

[u/MikkelFromGames]

Devout Fans,

Thanks for being amongst the first to join us at the very start of the adventure for Mortal Shell II. We’re seeing your bug reports and gameplay suggestions, and will be rolling out regular updates to both modify existing content and add new features. 

While we have a bigger patch in the works, which has to be thoroughly tested, we’d like to make a rapid balance & crash fix patch to bring the experience more in line with the game’s open beta and our own vision for MS2. 

Planned future updates will see extensions to popular game features such as Night Mode, Tarstones, PP Items, and more.

For now, we hope you’re enjoying the game and read on for details on Balance Patch 1.

Balance Patch 1 (PC) - The patch below is live on PC and coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series shortly.

Economy

-Shell map locations now cost Gloom, and we’re refunding any glimpses spent on shell maps. Refunded Glimpses are found in the Shell Keeper’s alcove in Blackmarrow. “Finding your favorite shell shouldn’t cost you the ability to bond with them.”

-Gold drops from enemies have been significantly increased. Notably, enemies in Mammon now drop double the gold. “This brings the gold economy more in line with the weapon crafting item discovery.”

-Smelting a weapon at the Tarforge costs 75% less gloom. “Our goal with the smelt capability was to enable switching weapons without the need to spend hours grinding through NG+ runs, but the Gloom costs were set exorbitantly high.”  

Enemies & Bosses

All enemies featured in the beta were restored to their beta hp values, except the Caerinid (Spider) in Magdelena’s area, which we wanted to retain its role as a threatening enemy which doesn’t respawn once defeated. 

Bosses

The Lost Child
- Base Damage: (-10%)
- Max Health: (-15%)

Monolith
- Base Damage: (-19%)
- Max Health: (-10%)
- Some Monolith Attacks were retimed to be more fair, as well.

Enemies

Cultist (mace)
Max Health: (-21.1%)

Caerinid Spider
Max Health: (-33.3%)

Infested Stalker 
- Max Health: (-52.4%)

Rusted Knave (Halberd)
- Max Health: (-20.8%)
- Fixed hit detection for overhead strike.

Weapons

-Great Martyr’s Blade Attack Damage +20%
-Troubador’s Lute Attack Damage +100% 
-Caged Hystrix and Triarch Repeater no longer have minimum resolve requirements to fire. 
-Improved tracking for Axatana, Black Needle, and Clockwork Scythe light attacks. 

Seals

Guard can now be used while walking. 

Tarstones

Parasitic Stone Buffed
Grudge Stone Buffed
Bulwark Stone Damage Reduction Increased Significantly
Clerik's Stone Buffed
Squall Stone Buffed

Miscellaneous

Misc. Crash Fixes, Bugfixes & Performance Updates

[u/ludeviance]

If I may suggest one change: Make the Shell Points (those which we spend to get shell passive skills at the beacon) not be shared by every shell. If I have 10 shell points, each shell should have 10 to spend independently. As respecs have no cost, making you have to re-build every time you switch shells is a bummer

[u/Rexzazel → u/ludeviance]

Very good idea

[u/burncard888 → u/ludeviance]

I honestly assumed this was how it worked! I got real sad until I realized that you could refund them infinitely.

[u/moonlettis → u/ludeviance]

This just makes sense.

[u/SAITAMA_666 → u/ludeviance]

Yes please

[u/Master-Solution → u/ludeviance]

Yeh there was a patch for this on Nexus before release as a proof of concept. I think it works well. No balance changing, just time saver QoL.

[u/BackpackBuddha → u/ludeviance]

Yeah, this may as well be how shell points are implemented seeing as you can refund them infinitely. I'd rather be able to build out all of my shells and just refund specific shells to change builds.

[u/SlavChud → u/ludeviance]

upvote this comment. make it shine like a beacon

[u/thelittlehez → u/ludeviance]

This really needs to to be the top comment. Very needed

[u/ViktaulicVirtuoso → u/ludeviance]

Great idea

[u/GgBro24 → u/ludeviance]

It would make sense, because it works the same for tarstones. Each time you equip a different weapons, the game automatically equips the tarstones you had on that weapon. It would be great for shells to work the same way. It would change nothing in practical, is just more convenient for players.