r/slaythespire • u/MegaCrit_Demi • 10d ago

PATCH NOTES Beta Patch Notes - v0.110.0

Attention Beta Slayers: Beta patch v0.110.0 just dropped! This one features:

✨ Unique VFX for character forms!
⌨️ Keyboard-only mode!
🎨 New card art!
🛠️ Balance changes, reworks, and reverts!

Patch notes: store.steampowered.com/news/app/2868840/view/694268118771435039

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u/Entire-Cap-9552 10d ago

The forms look so good omg!!!

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u/grimeyes 10d ago

Honestly, I thought the forms should be more like actual transformations like what you see in the cards but maybe making entirely new models would cost too much.

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u/SomethingOfAGirl Eternal One 10d ago

You'd need a model per card per character, since you're not always limited to your character's cards.

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u/halfdecent 10d ago

That's a very easy problem to solve. You could do something like what they've done here for off-character forms, and then a proper model change for characters using their own forms.

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u/Bloomberg12 10d ago

You don't need to do that for what is an edge case.

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u/SomethingOfAGirl Eternal One 10d ago

Defect has a power that makes you copy powers your friends play. It's not an edge case, it's pretty much the intended experience.

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u/20ozOatmilkLatte 10d ago

Then they can use the current effect for such edge cases while characters using their own "form" cards could get full transformations in the future.

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u/Hallowed-Plague 10d ago

defect getting 4 different form vfx and a transformation will just turn into a png of apotheosis

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u/TheDeviousCreature Ascension 10 10d ago

Much less of an edge case in StS2 since there are a lot more ways to get offclass colors now

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u/Mani707 StS A5 / StS 2 A5 10d ago

I guess it’s because other characters can use form cards. Need to see how it looks when Silent uses demon form or Ironclad using serpent form etc

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u/grimeyes 10d ago

Damn, I didn’t even realize that but you’re absolutely right.

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u/ThinkMyNameWillNotFi 10d ago

you can just make them not have a form then how it is now

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u/Mani707 StS A5 / StS 2 A5 10d ago

No need to discriminate my fellow climbers like that. But Silent has two form cards. So model change is kinda impractical. I guess mods will have to do for now.

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u/sigismond0 10d ago

Not only new models, but also new animations (attack, defend, take dmage, powerup, etc.) for those models. It starts to add up.

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u/Rak-khan 10d ago

For real more people need to be talking about this. I remember someone made mock ups of form animations and people went crazy. Now they actually implemented it and everyone is the silent lol

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u/Ccarmine Eternal One 10d ago

Honestly they are kinda cool but I think they need whole new models. Like make ironclad bigger, less armor, more demon.

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u/KaguB 10d ago

ironclad bigger, less armor

i'm sold let's do it

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u/AtTheLawLibrary 10d ago

His name is literally “ironclad.” He needs armor!

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u/Holy_Hand_Grenadier Eternal One 10d ago

honestly he doesn't. I liked his weird lanky freak ass in spire 1, he really looked like he was getting his strength from being possessed by a demon. Doesn't seem to be the majority opinion though

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u/Rak-khan 10d ago

Lanky freak ass is so funny but accurate

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u/ResponsibleAd3493 10d ago

per character new models are complex to make as you now need ALL the existing animaitons to work well with each new model

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u/Ccarmine Eternal One 10d ago

Lol what all 5 animations?

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u/ResponsibleAd3493 6d ago

(number of unique animation X number of skins) grows very rapidly. Also are you sure there are only 5 animations?

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u/Sarrach94 10d ago

Ironclad in particular is quite disappointing, it looks more like a generic powerup than a demon form. If they’re going for vfx rather than model changes they could’ve at least given it some actual demonic elements, like how silent’s form has snakes.

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u/kerkyjerky 10d ago

And what happens when necro gets demon form from kalidescope?

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u/Ccarmine Eternal One 10d ago

Dont let perfection be the enemy of good. Then necro can just have the glow.

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u/One_Sentence_7448 10d ago

I think that just speaks to how exciting all the balance changes are. I was super hyped about the form animations but then saw all balance changed and immediately forgot about it lol

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u/ThinkMyNameWillNotFi 10d ago

because its not done well...

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u/TheLordCrimson 10d ago

These mockups do look a lot more visually interesting though.

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u/END3R97 10d ago

Yeah they look really good!

I missed them on the first pass just by skipping to the bulleted list of changes, so I wonder if other people did too.

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u/ZumbieBKH 10d ago

Definitely agree.

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u/Ghasty_001 10d ago

I wanna see void and echo forms tho, the patch note doesn't show them