Qi Condensation is now available!

This release allows breaking through into the Qi Condensation realm, and a whole swathe of new content with it. This is not the full realm, and many questlines have not yet been continued, but more content will be coming for the major locations in the coming releases.

Alongside this release, a number of other features and balances have been made:

New Features

• Qi Condensation realm released. This is Part 1 of the realm, and much more content will be coming soon.

Changes

• Fixed a lot of spelling mistakes.
• Skip tutorial now also skips 7 days.
• Shiao Gian no longer attacks as frequently. He also moves more often, no longer camping in the sect for months at a time.
• Techniques in the technique list now render when at the max usages better by greying out.
• Technique tooltip now shows the mastery rarity beside each mastery row.
• Technique icons now show the enhancement level.
• Added filtering to technique list for techniques in stances, missing a mastery, or with weak masteries.
• Movement without a mount is now significantly slower.
• Replaced audio system, it should now no longer leak references and lag the game after extended playtime.
• Bottleneck pill mission no longer appears immediately on the start of the game.
• Zhiwu quest reputation requirements have been reduced.
• Overhead buff images now have a max size, and always render behind the hp/barrier/buffs bar.
• Improved images for clouds, sunlight, and moonlight.
• Removed House Gian reputation changes.
• Starting a newgame now selects a random character image, instead of always the first one.
• Render max reputation tier on reputation changes.
• You can now access the options menu during combat and crafting. The button is in the bottom left of the screen.
• Exploring a location now costs a day.
• You can now batch convert shards into crystals, and crystals into dust. Simply click on any shard or crystal to find this new option.
• Meridian opening needle recipe now gives 3 needles on completion.
• Resonating Silver chambers in the mine now give 7 silver on completion.
• Removed some of the less interesting chambers from Meridian Opening Late strata of the mine.
• Buffs that scale off power now render in percentages of power instead of as flat numbers.
• Training ground now has 5 more levels of puppet to fight.
• Make combat victory dialog larger.
• The Favour Exchange now sells certain herbs at Meridian Opening and later.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed recipe difficulty stars stretching offscreen for hard recipes.
• Fixed issue where you couldn't change the number of items selected in a shop.
• Fixed filtering recipes.
• Fixed abandoning of quests. It now no longer allows you to abandon main and side quests.
• Fixed some dialogues showing a character portrait against descriptions.
• Fixed reputation changes with a max reputation (such as sparring Body Forging sect disciples) to not lower reputation.
• Negative changes to reputation or money during the month end summary now render correctly.
• Fixed display of unequipped items in combat results summary.
• Fix perfect craft shockwave not disappearing.
• You can no longer sell quest and progression critical recipes.

Balance Changes

• Crafting recipe requirements are now much higher at realms beyond Body Forging.
• Harmonious Stabilize now has a cooldown of 5 actions.
• Desperate Stabilize cooldown increased to 20 actions.
• Enemies now deal more damage, and have more health. This is about 15% more in Meridian Opening, and far more in higher realms.
• Damage reduction from defense is now capped at 90%.
• Blood techniques have been buffed.
  • Arterial Ejection damage increased.
  • Blood Bolt damage increased.
  • Corrupt Excess damage increased.
  • Crimson Perfection damage increased.
  • Scarlet Spear damage increased.
  • Sickening Discharge damage increased
  • Depraved Culmination damage increased.
  • Exsanguinate damage increased.
  • Ruby Bolt damage increased.
  • Empowered Blood power buff increased.
• Blossom techniques have been buffed.
  • Thorn Shot damage increased.
  • Seed Razor Rose blossoms created increased.
  • Petal Lance damage increased.
  • Razor Blossom damage slightly increased.
• Sunlight and Moonlight now only stack power/defense to a maximum of +50%.
• Forked bolt damage buffed.
• Regen pills slightly nerfed. They now no longer become exponentially more powerful at higher realms.