This release focuses around 2 major new things. The release of Formations / more concoctions, to flesh out the 'crafter' gameplay style, and an round of buffing/rebalancing for the Weapon school.

New Features

• Added a number of new concoctions to be purchased and crafted. The Falling Star Observatory sells premade versions, and the raw recipes can be purchased in the Recipe Library of the sect.
• Added a new class of items, 'Formation Parts'. These are persistent for the whole combat after applied, and provide passive effects. They can also be 'activated' to reapply the effects throughout the round, allowing for builds focused just around that.
  • New items, artefacts, and techniques can now be found in a variety of places throughout the world.

Changes

• Saves in the restore save menu are now sorted by last used, instead of created.
• When updating game versions images should no longer break.
• Enhancement dust is no longer sold in shops.
• The combat pill selection dialog is now split into pills (that cost toxicity) and items (that dont).
• Companions now advance much slower, making them less likely to out-level the player.
• Hovering over a crafting buff now previews its effects, just like actions.

Balance Changes

• Concoctions no longer cost toxicity to use.
• Buffed all enemies Barrier Effectiveness from 70% to 100%.
• Weapon has been buffed:
  • Forge Fleeting Shield gives more barrier.
  • Hammer Foe does more damage and applies a power debuff.
  • Prepare Metal is now a Body Forging technique, and Armour Up is a Meridian Opening technique.
  • Armour Up now stacks faster, and also gives Barrier Effectiveness.
  • Ignite Furnace now applies all its damage at the end of the round, instead of per technique.
  • Spin Grinder now scales off number of Dancing Weapons active.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a number of spelling and grammar mistakes.
• Fixed Pi Lip QC quest being offered at MO.
• Buffs in combat no longer extend past the HP bar, and instead go multi-line
• Fixed (hopefully) clicking too fast in events putting the game into an invalid state (especially around crafting and tournaments).
• Fixed city events triggering back to back.
• Fixed Animated Stitch stance double consuming needles.
• Fixed event tooltips for multi-item drops being massive.
• Fixed some text clipping on Herb Field when larger text is selected.