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Sacred 2 Enhanced Spells Mod by Flix
This evolved from my personal mod for playing Sacred 2. I decided there were enough improvements and interesting changes to share it with adventurous players. The mod is a combination of fixes, redesigned balance, and cosmetic changes. Some Combat Arts were also replaced with brand new ones.
Download Page for Version 1.4 of Sacred 2 Enhanced Spells Mod
Currently supported languages: English, French, German, Polish, Russian
This mod requires the Community Patch 1.50
General Changes and Fixes
- For the most part, weaker Combat Arts received boosts where appropriate. There is not much nerfing going on in the mod. However this is not intended as a cheat mod where you one-shot everything. Balance is still important.
- All weapon-based combat arts, hybrid combat arts, and almost all offensive spells now hurl enemies when they die. This is part of an effort to restore the older, more interesting death animation for most enemies that involves the corpses flying back rather than just dropping dead. This is more dynamic, exciting, and similar to other action RPG's. It should feel like hard hits make a major impact, rather than having the enemies simply falling down limp on the spot. Normal weapon hits will still make enemies drop dead.
- Most temporary buffs last much longer, but have longer cooldowns as well. There are fewer modifications that increase temporary buff duration and reduce cooldowns, but in most cases it will still be possible for the duration to catch up to the cooldown at high levels.
- Every class now has at least one summoning combat art, and most have two or three. Some are temporary and others are buffs.
- All Combat Arts, old and new, got updated icons. The original icons are ok with their bright colors and simple, bold lines, but I found them too cartoon-like and often kind of "cute." Furthermore a lot of them got reused from character to character. These new Combat Arts are designed to be less monochrome and "icon-like" and more realistic, textured, and unique.
- All tooltips were revised and updated with uniform terms and more accurate descriptions of what the combat arts and modifications do. There were a fair amount of vague, confusing, or just plain wrong terms used in the old tooltips. For just one example, there should be no more cases of "Regeneration Time" and "Cooldown" being used interchangeably. Also notably all Energy Shields now use the same terminology for the same properties, and the terms match up better with the item modifiers that affect them.
- Tornado and Gust of Wind are no longer called "Whirlwind" and "Flurry" on their runes and in the Rune Exchange Screen.
- Optional "Challenge Mode" patch. Install on top of the mod to play with significantly increased difficulty.
- Optional "Classic Icons" pack. Install on top of the mod if you don't like the new icons. Combat Arts will use their original icons, and new/swapped Combat Arts will have icons in the "classic" style.
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Seraphim Combat Arts
Exalted Warrior
Soul Hammer - Silver Mod Disarm now gives 100% chance to disarm. In fact you will see all further instances of disarm modifcations now give 100% chance. This is because it only works on enemies with weapons, and furthermore (unlike Sacred 1) it doesn't actually knock the weapon onto the ground for the player to pick up. Therefore it could use a boost to be really useful.
Pelting Strikes - No changes (except hurling slain enemies)
Assailing Somersault - Increased the jump distance from 7.5 to 10 meters.
Dashing Alacrity - Initial duration increased from 20s to 90s, but duration increase per CA level halved. Cooldown increased from 60s to 120s. Chance to block root increased from 20% to 40%. Delay Silver mod replaced with Vigor, a hitpoint regeneration mod. Reprisal and Ardor mods swapped places. Impatience gold mod now reduces the cooldown to 96s.
Battle Stance (Buff) - No changes
Celestial Magic
Archangel's Wrath - has been moved to Celestial Magic aspect (replaces Instill Belief). No changes otherwise (except hurling slain enemies). It was moved here because it seemed better suited to Celestial Magic, and I needed room in the Revered Tech aspect for a more appropriate CA.
Baneful Smite - Bronze mod Disarm now gives 100% chance to disarm
Radiant Pillar - No changes
Sublime Guardian (Buff) - New combat art (Replaces Hallowed Restoration). Summons an angelic ally, a Seraphim who fights with sword and shield. "Five Buffs? This is madness!" True, it does bring the buff count up to 5, but the Seraphim's buffs are pretty specialized compared to those of the other characters. Battle Stance has not much use to a pure caster Seraphim. Cleansing Brilliance is not much use unless fighting Undead or T-Mutants. If you're not dedicated to the BeeEffGee then you're probably not using it much at all. Sublime Guardian is a more all-purpose buff. She attacks with melee attacks only. Modifications allow upgrading her armor, speed, damage, attack and defense.
Cleansing Brilliance (Buff) - Boosted the hitpoint regeneration from 10 to 20 hp/s
Revered Technology
Sonic Vortex - New combat art (Replaces Archangel's Wrath). Emits a piercing sound shockwave in front of the Seraphim that damages opponents, shatters their armor and lowers their defense. This new CA is an adaptation of Kraal's Sonic Scream for the player. It carries a powerful property that inverts enemy physical armor, that was previously only available to the player with the Dragon Mage's Mind Strike. Can be modified for knockback, fear, damage over time, increased range, deathblow, and removing enemy buffs.
Flaring Nova - No changes (except hurling slain enemies)
Divine Protection - Initial duration increased from 15s to 90s, but duration increase per CA level halved. Cooldown increased from 60s to 120s. Bronze mod Capacity changed to Steadfast, a mod that increases the Seraphim's base Willpower attribute. Silver mod Boost now reduces the cooldown to 96s. Gold mod Improved Mirror changed from "block spells" to "reflect spells" to match the tooltip description.
Warding Energy (Buff) - No changes
BeeEffGee (Buff) - No changes
Video of Sublime Guardian and Sonic Vortex
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Inquisitor Combat Arts
Gruesome Inquisition
Callous Execution - No changes (except hurling slain enemies)
Ruthless Mutilation - No changes (except hurling slain enemies)
Mortifying Pillory - Much higher chance that more enemies attack the branded outlaw. Silver mod Expulsion changed to Punishment, a mod that debuffs the target's Combat Art regeneration
Frenetic Fervor - Initial duration increased from 15s to 45s, but duration increase per CA level halved. Gold mod Relentless changed to Conviction, a mod that increases the Inquisitor's Willpower attribute.
Purifying Chastisement (Buff) - increased the wounded threshold to 35% of hitpoints, and made silver mod Merciless raise the threshold to 50% of hitpoints.
Astute Supremacy
Levin Array - No changes (except hurling slain enemies)
Eruptive Desecration - has been moved to Astute Supremacy aspect (Replaces Raving Thrust). Base range increased from 5 to 7 meters. Silver mod Danger Zone's range increase is now boosted to match that of the Apocalypse gold mod.
Clustering Maelstrom - No changes
Zealous Doppelganger - Duration increased from 30s to 90s. Gold mod Determination changed so that it adds to the Doppelganger's resistances instead of increasing duration.
Can Be Upgraded To:
Zealous Doppelganger (Buff)
Reverse Polarity (Buff) - No changes
Nefarious Netherworld
Dislodged Spirit - Duration increased from 6s to 8s. Bronze mod Spite changed so that it Disarms the target (100% chance) rather than increasing duration.
Inexorable Subjugation - Minion lifetime increased from 30s to 50s. Hits per second increased from 1 to 1.25/s. Gold mod Probation increases minion lifetime by 15 seconds (formerly 10s). Now has "Minion Lifetime" text in the tooltip.
Harbinger of Death (Buff) - New combat art (replaces Eruptive Desecration). Summons a powerful enslaved daemon warrior to assist with melee attacks. Modifications allow upgrading her armor, damage, speed, attack and defense.
Paralyzing Dread - Initial duration increased from 20s to 45s, but duration increase per CA level halved.
Soul Reaver (Buff) - No changes
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High Elf Combat Arts
Arrant Pyromancer
Ancestral Fireball - Fireball graphics changed to look bigger and more robust. They can also shake the screen sometimes.
Blazing Tempest - No changes (except hurling slain enemies)
Incendiary Shower - No changes (except hurling slain enemies)
Fire Daemon (Buff) - Demon now starts at level 2 and gains 1 full level with each level increase. His health regeneration is doubled and now scales with CA level. His Fireball is now more powerful and he now casts more spells (Eternal Fire, Eruption). I found the little fire monkey to be too weak to kill anything and also easily killed in the vanilla game. He should be properly powered up now.
Incandescent Skin (Buff) - No changes
Mystic Stormite
Frost Flare - No changes (except hurling slain enemies)
Glacial Thorns - No changes (except hurling slain enemies)
Raging Nimbus - Duration now slightly increases per CA level.
Cascading Shroud - Duration increased from 20s to 45s, but duration increase per CA level is halved. There is evidence in the game files that at one point Cascading Shroud was designed to be upgradeable to a permanent buff, however I opted to keep it temporary and rework the duration instead.
Crystal Skin (Buff) - No changes
Delphic Arcania
Cobalt Strike - Chain Reaction mods now give a 90% for a chain strike (formerly 80%). Explosion gold mod now gives a 60% chance for causing area damage (formerly 50%)
Magic Coup - No changes (except hurling slain enemies)
Thaumaturgic Nova - New combat art (replaces Shadow Step). The High Elf conjures a shockwave blast of magical energy that radiates outward in an intense nova. The burst slows enemy movement and causes lingering damage. This spell plays something like a cross between Flaring Nova and Energy Blaze. Can be modified to increase the magic damage, increase magic DOT, debuff enemy attack speed, enemy attack rating, increased range, and chance to stun.
Expulse Magic - Initial range reduced, but range now scales with CA level.
Mage's Familiar (Buff) - New combat art (replaces Grand Invigoration). The High Elf conjures an ethereal Familiar which strips enemies of their magical power, and in turn causes her own hitpoints and spells to regenerate at an increased rate. Combines the properties of Grand Invigoration with my idea for the "lost" High Elf combat art Familiar, presented here as a summoned spell wisp that buffs the High Elf and assists with some offensive lightning spells. Modifications remain the same as vanilla.
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Shadow Warrior Combat Arts
Death Warrior
Demonic Blow - No changes (except hurling slain enemies)
Scything Sweep - since all weapon CAs hurl enemies now, gold mod Hurl is changed to Inflamed, a mod that adds fire damage to Scything Sweep.
Rousing Command - duration increased from 20s to 45s. Cooldown increased from 60s to 75s. Bronze mod Persistence changed to Readiness, which adds to the Shadow Warrior's base defense value.
Labyrinthine Warlord (Buff) - New combat art (replaces Ruinous Onslaught). Summons an ally in the form of a raging minotaur lord to aid the Shadow Warrior in combat. Attacks with melee weapon attacks only. Can be modified to increase the minotaur's damage, armor, attack speed, and attack and defense.
Grim Resilience (Buff) - Silver mod Readiness replaced with Guard, a mod that adds resistance to all secondary damage effects.
Malevolent Champion
Frenzied Rampage - No changes (except hurling slain enemies)
Belligerent Vault - Jump distance increased from 7.5 to 20 meters. Gold mod Unbound has its chance to break roots increased from 50% to 75%. Spell control type is changed to "eCAtype_m_move_go" to allow for more freedom in choosing target areas.
Augmenting Guidon - Range now slowly scales with CA level. Silver mod Tutor replaced with Aegis, a mod that reduces detrimental magic effects.
Killing Spree - Duration increased from 20s to 45s. Cooldown increased from 60s to 75s. Silver mod Perseverance changed to Shockwave, a mod that increases the range of the discharge.
Reflective Emanation (Buff) - No changes
Astral Lord
Spectral Hand - No changes (except hurling slain enemies)
Skeletal Fortification - No changes.
Rallied Souls - Summoning range now increases per CA level. Values for both Silver mods have been boosted.
Shivering Miasma - New combat art (replaces Shadow Veil). The Shadow Warrior emanates a chilling aura of death. This cold from beyond the grave causes ice damage and slows opponents' attack and movement speed. (45s duration, cooldown 75s). Can be modified to increase the ice Area of Effect damage, lower enemy armor values, reflect root effects, debuff enemy defense, or extend the aura to allies and minions. This is a reactivated unused CA from the game scripts.
Can also be upgraded to become a permanent buff:
Deathchill Aura (Buff)
Nether Allegiance (Buff) - Starts with 3 skeletons as a base.
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Dryad Combat Arts
Capricious Hunter
Ravaged Impact - No changes (except for hurling slain enemies)
Darting Assault - No changes (except for hurling slain enemies)
Venomous Entrapment - New Combat Art (replaces Forest Flight). The Dryad sets a poisonous trap for her enemies that damages any who pass over it. It seeks enemies and will slowly chase after them if they move. The trap inflicts physical and poison spell damage as well as poison DOT. Can be modified to increase the poison damage, chance for poisoning, chance to stun, debuff enemy defense, chance for critical hits, and deathblow. This adds to the small list of spell-based combat arts that are boosted by Tactics Lore.
Dust Devil - Duration increased from 15s to 18s. Range now slowly scales with CA level. Silver mod Elongate replaced with Obscure, a mod that adds a chance to block missiles.
Sinister Predator (Buff) - The innate attack rating boost now applies to all weapons instead of just ranged weapons. Bronze mod Rapid Fire now increases the attack speed for all weapons, not just ranged weapons. I wanted to rework this CA somewhat to allow a boost for a Dryad using melee weapons.
Cabalistic Voodoo
Twisted Curse - New combat art (replaces Twisted Torment). Causes spell damage (equal parts magic/poison), slows movement speed, and lowers attributes of the target for a brief period. Enhanced effect against opponents who correspond to an equipped shrunken head. Increases the chance for victims to drop shrunken heads when they die of Twisted Curse. Basically I designed this spell to combine the best properties of Twisted Torment and Black Curse. Neither CA was very impressive on its own, Twisted Torment with its headhunting ability but pitiful killing power, Black Curse with its good debuffs but no damage. The spell fx remain the same as Twisted Torment. Modifications are now: Lower enemy movement speed/lower enemy physical armor, add more magic damage/increase duration, and increase poison damage/shutdown enemy buffs.
Viperish Disease - Inflicts more base damage. Duration and cooldown are both decreased. Initial range decreased but now scales with CA level. Increased chance to infect more opponents.
Malicious Totem - Cooldown reduced from 15s to 10s.
Priestess of Doom (Buff) - New Combat Art (replaces Black Curse). Summons an ally in the form of a Blood Dryad shaman who assists with spells and staff attacks. She casts a totem pole, a root spell, and a lightning spell that causes life leech. She also attacks with her staff when her Combat Arts are on cooldown. She can be modified for enhanced armor, increased health regen, higher weapon damage, increased chance to find shrunken heads, higher summon level, and to boost the player's casting speed.
Moribund Animus (Buff) - Increased hireling's physical damage from bronze mod Malice.
Nature Weaver
Edaphic Lances - Base density of thorns is increased (from 0 to 100)
Tangled Vine - Increased the range boost from the Encroach mod (from 2 to 3 meters)
Goldenglade Touch - Redesigned it to be long term with light healing as opposed to very brief with massive healing. Duration increased from 8 to 45s. Cooldown increased from 10s to 60s. Hitpoint regeneration decreased from 30 hp/s to 6 hp/s. Bronze mod Flow hp regeneration decreased from 22 hp/s to 6 hp/s. Gold mod Diligence now adds 10 seconds to duration rather than 4.
Acute Mind - Duration increased from 15 to 45 seconds, but duration no longer increases with CA level. Bronze mod Proficiency and Gold mod Easiness are swapped places. Proficiency is changed so it increases duration of Acute Mind by 10 seconds.
Ancient Bark (Buff) - Hitpoint regeneration slightly boosted from 3.0/s to 5.0/s.
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Temple Guardian Combat Arts
Devout Guardian
Dedicated Blow - No changes (except for hurling slain enemies)
Battle Extension - No changes (except for hurling slain enemies)
Deathly Spears - Can now strike multiple times by default. Number of jabs scales more quickly with CA level. Gold mod Jab changed to Impale, which adds a chance for deep wounds.
Combat Alert - Duration increased from 15 to 70 seconds, but duration increase per CA level is halved. Cooldown increased from 30 to 100 seconds.
Battle Aura (Buff) - When converted to Permanent Buff (Battle Aura), values are no longer halved, but are at approximately 2/3 the original values instead.
T-Energy Shroud (Buff) - No changes
Lost Fusion
Ampifying Discharge - Now has a mix of physical/ice as an innate damage types. Bullets now home in on enemies, so they can't miss. Now has an 80% chance to bounce to 2 other enemies (formerly 70% chance to bounce to 1 additional enemy). Ricochet mods now each give a 60% chance to hit one additional opponent (formerly 20% chance). Damage from Ice Bullet mods slightly decreased.
Furious Emblazer- Increased base fire damage and hits per second. Increased chance to burn from Immolation bronze mod (from 25% to 35%).
Jolting Touch- Hits per second now scales with CA level.
Archimedes Beam - Hits per second now scales with CA level. Changed damage types from magic/physical to magic/fire and increased base damage. Now has a 75% chance to pierce, 75% chance for knockback, and will hurl slain enemies. Fight distance is tripled, allowing use from greater distances.
Sentinel Construct - New Combat Art (replaces Propelled Levitation). A buff that creates an allied Temple Guardian for combat support. He attacks with melee attacks only. Can be modified to increase the construct's damage, armor, attack speed, and attack and defense, and lowered regeneration times for the Temple Guardian.
Source Warden
Primal Mutation - Has been reworked and given a somewhat different description to emphasize the toxic, radioactive aspect of mutation. Damage types changed from magic/physical to magic/poison. Modifications are now: Chance for Critical Hits/Chance for Poisoning, Chance to hit additional opponents/Lower enemy attributes, and Additional poison DOT/Lower enemy attributes.
Positronic Overload - New Combat Art (replaces Fiery Ember). The Temple Guardian overloads his system with T-Energy and discharges the excess power in a concentrated laser blast that damages and stuns enemies in the target zone (fire/magic damage mix). This spell is a an adaptation of Kraal's laser attack for the Temple Guardian. Can be modified for: Additional Magic DOT/Additional Fire DOT, Chance for Critical Hits/Chance for Knockback, and Chance to Weaken/Chance for Burning.
Icy Ember - New combat art (replaces Icy Evanescence). Causes fire and ice damage to opponents within a certain radius, while providing the Temple Guardian and allied players with increased resistance to these elements. Basically it is a combination of Icy Evanescence and Fiery Ember. However, it no longer debuffs enemy resistance to these elements without modifications. Modifications are: Increase fire damage/Debuff enemy movement speed, Increase ice damage/Debuff enemy attack speed, and Lower enemy ice resistance/Lower enemy fire resistance. The spell graphics are the ice crystals of Icy Evanescence, but when combined with the fire damage's chance to burn, there will be a lot of flaming enemies, so there is a nice mix of fire/ice visuals going on.
Charged Grid - Cooldown decreased from 30s to 20s.
Untouchable Force - Chance to stun increased from 10% to 15%. Magic damage from Field Damage mods increased slightly.
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Dragon Mage Combat Arts
Dragon Magic
Dragon Berserk - The Dragon Berserk now has scaling multi-channel damage mitigation, extra base fire and physical armor, and scaling bonuses to attack, defense, armor, and health.
At the beginning, his raw power is a bit higher than vanilla Ice & Blood, but lower than with the CM Patch 1.40. The main thing keeping him from being OP in early levels is a shorter duration, and a nerfed extension of duration from hits. However, the power scales much better now, so he will be viable all the way to endgame.
I removed the two Frenzy modifications (that makes hits add to duration of the form) and replaced them with modifications that add to armor % and damage %. The Concentration mod no longer increases duration but adds a chance opponents cannot evade attacks.
The bonus of Life Leech % from the Steal Life mod (added by CM Patch) is changed back to flat Life Leeched per Hit, and scales better with CA level.
Lacerate - LL % was moved to the Lacerate CA. Lacerate now has a scaling chance for deep wounds, double hit, stun, and splash damage. The damage, attack, and bleeding chance are lower initially but scale much better now.
Frenzy has become Blood Frenzy, now has a higher wounded threshold. I cut the cooldown in half and lowered the duration by 4 seconds. The attack speed bonus is higher, and the spell now grants a chance to disregard armor and a chance to reflect close combat..
Eternal Fire - Is now cast as a cone-shaped fire spray in front of the Dragon Mage, allowing multiple opponents to be hit. Cooldown and duration decreased from 8s to 4s. Initial range decreased, but range now slowly scales with CA level. Spell now inflicts some flat fire damage and fire damage over time in addition to the vanilla "plague fire." Plague fire damage now scales better with CA level (double increase from vanilla). Increased chance for fire to jump to additional opponents.
Dragon Strike - Range now slowly scales with CA level. Fire damage now scales slightly better with CA level.
Dragon's Wrath - New Combat Art (replaces Dragon Form). Temporary buff (90s, cooldown 120s). The Dragon Mage channels draconic power to enhance his weapon damage (adding fire and magic damage) and attack value %. Also raises the attack speed limit and adds a chance for weapon hits to strike multiple opponents. This is a temporary buff designed to help Dragon Mages who want to attack with weapons. Can be modded for additional ice damage/chance to disregard armor, chance for critical hits/life leech, and chance to hit additional opponents/chance opponents cannot evade.
Draconic Ally - New combat art (replaces Familiar). Buffs the Dragon Mage in the same way as Familiar, but also summons an allied dragon who is a fighter in its own right (unlike the Familiar, which just hung out). The Dragon casts a Fireball and Blazing Tempest. Can be modded for boosting the Dragon's armor/increased hitpoint regen for the Dragon Mage, fire mitigation/increase attack & cast speed, and increase max hitpoints/regeneration time -% (the silver and gold mods all affect the Dragon Mage, not the summon).
Elemental Magic
Elemental Strike - New Combat Art (replaces Magic Wall). The Dragon Mage channels the raw powers of fire and ice through his weapon and hurls an elemental bolt at enemies (hybrid combat art). In essence this is a modified version of Archangel's Wrath for the Dragon Mage. For a while I had this CA execute as a melee hit, like Magic Coup. But after experimenting, it seemed like a magical projectile was more suitable for the Dragon Mage. Modifications are: add chance to hit additional opponents/increased damage, add life leech/make projectiles seek their targets, and chance for burning/chance for freezing.
Gust of Wind - No changes (except for hurling slain enemies)
Tornado - Range now slowly scales with CA level. Now does more damage, a mix of physical and ice damage by default (formerly only physical damage). Disarm gold mod now has 100% chance to disarm enemies (was formerly 20%, then changed to debuff enemy attack in CM Patch).
Destroyer - Destroyers are now 25% larger. They now do more damage, a mix of physical and fire damage (formerly only physical damage) and have a 50% chance to knock back enemies. Gold mod Explosive is now Volatile, which increases the Destroyers' fire damage.
Protector - Now summons 2 Protectors by default. Values from all Bronze and Silver mods are increased (summon level, health regeneration, attack and defense, armor). The "Familiar" modification that summoned an extra Protector is changed to one that lowers the regen penalty from the buff. Protectors in vanilla had AI that did not allow them to cast their combat arts - that is now changed. Protectors now cast a temporary self-buff, a root spell, and a dirt spray attack.
Mentalism
Mind Strike - No changes (except for hurling slain enemies)
Energy Blaze - Range now slowly scales with CA level
Maelstrom - Range now slowly scales with CA level
Combat Trance - Initial duration increased from 15 to 90 seconds, but duration increase per CA level halved. Cooldown increased from 60 to 120 seconds. Silver mod Experienced now reduces the cooldown to 96 seconds.
Runes of Protection - Chance to stun enemies increased from 10% to 15%.
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Horse Combat Arts
The idea here is to make riding horses more appealing, and hopefully encourage more people to consider the Riding skill.
- Leap now has a scaling 50% chance to break roots, and will slow movement speed of enemies at the starting location.
- Charge now buffs the rider with defense, damage mitigation, and light healing during the charge. The charge damage also scales better and can hurl enemies away.
- Rear Up now has better damage scaling and can hurl enemies away. It also now has a scaling 40% chance for bleeding damage.
The icons are unchanged from vanilla.
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Divine Gifts
The idea here is to make the god spells more appealing, and hopefully encourage more people to consider Divine Devotion because it will transform these spells from great to fantastic.
Dazzle - damage boosted, duration increased, cooldown lowered from 900 to 300s
Sakkara - duration boosted from 20 to 90s, cooldown lowered from 1800 to 400s
Will-o-wisp - duration boosted from 10 to 11s, damage boosted, cooldown lowered from 1200 to 400s
Infusion - duration doubled from 10 to 20s, cooldown lowered from 900 to 300s
Kuan's Breath - raised max level of enemy affected (to avoid the spell no longer working when survival bonus raises enemy levels too high), decreased cooldown from 1200 to 300s
Inspiration - increased duration from 15 to 25s, lowered cooldown from 900 to 300s
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Combos
Unfortunately there's not much I can do with Combos, such as making them function more like Sacred 1, so I just upgraded the icons.
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Skills and Attributes
- Dragon Mage can now learn the following skills: Dual Wield, Hafted Weapons, Ranged Weapons, Blacksmith. Spell Resistance is now secondary skill.
- Dryad can now learn the following skills: Hafted Weapons, Toughness, Blacksmith.
- High Elf can now learn the following skills: Hafted Weapons, Combat Reflexes, Toughness, Blacksmith. Constitution is now primary skill.
- Inquisitor can now use shields and learn the following skills: Shield Lore, Enhanced Perception.
- Shadow Warrior can now learn the following skills: Magic Staves, Bargaining.
- Seraphim can now learn the following skills: Hafted Weapons, Blacksmith.
- Temple Guardian can now learn the following skills: Magic Staves, Alchemy. Concentration is now primary skill.
- Damage Lore is now a primary skill choice for all characters, so that a pure spellcaster doesn't have to take a weapon skill to access it.
- Pacifism skill removed from game.
- Recovery Elixirs now have additional temporary DOT damping unlocked by the Alchemy skill.
- Trophy powers now scale better with the Alchemy skill.
- Improved the effect of the Enhanced Perception skill.
- Attributes' effect on weapon damage is increased.
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Challenge Mode Features:
- Critical hit damage increased from 1.2 to 1.5 times damage.
- 20% increase of T-Energy damage against the player.
- Chance for T-Energy to mutate enemies increased by 25%.
- Max speed in the game quadrupled. The player isn't faster by default, but will benefit from more Run Speed +% gear. Enemies will move faster as well.
- Enemy aggro range tripled.
- Aggro range for white (much lower level than player) enemies doubled.
- Boss aggro range increased by about 10%.
- No more damage downscaling for NPC's (they will inflict full damage on each other).
- Range for clearing the fog of war on the map is tripled (results in more enemies).
- Cooldown for healing potions is doubled.
- Slightly lower chance to get runes.
- Enemies gain greater damage from attributes.
- Overall intensity of enemies increased by 25%.
- Enemy weapon and spell damage and armor significantly increased (from about 40% on bronze to over 300% on Niobium).
- Champion enemies receive greater bonuses to hitpoints, damage, armor, chance for critical hits, and attack and defense. They are no longer simply normal enemies with a bit more health. They can be extremely deadly.
The challenge patch is OPTIONAL and is only for players who feel that Enhanced Spells could use a greater challenge.
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Classic Icons Pack
Install these on top of the mod if you don't like the new icons and want to play with the original CA icons (just delete the new ones from the icons folder and put these in instead). New and swapped Combat Arts will have icons done in the "classic" style:
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New Player Portraits and Brighter Health Bar
Edited by Flix, 11 March 2016 - 10:29 AM.
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