The 0.8 Faction Update is now live! This update features new endgame dungeons and upgrade systems, introduces dozens of new Divine Items, and features plenty of quality of life and balance improvements! Please find the full update notes below:

0.8.0 Changelog 02.05.23

Quality of Life:

Added a new Rank to the Community Project that will allow you to set an Auto Donation Threshold for all your Materials.
Added a toggle to hide completed Achievements on the Achievement Menu.
The Monster Ability Glossary now displays the Cast Time of each ability.
Right Clicking a Flask or Character in the Prepare Mission Menu will empty the Slot.
Added support for new Flask Loadouts in addition to Team Loadouts in the Prepare Mission Menu. Note that Team loadouts will still store a Flask configuration.
Added a new Advanced Setting "Character Stats highlight on hover" that will cause hovering over an Attribute in the Character Stats sheet to highlight equipped Items that provide the selected Attribute.
Introduced a Gem Storage Tab that unlocks after purchasing the Gemcutter's Cabin Rank 3 Upgrade. The Gem Storage Tab can be used to store and filter Gems.

New Content:

Factions:

New endgame content system. Aid 4 different Factions by clearing their associated Faction Dungeons.
Factions Dungeons are long, challenging missions that will test your teams endurance.
Gain Faction reputation as you clear Faction Dungeons.
Unlock new Faction Skills, Upgrades, and Material Bonuses as you increase your reputation with each Faction.

Blessings:

New Material Drop from T3+ Faction Dungeons
New Craft that uses Blessings to improve the power of the Bonus Attributes found on Equipment.

Divine Items:

New Rarity of Item that can drop rarely from bosses and some endgame content.
Divine Items have significantly more powerful and unique Equipment Bonuses.
Divine Items come with Max Rank Attributes that will increase in rank automatically as you add Paragon Levels to the Item.

Balance:

Removed the Gold Cost for Donating / Shattering Materials.
Armour, Resistance, Evasion, and Block Rating use a new damage reduction formula that incorporates diminishing returns.
Reduced the amount of Experience required to level from 100 to 150 by approximately 50%.
Restructured the Ascendancy Challenges, most Challenges now require you to complete any Mission at the relevant Level Scale while each 5th Challenge requiring you to complete a Bonus Mission.
Introduced 2 new post 150 Ascendancy Challenges. These Challenges do not grant additional Ascendancy levels but will direct you towards new Missions and will provide Currency and Material rewards.
Significantly reduced the Fragment cost of the Blacksmith Ranks.
Significantly reduced the attribute shard cost of the Reroll, Randomise, Lock / Unlock and Upgrade Attributes Crafts for Items below Item Level 150.
Reduced the cost of most Building Upgrades using T4 and T5 Materials.

Monsters:

Reduced the damage scaling of Monsters at level 100+ by 50%.
Reduced the Weapon Damage of most endgame Monster Abilities.
Reduced the damage scaling of Monsters in Bounties and Agony Missions by 50%.
Reduced the base Health, Damage and Experience gain for Agony Monsters by 50%.
Added a new buff "Agony Empowered" which applies to Agony Monster in Agony Missions and Grants 100% More Health, Damage, and +100% Fate.

Skills:

Skills that apply Bleed, Poison, or Ignite either by default or from a passive will now gain the DoT damage tag.
Arcane Torrent -> Deepening Strikes now grants an additional 1% More Damage dealt per Rank.

Ascendancies:

The All Resistance passive now grants +50 Resistance per Rank at Level 150 (Was 38).
The Armour Penetration passive now grants +400 Penetration per Rank at Level 150 (Was 350).
The Physical and Elemental Penetration passives now grant +50 Penetration per Rank at Level 150 (Was 90).
Marksman now grants 0.4% More Damage per stack of Focus (Was 0.5%).

Equipment Attributes:

Physical Resistance now grants +150 Resistance at Level 150 (Was +220).
Fire, Cold, Lightning and Arcane Resistance now grant +300 Resistance at Level 150 (Was +350).
Amulets and Trinkets can now roll All Resistance.
Damage Over Time % base value is now +10% (Was +6%).
Damage Over Time % now rolls up to +484% at Level 150 (Was +726%).

Gems:

Steel Prism now grants +200 Armour Penetration (Was +150).
The Elemental Gemstone set bonus now grants +200 Elemental Penetration (Was +150).
The Ferrous Core set bonus now grants +200 Physical Penetration (Was +150).

Enchants:

Certain Enchant effects are now stackable. Stackable effects are displayed as a bracketed number in green.
You can now craft 2 of the same Enchant on a 2Handed Weapon.
Ground, Warmth, Douse, Gauze and Antidote Enchants now grants +50% of the relevant Ailment Avoidance (Was 40%).
Onslaught Enchant now grants a 2% chance to reset your Offensive Cooldown (Was 1%).
Sentinel Enchant now grants a 2% chance to reset your Defensive Cooldown (Was 1%).
The Censure Enchant no longer has a -10% Critical Chance penality.

Items:

Standardised Item Attribute Bonuses.
Increased the base damage over underperforming 2 Hand Weapons and reduced the base damage of over performing 1 Handed Weapons.

Please see below for a full list of Item Attribute Bonus changes, for Attributes that scale with level the value at level 150 has been provided.

Armour:

T2 Gloves now grant +10% Critical Damage (Was +15%).
T3 Bracers now grant +15% Critical Damage (Was +20%).
T4 Cloaks, T5 Helms, and T6 Gloves now grant +20% Critical Damage (Was +25%).
Ravager's Cord now grants +25% Critical Damage (Was +30%).
Occult Belt now grants +4% Double Damage (Was +6%).
Swift Striders now grants +5% Attack Speed (Was +6%).
Pathfinders Boots now grants +3% Attack Speed Multiplier (Was +4%).
Jungle Cape now grants +5% Attack Speed (Was +6%).
Handler's Gloves now grants +4% Dodge Chance (Was +3%).
Emperor's Strength now grants +4% Double Damage (Was +5%).
Occult Gloves now grants +25% Critical Damage (Was +30%).
Evoker's Hood now grants +25% Critical Damage (Was +30%).
Traveller's Leggings now grants +5% Attack Speed (Was +4%).
Grounding Boots now grant +600 Lightning Resistance (Was +420).
Plated Boots now grant +300 Physical Resistance (Was +420).
Woollen Wraps now grant +600 Cold Resistance (Was +420).
Occult Bracers now grant +300 Elemental Resistance (Was +280).
Wolf Pelt Cloak now grants +300 Elemental Resistance (Was +280).
Emperor's Doubt now grants +150 All Resistance (Was +140).
Weathered Gloves now grant +300 Elemental Resistance (Was +350).
Yeti Hide Hood now grants +600 Cold Resistance (Was +420).
Great Helm now grants +300 Physical Resistance (Was +420).
Flameproof Epaulettes now grant +600 Fire Resistance (Was +420).
Occult Mantle now grants +600 Arcane Resistance (Was +560).
Weathered Greaves now grant +150 All Resistance (Was +210).
Toxic Waders now grants +605% Damage Over Time (Was +726%).

Accessories:

Pathfinders Amulet now grants +10 Block Rating (Was +25%).
Emperor's Blessing now grants +4% Damage Multiplier (Was +5%).
Spare Eyestalk now grants +5% Critical Chance (Was +4%).
Call of the Void now grants +150 Arcane Penetration (Was +210).
Element Stone now grants +110 Elemental Penetration (Was +140).
Charm of the Elements now grants +110 Elemental Penetration (Was +140).
Charm of Aggression now grants +150 Physical Penetration (Was +140).
Arcane Ward now grants +600 Arcane Resistance (Was +420).
Orcish Charm now grants +300 Elemental Resistance (Was +350).
Emperor's Blessing now grants +3% Damage Multiplier (Was +4%).
Punishers Band now grants +605% Damage Over Time (Was +968%).

Offhands:

Hellscale Quiver now grants +5% Double Damage (Was +4%).
Quiver of the Deep now grants +30% Critical Damage (Was +40%).
Elegant Quiver now grants +8% Ailment Effect (Was +8%).
Demonic Sinstone now grants +5% Double Damage (Was +4%).
The Contract now grants +8% Attack Speed (Was +6%).
Arcane Core now grants +150 Arcane Penetration (Was +210).
Bulwark now grants +300 Physical Resistance (Was +420).

Weapons:

Cleaver now grants +8% Critical Chance (Was +4%).
Ivory Blade now grants +8% Attack Speed (Was +5%).
Mechanized Bow now grants +8% Critical Chance (Was +10%).
Honed Bow now grants +150 Physical Penetration (Was +315).
Pathfinders Bow now grants +110 Elemental Penetration (Was +210).
Witch Hunter's Crossbow now grants +8% Attack Speed (Was +10%).
Runic Crossbow now grants +30% Critical Damage (Was +60%).
Beetle Blade now grants +8% Attack Speed (Was +5%).
Envenom now grants +8% Ailment Effect (Was +5%).
Cobalt Shiv now grants +150 Physical Penetration (Was +315).
Demonic Claws now grant +8% Attack Speed (Was +6%).
Dragonforged Claws now grant +800 Armour Penetration (Was +630).
Basic Gun, Iron Musket, Lead Gun, and Iridium Gun base damage is now 19 - 24 (Was 17 - 24).
Clockwork Rifle and Vanquisher base damage is now 20 - 26 (Was 18 - 24).
Clockwork Rifle now grants +16% Attack Speed (Was +10%).
Vanquisher now grants +5% Triple Damage (Was +4%).
Basic Hammer, Lead Hammer, Gold Hammer, and Iridium Hammer base damage is now 18 - 25 (Was 18 - 23).
Brute's Warhammer base damage is now 22 - 26 (Was 20 - 25).
Brute's Warhammer now grants +16% Attack Speed (Was +10%).
Bludger base damage is now 20 - 25 (Was 18 - 23).
Bludger now grants +1600 Armour Penetration (Was +840).
Goliath's Crusher base damage is now 20 - 25 (Was 19 - 24).
Horned Mace now grants +8% Critical Chance (Was +4%).
Pathfinder's Mace now grants +6% Area Damage Multiplier (Was +5%).
Basic Spear, Iron Spear, Lead Spear, Gold Spear, Mythril Spear, and Iridium Spear base damage is now 15 - 20 (Was 15 - 18).
Desert Tarsus, Whispering Dread, and Cleaver of the Damned base damage is now 19 - 22 (Was 18 - 21).
Desert Tarsus now grants +16% Critical Chance (Was +8%).
Whispering Dread now grants +10% Double Damage (Was +8%).
Cleaver of the Damned now grants +1600 Armour Penetration (Was +1260).
Cobalt Trident base damage is now 17 - 22 (Was 17 - 21).
Basic Staff, Plain Staff, Fine Staff, Dense Staff, Fir Staff, and Mahogany Staff base damage is now 19 - 24 (Was 20 - 25).
Living Root Staff now grants +16% Attack Speed (Was +10%).
Blizzard Staff now grants +300 Cold Penetration (Was +630).
Arcane Ritual Staff now grants +300 Arcane Penetration (Was 630).
Cobalt Staff now grants +220 Elemental Penetration (Was 420).
Frost Sting now grants +150 Cold Penetration (Was +315).
Wightsbane now grants +8% Attack Speed (Was +6%).
Thunder Crash now grants +150 Lightning Penetration (Was +315).
Ritual Knife now grants +8% Critical Chance (Was +4%).
Firestone Shiv now grants +150 Fire Penetration (Was +315).
Dragonforged Spellblade now grants +800 Armour Penetration at level 150 (Was +840).
Pathfinder's Spellblade now grants +6% Direct Damage Multiplier (Was +5%).
Wailing Tome, Demonic Tome, Book of Horrors, and The Abyss Walker base damage is now 5 - 9 (Was 6 - 9).
Book of Horrors now grants +110 Elemental Penetration (Was +210).
Cobalt Tome base damage is now 7 - 10 (Was 7 - 11).
Iron Pistol, Lead Pistol, Gold Pistol, Iridium Pistol, and Sundown base damage is now 8 - 12 (Was 7 - 12).
Sundown now grants +800 Armour Penetration (Was +630).
Bear Claw now grants +1210% Damage Over Time (Was +1452%).
Plague Staff now grants +2420% Damage Over Time (Was +2904%).

Relics:

Relics now grant +4 Elemental Resistance per level (Was +2).

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a bug with the DPS display for Offensive Cooldowns on the Passive Menu.
Fixed a bug where some Ascendancy Passives were granting a higher attribute value than intended after loading a save.
Fixed a bug where the Cull Enchant was not correctly applying to Ascendancy Execute effects.
Fixed a bug where Item Imbuement would not copy the Reinforcement Level or Enchantment of the sacrificed Item.
Fixed a bug where Buffs with independent stack durations (for e.g Swift Assault) were not benefiting from Buff Duration or Debuff Duration.
Fixed a display issue where some Monster attacks could show the wrong damage number after a healing effect occurred.
Fixed a bug where Crit chance above 100% could contribute towards a double crit without the Blessed Enchant equipped.
Updated the wording for Health Regen % to better indicate its effect.
Fixed a bug where Achievement displays were not correctly resetting when swapping between different save files.
Fixed a bug where Imbuing a Non Nemesis Item onto a Nemesis Item would preserve the Nemesis status.
Fixed a bug where Area attacks could proc the Vizier bonus effect more than once per attack.
Fixed a bug where the Fortress upgrade would sometimes not unlock correctly.
Fixed an issue where Faction and Agony Reward chests were not using the correct Item level for Inventory filter purposes.

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