Time for the first patch of 2022! Alongside minor tweaks to Shiftcloak and Sage abilities, there are some subtle but impactful changes to trade.

Maxing out a port's Wealth Level to 100% is now cheaper - in fact, it will take $10,000 less per port. However, repeated trade trips to the same destination in a short time are now less lucrative - port Market Rate recovers much more slowly now. (Remember, Market Rate recovery speed is based on a port's Wealth Level and the Wealth Level of nearby allied ports!)

GAMEPLAY

• Sage's 'Growth' cast time reduced from 8 -> 7
  
• Sage's 'Dispel' cast time reduced from 8 -> 7
  
• Enchanter's 'Counter Enchant' duration now properly scales from both Skill and Magic Attack
  
• Shiftcloak's 'Whirl' no longer bypasses half Magic Defense
  
• Shiftcloak's 'Distracting Aura' now triggers on the start AND end of your turn

• Port Wealth Level is no longer twice as expensive to increase past 90% when investing
  
• Greatly reduced daily Market Rate recovery from 0.5 -> 0.15
  
• Salvage Lost Cargo job total fame requirement increased from 500 -> 1000
  
• Salvage Lost Cargo job base reward increased from $1250 -> $1500
  
• Improved average loot quality of certain Grove shrines
  
• Changed visual style of Invisible status
  
• You can no longer request royal ship escorts while you already have one
  
• You can now dismiss royal ship escorts when requesting a boon
  
• Royal ship escorts now turn on you if you attack your own faction
  
• Arena fighters no longer lose bonus ability ranks or passives from RUIN mode when joining you
  
• Arena fighters in earlier rounds no longer can learn Break Weapon or Break Armor
  
• Moved Elite Arena final round spawn spot 1 tile further away so 1st enemy round is less brutal
  
• Made drake's fire breath look a little bit cooler
  

FIXES

• Fixed ship movement cannon previews incorrectly being blocked by caster's current position
  
• Fixed Junk items occasionally showing up in 3rd-level monster dens
  
• Fixed Growth Trigger not growing plants
  
• Fixed being able to teleport out of the arena between fights
  
• Moved arena triggers so you can't sneakily climb into them using Lattice Weeds
  
• Fixed crash if you try to sell an "empty" item by crafting while trading
  
• Added error detection/retry for rare grove generation corruption bug
  
• Fixed Market Rate displaying as less than 50% during trading
  
• Fixed controller cursor showing up when jumping over obstacles in combat
  
• Fixed time bonus on Sailor's 'Smellingsalts' showing even at rank 1
  
• Fixed 1/5 cafe visitors to player-owned ports being speechless
  
• Cleaned up some dirt in Jasce's throne room
  

MODDING

• Added Actor.useAIevenWhenControllable (probably will be buggy)
  
• Added new formula "m:locIsPort" that returns 1 if the nearest or current Location is a port.
  
• Fixed crash when using "m:locWealth" or "m:favorWithLoc" when not near a port.
  
• "addTalkerToParty_temp" now retains RUIN Passives and ability ranks if in RUIN mode