DLA Finale Overhaul Update - Changelog

The main focus of this update is to wrap up everything that still needed fixing/adding. This includes reworking the Goddess fights and improving them (also making them harder), finishing the Crystal Shard shop as well as some minor improvements to Chapter 4 and the Epilogue. This will be the final patch, aside from future updates which will add the missing art into the game

General Gameplay Changes:

• Lowered the boost from breaking enemies from 200% increased damage down to 150% increased damage

  • While trying out the bosses more extensively, I felt that the increased damage was a bit too high and as such, lowered it.

• Made even more non-specific weapons available to use for all allies, rather than just Alice

• The chain state mechanic can now be read about in the 'Kyloth's Combat Guide' item.

  • The chain state mechanic is the "Soaked > Frozen > Thawed > Electrified" states

• Added a mention at the start of the game that tells you can access the last 20 messages by using 'Shift'

Goddess World (Hub World) changes:

• Added Crystal Shards around the Hub World

• The rest of the unlocks from the Crystal Shard shop

  • At 76 crystals, you unlock a "boss rush" where you can rechallenge harder versions of some boss battles. You will get rewards upon completing them for the first time

    • At 91 crystals, you will unlock a portal to a secret area that has some rewards as well as more lore

      • This area is in the game already and has been for a while, but it was intended to be added as an unlock from this shop and has only now been added as one

    • At 101 crystals, you gain the final unlock which will be a secret boss battle intended to be the hardest fight in the game. Upon defeating the boss, you will be able to get a less evil ending to the game

      • The finale dialogue has been changed slightly as well to accomodate the new ending

• Changed the look of the giant mountain slightly (Added torches to it)

• Changed the look of the basement of the shop slightly

• Added dialogue that tells you when you can access the Side Chapter

• Added a book outside the Crystal Shard shop that lets you revisit past Chapters in case you missed something in them

  • This feature has not been extensively tested and might be a bit bugged, so if you encounter any bugs during the return to a Chapter, please report them!

Chapter 1 Changes:

• Changed the text that appears when trying to break down some of the doors that aren't breakable

• The portal that lets you skip chapters at the start of the game has now been removed

• Added 5 more Crystal Shards to the Chapter

Chapter 2 Changes:

• Added a flashback that comes after you defeat the Dancer

  • This was done to bring it more in line with how Chapter 1 ends

• Added 5 more Crystal Shards to the Chapter

Chapter 3 Changes:

• A storm will now appear during the scene with the Pirate Queen

  • This storm will also carry over to the battle itself

• Made all of the chapter mini-bosses harder as well as give more Gold and JP when they are defeated

  • A lot of the bosses could just be one-shot previously, so their stats were brought up a bit

• All of the mini-bosses in this chapter now has a name

  • Dialogue has been updated to reflect this

• Changed the look of the Atlantis entrance

  • You now arrive at the entrance with your ship again as well, this time intentionally

• Added a flashback that comes after you defeat the Pirate Queen

  • This was done to bring it more in line with how Chapter 1 ends

• Added 5 more Crystal Shards to the Chapter

Chapter 4 Changes:

• Changed the placement of objects slightly

• Updated the looks of the maps

• Made the inside of the church slightly smaller

• Made it more clear which buildings you can enter and which ones you can't

• Added multiple NPCs to the maps of Chapter 4, primarily the main map

• Added three new buildings that you can enter

  • Two of them are in the Residential district and one is in the Agricultural District

• Added more chests to the chapter

• Added Crystal Shards that you can find scattered around Chapter

• Added a flashback that comes after you defeat the Thunder Goddess

  • This was done to bring it more in line with how Chapter 1 ends

Side Chapter Changes:

• You can now only access the Side Chapter after having completed Chapter 3, rather than Chapter 2 as it used to be

• Changed the trial where you have to lose to an enemy so that the enemy will always deal a certain percentage of your HP, rather than a set amount like it used to

  • This should make this trial go much faster, rather than the several minutes some people had reported

• Added 5 more Crystal Shards to the Chapter

Epilogue Changes:

• Compressed the Music section of the credits and made it scroll a bit faster as well

• You can now visit the Demon Lord Castle during the Epilogue as well as the forest leading to it

• There is now a church on the way to the shrine which functions as a gallery during the Epilogue

• Added some more optional dialogue

• Different dialogue has been added based on which ending you choose

• Changed some of the maps slightly

• You can now pause and save during the epilogue

Chapter Boss Changes:

The Dancer fight changes:

• Hugely buffed stats (Hits much harder and is much more sturdy)

• Dialogue has been added to the fight

• There are now two phases in the boss fight

  • The second phase applies a DoT effect to the entire party for the rest of the battle

• She now has 6 break shields instead of 5

• She now gives 1000 Gold and 1000 JP on defeat (Up from 300 Gold and 500 JP)

Pirate Queen fight changes:

• Hugely buffed stats (She now hits much harder and is much more sturdy)

• Dialogue has been added to the fight

• There are now two phases to this battle as well

  • During the second phase, the party's agility will be lowered by 50% and they will also take 30% more lightning and ice damage

• Her 'One Piece of Treasure' skill has been buffed to buff all her stats by 33% rather than just ATK, MATK, DEF, & MDEF by 25%.

  • This skill will now be used earlier in the turn order as well

• Her healing skill that she can use while below half HP has now been capped to only being able to be used 3 times per battle as well

• She will now use her 'Wrath of the Pirate Queen' skill much more often when under 50% HP

• She now has 8 Break Shields instead of 5

• She now gives 1000 Gold and 1000 JP on defeat (Up from 300 Gold and 500 JP)

Thunder Goddess fight changes:

• Hugely buffed stats (She now hits much harder and is much more sturdy)

• Dialogue has been added to the fight

• There are now two phases to this battle as well

  • During the second phase, at the end of each turn, a lightning strike will hit one random ally for 2000 Thunder damage

• She now has 8 break shields instead of 5

• She now gives 2000 Gold and 2000 JP on defeat (Up from 300 Gold and 500 JP)

Supreme Goddess fight changes:

All Phases:

• Changed the dialogue slightly and added more dialogue to each phase

• Hugely buffed stats (Hits harder and can withstand more damage)

• She now has a slight weakness to Earth and Wind damage as well

• The boss now has an additional skill she uses: 'Heavenly Light'

  • This is a single target Light damage skill that the first Goddess uses

• Changed her name to no longer include the "Phase X" in it

• She no longer gives JP or Gold upon defeat

  • There's no need for either since she's the final boss of the game

First Phase:

• Another enemy has been added to this phase

  • The enemy is a much stronger version of the Goddess from Chapter 1

• She now has 10 Break shields instead of 5

Second Phase:

• Another enemy has been added to this phase

  • The enemy is a stronger version of the Dancer

• She now has 8 break shields instead of 4

Third Phase:

• Another enemy has been added to this phase

  • The enemy is a stronger version of the Pirate Queen

• She now has 6 break shields instead of 3

Final Phase:

• Another enemy has been added to this phase

  • The enemy is a stronger version of the Thunder Goddess from Chapter 4

• She now has 4 break shields instead of 2

Alice Changes:

• Lowered the damage on most of Alice's skills in order to not bump up the enemy's defenses too high

  • Niflheim Rend in particular had way too high damage

    • This way, the enemies will still be tankier, but your allies will still be able to deal damage to them

• Increased the cost of most of Alice's upgraded skills

• Inceased the cost slightly of Alice's normal skills

Skill Changes:

• The player version of the 'One Piece of Treasure' skill has been buffed slightly. It now boosts stats by 33% (up from 25%) to match the newly-buffed version of the skill that the Goddess has

• 'Styx' and 'Gjoll' have both been nerfed slightly.

  • The 'Styx' DoT state is now no longer indefinite and is instead only active for 5 turns. The damage has been nerfed as well. It has been lowered from 8% of the enemy's HP per turn down to 3%.

• Inget now only costs 50 TP and does a lot more damage

• Lowered the TP cost of all the allies' drain skills from 75 TP down to 50 TP

• The 'Song of Devotion' buff no longer persists after battle

Minor Changes:

• Changed the name of the skill you get from completing Leucosia's side quest to 'Song of Devotion'

  • Previously, the name was 'The Queen's Song', which is the same name as one of Leucosia's other skills

    • The buff that the skill provides has also gotten its name changed to reflect the name change

• Changed the icon for the 'Soaked' state to distinguish it from other states

Bugfixes:

• Lowered volume on music on some maps & battles

• Fixed some spelling mistakes and text formatting issues

• Fixed a bug in the Side Chapter where you couldn't enter the Destroyed Castle from the overworld

• Fixed the bug where you could play at the casino even if you didn't have enough money

• Fixed various clipping issues

• Fixed a bug where the 'The Perfect Swimsuit' quest would crash the game if you interacted with it via the quest journal

• Fixed an issue where you would keep the upgraded version of the Water Slash skill when you should've lost it and also didn't get Water Slash back either