This is another smaller update while I clean up lingering bugs from the Reason boss fight and prepare for the upcoming Wisdom boss fight. A couple of minor interface improvements which have been on the to-do list for awhile also found their way into the release.
The main new addition is the ability to face Reason is single play mode. The new "Versus Reason" scenario was very difficult to balance, since she's even more difficult than would be expected for a boss fight late in campaign mode. You're meant to "burn all your resources" to beat Reason, because the nature of her simulation mechanics means that those resources will remain available in the real world. For a player without access to Forsaken, the number of items you need in order to reach that level of power is high. There's also a large degree of randomness in how well the items you get will synergize with each other, which means that the scenario can be pretty easy or extremely difficult depending on your luck.
I'm still including the scenario just so that players who don't like to play deep into campaign mode will still be able to experience Reason's mechanics and story, but it's still recommended to face her in campaign mode as originally intended.
Next month will be the introduction of the final species-based boss fight, Wisdom! Like Reason, she has a pretty crazy gimmick, but I've already done a significant chunk of the work required to implement her this month, so she should be done on schedule. I hope you all look forward to it!
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- Content: Added the Versus Reason scenario to single play mode.
- Interface: The Forsaken roster may now be reordered.
- Interface: The player may now choose to waive the usual extra action granted by Networked Consciousness when using a surround-type Demon Commander.
- Bugfix: When facing Reason, the "To Round 1" retry option will now properly keeps everyone in their appropriate simulation universe.
- Bugfix: Elemental Chosen no longer fail to activate their Elemental Surge when the Demons retreat from battle.
- Bugfix: The gender composition of Chosen teams can now be changed mid-campaign.
- Bugfix: Warp routes will no longer be available when they're not supposed to be.
- Bugfix: Operation: Entice Thralls to Betrayal will now consistently forbid non-PLEA-inflicting actions.
- Bugfix: Operation: Leech Demonic Energy will now properly stop providing damage reduction when the user performs an action generating zero Evil Energy.
