Double the point gain bonus of a failed ego application

Redo scaling on Last Stand defense bonus and add equivalent armor

Add disable on run/rest to Last Stand

Add disable on run/rest to True Grit

Remove extra log messages for weapon procs

Removes the ITEM_ damage types from the combat log and touches up some misc numbers and displays on them.

I kept the item proc melee_project damage types out of the combat log for a reason.  They are essentially hacky ways of having a special_on_hit variant that can scale its chance and power with how many items have it.  It was left in the melee_project table mostly because the stuff I was revising was already there, I was just changing how it worked to be normalized, how it was displayed to convey more information (30 arcane silence?  what is that?), and removing the actual damage done in part to clean up the combat log.

Technically this should be its own special proc system, and that should be changed eventually as there are some other consequences of this method that have come up (block damage types, wielder and combat table not summing in intuitive ways).  I'm not surprised someone got confused and added these to the logs as it really was a silly way to do it.  I don't have time to fix this right now, though.

The display of these effects is already handled by the messages setEffect gives.  Putting special combat log entries is the equivalent of putting <20% chance to cast Nova rank 5> in the combat log when making unarmed attacks with Storm Bringer Gauntlets.  We only need to display this when the proc goes off, and the engine already handles that.  As is, my combat log is completely unreadable.

See merge request !402

New visuals for Aim, Exploit Weakness, Pace Yourself, Rapidshot, Explosive Shot, Perfect strike and Trueshot

Clarify weapon proc descriptions and change a few numbers

High Peak lore!  (drops to be added soon)

Closes #1

See merge request !401

Minor scaling corrections

Animus Hoarder: extra soul chance (nerf), Shield Expertise: save bonuses

See merge request !398

Redesign True Grit to have a cumulative stamina cost

Add a rare second high level armor power

Tweak out of phase power numbers, add Temporal theme

Remove all melee retaliation powers

Animus Hoarder: extra soul chance (nerf), Shield Expertise: save bonuses

fan of knives effect

Nerf damage on Assault

Assault:  Damage reduced on all 3 hits.  This has only been ignored so long because the classes with it were pretty weak.  Also, Shield Slam's creation way back was a huge buff to how often you can get double damage skill rotations off.  Bulwark actually does the highest damage of almost any of the melee classes through T1-2 even with this nerf heh.  Would still be true with the old -20% phys damage.  But, the stamina gate is noticable.

Shield Slam:  Damage increased, was just fairly low.

Repulsion:  Now does a shield attack for decent damage and if a target is hit resets Rush's cooldown.  Thematically awkward, but mechanically plays very well.  Knock shit away from you to open a path then charge something.

Shield Expertise:  Standard scaling functions added to the save gain, numbers are about the same for PCs.


See merge request !396

Misc Artifact Buffs

Buffed Pick of Dwarven Emperors to have lv 4 Auger. Nithan's Force loses Auger and arcane property, gains lv4 Bull Shot. Ureslak's Molted Scales gain +5% to all res caps and +100 life to reinforce its theme and usefulness.

See merge request !397

Display negative life in the UI instead of ???

Display negative life instead of ???.  I'm pretty sure I fixed this forever ago, so on the off chance it was reverted intentionally, I'll re-make the argument here.

Firstly, the reason I'm doing this now is because its actively making my test character gameplay a lot less fun.

The use of die_at has gradually inflated.  Importantly, Heroism is a tool experienced players use almost universally, but at the same time I thought I fixed this display issue I also added it on randarts as a power.  It has shown up more and more on talents as well.  The use of die_at is done not because it makes the UI actively hostile, but because its a unique form of life that has specific interactions with max_life and/or for theme.

Additionally, it is inconsistent to give completely information in the combat log but not on the life display.  This leads to encouraging people to look through the hard to read combat log to estimate what their life is at.  Which is exactly what we do, and why I've gotten several complaints about it when I'm active in chat.

If this has to stay, I'll re-do Heroism and delete the randart powers and such so it can stay limited to classes deemed acceptable to have hostile UI as a balance mechanic or whatever the design goal is.

See merge request !395

WeaponCritPower

Added support for .crit_power (percent) field to weapon combat, which adds to the critical multiple for (only) attacks with the weapon.

Applies to melee, unarmed, shield, and ranged attacks.  Object descriptions and character sheet updated.

Throwing Knives talent uses this new field (to avoid permanent changes to crit power on errors).

Slightly nerfed Lure durability so normal NPC's can more easily kill it at high level.

See merge request !392

Switched Pulverizing Auger and Stone Skin spots

Raise damage on Shield Slam

Add scaling functions to Shield Expertise save bonuses.

Add an attack and a rush cooldown refresh to Repulsion

Buffed Pick of Dwarven Emperors to have lv 4 Auger. Nithan's Force loses Auger and arcane property, gains lv4 Bull Shot. Ureslak's Molted Scales gain +5% to all res caps and +100 life to reinforce its theme and usefulness.

Necro buffs

Few QoL changes and buffs to Necromancer. Empathy now helps minions not kill each other. Level 3 and up of Aura Mastery has a 25% chance to return souls from minions on death if they're inside the aura. Animus Hoarder is passive to reduce mana and soul strains early. Chill of the Tomb has a 100% chance to create a wisp if it kills a friendly necrotic minion while Will o' the Wisp is sustained for synergy. Lowered overall mana costs and cooldowns on non-locked trees slightly to prevent as many dead turns. Possibly more tweaks later, but this is it for now.

See merge request !393