4.3.1 Assist Shrine Update
We have a surprise feature update for you, just in time for the holidays!
The new Assist Shrine is the perfect way for you, and any new Barony adventurers, to get their feet wet in the dungeons, especially if you’re having a hard time! Offering several new ways to ease the game’s difficulty, the Assist Shrine may be just what you need to finally be the hero that Hamlet deserves.
Each player’s candle is lit at the shrine when they claim an Assist Item. One at a time please!
In the starting floor there is a now a new Assist Shrine interactable. Now you can have per-player handicaps with more options to lower the game difficulty, great for introducing new players to your party.
Accessing Assist Items
The old "+1 Life" game flag is now replaced with the new "Assist Items" game flag.
Enabling / Disabling
If the host of a game wants everyone to play without Assist Items, they can be Disabled / Enabled in the Lobby Settings and Game Settings menus.
Assist Shrine UI Tabs
Items Tab:
If "Assist Items" are enabled for the lobby, you can claim up to 4 items which can be blessed to improve their effects further
Every item has a Assistance Point cost and reduces your leaderboard score by 10% per point (maximum of 95% reduction). Blessing/Cursing incurs higher costs.
Claiming 10 or more Assistance Points will disable achievements/online leaderboards
Items aren't shared, everyone can claim their own copy of the items so 16 total for a 4 player game
In multiplayer the score penalties are based on the sum of everyone's points, so everyone shares the same score penalties.
A full kit of Assist Items makes the game substantially easier, but still exposes you to all the game’s mechanics. Perfect for learning!
Assist Items Available
Cloak of the Guardian [5 AP / +4 AP per blessing]
- Provides 25% combat damage resistance and 50% trap damage resistance
(up to 75%/75% at +2)
Ring of Resolve [3 AP / +2 AP per blessing]
- Increases your Max HP/MP while worn by +10/10 (up to +30/30 at +2)
Marigold [3 AP / +2 AP per blessing]
- Restores 5 HP over 30 seconds when eating food (up to 11 HP at +2)
Amulet of Lifesaving [4 AP / +2 AP per blessing]
- Effect has been changed for all lifesaving amulets in the game, revival now
restores +50HP (up to +150HP at +2) instead of full HP
With the Assist Items and their blessing status customizable for each player, you’ll have more control than ever over how difficult of an experience you want to have. You can even curse items in case you’re playing an Incubus or Succubus!
Item Assist Point costs are designed specifically to make sure that you can take a few combos of items without necessarily disabling achievements, especially useful if there’s a particular aspect of the game you struggle with.
Race / Class Tabs
We’ve used the Assist Shrine to provide a long requested feature for players who want to change Race or Class without having to start a new lobby. Here you can change your character with the respective Class / Race tabs. Changes apply when the game is next restarted.
Note, this does not require Assist Items game flag for this function to be usable!
Now you can experiment with different playstyles and party makeups with your friends, without the need to disband!
We hope that the Assist Shrine enriches your playtime with others, whether they be veterans, or newcomers to play with from the couch at your next family gathering. As for us, we’re going to exploit assist items to finally earn that Blessed Boots of Speed achievement.
