Duality

⚔️ Major Fixes

Elemental Mob System Overhaul

Fixed a major issue where hostile mobs with elemental affinity could incorrectly access player elemental abilities.

Hostile mobs now correctly use elements as passive identities, not as player-like powers.

Changed:

• Hostile mobs no longer cast Elemental Charm skills.
• Removed unintended elemental spell casting from regular enemies.
• Added skill permission validation before elemental skill execution.
• Separated:
  • Element Affinity → combat interactions, strengths, weaknesses.
  • Element Skill Access → reserved for players, bosses, and designated skill users.

🌑 Elemental Combat Matchups

Added elemental damage interaction framework.

Current matchups:

• Light vs Dark → 2x damage
• Dark vs Light → 2x damage
• Same element → Normal damage
• Neutral element → Normal damage

Example:

• A Light-aligned player fighting a Dark-affinity zombie will deal increased elemental damage.
• A Dark-affinity zombie remains a normal melee enemy and does not gain Dark spells.

🛡️ Combat Stability Improvements

• Added protection against unauthorized entities executing elemental skills.
• Improved elemental combat separation between players, bosses, and normal enemies.
• Reduced cases of unexpected enemy burst damage caused by incorrect skill access.

🐛 Bug Fixes

Fixed:

• Hostile mobs randomly casting elemental projectiles.
• Enemies using player ability pipelines.
• Unintended AI skill evaluation on normal mobs.
• Combat encounters becoming unfair due to enemy spell spam.

🔧 Technical Improvements

Added:

• Central elemental skill permission system.
• Element matchup calculation framework.
• Improved elemental combat event handling.

⚠️ Notes

This update focuses on combat foundation stability.

Upcoming updates will continue expanding:

• Element Reaction System
• Weapon Mastery System
• Monster State System
• Additional elemental content
• Boss and elite enemy mechanics

Thank you for testing Duality Beta!