Project Hero

Project Hero 0.13.9 -- The Oathbreaker gets meaner, Wolverine learns to block

THE OATHBREAKER

• He actually hits you now. His swings were aimed along the direction his body last walked in, not where he was looking, so if you stood still he could swing right past you. He now squares up to you before every attack and keeps turning to track you through each wind-up. In testing, a target parked beside him took 10 of 10 hits.
• Every attack hits about 40% harder: Stance Dash 30 -> 42, combo hits 10 -> 14, Riposte 18 -> 26, Leaping Cleave 20 -> 28, Soul Rend 12 -> 17, Judgement 35 -> 48 (plus a hotter burning circle), Execution 40 -> 55, Soul Spear 15 -> 21, Oath Shattered shockwave 8 -> 12. Combo reach 3.5 -> 4 blocks.
• He attacks much more often: the pause between attacks is roughly halved in every phase (2.5s / 2s / 1.5s -> 1.2s / 0.9s / 0.6s).
• Longer Stance Dash: the lunge now carries him to where you were standing, up to 9 blocks (it used to be a fixed 4), and cuts anyone along its whole path. He also uses it to close the gap when you back off to 5-10 blocks.
• He walks faster: about 1.6 / 2.1 / 3.0 blocks per second across the three phases (was about 1.0 / 1.4 / 2.1).
• New walk and run. The old walk swung his free arm with the same-side leg, splayed his legs, and slid his feet along the ground. It's now a heavy, planted stride with the arms swinging properly and the weight sinking into each step. The phase 3 run got the same fix.
• He no longer glows: no glowing eyes or cracks, and no outline from any power's highlight or the Glowing effect.
• His right arm is back: it was always there, but its front was painted pitch black, the same as his chest, so from the front it disappeared and his sword looked like it was floating. Both arms now have their plate armour wrapped all the way round.
• Guidebook updated with the new numbers.

WOLVERINE

• Left click now slashes with a random claw, left hand or right. Same damage either way, and other players see the same hand.
• Hold right click to BLOCK: both sets of claws cross in front of you and you take 30% less damage from anything a shield could stop. Falls, fire, drowning and magic still get through. Like a raised shield, you can't attack while guarding. This replaces the old right-click off-hand strike.
• Guidebook controls list now shows LMB / RMB.

Version note: this is 0.13.9 (a patch), following 0.14.0.