Embersong

Embersong Alpha 0.3.2 — Progression & Equipment Overhaul

0.3.2 is a large balance, progression, and equipment cleanup focused on making Embersong’s existing systems clearer, more consistent, and much harder to bypass.

Highlights

• Advanced & Rare class overhaul
  • All 60 Advanced/Rare classes now show their actual per-rank bonuses and mechanics.
  • All 139 Advanced/Rare skill nodes now display exact effects.
  • Character bonus summaries were updated to better match the live progression backend.
  • Cleaned up overlapping and obsolete class-stat handling.
  • Fixed unsafe combat/damage handling discovered during the full class functionality audit.
• Universal equipment attunement
  • All managed Tier IV+ equipment now operates at only 20% effectiveness while unattuned.
  • Replaces the old graduated 85% → 50% system.
  • Applies across armor, weapons, shields, caster equipment, and supported special weapon effects.
  • Tooltips were updated to clearly communicate the new rule.
• Ascension Forge progression rework
  • Full Ascension equipment graph audited and cleaned.
  • 537 Ascension recipes validated.
  • Removed ambiguous upgrade branches.
  • Rebalanced progression so early Ascension tiers are more accessible while high-tier progression remains expensive.
  • Improved support for enchanted equipment moving through the Ascension chain.
• Equipment & acquisition cleanup
  • Expanded Embersong’s authority over tiered armor, weapons, shields, and caster gear.
  • Removed recipe paths that bypass intended progression.
  • Cleaned up untiered and incorrectly classified equipment.
  • Continued the external-first equipment progression used by Embersong.
• Mage balance pass
  • Shifted Mage progression further toward spell damage, cooldown reduction, and casting speed rather than simply increasing mana.
  • Improved class-rank, Skill Point, and equipment contributions to Mage scaling.
• Combat difficulty scaling
  • Overworld hostiles: 1.25×
  • Nether hostiles: 1.5×
  • End hostiles: 2×
  • Bosses: 2.5× health, damage, and armor scaling
• Apotheosis & accessory balance
  • Significantly reduced the strength of Apotheosis affixes, gems, and reforging bonuses.
  • Positive Apotheosis attribute bonuses reduced to roughly 20% of their former impact within Embersong’s balance layer.
  • Artifacts, Relics, and similar combat accessory bonuses heavily reduced to stop trinkets from overshadowing class/equipment progression.
  • Managed socket limits tightened.
• Equipment slot changes
  • Added 2 additional ring slots.
• Progression exploit cleanup
  • Disabled problematic infinite-food items.
  • Disabled the Apotheosis Socketing Sigil from normal Embersong progression.
  • Added Frontier Seal placement to exploration loot.
  • Cleaned up several obsolete compatibility recipes and progression bypasses.
• Core & Armory updates
  • Includes Embersong Core 0.3.2 for the new class/skill UI and progression clarity.
  • Includes Embersong Armory 0.1.1 for the corrected native 20% unattunement system.
  • Existing progression, inventories, and worlds do not require a reset.

Technical / Cleanup

• Full 66-class progression authority retained: 6 Basic / 19 Advanced / 41 Rare.
• 175 total Skill Point nodes remain in the progression system.
• Ascension graph validation cleaned and stabilized.
• Removed large amounts of dead compatibility recipe noise.
• Preserved Sodium 0.8.12, JEI 19.44.0.406, and Supplementaries 3.9.3.
• No world, inventory, playerdata, or progression wipe required.

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