Hey guys, I’ve done a ton of game balancing for EBF5. Here’s some of the notable changes:

• Most of Natalie’s spells are noticably stronger.
• Lance’s 2nd stage shot spells can now do focused damage.
• NoLegs is better at berserking.
• Many Limit Breaks’ buffs now affect backup party members.
• Many less viable equips have been improved, and a few overpowered ones have been nerfed.
• Some equips and upgrades have been moved slightly so you get them when they’re more useful.
• Some bosses have had some of their major weaknesses made less exploitable.
• Overall player stats have been reduced slightly, since most of the other changes make the game easier.

Big thanks to the regulars on the EBF Discord that helped with this stuff. They made the recommended list of changes (I didn’t implement all of them), and I’m sure they’ll tidy that list up and share it with the public at some point. (though I’m sure I’ll make even more changes by the time everything is 100% done)

See ya.

Hey guys, I made a menu for saving and loading equipment sets.
This is a simple way of keeping track of your favourite sets, and it’s also very useful for comparing stats.

Any sets that you save are tied to your current saved game.

The Grand Gallery area has been updated with 2 new rooms and tons of new art. The game now features a whopping 71 pieces of fanart, and 31 bits of concept art. If you follow my blogs closely, you’ll have already seen all of that art, but there’s also some new dialogue to go along with it.

Also, EBF5 version 2 is now 80% complete!
All that’s left to do is:
• Finish the Equip Remix mode.
• Misc Quality of Life improvements.
• Some (but not all) debugging and balancing.
• A quick playthrough or two of the game by me.
• Version 2 trailer.

After those it’ll be beta testing time, which should be by the end of November, in time for the anniversary of EBF5’s Steam launch. Patrons should get it a week or two earlier than that, and everyone else can opt-into the beta on Steam.

Beta testing will likely take a long time, since due to the nature of the update, players will have to play through the game several times with different options to try everything out. And there’s tons of new content to balance too. And finally, translations will also be happening at the same time – so the beta will be only in English at first. If you’re waiting for the 100% finished version, it’ll probably be soon after Christmas.

That’s all, folks!