PersonalBalancePatch

This mod is just a dumping ground for different balance ideas I had to make the runs with the fellas more interesting.

Everyone in a lobby needs the same version of this mod. It registers itself with R2API's network compatibility check, so players without it (or with a different version) are rejected from the lobby.

Changes

Lunar coins

• Your lunar coin balance is now per run. Every run starts at 0, and the balance is discarded afterwards. Your save file's coin count is never read or changed.
• Every kill has a flat 2% chance to drop a lunar coin. The chance no longer halves after each drop.

Kill bounty

• Gold from kills starts slightly above vanilla (112.5%) and falls toward 37.5% of vanilla as the run's difficulty rises, so long runs and slow, full-map looting pay less.
• Gold from chests, barrels, and items is unchanged, so money items matter more later in a run.

Singularity Band

• The black hole deals 150% damage (+150% per stack), up from 100%.
• Recharge time is 13 seconds, down from 20. The cooldown stack counter now counts real seconds.

Defiant Gouge

• Now only triggers when you fail a Shrine of Chance, not on every shrine.
• Holders fail Shrines of Chance much less often: 25% failure chance with one stack, multiplied by 0.8 for each additional stack (never zero).
• A failure summons enemies at the shrine. The encounter budget is 80 x difficulty x stacks (vanilla: 40).
• You get a chat message when it happens.

Transcendence

• Shields now take longer to start recharging and longer to refill:
  • Wait after taking damage: 7 + stacks seconds (vanilla: 7)
  • Time to refill from empty: 2 + stacks seconds (vanilla: 2)
• This applies to your whole shield bar, including shield from other sources while you hold Transcendence.
• The shield-recharge sound now plays when the recharge actually starts.

Fall damage (everyone)

• Fall damage is now measured against health plus shield instead of health alone. Shields still absorb it first, but a large shield no longer makes falls nearly harmless.

Commando

• Tactical Dive now also refreshes the cooldowns of your secondary and special, in addition to the primary reload it already did.

Compatibility

• Requires R2API Core and R2API Language (installed automatically).
• Optional: LookingGlass. If installed, its item stat panels show the new Singularity Band, Defiant Gouge, and Transcendence numbers.
• Item and skill text is updated for English only.