What's New in Alpha 1.2.5

New Content

• [p]Spirit Fire — A new ability card that has a chance to summon spirit flames where enemies die, dealing damage in that area[/p]
• [p]Card Combining — You can now combine 3 cards of the same level into 1 more powerful card of the next level. A new "Combine Cards" button has been added to the upgrade screen[/p]
• [p]Card Levels — Equipped cards now display their level so you always know how upgraded they are[/p]
• [p]Stat/Relic Orbs — Stat and Relic orbs now come to you when you get in range to make it easier[/p]

Balance Changes

• [p]Earth Stomp, Bleed, Steel Tempest, Spectral Ricochet, Pulse Spell, Lightning, Orb — All of these abilities now scale with your Strength or Sorcery stats and have no level cap — they keep getting stronger as you level up[/p]
• [p]Lightning — Base damage reduced from 15 → 10, but now scales harder with Sorcery and hit count at higher levels[/p]
• [p]Gem drop rate increased from 4% to 6.67%[/p]
• [p]Bosses now also drop gems and armor on defeat, in addition to relics[/p]
• [p]Elites (Golems, Knights, Mages, Sprinters) no longer spawn during boss fights[/p]

Bug Fixes

• [p]Fixed a bug where picking up certain items could accidentally swap or return the wrong item from your inventory when you had duplicates[/p]
• [p]Fixed card levels not being preserved correctly when staking cards[/p]
• [p]Fixed a progression protection issue — you are now properly protected from death penalties through level 5 (it was incorrectly cutting off at level 4)[/p]
• [p]Fixed various issues with equipping and managing cards at different upgrade levels[/p]