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## About The Pull Request
Fixes#89060 and a few other inconsistencies that I think aren't
reported yet. In particular, these are:
- Ordering the Stargazer to attack a window, machinery, and essentially
anything that isn't a wall or person will result in refusal. This
behavior was different.
- The spell to remotely command the Stargazer doesn't work.
- The shift-hover radial menu is weirdly offset.
I'm still trying to figure out what makes the mob not attack windows
unlike before, so I'll set it as a draft until I fix it.
## Why It's Good For The Game
Summoning an elder god bound to your will would be even better if it was
actually bound to your will.
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fix: The Stargazer, a cosmic heretic's ascension, can be properly
commanded once more.
code: Basic mob pets can now target objects, or objects and walls by
using two new targeting strategies.
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## About The Pull Request
Some changes to Cosmic and Knock heretic ascensions, in response to
feedback.
- Cosmic Heretics can no longer control their summon while jaunted.
- Additionally the death link element the Star Gazer used... wouldn't
work if there was more than one cosmic heretic. I refactored it into a
component, so that it would.
Frankly there are probably a lot of _other_ abilities which shouldn't be
usable while jaunted but are, but I have been burned in the past by
adding defaults which were applied too widely so we'll leave it
case-by-case for now.
- The Knock rift can no longer summon Flesh Worms of any kind.
- But it _can_ summon fire sharks (we really need to reflavour these...)
and any future "basic mob" heretic mobs (or ones which are converted).
- Additionally the rift can't be clicked by ghosts while it's polling
ghosts automatically because that would create funky empty-minded mobs.
- Finally it goes away when the heretic dies.
## Why It's Good For The Game
For Cosmic Heretics, controlling the Star Gazer in conjunction with
Space Jaunt essentially meant that the heretic was playing an RTS as an
invincible observer with an invulnerable unit, now they have to actually
be present and killable in order to sic The Beast on you.
For Knock Heretics, Minor Flesh Worms are a proof of concept which was
never meant to be used except by admins. They're _barely_ weaker than a
normal flesh worm, extraordinarily tanky, delete walls, and generally
devalue the Flesh path ascension.
Vanishing upon heretic death is because every _other_ ascension is at
least theoretically stoppable except this one. Now this one is too.
It's still _very hard_ to kill the heretic because every _10 seconds_
they can transform into a heretic mob which acts as an extra health
pool.
## Changelog
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fix: If two cosmic heretics ascend in the same round, their star gazer
survival will be linked to each individual heretic and not shared by
just one of them.
fix: You can't click the Knock heretic portal to join as a mob while
already signed up to become a mob.
balance: Cosmic heretics can't order the Star Gazer around while
jaunting.
balance: The Knock Heretic portal cannot summon Flesh Worms, but can
summon Fire Sharks.
balance: The Knock Heretic portal will disperse if its creator is
killed.
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## About The Pull Request
Instead of a supernatural phobia, sacrificed people will now get a
HERESY phobia, which specifically targets heretic stuff, instead of all
of magic. Other heretics, however, do not get this, but instead get
knowledge points sapped from them, as their mind is ruined in a
different way than normal people. This comes with different flavour text
and a harsher but shorter lasting mood debuff. Also fixes some
"knowlege" code typos and places the star gazer and fire shark all in
under heretic_summon
## Why It's Good For The Game
Heretics, Wizards, Chaplains and Cultists will now be able to keep
playing the game after getting sacrificed without overdosing on
psicodine, while still retaining the phobia's original design purpose.
placing the fire shark and star gazer under the same type also is useful
as they share a lot of values. typos bad.
## Changelog
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add: Sacrificed heretic targets will now receive a phobia of heresy
instead of a phobia of the supernatural. Sacrificed heretics will not
get this phobia, but will lose knowledge points instead.
/🆑
Huge thanks to Helg2 for doing the original PR and helping me with this
one, couldn't be done without them
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Co-authored-by: Zephyr <12817816+ZephyrTFA@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Helg2 <93882977+Helg2@users.noreply.github.com>
## About The Pull Request
Now the stargazer does more damage to people in the area and prioritizes
mobs attacking them instead of random circuit bots 7 tiles away. It will
also slowly heal you. Makes some abilities create more carpet fields
when ascending. Increases combo times when ascending. Also makes the
Star Gazer die only when the owner dies. Star Gazer will explode when it
does die. Star Gazer has a damage aura that does heal the owner.
## Why It's Good For The Game
I have seen a lot of people complaining that the cosmic ascension isn't
good and not worth getting so I thought I would make it a little better.
## Changelog
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balance: Star Gazer now explodes when it dies.
balance: Star Gazer will only die when the owner dies.
balance: Star Gazer will attack the most recent enemy that attacked him
when on autopilot.
balance: Star Gazer has an aura that slowly damages people and heals the
owner.
balance: Cosmic Ascension now buffs some spells.
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