This is a patch that makes tweaks to characters in an attempt to make the roster feel more balanced for VS mode. Please be aware that this will impact online play as well. Be sure that your opponent also has this patch for optimal performance. IMPORTANT! Do NOT use this in random matches in online mode. For the purpose of this document, the following terms are equivalent: Skill - C2 Ex attack - C3 Actionable state - being able to shoot or charge (This patch is a work in progress. More changes will be added in the future.) Reimu: - Overall shot damage has been decreased - C1 effect no longer applies while performing skill - Skill now requires more meter to use and the range of erasing bullets has been decreased - Delay after skill before re-entering an actionable state has been increased - Ex bullet speed/acceleration has decreased and higher level's bullet size has been reduced - Spell card bullet speed and acceleration has been decreased Marisa: - C1 damage has been decreased - Spell Card bullet speed has been decreased Sanae: - Damage has been increased and she shoots during C1 - Ex attack now covers more of the screen at higher levels Ran: - Non-spell now fires more bullets - Ex bullets no longer have a kill reward - Chen now always despawns with Ran when a spell card is timed out - Vs mode stage has been changed to you Youkai Mountain River Aunn: - Overall shot damage has been increased - C1/Skill now have piercing shots - Spell card bullets now have increased speed/density and cannot be erased - Spell card lasers are now longer and travel at sharper angle - Ex attack spawns more enemies and have altered movement paths - Ex can now only be destroyed with bombs Nazrin: - Overall shot damage has been increased - Scope speed has been increased - Bomb damage has been increased - Skill now causes Ex spirits to shoot bullets on death - Ex spirits killed from skill now have less kill reward - Ex have no collision for first 30 frames after spawning - Non spell bullets now have an adjusted pattern - Spell card bullets are now faster and are more dense Seiran: - Seiran can now shoot while performing her skill - Skill now fires more shots Rin: - Overall shot damage has been increased - Ex vengeful spirits lose health when scoped - Ex vengeful spirit's health has been increased - Ex vengeful spirit's bullets are now slower and fire less often - Ex vengeful spirit spawn rate and location has been adjusted - Ex vengeful spirit kill reward has been decreased - Ex vengeful spirits can now be grazed - Ex attack will now spawn a couple of normal pure spirits - Spell card zombie fairies shoot bullets when killed - Spell card bullet speed now increases with boss level Tsukasa: - Overall shot damage has been increased - Ex attack now shoots more bullets but are now less dense; origin point is now higher - Ex tube speed and spawn rate has been adjusted Mamizou: - C1 damage has been increased - Skill/Ex attack now require less meter Yachie: - Skill deals less damage and range has been decreased - Ex otter spirit health has been increased - Ex otter spirits now lose health when scoped - Ex otters spirits now shoot more bullets - Ex otter spirit spawn rate has been adjusted - Ex otter spirits can now be grazed - Ex otter spirit kill reward has been decreased - Ex attack will now spawn a couple of normal otter spirits in addition to Ex otter spirits Saki: - Overall shot damage has been increased - C1, skill, and Ex attack now require less meter - Ex wolf spirit health has been increased - Ex wolf spirits now lose health when scoped - Ex wolf spirits now shoot more bullets - Ex wolf spirit spawn rate has been adjusted - Ex wolf spirits can now be grazed - Ex wolf spirit kill reward has been decreased - Ex attack will now spawn a couple of normal wolf spirits in addition to Ex wolf spirits - Spell card lasers are now longer and travel faster Yuuma: - Unfocused/focus shot damage has been increased - Scope speed has been decreased - C1/skill damage has been decreased - C1/skill now require more meter and cannot kill Ex special enemies - C1/Skill only erase bullets in front of her - Ex eagle spirit health has been increased - Ex eagle spirits now lose health when scoped - Ex eagle spirits now shoot more bullets - Ex eagle spirit's movement speed and angle has been adjusted - Ex eagle spirit spawn rate has been adjusted - Extra attack eagle spirits (but not Ex eagle spirits) cannot no longer be scoped until one second after spawning - Ex eagle spirits can now be grazed - Ex eagle spirit kill reward has been decreased - Ex attack will spawn a couple of normal eagle spirits in addition to Ex eagle spiriits Suika: - Spell card boss health has been increased - Ex mini Suika health has been increased Biten: - Overall shot damage has been increased Enoko: - C1 and skill damage has been decreased Chiyari: - Scope damage has been increased - Ex now have decreased speed and disappear faster - Skill now dynamically increases size of Ex based on current size, rather than always increasing to the maximum size - Ex now have no collision for first 30 frames after spawning - Ex now disappear when bombed and after player death - Ex can now be grazed - Skill/Ex attack now require more meter to use Hisami: - Overall shot damage has been increased - Vines are now slower and spawn rate has been adjusted - Unused animation has been added for spell card Zanmu: - Skill and Ex attack now require more meter to use - Skill range and speed has been decreased - Ex no longer converts Ex animal spirits to pure spirits if the opponent has the respective 'Strengthening' card - If Zanmu has the respective 'Weakening' card and the opponent has the respective 'Strengthening' card, Zanmu skill now as a 50% chance to convert Ex animal spirits to pure spirits - Ex can now be grazed - Unused animation has been added for spell card Ability Cards: - All ability card that grant additional shots now have increased damage - Aunn's second card now affects all characters and scope increase effect has been increased - Orin's second card now makes disabled spirits stay on screen longer - Yachie Ex otter spirits can now be strengthened/weakened with Yachie's cards - Saki Ex wolve spirits can now be strengthened/weakened with Saki's cards - Yuuma Ex eagle spirits can now be strengthened/weakened with Yuuma's cards - Biten's second card now makes Yachie Ex otter spirits passable when disabled and decreases their collision size - Biten's second card now makes otter spirits no longer shoot bullets - Enoko's second card now makes Saki Ex wolf spirits passable when disabled and decreases their collision size - Enoko's second card now makes wolf spirits no longer shoot bullets - Chiyari's second card now makes Yuuma Ex eagle spirits passable when disabled and decreases their collision size - Chiyari's second card now makes eagle spirits no longer shoot bullets - Hisami second ability card effect has been increased, and spirit bullets are now affected - Zanmu's second ability card now only grants bomb piece after a full meter charge. Additionally, the full meter is used, even when sending an Ex attack while the opponent's screen already has a boss active. System: - Bullet count is now capped at 1200 to prevent slowdown in some situations - Beast spirits no longer spawn during bombs - Decision victory now prioritizes Boss attacks sent before Ex attacks sent if both players have the same number of lives remaining Th19BugFixes: - Includes Shoxlu's Rin skill death bug fix - Includes Shoxlu's Th19ExAttackResAnimFix - Nazrin and Suika Ex being vulnerable to Rin skill bug has now been fixed - Tsukasa spell card laser bounce bug has been fixed - Mamizou lvl 7 extra attack bug has now been fixed - Mamizou non spell increases in difficulty with boss lvl - Yachie's Saki/Tsukasa laser cancel bug has been fixed - Chiyari Ex grow bug has been fixed - Laser count has been capped at 150 to prevent Hisami crashing the game against the AI - Zanmu skill bug preventing spirits from spawning has been fixed - Suika second ability card damage bug has been fixed - Suika's bomb damage bug has been fixed - Quit out bug in Vs mode has been fixed - Achievement 21 can now be obtained