Patch 0.8.6b - The Postcard Patch - February 23rd, 2025

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ADDITIONS

-The Postcard items now show images when used!

-Cedric can now learn Devour and Max Devour the same way Nell and Vespa can, but only if his approval rating is 60 or higher!

 -Cedric's Devour skill costs more TP to use (45 instead of 30) but is more accurate (90% instead of 80%).

-Added a replayable version of Linda's Kalvarr Prison Rampage to the Penoculus Archives and Cutscene Buffet!

 -Tweaked and updated the sequence very slightly and added some new sfx.

 -The Anya lifting cutscene is also now replayable in the Penoculus Archives if you've completed that quest (previously it was only available in the Cutscene Buffet.)

-Added three Walkthrough PDFs and a World Map image to the Axugaem2 game folder!

 - 'Axu2 Walkthrough - Dating and Relationships' is a condensed guide to who you can date, when and how you can date them, who other party members can date, and how/why to affect the approval ratings of your party members!

 - 'Axu2 Walkthrough - Optional Characters' explains the major differences in choosing Lani vs Nell, and Caldryn vs Evelyn. It also explains when and how you can recruit Vico and re-recruit Arci after Kortis stops possessing her. Finally, it includes a condensed guide to completing the 'Iambic Calamity' quest and recruiting Elmira.

 - 'Axu2 Walkthrough - Stuffing, Vore, and Weight Gain' is a general guide on what fetish content is in the game, and where to find it!

 - The World Map is labeled with names of important locations, as well as major connections between areas that don't necessarily show up on the world map in game. It also shows what places have Travel Gems linked to them, and provides a compass to remind everyone that the world map is inverted (yep, still sleeping in that bed here.)

-Added a 'fix my formation' option to the Training Sim's Debug Menu. Use this if Claire's stuck in a position that isn't at the head of the party.

TWEAKS

~The Weight Gain and Bloating Systems~

-Made triggering visible weight gain a little easier for Abby, Vespa, Nell, and Cedric.

 -Previously, for Abby and Vespa, the items Nyan Taffy and Hot as Hell Links were the only way to trigger an increase in weight tier.

  -Now, if Abby's weight variable is high enough, her weight tier will also increase after the following events:

    -Cleaning up Baba's Garden

    -Fish Heads and Bilge Water

    -The end of the Nymph's Brew quest

    -The Karen dinner where she and Vespa have their eating contest

  -If Vespa's weight variable is high enough, her weight tier will also increase after the following events:

    -The Third Iron Gut Contest

    -The Karen dinner where she and Abby have their eating contest

    -The fight with the potato golem (if you win.)

  -If Nell's weight variable is high enough, her weight tier will also increase after the following events:

    -The Second Iron Gut Contest

-The Devour and Max Devour skills can now cause the user to go up a weight tier if the proper conditions are met! Nell, Vespa, and Cedric will now go up a weight tier immediately after battle if eating an enemy causes their weight variables to reach one of the required thresholds. This means that you no longer have to return to the world map for Nell's weight gain to take effect anymore, and you no longer have to feed Vespa a Hot as Hell Link (or Cedric some of Renee's tea biscuits) in order to increase their weight tier.

-Reduced the cost of Bubble Kelp in the Biri Shop from 25/20 to 12/10 Biricoins!

 -Added little jingles to the Biri shop whenever you purchase items.

-Feeding Arci Gallonmelons will now increase her approval rating by 2 at a time!

-Using Plushcakes on Evelyn from the inventory (or feeding them to her in the Tent if you're dating) will now increase her weight variable slightly more per Plushcake. This will reduce the amount of cakes needed to increase her weight tier!

-Properly implemented Queen Raziel's slight weight gain after having enough lunches with her as Evelyn. It should now show up on her in the Throne Room and wherever else she appears, regardless of whether she and Evelyn are dating.

-Made the Bloated status slightly more detrimental:

 -It now reduces EVA (Evasion) by 10% rather than 5%

 -It now also increases TGR (the likelihood of that party member being targeted by enemy attacks) by 10%

-The Fat status (applied by Elmira's skills) also now reduces EVA by 10 rather than 5%

~Boss Nerfs~

-Tweaked the stats and movesets of several bosses to make them less of a pain:

 -Megala, the Fang Scaled (and Captain Blackhand)

  -Reduced Meg's ATK by 5.

  -Increased the damage of the Cannonfire skill slightly and reduced its potential variance.

 -Rat King's Shadow

  -Reduced the RKS's DEF, MDF, and AGI by 5 points, and reduced its LUK from 88 to 44.

  -Reduced the chance for the Sleep of Reason skill to inflict Sleep from 100% to 33%

  -The RKS no longer casts Vanish immediately after casting Sleep of Reason

  -Reduced the odds of the cannibal rat enemies using a poison attack upon appearing during the fight

 -Thaddeus Vyle and Thadron

  -Reduced the ATK of the Bloodmoth Eclipse enemy by 4, its MAT and MDF by 5, and its LUK by 10.

  -Reduced the likelihood of the Bloodmoth Eclipse using the Dark Cloud skill and increased the likelihood of it using the Vampire skill.

  -Reduced the chance for Bloodmoth Eclipse enemies to cast Bloodmist (from 100% to 50%) upon being reduced to half health or less.

  -Reduced the base dmg of the Hemhorrage skill from 500 to 400.

  -Reduced the base dmg of the Dissolve Veins skill from 400 to 300.

 -Enraged Mallory (Factory if Diet Mode is enabled, and Arena)

  -Reduced Mallory's ATK and DEF by 10 and her luck by 22.

 -Mallory (Sunken Starship and Arena w/ Citri)

  -Reduced the ATK of Mallory in all three forms by 10.

  -Reduced the DEF of Mallory in her second form by 5, and in her third form by 10.

  -Reduced the base damage of Mallory's PEC skill by an additional 110.

 -HH07

  -Reduced the MAT and MDF of Claire-form HH07 by 10.

  -Reduced the ATK, DEF, and AGI of Abby-form HH07 by 10, reduced the likelihood of it using Abby Claw, and increased the likelihood of it using Abby Tackle.

 -Lorenzo (first fight)

  -Reduced the MAT of Lorenzo's first form during his first fight by 13, and his MDF by 2

  -Reduced the Blind chance of Lorenzo's Scalding Tea skill from 70% to 66%.

  -Reduced the odds of each of Lorenzo's 'recitation' skills to inflict status ailments:

   -Sonradengelen's Paradox and The History of Teamaking from 55 and 50% to 33%.

   -Elarel's Propaganda from 80% to 66%.

   -Invocation of Dulce Venom chance from 45% to 44%, and its poison chance from 70% to 66%.

   -Grocery List Berserk chance from 88% to 77%.

  -Reduced the ATK of Lorenzo's second form during his first fight by 21, and his MDF by 11.

  -Reduced the odds of Lorenzo's Full Moon, Eclipse, and Blood Moon skills to inflict status ailments from 50% to 44%.

 -Lorenzo (second fight)

  -Reduced the Max HP of Lorenzo in both forms by 1000 and his DEF by 10.
  -Reduced Lorenzo's MAT in his second form by 10, and his MDF by 40.

 -North Paw Lynchpin

  -Reduced the ATK of the North Paw Lynchpin by 10.

  -Reduced the ATK and AGI of the Sicklebug Commandant by 10.

  -Reduced the ATK of the Trained Sicklebug enemies by 10.

 -Iona (Iona's Roost)

  -Reduced Iona's ATK by 15, and her DEF and LUK by 10.

  -Increased the likelihood of Iona using the Strong Winds skill.

~Other~

-Reduced the number of demon encounters at Big Gus Lake the first time through. You should now only encounter the one at the lift, the box shredder, and the hustler in the lumber mill. (The box shredder and lumber mill encounter will still refresh if you choose to help Iona or, in the case of the lumber mill encounter, if you choose to let Nell have her way. This is intentional since the lumber mill encounter changes slightly the second time.)

-Fixed the volume of the burp sfx during the second Iron Gut Contest.

-Made it slightly less annoying to talk to Melissa due to dialogue options popping up immediately after an awkward pause.

-Added a small chance for Maddie to use the Skull Belch skill during her bossfight in the Guscorp Basement.

-Updated the sfx and screen effects during the Tam'Ra-destroys-Capital-Bridge scene, and adjusted the pacing of the scene slightly to make it flow better.

BUGFIXES

~Softlocks~

-Fixed being able to softlock the game by skipping through dialogue too quickly in the Guscorp basement with Linda.

-Adjusted how the party is organized following the Megala fight and after the Penitence Pals quest. Claire should no longer get stuck in a spot that isn't at the head of the party. If you're dealing with lingering issues because of how these events were implemented in previous patches, see the new 'fix my formation' option in the Training Sim's Debug Menu.

~Other~

-Fixed not being able to buy the Travel Gem for Skullbutter's Circus from the Cathix Amulet vendor.

-Fixed the post-vore animation for Vespa's Devour and Max Devour skills sometimes appearing twice and mirroring itself.

-Vico now learns the correct version of the Spell Wave skill rather than the same version as Claire. To fix this on playthroughs where you've already learned the skill, just return to the world map.

-Changed how the number of plushcakes fed to Anya is tracked so that it's more accurate. (This won't affect playthroughs where you've already fed Anya a bunch of cakes... sorry ^^; )

 -The plushcake counter in the upstairs part of Shae Manor will now disappear after you start dating Anya, since it's redundant and a pain to program at that point.

-The Blindsight Grenade and Backstab skills used during the second Lorenzo fight no longer inflict Blind and Bleed through Nurse Protocol.

-Fixed being able to enter the third Iron Gut Contest between the Double Date and Nyatonement conclusion if you'd previously failed it.

-Fixed being able to use the Tent Item from within the Capital City Sewer System (This was caused by using the Penoculus Travel Gem. There was an oversight in how that Gem was implemented which has now been fixed. If you're still experiencing the bug, entering and leaving Penoculus should fix it.)

-Fixed Vespa's move route being wonky if she was fat during the dispute between her and Claire in the Tent (the one that leads into the Penitence Pals quest)

-Tweaked the flashbacks in Rotwald Manor some more. The player should no longer appear as Claire in any of them.

-Fixed Nell's sprite not showing up in the Penoculus Archives' Side Area replay.

-Fixed the screen not fading back in after the Nyarobics minigame if you haven't taken Anya to the Del Nyan Caves a second time.

-Fixed Arciella's name not being updated immediately after re-adding her to the party following Khur.

-Fixed Arciella relearning the Kortis version of the Cat Scan skill every time you encounter the Shadowman/Scuttlebug troop in the Sand Swamp.