Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Patch 1.2.3 Is a Big One, Nerfs Maelle's Game-Breaking Stendahl Build

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive has released Patch 1.2.3 for its well-received role-playing crippled crossed each platforms.

The update makes a agelong database of fixes and, crucially, equilibrium changes, including nerfing Clair Obscur’s astir game-breaking physique (patch notes below).

Sandfall had signalled this alteration was coming, saying it hadn’t planned to marque immoderate equilibrium tweaks this aboriginal — conscionable bug fixes, “unless thing intelligibly stood out.”

“Well, Stendhal did,” the developer continued.

The physique successful question is (was!) for young fencer Maelle and a sword called Medalum, which unlocks a Virtuose Stance that deals 200% bonus damage. Players were combining this with ability-stacking and the Stendahl skill, which deals utmost azygous people Void damage, to crockery retired billions of damage, capable to termination the last brag successful conscionable 1 hit.

“It was underwhelming for astir of development, truthful successful our last pre-release equilibrium pass, we gave it a large harm boost — and intelligibly overdid it. It ended up overshadowing astir different options,” Sandfall said.

“We inactive privation you to beryllium capable to interruption the crippled — and you perfectly inactive tin — but Stendhal was making it a spot excessively easy.”

The nerf is included successful Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s archetypal afloat hotfix set. While Stendhal is inactive a beardown single-hit accomplishment with large synergy potential, it’s present much in-line with everything else.

Meanwhile, the spot fixes what sounds similar a bug that was making Medalum 3rd Lumina doubling each harm successful Virtuose Stance, alternatively of doubling lone Burn damage.

Here's the applicable points from today's spot notes:

• Fixed Medalum 3rd Lumina doubling each harm successful Virtuose Stance alternatively of doubling lone Burn damage.
• Stendhal: Reduced harm by 40%.

Clair Obscur is simply a breakout deed for Sandfall, and has already sold implicit 2 cardinal copies. It’s worthy remembering that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was, alongside Bethesda’s Oblivion Remastered, a day-one Game Pass title. That makes this income milestone each the much impressive.

When Bethesda shadow-dropped The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered amid the motorboat of chap role-playing crippled Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, astir thought determination could beryllium lone 1 winner. However, it turned retired that determination was plentifulness of country for some games to succeed.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 update 1.2.3 spot notes:

Steam Deck

• Fixed backgrounds of assorted menus not displaying decently connected the Steam Deck

Various Ultrawide Fixes

• Gameplay nary longer becomes zoomed aft a cutscene occurs successful ultrawide resolutions
• The Options paper representation volition nary longer beryllium stretched successful ultrawide resolutions
• Combat UI present adapts correctly to ultrawide resolutions
• Game volition nary longer minimize upon changing settings successful ultrawide resolution
• Cutscenes won’t letterbox successful 32:9 facet ratio
• Title surface present displays fullscreen erstwhile the crippled is launched successful ultrawide resolution

Mouse and Keyboard

• UI fastener prompts successful Expedition Menu are present disposable and afloat capable to beryllium triggered with Keyboard
• Mouse buttons bash not go unresponsive aft archetypal use
• With rodent cursor connected screen, utilizing 'WSAD' oregon directional arrows to navigate successful UI oregon trigger immoderate different functionality volition nary longer fell the cursor alternatively of doing the intended action
• Left Mouse-button click volition nary longer artifact the subordinate from utilizing Keyboard to navigate menus
• Mouse input is not mislaid aft the archetypal Jump antagonistic onslaught if it is pressed lone once

Fixed areas of the satellite representation wherever you tin get stuck:

• Between lanterns scattered connected the crushed adjacent Stone Wave Cliff portal
• While walking connected the vessel wreck adjacent the Forgotten Battlefield level entrance
• Between lanterns connected the crushed adjacent Bourgeon brushwood adjacent to Stone Wave Cliffs level
• Between 2 tiny rocks located betwixt Spring Meadows and Abbest Cave
• Between vases and corals erstwhile jumping from rooftopps
• Between assorted rocks
• In ruins down Flying Manor level entrance
• Near the span betwixt Flying Waters and Spring Meadows
• In the rocks connected the World Map, adjacent Flying Waters
• Next to hardened land, adjacent to the Flying Waters determination exit

Fixed situations wherever Esquie specifically would get stuck (poor guy):

• When taking disconnected from overgarment bridges, making him autumn done the span and restrict movement
• When flying into bottommost parts of levitating structures adjacent Visages
• Near the Flying Waters entranceway level
• Near a elephantine hammer erstwhile traversing adjacent to Blades' Graveyard level

Weapon and accomplishment fixes and tuning:

• Fixed Lithelim property scaling not moving astatine precocious level. Reduced archetypal Vitality scaling from A to C (will inactive extremity astatine S astatine max level). Added Luck scaling starting astatine D.
• Fixed Blizzon property scaling not moving astatine precocious level. Reduced archetypal Luck scaling from B to C (will inactive extremity astatine S astatine max level). Added Defense scaling starting astatine D.
• Fixed Medalum 3rd Lumina doubling each harm successful Virtuose Stance alternatively of doubling lone Burn damage.
• Stendhal: Reduced harm by 40%.

Other fixes

• Boss brushwood successful Stone Wave Cliffs tin present beryllium finished connected NG+
• You volition nary longer beryllium blocked by the Journal UI model aft opening the archetypal Journal successful the Spring Meadows
• Fixed being incapable to sprout successful Free purpose portion exploring levels owed to worn triggers
• Lune and Monoco nary longer spawn successful aforesaid spot during extremity of theirs Level 6 narration quests if they are completed without going to camp
• If astatine campy you prime “remember the objective”, past rapidly take to "go to sleep" and instantly aft property "leave", the surface nary longer goes black
• You tin nary longer trigger the "Discovering the truth" cutscene successful Old Lumière a 2nd clip successful a row, splitting the enactment everlastingly with lone Verso and Maelle successful it.
• Update to rolling credits

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