Falstad PTR Build 95554

Gameplay Bugs

Frequent Flyer

  • Attack Damage rewards not removed when resetting talents

Gathering Storm

  • 8 stacks worth of damage bonus is lost on death
  • Quest milestones can be gained repeatedly by passing them, dying, and then passing them again
  • Complete quests button grants 150 stacks yet a 155% damage increase because the quest is being treated as both a finite and infinite quest (5 additional stacks are added).

Dishonorable Discharge

  • 45 stack reward cannot be gained through normal means or the complete quests button
  • 75 stack quest rewards are not removed when resetting talents
  • 20 stack quest rewards are not completely removed when resetting talents. When you re-select the talent they will come back.

Tooltip Issues

  • Button/Tooltip/FalstadGatheringStormTalent
    • Gathering Storm tooltip is not clear that the damage at each tier is additional
    • Has a double-space in it. “hit.” space space “Lose”
  • Button/Tooltip/FalstadTailwindFrequentFlyer
    • Frequent Flyer tooltip is not clear that the Attack Damage at each tier is additional
    • Attack Damage is not capitalized
  • Button/Tooltip/FalstadFrequentFlyerQuestToken
    • The Frequent Flyer buff bar tooltip has incorrect milestone and reward numbers
  • Button/Tooltip/DishonorableDischarge
    • The Dishonorable Discharge status bar tooltip always reads 0% damage bonus

Balance Feedback

Frequent Flyer: I like the changes, although I wonder if the Attack Speed reduction is a touch too much. My concern is that Falstad, even on AA build, is a burst damage hero. He plays on kill windows, and is generally poor at playing front-to-back.
My math indicates that Falstad’s burst AA damage will be 14% weaker in the 0-30 old stacks (0-125 new stacks) period of the game, on par at 30-70 (125-300), and then 16% stronger after that. His sustained AA damage will see no change at 0-30 (0-125), about a 11% increase at 30-70 (125-300), and a 24% increase after that.
All this is to say, I think the Attack Speed might be a little more comfortable at 30%, and then to compensate I would probably reduce the Pinnacle reward a bit.

Gathering Storm: Looks numerically solid and pretty fair for both parties.

Dishonorable Discharge: W build Falstad has always been a bit of a meme, and it seems like this patch doesn’t intend on changing that. Pretty tough quest.