Hi everyone,

Huge Backpack Battles patch is here! We have been asked a lot to add a German translation, and now it's here! We are German so we translated the game ourselves. The patch also brings two new items: The Wolpertinger, inspired by German folklore, is a Godly pet that can be bought in the shop. It gives you buffs and stamina regeneration depending on how many buffs you have. When you're lucky you can now also find the Dancing Dragon, a Unique item! It was designed by our Chinese players and is inspired by Dragon Dances that are performed to celebrate the Lunar New Year! The Dancing Dragon is a ranged weapon that gives you Luck and Heat.
There are some smaller additions as usual: The combat log now tracks all buffs & debuffs in a meter like the damage meter, just open the side panels of the combat log and choose in the drop-down menu. It counts gaining/inflicting, removing/cleansing and using of stacks separately.

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Patch notes for 0.8.0

• NEW UNIQUE ITEM: Dancing Dragon
• NEW ITEM: Wolpertinger
• Added German Localisation!
• Unique Chance is increased for the week (especially for Dancing Dragon)
• Combat log now tracks how many of each stack were added/removed/used

Balance:

• Flute no longer does the same effect multiple times in a row, Block 12 -> 14
• Mr. Struggles: Now increases attack speed for 3s when falling below 50% (no longer when Fatigue starts)
• Strong Demonic Flask: Additionally reduces healing by 30% for 3s
• Staff of Unhealing: Stamina Cost 1.0 -> 1.5s
• Darksaber: Cooldown 1.4s -> 1.5s
• Villain Sword: Cooldown 1.2s -> 1.3s
• Eggscalibur: Mana cost 13 -> 12
• Pandamonium: Damage +1
• Falcon Blade: Cooldown 2.2s -> 2.1s
• Burning Torch: Damage increase chance 25% -> 30%
• Ruby Chonk: Damage +2
• Crossblades: Cooldown 1.6s -> 1.5s
• Fancy Fencing Rapier: Cost 13g -> 12g
• Impractically Large Greatsword: Cost 15g -> 14g

Other:

• Overhauled the cooldown visualization of items to be a bit more precise and look cooler
• Accuracy and crit chance are now displayed as >100 in combat when buffed above the limit and <0 when blinded below the limit
• (some) items now have custom shopkeeper reactions when they are bought