Author: Raider

Greetings from the Dog! This is a smaller update, but contains some quality of life fixes and a new buff: Armor!

An update has been scheduled for 12/2/18 at around 3pm, PDT, assuming nothing goes horribly wrong.

New Buff: Armor

While the Dog has the Armor buff, kicks will remove stacks of Armor instead of adding kick stacks.

• 1 stack of Armor = 1 kick stack prevented.
• Armor can stack up to 1,000.

Armor treats kicks differently than Kick Immunity, in that kicks are absorbed rather than prevented. 

• Absorbed means that players will still be marked as a fugitive for kicking, and the kick will count towards their kick total statistic.
• Prevented means that players will not be marked as a fugitive, nor will the kick count towards their kick total.

Developers Note: Armor is a descendant of Kick Immunity. Rather than being time limited, Armor lasts indefinitely, but there are more ways to counter Armor. Kick Immunity is still applied by things like Bonus Pets.

Game Balance

Kick Immunity from Bonus Pets

• The Kick Immunity time starts at 30 seconds, and increases by 30 seconds (up to 180) for each Bone Tier earned.
• Example: At Great Bone, the Kick Immunity received for completing all Bonus Pets is 90 seconds.

Items

Yummy Treat [I, II, III, IV]

• Changed All Tiers, On Use: Adds [25, 50, 75, 100] Armor to the Dog. 
• Changed All Tiers, Max Charges: [1, 1, 1, 1] previously [10,20,30,60]
• Developers Note: Kick Immunity is very powerful, and previously the only counter to Yummy Treat was another item: Steak. With Armor, there is now always a counter (Kick) available, as well as multiple items.

Steak [I, II, III, IV]

• Changed All Tiers: Reduces Kick Immunity time and Armor stacks by [25, 50, 75, 100]%. 

Saving Pet [I, II, III, IV]

• Changed All Tiers: Added Effect: Saving Pets add 1 Armor to the Dog.

Friendly Pet [I, II, III, IV]

• Description Updated, Passive: Perform a Friendly Pet automatically whenever pets are available with a [20,20,20,15] second cooldown. Friendly Pets add Friendship, but grant no points. Friendly Pets are interrupted by Golden Pets. Will not activate while a Fugitive or Imprisoned.

Command Changes

dig

• Added: If no area is specified (e.g. dig), a random active area will be selected for digging.

item

• Added: Now optionally accepts a claimable item code (e.g. item abc) or a player name (e.g. item dxraider) to provide information about that item.

use

• Added: Now optionally accepts a quantity (e.g. use 10) or ‘ALL’ or ‘MAX’ to use up to the specified number of charges all at once. If fewer charges are required than specified, then the command will not use any additional charges.

Misc Improvements

• The bot now sends a message when a Dig Area has run out of items.
• Kicking the Dog while it is Immune or Armored now displays a short message + icon over the Dog. (Kick Immune! or Kick Absorbed!)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a warning that would appear when players login using the DIG command.
• Fixed an issue where players would appear as Demons when they were not Fugitives.
• Fixed an issue where COP would target Loose Fugitives that had not yet spawned.
• Fixed an issue where Demon status was not being properly cleared after the Dog left.
• Fixed an issue where Loose Fugitives did not give points for being Imprisoned with Gavel.
• Fixed an error that would occur when players turn into fugitives when logging in with the KICK command.

An update has been scheduled for 11/22/18 at around 3pm, PDT, assuming nothing goes horribly wrong.

Greetings from the Dog! Here are the highlights from this update:

• Ascendancy
• Two new Bone Tiers: Mythical, and Exalted
• Tier II – IV versions of many existing items
• New items
• Golden Sparks / Golden Pet rebalance
• A new random event: Loose Fugitive

Full Update Notes

Ascendancy

When the Golden Dog for the highest achievable Bone ends, the following happens:

• 1 stack of Ascendancy is added to the Dog.
• The Bone resets to Small Bone I, with 0 points.

The highest Bone achievable will change depending on the number of Ascendancy stacks, as some Bone Tiers require Ascendancy to earn.

Each stack adds the following effects:

• Increases Dog XP Gain by 100%.
• The time reduction penalty from Bone Difficulty is increased by 100%.
• The number of starting Kick stacks on the Dog is increased by 5.
• All Ascendancy is lost when the Dog leaves.

This means Friendship will remain after Ascendancy, allowing the Dog to go through the early tier bones much faster.

New Bone Tiers

From now on, new Bone Tiers require Ascendancy to earn. Otherwise, the Bone will reset to Small Bone I upon reaching the final bone.

• Mythical (Tier 9)
  • Requires Ascendancy x1 to earn.
• Exalted (Tier 10)
  • Requires Ascendancy x2 to earn.

Bone Difficulty

• Starting at Great Bone I, the time it takes the Dog to leave will be reduced for each Bone earned.
• The time reduction increases with higher Bone tiers.
• The time the Dog has to leave can never be reduced below 10 seconds by Bone Difficulty.

Here the current table of the time reduction for each Bone Tier:

Great Bone	-1 Second Per Bone (-5 Seconds Total)
Epic Bone	-2 Seconds Per Bone (-10 Seconds Total)
Legendary Bone	-3 Seconds Per Bone  (-15 Seconds Total)
Amazing Bone	-4 Seconds Per Bone (-20 Seconds Total)
Fantastic Bone	-5 Seconds Per Bone  (-25 Seconds Total)
Incredible Bone	-6 Seconds Per Bone  (-30 Seconds Total)
Mythical Bone	-14* (-7) Seconds Per Bone (-70 Seconds Total) *Requires Ascendancy x1, so the penalty will always be increased by 100%.
Exalted Bone	-24* (-8) Seconds Per Bone (-120 Seconds Total) *Requires Ascendancy x2, so the penalty will always be increased by 200%.

Rebalancing

Point Requirement Changes

Amazing, Fantastic, and Incredible Bone are being rebalanced. Overall, the points required to hit Incredible V have been reduced.

The new balance is as follows:

Bone Level	Points Required
Amazing I	150,000
II	180,000
III	215,000
IV	255,000
V	300,000
Fantastic I	350,000
II	410,000
III	480,000
IV	560,000
V	650,000
Incredible I	750,000
II	1,000,000
III	1,400,000
IV	2,050,000
V	2,850,000

Golden Pet Point Value Changes

All Golden Pet point rewards have been rebalanced. Overall, the point reward from Golden Pets is reduced significantly. This is done in light of  new features, Bone Ascendancy, and Golden Sparks which both assist in gaining the points that were previously being awarded from Golden Pets.

Bone Level	Golden Pet Points
Small I	3
II	12
III	36
IV	108
V	240
Good I	30
II	60
III	90
IV	180
V	300
Great I	90
II	210
III	360
IV	810
V	1,800
Epic	210
II	540
III	990
IV	2,340
V	4,500
Legendary I	540
II	1,260
III	2,160
IV	4,860
V	9,000
Amazing I	1,407
II	3,000
III	5,250
IV	12,000
V	22,500
Fantastic I	2,500
II	6,000
III	10,500
IV	24,000
V	45,000
Incredible I	5,000
II	25,000
III	60,000
IV	195,000
V	400,000

The points for Mythical and Exalted are balanced in a similar fashion.

Golden Sparks

During the Golden Dog, a new type of item spawns: [Golden Spark].

These items will grant points to those that have used their Golden Pet. The point value increases with the item tier. 

Tier	Point Reward
Golden Spark I	500
II	1,000
III	5,000
IV	10,000
V	50,000

Loose Fugitives!

A new random event. Occasionally, reports of Fugitives on the loose will come in. Cop them, or they will kick the poor doggo.

• Appears after Amazing Bone, becoming slightly more frequent and in greater numbers at higher Ascendancy stacks.
• Will appear a short time after being reported, slowly walking towards the Dog.
• Applies a single kick when they reach the Dog.
• Receive points for capturing the Loose Fugitive.

High Quality Items

Tier II, III, and IV versions of most existing items have been added. This will be indicated by a star icon positioned nearby the item icon. You can also see your item’s tier by using the item command.

In general, high quality items have more charges, but some items also become more powerful. 

High quality items can be found by reaching higher tier Bones.

New Items

Secret Agent [I, II, III, IV]

• Passive: The next player to KICK the Dog becomes imprisoned and this item loses 1 charge. This effect cannot be triggered more than once within [900, 750, 600, 450]  seconds. If this item is not at full charge, it is destroyed on drop.

Friendly Pet [I, II, III, IV]

• Passive: Perform a Friendly Pet automatically whenever possible with a [20, 20, 20, 15] second cooldown. Friendly Pets add Friendship, but grant no points. Friendly Pets do not count as Golden Pets. Will not activate while a Fugitive or Imprisoned.

Saving Pet [I, II, III, IV]

• Passive: Automatically begin performing Saving Pets when the Dog starts to leave. Your pets are [50%, 75%, 100%, 150%] faster while the Dog is leaving. Costs 1 charge per Saving Pet.

Greedy Pet [I, II, III, IV]

• Passive: Your Golden Pets turn into Greedy Pets, which grant no Friendship but earn [10%, 20%, 30%, 60%] more points. Greedy Pets consume 1 charge from this item.

Command Changes

pet

• Added: Will now slowly complete pets over time until there is no reason to pet. This effect is interrupted by entering other gameplay commands (e.g. KICK, COP…)

jailbreak

• Added: Will now slowly continue to attempt a Jailbreak until a successful jailbreak occurs, or if there are no prisoners present. This effect is interrupted by entering other gameplay commands (e.g. KICK, COP…).

sorry

• Added: Will now slowly continue to apologize until you are no longer a Fugitive. This effect is interrupted by entering other gameplay commands (e.g. KICK, COP…).
• Added: A successful SORRY removes all kick stacks you’ve recently added to the Dog.
• Changed: The SORRY chance for lower level fugitives is much higher.
• Changed: You can once again SORRY while the Dog is leaving.

Bug Fixes

• Dog Level now appears correctly in Twitch Chat when the Dog levels up.
• The amount of pets the Dog requires will now be correct in Twitch Chat when the Dog wants pets.
• Characters should once again visually dig in the correct spot.
• Kick now drops Sinister Plan, as intended.
• Max Level Capes earned for Prestige 2 and above are now their intended colors.
• Demons should once again appear with the Demon sprite.