2017.09.28 - More High Rank mobs in groups, AoE balancing, Looking for Group Channel — Stash Steam update #802315

Mobs and NPCs Previous HP scaling buff to mobs was reverted/removed. Lieutenants, Elites, and Champions now have higher stats and more health. Lieutenants, Elites, and Champions are now worth significantly more XP. Parties have a higher chance of encountering Lieutenants, Elites, Champions, and Bosses. Characters, Classes, and Abilities Combat has become a bit too dominated by AoE. As a first small step towards balancing that, we have made two small adjustments: Every AoE ability in the game received a 10% damage reduction. Nearly every AoE ability in the game had its cooldown increased by 1 or 2 rounds. Gear and Items Fixed a bug where food that required a higher level that yours did not display in italics. Shields should now properly display their block chance in tooltip. Base of Operations Fixed a bug where changing a Boo interior room layout caused the placed items to disappear until...