Clair Obscur: Expedition 33has been such a hit with gamers since launching a few weeks ago that it’s had a cultural impact in the gaming community.
Aside from players logging online to share their thoughts and feelings about the story, gamers have also been attempting to “break the game” with character builds to destroy bosses with big damage numbers, none bigger than those produced by Maelle. Well, things are changing for the young fencer with a new update today.
Read on below for theExpedition 33patch notes for update 1.2.3, the game’s first substantial patch since launch.
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Expedition 33 patch notes: Update 1.2.3 – May 9
Stendhal,Maelle’s game-breaking Skill, has had its damage nerfed by a whopping 40 percent. That’s a lot, but Sandfall says you should still be able to “break the game” with different builds, but this specific skill was egregiously strong and making things a bit unbalanced.
“We hadn’t planned to make any balance changes this early—just bug fixes, unless something clearly stood out,” Sandfall said. “Well, Stendhal did. It was underwhelming for most of development, so in our final pre-release balance pass, we gave it a big damage boost—and clearly overdid it. It ended up overshadowing most other options.”
With specific builds, Maelle was able to do over two billion damage with Stendhal, erasing anything in the game in one hit. That’s obviously not ideal, regardless of whether the game is singleplayer only or not.
