That was a good update.
I'm a little irritated, these ice spells our little Fox has seem to be rather useless, the water spells are doing some damage, so that's fine. Did we just not get the right opponents for that other stuff?
The difficulty feels a little inconsistent, while the killteam and the thugs you need to defeat to get Foxi were rather unpleasent, many other opponent are more or less pushovers.
I also don't quite get, Sadie needs some people to get intimate with, since that's part of her now, so why do I never meet anyone she could hook up with?
Thanks for your thoughts.
As of right now, Karin's Water I = Ice II, Wave I = Blizzard II in terms of expected damage, not factoring in skill level. But there are some enemies who are ice-resistant, like the MCM Enforcers you face to gain Karin's support. There are also some enemies that are weak against ice, like most of the demonic creatures you fight in the Isekai Order missions. That said, I'll take it as a todo item as part of the 0.3.0 combat rebuild to balance Karin's magic out a bit. I've noticed in my own playthroughs that I'm spamming Wave I most of the time, so I agree that the ice-based spells need some rebalancing to make them more useful.
Over the next couple of releases, I'll try to do a little bit of tweaking for play balance. The MCM Enforcers are supposed to be very difficult if you pick up Karin as soon as possible (something I do recommend) because they are supposed to represent some of the most dangerous people you can find on the streets of Svetlanda. By contrast, many of the mooks that you fight are going to be weak compared to Sadie's party of murder hoboes. These mooks are somewhere around Level 10-12, whereas the Enforcers are closer to Level 14 or so. And as the Den of Thieves continues, there will be some stronger foes mixed in with the mooks.
As far as Sadie and intimacy go, she is still very picky. Plot-wise, she hasn't met the right man. Or when she has, he's taken, gay, or not interested--I'm milking that joke as long as I can in Act II before I have to give it up in Act III.
I'll tag when and how Sadie's sex life will change in spoilers for people who don't want to know.
Also, releases 0.2.5 and 0.2.6 will have the potential for up to three different sex scenes with members of Sadie's extended
harem traveling party. They'll push the edge a little bit in anticipation of what's to come.