Awful Emblem - Version 1.1 (February 15, 2026)
Changelog:
- Reduced promoted enemy bases and class bonuses
- Specifics vary from class to class but generally speaking every class that wasn’t intended to be a tank lost (on average) 4-6 HP, and 1-2 Speed, Def, and Res
- Slightly reduced enemy boss stats in Chapter 24x and across all of Act 4
- Reduced and consolidated reinforcements across the entire game, but especially in Acts 3 and 4.
- Reduced enemy levels across Act 3 for a smoother experience curve.
- Added a deployment slot to most maps starting in Act 2.
- Adjusted some enemy inventories, mostly reducing killer and brave weaponry among reinforcements.
- Adjusted various shop inventories to better spread out availability of weapons and items
- Properly defined an escape point for thieves in Chapter 22 so they don’t just stand around after stealing stuff.
- Changed the terrain around the southern village in Chapter 9 to make it easier to get to.
- The Light Brand is now effective against monsters. Why not?
- Rescue staff has been changed to C rank and is available throughout the game instead of only post-chapter 26.
- Adjusted Hard mode level bonuses for (hopefully) a better difficulty curve
- Level bonuses ramp up faster in Act 1 and 2, fall off slightly when we swap over to mostly promoted enemies, then ramp up again through Acts 3 and 4. Bonuses are ultimately higher overall, though not by a huge margin.
- Fixed additional typos and broken text boxes.
This should be the final version of Awful Emblem. We’ve done a fair bit of rebalancing throughout the game, adjusting enemies, inventories, item availability, player stats, and more. What follows should be a much smoother game with a better difficulty curve. Hard Mode has had its bonus levels tweaked across the whole game, though remains mostly a mode of numbers inflation. Saves from older versions will be partially compatible, in that anything changed after the chapter you’re stopped at will be in effect, but you will not receive any of the boosts to player character bases retroactively, or any items that were added in previous chapters. New save files are recommended for smoothest experience, though not required.
In working on this hack, one issue we had was the amount of EXP gain many units received while playing. Our maps are large and full of enemies, so we adjusted EXP gain across the board to try and lower how fast units grew. With the additional deployment slots, reinforcement reductions and enemy level decreases found in v1.1, it is quite possible that some of these EXP changes are no longer necessary. If you feel like you are having a hard time keeping up with enemies now, please let us know. We’re happy to put out a small adjustment to EXP gain if requested by many players.
Thank you for bearing with us all these years. If you already played the game, I hope you may peek your head back in once more to see the changes we made. If you’ve been waiting for our rebalancing efforts to finish before getting started, I hope you enjoy your first playthrough. To everyone who has followed us on this journey, thank you for your support.
Thank you so much for playing our game.