Halls of Torment’s Oct. 26 Experimental Update Will Change Torment Score
Kill Mode will require 50% more kills, while Agony Rank will rise according to enemy-kill thresholds.
Halls of Torment‘s Oct. 26 Experimental update will change how Torment Score builds in Kill Mode. Agony Rank will rise with enemy kills, preventing players from waiting for the highest rank before attacking to boost their score.
Each successive rank will require kills equal to 3%, 6%, 9%, 12%, and 15% of the total enemy count. Reaching rank 5 will therefore require killing 45% of all enemies before the Lord appears. Kill Mode’s kill requirement will also increase by 50%, and a fix will make fast kills award more Torment Score.
The score will use Monster Value multiplied by the sum of Agony Rank and Torment Level, then multiplied by a Time Factor that cannot exceed 1.0. Chasing Carrots says the Weekly Challenge is also changing to keep the rules fair, and that it will not be released after this week’s official release, according to its Steam announcement.
The changes follow the Oct. 12 Experimental Branch update, which added Weekly Challenge rewards and adjusted the challenge and Kill Modes.
Halls of Torment Oct. 26 Experimental Update Patch Notes
The Agony Rank on maps was flowing into calculating the score, which made it worthwhile not killing enemies and wait for Agony to rise to the highest rank before starting to kill so that the overall score would increase.
To counter this in Kill Mode from there on the Agony rises depending on enemies kills.
- 0 -> 1: 3% of total enemies
- 1 -> 2: 6% of total enemies
- 2 -> 3: 9% of total enemies
- 3 -> 4: 12% of total enemies
- 4 -> 5: 15% of total enemies
To get from rank 0 to 5 you need to kill 45% of all enemies until the lord appears. We will see how the balancing works with this, if it is too slow, we might decrease the requirements for ranking up.
- Kill Mode requires now 50% more kills
- Fixed an oversight that killing monsters fast would not reward more Torment Score
The Torment Score is now calculated by…
- Monster Value
- * (Agony Rank + Torment Level)
- * Time Factor (always <= 1.0)
We had to change the weekly challenge to make the changes fair for everyone. The Weekly challenge will not release after this weeks official release.
Does tying Agony Rank to kills make the Weekly Challenge scoring fairer? Follow the Experimental Branch’s scoring changes on X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram, Steam, and Telegram.
Halls of Torment
Developed by Chasing Carrots
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this casual roguelite action rpg. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magic trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish the horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
- Genre Role-playing (RPG), Indie
- Platforms Xbox Series X|S, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5
- Perspective Bird view / Isometric
- Modes Single player
- Release August 26, 2024
- Publisher Chasing Carrots, Erabit Studios
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