Work on Neptune's Augmented Skills have been completed so I'd like to talk about them.

Equipping the "Artisan Pudding" augment will turn Neptune's Spark and Hyper Spark skills into Jitter Static and Fulmin Drive respectively!

Neptune's augmented skills allow her to take on an alternate playstyle based on applying stacks of "Spirit of Lightning" on enemies, then attacking them with Thunder-element skills for big damage.

Spirit of Lightning is a new status effect unique to Neptune (and Nepgear; I didn't want this cool new mechanic to go to waste being on only a single character, so I've decided to give her a way to utilize/interact with Spirit of Lightning as well. More on that soon!) which reduces Thunder resistance. The reduction effect gets stronger with each stack - at 3 stacks, the enemy will take 60% more Thunder damage! As of making this Devlog, I'm still undecided whether the status effect should expire after a few turns or be permanent. Further testing needs to be done.

The use cases for these skills should be easy to understand. You'll be using Jitter Static to quickly apply Spirit of Lightning to your desired enemy, and Fulmin Drive on an enemy afflicted by Spirit of Lightning for devastaing results. If you noticed from the video, the animations for hitting an enemy with/without Spirit of Lightning is different. This is a minor detail that I figured out I could implement which allows for some not only useful, but also satisfying visual feedback!

Finally, I'd like to direct your attention to the naming schemes I used. Artisan Pudding, Fulmin Drive and Spirit of Lightning are all nods to Super Neptunia RPG! They're not mind-blowing references by any means, and I simply wanted to give the spin-off some acknowledgement too.