Jolly Cooperation Update

This update introduces 2 new major things.  First thing you'll probably notice is Music and SFX! Vanguard Monsters feels so much more alive now with the energetic chiptunes from Abstraction's Three Red Hearts album as well as abuncha retro sounds for all your attacks and interactions.   Volume controls are in the options menu, which took the place of the compendium button (compendium is now within the options)

The other major feature is a new Synergy system.  Each monster has 2 or 3 synergies now that will appear in their tooltip, such as [Tenacious] or [Nature].  When you have 2 of the same synergy on your team you unlock it's special effect.  If you get 4, the effect becomes even more powerful.  The [Nature] synergy boosts the stats and healing of all your monsters by a small amount, and it appears on monsters such as Gora, the plant, and Hydrim the water elemental.  There are currently 11 synergies to experiment with and build around.

This update also introduces a new monster Seras, the snake.   They have relatively low damage but they poison enemies with every hit.  They excel at longer fights where they can really stack up the damage on a big target.  

There are also 5 new items mainly focused around granting more synergies, as well as a few changes to old ones.  Heart of the Ocean a strong item that grants high mana regen and the [Aquatic] synergy, Stick Effigy, it lowers your hp but grants 2 [Haunted] synergies immediately activating it. [Haunted]'s effect prevents the first wound each combat and is very helpful for monsters that react to allies falling.  The Unerring Arrow is a weapon that causes attacks to deal triple damage vs enemies at full hp.    Claws of Ferocity give the [Tenacious] synergy potentially allowing for stacking Str buffs when unlocked. Lastly the Duelist's Foil boosts attack damage for each empty space around it's wielder, favoring smaller parties.  

One small but helpful new feature is the battle speed slows down while dragging a monster or item. This should allow you to more precisely reposition, use potions and supers.  

Some other minor balancing changes : Shop restocks are now 25 aura (+25 for each addition), Mana regen has a cap of 20 per second now, as well as some stat changes to enemies.