Cease & Desists
Cease & Desists, also known as Sues, are a Boss Reward that prevent a Cog from attacking. They are obtained by defeating the Chief Legal Officer in Lawbot Headquarters.
Cease & Desists are used after Pink Slips, but before Gags. When a Cog is Sued, they are unable to attack for a set amount of rounds, starting with 3 rounds. The round amount will dwindle by one round for as long as they are not hit by a Gag. The amount of rounds reset depends on the amount of Gags used during that round. Two Gags, for example, will allow 2 extra rounds. The maximum amount of Sued rounds is 4. The rounds are affected by any Status Effect that has a resistance to debuffs. For example, a Sued Skelecog will be Sued for a maximum of 3 rounds, but will start off on 2 rounds. This also means Virtual Skelecogs can immediately wake up from being Sued if not attacked, due to having a maximum 2 rounds of being Sued. However, they will still not attack on the first turn.
To successfully Sue a Cog, the number of Cease & Desist papers required is 1/4 of their level. For example, a Level 12 Cog requires 3 Sues in order to be successfully Sued. If the number is a decimal, it will simply round up. Using a Cease & Desist has a Reward Cooldown of two rounds.
Manager Bosses are completely immune to Cease & Desists. Some of these Managers have cheats specifically designed to allow weaker Cogs to be immune as well.
Version History
- v1.8.0 BETA
- Cease and Desists now last for 4 rounds max instead of 5.
- Cease and Desists are now affected by Skeletal Structure and Virtualized.
- v1.4.4 BETA
- Fixed an issue that allowed Toons to use fires and sues on insured Cogs.
- v1.4.0 BETA
- Updated the visuals of the C&D and Pink Slip icons.
- Fixed an issue that would cause Reward Cooldowns to not properly apply visually when using an IOU, C&D, or Pink Slip.
- v1.3.0 BETA
- C&Ds will no longer be refreshed to their maximum rounds upon being hit with a Gag. Instead, the rounds will be incremented by one (1) for each Gag used.
- The initial rounds of a C&D has been decreased to 4, however, the maximum number of rounds that a C&D can have is 5.
- IOUs, Cease & Desists, and Pink Slips all have 2-turn cooldowns.
- v1.2.7.8 BETA
- Fixed a long-standing graphical issue related to the stun/sue visual effect on virtual Skelecogs.
- v1.2.6 BETA
- The following items will now be displayed on the left side of the screen upon being obtained:
- Cease and Desists
- v1.2.0 BETA
- As the Status Effect system is a brand new addition, the following have been re-implemented or introduced to utilize it
- Cease and Desist
- v1.1.0.2 BETA
- Switched around the positions of the Fire, Sue, Pass, and SOS buttons in battle.
- Fixed an inconsistency with Bumpy’s “using C&D’s” dialogue.
- v1.1.0.1 BETA
- C&D’s now cost a quarter of the Cog’s level to use, rounded up. For example, suing a level 12 Cog will cost 3 C&D’s.
- Extra C&D’s awarded are now +2 per bonus as opposed to +1.
- v1.1.0 BETA
- Defeating the CLO now rewards toons with Cease and Desists (C&Ds) as opposed to summons!
- When using a Cease and Desist, it will take half the cog’s level in cost to sue them.
- For example, suing a level 10 cog would cost 5 C&Ds.
- When a cog is sued, they will be unable to attack until they are destroyed!
- If you do not damage a sued cog for five rounds, then your C&D will become invalid and the Cog will begin to attack again.
- Summons that were earned previously will be kept, however, no new summons can be earned.
- Minibosses that could not be fired previously also cannot be sued via C&Ds
Trivia
- A Cease & Desist is a legal order to stop a person or organization in performing a certain activity.
- Manager Bosses have unique dialogue when you attempt to Sue them. Their default phrase is "I am outside your jurisdiction, Toon."
- Cogs can still dodge Gags while Sued.
- The Witness Stand-In had a cheat of the same name that made most Gags and Doodles have 0 accuracy as well as making Unites ineffective.
- The maximum amount of Cease & Desists that can be held is 9999.
Gallery
A Sued Cog
The old Cease & Desist icon
