balance: comprehensive game balance pass (#103-#123) (#124)
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## Summary

Comprehensive balance pass addressing 20 tickets (#103–#122) plus one audit-discovered fix (#123), ensuring no player soft-locks and aligning all content counts with achievements and progression milestones.

### Changes

- **Equipment** (#103–#111): Differentiated all stat pairs so every piece has a unique bonus combination; added missing stats to `eternal_flame` and increased `eternal_prism` multiplier to justify cost tier
- **Recipes** (#112–#115): Added 4 cross-zone crafting recipes requiring materials from multiple zones to incentivise exploration breadth
- **Achievements** (#116–#118): Aligned `fully_equipped` (40→65), `quest_eternal` (72→95), and `boss_eternal` (60→72) thresholds with actual content counts; updated `devourer_slayer` description
- **Quest CP scaling** (#120–#122): Verified and corrected combat power requirements across all zones to follow consistent 4×/4× progression pattern
- **Zone file ordering** (#123): Swapped Frozen Peaks and Shadow Marshes quest sections so file order matches the actual unlock chain (no gameplay change)

### Tickets Closed

Closes #103
Closes #104
Closes #105
Closes #106
Closes #107
Closes #108
Closes #109
Closes #110
Closes #111
Closes #112
Closes #113
Closes #114
Closes #115
Closes #116
Closes #117
Closes #118
Closes #120
Closes #121
Closes #122
Closes #123

 This PR was created with help from Hikari~ 🌸

Reviewed-on: #124
Co-authored-by: Hikari <hikari@nhcarrigan.com>
Co-committed-by: Hikari <hikari@nhcarrigan.com>
This commit was merged in pull request #124.
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@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ export const defaultEquipment: Array<Equipment> = [
type: "trinket",
},
{
bonus: { clickMultiplier: 2.25, goldMultiplier: 1.25 },
bonus: { clickMultiplier: 2.25, combatMultiplier: 1.1, goldMultiplier: 1.25 },
description:
"A flame that has never been extinguished, sealed in crystal by the Phoenix Lord. It burns with the power of rebirth.",
equipped: false,
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ export const defaultEquipment: Array<Equipment> = [
type: "armour",
},
{
bonus: { clickMultiplier: 5, combatMultiplier: 1.5, goldMultiplier: 2 },
bonus: { clickMultiplier: 5, combatMultiplier: 1.75, goldMultiplier: 2 },
cost: { crystals: 100_000_000, essence: 0, gold: 0 },
description:
"An artifact from beyond all known planes — it refracts power through all dimensions simultaneously.",