Fixed growths / Maddening changed?
At launch, on a fresh Maddening run Alear would always get HP Dex and Spd on his first level up.
My spouse just started a Maddening run for the first time, and their Alear got HP STR, SPD, and DEF instead.
Did they change something about fixed fixed growths? Or did they make Maddening default to random growths?
Yes. Aggro Incarnate confirmed the information in Mekkah's Discord the one day.
The solution appears to be beating Hard Mode first (it will work as intended after Hard Mode is cleared) or not updating to 1.3.