Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:59 pm
Hi everyone, we've been a little quiet but very busy since the last patch. The next patch is ready to go live next monday. We don't want to release it before a week end, in case something goes wrong but also because it's the final days of the weekly tournament and not the best time for balance changes...
Anyway, here's the changelog, this way you can see what's coming and ready yourselves for monday. Enjoy !
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Patch 0.12.9 Changelog
COMBAT
- Wolfen with Crossbow: -2 DOD
- Grave Guardian: -1 DAM
- Fang Warrior: -1 TOU
- All Primal Attacks now always have a damage of force 10 (instead of a WIL-dependant damage)
- Reduced "The Middle Way" Miracle duration to 1 turn (instead of 2)
- Changed the duration of Ice Ring and Mist Ring : they now last for the next 2 activations of the target
- Increased the base difficulty of many Spells and Miracles
- Luminous Remission no longer heals upon the call (now only the regeneration applies)
- Scourge of the Impure range reduced to 1
- Increased the "Bad Omen" penalties to -12 (instead of -8). Bad Omen penalties also affect Fear resistance rolls now (rerolls on success are still only for attacks and casts).
- Exhausting Touch max range reduced to 1
- Changed the range of Devotion and Martyr skills to 1
- "Occult Erosion" and "Exhausting Touch" are now dispelled on the Caller's elimination
- Renamed the Heal skill of the Sparkling to "Luminous Healing", and reduced the healing effect by 5 (from a 10 HP heal to a 5 HP heal)
- Reduced Sparkling MOV by 1
- Fixed Fear bonuses not triggering Fear computations immediately
- Fixed "Ruthless" being applied on a unit's path when the unit dies from opportunity attacks
- Morbid Puppets TOU reduced by 1 (it was increased by 2 in the last patch)
- Added a new skill in the Alahan Swordsman skilltree, named "For the Light!" (instead of the "Mighty Blow" skill)
- Decreased the AP multiplier for Elite and Legendary units. This means that all the concerned units will now cost less at all levels. As a result, some units in those categories saw their base AP cost change.
- The Sparkling unit AP cost was reverted to its intended value (21).
- Following the changes introduced in the last patch (about the AP costs of the skills depending of the status of the units), most "Regular" status base units saw their AP cost increase.
- Respite of the Dead and Pillar of energy are now working as intended (they can not heal their Caster anymore)
- The "Heal" skill for the Sparkling can no longer target other Sparklings
- "Scourge of the Impure" spell was updated to use the "Scourge" attribute mechanics (it now gives "Scourge: Living-Deads", "Scourge: Constructs", and "Scourge: Demons" instead of the +4 raw DAM previously applied)
- Updated all "Fear Resist" scripts; Bad Omen and Divine Favor now affect resistance to fear (as intended)
- Removed "Gandhar Mask" from the Rune Guardian tree and added "Yllia Love" in the Rune Guardian tree instead.
- Reduced the "Seal of Dellar'n" spell max use per activation to 1
- Increased ingame tooltips size and placement to middle-right position
- Improved activation mail system to prevent "spam" button to send activation mail
- Disallow run movement on war-casters once they cast a spell
GAMEPLAY
- Changed the 200 AP bracket into a 250 AP bracket; removed the 300 AP bracket. As a result, starting decks are now in line with the new 250 AP bracket.
- Restored the gameplay objectives popup at the start of a match
- Added new deployment patterns for all maps and modes.
* Added many map sizes variants with various placements
* King of the Hill update to have:
* Multiple areas to control
* All sorts of deployments
* Some scenarios with a "line of scrimmage" allowed during the deployment
* Some scenarios where the map is reduced in size.
- King of the Hill mode rules were changed:
* No unit can score during the first turn
* Each unit now scores its own AP each turn, individually
* Only half of the AP is scored if the unit is engaged in close combat
* First player to get to the score limit (depending of the selected AP bracket) wins the game (instead of the 5 points game)
- Updated VIP rules to allow a player who lost his VIP to kill the opponent until the end of the turn
- There is now a chance to drop items at the end of each match (concerned items: customization colors, healing cards, units rename tools)
- Slight change in the Ducats gains formula; hardcore players should now see their Ducats income increase on long game sessions
- Fixed some matchmaking issues with the formula. Matchmaking should now be approximately two times faster
- Added small color customization rewards for ending the Tutorials for the first time
- Minor text changes in tutorial steps
- Updated Practice mode difficulties:
* Easy Practice from 100 AP to 250 AP
* Medium from 275 AP to 400 AP
* Hard from 550 AP to 750 AP
LOBBY
- Updated last step of company creation to only display the unique roster available for each faction
- Added units tooltips on this last page
- Remove choice for full company creation in for post-tutorial popup company creation choice since only 1 choice is left for each faction
- 1st connection flow now leads to the unique roster page
- Fix ladded "around me": now display only results for current season
- Addef window flashing in taskbar when a match is found
- Reset of FindGame timer when a game is found
- Updated Ladder formula: Win is 2 points, Draw is 0.5 point
- Ducats earning is now bigger with bigger matchmaking brackets
- Removed Rewards/Loss fields display in missions and events when empty list
- Improved renown and cost display for additional slots in in CompanyManagement
- Added level selection option when buying a new unit
- Added unit renaming shortcut to shop/inventory items in CompnayManagement
- Units in mission page now display units from any company, not only the current one
- Added level-up objective in Profile
- Shop : Removed Guild ranks restriction on units
MISC
- Fixed the Loyal attribute English tooltip
- Russia localization update
- Added Polish localization for the game
- Localization changes for the Guild Ranks tooltips
- Fixed some AI locks
Anyway, here's the changelog, this way you can see what's coming and ready yourselves for monday. Enjoy !
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Patch 0.12.9 Changelog
COMBAT
- Wolfen with Crossbow: -2 DOD
- Grave Guardian: -1 DAM
- Fang Warrior: -1 TOU
- All Primal Attacks now always have a damage of force 10 (instead of a WIL-dependant damage)
- Reduced "The Middle Way" Miracle duration to 1 turn (instead of 2)
- Changed the duration of Ice Ring and Mist Ring : they now last for the next 2 activations of the target
- Increased the base difficulty of many Spells and Miracles
- Luminous Remission no longer heals upon the call (now only the regeneration applies)
- Scourge of the Impure range reduced to 1
- Increased the "Bad Omen" penalties to -12 (instead of -8). Bad Omen penalties also affect Fear resistance rolls now (rerolls on success are still only for attacks and casts).
- Exhausting Touch max range reduced to 1
- Changed the range of Devotion and Martyr skills to 1
- "Occult Erosion" and "Exhausting Touch" are now dispelled on the Caller's elimination
- Renamed the Heal skill of the Sparkling to "Luminous Healing", and reduced the healing effect by 5 (from a 10 HP heal to a 5 HP heal)
- Reduced Sparkling MOV by 1
- Fixed Fear bonuses not triggering Fear computations immediately
- Fixed "Ruthless" being applied on a unit's path when the unit dies from opportunity attacks
- Morbid Puppets TOU reduced by 1 (it was increased by 2 in the last patch)
- Added a new skill in the Alahan Swordsman skilltree, named "For the Light!" (instead of the "Mighty Blow" skill)
- Decreased the AP multiplier for Elite and Legendary units. This means that all the concerned units will now cost less at all levels. As a result, some units in those categories saw their base AP cost change.
- The Sparkling unit AP cost was reverted to its intended value (21).
- Following the changes introduced in the last patch (about the AP costs of the skills depending of the status of the units), most "Regular" status base units saw their AP cost increase.
- Respite of the Dead and Pillar of energy are now working as intended (they can not heal their Caster anymore)
- The "Heal" skill for the Sparkling can no longer target other Sparklings
- "Scourge of the Impure" spell was updated to use the "Scourge" attribute mechanics (it now gives "Scourge: Living-Deads", "Scourge: Constructs", and "Scourge: Demons" instead of the +4 raw DAM previously applied)
- Updated all "Fear Resist" scripts; Bad Omen and Divine Favor now affect resistance to fear (as intended)
- Removed "Gandhar Mask" from the Rune Guardian tree and added "Yllia Love" in the Rune Guardian tree instead.
- Reduced the "Seal of Dellar'n" spell max use per activation to 1
- Increased ingame tooltips size and placement to middle-right position
- Improved activation mail system to prevent "spam" button to send activation mail
- Disallow run movement on war-casters once they cast a spell
GAMEPLAY
- Changed the 200 AP bracket into a 250 AP bracket; removed the 300 AP bracket. As a result, starting decks are now in line with the new 250 AP bracket.
- Restored the gameplay objectives popup at the start of a match
- Added new deployment patterns for all maps and modes.
* Added many map sizes variants with various placements
* King of the Hill update to have:
* Multiple areas to control
* All sorts of deployments
* Some scenarios with a "line of scrimmage" allowed during the deployment
* Some scenarios where the map is reduced in size.
- King of the Hill mode rules were changed:
* No unit can score during the first turn
* Each unit now scores its own AP each turn, individually
* Only half of the AP is scored if the unit is engaged in close combat
* First player to get to the score limit (depending of the selected AP bracket) wins the game (instead of the 5 points game)
- Updated VIP rules to allow a player who lost his VIP to kill the opponent until the end of the turn
- There is now a chance to drop items at the end of each match (concerned items: customization colors, healing cards, units rename tools)
- Slight change in the Ducats gains formula; hardcore players should now see their Ducats income increase on long game sessions
- Fixed some matchmaking issues with the formula. Matchmaking should now be approximately two times faster
- Added small color customization rewards for ending the Tutorials for the first time
- Minor text changes in tutorial steps
- Updated Practice mode difficulties:
* Easy Practice from 100 AP to 250 AP
* Medium from 275 AP to 400 AP
* Hard from 550 AP to 750 AP
LOBBY
- Updated last step of company creation to only display the unique roster available for each faction
- Added units tooltips on this last page
- Remove choice for full company creation in for post-tutorial popup company creation choice since only 1 choice is left for each faction
- 1st connection flow now leads to the unique roster page
- Fix ladded "around me": now display only results for current season
- Addef window flashing in taskbar when a match is found
- Reset of FindGame timer when a game is found
- Updated Ladder formula: Win is 2 points, Draw is 0.5 point
- Ducats earning is now bigger with bigger matchmaking brackets
- Removed Rewards/Loss fields display in missions and events when empty list
- Improved renown and cost display for additional slots in in CompanyManagement
- Added level selection option when buying a new unit
- Added unit renaming shortcut to shop/inventory items in CompnayManagement
- Units in mission page now display units from any company, not only the current one
- Added level-up objective in Profile
- Shop : Removed Guild ranks restriction on units
MISC
- Fixed the Loyal attribute English tooltip
- Russia localization update
- Added Polish localization for the game
- Localization changes for the Guild Ranks tooltips
- Fixed some AI locks
