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RabbleFroth

February 27, 2015

Patch Notes - 1.6.40

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NEW CHANGES/FEATURES:

  • New Dage the Evil Limited Quantity weapons
    • Caladbolg P/E
    • Zealith Reavers P/E

BALANCE CHANGES:

  • Bot damage
    • Baby/Dark Yeti now deal 150 damage
    • Baby/Dark Yeti Warrior now deal 160 damage
    • Golden Yeti stays at 180 damage
    • All other bots now deal 170 damage
    • Infernal Android will still gain 5% damage per round, but will max out at 125% damage. This keeps the damage roughly on par with previous values.
  • Skill Trees for all classes except for Tech Mages (yours was already awesome!) have been adjusted. Note that skills have not been added to or removed from any class.
  • Atom Smasher
    • Now unblockable
    • Energy cost increased by 30 at all levels
  • Shadow Arts
    • Damage reduction increased by 5% at all levels
  • Venom Strike
    • Energy cost lowered by 10 at all levels
    • Poison damage increased by 10 at all levels
    • Cooldown increased from 2 to 3
  • Toxic Grenade
    • Cooldown increased from 2 to 3

BUGS FIXED:

  • Fixed an issue with the Daily Code Champion Achievement
Bot damage
Baby/Dark Yeti now deal 150 damage
Baby/Dark Yeti Warrior now deal 160 damage
Golden Yeti stays at 180 damage
All other bots now deal 170 damage
Infernal Android will still gain 5% damage per round, but will max out at 125% damage. This keeps the damage roughly on par with previous values.
Skill trees for all classes except for Tech Mages (yours was already awesome!) have been adjusted. Note that skills have not been added to or removed from any class.
Atom Smasher
Now unblockable
Energy cost increased by 30 at all levels
Shadow Arts
Damage reduction increased by 5% at all levels
Venom Strike
Energy cost lowered by 10 at all levels
Poison damage increased by 10 at all levels
Cooldown increased from 2 to 3
Toxic Grenade
Cooldown increased from 2 to 3

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Nightwraith

February 20, 2015

Heartbreaker Saga 2 Part 2

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Return to the Afterlife to complete the second part of the second Heartbreaker saga! The Necronauts Paz and Clemek are more unhinged than ever as their time away from the world of the living has drained their humanity and sanity! Challenge them to a battle of wits and brawn from beyond the grave in this exciting conclusion to this saga!

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This epic update comes with THREE achievements. One for completing the chain, one for beating the boss, and one for completing the super-secret BONUS mission! Well, it's not so secret. It's actually in your mission...nevermind.

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Moar Missions 

This release will also feature brand new missions created by Ranloth! We intended to release them as dailies, but it looks like one of the chains BloodHawk Training slipped into the regular mission category. This will be corrected in the next release, allowing you to complete it again and again!

 

Necrotic Armaments

The Necronauts have been in the Afterlife long enough to develop some interesting hobbies -- weaponcraft, to be specific. Visit Clemek to browse his inventory of Void creations, including the Necronaut Armor!

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Just don't fog up the dome with too much necroplasm. You'll feel all...funky.

 

Necro-Stylin'

Access the style-change interface to try some Necronaut and Endless styles!

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Finally satisfy that need to be a disfigured skull-head man (or woman). What's the hose attached to? Only Paz knows for sure.

 

War Update

You may have noticed this most recent war is lasting an awfully long time. We've noted this. With the War 2.0 system, we built a feature to balance the duration of the war based on the previous war's duration. The last war occured during the holiday season, a time when our activity spikes unusually high. This made the war end very, very quickly, causing the system to say, "HEY! These players need a REAL challenge!" Thus, the next war was adjusted based on those extreme numbers.

Now, we are in a state in which the total points needed to win the war are much too high. The war would go on for months at this rate. Thus, to shorten the duration, we will be reducing the total points needed to win.

No personal scores will be reduced. No one side will receive an artificial advantage.

The positive effects are that participating players will receive their prizes sooner. We will also be able to reach the next war region early Spring rather than early Summer!

 

Balance

We will be performing a substantial and much needed balance update next week. We planned on balance improvements this week, but ultimately, we decided we would need more time to test the proposed changes. We will keep you updated on the proposed changes as they are closer to being locked in.

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Nightwraith

February 13, 2015

Heartbreaker Saga 2 Part 1

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The events of Frozen Fury ripped a hole in space and time, allowing travel into a realm beyond life and death. Journey into the Afterlife to learn more about the mysterious and powerful Necronauts Paz and Clemek. What is their purpose? How are they able to travel between worlds? Are they human or something beyond comprehension? 

You will begin your journey into the great hereafter at a familiar face: Negawraith. 

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He will guide you to investigate some mysterious disturbances around the nearby Guard Outpost ruins. Longtime players will recall in the original Heartbreaker Saga, Administrator 12 was planning a coup to dethrone Alydriah and restore sanity to the Legion. Unfortunately, Administrator 11, Alydriah's brother and weapon of mass destruction, killed Administrator 12 in his office. His smoldering shoes and golden gun remain as a reminder from Alydriah to show what happens to those who would betray her.

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The guards have been hearing noises...voices...that they can't explain. This line of inquiry will lead you to Frysteland to a portal leading to the Afterlife: a realm between life and death and home to billions of souls.

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Aldhagrimm's sacrifice may have prevented The Endless from going rogue and destroying the world, but it also opened a tear to the Afterlife. Inside, you'll find some familiar faces...

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...and some not so familiar faces.

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Complete this first part of the event to earn a new Void Explorer achievement.

 

Gear UP!

A certain familiar NPC in the Afterlife will have a massive inventory of new Heartbreaker/Void gear! Stock on these seasonal rares as they will only be available for a limited time! Check out this comprehensive list of the new items available!

  • Valentine's Sword P/E
  • Metallic Heart Blades P/E
  • Metallic Heart Maul P/E
  • Metallic Heart Staff P/E
  • Valentine's Saber P/E
  • Heartbeat Sword P/E
  • Heartbeat Blades P/E
  • Heartbeat Mace P/E 
  • Heartbeat Staff P/E

 

Endless Armor

For those who have access to the coveted The Endless shop, the color custom version of The Endless Armor has arrived!

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This version have no cores preinstalled so you can completely customize it to your liking.

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You can even make it completely pink...if that's your thing. I'm not here to judge.

 

Lucky Friday the 13th!

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Collect the Friday the 13th achievement available in the achievement shop for a limited time!


We hope you all enjoy this epic release which should go live shortly. This release is PACKED with content created by our talented guest team, with content from 2046808, Goony, Tomcat, Bidoof, Vultex, Overlord Drekon, and SarpDV! Join us next week as we continue the saga with more mission content from Ranloth (Trans) and OWA! Enjoy your weekend and Duel On!

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