[img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7041285/4d84ce5831c1f46d17f78d80a24177c0623f1b67.jpg[/img] Trials are a new system that will be replacing Challenges within a Kingdom. They teach new players game mechanics and give useful resources while Epic Trials reward experienced players with Starry Kingdom Pets which increase the Kingdom Team Bonus. [list] [*] Trials have a single battle for each Tier. [*] Trials will give players a team of Troops from that Kingdom that they must use to defeat the Enemy team.[list] [*] The player’s team will be based on themes for the Kingdom. [*] The enemy team will use Troops from that Kingdom.[/list] [*] The Player’s Troops’ levels, traits and ascensions for their Kingdom team will be based on the versions of those Troops that the Player owns.[list] [*] If a player does not own a copy of a troop the Trial will use a level 5 version of the Troop with no traits or ascensions.[/list] [*] Players will be able to change the order of the Troops on the team to suit their own play Styles. [*] Like Challenges, Trials have 10 Tiers that need to be completed in order. [*] Trial Tiers will increase in difficulty similar to how Challenge Tiers did previously. [*] Players will earn the same amount of rewards from Trials as they did from Challenges (even though there are less battles than before).[list] [*] This means players who are in the middle of completing their Challenges, and players who have already completed all Challenges, will not miss out on any rewards.[/list] [*] Kingdom Quests that previously unlocked a Challenge Battle, will now give Soul rewards.[list] [*] This replaces the Souls they would have earned from the Challenge Battle those Quests would have unlocked. [*] The first Quest in a Kingdom will still unlock the first Trial in their Kingdom.[/list] [*] When a player completes a Trial, if they do not own all Troops on the Trial team, they will be shown an offer that will give them 1 copy of each Troop on the team for a Gem cost. [/list] [i]Extra Note: Kingdom Trial Teams may change in the future as more Troops release in a Kingdom or if a Kingdom receives a rework.[/i] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7041285/ff0bedac747f137305ce06a6e49481fa13b4d726.jpg[/img] [list] [*] Epic Trials are additional Trials that can appear in a Kingdom when that Kingdom is the focus of a weekly event. [*] Epic Trials will only appear, and can only be played, if a player has completed all regular Trials in that Kingdom. [*] There are 5 Epic Trial Battles in a Kingdom each Week. [*] Like regular Trials, each Epic Trial Battle will increase in difficulty as they progress (starting at Level 225 Enemies, and working up to Level 350). [*] Completing an Epic Trial Battle will give a copy of the Kingdom’s Starry Pet, the final Battle will give 2 copies of the Starry Pet. (More on Starry Pets Below). [*] Starry Pets are exclusive to Epic Trials (they cannot be earned anywhere else). [*] Starry Pets add to their Kingdom’s Team bonus (stacking with any existing bonuses from Kingdom Pets). [*] After completing an Epic Trial Battle, players will be given an offer to purchase additional copies of the Starry Pet for Gems. [*] Players will be able to replay the Epic Trial Battles in a Kingdom, starting from the first one again, each time that Kingdom is a weekly Kingdom. [/list] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7041285/18f8a9fc2eafb8d1efc22fd3a409bf066227b1c9.jpg[/img] We have made some improvements to Campaigns. [list] [*] Campaign Menus have been updated to the new UI Style. [*] We made the goal of each task easier to achieve while playing the game normally. This means that players will not need to change their team, hunt for a specific Troop or play in a specific game mode to complete a Campaign Task. [*] We have reduced the number of tasks required to complete each week to 1 for each rarity (Gold, Silver, Bronze). [*] Tasks now have a higher goal to achieve for the task, however we have added milestones that help break the Tasks down into smaller goals which they can achieve during the week. [*] Each Task has 5 milestones, once a milestone has been achieved players are able to collect the Stars from that milestone (so players can collect milestones while they work to complete the task).[list] [*] Players can also choose to wait until they complete the Task fully before they collect any Stars.[/list] [*] The amount of Stars per Task has changed as part of the change to 1 Task for each rarity (players still earn 100 Stars per week)[list] [*] GOLD = 50 Stars [*] SILVER = 30 Stars [*] BRONZE = 20 Stars[/list] [*] Each Milestone is worth 20% of the total amount of Stars per Task. [*] Players still need to complete a Task from a previous week before they can progress to any future weeks’ Task. [*] As the Tasks are now easier, we have removed Task rerolls, and replaced it with a Skip Milestone option. This allows players to spend Gems to skip the current milestone in a Task (ie 20% of the task).[list] [*] GOLD = 100 Gems [*] SILVER = 80 Gems [*] BRONZE = 60 Gems[/list] [*] We have made adjustments to Skipping Tasks gem costs to reflect the change in Star value, and the fact that there is only 1 Task for each rarity now. (Skipping all Tasks in the week still costs the same amount of Gems as before).[list] [*] GOLD = 500 Gems [*] SILVER = 400 Gems [*] BRONZE = 300 Gems[/list] [*] We have changed the first reward of each week to give more valuable rewards for that week. [*] We changed the Campaign tutorial to use the new popup animation tutorials that we introduced with the opening tutorial sequence.[list] [*] The new popup tutorials are also viewable by selecting the ? button on each tab of the menu. [/list][/list] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7041285/f1992e4219580ea89fbf5070a5292a6f68d843e1.jpg[/img] We have given the Quest menu an update to both UI and flow of the menu. [list] [*] Quest menu has been modernized to better match the new UI style. It will also more clearly show rewards and progress. [*] We have added a quest tracker along the bottom so players can easily see the number of quests in the questline, and the rewards they will get from each quest.[list] [*] Players can interact with the reward icons along the bottom to get a popup explaining the reward. [/list][/list] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7041285/27965e2cf933ea193c4505813361edccba2e389d.jpg[/img] We have added a new questline that slots in between new players creating a character to the beginning of Broken Spire. [list] [*] After a new player creates their character they will get to choose between 3 possible weapons.[list] [*] Players will be able to craft the weapons they didn’t select in the Soulforge later on. (This will also allow older Players a chance to craft them as well during the week of weapon’s kingdom).[/list] [*] The new questline will continue the story first introduced with the new Opening Tutorial sequence joining that story and the start of Broken Spire together. [*] The intro questline will guide players through the first 5 levels teaching some of the early game mechanics, such as equipping Weapons, leveling Troops, etc.[list] [*] These tutorials will replace the ones originally taught during early Broken Spire Quests.[/list] [*] During the intro questline players will gain 3 Troops to make up the new starting team – Kitsune, Priestess, and Goblin Bomber.[list] [*] They will replace the Baby Dragon, Goblin, and Warhound troops that new players used to gain from the opening tutorial and early Broken Spire Quests.[/list] [*] We have adjusted Hero Leveling for the first 7 battles to automatically award a Gem Mastery rather than have players choose during the intro questline.[list] [*] We have also changed the Gem Mastery required for early weapons so that new players do not get overwhelmed with new weapons while they are learning the game.[/list] [*] Completing the intro questline will award Eleanor for players to use (similar to how our Kingdom Quest rewards the Quest Giver/ Epic Troop for the Kingdom). [*] Due to the addition of the intro questline, we have made some changes to Broken Spire’s Quests.[list] [*] The first 2 quests will no longer award the Goblin, and Warhound. [*] The difficulty for Broken Spire will be adjusted slightly as players will be starting the Broken Spire Quests at level 5 now.[/list] [*] The new troop that players fight in the Intro Questline – the Rat Swarm will go into chests with weekly reset. [/list] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7041285/51ff8cc0ee05c3bb51757f273424a23e5fba2128.jpg[/img] With the addition of the Intro Questline, we have made a few changes in the Adventurer’s Path. [list] [*] We have changed the level that some Game Features will unlock:[list] [*] “Troop Level 5” now unlocks at Level 1 (was Level 5 previously) [*] “Weapon Tempering” now unlocks at Level 3 (was Level 15 previously) [*] “World Map” now unlocks at Level 5 (was Level 1 previously) [*] “Troop Level 15” now unlocks at Level 15 (was Level 16 previously)[/list] [*] “Kingdom Challenges” has been renamed to “Kingdom Trials”, but it will continue to unlock at the same level (Level 6) [*] We have simplified some of the Game Feature descriptions on the Hero Path menu. So they are easier to understand and read on smaller devices. [*] We have added the following Troops to the Adventurer’s Chest:[list] [*] Priestess [*] Eleanor [/list][/list] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7041285/0fa2bd70746c9bf9750be6d31e3b635553a1981b.jpg[/img] We have made some improvements to Kingdom Pass based on feedback from the community, and observations we have noticed from the past couple of Kingdom Passes. [list] [*] Kingdom Passes will be changing to run only for 2 weeks. [*] We are changing the Kingdom Pass Battlecrashers so they will have a flat chance to appear [i](i.e. They will no longer decrease in chance to appear the more players encounter them).[/i] [*] Kingdom Pass Battlecrashers will now drop 2 Crowns instead of 1. [*] Kingdom Pass Battlecrashers can now be encountered in Quests. [*] We have updated the Kingdom Pass icon button on the world map to make it easier to view current level progress on smaller devices. [*] We have updated the Kingdom Pass UI to match the new UI style. [i](More menu changes are listed below)[/i] [*] We have changed the menu so it’s easier to identify which Kingdom the Kingdom Pass is for. [*] We have added a Kingdom Battlecrasher tracker to the Kingdom Pass Menu, so players can see how many Battlecrashers they have encountered for the day, and how long before they reset.[list] [*] The Tracker will also display the Troop the player should look out for.[/list] [*] We have improved the Level + Crown tracking section in the menu. [*] We have increased the reward sizes on the reward track map slightly, to try and help improve the readability on mobile devices. [*] We have moved the Kingdom Pass Level Gem purchase button to live over the level that would be purchased. [*] We have added a new Help Popup that should give a quick overview to how the Kingdom Pass works. [/list] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7041285/3fbbfd2af841ef22dc5ad63c62a967574b2384c5.jpg[/img] We have 3 new Achievements for this update: [list] [*] The Midas Touch: Complete all milestones in a Gold Campaign Task [*] Trials & Tribulations: Complete 5 Epic Trials [*] Loot & Boot: Destroy 20 Booty Gems[list] [*] Booty Gems will become available in a future Campaign that begins towards the end of 6.9 [/list][/list] We have change a few Achievements for this update to replace achievements about Challenges or Rerolling Campaign Tasks: [list] [*] Challenger: Complete your First Trial Battle[list] [*] Previously – Complete your First Challenge Battle[/list] [*] Champion: Complete 2 Trial Battles in a Single Kingdom[list] [*] Previously – Complete 5 Challenge Battles in a Single Kingdom[/list] [*] It’s A Long Way To The Top: Complete a Tier V Trial in any Kingdom[list] [*] Previously – Complete Challenge Tier V in any Kingdom[/list] [*] Bronzed and Beautiful: Complete a Bronze Task in any Campaign[list] [*] Previously – They See Me Re-Rollin’: Reroll a Campaign Task[/list] [/list] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7041285/302d8d6118dfb49259fd59002aca94da69922fda.jpg[/img] [list] [*] We have done an update on all the new UI graphics that we have been adding for the new UI Style to make sure they share the same style and colors. [*] We have changed the starting speed for new players to be x1.5 instead of x1.25. [*] We have moved The Guardian Dragon in the 3rd battle of the Opening Tutorial Sequence to be 3rd position on the Enemy team. [*] We have added a new Heroic Gem for a future Campaign, the Booty Gem. [/list] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7041285/59198d2829099030bee743b410ac78f11049349b.jpg[/img] [list] [*] We have fixed an issue where Choice Spells would display their spell text incorrectly when looking at the Troop overview. [*] We have fixed an issue where the Pet card for Spike was missing. [*] We have fixed an issue where the Centuragon’s spell cast was not giving Mana to the first Troop when resolving Wild Card gem matches. [*] We have fixed an issue where some Troops’ art + spell art was missing on mobile devices. [*] We have fixed an issue where some players couldn’t see the Dark Pits’ Deep Delve map. [*] We have fixed the Purification buff from Genie + Daemon wandering merchant encounters, so that it will only apply to Allies, and not enemies. [*] We have fixed an assortment of smaller issues. [/list]