Update 3.21 lands in a few weeks and we’ve got fixes to bot outs, alliance improvements, new strategic emotes and an exciting secret feature heading your way.
BOT OUT FIXES
Bot Out bugs have been hit this update and the changes are hopefully in a better place.
Players replaced by neutral AI will now stop drafting after their 2nd full turn.
Bot out icons should show to all players, not just the host.
Bot out timers should not start before the first player’s turn.
Players who go MIA during semi-auto & manual placement will show the correct flag.
Battle log will no longer continue to update for botted out players.
Players that are botted out by failing to ready up will have their icon updated.
Bots should no longer fortify for 0 just after a bot out.
Fixed a bug where UI could fall out of sync with player turns.
Players who bot out are now treated as surrendering for the purposes of BP & RP generation.
For the full flow of how Bot Out works see the image below, along with our earlier post on the subject.
ALLIANCE IMPROVEMENTS
When we first implemented alliances, we wanted it to be a tool to help communication between players. Unfortunately, this is being used as a strategy in Fog of War games to reveal another player’s board.
In 3.21, alliance requests will time out and can be cancelled.
NEW EMOTES
Some new emotes will finally be hitting RISK again! The Strategic emote pack will bring some fun new ways to communicate more clearly to your opponents. Someone made a bad play? Hit them with a facepalm. Someone taking too long? Tell them to hurry up! Here are Just some of the examples below:
CREATOR CODES
A brand new system for SMG to regularly provide RISK content creators with monthly/weekly unique codes. Players can redeem codes via the RISK site to unlock maps, frames, dice and more.
GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS
We’ve also been working on several quality of life improvements, including:
BP rewards now taper gradually after reaching your daily cap - Instead of earning 0 BP after reaching your daily limit, rewards will be softened until your cap resets.
New SFX & haptic cues - added for the host when players join or leave your lobby. Haptic queues added in game when you are inactive for too long.
And many more. You’ll find the full list in our 3.21 release notes.
THAT’S NOT ALL…
There's more to come in 3.21 when it drops in a few weeks. We're not quite ready to talk about everything yet, but all will be revealed when the new update lands. Watch this space.
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Over and out
SMG: Team RISK