HIGHLIGHTS
- Updated starting champions - Pyromancer, Berserker, and Ranger
- Added a new enemy – Terrodon.
- Added a new battle mode - Retrieve the Artifact and return to the safe zone before turns run out.
- Added a new battle hazard for the Mountain biome. Frost wraith - Whenever a unit takes an overwatch hit while it is adjacent to this creature, it will deal damage and apply Frostbite to it.
- Added the option to Undo any action that has not triggered an overwatch.
- Added Sub-objective for battles. An additional enemy (non-hostile) unit spawns at the start of the battle. Eliminate the unit to complete the Sub-objective.
- Added a Tips/Hints panel that can be accessed anytime during battle.
- Added a new Dialogue event system.
- Added an intro for the game backstory.
BALANCE
- Concussive blast trait (Zephyr) updated with a passive ability to fling enemies out of the arena, provided they are standing at the edge, instantly killing them.
- Increased Goblin sell sword and bowmen health from 6 to 8.
- Added “Double Move” ability to Relic (now Ember Bomb) for more mobility options.
- Terra and Arcane resources are no longer available at the start of the campaign.
- The destination zone for the Relic (now Ember bomb) has been reduced.
- Reduced Relic (now Ember Bomb) health from 8 to 6.
TWEAKS
- Shard rewards now add a shard rather than restoring a consumed one.
- Escort battle reworked - You must now escort the Ember bomb to the Shrine of Theosus and destroy it.
- Redistributed rewards between Primary and Secondary objectives.
- Bleed status effect can no longer deal fatal damage to the affected unit.
- Blood link status effect now deals 2 damage for 2 turns to the affected unit.
FIXES
- Fixed an occasional blocker bug while the ranger was attacking.
- Fixed an exploit related to Jazis shards.
- Floor fix in Mountain biome
- Fixed audio sync issues
- SFX slow motion fix
- LOD Fixes for certain characters.
UI
Quality of life
- Added an expanded view of the Character panel (Magnify button) that provides details and previews of traits and abilities as well as the items equipped.
- All icons have been revamped for a cleaner and simpler look.
- Removed the ability to check the overlap of enemy move and overwatch patterns by hovering over them.
- You can now preview enemy threats and attack opportunities of an ally champion just by selecting them.
Tooltips
- Added tooltips for all champion and enemy traits.
Loadout
- Notification dots to indicate the availability of items, traits, and ability upgrades.
- Added Ability previews for all champions.
- On upgrading stats, traits, and abilities, a particle effect shall appear over the champion.
AUDIO
- Removed VOs for all champions.
ANIMATIONS
- Move and Attack Animations, along with movement speeds, are updated to make the game faster.
- Improved idle animations of certain characters.