Foundation: Part 1 has arrived! This update addresses some of your major points of feedback since our Steam Early Access release, but keep in mind this is the first step on a larger path. Many of the features or balance changes in this update may feel incomplete, but we’ll be hard at work addressing those in future updates.

NOTE: The list below only contains the largest new features in the update. For an exhaustive list of balance changes, content changes and bug fixes, please head to our Foundation: Part 1 patch notes thread. The list is so large that we couldn’t put them all here on the Steam announcements!

Campaign Mode

• Maps from levels 1-20 have been put in linear order. Select “Campaign Mode” at the War Recruiter to experience this new change! We encourage you to create a new hero to play through the Campaign.
• New maps become available once one of your heroes reaches the level required by the next map. Winning a map (completing all 5 waves) should bring your hero to the level required for the next map. Replaying a map should also only be required if you are defeated, or, if you change heroes for each Combat Phase.
• The hero level curve has been adjusted to shorten the XP grind.
• Heroes and hero defenses have been rebalanced. See a more detailed list in our patch notes thread.
• DISCLAIMER: The current Matchmaking flow has been iterated. We are constantly looking for ways to improve it. The changes below are step 1 in a multi-step, multi-patch plan to improve your play experience.
  • Currently, the “Continue” button on the Summary Screen takes you to the next playlist BUT it will load you into the Tavern. Clicking on the War Table will show that a new map is available. It does not automatically load into the next gameplay map.
  • Similarly, “Return to Tavern” takes you back to the tavern BUT the next map will not be available. We’re fixing this in coming patches.
  • Joining Campaign mode will now ask you to remove the lowest hero in the deck or it will allow you to adjust your deck.

Incursions

• We’ve added 2 new Incursion maps. Incursions are our highest challenge content balanced around 4 players.
  • Access them from the War Recruiter.
  • Defend against Malthias and his forces in the Ramparts. Malthias summons skeletons every wave and places healing zones throughout the map.
  • Defend against the Chrome Horde in the Forgotten ruins. The Chrome Horde is immune to knock up and all crowd control effects.

• Defeat these maps for a chance to earn the highest level legendaries and a chance at...

New Legendary Weapons

• Four new Legendary Weapons have been added to the game -- one for each hero.
• You can only find these in the Incursions.
• These weapons will drop at level 25.
• Each weapon has a unique special stat that can only be found on that weapon!

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