Version 1.4.12 Update Notes
General Changes
- Players will now get up to 1,000 XP for a win in PvP, up from 600 XP. This was done for two reasons. Firstly, we were receiving a lot of feedback from new players that the time taken to reach max level and get into Ranked Play was too long, so we’re adjusting the values so it’s a faster journey. Secondly, with the size of booster packs being reduced in this patch, the rate at which new players get cards would be much slower if left unadjusted, so we’ve increased the rate at which they get levels.
- Introducing, Penta Packs! Each Penta Pack will consist of 5 cards, 1 of which is a guaranteed Rare+ card (the other 4 cards can also drop Rare+ but are not guaranteed).
- The chances for getting an epic, legendary, or premium card in a Penta Pack has been significantly increased compared to those of the old booster packs.
- There will be a minimum of 10 different kinds of Penta Packs available in the store at all times: the Collection Penta Pack, the Expansion Penta Pack, and 8 different Faction Penta Packs.
- We may also introduce or rotate promotional Penta Packs that may, for example, have a better chance of dropping premiums, alt art, etc. These kinds of promotion packs will never be permanent and will change on a regular basis.
- The price for the Collection Penta Pack and Expansion Penta Pack will be set at 150 LP or 3000 IP per pack. The price for each Faction Penta Pack will be set at a higher price of 300 LP and will not be available via IP purchase. Faction Penta Packs cost more because they allow players to draw from a much smaller pool of faction-targeted cards, allowing players to more easily acquire cards to complete a specific deck/combo.
- The Daily Reward system has been readjusted to the following:
- Day 1: 3 Random Commons or Greater
- Day 2: 2 Random Uncommons or Greater
- Day 3: 1 Random Rare or Greater
- Day 4: IP/XP Boost (72 hours)
- Day 5: 1 Collection Penta Pack & 1 Random Rare or Greater
- The Rift Run Win rewards and Rift Run Leaderboard rewards have both been significantly improved to make Rift Running more attractive for players of all skill levels. Here is a sneak peek of the new leaderboard rewards (Note: all cards, except for Infinity Cards, will be tradable):
Position......Rewards
1.................3 Infinity Border cards & 3 Gold Rare or Greater cards & 5 Penta Packs
2-5..............2 Gold Rare or Greater card & 5 Penta Packs
6-25............1 Gold Rare or Greater card & 5 Penta Packs
26-50..........1 Gold Rare or Greater card & 3 Penta Packs - The Rift Run entry cost has been adjusted to 2000 IP or 75 LP to compensate for the revamping of the Rift Run rewards.
- The reward table for leveling up has been changed to take into consideration the adjustments we’ve made to the other reward systems and the introduction of Penta Packs.
Card Changes
- Ability cards now require that they be in your hand when they resolve. If the card is not still in your hand when it’s the card’s time to resolve, it will not resolve. This is actually a reversal of a stance we took earlier (in 1.3.12) and we apologize, but we have discovered that not having this rule in place causes exploitable loopholes in the game. This rule change has several important gameplay ramifications that players should be aware of:
- Random discard effects just got weaker. Previously, you could use a random discard effect, then play an ability card. The random discard could choose the ability card you played, discard it, and then your ability would still go off. Additionally, it would be considered discarded for effects like Exile. This exploit is the main reason for the rule change.
- Some cards, such as Demonic Presence, would be extremely strong with this rule change. As a result, Demonic Presence’s effect has been changed so that it doesn’t happen until the end of the turn.
- With this change, the “Denial” cycle (Denial of Magic, Denial of Flight etc) would function very differently. Since we like where these cards are, in order to keep the gameplay of these cards relatively the same all these cards now read that they will cause the discard to happen at the end of the turn.
- Engine of Reincarnation has been reworked. The previous wording of not creating the tokens until a turn later was a result of old token creation technology, which has improved greatly since then. The updated code is much cleaner and not prone to some of the strange bugs the card previously had. The card now reads “Pay 4: Exhaust: Until the end of the turn, if a Character you control dies, that Character is raised from the graveyard and transformed into a 4/4 Zombie.”
- The order of simultaneous effects for Start of Turn and End of Turn is no longer arbitrary. At very high levels of play, the order that card’s effects go off can be very important, but previously players had to way to know or control this order. Now cards follow a specific order. For instance, when all End of Turn effects went off, previously the order was completely arbitrary. Now the order is this, in player initiative order: Defense Zone, Assault Zone, Command Zone, Support Zone, Deck, Graveyard, Hand, Removed From Game. Within a zone the order is left to right.
- Effects that force you to choose cards to discard (Mindbender, Chalice of Madness, Mind Splinter) now cause those cards to become greyed out in your hand and aren’t discarded until the resolution phase, preventing several desync bugs and allowing clean undoing.
- Chalice of Madness’s effect (and several similar effects, such as Mindbender and Mind Splinter) has been reworked so as to avoid bugs (particularly with Exile). They now read “At the start of each turn, that player must discard a card from their hand. Cards drawn during the turn are not eligible to be discarded.” Previously, this card attempted to have a “start of turn” effect before other “start of turn” effects, causing various bugs.
General Bugs
- Deck legality now properly checks against card limits by name at all times, rather than just when adding a card to your deck. Previously, some decks made in older deckbuilders with illegal amounts of cards were passing legality checks if they had multiple cards with the same name, but different keys (ie 3 normal Death Rays and 3 Gold Death Rays).
- The deckbuilder now states which card you have too many of if this is the case.
- Turn resolution should now happen more smooth, with less pauses after a card resolution.
- In the Buffs and Debuffs Academy mission, the initiative should be consistent and not display one player when it’s actually another.
- The AI will now properly discard cards when forced to, rather than just ignoring the effects like dirty cheaters.
- Drafting will no longer incorrectly give picks based on your last draft run if you rapidly abandon a run and start a new one.
- After purchasing an item in the store, the items in the store will no longer display “Loading Image”.
- Implemented new behind the scenes features to alleviate desync issues when one player temporarily disconnects when clicking End Planning.
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