Hero Siege 3.0 is here! We launched a bit early so we can hotfix problems before the sale goes in, so let us know about any crashes you experience!
Here is some new swag for you to buy that we put time to make along side of the huge patch!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1058390/Hero_Siege__Shield_Lancer_Class/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1094840/Hero_Siege__Chaos_Lancer_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/998550/Hero_Siege__Extra_slots__stash_space/
Major Changes
- Whole game engine re-programmed for better performance
- Saving and Loading improved for faster speed.
- View Port for the game is now 1024x576 instead of 966x544
- Hero Level now has its own talent tree so you can decide how to better build your class
- The game now also supports 120hz which makes it more smoother for monitors that support it!
- You can now jump on any class by default = Spacebar (Xbox "A") or (PS4 "X")
- Minions are now Mercenaries and you can choose between melee and ranged.
- Mercenaries have their own talent trees.
- Zone Portals have been ditched and you can now choose your area from the waypoint "Zone Map"
- All Acts now have their own Towns
- A tutorial starting are has been added to the game.
- Act 5 and Act 6 are now part of the base game, classes still stay behind DLC.
- All relics are now part of the base game
- All bosses are now part of the base game
- Added minimap back to the game.
Networking
- Every player can now go to any zone without being dependent of the host
- Re-written all code in the networking engine for better performance, stability and experience
- Fixed host/client dealing and taking damage bugs.
Gameplay
- You can now shoot 360 degrees, any direction you desire.
- Enemies can now be seen behind large objects with shader outlines
Loot
- Removed Chest / Helm synergies from the game.
- All loot is now hand crafted, no more spell weapons with strength etc.
- Weapons now have types, and only specific classes can use specific types
- Wider variety of stats in items incl. magic damage, fire, cold, wind, lightning etc
- Added 8 new runes and gems which can be upgraded from chipped to flawed to clean to flawless to perfect
Content
- Death reason is back, better than before!
- Weapons now show on your character! (This part took LONG!)
- Added 8 unique hand crafted dungeons for EACH ACT!
- We have added an additional item slot for SHIELDS! Which can be used with one hand weapons!
- 10+ Zone based unique dungeons with specific loot drops added to the game
- Unstable rifts added to the game, random portal that spawns and takes you to the rift which gives loot as reward!
- All Acts now have their own towns and NPC's
Balance
- Max level lowered to 100
- Difficulties lowered to 4 (Normal, Nightmare, Hell and Inferno)
- Enemies now scale based on Monster Level, not player level
- Difficulties now only increase loot drop chance instead of quality
- iLevel is now capped, and satanic items can be upgraded up to level 10 with rubies.
- Runes are now applied into items, the talent rune tab has been removed completely.
- Classes no longer have stat synergies that dont work on them (STR classes wont have ENERGY, and wise versa)
- There is now 3 different damage factors, Range and Melee that work with STR and Spell that works with Energy (so casters damage scales with energy)
- Life & Mana per hit is now determined by your weapon's damage, not players max hp.
- Equipping items will keep your mana to max mana and hp to max hp as it was before equipping.
- Slow on enemies now also affects their attack speed
- Bosses have a 0.5 second immunity upon spawning.
- Max base talents is now 30
Relics
- Ankh and Holy Water have been removed from the game, HC needs to be HC and people shouldnt be farming for these relics just because "they are mandatory".
- Shocker cooldown decreased from 7.5 to 2 seconds.
- Relic system is re-made and optimized, all stat relics are revisited and an overall balance has been set.
Graphics
- All loot graphics have been re-made with a higher quality standard
- Added enemy death animations
- GUI Elements made better
- Text more readable
- Weapon animations are now shown for idle, walk and attacking.
Improvements
- Movement, glitching etc has a major improvement
- Item comparision graphics in your inventory list shows very accurate indications now (Green/Red arrows for offensive, defensive and utility)
- Talents can now be reset in the talentscreen.
- Zone generation is now about 3 times faster than before
- Fixed many memory leaks from the zone generator
Sound
- Soundwork in the game improved, added unique death sounds to all enemies and more!
- Added ambient & athmospheric sounds
- Added unique attack swing sounds to all weapons
- Tuned the overall sound levels, mixed by our new sound guy
- Lowered music sound levels
Viking
- Seismic Slam hitbox optimized
- Charge can now be stopped by pressing the ability again. The ability is also casted into the direction you face
- Stoneskin now shows an aura rather than turning your character gray
- Shockwave now scales in size after every ground impact
Pyromancer
- Fireswarm now ignites enemies which causes them to take more damage from other fire spells
- Apocalypse now has a more visible explosion effect
- Firenova is now an actual nova
Marksman
- Arrow Rampage has been re-worked.
- Turret attack speed has been increased
Pirate
- X Marks the Spot changed to Torrent
- Pillage changed to Explosive Barrel
- Anchor chain now also deals damage
- Pirate spells scale with physical and cold damage and freeze enemies
Redneck
- Chainsaw Massacre improved and optimized
- Moonshine madness now increases only 50 MS flat
- Improved Tire graphics
Samurai
- Every spell re-worked
Paladin
- Improved graphics on rotating shields
- Holy nova is now an actual nova
Amazon
- Improved lightning effects
DemonSlayer
- Changed weapon switch to a spreading gunshot spell
Demonspawn
- Bloodsurge can now be moved + its wider than before
- Improved Impale visuals
- Gutspread is slightly re-worked
- Manashield now reduces damage taken as mana by % of your current mana
- Manacalypse no longer costs all your mana
Shaman
- Wolves now keep up with the player, gaining the player's movement speed
White Mage
- Restless souls now move faster and turn faster