Hey folks,
Here are the patch notes for v1.9.3 and along with it, the Rivals Beta event is live until 13th of December, 3:00pm (PT). We'll do a seperate announcement about the beta event in just a moment so head there for all of the details for that.
Please be mindful that with larger changes, like new heroes for example, comes a certain amount of chaos. Be sure to submit bug reports if you encounter any weirdness, and please share your feedback about the new bits and pieces!
New Heroes (Live December 20th)
The four new heroes will be playable by anyone that owns Armello on Steam during the Rivals Beta event, starting now and finishing on the 13th of December, 3:00pm (Pacific Time).
- Fang (Wolf Clan) Hero Power: When attacking, if Fang Slaughters his opponent, Battle ends before they strike back.
- Hargrave (Rabbit Clan) Hero Power: After ending his turn on a Plains, Hargrave will fire his cannon at any creature entering an adjacent tile.
- Yordana (Bear Clan) Hero Power: Spells cast to Yordana during her turn are devoured in her cauldron for -1 Magic, granting a Curse Spell at the end of her turn.
- Griotte (Rat Clan) Hero Power: Griotte's Clan Affinity Dice Bonus is equal to the number of Trickery Cards played the previous Day.
New Ring & Amulets (Live December 20th)
- Intimidate (Amulet): End your turn next to a creature, they suffer -1 Dice until the end of their next turn.
- Cat's Eye (Rat Ring): Get a 1 Gold refund on First Trickery Card played each Turn.
- Spinel (Rabbit Ring): Get a 10% bonus in all Quest Tests.
- Chrysocolla (Wolf Ring): Grants scout on heroes with 2 Health or less
- Taaffeite (Bear Ring): +1 Shield in Forests.
Card changes
- Bane Blade (Treasure): Effect is now "In Battle, +4 Dice. After each Battle where you don't kill your opponent, -1 Health."
- Blood Money (Trickery): Increased frequency in deck.
- Expendables (Trickery): Increased frequency in deck.
- Incite Revolt (Trickery): Increased frequency in deck.
- Arson (Trickery): Cost decreased from 3 Prestige to 2.
- Ranger's Cloak (Item): Cost decreased from 2 to 1.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed rare bug where the End Turn button would remain on screen (multiplayer only).
- Fixed bug where you couldn't customise AI dice skins in singleplayer.
- Fixed bug where Fast Forward animation would not appear on icon when using the direct right thumbstick push on controllers.
- Continue button would overlap prologue chat when a controller is plugged in.
- Fixed bug where turn timer layered over the hero portrait.
- Fixed bug where previewing Quest rewards with controller would cause overlapping.
Known Issues
- Amber & Sana's Prologue will NMA if you enter battle with AI.
- Cat's Eye doesn't correctly take Gold.
- Griotte will revert to fanning animation in Clan Grounds if she dies at night with her Hero Power active.
- Hargrave hunkers down when his turn is forced to end.
- AFK timer may not kick AFK players correctly.
- Multiplayer banners may not appear in lobbies correctly.
- EDIT: Curse of Eye Yordana pact does not visually break correctly on combat. (gameplay effect ends, but pact visuals remain until either player dies)
THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS! Have fun, do some good battle and good luck in your journey for the throne.
Cheers,