This update goes is a few different directions, but it mostly centers around player abilities. Here’s a quick explanation:
You, the player, have both Skills and Abilities (these descriptions are subject to change, since they’re generic and can be ambiguous). Skills are passive, like how many heroes you can lead into battle; Abilities are active, like Focused Shot, Bullettime, Levitation, etc. At the moment, only Focused Shot is officially in play (bullettime is there as a freebie, but won’t be much longer). Up until now, you start with Focused Shot. This update changes that.
Adds:
-Black Lotus (commodity to buy abilities)
-Ability Store (Suprice the Dealer, found in the Citadel)
-Ability menu edits found in Kingdom view (aka World Map view)
-More bad guys to Argent Coast
-Fixes:
-Water shader sorting order
-Citadel map view fixed (was too far zoomed)
So now when you start a new game, you’ll want to find the Black Lotus flower in the Citadel (not hard to find), then find Suprice (also not hard, he’s outside in the village) and buy Focused Shot. You’ll then need to make the ability active when you go to the world map (Under the “Player” Tab) and before you go into Argent.
So, since I’m into the abilities, I’m gonna knock out another one – Rapid shot (for 5 seconds, 10x fire rate, no stamina cost. Feedback on this has been universally, “awesome”). After that, we’ll see what strikes my fancy…I’ve got another friendly unit I’ve been dying to add, so maybe that one. Key remapping is also on the list, but I’m looking at adding controller support at the same time which makes it a bigger slice.
With the first official Early Access week in the books – let me just say, it was an awesome week ☺ For those of you who hopped on board, thank you! The response has been great. Some old friends revisited the game after some time away, and I met some more fantastic folks who are really excited about the game and made some new friends in the process. Chatting with you all is the best part of this whole ride for me, so don’t be shy about pinging me! Talk to you soon,
-Michael