Greetings Avalonians!
This week, we returned to our usual Twitch Stream schedule to bring you the latest Avalon Lords: Dawn Rises news and updates! If you didn't manage to catch the stream, you can watch it here:
https://youtu.be/9agYwbqSrRw
Learn More About Avalon Lords: Dawn Rises With Our New Video Tutorials!
Indie and the team have been hard at work creating some video tutorials to introduce new players to the game and show them how to use different features. We hope these videos will make it a little easier to get started in game. Let us know what you think in the YouTube comments!
https://youtu.be/uqamM3ttrlI
So, What's New?
Here are just a few of the improvements we've made this week!
Scouts have now been nerfed, as they were a little too powerful in the last version. A Scout can now be killed by two Peasants, which makes them less dangerous to face early in the game. Scouts are designed to be fast moving reconnaissance troops rather than heavy hitting cavalry.
The tutorial has been temporarily removed for some behind-the-scenes fixes. It will be back soon, better than ever!
AI players can no longer place buildings in water. While we enjoyed seeing their under-sea cities, they are all now firmly on dry land where they belong!
You can now click on enemy troop banners to attack them, just as you can click your own troop's banners to give them orders. This is still a little buggy and is still being tweaked, but it should make it easier to target your enemies!
Unit optimization - this week our CTO David Wu has been hard at work optimizing troop combat, which means our troops should move more smoothly. This should make a noticeable difference to gameplay.
Steam achievements are now working correctly! It's fantastic to see so many of you ticking them off!
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Still To Come
This week, we'll be working on Wall functionality and improving the UI, so you should see some changes to those in the near future!
Reporting Bugs and Issues
Thanks to everyone who joined us in game and gave us feedback this week - your bug reports and suggestions are exactly what we need to make Avalon Lords: Dawn Rises the best RTS out there. We really want to know what you have to say, so hit us up on the forums, in the livestreams or on social media and let us know what you think!
Don't forget you can keep tabs on the latest known bugs by taking a look at our Known Bugs and Issues List! This is updated every few days as new bugs are reported and older ones are fixed. If you do find a bug, you can report it right here on our Website Forum, or on our Steam Discussion Forums!
Indie Joins The Sam Skatch Show For A Post-PAX Follow Up!
This week our very own Dan 'Indie' Long was invited along to the Sam Skatch Show to talk about Avalon Lords: Dawn Rises and Pax East. You can listen to the podcast here!
Screenshot of the Week!
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