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Minion Masters!
Lots of stuff going on this week!
A new Legendary card bringing Morgrul the Swarmer King from our first game to Minion Masters. He brings a wholly unique mechanic to the game, as he performs an effect instantly upon being spawned.
Time to break out the spins and get that new Minion!
Also this week, a few of the dwarves are going to Gamescom, where Minion Masters has been shown off in relation to the upcoming Xbox release.
Besides that, we’re really looking forward to the King Puff Invitational that’s coming in the weekend.
It’s got the first real-money prize for a tournament in Minion Masters!
Make sure to check out the announcement and the Stream this Sunday!
NEW card - Morgrul the Swarmer King
- The King of Swarmers returns! Known as the bane of any young and upcoming gladiator, his powerful roar takes care of all those beneath him. Legendary Minion 5 Mana When spawned, he roars dealing 50 damage and knocking back nearby ground enemies. When killed, he roars again. 300 Health 1.5 Attack Speed, 45 Damage, 30 dps Range: Melee Speed: 7
Balance
- Boomer egg hatch time up from 3 sec to 3.5 sec
- Re-boomer egg hatch time down from 4 sec to 3.5 sec
- Gax egg hatch time up from 3 sec to 3.5 sec --- Developer comments --- The Boomer family having different hatch times has long been a weird thing that newer players misunderstood. We wanted to bring them in line, but without disturbing the balance too much, as they’re in a fairly good place at the moment. Moving them all to 3.5 sec makes it easier to counter the eggs with slower spells such as fireball, making it less of a requirement to bring Shock Rock for that purpose. At the same time it helps the Re-boomer respond slightly faster while still being vulnerable to the counter spells.
- Scrat Tank is now immune to stuns while the lid is down. --- Developer comments --- This was a necessary fix because of the strange situations that could occur where stun lancers would cause a scrat tank to be an infinite wall. Stunning the Scrat tank now requires a bit more timing, although Stun Lancers will still immediately stun it when it opens the lid, thus countering it handily.
- Guardian shield now has lower priority than Units’ special mechanics. This the following will trigger even when the Minion is shielded by Guardian:
- Succubus Blink
- Musketeer Parry
- Defenso Chopper Counter Zap
- Scrat Tank invulnerability
--- Developer comments ---
This is more of a bug fix, as these abilities were always intended to trigger even if the Guardian prevented the damage, since that would make for more fun combos and synergies.
As a side note, this does not affect Blood Imps. Since the Guardian prevents the damage, they do not transfer anything to the Master. - Tranquil Shi-hou no longer heals near invisible enemies
Quality of Life
- Reworked draft data structure, changing a lot of back-end things for better performance and safety. Everything should be normal, but we would like reports if you experience anything strange in Draft Mode.
- Clarified Black Hole’s description, saying “removing them from the board” instead of “removing them from the game”
- Clarified Boomer family (Boomer, Re-boomer and Gax) descriptions, making the egg hatching mechanic more clear.
- Scrat Tank description clarified to indicate it is invulnerable when not attacking, and that it is also immune to stuns in that state.
- Last Stand Card buff text clarified
- Reworked some things behind the scenes around chat introduction and name selection. Please report any strange occurences in the chat.
- Improved the performance of snow in the game.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug in Team Battle where players would receive Solo ranking when playing Premade, or vice versa
- Fixed a number of controller issues:
- Mana countdown wasn’t displaying properly
- Some controller buttons could not be clicked
- Audio sliders would change when hovered
- Could not rotate preview models of Masters, Arenas or Minions
- Some UI elements were unclickable
- Controller did not work in the settings menu during a match
- Could not click input fields such as deckbuilding search bar
- Controller could not couple a Master to a deck in deckbuilding
- Fixed a bug where using Copy Message in chat would copy emojis wrongly
Hail to the King, baby!