It's been a long year but we're finally rolling out a massive update for Heroes of Dire!
Thanks for all of your patience, and there's more to come!
Please report any issues so we can get them fixed ASAP.
v1.4.0
- Many UI improvements!
- Media packaged with client -- No downloading and fast load times!
- Over 200 new audio clips for voices and combat
- Guilds can now design a custom banner
- Quests, treasures, and squads visible on the world map
- Recover crafting materials from scrapped items
- All weapon damaged adjusted to make lower levels easier
- Item durability loss significantly reduced to encourage fighting
- Item durability MAX removed -- All items repair to 100%
- Quests: Removed kill requirements, replaced with progress points
- Quests: Officers worth 5 points, Leaders worth 15, Deity worth 50
- Quests: Item rewards are better than normal loot drops
- Rogues can shadowstep through walls and friends
- Lance, Halberd, Quarterstaff, and Spear reach 2 tiles instead of 1
- Resources and Artifacts can no longer be teleported
- Resources can be destroyed by squads
- Masterwork crafted items are much better (for players and NPCs)
- Battles can once again pull in nearby friends and enemies
- Fighters have a new stat called Mana
- Max mana is calculated from class, race, rarity, and ascend
- Healing actions reduce a fighter's mana by weapon attack speed
- Healing is heavily penalized once mana is depleted!
- Cultists, Zombies, Golems, Giants, Huppo gain a mana bonus
- Wall Shield has more +Guard, can stun, and does more damage