Hello, Rangers!
Last week’s update to Shardbound saw significant changes to Shardfalls, Progression, and the addition of Achievements. While this week’s patch is smaller by design, there are still some key details we want you to have as you jump into the game this week. Read on … and then get back to unlocking those Achievements!
Remember to join us to discuss all of this and more at our weekly Dev Livestream on Thursday May 4th at 4pm PDT. https://www.twitch.tv/spiritwalkgames.
Iterating on Progression
We try to give big patches like last week’s a little room to settle before reacting too much. However, one of the things that we heard loud and clear was that the reward for completing a Shardfall felt a bit thin. So we’ve bumped it up: first Vault of the day now drops five items (up from three) and all vaults after that now drop three (up from two).
Packrunner Revisions
Design continues on the Packrunner reworks, with none of the upcoming changes included in this patch due to the short cycle. Expect to see continued tuning and card reworks/revisions included in next week's patch.
What’s in Development: Ranked, Houses, Twitch Integrations
Design work is under way on Ranked Play, as well as bringing multiplayer back to Houses and making them meaningful and fun again. We’re also looking at Shardbound’s Twitch integration - we consider the system that we launched with to be a pretty basic v1 and are looking forward to iterating on this unique feature with you guys.
Community Tournaments
We wanted to spotlight the awesome grassroots efforts within the community around competitive play. It’s hard work to organize events like these, and everyone here at Spiritwalk is impressed with your passion! It’s also very validating to us, as it shows that Shardbound is already in a place that supports very high skill competition.
If you haven’t been following these events, the r/Shardbound subreddit is probably your best bet to find out about upcoming community tournaments.
And More…
Finally, Weavebreaker gets her due this week with a full art pass. Bring her with you as you head Shardbound this week and tax your opponents mercilessly!
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