Salutations, Heroes!
We are thrilled to launch a comprehensive update designed to refine faction balance, resolve exploits, and streamline your gameplay experience. Drawing from your invaluable feedback and in-game performance data, we have implemented sweeping changes that are set to invigorate the current meta.
Key Highlights:
- Necromancy Overhaul: We’ve completely reimagined the post-combat undead-raising mechanics. You can now raise fallen enemies into undead units even if your army lacks that specific tier. Energy costs have been recalibrated, and we have introduced a refined UI that allows you to manually convert casualties into Necromantic Energy directly from the combat results screen.
- Faction Skill Refinements: Schism’s “Abyssal Communion” has been expanded to support non-Schism units, and the Hive’s larvae mechanics have been adjusted to pivot their utility toward explosive, high-impact strategies.
- Battle Magic & Summon Avatar: With Might heroes recently softened, we are reverting “Battle Magic” to its original baseline values. Additionally, “Summon Avatar” has been adjusted; while its raw base power is reduced, it now offers deeper tactical customization through specialized sub-skill upgrades.
- Competitive Tournament Templates: We’ve introduced the “Jebus Tournament” and “Outcast Tournament” templates to the random map generator, both supporting seamless simultaneous turns. We’ve also added “Mix” and “Galaxy” hybrid templates for added variety.
- Strategic Rotations: Both Classic and Single Hero modes feature updated template rotations, alongside subtle refinements to the faction pick-and-ban protocol.
- Squashed Exploits: We have patched several bugs, including the infinite resource exploit for Temple players and erratic damage calculations for Dungeon dragons.
⚠️ Fair Play Notice: Deliberate exploitation of bugs in competitive modes is strictly prohibited and may result in temporary or permanent bans. Please safeguard your account by competing with integrity! ⚠️
Thank you for your ongoing support, your contributions to the community wiki, and your dedication to helping us refine the game!
Changelog v.0.80.31
Bug Fixes
Combat and Creature Dynamics
- Resolved an issue where dragon alternative attacks dealt reduced damage based on strike direction.
- Corrected the “Vampirism” passive description for Vampire Lords and Scholars.
- Fixed a bug where Stinging Ra’Shoth would initiate counterattacks while affected by “Staggering Hits.”
- Fixed “Weakening Venom” and “Poisonous Blood” on Hydras to correctly reduce enemy damage instead of boosting it.
- “Mirror Copy” can no longer be dispelled to ensure copies do not persist indefinitely.
- Fixed the cooldown timer for the Thunder Qilin’s “Lightning Bolt.”
- “Guillotine” now correctly triggers against full-health stacks.
- Active ability selection no longer resets after performing a counterattack or skill animation.
- Fixed incorrect skill selection options for Grove Might heroes in Arena mode.
- Corrected the unit-type indicator for summoned Avatars.
- Enemy traps are now revealed only upon direct contact, rather than when approaching adjacent tiles.
Global Map and Objects
- Fixed a bug where “Scales of Worth” bonuses were limited to the first visiting hero.
- Closed an exploit allowing infinite resource generation for Temple players.
- Improved object highlighting logic to ensure borders update correctly at the start of each week.
- Fixed a bug where the “Infernal Cirque” provided level-1 rewards instead of maximum-level skills.
- Heroes now properly vacate the map after fleeing combat or losing a battle for the Grail.
- Xirr’s specialization now correctly shields the hero from Global Map debuffs.
Multiplayer, UI, and Lobby
- Resolved battlefield rendering glitches caused by rapid Tab-key usage.
- Fixed an issue causing UI corruption when entering tournament combat from a city.
- Corrected the calculation and display of Law and Astrology points.
- Lobby enhancements: Locked slots now function as intended, and map generation failures have been resolved.
- Saves: Added robustness for file naming and fixed multi-player save loading issues.
- Enhanced tooltips: Clearer messaging now explains why retreating or surrendering may be disabled in specific encounters.
- Visual polish: Corrected initiative bar colors, inventory effect displays, and set-artifact highlighting.
Balance Updates
Skills
- Offense: “Reality Wardens” now reduces enemy Spell Power by 10% (doubled if the hero possesses “Nightshade Magic”).
- Luck: Increased base Lucky Hit chance to 8% per point of Luck.
- Wisdom: “Rhythmic Cadence” mana bonus increased to 40%; “Stargazer” daily Astrology Points increased to 500.
- Battle Magic: Reverted base stats to original values with minor sub-skill balancing.
- Summon Avatar: HP capped at 3 hits; base damage reduced; moved to Tier 4 (5-round cooldown); added “Summon Destruction” sub-skill.
Faction Skills & Necromancy
- Necromancy now allows raising enemies regardless of your army composition. Tier conversion logic has been streamlined.
- Increased baseline Necromantic Energy capacity to 3000/4000/5000.
- “Chronomancer” elite class now fully refreshes Necromantic Energy each day.
- Schism’s “Abyssal Communion” now benefits non-Schism units with adjusted scaling.
- Hive’s “Summon Swarm” focus has shifted: larvae now deal significantly more damage upon death (“Unstable Concoction” and “Fiery Embrace”).
Resources & Community
We read every review you post—your feedback is the heartbeat of this project. Keep them coming!
Want to master the meta? Check out our Official Community Wiki for comprehensive stats and strategy guides.
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With love,
💙 The Unfrozen Team
