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Peachii -> =DF= December 24th Design Notes: Frostval 2021: The Grand Snowfight! (12/25/2021 0:23:15)

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Frostval 2021: The Grand Snowfight!

Hey there, heroes!

Frostval 2021 has arrived! It's time to celebrate with mug of hot cocoaberry juice and a roaring fire! Of course, it's not a Frostval without presents, and Warlic has arrived to Frostvale to deliver some gifts!

Hopefully everything can be kept under control, though...

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Participate in The Grand Snowfight war to earn Defender Medals that you can exchange for new cosmetic items and a new helm!

Head to Chapter 16 in the Frostval Storybook to participate!



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The birthday gear shop will now remain in the Book of Lore until January 7th.



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Primate Murder -> RE: =DF= December 24th Design Notes: Frostval 2021: The Grand Snowfight! (12/25/2021 1:15:31)

A cute and surprisingly wholesome little war.


Question: is there any way to play just this year's Frostval? I've recently made a new character, and I was wondering if I could skip straight to the war, without twenty years of Frostval quests and all their prerequisites.




Laeon val Observis -> RE: =DF= December 24th Design Notes: Frostval 2021: The Grand Snowfight! (12/25/2021 4:22:16)

Remember, kids, when there's an option to chain wave, use it for rapid fire clearing (Just like its Reckoning counterpart, you can go from a humble 2 waves a chain to as high as 25). Do not forget that the toggle for chain waves does not carry per session. Now, what criteria determines the separate war meters?
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Yeah, Warlic, you really gotta still take it easy if your magic is still unstable after Elemental Dissonance. Good thing that it only resulted in a small "war" unlike the last Frostval war. Too bad you haven't the figure of weaving yet. Otherwise, defrosting Moroz would be quite a present in and of itself.




Follower -> RE: =DF= December 24th Design Notes: Frostval 2021: The Grand Snowfight! (12/25/2021 4:48:26)

First, I want to say I appreciate all the various quality-of-life stuff that's been coming in some of the more recent updates. I think this is my first war since the Defender's Medals accessories had their costs reduced, and while that was a bit of a kick to players who had already invested in them (including myself to some degree), I think it was a good call. Some grinds have long been a part of the game, but there's a point where you're really encouraging some unhealthy behaviours.

That said, some feedback on the Chain Waves feature:

1) I can't see any sort of abort function. As-is, I think once you're in the only way to leave -- other than completing whatever waves you have left -- is to restart the game.
2) A way to track how many waves in a chain you've done, and how many you have left, would be nice.
3) More nitpicky: the way you input a number can make picking 6-9 waves vaguely frustrating to do.*

*So, for example, let's say I want to do 7 waves. My initial experience: I try to get rid of the 2, can't. I hit a 7, hoping to instead then delete the 2. The game automatically caps it to 25. You can do that more efficiently (highlight the 2, enter the number to replace it), but you might not default to that.




Laeon val Observis -> RE: =DF= December 24th Design Notes: Frostval 2021: The Grand Snowfight! (12/25/2021 5:10:42)

^The first premise definitely has room for availability. Otherwise, just make sure for now that you aren't reckless and don't go over your capacities. In my case, I can definitely do 2 maxed out chains (50 waves) without breaking a sweat provided that I listen to some soundtracks (For now, I did a SAO Ordinal Scale Yuna (Sayaka Kanda) chain of songs even though recent RL events make it tragic).

The second premise, it was already used in the Reckoning waves. Probably due to some bugs (plus slow loading issues) such as odd monster resistances (I did wonder why my DmK and dragon's weakness seek locks onto Fire when it should've locked onto Curse. Now, the monsters display the right resist setup as to why that is the case), the popup that warns players how many waves in their chain is left isn't deploying.

Your third premise... is far more vague than I try to comprehend. The only thing I do get is the typing problem, which can be worked around by highlighting the digit (either by double click or drag) for the time being. If you are referring to omitting excess waves because the war hub screen appears, that's not how it works. If it weren't for that odd loading time lag in loading, that screen should only be visible for a split second at most.




Follower -> RE: =DF= December 24th Design Notes: Frostval 2021: The Grand Snowfight! (12/25/2021 5:13:51)

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Your third premise... is far more vague than I try to comprehend. The only thing I do get is the typing problem,


There's nothing more to the third premise than the typing problem.




Laeon val Observis -> RE: =DF= December 24th Design Notes: Frostval 2021: The Grand Snowfight! (12/25/2021 5:19:34)

The 2 is a placeholder at best, and a warning to all that it is a chain wave, not a single wave. Probably the weirdness comes from how the system interprets typing, as the capping function is also seen when you bulk sell (if you have. say, 5 Scrap Metal and punched in 6 by accident during bulk sell, the program immediately corrects to the cap). It wasn't taking into account the effect of having a placeholder. That's why for now, highlight and type in the desired chaing wave count is the current course of action.




Follower -> RE: =DF= December 24th Design Notes: Frostval 2021: The Grand Snowfight! (12/25/2021 5:26:19)

Yes, it's a placeholder and the textbox doesn't allow blanks. This is not inherently a problem, but as implemented can initially make inputting some numbers frustrating. Do we disagree? Hopefully there's no more confusion.




Dratomos -> RE: =DF= December 24th Design Notes: Frostval 2021: The Grand Snowfight! (12/25/2021 6:53:25)

An interesting twist to this war.

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It's small, having only 1 000 000 waves, but we are in competition. Nice to see it's not same kind of Friendly Contest we had this year.


As for @Follower's points, they are valid. This chain waves is a new feature, so we might get some updates on how it will work. Having separate abort button woudn't be bad and maybe we'll see the amount of waves left again in next update.

As for the typing problem, I get it why it's there. Having blank amount there wouldn't work so it always going back to 2 makes sense. But I do also understand why typing 6-9 can result in odditities. I get why it's coded like this, and I never type more than 5 so it's not a problem for me, but I get it.

Also, Merry Frostval everyone!




spirit of greed -> RE: =DF= December 24th Design Notes: Frostval 2021: The Grand Snowfight! (12/25/2021 11:59:10)

Eh nothing serious this year. I know it's good to have sometimes some light content but i rather like the serious ones especially during holiday events like this. Oh well..

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Though i'm glad Moroz's condition was finally brought up. He was frozen 3 years ago and i'm gonna be honest it's getting more and more awkward/terrible to enjoy Frostval while Jacek's only family member is frozen. I guess Frallmar's magic is too stong and complicated i guess we will need him to unfroze him, i hope next year we get to that.


However this year let's beat up some snowman and try to cheer everyone up!

The rare wave boss is surprisingly strong, probably the strongest in all wars. It heals sometimes like 800-1000 hp, randomly gives you -50 bonus, -80 all resist. It's far from unbeatable of course but it's weird to have a strong boss in a silly/not serious war.




1girlhousefan -> RE: =DF= December 24th Design Notes: Frostval 2021: The Grand Snowfight! (12/25/2021 18:41:04)

Been waiting for a war ever since i got back. I have many many defenders items stuck way below my level.




Primate Murder -> RE: =DF= December 24th Design Notes: Frostval 2021: The Grand Snowfight! (12/26/2021 3:41:07)

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The Snow Tog tries to bark, but it's made of snow! You lower your resistance anyway because you feel bad for it.

Now that's Christmas spirit!

(and also adorable)




spirit of greed -> RE: =DF= December 24th Design Notes: Frostval 2021: The Grand Snowfight! (12/26/2021 6:15:01)

It looks like maybe Tinsel will beat us and honestly i'm more than ok with that. I love that little guy :)




werewolf2113 -> RE: =DF= December 24th Design Notes: Frostval 2021: The Grand Snowfight! (12/26/2021 14:34:19)

Alas, I had to go through all of the years' of Frostvals... That was a very fun Christmas evening I had last night...




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