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November 08, 2013
Patch Notes - 1.5.38

NEW CHANGES/FEATURES:

• ArmoryBot has returned with Nightwraith's Birthday rares
  
• Returning Nightwraith missions
  • I Can Haz Caek?
    
  • The Cake Is a Lie
    
  • Just Icing on the Cake
    
  • Fish Combo Production
    
  • Mischief Makers
    
  • Cake and Bacon
• New Nightwraith missions
  
  • 29
    
  • Pre-game
    
  • OneX6 3
• Nightwraith and Titan upgraded to level 36
  
• Daily Achievements will now start tracking the number of times you win (Unfortunately this tracking only applies to days going forward, and is not retroactive).
  • Daily 1v1 Champion
    
  • Daily 2v2 Champion
    
  • Daily Juggernaut Champion
    
  • Rising Star (Most Fame)
• "Frost" (energy loss) now appears as a more standard "-Energy"

BALANCE CHANGES:

• Exile and Legion Strike cores now cost 8 Energy, up from 5
  
• Frostbite core now costs 7 Energy, down from 9
  
• All passive class skills have been reworked into active skills. The passive skills were by largely must-have skills, decreasing build diversity while adding little strategy to battles. The new actives now generally have uses in both 1v1 and 2v2 matches, and should provide more meaningful choices both during battle and while creating a new build. Because this is such a large change to every class, we will be closely monitoring balance and making adjustments accordingly.
  
• Bloodlust
  • Replaced with Mark of Blood. Mark of Blood leaves a mark on the target for 3 turns, granting lifesteal to anyone that attacks the marked target.
• Reroute
  • Replaced with Battery Backup. Battery Backup grants the target an immediate boost to Energy, and doesn't cost the user anything to cast.
• Adrenaline
  • Replaced with Adrenaline Rush. Adrenaline Rush instantly grants the target a percentage of their maximum Rage.
• Hybrid Armor
  • Hybrid Armor now increases the target's Defense and Resistance by a percentage of their base Defense and Resistance (the portion from your Dexterity and Technology) for 4 turns.
• Mineral Armor
  • Mineral Armor now increases the target's Defense by a percentage of their base Defense for 4 turns.
• Plasma Armor
  • Plasma Armor now increases the target's Resistance by a percentage of their base Resistance for 4 turns.
• Shadow Arts
  • Shadow Arts now casts the target in shadow and reduces all damage they take by a percentage for 3 turns.
• Deadly Aim
  • Deadly Aim was replaced by two new skills: Fire Scythe for Tech Mages, and Energy Parasite for Blood Mages
    
  • Fire Scythe deals physical damage to the target, ignoring a percentage of their Defense.
    
  • Energy Parasite applies a debuff that steals a percentage of the target's current Energy for 3 turns, granting 1.5x the amount stolen back to the caster.

BUGS FIXED:

• Thorns Assault incorrectly cost 0 Energy instead of 10
  
• The Solar Spear home item's price has been corrected
  
• A number of typos have been mercilessly shown who's boss

Tags: Patch Notes

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It's a major balance update, so things are bound to break or be a bit too weak or strong, so by next week, they could fix some things if they were to be under or overpowered.

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Hm, Mark's effect works on the turn you use it too - so you strike, apply the effect and get HP back.

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The base energy pool is so small if u want to maximize those new "active skills"

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Constructive Criticism

What is it?
Constructive criticism is being able to process and offer your own thoughts and opinions in order to give courteous and friendly feedback. This is done by explaining what you like and dislike, while at the same time providing feedback that is useful. This is what separates constructive feedback from ranting/complaining and flaming.

Does it help? How?
Yes! Constructive criticism helps because not only are you giving feedback about what you don't like about a quest/event, but you're also giving feedback about what you DID like in the quest. Feedback could include on such topics as statistics, more dialogue, more explanatory cutscenes, more fights - everything that quests or events would normally include. This gives the game staff a better idea on future improvements.

Example of Constructive Criticism:
"I didn't partularly like this war because it felt too empty. To have made it better, I think the staff could have had a 50% cutscene to unlock rather than just a shop to progress the storyline. As it was, I personally was a little dissapointed that this war felt more rushed than previous wars, however I do understand that the staff had a lot on their plate when making this release.
That said, I greatly enjoyed the boss fight, the animations and art fit perfectly with the song that was playing in the background. So while not one of the best wars DF have done, I still enjoyed it. Thank you, DF staff!"

Example of Unconstructive Criticism:
"I didn't like this war at all. What were the staff thinking? The items in the shop were ugly, overpriced and were bugged!! No cutscene? That was never done before and it is not how it should be done ever. Seriously, doesn't the staff ever listen to us?! The boss fight was too hard and took forever to beat :( And there was no sound. I dont think the staff even care anymore. Best war ever /sarcasm I hate this game D:<!"