Age of Darkness: Final Stand

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Release Notes

Crashes

• Fixed a crash related to pathfinding that could occur across the Campaign Missions.
  
• Fixed a crash in Mission 10 related to placing buildings within a units path.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting the World Map in Campaign.

Performance Improvements

• Improved the performance during Survival Death Night Crystal explosion.
  
• Improved the performance during the Final Stand Cutscene moment.
  
• Improved the performance when loading the game for the first time.

Fixes & Changes

SURVIVAL AND CAMPAIGN

• Fixed an issue where F1 could select Garrisoned Units
  
• Fixed an issue where in certain situations the player can instantly transport Garrisoned ranged units from one tower to another tower in the map.
  
• Fixed an issue when about to cast a Heros ability you could click on buildings to cancel, leaving the spell indicator on.
  
• Fixed an issue where fire damage over time did not go through Armour and was reduced by 70%.
  
• Fixed an issue where Targetting Closest within the Target Prioritization system was not working as intended.
  
• Fixed an issue where when Alt-tabbing during gameplay could result in the Alt key from locking. Causing unit selection, move commands and many minor issues to behave unexpectedly.
  
  CAMPAIGN
  
• Fixed an issue in the World Map where the Music would play inconsistently
  
  Mission 4
  
• Fixed an issue where the opening cutscene was de-synced causing stuttering and poor quality.
  
• Fixed an issue where players had to skip a cutscene in order to progress.
  
  Mission 7
  
• Fixed an issue where an enemy Tower could attack units further than the Tower’s attack range.
  
• Fixed an issue where the final cutscene SFX was not playing as intended.
  
  Mission 8
  
• Fixed an issue where with pathfinding that caused Nightmares to not put pressure from the left side of the map.
  
• Fixed an issue where Nightmares would get stuck within Trade Bazaars across the map.
  
• Fixed an issue where collision was missing near the ‘Slay the Commander’ objective.
  
  Mission 10
  
• Fixed an issue where the Crusher’s Roar VFX momentarily appeared in the incorrect direction.
  
• Fixed an issue with volume balancing across the Mission.

Known Issues

• Using old saves in the new update will cause various unintended gameplay behaviour.
  
• Observed an issue where some player may lose their campaign progression.
  
• In a rare occasion Heroes may auto-attack with a fire FX.
  
• Pressing ‘-’ will display a ping mouse cursor and requires a second press to de-activate.
  
• Enemy units in campaign won’t agro onto attacking Ballista or Below Towers.
  
• In survival Death Night music may not always play.
  
• Have observed performance hitches in Mission 6 when a Hero’s ability is cast for the first time.
  
• In survival collision is missing on the Dark Crystals.
  
• Throughout Campaign, save/loading can cause objective makers to behave unintentionally.
  
• Some UI Prompts remain untranslated across all languages.
  
• Impaler projectiles don’t shred the Armour off enemy buildings across Campaign.
  
• Building a Lumber Yard won’t highlight trees within its radius.
  
• In some cases Heroes and Units can get stuck on terrain set dressing during Campaign Missions.
  
• Merek’s Halberd Hurricane can miss in some cases when used in a group of Nightmares.
  
• Buildings may display construction VFX when the camera focuses on them while navigating throughout the map.
  
• Player can see all objective locations early on the Mini-Map in Mission 9.
  
• Player may be able to incorrectly path through the enemy’s gates in Campaign.
  
• Minimap objective pings in Campaign are not always persisting in some Missions.
  
• In some missions background music may not play correctly or at all.
  
• Character Models can stand and clip with the Character Pedestal on the World Map.
  
• In Mission 5 the player will see incorrect Objective Information on the Mission Success screen.
  
• Dialogue Barks may be playing multiple times within Campaign Missions.
  
• Save Loading throughout the campaign may cause issues with Progression triggers for that mission.
  
• There are some issues with Cutscenes missing characters during Mission 9.
  
• Cutscenes may play twice when skipped in certain situations.
  
• In some cases Units will get stuck running on the spot when trying to reach unreachable terrain.
  
• Cinematic Subtitle Timing is not matching to Cinematic Audio for Dunstock, Storm Eye and the Final Cinematic.
  
• Player can see objective locations early on the Mini-Map in Mission 9.
  
• In some cases the player will see missing Audio across cutscenes throughout the Campaign.

Exile’s Return includes:

• Act III of the Campaign, encompassing the final three missions, a unique boss fight and a new cinematic
  
• A new Survival hero, Aurelia
  
• Various updates and fixes including:
  
  • Formations
    
  • Performance and Pathfinding improvements
    
  • Spanish localization
    
  • 3D Hero Select Screens

Features

• Act III of the Campaign
  
• A new Survival hero, Aurelia
  
• Various updates and fixes including:
  
  • Formations
    
  • Performance and Pathfinding improvements
    
  • Spanish localization
    
  • 3D Hero Select Screens

Balance Changes

Merek

• Increased Merek’s Armour per level from 51/60/64/74/85/97/105/115/125/140 to 51/64/77/90/103/118/133/154/175/200.
  
• Increased the shred damage to Merek’s Halberd Hurricane ability from 2/3/4/5/6/6/7 to 3/4/5/6/7/7/8.
  
  Aelis
  
• Increased Aelis’ Health per level from 90/140/190/240/300/410/520/600/720/850 to 110/160/210/270/240/450/560/660/780/910.
  
• Reduced the max Health sap of Aelis’ Queen’s Rage ability from 30% to 15%.
  
  Units
  
• Increased the Pikeman’s engagement range from 0.7 to 1.3.
  
• Increased the Pikeman’s damage from 10 to 13.
  
• Increased the Pikeman’s knockback from 0.025 to 0.35.
  
• Reduced the Pikeman’s production cost from 200 Gold to 175.
  
• Removed the Pikeman’s production cost from 5 Stone to 0.
  
• Increased the Pikeman’s health from 75 to 90.
  
• Removed the Flamer’s knockback from 0.2 to 0.
  
• Increased the Harbinger’s ability buff duration from 10 seconds to 25.
  
• Reduced the Harbinger’s attack time from 3.5 to 2.75 (+27%).
  
• Reduced the Harbinger’s production cost of Dark Essence from 2 to 1.
  
• Reduced the Harbinger’s production cost of Gold from 600 to 450.
  
• Increased the Harbinger’s shred damage from 0 to 2.
  
• Increased the Arbalest’s movement speed from 1.1 to 1.2.
  
• Increased the Sentinel’s movement speed from 1.1 to 1.2.
  
• Increased the Lightbearer’s heal range from 6 to 8.
  
• Increased the Lightbearer’s number of units healed from 4 to 12.
  
• Increased the Lightbearer’s attack range from 0.75 to 1.25.
  
  Buildings
  
• Reduced the Bellows Tower construction cost from 25 Iron to 22.
  
• Reduced the Bellows Tower construction cost from 50 Stone to 45.
  
• Reduced the Grand Ballista research cost from 3000 Gold to 2000.
  
• Reduced the Grand Ballista construction cost for both Iron and Stone from 75 to 60.
  
• Increased the Trade Bazaar’s Max Storage capacity of Wood from 400 to 600.
  
• Increased the Trade Bazaar’s Max Storage capacity of Stone from 300 to 400.
  
• Increased the Trade Bazaar’s Max Storage capacity of Iron from 200 to 300.
  
• Reduced the Trade Bazaar’s gathering speed of Wood from 180 seconds to 160.
  
• Reduced the Trade Bazaar’s gathering speed of Stone from 270 seconds to 220.
  
• Reduced the Trade Bazaar’s gathering speed of Iron from 360 seconds to 300.
  
• Increased the Trade Bazaar’s sell price of Wood from 1 Gold to 2 per unit.
  
• Increased the Trade Bazaar’s sell price of Stone from 2.5 Gold to 4.5 per unit.
  
• Increased the Trade Bazaar’s sell price of Iron from 4 Gold to 10 per unit.
  
  Malices
  
• Reduced Economy Drought’s negative effect from 30% to 15%.
  
• Reduced Hazy Skies’ negative effect from 25% to 15%.

Additional Changes

• Added additional tutorial pop-ups.
  
• Added the ability to ctrl click units to deselect them.
  
• Pathfinding and Map Tile refactors for more reliable long distance pathfinding.
  
• Garrisoning refactors on how we handle units entering / exiting towers.
  
• Added Spanish European language localization.
  
• Added Spanish Latin American language localization.
  
• Gameplay battle audio has been refactored and better optimised for more overall clarity.
  
• Objective UI pings have been given better spatial positioning relative to their visuals.

Crashes

• Fixed a crash related to units moving to an invalid tile.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when the Mini-Map refreshed.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when the game is changing the mouse cursor state.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur during the first Death Night in the Survival gamemode.
  
• Fixed some crash outliers in the pathfinding code and now gracefully handle errors.
  
• Fixed multiple crashes by refactoring functions surrounding units exiting some buildings for consistency and reliability.
  
• Fixed some issues with accessing data for abilities for heroes and agents.
  
• Fixed a crash occurring when transitioning from the World Map to the Main Menu.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when pressing ‘T’ multiple times on the loading screen.
  
• Fixed a crash that appeared when alt-tabbing while drivers were being overloaded.
  
• Fixed a crash that resulted from killing an Elite Nightmare in Campaign.
  
• Fixed a crash in Mission 4 that occurred if Edwin died during ‘The Light in the Dark ll’ objective.
  
• Fixed a crash in Mission 4 when loading a manual save created after completing the 'Rebellion Blockade' objective.
  
• Fixed a crash in Mission 4 that could occur when defending against Nightmares within the Rebellion Outpost.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when loading into Mission 5.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur in Mission 7 if Vizargo entered a Cutscene in Serenity mode.

Performance Improvements

• Moved a number of VFX from CPU to GPU simulation.
  
• Improved client launch loading time.
  
• Reduced VFX Draw Calls and Overdraws across Entities, Agents and Buildings.
  
• Improved UI Invalidation and Texture Caching to prevent unneeded Layout calculations.
  
• Refactored our Cutscene Action system on how we cache Cutscene Actions.
  
• A number of core data oriented systems have been optimised.
  
• Improved Gate performance by maintaining more state over time.
  
• Minimap now remembers more state and refreshes the landscape only when required.
  
• Reduced calls to our Campaign Trigger system.
  
• Reduced the number of Entities ticking per frame, including additional culling.
  
• Building animations culled by the player camera frustum.
  
• Reduce texture sizes for less memory usage.
  
• Fixed an issue where FPS would drop to single digits when using Ignite on a large group of Walls.
  
• Reduce time Loading the game from steam.

Fixes & Changes

SURVIVAL

• Fixed an issue where Catapults could move in Siege Mode.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Veil did not render when panning over the Crystal during a Death Night.
  
• Fixed an issue where Watch Towers did not show correct Death Night paths during the Final Stand.
  
• Fixed an issue where the vision and ranged defensive building's UI replaced resources buildings with a solid shadow UI.
  
• Fixed an issue where Elite Nightmares could change if the game was reloaded before discovery.
  
• Fixed an issue where playing your first game the 'Welcome' popup did not appear.
  
• Fixed an issue when discovering the Crystal the notification would infinitely pulsate if the game was paused.
  
• Fixed the cogwheel icon failing to grey out while having insufficient resources for multiple structures in the 'Wood workshop'.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Hero Ability UI would disappear if a Hero was selected while receiving a “Research Complete” notification.
  
• Fixed an issue where map generated Nightmare cracks were overlapping on top of each other.
  
• Fixed an issue during the Final Stand, Crystals could take damage and be destroyed a second time.
  
• Fixed an issue where hovering over a destroyed crystal showed a full health bar.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Final Stand UI did not display.
  
• Fixed an issue where a survival game could start with no SFX.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Cattails and Water Reeds size and wind movement.
  
• Fixed an issue where Nightmares could get stuck pathfinding on Points of Interests during Death Nights.
  
• Fixed an issue where large siege units had poor pathfinding around corners of terrain and buildings.
  
• Fixed an issue where Nightmares could spawn insight the light of your base post Death Night completion.
  
  SURVIVAL AND CAMPAIGN
  
• Fixed an issue where rick-clicking to move would sometimes use an old input location.
  
• Fixed an issue where Hero abilities would trigger in a different location to the spell indicator.
  
• Fixed an issue where activating Violent Volley on top of set dressing did not damage enemies.
  
• Fixed an issue where Units would play their Walk animation in-between attacks.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Fire Tower required the Braced Tower to be researched beforehand.
  
• Fixed an issue where no farm tiles were displayed in builder mode.
  
• Fixed an issue where Aelis did not use or trigger her idle Attack animation.
  
• Fixed an issue where Harbingers would leave Axemen on 0 HP without killing them.
  
• Fixed an issue where Elite nightmares had incorrect damage displayed and applied.
  
• Fixed an issue where selected units will not finish their moving path when using move queue hotkeys.
  
• Fixed an issue where Aelis' Queen's Rage would linger on units after being killed.
  
• Fixed an issue where Cyrus displayed as having 1 armour above his health bar.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Burster UI rings were displayed at a smaller size then the blast radius.
  
• Fixed an issue where Edwin's enlighten perk displayed as a 0% gain.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Armour icon displayed incorrectly when generation from depletion to full.
  
• Fixed an issue where Cyrus’ Caltrops FX would disappear early.
  
• Fixed an issue where resource Veins would spawn too close to each other.
  
• Fixed an issue where a building training units sold wouldn’t give the population back.
  
• Fixed an issue where the selector did not appear on shift selected buildings.
  
• Fixed an issue where a tutorial pop-up would overwrite the currently opened UI.
  
• Fixed an issue where rally points would not render if the building wasn’t in frame.
  
• Fixed an issue where Edwin’s Flame Shield dealt no damage.
  
• Fixed an issue where Merek’s Crushing Weight ability can be cut off by an Auto Attack in some cases.
  
• Fixed an issue where SFX continued to play when the game was paused.
  
• Fixed an issue where the pause menu SFX was audible when transitioning from loading to gameplay.
  
• Fixed an issue where Hero ability UI HUD elements disappeared after any research completed.
  
• Fixed an issue where Vizargo's Serenity ability's attack SFX persisted after the ability ended.
  
• Fixed an issue across all campaign missions where Rebellion banners changed to The Order banners after a load/save.
  
• Fixed an issue where during mass building upgrades the SFX multiplied.
  
• Fixed an issue where Nightmares could lock in animation state while moving.
  
• Fixed an issue where double clickin on buildings would not display the selection on all selected buildings.
  
• Fixed an issue where when building in the radius of a Food Hut, Farm or Refined Farm, the reduced farm yield was incorrectly calculated.
  
• Fixed an issue for Lightbearers where the flame bloom was too bright.
  
• Fixed an issue where Spitters did not deal damage to buildings.
  
• Fixed an issue where Merek's Jump Smash didn’t land consistently to the location.
  
• Fixed an issue where Nightmare and Unit animations would lock when disengaging from combat and returning to their original position.
  
  CAMPAIGN
  
• Fixed an issue where the 'Return to Game' button fails to function after quickly clicking the 'Load' button twice.
  
• Fixed an issue where gameplay would not pause during cutscenes.
  
• Fixed an issue where certain entities were grey.
  
• Fixed an issue where the skip cutscene UI element was displayed in World Map.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Camera did not display the Campaign Map correctly.
  
• Fixed an issue where a random faction style will be chosen for the HUD and UI styling.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Cutscene transition to gameplay lost focus on the characters after resuming.
  
• Fixed an issue where the time of day notifications appeared in Cutscenes.
  
• Fixed an issue when pressing the spacebar to pause the game would not pause dialogue audio.
  
• Fixed an issue where the highlight on Main Menu would stop working after coming back from Campaign Menu.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Campaign ‘Upgrade Keep' UI was visible when in its disabled state.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Alderin units did not receive the Horrify stats upon becoming Horrified.
  
• Fixed an issue where after being defeated the camera moved to the corner of the map.
  
• Fixed an issue when playing a mission after already completing it would replay the map animation.
  
• Fixed an issue when selecting a mission and spamming continue the camera would reset.
  
• Fixed an issue where some areas on the World Map were linked incorrectly.
  
• Fixed an issue in the World Map where lines appeared in map sky.
  
• Fixed an issue where after destroying enemy buildings the same tile space did not yield any Food.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Building plan circle range indicators displayed after the building plan has been closed.
  
• Fixed situations where the main menu music could play over the top of cinematics.
  
• Fixed issues related to attack pathfinding against buildings.
  
• Fixed a problem where pressing the spacebar during a loading screen would load the player into a black screen.
  
• Fixed an issue in the World Map where Aurelia’s Staff was missing its flame.
  
• Fixed an issue where if a Lightbearer died within a Death Night Veil fog, it would remove it.
  
• Fixed an issue where Ballista Towers did not deal damage to buildings.
  
  Prologue Mission
  
• Fixed an issue where using "F1" or "F2" would select units you don’t control.
  
• Fixed an issue where buildings existed in the FOW that shouldn't be there.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Dunstock Cinematic played even if the player failed the Prologue Mission and selected ‘Return to Map’.
  
• Fixed an issue where Merek faced the wrong direction in the Cutscene after completing the 'Lingering Remnants' objective.
  
• Fixed an issue where Edwin and Vizargo could be moved outside the bounds area during the 'Lingering Remnants' objective.
  
• Fixed an issue where Crawlers were visible in the final Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue with Hero pathfinding in the first Cutscene.
  
  Mission 1
  
• Fixed an issue where a Militiaman fails to appear in the cage after loading a save.
  
• Fixed an issue where units had inconsistent pathfinding when moving around wooden fences.
  
• Fixed an issue where Edwin and Aurelia would walk through a closed Gate in the final Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where objective markers remained on the Minimap after completion.
  
  Mission 2
  
• Fixed an issue where an Iron Talon dialogue line repeated twice.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Food Hut objective counter was broken.
  
• Fixed an issue where the game got stuck on loading an auto-save after failing on objective: ‘Time Until Debris is Cleared’.
  
• Fixed an issue where incorrect VO played when claiming the Norfolk Pikemen.
  
• Fixed an issue during the 'Build a Training Hall' objective, it failed to complete when the Training Hall was built before the objective.
  
• Fixed an issue where a Gate would not open blocking the player from completing the mission.
  
• Fixed an issue where attacking specific buildings and units broke pathfinding.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Training Hall objective markers did not display.
  
• Fixed an issue where optional objective markers would display as main objective markers.
  
• Fixed an issue where reloading a specific Checkpoint caused buildings to not render and player control groups to reset.
  
• Fixed an issue where the incorrect portrait would display during a Pikemen’s dialogue.
  
  Mission 3
  
• Fixed an issue where exploring the south-east during objective: ‘Treading the Raven’s Soil’ autocomplete.
  
• Fixed an issue when right clicking on the gates would make the unit's animation stutter.
  
• Fixed an issue where the barrel positions on the Keep were incorrect.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Nightmare wave minimap skull icon disappeared too soon.
  
• Fixed an issue where the scouting marks from "Treading the Raven's Soil I" are still displayed on the minimap after the objective is completed.
  
• Fixed an issue where objective "The Locals I: Reach the Norfolk Village" completed by itself.
  
• Fixed an issue where Edwin and Theda would have their VO overlap in Cutscenes.
  
• Fixed an issue where the ally Storehouse became controllable before the Iron Talon Tower was destroyed.
  
• Fixed an issue where Norfolk villages had buildings that you owned in them.
  
• Fixed an issue where some Iron Talon Soldier’s failed to pathfind correctly during the ‘Circling Vultures’ objective.
  
• Fixed an issue where freeze spikes were observed each time a Nightmare wave spawned.
  
• Fixed an issue where the second last Nightmare wave would get stuck on terrain.
  
• Fixed an issue in the Norfolk village to the west where fire VFX would trigger on the Wooden Workshop.
  
  Mission 4
  
• Fixed an issue where Theobold remained on the players team after choosing the Rebels side after the Cornered Rats Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where the last cutscene on the Order Stronghold still had the Keep's Narrator talking.
  
• Fixed an issue where the 'Defence is under attack' or 'Unit killed' prompt displayed in the unexplored area after completing 'Reach the Rebellion Quarry' objective.
  
• Fixed an issue where a minimap marker appeared near the ‘Enforcer Ova’ cage after choosing the Order narrative.
  
• Fixed an issue where Walls were missing from Order Stronghold during Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where after selecting the ‘Rebellion Quarry’ option at the ‘Crossroad’ objective there are two soldier units that don’t become controllable.
  
• Fixed an issue where there was an extra voice line during the first Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Crystal breaking SFX did not play in the opening Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where collision was missing on a gateway when choosing to side with the Rebellion at the Crossroads.
  
• Fixed an issue where the health bar of enemies failed to display after choosing any choice from 'Cornered Rats'.
  
• Fixed an issue where Soldiers and Sentinels had zero vision after being captured.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Triage Tent at the Rebel’s Quarry remained assigned to a neutral faction and did not resurrect units.
  
• Fixed an issue where ‘Light in the Dark 2’ the Triage Tents were not targetable by Nightmares.
  
• Fixed an issue where an Arbalest from ‘Lone Survivor’ choice did not clear FOW.
  
• Fixed an issue where Alderin units in the Order Stronghold appeared stuck and did not move towards Nightmares.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Sole Survivor Cutscene had incorrect UI Portraits.
  
• Fixed an issue where there was a missing collision from the side of the cage attached to a wall within the Order Stronghold.
  
• Fixed an issue where in the second Cutscene an Alderin Enforcer was freed from Jail without context.
  
• Fixed an issue where the attack animation of the enemies can be seen through the FOW.
  
• Fixed an issue when protecting Aurelia did not tick as complete on the Mission Success screen.
  
• Fixed an issue where some VO across cutscenes had no audio.
  
• Fixed an issue where Aurelia and Edwin were missing dialogue lines during the 'Reach the Nightmare Source' objective.
  
• Fixed an issue where there were missing audio barks just before entering the Nightmare wave during the objective 'The Light in the Dark II’.
  
• Fixed an issue where Aurelia slid into position during a cutscene when she should have been walking.
  
• Fixed a sequence issue where, in the middle of the 'Cornered Rats' Cutscene, players came back out to make a choice and then returned to the Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where Nightmares stuttered in place until the player was within their aggro radius.
  
• Fixed a visual problem in the Rebellion Narrative cutscene in Mission 4, where the 'Below Tower' cutscene looked incomplete.
  
• Fixed an issue where Alderin units moved and pushed 'Edwin' during the 'Mediate' choice Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where the game would get stuck when loading a manual save after the ‘Rebellion Blockade’ completion cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Solider’s “By the light we must retreat” dialogue line had no audio.
  
• Fixed an issue where completing the mission would fade to black and not continue to the Mission Success screen.
  
• Fixed an issue where Edwin’s pathfinding during cutscene was rigid.
  
• Fixed an issue where Edwin would face the wrong direction in multiple Cutscenes.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player would not gain Norfolk survivor reinforcements.
  
• Fixed an issue where collision was observed missing from the Dark Crystal asset.
  
• Fixed an issue where the first Nightmare wave did not spawn when reaching the Crossroads.
  
• Fixed an issue where an Enforcer had missing audio barks.
  
• Fixed an issue where Nightmare waves failed to spawn during the ‘Sancturary in the Quarry’ objective if ther player had previously skipped Cutscenes.
  
• Fixed an issue where during the Cornered like rats encounter a missing string table entry could popup.
  
  Mission 5
  
• Fixed an issue where a player was able to place an Iron Quarry where no Iron was available.
  
• Fixed an issue where the game got stuck on loading a manual save after saving the game at the end of the first Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Nightmare Breach VFX were visible through the FoW.
  
• Fixed an issue where a negative value was displayed for the ‘Food Ration’ in the ‘Economy Panel’ at the start of the mission.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Mission Success screen displayed incorrect information.
  
• Fixed an issue where Norfolk Villagers would face the wrong direction within Cutscenes.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player could not place a Quarry ontop of a Gold resource vein.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Nightmare waves at spawn had rigid pathfinding and targeting.
  
• Fixed an issue where objective markers failed to appear on the mini-map during the mission.
  
• Fixed an issue where resource Chests failed to appear inside the Point of Interests.
  
• Fixed an issue where an Order Soldier was speaking but not present within a Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where enemy archers failed to eject out of destroyed Towers.
  
  Mission 6
  
• Fixed an issue where Volatists would spawn from a destroyed Weaver Gate.
  
• Fixed an issue where Cyrus’ character mesh was hidden when unconscious on the ground.
  
• Fixed an issue where the game got stuck when the 'Find Cyrus' cutscene ended and enemies that were present behind the wall were eliminated before completing the objective.
  
• Fixed an issue where Aurelia and Vizargo appeared to walk in opposite directions during a Cutscene before destroying the final Weaver Gate.
  
• Fixed an issue where some prison cells to be opened did not have markers or levers.
  
• Fixed an issue where Order banners would display as Rebellion banners on Towers after save loading the mission.
  
• Fixed an issue where skipping cutscenes in Mission 6 could result in dialogue lines repeating after the cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where unconscious Cyrus was incorrectly displayed as level 1.
  
• Fixed an issue where Vizargo and Aurelia where clipping in one another during a Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where Edwin was no longer controllable after a Cutscene was skipped.
  
• Fixed an issue where revealed FOW did not dissipate.
  
• Fixed an issue where the collision on some entities lost its collision.
  
  Mission 7
  
• Fixed an issue where the old Campaign Select Menu displayed once the player had loaded an autosave.
  
• Fixed an issue where Projectiles did not render correctly.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Health bar of Theda and her units appeared in green instead of blue.
  
• Fixed an issue where Aurelia and Vizargo's levels could incorrectly reset to 1.
  
• Fixed an issue where no destroyed buildings were visible whereas the fire FX for them were.
  
• Fixed an issue where Merek’s Crushing Weight ground telegraph wasn’t always visible.
  
• Fixed an issue where objectives markers for Training Halls and Siege Factories did not disappear after completing the objective.
  
• Fixed an issue where objective markers for Weavers did not appear.
  
• Fixed an issue where Merek was seen idling in the woods to the east.
  
• Fixed an issue where Aurelia was seen idling in the woods to the east.
  
• Fixed an issue where Elite Nightmares failed to pursue the player after engaging combat.
  
• Fixed an issue where Vizargo is facing the incorrect direction during a Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Ignite research was not unlocked from the start of the Mission.
  
• Fixed an issue where Aurelia could be killed instead of retreating when encountering her throughout the mission.

Known Issues

• Using old saves in the new update will cause various unintended gameplay behaviour.
  
• Observed an issue where some player may lose their campaign progression.
  
• In Mission 4 the Rebellion Outpost cutscene will hang at the end and will require the player to hold esc to skip.
  
• Have observed issues with target priority losing functionality and not working as intended.
  
• Load times have increased, we are looking into reducing this.
  
• Have observed issues with ranged unit garrisoning within Towers.
  
• In certain situations the player can instantly transport Garrisoned ranged units from one tower to another tower in the map.
  
• In a rare occasion Heroes may auto-attack with a fire FX.
  
• Alt-tabbing during gameplay may cause alt functionality to lock and will require another press to unlock.
  
• Survival Death Night Crystal Cutscene pan over moments have performance issues.
  
• When double clicking on building whilst using a Hero’s ability spell indicator the UI stays on screen.
  
• Pressing ‘-’ will display a ping mouse cursor and requires a second press to de-activate.
  
• Enemy units in campaign won’t agro onto attacking Ballista or Below Towers.
  
• In survival Death Night music may not always play.
  
• Have observed performance hitches in Mission 6 when a Hero’s ability is cast for the first time.
  
• In survival collision is missing on the Dark Crystals.
  
• Throughout Campaign, save/loading can cause objective makers to behave unintentionally.
  
• In survival performance drops when camera displays death night crystal exploding.
  
• In survival performance drops when camera displays Final stand UI pop-up.
  
• Some UI Prompts remain untranslated across all languages.
  
• Building a Lumber Yard won’t highlight trees within its radius.
  
• In some cases Heroes and Units can get stuck on terrain set dressing during Campaign Missions.
  
• Merek’s Halberd Hurricane can miss in some cases when used in a group of Nightmares.
  
• Buildings may display construction VFX when the camera focuses on them while navigating throughout the map.
  
• Player can mouse over and see the enemy building yield and attack radius’ in Fog of War.
  
• Player can see all objective locations early on the Mini-Map in Mission 9.
  
• Player may be able to incorrectly path through the enemy’s gates in Campaign.
  
• Minimap objective pings in Campaign are not always persisting in some Missions.
  
• In some missions background music may not play correctly or at all.
  
• Character Models can stand and clip with the Character Pedestal on the World Map.
  
• In Mission 5 the player will see incorrect Objective Information on the Mission Success screen.
  
• Dialogue Barks may be playing multiple times within Campaign Missions, specifically in Missions 9.
  
• Save Loading throughout the campaign may cause issues with Progression triggers for that mission.
  
• In some cases in Mission 10 the player may have Death Night fog appear in their base when it shouldn’t.
  
• In Mission 10 there is some delay between abilities being telegraphed and cast in the final fight.
  
• There are some issues with Cutscenes missing characters during Mission 9.
  
• Cutscenes may play twice when skipped in certain situations.
  
• In some cases Units will get stuck running on the spot when trying to reach unreachable terrain.
  
• Cinematic Subtitle Timing is not matching to Cinematic Audio for Dunstock, Storm Eye and the Final Cinematic.
  
• Player can see objective locations early on the Mini-Map in Mission 9.
  
• Dialogue Barks may repeat within Campaign Missions, specifically in Missions 9.
  
• In some cases the player will see missing Audio across cutscenes throughout the Campaign.
  
• In some cases Units given to the player during Campaign may not be marked as controllable after their corresponding cutscene trigger.

Survival Balance Changes

HOW TO ACCESS THE BETA

BETA PATCH RELEASE NOTES

Community Raised Issues Fixed

• Fixed an issue where in some cases Units fail to align in Formation when ordered to do so within close range of the Unit Group’s starting location.
  
• Fixed an issue when selecting enemy or neutral units they will have Formations Options enabled by default.
  
• Fixed an issue where buildings will sometimes fail to select all when double clicking to select all of a single-type of building.
  
• Fixed an issue when ejecting ranged units from Towers they may get stuck.
  
• Fixed an issue where Aurelia’s Flail Whip will grant Dark Essence correctly after the first time.
  
• Fixed an issue where Hero VFX may persist on screen in some cases or be different colours in others. This is noticeable with Edwin’s Enflame, Aelis’ Royal Decree and Cyrus’ Caltrops.
  
• Fixed an issue where Cyrus’ Ability SFX can be heard across the map during Mission 10.
  
• Fixed an issue where In some cases Cyrus can appear at Level 1 in some cases.
  
• Fixed an issue where Minimap Objective Pings in Campaign are not always persistent in some missions.
  
• Fixed an issue where in some cases Rally Points from Training Halls and Towers may not update in world space if clicked within close succession of one another.
  
• Fixed an issue where Walls can be placed in between tiles when click dragging to place.
  
• Fixed an issue where in some cases Siege Units will not target and attack enemies despite being within range.
  
• Fixed an issue where certain objective conditions will not be marked as complete on the Mission Success screen.
  
• Fixed an issue where several Cutscenes are missing Cutscene Actors.
  
• Fixed an issue where in Mission 7, Vizargo and Aurelia’s level may be set to Level 1.
  
• Fixed an issue where Units wouldn’t attack when commanded.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 7 where a Sentinel would break their pathfinding trying to find a target.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 10 where Aurelia was in the corner of the map.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 9 where Archers were firing from 0,0,0 coordinates in the map.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 10 where entities around a Tower would cause attack pathfinding issues.
  
• Fixed an issue where Catapults could move in siege mode.
  
• Fixed an issue where Nightmares would get stuck on Points of Interests during Death Nights in Survival.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where collison was missing on the Dark Crystal during the ‘Protect Aurelia’ objective.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 5 where you could not place a Quarry on certain Gold Veins.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 10 where you could save/load during the final fight.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 10 where after save/load you could build on non-buildable zones.
  

Balance Changes

Aurelia

• Reduced Aurelia’s Crimson Lightning cooldown per level from 90/79/70/62/55/50 seconds to 63/55/49/42/39/35.
  
• Added shred damage to Aurelia’s Crimson Lighting per level from 0 shred damage to 5/10/15/20/25/30.
  
• Increased the health of Aurelia's Midnight Bloom ability from 100/120/140/160/180/200/220/250 to 100/150/180/230/260/310/340/400.
  
  Units
  
• Increased the Pikeman’s engagement range from 0.7 to 1.3.
  
• Increased the Pikeman’s damage from 10 to 13.
  
• Increased the Pikeman’s knockback from 0.025 to 0.35.
  
• Reduced the Pikeman’s production cost from 200 Gold to 175.
  
• Removed the Pikeman’s production cost from 5 Stone to 0.
  
• Increased the Pikeman’s health from 75 to 90.
  
• Removed the Flamer’s knockback from 0.2 to 0.
  
• Increased the Harbinger’s ability buff duration from 10 seconds to 25.
  
• Reduced the Harbinger’s attack time from 3.5 to 2.75 (+27%).
  
• Removed the Harbinger’s production cost of Dark Essence from 2 to 0.
  
• Increased the Harbinger’s shred damage from 0 to 2.
  
• Increased the Arbalest’s movement speed from 1.1 to 1.2.
  
• Increased the Sentinel’s movement speed from 1.1 to 1.2.
  
• Increased the Lightbearer’s heal range from 6 to 8.
  
• Increased the Lightbearer’s number of units healed from 4 to 12.
  
• Increased the Lightbearer’s attack range from 0.75 to 1.25.
  
  Buildings
  
• Reduced the Bellows Tower construction cost from 25 Iron to 22.
  
• Reduced the Bellows Tower construction cost from 50 Stone to 45.
  
• Reduced the Grand Ballista research cost from 3000 Gold to 2000.
  
• Reduced the Grand Ballista construction cost for both Iron and Stone from 75 to 60.
  
• Increased the Trade Bazaar’s Max Storage capacity of Wood from 400 to 520.
  
• Increased the Trade Bazaar’s Max Storage capacity of Stone from 300 to 400.
  
• Increased the Trade Bazaar’s Max Storage capacity of Iron from 200 to 260.
  
• Reduced the Trade Bazaar’s gathering speed of Wood from 180 seconds to 120.
  
• Reduced the Trade Bazaar’s gathering speed of Stone from 270 seconds to 180.
  
• Reduced the Trade Bazaar’s gathering speed of Iron from 360 seconds to 270.
  
• Increased the Trade Bazaar’s sell price of Wood from 1 Gold to 4 per unit.
  
• Increased the Trade Bazaar’s sell price of Stone from 2.5 Gold to 10 per unit.
  
• Increased the Trade Bazaar’s sell price of Iron from 4 Gold to 20 per unit.
  
  Other
  
• Reduced Economy Drought’s negative effect from 30% to 15%.
  
• Reduced Hazy Skies’ negative effect from 25% to 15%.
  
• Increased the Formation’s Dead Zone Range from 0.5 to 1.2.
  

Audio Changes

• Unit attack SFX and vocalisations have had their timings tightened up.
  
• Gameplay battle audio has been refactored and better optimised for more overall clarity.
  
• Theda now has attack sfx that better suit her weapon and combat expertise.
  
• Young Edwin, Vizargo and Merek have had their attack SFX and exertions reshaped and balanced.
  
• Aurelia's ability SFX has been tightened up.
  
• Objective UI pings have been given better spatial positioning relative to their visuals.
  

Performance Improvements

• Addressed Cutscene flow throughout Act 3 to resolve performance issues when entering and exiting cutscenes.
  

Crashes

• Fixed a crash that could occur during the “For Erodar!” objective in Mission 10.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when attacking enemy Towers in Mission 10.
  
• Fixed a crash related to units moving to an invalid tile.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when the Mini-Map refreshed.
  
• Fixed a crash related to Unit Formation States.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when the game is changing the mouse cursor state.
  
• Fixed a crash when skipping Cutscenes in Mission 9.
  
• Fixed a crash related to pathfinding in Mission 8.
  
• Fixed a crash when the countdown during the ‘For Erodar!’ objective depleted.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting to the Main Menu from within a Cutscene in Mission 10.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur during the first Death Night in the Survival gamemode.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur on the Mission Success screen in Mission 8.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur in Mission 10 when receiving reinforcement units.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur with how we were accessing data.
  
• Fixed some crash outliers in the pathfinding code and now gracefully handle errors.
  
• Fixed some crash errors with handling tiles.
  
• Fixed multiple crashes by refactoring functions surrounding units exiting some buildings for consistency and reliability.
  
• Added defensive code and data checking for areas in the campaign triggers system.
  
• Fixed some issues with accessing data for abilities for heroes and agents.
  
• Fixed a crash in Mission 4 that occurred if Edwin died during ‘The Light in the Dark ll’ objective.
  
• Fixed a crash in Mission 10 caused by attacking enemy buildings with Ballista Towers.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur in Mission 7 if Vizargo entered a Cutscene in Serenity mode.
  

Fixes & Changes

SURVIVAL

• Fixed an issue where the Hero Ability UI would disappear if a Hero was selected while receiving a “Research Complete” notification.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Volatist keep's smoke VFX was off-centre on the keep.
  
• Fixed an issue where map generated Nightmare cracks were overlapping on top of each other.
  
• Fixed an issue during the Final Stand, Crystals near Nightmares could take damage and be destroyed again.
  
• Fixed an issue where hovering over a destroyed crystal showed a full health bar.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Final Stand UI did not display.
  
  SURVIVAL AND CAMPAIGN
  
• Fixed an issue where Merek’s Crushing Weight ability can be cut off by an Auto Attack in some cases.
  
• Fixed an issue where Aurelia's ability audio levels were unbalanced.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to build walls on half tiles.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from gaining resources on the map's edge.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Soldier’s voice lines had no delay between movement commands.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Cultist’s voice lines had no delay between movement commands.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Order Knight’s exertions were not triggering as intended.
  
• Fixed an issue where SFX continued to play when the game was paused.
  
• Fixed an issue where the pause menu SFX was audible when transitioning from loading to gameplay.
  
• Fixed an issue where VFX would become static on the edges of the player's screen view.
  
• Fixed an issue where Hero ability UI HUD elements disappeared after any research completed.
  
• Fixed an issue where Vizargo's Serenity ability's attack SFX persisted after the ability ended.
  
• Fixed an issue where units failed to align in formation when the formation command was used at close range of the unit's location.
  
• Fixed an issue with Aurelia's Midnight Bloom Crystal creating a "Unit Killed" notification.
  
• Fixed an issue across all campaign missions where Rebellion banners changed to The Order banners after a load/save.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Spitter’s fire/spit effects had low SFX.
  
• Fixed an issue where placing farms on the map edge would yield 0 food.
  
  CAMPAIGN
  
• Removed building complete FX from Cutscenes.
  
• Fixed an issue in Campaign where all ranged units did not play their Firing SFX.
  
• Fixed a problem where pressing the spacebar during a loading screen would load the player into a black screen.
  
• Fixed an issue where Flamers continued to deal fire damage to enemy units while the game was paused.
  
• Fixed an issue where Cutscene Actors could slide into place rather than animate.
  
• Fixed an issue when loading a mission, alert and objective SFX would desync from visual indicators.
  
  Prologue Mission
  
• Fixed an issue where Merek faced the wrong direction in the Cutscene after completing the 'Lingering Remnants' objective.
  
• Fixed an issue where Edwin and Vizargo could be moved outside the bounds area during the 'Lingering Remnants' objective.
  
• Fixed an issue where Crawlers were visible in the final Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where Merek faced the wrong direction in the final Cutscene.
  
• Fixed a visual bug in the prologue where Hector did not have a flame in his staff throughout gameplay and Cutscenes.
  
• Fixed an issue with Hero pathfinding in the first Cutscene.
  
  Mission 1
  
• Fixed an issue where Edwin and Aurelia would walk through a closed Gate in the final Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where objective markers remained on the Minimap after completion.
  
  Mission 2
  
• Fixed an issue where a Gate may not open blocking the player from completing the mission.
  
• Fixed an issue where robo VO still played when obtaining Norfolk Pikemen.
  
• Fixed an issue where attacking specific buildings units broke pathfinding.
  
  Mission 3
  
• Fixed an issue where Edwin and Theda would have their VO overlap in Cutscenes.
  
• Fixed an issue where the ally Storehouse became controllable before the Iron Talon Tower was destroyed.
  
• Fixed an issue where Norfolk villages had buildings that you owned in them.
  
• Fixed an issue where some Iron Talon Soldier’s failed to pathfind correctly during the ‘Circling Vultures’ objective.
  
• Fixed an issue where freeze spikes were observed each time a Nightmare wave spawned.
  
  Mission 4
  
• Fixed an issue where some VO across cutscenes had no audio.
  
• Fixed an issue where Aurelia and Edwin were missing dialogue lines during the 'Reach the Nightmare Source' objective.
  
• Fixed an issue where there were missing audio barks just before entering the Nightmare wave during the objective 'The Light in the Dark II’.
  
• Fixed an issue where Aurelia slid into position during a cutscene when she should have been walking.
  
• Fixed the overwhelming Nightmare ambient audio across the map.
  
• Fixed a sequence issue where, in the middle of the 'Cornered Rats' Cutscene, players came back out to make a choice and then returned to the Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where Nightmares stuttered in place until the player was within their aggro radius.
  
• Fixed an issue regarding the Quarry Defense objective, where Nightmares sat at spawners for a while before attacking.
  
• Fixed a visual problem in the Rebellion Narrative cutscene in Mission 4, where the 'Below Tower' cutscene looked incomplete.
  
• Fixed an issue where Alderin units moved and pushed 'Edwin' during the 'Mediate' choice Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where the game would get stuck when loading a manual save after the ‘Rebellion Blockade’ completion cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Solider’s “By the light we must retreat” dialogue line had no audio.
  
• Fixed an issue where completing the mission would fade to black and not continue to the Mission Success screen.
  
  Mission 5
  
• Fixed an issue where the Mission Success screen displayed incorrect information.
  
  Mission 6
  
• Fixed an issue where Order banners would display as Rebellion banners on Towers after save loading the mission.
  
• Fixed an issue where skipping cutscenes in Mission 6 could result in dialogue lines repeating after the cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where unconscious Cyrus was incorrectly displayed as level 1.
  
• Fixed an issue where Fire FX appeared static when too close to the camera.
  
  Mission 7
  
• Fixed an issue where Aurelia and Vizargo's levels were incorrectly reset to 1.
  
• Fixed an issue where no destroyed buildings were visible whereas the fire FX for them were.
  
• Fixed an issue where Merek’s Crushing Weight ground telegraph wasn’t always visible.
  
  Mission 8
  
• Fixed an issue where the Catapults' impact VFX caused different effects when hitting different terrain surfaces.
  
• Fixed an issue where Alderin Arbalests were not attackable.
  
• Fixed an issue related to load/save, where massive purple UI FX were appearing across the map.
  
• Fixed an issue where Vizargos VO line may stutter.
  
• Fixed an issue where archer towers are observed vacant at the ‘Nightmare Deterrent’ objective location
  
• Fixed an issue where Vizargo and Aurelia fail to appear during the intro cutscene.
  
  Mission 9
  
• Fixed an issue where barks were being repeated after the 4th Cutscene.
  
• Fixed a problem where skipping a Cutscene resulted in the bark appearing twice over the player's UI.
  
• Fixed an issue where the final Cutscene was missing a Gate asset.
  
• Fixed an issue where an enemy Archer was shooting from the 0.0.0 coordinates across the map.
  
• Fixed an issue where, at the end of the final Cutscene, Aurelia yelling VO was occurring.
  
• Fixed an issue during the cutscene with Vizargo and Aurelia, where Aurelia was too close to Vizargo, causing their models to jitter.
  
• Fixed a mismatch between the 'Rebellion Soldier' VO and the subtitles during the Cutscene played during the 'Find the Barrier’s Source of Power' objective.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Elosa's sacrifice failed to heal Hector's barrier after giving damage to the keep located at the left side of the map.
  
• Fixed an issue where Queen’s Rage VFX and Shield VFX appear in Cutscenes.
  
• Fixed an issue with Edwins pathfinding when moving towards ‘Meet with Hector to Discuss Vizargo’s Return’ objective.
  
• Fixed an issue where an enemy Tower had no garrisoned units and was empty.
  
  Mission 10
  
• Fixed an issue where Nightmares could get stuck on Fissures.
  
• Fixed an issue where Vizargo and Aurelia would display two health bars.
  
• Fixed an issue where some Food Huts and Farms would not always correctly grant food to the player.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player could not always build on the same tile after a building was destroyed.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Fissures were visible off the map edge.
  
• Fixed an issue where the’ 'Red Veil’ VFX was missing during the ‘The Veil Lord’ objective.
  
• Fixed an issue in the final fight where damage over time abilities continued to damage units when the game was paused.
  
• Fixed an issue where certain objectives failed on the mission success screen.
  
• Fixed an issue where Cyrus's keep would disappear after Death Night 2.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player could trigger the final fight early.
  
• Fixed an issue where fog would turn off.
  
• Fixed an issue where Vizargo's entrance only opened if the weaver gates were destroyed.
  
• Fixed an issue where Edwin's model was observed missing during cutscenes.
  
• Fixed an issue where the VFX within Fissures was observed missing during the ‘Hold back the Nightmares III’ objective.
  
• Fixed an issue where Death Night 1 was missing Broken Wall art assets.
  
• Fixed an issue where Death Night 2 breach VFX was not displaying on the top spawner.
  
• Fixed an issue where final enemy ability SFX would loop during the final Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue where Fissures disabled after a save/load.
  
• Fixed an issue where save/loading resulted in a missing statue entity during a Dynamic Cutscene moment.
  
• Fixed an issue where Catapults weren't attacking enemies in range even when ready to fire.
  
• Fixed an issue where you could save during the final fight.
  
• Fixed an issue where save/loading before Death Night 1 caused Nightmares to break pathing later in the Mission.
  
• Fixed an issue where Cyrus's caltrops ticking damage FX were blue.
  
• Fixed an issue where Vizargo was unattackable during the ‘Avatar of the Veil II’ objective.
  
• Fixed an issue where save/loading made all of the final arena buildable terrain.
  
• Fixed an issue where floating rocks appeared after the Fissure exposure.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused fire FX in Cutscenes to flicker.
  
• Fixed an issue where there was a damage delay compared to VFX impact during the final fight.
  
• Fixed an issue where the "Biding His Time" texture and subtitles were missing.
  
• Fixed an issue with enemy abilities appearing in cutscenes.
  
• Fixed an issue where some of the 'Hunter' units failed to clear FOW after converting to the players team.
  
• Fixed an issue where Veil Fog can appear during the final few cutscenes
  
• Fixed an issue where the final fight arena has no height fog
  
• Fixed an issue where Vizargo’s animation would lock after teleporting.
  
• Fixed an issue where Fissure would not render inside cutscenes.
  
• Fixed multiple issues with set-dressing having no collision turned on throughout the map.
  
• Fixed an issue where neutral units did not convert to the players control.
  
• Fixed an issue where the auto-save before the final fight would lock the player from continuing gameplay.
  
• Fixed an issue where the final Cinematic played regardless of win condition if the player had previously beat Mission 10.
  
  

v0.11.2 Known Issues

• Game can crash if Edwin is defeated in Mission 4 during the “The Light in the Dark II” objective.
  
• Using old saves in the new update will cause various unintended gameplay behaviour.
  
• In some cases Units will get stuck running on the spot when trying to reach unreachable terrain.
  
• Some UI Prompts remain untranslated across all languages.
  
• Enemy UI does not update in real-time as the player is attacking them.
  
• In certain situations the player can instantly transport Garrisoned ranged units from one tower to another tower in the map.
  
• Pressing Space bar on loading screens can freeze the player on the loading screen.
  
• Cinematic Subtitle Timing is not matching to Cinematic Audio for Dunstock, Storm Eye and the Final Cinematic.
  
• Building a Lumber Yard won’t highlight trees within its radius.
  
• In some cases Heroes and Units can get stuck on terrain set dressing during Campaign Missions.
  
• We are aware of an issue where Hero abilities sometimes fire in the opposite direction.
  
• Aurelia’s Flail Whip is not damaging buildings in Campaign.
  
• Merek’s Halberd Hurricane can miss in some cases when used in a group of Nightmares.
  
• Burster VFX may persist after dying in Campaign and Survival.
  
• Buildings may display construction VFX when the camera focuses on them while navigating throughout the map.
  
• Player can see objective locations early on the Mini-Map in Mission 8 and 9.
  
• Player may be able to incorrectly path through the enemy’s gates in Campaign.
  
• Save / Loading can cause Nightmare Pathfinding to break across the Campaign.
  
• In some missions background music may not play correctly or at all.
  
• Units may try to pathfind through Units to reach their target.
  
• World Map Mission Select is not always playing background music and click SFX.
  
• Music may not always play during Death Nights and Survival.
  
• Character Models can stand and clip with the Character Pedestal on the World Map.
  
• In Mission 5 the player will see incorrect Objective Information on the Mission Success screen.
  
• In some cases across Campaign, Nightmares may not advance towards the player.
  
• In Mission 6 Edwin can become unresponsive after cutscenes in some cases.
  
• In Mission 6 when skipping the intro cutscene player may observe a black screen for a period of time before resuming gameplay.
  
• In Mission 7 Volatist Units can continue to spawn from Weavers that are destroyed.
  
• Dialogue Barks may repeat within Campaign Missions, specifically in Missions 8 and 9.
  
• Save Loading throughout the campaign may cause issues with Progression triggers for that mission.
  
• In some combat scenarios in Mission 10 Nightmares may not target the player.
  
• We are aware of an issue where during the final fight in Mission 10 the enemy’s health bar can freeze due to them being invulnerable while casting abilities.
  
• Cutscenes may play twice when skipped in certain situations.
  
• Cutscenes may have to be skipped twice to actually have the player skip the Cutscene.
  
• In some cases Cutscenes can reset Fog of War around the Map in Campaign Missions.
  
• In some cases Edwin’s Fire VFX and Unit Embolden VFX are appearing in Cutscenes.
  
• In some cases the player will see missing Audio across cutscenes throughout the Campaign.
  
• If following the Rebel Quarry choice in Mission 4 in some cases Nightmares and Cutscenes may not trigger.
  
• In some cases Units given to the player during Campaign may not be marked as controllable after their corresponding cutscene trigger.
  
• Nightmares can stutter in place in some cases until the player falls within the Aggro radius during Campaign & Survival.
  
• Food Count is not always decreasing when building structures inside the yield radius for Food Huts and Farms.
  

HOW TO ACCESS THE BETA

BETA RELEASE NOTES

Features

• Act III is now in Beta, containing the finale of the Age of Darkness: Final Stand campaign with three epic Missions, a Campaign Closing Cinematic (Reunion) and a boss fight!
  
• New Hero: Aurelia
  
• 3D Hero Select for all Heroes
  
• New Faction Keeps for Order and Volatist Factions
  
• Formations
  

Additional Changes

• Added additional tutorial pop-ups
  
• Added the ability to shift click units to deselect them
  
• Pathfinding and Map Tile refactors for more reliable long distance pathfinding.
  
• Garrisoning refactors on how we handle units entering / exiting towers.
  
• Added Spanish European language localization
  
• Added Spanish Latin American language localization
  

Crashes

• Fixed a crash that could occur when loading into Mission 5.
  
• Fixed a crash occurring when transitioning from the World Map to the Main Menu.
  
• Fixed a crash that appeared when alt-tabbing when drivers were being overloaded.
  
• Fixed a crash that resulted from killing an elite in Campaign.
  

Fixes & Changes

CAMPAIGN

• Fixed an issue where the 'Return to Game' button fails to function after quickly clicking the 'Load' button twice.
  
• Fixed an issue where the game would run during cutscenes.
  
• Fixed an issue where certain entities were grey.
  
• Fixed an issue where the ‘Hold Escape To Skip’ button was not localised.
  
• Fixed an issue where the skip cutscene UI element was displayed in World Map.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Camera did not display the Campaign Map correctly.
  
• Fixed an issue where a random faction style will be chosen for the HUD and UI styling.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Cutscene transition to gameplay lost focus on the characters after resuming.
  
• Fixed an issue where the time of day notifications appeared in Cutscenes.
  
• Fixed an issue when pressing the spacebar to pause the game would not pause dialogue audio.
  
• Fixed an issue where the highlight on Main Menu would stop working after coming back from Campaign Menu.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Campaign ‘Upgrade Keep' UI was visible when in its disabled state.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Alderin units did not receive the Horrify stats upon becoming Horrified.
  
• Fixed an issue where after being defeated the camera moved to the corner of the map.
  
• Fixed an issue when playing a mission after already completing it would replay the map animation.
  
• Fixed an issue when selecting a mission and spamming continue the camera would reset.
  
• Fixed an issue where some areas on the World Map were linked incorrectly.
  
• Fixed an issue in the World Map where strange lines appeared in map sky.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Building plan circle range indicators are now removed correctly after the building plan has been closed.
  
• Fixed situations where the main menu music could play over the top of cinematics.
  
• Fixed issues related to attack pathfinding against buildings.
  
  Prologue Mission
  
• Fixed an issue in the Prologue Mission where using "F1" or "F2" would select units you don’t control.
  
• Fixed an issue in the Prologue Mission where buildings existed in the FOW that shouldn't be there.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Dunstock Cinematic played even if the player failed the Prologue Mission and selected ‘Return to Map’.
  
  Mission 1
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 1 where a Militiaman fails to appear in the cage after loading a save.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 1 where units had inconsistent pathfinding when moving around wooden fences.
  
  Mission 2
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 2 where an Iron Talon dialogue line repeated twice.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 2 where the Food Hut objective counter was broken.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 2 during the 'Build a Training Hall' objective, it failed to complete when the Training Hall was built before the objective.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 2 where the game got stuck on loading an auto-save after failing on objective: ‘Time Until Debris is Cleared’.
  
• Fixed an issue where incorrect VO played when claiming the Norfolk Pikemen.
  
  Mission 3
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 3 where exploring the south-east during objective: ‘Treading the Raven’s Soil’ autocomplete.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 3 when right clicking on the gates would make the unit's animation stutter.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 3 where the barrel positions on the Keep were incorrect.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 3 where the Nightmare wave minimap skull icon disappeared too soon.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 3 where the scouting marks from "Treading the Raven's Soil I" are still displayed on the minimap after the objective is completed.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 3 where objective "The Locals I: Reach the Norfolk Village" completed by itself.
  
  Mission 4
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where Theobold remained on the players team after choosing the Rebels side after the Cornered Rats Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where the last cutscene on the Order Stronghold still had the Keep's Narrator talking.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where the 'Defence is under attack' or 'Unit killed' prompt displayed in the unexplored area after completing 'Reach the Rebellion Quarry' objective.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where a minimap marker appeared near the ‘Enforcer Ova’ cage after choosing the Order narrative.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where Walls were missing from Order Stronghold during Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where after selecting the ‘Rebellion Quarry’ option at the ‘Crossroad’ objective there are two soldier units that don’t become controllable.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where there was an extra voice line during the first Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where the Crystal breaking SFX did not play in the opening Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where collision was missing on a gateway when choosing to side with the Rebellion at the Crossroads.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where the health bar of enemies failed to display after choosing any choice from 'Cornered Rats'.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where Soldiers and Sentinels had zero vision after being captured.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where the Triage Tent at the Rebel’s Quarry remained assigned to a neutral faction and did not resurrect units.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where ‘Light in the Dark 2’ the Triage Tents were not targetable by Nightmares.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where an Arbalest from ‘Lone Survivor’ choice did not clear FOW.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where Alderin units in the Order Stronghold appeared stuck and did not move towards Nightmares.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where the Sole Survivor Cutscene had incorrect UI Portraits.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where there was a missing collision from the side of the cage attached to a wall within the Order Stronghold.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where in the second Cutscene an Alderin Enforcer was freed from Jail without context.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 where the attack animation of the enemies can be seen through the FOW.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 4 when protecting Aurelia did not tick as complete on the Mission Success screen.
  
• Fixed a crash when loading a manual save created after completing the 'Rebellion Blockade' objective.
  
  Mission 5
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 5 where a player was able to place an Iron Quarry where no Iron was available.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 5 where the game got stuck on loading a manual save after saving the game at the end of the first Cutscene.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 5 where the Nightmare Breach VFX were visible through the FoW.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 5 where a negative value was displayed for the ‘Food Ration’ in the ‘Economy Panel’ at the start of the mission.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 5 where the wrong UI was displayed when opening loot.
  
  Mission 6
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 6 where Volatists would spawn from a destroyed Weaver Gate.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 6 where Cyrus’ character mesh was hidden when unconscious on the ground.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 6 where the game got stuck when the 'Find Cyrus' cutscene ended and enemies that were present behind the wall were eliminated before completing the objective.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 6 where Aurelia and Vizargo appeared to walk in opposite directions during a Cutscene before destroying the final Weaver Gate.
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 6 where some prison cells to be opened did not have markers or levers.
  
  Mission 7
  
• Fixed an issue in Mission 7 where the old Campaign Select Menu displayed once the player had loaded an autosave.
  
• Fixed an issue where Projectiles did not render correctly.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Health bar of Theda and her units appeared in green instead of blue.
  
  SURVIVAL
  
• Fixed an issue where Catapults could move in Siege Mode.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Veil did not render when panning over the Crystal during a Death Night.
  
• Fixed an issue where Watch Towers did not show correct Death Night paths during the Final Stand.
  
• Fixed an issue with the walking animation of an Elite Axeman.
  
• Fixed an issue where the vision and ranged defensive building's UI replaced resources buildings with a solid shadow UI.
  
• Fixed an issue where Elite Nightmares could change if the game was reloaded before discovery.
  
• Fixed an issue where playing your first game the 'Welcome' popup did not appear.
  
• Fixed an issue when discovering the Crystal the notification would infinitely pulsate if the game was paused.
  
• Fixed an issue where Vizargo’s Impaling Wrath had no spell indicator.
  
• Fixed the cogwheel icon failing to grey out while having insufficient resources for multiple structures in the 'Wood workshop'.
  
  SURVIVAL AND CAMPAIGN
  
• Fixed an issue when activating Violent Volley on top of set dressing did not damage enemies.
  
• Fixed an issue where Heroes would play Attack Idle animations from random start frames.
  
• Fixed an issue where Units would play their Walk animation in-between attacks.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Fire Tower required the Braced Tower to be researched beforehand.
  
• Fixed an issue where no farm tiles were displayed in builder mode.
  
• Fixed an issue where Aelis did not use or trigger her idle Attack animation.
  
• Fixed an issue where FPS would drop to single digits when using Ignite on a large group of Walls.
  
• Fixed an issue where Harbingers would leave Axemen on 0 HP without killing them.
  
• Fixed an issue where Elite nightmares had incorrect damage displayed and applied.
  
• Fixed an issue where selected units will not finish their moving path when using move queue hotkeys.
  
• Fixed an issue where Aelis' Queen's Rage would linger on units after being killed.
  
• Fixed an issue where Cyrus displayed as having 1 armour above his health bar.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Burster UI rings were displayed at a smaller size then the blast radius.
  
• Fixed an issue where Edwin's enlighten perk displayed as a 0% gain.
  
• Fixed an issue where Merek's Jump Smash didn’t land consistently to the location.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Armour icon displayed incorrectly when generation from depletion to full.
  
• Fixed an issue when a Unit got blocked behind other units in front when attacking.
  
• Fixed an issue where Cyrus’ Caltrops FX would disappear early.
  
• Fixed an issue where resource Veins would spawn too close to each other.
  
• Fixed an issue where a building training units sold wouldn’t give the population back.
  
• Fixed an issue where the selector did not appear on shift selected buildings.
  
• Fixed an issue where a tutorial pop-up would overwrite the currently opened UI.
  
• Fixed an issue where rally points may not render if building isn't in frame.
  
• Fixed an issue where Edwin’s Flame Shield dealt no damage.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused a crash when using an old save from v10.1
  

Performance Improvements

• Moved a number of VFX from CPU to GPU simulation.
  
• Reduced VFX Draw Calls and Overdraws across Entities, Agents and Buildings.
  
• Improved UI Invalidation and Texture Caching to prevent unneeded Layout calculations.
  
• Refactored our Cutscene Action system on how we cache Cutscene Actions.
  
• A number of core data oriented systems have been optimised.
  
• Improved Gate performance by maintaining more state over time.
  
• Minimap now remembers more state and refreshes the landscape only when required..
  
• Reduced calls to our Campaign Trigger system.
  
• Reduced the number of Entities ticking per frame, including additional culling.
  
• Building animations culled by the player camera frustum.
  
• Reduce texture sizes for less memory usage.
  

Known Issues

• Game can crash if Edwin is defeated in Mission 4 during the “The Light in the Dark II” objective.
  
• Using old saves in the new update will cause various unintended gameplay behaviour.
  
• In some cases Units fail to align in Formation when ordered to do so within close range of the Unit Group’s starting location.
  
• When selecting enemy or neutral units they will have Formatiosn Options enabled by default.
  
• In some cases Units will get stuck running on the spot when trying to reach unreachable terrain.
  
• In some cases Rally Points from Training Halls and Towers may not update in the world space iif clicked within close succession of one another.
  
• Some UI Prompts remain untranslated across all languages.
  
• Enemy UI does not update in real-time as the player is attacking them.
  
• In certain situations the player can instantly transport Garrisoned ranged units from one tower to another tower in the map.
  
• Pressing Space bar on loading screens can freeze the player on the loading screen.
  
• Cinematic Subtitle Timing is not matching to Cinematic Audio for Dunstock, Storm Eye and the Final Cinematic.
  
• Building a Lumber Yard won’t highlight trees within its radius.
  
• Buildings will sometimes fail to select all when double clicking to select all of a single-type of building.
  
• Walls can be placed in between tiles when click dragging to place.
  
• There is a known issue when ejecting ranged units from Towers they may get stuck.
  
• In some cases Heroes and Units can get stuck on terrain set dressing during Campaign Missions.
  
• We are aware of an issue where Hero abilities sometimes fire in the opposite direction.
  
• We are investigating an issue where Aurelia’s Flail Whip may not always grant the player Dark Essence.
  
• Aurelia’s Flail Whip is not damaging buildings in Campaign.
  
• Merek’s Halberd Hurricane can miss in some cases when used in a group of Nightmares.
  
• Merek’s Crushing Weight ability can be cut off by an Auto Attack in some cases.
  
• Vizargo’s Serenity SFX may persist after it’s been cast in Survival and Campaign.
  
• Hero VFX may persist on screen in some cases or be different colours in others. This is noticeable with Edwin’s Enflame, Aelis’ Royal Decree and Cyrus’ Caltrops.
  
• Cyrus’ Ability SFX can be heard across the map during Mission 10.
  
• In some cases Cyrus can start at Level 1 in Mission 6.
  
• Burster VFX may persist after dying in Campaign and Survival.
  
• Buildings may display construction VFX when the camera focuses on them while navigating throughout the map.
  
• Player can mouse over and see the enemy building yield and attack radius’ in Fog of War.
  
• Player can see all objective locations early on the Mini-Map in Mission 8 and 9.
  
• Player may be able to incorrectly path through the enemy’s gates in Campaign.
  
• Save / Loading can cause Nightmare Pathfinding to break across the Campaign.
  
• Minimap objective pings in Campaign are not always persisting in some Missions.
  
• In some missions background music may not play correctly or at all.
  
• Units may try to pathfind through Units to reach their target.
  
• Audio SFX may be missing when attacking enemy buildings or using Player Units.
  
• World Map Mission Select is not always playing background music and click SFX.
  
• Character Models can stand and clip with the Character Pedestal on the World Map.
  
• In some cases in Mission 3 the player is able to build within the Treeline.
  
• In Mission 4 collision is missing on the Dark Crystal during the ‘Protect Aurelia’ Objective
  
• In Mission 5 the player will see incorrect Objective Information on the Mission Success screen.
  
• In somne cases across Campaign, Nightmares may not advance towards the player.
  
• In Mission 5 the player cannot place a Quarry on certain gold veins.
  
• In Mission 6 Edwin can become unresponsive after cutscenes in some cases.
  
• In Mission 7 Volatist Units can continue to spawn from Weavers that are destroyed.
  
• In Mission 7 Vizargo and Aurelia’s level may be set to Level 1 for some players.
  
• Dialogue Barks may be playing multiple times within Campaign Missions, specifically in Missions 8 and 9.
  
• In some cases the game may crash after clicking “Continue” on the Mission Success screen in Mission 8
  
• In some cases Siege Units will not target and attack enemies despite being within range.
  
• Save Loading throughout the campaign may cause issues with Progression triggers for that mission.
  
• In Mission 9 Villagers are not behaving correctly when interacting with the final fight.
  
• Save Loading within the final fight in Mission 10 will cause the enemy health bar to not appear.
  
• Save Loading throughout Mission 10 can cause non-buildable areas to now be buildable.
  
• In some combat scenarios in Mission 10 Nightmares may not target the player.
  
• In some cases in Mission 10 the player can trigger the final fight early, if building in a very specific order.
  
• Some VFX are missing for buildings and structures in Mission 10.
  
• In some cases in Mission 10 the player may have Death Night fog appear in their base when it shouldn’t.
  
• We are aware of an issue where during the final fight in Mission 10 the enemy’s health bar can freeze due to them being invulnerable while casting abilities, this will usually resolve itself is by design. We are investigating means at which we can provide better player feedback as this is happening.
  
• In Mission 10 there is some delay between abilities being telegraphed and cast by the enemy in the final fight.
  
• In the final fight of Mission 10 the player can still take damage from the veil while the game is paused. This only occurs in this instance.
  
• There are some issues with Cutscenes missing characters during them.
  
• Cutscenes may play twice when skipped in certain situations.
  
• Cutscenes may have to be skipped twice to actually have the player skip the Cutscene.
  
• Cutscenes that contain Choices for the player may play twice, requiring the player to select their choice multiple times.
  
• In some cases Cutscenes can reset Fog of War around the Map in Campaign Missions.
  
• In some cases Edwin’s Fire VFX and Unit Embolden VFX are appearing in Cutscenes.
  
• In some cases the player will see missing Audio across cutscenes throughout the Campaign.
  
• If following the Rebel Quarry choice in Mission 4 in some cases Nightmares and Cutscenes may not trigger.
  
• In some cases Cutscene Actors are sliding into position rather than walking.
  
• In some cases Units given to the player during Campaign may not be marked as controllable after their corresponding cutscene trigger.
  
• Nightmares surrounding the Keep are disappearing after losing Final Stand in Survival.
  
• Nightmares can stutter in place in some cases until the player falls within the Aggro radius during Campaign & Survival.
  
• Food Count is not always decreasing when building structures inside the yield radius for Food Huts and Farms.
  
• An Incorrect value for Objective Completion is observed in some cases on the Mission Select screen.
  

The story starts off with a pivotal event with fateful consequences for all of the main characters. Is the goal to have a story every bit as visceral and dark as Survival mode?

Erodar is a land under siege. How did it get this way? Who are the key players?

• The Order – the oldest extant faction, who are ostensibly neutral peacekeepers and law enforcement but whose true loyalties vary by who is their leader at any given time. Edwin, Aurelia, Merek, Theda and Hector are all part of this faction. They are bound by oath to serve the people of Erodar and keep the Nightmares at bay.
  
• The Alderin – The current rulers of Erodar, who took control of the continent in a quick and bloody war just a few decades earlier. They are relatively new, and are particularly oppressive to the rural peasants, taking more than their fair share to shower the urbanites in luxuries to maintain a sense of loyalty around their throne. Though they have a King in Erodar, their true seat of power is on the mainland.
  
• The Rebellion – Driven mostly by the oppressed peasantry, and under the leadership of Aelis Syren, only known survivor of the ruling family from before the Alderin invasion. For years she has quietly cultivated a following and begun to wrest control of the lands far from the capital, thanks in large part to her right-hand-man Cyrus.
  
• The Iron Talon – Alderin oppression has forced many into a life of crime. Many petty criminals have taken up the banner of the Iron Talon. They are ruthless and increasingly organised, and exist as an ever-present threat in the lives of otherwise-peaceful Norfolk.
  
• Norfolk – These are the everyday men and women of Erodar, struggling to get by as they are constantly assaulted or robbed by the Iron Talon or soldiers serving the Alderin king.
  
• The Volatists – The newest major force in Erodar. Led by a charismatic and powerful figure named Vizargo, they have a complex relationship with the Nightmares and Veil, which puts them at odds with The Order.”
  

Did you start with the characters in Survival or for Campaign? Which came first?

The world of Erodar feels familiar yet stands on its own in the pantheon of RTS games. What were your major inspirations in bringing this story to life?

Can you give us a sense of the elements of fire and justice that drove our characters in Flames of Retribution ahead of Act III?

• Edwin is driven by duty and loyalty. He may feel no love for his leader Hector, but he took an oath that he feels he must keep.
  
• Aurelia is driven by a desire to prove herself to Edwin and get things done. Where Edwin wants to work within the system, Aurelia wants to work in the fastest, most effective way possible.
  
• Aelis is driven by a desire to reclaim her throne and free her people from what she views is the rule of a usurper.
  
• Cyrus is driven by his love and loyalty to his Queen, Aelis.
  
• Merek is driven by coin, booze and guilt. He needs money to buy the ale that lets him forget the awful acts he did and continues to do in the name of The Order.
  
• Vizargo is driven by revenge and power. He views The Order as the true oppressors, and sees The Veil and the Nightmares as a weapon to wield against them.
  

What can players expect from Exile’s Return and Act III?

How do you think players are going to react at the end of Act III?

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