We have a lot of stuff going on but we managed to get a build up a day after release. Initially we are going to work very quickly on hotfixes and other suggestions meanwhile we work on stability and performance improvements.
Patch Notes v1.0.1
Major
- Added Easy mode in campaign.
- Added Tactical pause in singleplayer.
Minor
- Fixed Ballista bug in campaign.
- Added FPS lock in menu.
- Added V-Sync
- Improved visuals in campaign mission 2 and 3.
Balancing
- Jester Backstab damage, 60->50
Releases now!
Get ready to battle!
We are extremely happy and excited to say that Bannermen now is available on Steam! A big thanks to all of you that have supported our development! But the journey has just begun - now it's time to head into battle!
Major - All game modes fully enabled.
- Game now available in 8 different languages.
Minor - Production queues now not visible to enemies.
- Creeps no longer trigger announcer notification.
- Fixed rally-point, Hero Throne.
- Fixed desync errors.
- Fixed network errors.
- Added damage sounds for buildings.
- Added victory/defeat music in multiplayer games.
- Improved matchmaking.
- Now possible to join game lobby via Steam Friends List.
Balancing - Worker cost wood, 90->50
- Worker repair rate, 20->15
- Gathering base cost, 375->300
- Jester cost wood, 90->110
- Jester move speed, 480->470
- Convict cost wood, 140->110
- Convict upgrade cost wood, 160->50
- Convict upgrade cost gold, 240->50
- Convict upgrade time, 90->30
- Convict move speed, 320->360
- Berrian Charge mana cost, 60->35
- Berrian time before attack, 500->433
- Berrian time after attack, 820->700
- Berrian base attack dmg, 15->16
- Temple cost wood, 140->100
- Temple cost gold, 130->100
- Boar xp, 100->70
- Salamander xp, 100->70
- Wolf xp, 100->70
- Dear xp, 50->45
- Scorpion xp, 750->400
- Scorpion hp, 1000->2000
- Blood Rush now requires Academy.
- Flaming arrows now requires Academy.
- Footman Sprint speed, 800->500
- Footman Sprint length, 1011->1300
- Footman Sprint active time, 1,5->2,5
- Karthor Drain now stuns.
- Karthor Drain hp amount base, 50->40
- Karthor Fear duration, 3->2
- Karthor Fear base dmg, 25->15
- Karthor Fear base dmg per level, 9->5
- Berrian Grand Slam base dmg, 25->20
- Berrian Grand Slam dmg per level, 9->5
- Vanya Bounce Arrow dmg per level, 9->5
- XP per killed hero, 100->50+50*Level
- Time before able to revive dead hero, 30->10
- Heroes now regen percent hp if out of combat for 5 sec.
- Heros now collect xp a short time after killed.
Release information
Watch countdown Countdown available at: Bannermen.net/Countdown/
Release in less than 23 hours!
Bannermen will be available for purchase Thursday, 21 February 2019, 17:00 (CET).
We now have translations in; English, French (Français), German (Deutsch), Polish (Polski), Russian (Россия), Simplified Chinese (汉语), Spanish (Español) and Portuguese (Português).
New gameplay Trailer!
Tomorrow we will also upload a gameplay trailer on our YouTube channel, so subscribe today to stay updated!
Reviews
We have been in contact with reviewers and game magazines so expect those articles to be available tomorrow.
Matchmaking
We have decided to keep the *MMR score gained from the Beta to make matchmaking more fun for newcomers as well as more experienced players. To appear on the ladder, you need five wins, or one win if you already placed in the Beta.
Join our Discord?
Discord.gg/Bannermen
Watch the Streams
https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Bannermen
Beta ended
4 000+ participated in the Beta!
The Beta has ended, and now we are preparing for release February 21. We had a lot of fun playing with the community and feel very grateful for all the people that made this weekend so special!
Pope Arvius (twitch.tv/arvius_/) pulled of the incredible and played for more than 24 hours and got #1 rating on NA and placed #6 on EU in just a single session and faced every developer in matchmaking.
Nakamura RTS and Scarfs had a hard though battle for #1 EU, during the whole weekend, finally ending with Nakamura on top.
First casted matches for Bannermen
The first ever cast of Bannermen was done by G0hst (twitch.tv/g0hst_reaper) during the Beta and featured all the top players in EU.
The casted matches are available on G0hst's YouTube PLAYLIST
Rankings in the Beta
The European ladder had the most players and total of 25 players got placed. To get on the ladder you needed five wins in ranked matchmaking.
- Online multiplayer with automatical match-making, both ranked and unranked.
- Custom online skirmish game.
- Custom singleplayer skirmish game.
- Sneak peek of the singleplayer campaign.
- Tutorial.
Bannermen release date & campaign trailer
Bannermen releases February 21, 2019
To celebrate our progress we have also released our campaign trailer to get you in the mood for the journey ahead! Enough with the jolly times, it is time for you to redeem yourself as Lord Berrian and take control of the raging war that has plagued Valtoria for long enough.
Bannermen Campaign Trailer (YouTube)
The people of Valtoria have waited and so have you and now is not the time to get cold feet with only another month remaining!
While you wait you can share your enthusiasm with like-minded people in our Discord. If you like RTS games you will feel right at home and maybe learn a thing or two about Bannermen and get your opinions heard by the developers.
Playtesting Shortly before the full release, we will arrange a beta. More info regarding this (dates, content, etc.) will be announced soon. If you haven't already, make sure you sign up on the Bannermen website to secure a beta key!
Bannermen.net
Development update
Matchmaking, Rankings & Campaign
I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was...
With a slight push off a button you will be placed in a que and experience fair multiplayer matches against equally skilled opponents. If you work hard you might even be featured on the leaderboard in your region (NA, EU, Asia).
Want to become a loremaster? Master the singleplayer campaign and familiarise yourself with the world of Valtoria.
Patch Notes - Changed creep camp heal to heal by percent instead than a fixed amount for heroes.
- Fixed issues with leaving resources.
- Fixed issues with leaving structures.
- Fixed Karthor crash at specific XP level.
- Fixed camera hotkey lag.
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