Major
- New map: Exourolands.
- New nature power, Volcano Outburst (requires 2 temples).
- New Karthor spell: Dark Shroud.
- Announcer sounds and warnings.
- Improved unit avoidance.
Minor
- Added building grid visualization when placing down a building.
- Added hero production/revive countdown.
- Added attack-move on minimap.
- Fixed camera problem when dragging in a selection over minimap.
- Active buffs/debuffs displayed in GUI when single-selecting a unit.
- Added heal buff when clearing a nature camp.
- Added possibility to change mouse panning speed in options.
Balancing
- Enforcer's Shield now removes debuffs and disjoints incoming projectiles.
- Karthor's spell Hunted Vision replaced by Dark Shroud.
- Increased mana regen when levelling heroes.
- Lowered HP for units in nature camps.
- Increased Catapult's attack speed.
- Lowered Spearman's attack range.
- Lowered Spearman's attack range.
- Doubled the armor received when researching Purified Steel.
- Improved Cleric's frame data when casting Dark Swarm.
- Increased Convict's movement speed when the fuse has been lit.
- Increased Jester's attack range for Perfume Cloud.
- Decreased Perfume Cloud duration.
Alpha is live!
Check out our Discord to participate! 27 - 28 October.
Closes 09 CEST on Monday.
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Play the Alpha through our Discord
October 27-28
The last Alpha test goes live tomorrow, and this is a good opportunity if you want to help influence the game. We have no NDA so feel free to share any content you make of the game. You may also promote yourself in our Discord through the media channel.
The fifth and final Alpha Weekend is coming up this weekend! Bannermen will be available on Steam from Saturday morning (9:00 CEST, Oct 27) to Monday morning (9:00 CEST, Oct 29). A lot of new features and improvements have been made since last weekend, below are some of the bigger ones.
- New map: Exourolands.
- New nature power: Volcano Outburst.
- New Karthor spell: Face Out (debuff cleanse, increased movement speed, pass-through walking, untargetable).
- Building grid visualization when placing down a building.
- Avoidance improvements.
- Hero production/revive countdown added.
- Attack-move on minimap added.
- Balancing adjustments: Enforcer's Shield now removes stuns, cleanses debuffs and disjoints incoming projectiles at the activation point. Karthor's spell Hunted Vision replaced by Face Out. Increased Catapult's attack speed. Lowered Spearman's attack range. Doubled the armor received when researching Purified Steel. Improved Cleric's frame data when casting Dark Swarm. Removed cooldown time on Cleric's spells. Increased Convict's movement speed when the fuse has been lit. Increased Jester's attack range for Perfume Cloud. Decreased Perfume Cloud duration. Added heal buff when clearing a nature camp.
Alpha over. Work continues!
Share your thougts about the Alpha
To leave feedback please refer to our Steam forum.
Create your own topic in the "Feedback" category or reply in someone else's topic. By allowing everyone to read you will get replies by both community members as well as developers which might help clarify certain decisions as well as giving you the opportunity to elaborate to us why you think a certain way.
The next Alpha is October 27-28! Get your ideas in the game. We work hard to incorporate the feedback we recieve from Alpha sessions and are greatful for all the valueble input we have recieved.
To participate in the next Alpha join our Discord.
Patch notes
Patch notes
We have made a lot of changes since last time and we hope you are as excited to try them out with the community as we are.
Major - New hero unit: Karthor.
- Heroes keeping their XP when they die/revive.
- Increased the number of hero levels from 5 to 10.
- Added layer of vision-blocking bushes around nature camps.
- Resource lots contain 25-30% less resources.
- Fixed crash bug: "Pure virtual function being called..."
- Fixed problem with units getting stuck near edges.
- Attack-move rally point added.
Minor - Increased size of ramp entrances on Crullfeld Heights.
- Relocated nature camps on Crullfeld Heights.
- Fixed visual bug representation in resource lots.
- Disabled construction sounds in fog-of-war.
- Fixed team color bug on Berrian's cape.
- Increased max attack angle for melee units.
- Improved input responsiveness.
- Added upgrade countdown.
Balancing - Nerfed heroes' start stats.
- Increased heroes' production time.
- Increased heroes' HP regen speed.
- Lowered nature units' HP.
- Lowered Scouting Hound's production cost and HP.
- Decreased Spearman's attack range and lowered his damage.
- Increased Archer Tower's HP.
- Made Convict immune against Spire Slow.
- Lowered Worker's HP.
Alpha Oct 13-14
Next Alpha begins Oct 13 - in 5 days
Better stability, lot of fixes, balancing improvements, new features and content.
Upping the tempo Gameplay and balance changes are focused on in the upcoming Alpha and these tests will help shape Bannermen. With the feedback of the community we will work on making the game as thrilling as possible. We have already incorporated some of the suggestions we have recieved in the previous Alpha.
All testing is orchastrated on our Discord which you find below.
In Bannermen's Discord apply in the #alpha-application channel to get your Steam key prior to the start of the Alpha.
Upcoming Alpha Weekends:
Sep 29-30
Oct 13-14
Oct 27-28
TBA
To quickly get started playing the Alpha we reccommend reading our guide which covers some basic and how to find matches during the Alpha.
Check out our guide here
We have also added a new building called Hero Throne which allows you to purchase hero units.
+ Hero Throne
Updated Release Info
Bannermen is now set to release in ❄ winter instead of fall.
We have made a blog post on our website regarding the change of plans. If you have not seen the website we reccomend checking it out as it has more info than on the Steam page alone.
Want to try the game out as early as Sep 29? Join our Alpha here on Discord
New Alpha Tests!
New Alpha Tests!
September 29-30 | October 13-14 | October 27-28 Get your Steam key by joining our Discord and applying.
NEW + 3 Lords which each have 4 different spells!
+ Creep camps! Level up your Lord.
+ Sexier graphics! AA and more.
+ Unit ragdolls now fall not just vertically.
+ Rebalanced a lot of units.
+ A lot more!
ALPHA | Joing or Discord and apply!
BETA | Sign up at our website!
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