Barbaria

Update Details

New Features:

• New Champion: Krank – Krank’s “Overload” divine juice power creates an energy bomb that will temporarily disable enemy structures where it explodes.
  
• New Minion: Cyclotaur – Half cyclops, half minotaur, totally into smashing things. Cyclotaur moves slowly, but packs a wallop and can destroy traps and moving walls.
  
• New Weapon: Sword – Did we really make it all the way through early access without a basic sword? Slice and stab enemies with the pointy end.
  
• Cross-play with Quest2 players!
  

Improvements and Fixes:

• Gladiatrix Recall now has energy pulse that knocks back nearby enemies
  
• Carnival: Add Recent Players List
  
• Fix Steam VR Guardian not showing up on Index
  
• Endless Onslaught: Enemy wave difficulty can now increase past Level 5
  
• Matchmaking: Realm options on the map now reset after each attack to use your most recent Mightiness score and get better matches.
  
• Various other Performance, Presentation, and Bug fixes
  

Notes:

• Replay Backwards Compatibility: In order to facilitate replay crossplay across platforms, we had to make a breaking change to our replay format. We don’t block the ability to pull up old replays from the replay stations, but Early Access players will likely notice some connectors/structures out of place if going back to review previous conquests created with the Early Access builds.
  
  
• Virtual Desktop: PCVR Players accessing the game through Virtual Desktop on a Quest headset may notice throw targeting and velocity issues if they turn their bodies during the initial boot flow and view recentering. Hold down the Oculus button on your right controller for 3s to recenter your view through the Quest system after booting to the Stronghold to fix throw velocities.
  

New Features:

• Carnage Carnival: New Stronghold station allows you to search for other players by name and attack their base in an unranked mode.
  
• Playground: Ever wondered how many spring trap combos you can get? Create and save a Playground realm separate from your main ranked realm. Try other players’ Playgrounds by searching for them at Carnage Carnival.
  
• Symphony of Violence: New shooting gallery reward levels
  

Improvements:

• Streamlined New Player Flow
  
• Replays automatically play when ready
  
• Added buttons to raise and lower the replay wartable for better mayhem viewing
  
• Added “Slide on Attack” option toggle in options menu
  
• Allow quitting from god-mode when playing Test My Base
  
• Better matchmaking for early game players
  
• Various performance and polish improvements
  

Note for Virtual Desktop Quest users:

• The Virtual Desktop view scaling issue with the initial 0.9.7 release has been fixed. Please run by selecting Barbaria from the Games menu in Virtual Desktop which should launch it into Oculus mode and will be slightly more performant the SteamVR mode. There is still an outstanding issue where our boot up view re-centering isn't coming through on Virtual Desktop which can result in throw targeting and other velocity calculations being off. As a work around, once the game fully launches into the stronghold, hold down the Oculus button on your right Quest controller to re-center manually and that should fix things.
  

New Features:

• Rise N Grind: Unlock a new Stronghold station with daily challenges to complete and a workout gym for your minions.
  
• New Weapon: Bomb Bag
  
• New Weapon: Throwing Axe Bag
  
• New Structure: Skeleton Pride - Boost all skeletons on fragment
  
• New Tile: The Claw
  
• Skies: Unlock different skies to customize your realm with a specific exterior and lighting
  

Improvements and Fixes:

• Increased Champion health
  
• Sticky snapping when placing structures and minions on your realm
  
• Fix NPC arrows not getting proper damage level set
  
• Fix some rare bugs with initial account creation causing black screens on launch
  
• Fix NPCs throwing items into the floor when on different levels
  
• Fix guys not running onto fragments when moving wall blocking desired path
  
• Various performance optimizations and visual improvements
  

Note for Virtual Desktop Quest users:

• We have a known issue where our boot up view recentering isn't coming through on Virtual Desktop and can result in throw targeting and other velocity calculations being off. As a work around, once the game fully launches into the stronghold, hold down the Oculus button on your right Quest controller to recenter manually and that should fix things.
  

New Features:

• New God Power: Sabotage - Temporarily disables structures within a range.
  
• New God Power: Bamboozle - Temporarily fools an enemy into fighting for your team.
  
• New Item: Harvester - Equips on back, Allows Minions to destroy Power Crystals, Destroying Crystal gives it one Charge that can be fired like a blaster.
  
• New Feature: Reinforcements - At Realm Level 3 you can Unlock 2 reinforcement slots to place Minions on. When one of your allies dies during an attack you can un-possess your Champion and put the Reinforcement Minion into battle.
  
• New Feature: Ring of Champions - Survive as your own Champion against endless procedural enemies. Kill as many as you can. Weekly Leaderboard. Available periodically on the Map.
  
• New Trial of the Ancients: Endless Onslaught - After all other trials are complete you try defending against endless procedural waves of enemies. Last as long as you can. Available periodically in the Trials of the Ancients area.
  
• New Feature: Leaderboards - In game viewable leaderboards for Mightiness and Fortitude. Walk out on the plank in the stronghold to see Leaders and your personal rank.
  
• New Fragment: Two Tunnels
  

Improvements and Fixes:

• Balance: Increase Barbarian and Gladiatrix champion power ramp a bit.
  
• Matchmaking: Make sure players on the high Mightiness/Fortitude range still get served to other players.
  
• Matchmaking: Reduce Mightiness/Fortitude variability at higher score ranges.
  
• Swap default calibrate buttons to “B” on Index instead of thumbsticks.
  
• Minions pop up into the air when hit on the ground.
  
• Fix inventory drops for Deity Disruptor, Imp Pride, and Marauder's Blade.
  
• Fix object highlighting when grabbing structures off board.
  
• New one-timer attack for Zealots and Barbarian when an enemy is tossed to them.
  
• Backend: Unity Engine Update from 2019 to 2021
  
• Performance: Jobify more systems and improve various performance
  
• Performance: Pack assets together for faster hdd booting
  
• Fix skybox ambient lighting when switching skyboxes
  
• SSAO enabled on "Highest" graphics setting (for those with Mighty GPUs)
  
• Various other bug fixes and polish improvements.