FREE "Spell Again...Again!" Update (and some snazzy new DLC)
Hi Wizards!
Exciting news to share today! Today we introduce a huge re-vamp (totally no reference to Vlad there) of our spell system as well as release some exciting new DLC! First of all watch the below video and then read on for the full breakdown of what you can expect to see in today's update!
https://youtu.be/-ehtQ5F4L_U
Free Spell Update
- Improved Spell System and Effects. There are now even more spell combinations to make use of, most of the existing spells have had a graphical overhaul.
- Added Steam and Ice as Individual Elements. Just as it was in Magicka 1 these will take up one slot in the element queue:
Steam is made from Water and Fire
Ice is created from Water and Cold
- New Element! Poison! As above, this will take up one slot in the element queue. Poison is created from Death and Water.
- Added Poison State. When poisoned, the target will take damage over time. Damage done is dictated by the target's total health and the amount of Poison applied, the target will also become slowed. The poisoned state can be extended by applying more Poison to the target. The poisoned state can be removed by applying the Life element.
- Changed Ice Projectiles. Pure Ice is now a channeled spell, while Ice + Earth will work as it did before the change.
- Changed Projectile Charge Time. Earth and Ice + Earth have had their charge time reduced, meaning they will reach full effect faster. Damage for these spells has been re-balanced to work with this change.
- Re-balanced Mines. Mines now deal more base damage and reach their full damage faster.
- Changed Earth and Ice armor to also Reduce Push Received. When using an Earth or Ice armor, you will now also be more resistant to push effects . The amount of resistance depends on the amount of elements used when creating the armor.
- Changed Pure Shield. Duration has been increased, and will decrease faster when taking magic damage.
- Re-balanced Barriers and Elemental Walls. Physical barriers (Earth and Ice) now have a longer duration. They have also received a buff to the amount of damage they do when imbued with other elements.
- Overhauled the Challenge Experience. Reworked the challenge menu and added leader-boards.
There are also two bugfixes included:
- Mine Damage on Clients Fixed. Fixed an issue where clients mines would always deal damage as if they were fully charged.
- Fixed Sometimes not Getting Achievement for Completing Campaign. This issue should now be fixed and you should be able to get the achievements.
New DLC!
The Magicka 2 Gates of Midgård Challenge Pack ($3.99) A set of three new Challenge Maps, perfect for sampling new spells
http://store.steampowered.com//app/393830
The Magicka 2 Three Cardinals Robe Pack ($4.99) A stylish new selection of wizard-wear (not stain resistant; highly flammable; do not eat). Three robe and item sets are included, each with their own theme.
http://store.steampowered.com//app/393831
Patch 1.0.1.5r2
After receiving further feedback from our players, we have tweaked how the resurrection knockback effect works.
Players resurrecting other players will no longer trigger this effect.
Familiars sacrificing themselves will now trigger the knockback effect instead.
Patch 1.0.1.5r1
Due to feedback from our players we have reworked the knockback effect from revive. The friendly fire artifact does no longer affect the revive knockback.
Update 1.0.1.5 is Here!
We have a whole bunch of fixes and general quality of life improvements in todays update. Check below for the full breakdown!
Added Push effect when revived
When you are revived a push effect will move away enemies & friends.
Added Hold to move in settings
You are now able to turn on Hold to move which allows you to only move your wizard while holding down your mouse button. While using Click to move pressing CTRL will stop your current movement.
Now able to queue elements while airborne
You can now queue spells while airborne.
Fixed behavior of “Surprise Me”
You will now randomly join any of the four difficulties when selecting this alternative in join game.
Fixed perma-slow bug
This has been fixed and should not happen any more.
Crash switching between fullscreen and windowed mode (ALT+ENTER)
Removed the ALT+ENTER command to switch between fullscreen and windowed mode, you can still use F1 to switch between windowed mode and fullscreen.
Fixed issues that occurred when changing resolution
The resolution should not mess up anymore when switching between borderless fullscreen and fullscreen.
Correct custom keybindings in dialogues
The correct key/inputs will now be displayed in dialogues.
Now able to remove any guest player when in someone else's game
If you join another player’s game and accidentally add a guest player, you can now remove them.
Fixed healing not repeating if using a re-bound self-cast key
If you had changed your self-cast key then healing would not repeat while holding that key, this should now work properly.
Fixed Private Session could be triggered in the equipment menu
You will no longer be able to accidentally trigger Private Session whilst you are in the equipment menu.
Fixed Latency not being considered when searching and joining games
The game will now take latency in consideration when you are searching for a joinable game.
Fixed clients sound being muted a few seconds when transitioning between loading screen and in-game
The clients sound should no longer be muted when transitioning between load screen and in-game.
Fixed sound effects not playing until a unit dies whilst being client
The clients should now be able to hear sound effects at all times.
Fixed casting shields and mines
You can now cast shields and mines behind you whilst walking forward.
Patch 1.0.1.4 is live!
Greetings wizards!
We've been hard at work bringing you fixes, changes and improvements to Magicka 2, with no further ado - here are today's patch notes.
[B]1.0.1.4 (PC)[/B]
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<*>Keybinding
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<*>[I]There is now a UI in the settings menu for easier keybinding, this can also be done ingame during a session.[/I]
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<*>Unlocks working when using custom artifacts
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<*>[I]You are now able to unlock robes, staves and weapons when using custom artifacts.[/I]
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<*>Authentication session times out if game is on during 24h
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<*>[I]Your session will no longer timeout, it will now be refreshed.[/I]
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<*>Water wheel (mission 3), players no longer lose character aiming control if you skip the cutscene
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<*>[I]If a player would skip the cutscene at the water wheel then the character would not be able to turn and aim anymore.[/I]
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<*>Rocket Man: sometimes you can get launched up in the air
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<*>[I]You will no longer get shot into the air after being frozen, this happened if got frozen in shallow water and another player sprayed water on you.[/I]
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Please let us know if you encounter any new issues with this patch!
Regards,
The Magicka 2 Team
1.0.1.3 Arriving Shortly!
Any minute now the patch should find its way to you via the Magick of Steam. Today's patch mostly focuses on quality of life changes, see below for the full run-down!
Disconnection-handling in Single Player
Players that disconnect from steam should now be able to continue playing in offline mode.
Game settings in the Pause menu
You can now change settings in the pause menu
Fixed issue with Challenge Mode enemies not awarding score
Now you will get points if enemies fall into holes or gets killed by each other.
That Other Forest bridge
Previously if you joined a game in progress where the bridge had already been lowered it would not show as such to you.
The bridge should now be properly synced when a player joins after the bridge has been lowered.
Improved Waterwheel fight
The waterwheel have been updated to give the players more hints on what they should do (see the cut scene). This should make things much easier for those new to this particular encounter.
Fixed damage output of weapon-imbued Water+Shield+Death+Earth
Using this combination should now give the expected amount (more) of damage
Retry button added to pause menu in trials & challenges
If you got off to a rocky start and are chasing that high score, you can now reset and get back to the action quicker!
Patch 1.0.1.2 is here!
Another bunch of tweaks and changes coming your way! The patch should have landed just about....NOW!
Lowered enemy health while playing singleplayer.
We had some feedback that things were tough when playing solo, this should help address that. For those of you playing 2+ everything remains the same.
Corrected issue with sign-up items not showing in equipment list.
The signup robe kit should now be available in your inventory if you signed up when it was available. This is for the Warlock robe, The Peacebreaker and Ritual Sickle. Apologies for the delay in getting this out to you!
Fixed issue with DLC packs not working in offline mode.
The DLC packs should now be available if you play in offline mode.
The 13th unlock on chapter 5 is now working as it should.
The last item was causing some problems, it should work now!
Patch 1.0.1.1 Now Live!
Hello everyone!
Here is the patch notes for Patch 1.0.1.1
Patch 1.0.1.1
Issues addressed in this patch
Added a way to change your keybindings
This can be changed in your user settings file That can be found in your %AppData%\ParadoxInteractive\Magicka2
You can get there by pressing Windows button + R and type in %AppData%\ParadoxInteractive\Magicka2
Changing key bindings Keybinding guide can be found in this thread: http://steamcommunity.com/app/238370/discussions/0/615085406659895580/
Any text editor will work, but we recommend something like Notepad++.
To change bindings simply:
Find the key you want to change for example
arcane = {
key = "s"
state = "pressed"
}
here you can simply change it to p
arcane = {
key = "p"
state = "pressed"
}
Save the changes.
Start the game and the key should now be bound to the new key.
The settings file changes is our first solution until we have created a ingame interface for it.
Good to know. - There is nothing that prevents binding the same key to multiple inputs.
- No sanity checks (you can bind non-existing keys).
- The padps4 section is not used at all.
- Activate Toggle Magick is not used at all.
- Activate is not used at all.
- Changes in the keybinding won't reflect in the tutorial or ingame HUD.
- Keybindings do not affect the menu, for example you can't rebind pause it will still use the esc key for pausing the game.
- You can always revert to the default setting by removing the keybindings block from the configuration or deleting your whole settings file.
Unable to communicate with Paradox server Fixed some issues that stopped some user from connecting to the paradox servers.
Wrong number of orchestra soundtracks There was a mistake made in the document, there was only 21 tracks recorded for the orchestral versions. We have updated the pdf to reflect this.
Offline play should now work as intended. Some people had crashes/freezes when pressing space bar. We have made changes to how bad connection and offline mode on steam is being handled.
Magicka 2 is HERE! For reals.
We at Paradox Interactive, a publisher of games with its own casting department, just released our next spell casting adventure. Magicka 2, a game titled “Mad Magicks: Fury Robe” at one point (but not now), is available to download and play now on both platforms, enabling would-be Wizards everywhere to play alone or in groups through a new adventure with hundreds of spells and zero vampires.
A new trailer is available today thanks to the sorcery of images that move right before your very eyes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWVaIE3HUXY
“For so many of our fans, Paradox and Magicka are practically synonymous,” said Fredrik Wester, CEO of Paradox Interactive, not a vampire. “Which is strange, because the two words don’t mean the same thing at all, and our company is not populated by terrifying and irresponsible misanthropes who are constantly liquefying each other with fire-infused beams of pure death. However, it is still a wonderful milestone for us all to share the next chapter of our best-selling series with the world, and to publish our first game on the PlayStation 4. Magicka 2 is the perfect game to play together on the couch in front of a big screen, where you’re always within reach of the friend causing all of those friendly-fire ‘accidents.’”
Magicka 2 brings players back to the world’s most irreverent co-op action adventure series, providing all-new game features alongside the original’s iconic spellcasting system, humor, and always-on friendly-fire. Guided by Vlad, up to four Wizards at once can challenge a series of new levels in a co-op campaign, or take on challenge levels for score, prestige, and game-altering ‘artifacts’ that alter Magicka 2 in strange and wonderful ways. The world is invited to put on their robes and wizard hats, invite their friends, and learn to spell all over again.
Best of luck, Wizards!
Regards,
The Magicka 2 Team
Magicka 2 stream TONIGHT at 18:00 CEST
Greetings Wizards!
Tonight at 18:00 CEST we'll be streaming some Magicka 2 co-op from the Paradox office, for your enjoyment!
As it's a live format we will of course be taking questions, bantering about developing the game and showing you what to expect at release tomorrow (May 26th).
Join us here: http://www.twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive
