• Heroes that have Area of Effect spells can now choose where they want to cast their spells on the tabletop
  
• This change will apply to Hangvul, Zouleika and Murazel
  

• Tweaked the Diorama’s ground textures to increase readability when in combat.
  
• Option added to filter the display of the amount of damage done by heroes and creatures in the options menu. By default, only the Heroes damage is now shown.
  
• Health bars added over the head of miniatures in combat
  
• Additional logs added to the build to allow us to have more of an insight into network issues experienced by our players
  

NEW HERO

• Asad, a Fast & High Melee DPS Hero, has been added to the roster of figurines.

NEW HERO ABILITIES

• Following player’s feedback, we’ve made changes to some abilities for Veyer, Crag Hack & Akasha to make them more interesting and fun to play.
  
• See Balancing Changes for all changes.

RESOLUTION SUPPORT

• We now support 16:9 and 16:10 resolutions from 720p up to 4k.

VISIT CITADEL 1.1

• You can now ‘LIKE’ Citadels you visit.
  
• We have a new leaderboard for players that have the most ‘LIKE’s.

PROVING GROUNDS EASE OF ACCESS

• We’ve added Stars next to the Campaign posters to indicate the number of proving ground challenges for each missions.
  
• Once you’ve selected a specific mission and you are in the DIORAMA view, you can use the arrows next to the title of the mission to see the different Proving Ground challenges.
  
• A checkmark has been added to the rewards that have been collected by the players.

NEW SERVER IN ASIA

• We’ve added a new server located in Singapore to help lag issues for Asian players.
  
• This is only a first step. We are working on a solution to allow players to connect to our servers without having to use a VPN. We believe this solution will resolve most of our connectivity issues.

BALANCING CHANGES

OTHER FIXES

• Reduced the amount of VFX generated by certain spells which was making the game hard to read.
  
• Pressing ‘R’ will toggle the radio on screen which gives the player control over which music is playing.
  
• Fixed bugs that had been reported by players across the game.

SERVER ISSUES IN CHINA

CORE COMBAT

PVE CONTENT

New Game Mode: Skirmish 1.0

• 3v3 and 4v4 Skirmish is now available in the DUEL tab.
  
• This is a first iteration of the game mode. We will shape the skirmish mode based on community feedback.
  

Hero Control 1.0

• Players can now move the hero freely across the board during combat.
  
• We have 2 control options for the player’s movement (available in OPTIONS)
  
• CONTROL 1: Left-click will move the character on the board. Left-click HOLD will pan the camera. Right-click will rotate the camera.
  
• CONTROL 2: Left-click or Left-click hold will move the character on the board. Right-click will pan the camera. Middle mouse-click will rotate the camera. This will impact camera movement in the Citadel as well.
  
• This is a first iteration of the hero controls. We will expand on the hero controls based on community feedback.
  

Visit Citadel 1.0

• You can now visit another player’s Collection from your own Collection menu by clicking the ‘’VISIT CITADELS’’ button.
  
• The Collection will be displayed around the citadel with the SKINS, POSES and POSITIONS created/picked by the player.
  
• You can visit citadels by entering a player name, by looking for the last player you’ve met ONLINE or by clicking the RANDOM PLAYER button.
  
• In the next iteration, we will add the option to ‘’LIKE’’ a citadel and create a LEADERBOARD for the best Collections!
  
• Player SKINS are now saved in JPG format to allow faster loads. This comes at the expense of a (small) compression.
  

Energy Management For Creatures

• We’ve changed the way ENERGY works for Creatures. All creatures now have 10 ENERGY points. The Energy is now based on the number of CONDITIONS (Command Lines) a Creature has – no longer related to the spells.
  

Tabletop Camera

• We’ve added a new TABLETOP camera that showcases the entire playing area. We’ve made modifications to the control of the Hero Camera based on your control options. You can now toggle the cinematic camera on a separate button.
  
• CAMERA CONTROL: Space Bar will center camera on the HERO. ALT will switch the camera between Tabletop and Hero Camera.
  

Daily Challenges

• Daily challenges now give a LOOT BOX to players upon completion.
• Challenges are for PvP and SKIRMISH.
  

Connection Issues

• Added DEBUG INFO to help us understand/debug network & latency issues players have in different countries.
  
• Fixed issues where the players were getting a message ‘’OPPONENT LEFT’’ in PvE matches. This issue would arise when the players were losing their connection to the server. A proper message will now be displayed if this issue happens in the future.
  
• Please send the following information to support.ubi.com if you continue to encounter issues:
  o Press ‘L’ to see your current latency including
  o AvgReq: Package transport time + treatment of package
  o AvgServer: Server time to treat the package
  o dTS: Difference between server and client
  o Average InputTS: Average time between ‘sent’ order and ‘reception’ for packages between client and server (note: this is only available during battle when casting an ability)
  

PvP Play Rewards

Balancing Changes

Other Fixes

• Sound mixing pass, added SFX to certain missing feedback.
  
• Fixed DELETING CHARACTER issue. You cannot delete figurines if you have only 1 version of the said figurine. If you delete a duplicate, you will be reimbursed for the figurine.
  
• Added SYNERGY feedback over the target’s head when the player does synergy damage.
  
• In the hero ability bar, spells that can be used in SYNERGY are also HIGHLIGHTED when an enemy has a status effect needed to do SYNERGY.
  
• Reduced GOD RAYS and DEPTH OF FIELD during combat to have a clearer view of the battlefield.
  
• Fixed localization issues across all languages.
  
• Many other bug fixes and improvements across the board.
  

• Dead God led the discussion on turn-based combat, and even though we won’t be moving in that direction, this discussion gave us the opportunity to further clarify our vision!
  
  
• Elveone provided some of the most detailed feedback very early on.
  
  
• Xunthraedor and Banezilla have been hugely supportive and clear in their feedback.
  
  
• Similarly, beyond being #1 in the leaderboards, WeTheNorth has delivered such detail with an intense understanding of the mechanics – the team is both extremely impressed and humbled by the attention WeTheNorth has given us!
  

• Steam Trading Cards are coming.
  
• Energy –
  o We listened to the feedback regarding the use of Energy to limit the use of abilities
  o Basically, it means that each Creature will have up to 10 possible slots for instructions
  
  
• Visit Citadels –
  o A new feature that will be available through the main game menu
  o You will likely be able to choose who to visit from a list of “last met” players, search by name or at random
  o You’ll see a players Collection Board, exactly as they have their figurines placed on the board and in the poses they have selected.
  o You will be able to examine their paint jobs up close
  o You will not be able to change anything about the player’s board – you can only look
  o We will improve the feature in later updates and welcome any feedback!
  
  
• Player Controls –
  o Introduces ‘click to move’ for the Hero character
  o We are looking for your feedback on these changes!
  
  
• Camera Improvements –
  o New camera angle focusing on entire board to give full view of all action
  o Mid-range zoom camera now focuses on Hero by default
  
  
• Skirmish Mode –
  o Essentially solo battles against AI bots
  o currently focused on 4v4 version, but could expand
  o Will award in-game currency and xp
  o Gives you an alternative path to continue earning progress