New Hero

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Bugs & Balance

Update #18

• New animation for assassin's shadowstep skill.
  
• Casters will now use buffs more frequently.
  

• Warrior's "Hamstring" cooldown reduced to 2 (down from 4), energy reduced to 3 (down from 5).
  

• Warrior's "Cyclone" now does more damage at higher levels.
  
• Can no longer put the same character into Sanctuary multiple times.
  
• Fixed description of Goblin Shaman's "Weapon of Fury".
  
• Potion after-effects can no longer be canceled.
  
• Dwarf King's "Counter Blow" no longer states that it requires the attacker not having moved this turn.
  
• Fixed a bug that cause characters to be moved to the wrong position in the roster when dragging them to other places.
  
• Ninja no longer shows a standard ranged attack icon at the start of a fight.
  

Update #17

• New player hero added: the Amazon. The Amazon is a hybrid ranged/melee character that can throw Javelins from a distance, then follow up with adrenaline-based melee skills. She has less range than archers but can switch from ranged to melee once she has built up some adrenaline to work with.
  

• Elven Hunter's "Scavenger Shot" returns less energy (12, down from 15) and has its cooldown increased (3, up from 2).
  

• Fixed a bug that caused "Shame" to cause an exception when more than one Effect was active.
  

Update #16

• Red Dragon has a new passive "Deflective Armor" that makes him take reduced damage from ranged attacks.
  

• Elven Hunter's "Burning Arrow" burning condition lasts 2 turns (down from 3).
  
• Elven Hunter's "Needling Shot" energy cost increased to 7 (up from 6).
  
• Decrease energy cost of "Flanking Shot" and "Precision Shot" to 4 (down from 6).
  
• Decrease duration of "Apply Poison" to 6 (down from 8). Reduce energy cost to 8 (down from 10).
  
• Increase energy cost of "Debilitating Shot" to 7 (up from 6).
  
• Decrease energy cost of "Troll Elixir" to 4 (down from 5).
  
• Reduce energy cost of "Penetrating Shot" to 5 (down from 6).
  

• Fixed a bug that removed a party slot after doing storyline missions in wrong order.
  
• Various bug fixes.
  

Update #15

• UI panel transparency removed.
  
• Animation speed can now be set via slider.
  
• Dwarven Slayer renamed to Berserker.
  

• Character level 6+ now grants percentage-based damage increase.
  
• Assassin's "Jump Strike" damage increased by 10 (per hand).
  
• Assassin's "Trampling Ox" damage increased by 10 (per hand).
  
• Ninja "Kama" now has 25% penetration (up from 15%).
  
• Ninja's Katana damage increased to 24-30 (up from 22-28).
  
• Ninja's "Crippling Slash" and "Wasting Hew" now do +15 damage (up from 13).
  
• Ninja's "Scissor's Bow" and "Windmill Bow" now do +12 damage per hand (up from 10).
  
• Dwarven Berserker's basic attack skills like "Agonizing Chop", "Disrupting Chop", etc. now need 10% health but do more damage.
  
• Dwarven Berserker's advanced and elite skills do more damage.
  
• Dwarven Priest's "Conviction" regenerates 25 health/turn (up from 20).
  
• Warrior now also has a "Stability" passive that gives him a 50% chance to resist knockdowns.
  
• Character level boundaries adjusted. Characters need more XP in the early game to level up. This may temporarily downlevel your characters after the update until you meet the need level requirements.
  

Update #14

• Defeating the demon rewards equipment and a statue of lore that reduces costs in the training hall by 33%.
  

• Higher level missions reward more gold.
  
• Higher rated monsters reward more gold.
  
• Levitation causes melee attacks to miss 90% of times (down from 100%).
  

• Fixed a bug that prevented statues from being rewarded.
  
• Fixed a bug that made the wrong dragon form to appear during the end game fight.
  
• Fixed a bug that accidentally used two scrolls of recovery.
  
• Delete sig les in ironman mode.
  
• Fixed "Ork Traders" event.
  
• Fixed bug that allowed upgrading skills beyond their maximum level.
  
• Dwarven Slayer now shows weapon base damage in character details panel.
  
• Show level-up dialog when leveling up after consuming a scroll of XP.
  

Update #13

• All heroes now come in two appearances so you have an easier time distinguishing two heroes of the same class [released prematurely on last update]. Now you can switch between the two appearances in the tavern/mission board by right-clicking the character and selecting the desired appearance.
  
• Introduced new reputation system. Your actions will now have an impact on your reputation with other races. A good reputation will reduce the cost of recruiting or training a hero of a certain race, while a bad reputation has the opposite effect.
  

• Dwarven Champion's Overbearing Smash was moved from advanced to basic so he has a basic adrenaline skill.
  
• Dwarven Knight's Deadly Riposte was scaling up a bit too much.
  
• Dwarven Slayer has a toughness passive reducing constitution loss.
  
• Steward task durations reduced by 1 day (except cooking).
  
• Dwarven Priest's "Inspiration" no longer requires an action point.
  

• Dwarven Slayer starting skills now choose from whole skill set. Also, he always gets utter berserk (which is now a basic skill).
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented characters from finishing their steward tasks, getting new missions or new recruits after coming back from a mission.
  
• Fixed a problem with ballistas not turning or reloading properly.
  
• Fixed dwarven slayer's earrings which accidentally provided a lot of armor.
  

Update #12

• New playable hero: the dwarven slayer. He has no energy resource but his skills cost a percentage of his current health. The lower his health, the more damage he does. He is a crazy guy who forgoes armor for more damage.
  
• New option to speed up attack animations by factor 5.
  
• Archer animations generally sped up.
  
• Refund 75% of the equipment cost for fallen team members (only if you win the battle).
  
• Added voiceover introductions for new neutral creatures (humans, dwarves).
  
• New Credits song: "The Fires of the Storm Guard".
  
• Mobility potions grant immunity to knockdown.
  
• Can now sell potions in town.
  
• Can now rearrange characters on roster via drag & drop.
  

• Some AI skills that cause burning now have slightly lower duration.
  
• Level boundaries for level 5+ lowered. Thus, characters level faster in the late game.
  
• For normal games with missions costing stamina, tax income increased to 500 (up from 250). This should give players a wee-bit more gold to equip and train multiple heroes.
  
• Burning now does damage equivalent to 20% of max hp (down from 25%). AoE burning was a bit too good.
  
• Goblin Assassin's "Dagger Fury" does +20 damage (down from +25).
  
• Statues provide better benefits.
  
• Weapon penetrations scale with character levels. That way, penetration is not that bad early on but will get gradually better (as armor gets thicker).
  
• Troll and Warchief's high end skills moved back one level. They were too good in the mid game.
  
• Dodging no longer takes distance into account.
  
• Lowered chance of Portal, Crypt or Camp missions to show up to 10% (down from 15%). Chance of Occupied Village and Invasion both reduced to 15 (down from 20).
  
• Scrolls of XP now give 250XP (up from 100).
  

• "Bring Supplies" steward mission only granted 1 gold per level instead of 25. Fixed.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the game to freeze when a character currently turning around to defend against a blow was killed/knocked down.
  

Update #11

• Save files now require a unique name. This allows overwriting save files having the same name. File names are scoped to the town name, i.e. two different towns (=games) can have the same name.
  
• Town names must now be unique.
  
• Implemented "Ironman Mode" that only keeps the last autosave. That way, saves are permanent (and so are deaths).
  
• Can now scroll when moving mouse over the edges of the screen.
  

• Some AI skills that cause burning now have slightly lower duration.
  

• Panning while holding the left mouse button is now less jerky.
  
• Fixed a problem with the "Orks attacking Undead" event.
  
• Fixed a bug causing black knight's slice & dice to freeze the game.
  
• Fixed a bug that causing a reviving zombie to freeze the game.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented combat from ending when the party was wiped.
  
• Ninja attack range will only show when a ranged skill is selected.
  

Update #10

• Acting AI character is highlighted on the UI.
  
• Improved animations when dying/knocked down: hit animations used to interfere with death/KD animations.
  
• Knocked-down characters no longer tie up enemy characters as long as they are on their back. This means that ranged characters can use their ranged attacks/skills even when next to a knocked down character.
  
• Attach/Move confirmation panel is now much smaller so it is less obtrusive.
  
• Missions requiring stamina can now be switched off in the global options. Some players don't like the new stamina mechanic and can now opt out of it. Don't blame it on me if the game gets too easy though...
  
• Added Apprentice Healer, a playable "soldier" class that can serve as a free backup healer.
  
• Knocked-down characters no longer tie up enemies. Ranged characters can use their ranged attack if adjacent to a disabled foe.
  
• Added a dozen new random events (featuring dwarves).
  
• Allied AI controlled characters now have yellow tile borders.
  
• Ballista added (dwarven siege weapon).
  

• Elven Hunter now has a 5% critical hit chance (+10% with full gear).
  
• Sparring now rewards 100xp (up from 50).
  

• Acting AI character is highlighted on the UI.
  
• Semi-transparent obstacles now properly show glyphs and UI elements.
  
• Ranged criticals are now properly reported as such.
  
• Dwarven Healer was lacking AI module so he was just standing around. Fixed now.
  
• Target frame rate set to 60fps to avoid skyrocketing frame rates on high end systems.
  
• Fixed issues with attack animations on many characters.