This week’s update features some new UI elements as well as a buff to quite a few card upgrades – particularly on action cards.
We’re also still looking for Russian speakers to give us feedback on the on-going Russian translation so please drop by our Discord and let us know how we’re doing!
Keep your eyes peeled for something exciting coming next week.
Let us know what you think on Discord!
UI Updates
Added an icon to the Recycle Shrine to show when you can undo an action.
Added undo reminder for players who might have missed or forgotten the feature from the tutorial.
Card Updates
‘Shape Elements’ – Reduced cost to 0 (from 1).
‘Bone Wolf’ (Hunter) – Increased Health to 5 (from 4).
Upgrade Changes
‘Armoured Advance +’ – Upgrade now gives +1 Movement and +1 Defence.
‘Chaos Missiles +’ – Upgrade now increases range by +1.
‘Multi Shot +’ – Upgrade now increases damage by +2.
‘Fireball +’ – Upgrade now increases Burning stacks to 2.
‘Flame Fan +’ – Upgrade now increases damage by +1.
‘Grapple +’ – Upgrade now increases damage by +1.
‘Lightning Bolt +’ – Upgrade now increases damage by +1.
‘Battle Stance +’ – Upgrade now provides an additional +1 to damage, but only 6 Defence (down from 8).
‘Sun Fire +’ – Upgrade now increases damage by +4.
‘Arcing Shot +’ – Upgrade now deals 4-8 damage.
‘Ricochet Shot +’ – Upgrade now deals 5-8 damage.
‘Critical Strike +’ – Upgrade now deals an extra +3 damage.
‘Aimed Shot +’ – Upgrade now deals an extra +3 damage.
‘Grit +’ – Upgrade now grants an extra +2 Defence.
‘Signal Shot +’ (Hunter) – Upgrade now increases damage by 2.
‘Overwatch +’ (Hunter) – Upgrade now increases damage by 2.
‘Static Discharge +’ (Elementalist) – Upgrade now increases damage by +1.
‘Inspiring Strike +’ (Warlord) – Upgrade now increases damage by +1.
‘Opening Strike +’ (Warlord) – Upgrade now deals an extra +2 damage.
‘Distract +’ (Alchemist) - Upgrade now gives +1 Movement and +1 Defence.
‘Revulsion +’ (Witch) – Upgrade now increases range by +1.
‘Carapace +’ (Spirit Speaker) – Upgrade now grants an extra stack of Protected instead of an extra card.
Balance Changes
‘Green Dragon’ - Increased Acid inflicted by passive to 2 (from 1).
‘Death Guards’ - Increased health.
‘Planar’ – Reduced health.
Russian Localization Beta: Help Wanted
The latest update for Trials of Fire now includes a beta version for Russian with 97% translation complete. We'd really appreciate feedback from Russian players on how this is working, so come and join us on Discord to let us know!
https://discord.gg/uQp8UubF3Z
Trials of Fire Weekly Update #75 now Live
Trials of Fire v0.82 Release Notes
Happy Friday everyone.
This week’s update features a few card balance tweaks and the beta release for our Russian translation.
We have a pretty exciting event coming up soon so keep your eyes peeled!
Let us know what you think on Discord!
Language Updates
This build includes a beta version of our Russian translation.
This has 97% of text translated, but some of the newer text is still not complete.
Card Updates
‘Rage’ – Updated effect to ‘Draw 2 cards. Add an Exhausted card to the top of your deck.’
‘Force Field’ – Reduced Defence to 2 (from 3).
‘Uncanny Defence’ – Increased Defence to 2-6 (from 2-5).
Bug Fixes
Fixed ‘Channel Spirit’ (Shaman) from not triggering properly.
Trials of Fire Weekly Update #74 now Live
Trials of Fire v0.81 Release Notes
This week’s update contains a change to the way some overworld encounters are distributed to give the player more of a meaningful choice on where to travel next.
Also this week, some UI and balance changes to some of the harder enemy encounters.
Let us know what you think on Discord!
Adventure Updates
Forest and glasslands events no longer lead to combat.
This is to differentiate these events from ruins and roaming encounters.
Added more variety of combat events to roaming enemies.
UI Updates
Hovering over crafting materials displays the equipped items that it can help upgrade.
Card Updates
‘Flourish’ (Assassin) – Updated effect to ‘Defend 2 + your current Melee Damage bonus x2.’
Balance Updates
Updated ‘Devil Moth’ deck to make it a little easier – particularly at higher Cataclysm levels.
Increased challenge rating of ‘Human Shaman’, ‘Bandit Lord’ and ‘Basilisk Spitter’
Trials of Fire Update #73 now Live
Trials of Fire v0.80 Release Notes
This update sees the merging of our Chinese build into the main branch. As well as a few bug fixes.
Going forward we will just be releasing a single build for all leading up to release.
Let us know what you think on Discord!
UI Updates
Language selection now available in the in-game options menu.
Bug Fixes
Fixed Spirit Speaker ‘Empower’ talent not affecting Ranged Attacks.
‘Elven Burial Pendant’ now correctly restricts you to 4 cards.
Fixed ‘Thyran Harness’ effect not triggering correctly.
Trials of Fire Weekly Update #72 now Live
Trials of Fire v0.79 Release Notes
Happy 2021 Everybody!
This week’s update contains a big change to Defence to provide defensive options to go with the Power change from before xmas.
Also, a couple of nerfs to some over-tuned Tier 4 bosses.
Let us know what you think on Discord!
Defence Changes
Unspent, Recycled cards now provide 2 Defence instead of 1.
The ‘Defend’ card has been removed from all Heroes’ starting decks and replaced with cards appropriate to that class.
IMPORTANT: Weakness cards now provide no defence when recycled and will always be spent 1st when spending recycled cards for Willpower or movement.
Card Changes
‘Force Field’ – Now provides 3 Defence (up from 2).
‘Demonic Pact’ – Provides 2 Willpower (up from 1).
‘Resilience’ (Warrior) – Provides 3 Defence per turn (up from 2) and 3 Defence when played.
‘Bulwark’ (Warrior) – Provides 7 Defence (up from 6).
‘Revulsion’ (Witch) – Provides 3 Defence (up from 2).
Boss Balance Changes
‘Red Dragon’ – Reduced cards per turn by 1.
‘Lurker’ – Reduced cards per turn by 1.
Trials of Fire Christmas Update now Live
Trials of Fire v0.78 Release Notes
Merry Christmas everyone,
This Christmas update includes a big change to the way Powers work in game to prevent multiple Powers on a single Hero protecting each other.
Also some fun Christmas cosmetics (which you can disable in the options menu if you would prefer!).
Let us know what you think on Discord!
Power Changes
Powers now no longer come with an inherent Defence bonus.
This is to keep things a bit simpler and to and to prevent additional Powers from protecting existing ones.
Card Changes
All class focus cards (Adrenaline, Cantrip etc.) – Increased Resilience to 8.
‘Resilience’ (Warrior) – Increased Resilience to 8.
‘Iron Skin’ – Increased Resilience to 6.
‘Elite’ – Decreased cost to 1 (from 2).
‘Reach’ – Increased cost to 1, Resilience to 5 and changed effect to, ‘When an enemy moves into an adjacent space, draw a card.’
‘Battle Stance’ – Updated effect to, ‘All Attacks deal +2 Damage. On Play: Defend 3.’
‘Take Aim’ (Hunter) – Increased cost to 1 and changed effect to, ‘All attacks on a single target deal bonus damage equal to the Resilience of this Power. After attacking, this Power loses 1 Resilience.’
‘Supported’ (Hunger) – Increased Resilience to 4.
‘Stalk+’ – Changed upgraded effect to, ‘Adjacent enemies do not prevent you from performing Combo Strikes.’
‘Overload’ (Elementalist) – Reduced Resilience to 4.
‘Abjuration+’ – Changed upgraded effect to ‘On Play: Defend 3.’
‘Lethality’ (Assassin) – Reduced Resilience to 4.
‘Fire Shield’ (Elementalist) – Increased cost to 1 and changed effect to, ‘"Whenever you are attacked by an adjacent enemy, inflict Burning 2 on the attacker. On Play: Defend 3.’
UI Changes
• Remaining health on Powers can be previewed in battle.
Boss Balance Changes
‘Green Dragon’ – Increased Health a bit.
‘Death Guard’ – Increased Health a bit.
'Lurker' - Reduced Willpower by 1.
‘Blue Dragon’ – Increased Willpower by 1 to match the ‘Planar’.
Trials of Fire Weekly Update #70 now Live
Trials of Fire v0.77 Release Notes
Good afternoon all,
This week’s update focuses on a bit more boss balancing to even out the ‘Trial of Fire’ mode. Also, we’re trying out a much-requested feature to aid in exploring the Glasslands.
Let us know what you think on Discord!
Mini Map
Added a mini map to aid in exploration.
Will show the surrounding geography.
Large structures (ruins/towns) will be shown on the map.
Smaller encounters will not show up so look out for these as you travel.
Boss Changes
Increased difficulty of ALL bosses above Tier 1 a bit.
Lowered ‘Lurker’ difficulty.
Increased ‘Green Dragon’ difficulty.
Increased ‘Blue Dragon’ difficulty.
Card Changes
‘Equality’ (Warlord) – Changed name to ‘Tenacity’ and updated effect to, ‘Gain +1 damage to all attacks per named effect stack on this character.’
Trials of Fire Weekly Update #69 now Live
Trials of Fire v0.76 Release Notes
Good afternoon all,
This week’s update focuses on balancing difficulty a bit across the adventure. Some changes here to make it easier to come back from a couple of bad battles without overly rewarding players who get through unscathed.
Also a couple of new Class Cards and boss updates to look out for.
Let us know what you think on Discord!
Adventure Progress
These changes have been made to make it a bit easier to recover from a bad situation without it snowballing out of control.
After completing an objective, each Hero recovers some health and heals a single random injury.
Reduced food and herb rewards at the objective to compensate.
Moving on roads now speeds up party movement.
Boss Changes
‘Lurker’
Burrow ability now triggers after taking 15% of starting health damage. So it is less stop-start at higher difficulty levels.
Added a tracker (hover over the Lurker) to see how much damage still to go.
‘Lurker Tentacles’ now activate on the turn they are spawned as they used to – updated the wording to make this clearer.
‘Blue Dragon’
Changed defensive ability to be a flat ‘Melee, Ranged and Magic Resist 1.’ This serves the same purpose as the previous ability (encouraging big hits), but hopefully less frustrating to play with.
Increased health a bit to compensate.
Cataclysm 6
Cataclysm 6 bonus is now ‘Bosses gain an additional 15% health per Tier,’ so health bonus ramps up the later they appear in the adventure. (Tier 1 bosses now have less health).
Card Changes
Added new class card for the Elementalist and Witch to help with weaker play-styles.
‘Icefire Aura’ (Elementalist) – Changed effect to ‘Whenever an adjacent enemy gains Burning, they also gain Chilled, and vice-versa.’ This is to make this ability simpler to understand and allow you to trigger it multiple times a turn for maximum effectiveness.
Trials of Fire Weekly Update #68 now Live
Trials of Fire v0.75 Release Notes
Good afternoon all,
This week’s update is mainly some cosmetic and game mode changes. We’ve been working on some other cool stuff for (from?) the future, so keep your eyes peeled.
Let us know what you think on Discord!
Trial of Fire Mode
Custom game mode has been rebranded to ‘Trial of Fire’.
This mode is now the main mode and includes leaderboards for different game lengths.
Trying to make this the ‘go-to’ mode for replaying over and over again.
You can choose between Short (2 objectives), Standard (3 objectives) and Long (4 objectives) depending on how long you have to play.
Will be focused on balancing all the bosses for fun and difficulty and making this mode as replayable as possible leading up to 1.0 release.
