Greetings Everyone, We have a big patch today read, comment, and enjoy! Maps The Underdepths Map has gone though a major visual update, including a total redraw and the experimentation with some new graphics technology for environmental effects. Website Added ability to ignore players on website. This will prevent a player from contacting you using the messenger. Fixed default ordering for list view in Rune Manager. Design (General) Sacrifice is now a formal mechanic, with link text and everything and it now reads: Sacrifice (mechanic) - Unpreventable unit death that does not trigger any any on death events The following abilities previously would cause an unpreventable death, but could still inconsistently trigger some on-death effects (like novas). They are now full "sacrifices" and their text has been updated to reflect their function. Abilities Blood Offering, Devour Morsel, Sacrifice At Altar, Font Aversion, Indentured: Lich, Raven Tongue, & Sacrifice of De'lim. Spells Fuel, Implant, Last Stand, Retribution, Summoning Ritual, Burnout, & Foul Rite. Relics Altar of Bones, Fleshgrinder, & Sacrificial Altar. Abilities Train Nohkan Do: Fixed a bug that was causing train Nohkan Do to charge its nora cost twice. Pounce: Fixed an issue where the visual effect for Leap Attack was not being triggered. Sacrifice: This ability does not actually sacrifice since its intention is to trigger on-death events, and as a result it has been renamed "Self Destruct" to avoid confusion. Discussion: http://forums.poxnora.desertowlgame...s/discussion-patch-notes-july-31st-2014.5642/
Kthir Forest Champions Dryad Now has charm 3 on base (instead of charm 1). has 40 hp instead of 39. Gnarlwood Oakthumper Upgrade Set 1: Knockback 1 & 2. Sapling Summoned versions have been given a different look. Stats: Damage 6, Speed 5, Range 1, Defense 0, Health 24 Base Abilities: Attack Physical, Bind, Vulnerability Fire Path 1: Domain Vegetation (Default) / Surge Plant Path 2: Take Root (Default) / Hidden Vegetation Spells Thorn Collection: Text Update Area Effect 3: All spaces within the affected become vegetation for 6 turns, Champions take 10 physical damage, Shrines and relics take half damage. The owner of this spell gains nora equal to half the damage dealt by this spell at the end of the turn. Treefolk's Blessing: Text Update Target champion gains Resistance Physical 3 and Regeneration 3 for 6 turns. If the target is a Plant, it also gains Camouflage for 6 turns. Lash Down: Text Update Target Champion takes 5 physical damage and becomes Rooted and Distracted for 2 turns. Friendly Treefolk you control gain 2 AP. Abilities Take Root: Now cost 2 nora instead of 1. This champion loses Take Root and gains Uproot, Skirmisher, Immobile, Camouflage, and Multiattack 1. It also gains +2 DMG, +2 DEF, +5 HP, and +1 RNG.
Ironfist Stronghold Champions Archangel of Al'Mara Now has Abuse Charged (2) instead of attack Charged (1) on base Attendant Squire Now has a nora cost range of (56/58/64). Inexperienced has been raised in cost. Attendant has been raised in cost. Charger Knight Has 10 base damage. This champion also has the race Barbarian now. Crusader: Changed both Ability sets. Ability Set 1: Throw Axe, Conqueror (default) and Execute. Ability Set 2: Heal Self (2), Heal Self(3) and Trail: Hollowed Ground. Ironfist Inquisitor Declare Hunted has replaced Bounty Hunter on base. Strike replaces Sunder in Ability Set 1. Inquisition replaces Pace in Ability Set 2. Inquisitor Magnus Is now race Barbarian again, and so is Magnus the Fallen. Northern Cross Priestess This champion has been made more efficient. Paladin Commander Now has 55 hp. Starting Abilities: Iron Will, Attack: Physical, Commander: Paladin and Hold the Line. Ability Set 1: Rallying Cries (default), Impassioned, and Heal Self (2). Ability Set 2: Command Charge, Command: Heal, Command Block (default), and Command Dodge. Groble Rock Eater Ability Set 2: Damage Aura 3, Pummel 2, and Tremor The ability rock eater has received a cost increase. Ironfist Glider This champion has been made less efficient with a nora cost range of (49/51/54). Dwarven Sharpshooter Aim has now replaced Hinder Movement on base. Ability Set 2 is now: Drunken, Hidden: Arctic, and Hidden: Rock. Dwarven Hooligan Ability Set 2: Replaced Scour 1 with Overkill. Dwarven Windfury Now has a range of 3-5. Spells Refute: Text Update The next opposing rune played fails and is set to a cooldown of 8. Other copies of the same rune in your opponent's rune dock are revealed and also set to a cooldown of 8. Your opponent is refunded 50% of the failed rune's nora cost. Blink: Added a HP loss to this spell. Target champion is removed from play. At the end of 2 turns, the champion is returned to play in the location where it was removed from play. If that location is occupied, that unit loses 5 hp and the redeployment effect is delayed for 1 turn (this process repeats until the unit is successfully redeployed). Blessing of Al'Mara: Added Race: Angel Target champion gains Flight; if you own target champion, it gains Aerial Supremacy and Race: Angel as well. Abilities Dwarf Driven now works properly Catapult The visual effect for this ability should now trigger properly when used. Courage This ability's damage bonus now caps out at 6 instead of 8.
Sundered Lands Draksar Ravenspeaker Raven Tongue now properly charges its AP cost. Attack: Raven is now properly marked as an attack on the client, so it shows up in the 1st slot and works with hotkeys. Skeezick Sniper Traded Helpless for Easy Target on base. Valdac Replaced Blessing of the Fallen on base with the new ability: Valdac's Soul. Ability Set 2: Blessing of the Fallen and Cleansing Aura. Abilities Skeezick Alliance: (Reworked Ability) While 3 or more friendly Skeezick are in play, this unit gains +2 damage. If there are 5 or more friendly Skeezick are in play, this unit gains Skeezick Rebellion, permanently. Skeezick Rebellion: (New Ability) When a real friendly champion is destroyed, this unit is healed for 4 HP. If that unit was a Skeezick, this unit also gains +1 dmg for 6 turns. Valdac's Soul: (New Ability) When this unit dies the nearest friendly Dragonkin gains Valdac's Chosen Valdac's Chosen (New Ability) While this ability in in play, this unit has Attack: Magical, Demi-Gods cost 10% less and have their cooldowns reduced by 3 at the beginning its turns. When a Demi-God comes into play this unit heals for 20 HP and this ability is removed.
Forsaken Waste Champions Haunting spirit Move Sonic Aura 3 base and replace with Soul Channeling in upgrades. Spells Haunt The champions from the spell haunt now have a 0 nora cost. Haunting Grip No longer refunds nora in addition to other effects Witching Hour Replaced vaporize with Revel in Misery. Foul Rite Sacrifice all undead you own. Friendly humans get +2 damage and +5 HP for each non summoned, non illusion unit destroyed this way. Ritual of Ashes For 6 turns, the next time target friendly champion takes damage, opposing non-Avatar champions within 6 spaces become Cursed for 5 turns and take 50% of the damage as Magic damage. If the target was already Cursed, then this will deal an additional 5 damage. This effect does not stack and is hidden until triggered. Mobilization Increased nora cost by 5. Abilities Haunt Has been made cheaper. Curse (Rank 1 & 2) This champion makes an attack against target opposing champion at Range 1-4. If successful, the target becomes Cursed for (2/4) turns and takes 50% damage. If the target was already Cursed, then this will deal an additional 5 damage.
Underdepths Champions Bok Rader Traded Combat Awareness on base for Initiative 1. Upgrade path 2 is now: Immunity Fire, Resistance Fire (1) and Resistance Fire (2). Redcap Twins Has been made less efficient its nora cost range is now (72/76/79). Stitched Tyrant No longer has Lethargic on base. Stitched Symbiosis is now correctly marking the summoned riders as Summoned. Ember Wasp Now has 8 base damage. Has been made less efficient its nora cost range is now (62/66/70). Demonologist Is now UD/FW. No longer has Pawn or Dark Pact on base. Gained Ritual of Destruction on base. Upgrade Set 1: Drain, Pawn and Summon Imp 1 (default). Hekatian Voidraker Fixed a hotspot issue with this champion's idol animation. Abilities Corporeal Form: The damage from Corporeal Form no longer triggers the first turn the unit is deployed.
Savage Tundra Champions Tusk Tusk has been made less efficient. It's nora cost range is now (38/40/42). Chronomancer Chronomancer has been made more efficient. Spells Ice Storm: The Ice effect duration has been reduced. Area Effect 4: All spaces become Ice for the next 4 turns. All units become Grounded 2 and take 10 Frost damage. Units successfully damaged become Chilled for 2 turns. Equipment Phoenix Anklet: Fixed an issue where this was being triggered when the player would Sacrifice the equipped champion.
Shattered Peaks I know what you're thinking. You -- What the what?! Where are my SP Changes? I should immediately say terrible things to the player council and openly question the sexuality of employees and associates of DOG. Me -- Calm down there big guy, we have an announcement to make here You -- Then why did you choose his odd "conversational" format to say it instead of just saying it? Me -- I dont know. You -- This is a classic "straw man argument" where you make me say something hyperbolic I would never say, and then counter that, right? Me -- No You -- You never patch SP! Me -- Actually, we patch all the factions all the time, including SP! There were changes for SP we wanted to get in on this patch. However they were very contingent on a costing changes for Hero units and large units in general. You -- Changes to large units effects SP more than other factions! Me -- Correct! I felt this needed more testing since it effected all factions. The changes we wanted for SP in this patch will be included in the next patch. You -- I love you and I will never do another rage post again.
