The Ærena Devs will play from 8pm until 11pm CEST tomorrow and if you beat one you'll earn an ingme prize! Same goes for having a twitch stream with 10+ viewers while playing against one of us! Bonus for beating a Devs while streaming!

We will release a full list of the participating Devs, but besides Michelbert, Mental, Columba Palumbus and Primetide there will also be less lethal opponents like me ːbeatmeatː

You might also meet some Devs who you probably didn`t know already and we will chat about Ærena's development past and future!

We will also spend the "buy the developers a beer" DLC money, so who knows what other crazy things we might think of during that.

From now on you can get trading cards in Ærena!

All transactions with your steam wallet will drop Trading Cards upon a certain amount.
Happy Badgde crafting!

New Features:
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• New Children of God Ærena
  
• New character Luna:
  -Basic attack: Melee attack deals 2-3 damage
  -Super attack: Teleports onto a tile within three range
  -Ultra attack: Teleports onto a tile within three range and deals 2 damage everyone within melee range
  
• Sound options
  
• New default master image
  
• Worldmap is now animated with clouds and ships moving around.
  
• Problems with disconnected clients that got other players stuck are now handled by a new [Reconnect] feature.
  
• Rewards for Founder's Pack, Deluxe Pack and PAX pack are given on login after activation
  
• Semi-random, semi-hidden challenge, which will allow unlocking of a new ship upon completion
  
• Beta season will end on 04/05/14 10:00 UTC
  
• The first season will run from 04/05/14 10:01 UTC till 01/07/14 11:00 UTC
  
• Hard Æther coins shop is active on Steam
  
• Tons of new shells:[/li]
  http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=254815087
  
  
  Fixes:
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• The shell-purchase step in the tutorial was removed
  
• The second match against Lilly has been removed from the tutorial
  
• Inventory items are now correctly aligned in the shop and the loadout screens
  
• Matches that end while there is no active season will no longer cause the players to get stuck
  
• Early bird master image only available to player who bought either the founder's or the deluxe pack prior to the game going F2P
  
• Fixed that users are stuck in tutorial when buying the shell package if they lose connection at the same time.
  
• Shells are no longer awarded at the end of matches
  
• Fixed that users with a poor connection get stuck in tutorial mission 1.
  
• Changed description of Æther Coin Packages in Steam purchase dialog.
  
• Fixed a typo in Mary's info screen
  
• Shilling prices are now coloured white on light blue (if available) or red on orange (if not available)
  
• Aether coin prices are always coloured white on green
  
• Detail view and information screens of shells no longer show the -99% badge
  
• Chaos is a common shell now
  
• Backdoor is a rare shell now
  
• Teleport is a common shell now
  
• Players are no longer ranked as Aethermaster once a new season begins
  
• Full Comeback was renamed to Comeback
  
• Bloody Mary's limp has been fixed
  
• Shell generator shell generation time decreased to 2 hours down from 3
  
• All Play league match and Win League match achievement decreased to 50 shillings down from 300
  
• Dearborn Heights has correct preview picture now
  
• Sparrow is now unlocked with level 7 instead of 21
  
• Arc is now unlocked with level 9 instead of 27
  
• Packer is now unlocked with level 12 instead of 15
  
• Players' rank is correctly shown at the start of a new season now
  
• Radar is not red or green anymore if matchmaking starts again after counter was lower then 10.
  
• Worldmap not visible anymore before the first tutorial comic starts.[/li]

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We patched the game today and wiped the Database.
That means a fresh start for everybody!!

Hve a look at what is new and improved!

New Features:

-The first part of our brand new single player campaign, starting with a nifty tutorial and introducing new captains, which the player will face
-An extensive Tutorial explaining the ins and outs
-Yet another new ship: The Arc, the ESS's latest invention
-A new season starting!
-More achievements, more badges, more fun!
-Parts of the match UI have been redone: new health and aether bars for champions and ships
-Captain shell activation animations have been added

Fixes:

-All intro sequences have been redone
-Current XP and needed XP for next level are now shown again in the player bar
-Cut off texts in loading screens are now wholly visible again
-Fixed a typo in Corporal's info screen
-It is not possible anymore to load out more shells of a type than you possess
-Adjusted the light settings for the Arenas
-Fixed an issue that could cause accidental multiple purchases in the shop
-League Points lost are now correctly shown with a minus before the number
-Champions and ships are now correctly highlighted when in effect area of an attack
-Fixed a special case with Corporal's super that dealt damage when it shouldn't
-Renamed a button in loadout screen when searching for match is active
-Announcer now announces the match and the spawned champions correctly
-Fixed some UI elements which had the wrong color
-Fixed several issues with the corporal's super
-Fixed an issue that could cause the shop to display an item as purchaseable despite the fact that the player doesn't have enough Shillings to buy it
-Healing Effects can't save a character that has reached 0 HP anymore.
- The Butcher's Ultrimate and the Corporal's Super can now be used against the opponent's ship.
-Already bought champions don't show a discount tag anymore
-If players in the Aether Master Tier earn more than 99 LP the amount will be shown correctly now.
-Switching between one active shell (or skill) and another one will now play the correct animation in the skill- (or shell-)button
-The achievements for logging in frequently now have a progress display in the master profile
-Buttons in confirmation dialogues no longer drift apart on higher resolutions
-Health markers are no longer shown in front of the player names
-Ship health markers no longer vanish if they go offscreen when the ship shakes

Everybody who reaches PLATINUM or higher before the wipe, will receive an additional steam key if they claim it with a screenshot of the leaderboard by mail to aerena-support@cliffhanger-productions.com
(I will answer with the keys after the wipe)
Good luck!

New Champion Wayne Ford - 'The Corporal' and 'Deadborn Heights' - a second INCquisition arena will spice up league matches!

The Incorporated Æther Acquisition Conglomerate (IÆAC), called INCquisition by the public, was founded by Henry Ford and a number of other industry magnates, with the clear intent to regulate Æther possession and prevent its private consumption. Ford and many of his co-founders believed Æther to be evil in nature, seeing it as a way to corrupt man with the possession of god-like abilities, leading him to pride and outright blasphemy. To them it is like Uranium - you use it if you need to, but you don't mix it in a drink of Absynth or hand it to the common man. Only the strong morals and leadership of Ford and his fellow magnates were able to rein in the many temptations and dangers Æther brought with it. Thus INC set out to buy out any and all sources of Æther and gathered the support of high ranking members of the Catholic Church, marrying the industrial conglomerates with the moral authority of the church. The INC fields the best trained, best equipped, most disciplined and motivated forces money can buy. The INC is strongly opposed to the public use of Æther and the individualistic tendencies present in the Air Pirates, Æther Junkies, ESS and COGs to them just means all of them have strayed from the path of righteousness and obedience to the church and your betters. Just one more proof the world needed their firm guidance, really. Æther

The INC members were one the biggest manufacturer of weapons and military vessels in the Æther Wars, some of them also providing mercenary armies, until its leaders Henry Ford, Charles “Engine Charlie” Wilson and the Papal Emissary Cardinal Pacelli watched the nations of the world ruin the globe and decided to do something against it. The INC members stopped delivering to the warring states and thus contributed to the quick end of the war. After the Æther Wars, the INC returned to regulating AEther, which was best done by controlling as many extraction platforms as possible – thus they immediately decided to join The Games, which were the means to decide ownership of those platforms. The INC created a specialized military branch training for The Games, filling its ranks with talented, loyal and dedicated fighters. Then they set their sight on world domination….


PATCHNOTES:
- New champion: The Corporal
- New arena: Dearborn Heights
- Advancing to new league tiers awards achievements

Fixes:

- Æther Discharge costs 8 Æther instead of 7
- Chaos costs 5 Æther instead of 6
- Minor Healing costs 1 Æther instead of 2
- Lady Aurora's skills received an "No-Line-Of-Sight-Needed" icon
- Updated the preview images of South Pole and Dome Argus
- Level 23 no longer shows that it would unlock Bait and Switch
- Level 22 no longer shows that it would unlock Scorching
- "Æther-Manipulation"-shells are now called "Æther-Control"-shells
- AoE (area of effects) -skills' area marker received a new look
- Fixed an animation issue of of the affected champion of Crank's super and ulti attack
- After winning 10 league matches in a row the badge 'Invincible' is now given again correctly
- Surrendered Matches don't count toward "Play x League Matches"-Achievements
- Adjusted number of matches needed for certain Achievements
- Adjusted the Shilling-Rewards of achievements
- Debriefing after a match now shows the actual league points in the current tier
- Volume of flame sound effect of "Light 'em up" and "Chaos" has been reduced
- Chat now automatically scrolls down when a new message is received
- Fixed various typos in info screens
- The "Welcome to leagues"-screen shows a new description text
- Fixed scrolling in info texts
- The buy-buttons of the master images now disappear correctly after switching to achievements
- Bloody Mary's character sheet now displays her possible damage correctly
- Shells received in the shop and from shell generator get correctly awarded again
- Chat gets automatically updated whenever a player sends or receives a new message
- Fixed an issue that showed chat messages in wrong order
- Fixed an issue that made it impossible to show tooltips when too little Æther was available
- Fixed the level 40 "Upcoming Rewards"-Screen
- The amount of Shillings you gain for a level up has been adjusted and now scales with level
- Improved the display of active shells/skills
- Fixed an issue that made games crash once the player gained Aethermaster rank and viewed the Leaderboards.

The Corporal and a second INCquisition arena will spice up things!
We will also set different dicounts, so hurry up to get the currently discounted Champs in time!

On March 2, 2014 at 8pm GMT (or 2pm US Central). PunasaurusRex and his friends (Crazee, Misskpavd, and others) will be playing Aerena and streaming our matches on Twitch.

As special guests Michlbert (designer) and Columba Palumbus (lead designer) will be joining. Loquee (guy who is around) will be around in twitch and ingame chat to answer player questions.

We will also play some matches, so you might be able to whitness occasional humiliation :)

go here for Details:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/247830/discussions/0/558748822589635707/

The champion "The Butcher" has been discounted with - 50%

The ships "Sparrow" and "Packer" have been discounted with - 50%
temporarily only until beginning of next week!

Hi here are the patch notes of today's patch:

• The arenas South Pole and Dome Argue have been visually overhauled
  
• Map Rotation is now 1 hour instead 1 day
  
• Improved visibility of selected skills or shells
  
• Improved visibility of movement markers
  
• Fixed an issue where the client could crash, if the chat service was lost during a mission.
  
• The global chat now shows messages which have been sent before or during a match after the match is over
  
• Chaos Shell is now part of the 'Attack Pack' in the Shell Shop (it was part of the ' Æther Control Pack' before)
  
• Players don't receive shells after a lost AI match anymore, to prevent exploiting.
  
• Achievement to reach AE bots level VI is given correctly
  
• New achievements and unlocks are now displayed more quickly
  
• Achievements "Play 10 league matches" and "Win 10 league matches in a row" are now correctly awarded
  
• After winning 175 league matches, the icon for the new unlocked master image is now shown correctly
  
• Fixed the faulty Shilling display with level-up-achievements
  
• Issue fixed which caused that players with 99 league points weren`t displayed in the respective leaderboard.
  
• The floor nozzles of Mount Whitney now have a darker shading and look much more integrated.
  
• Saturation of character textures has been increased
  
• Fixed an issue that caused clients to crash when level 40 was reached
  
• An issue that caused the player bar to disappear at level 40 has been fixed
  
• The opponent's spawning turn isn't skipped anymore if the preceding champion attacks exactly when his turn timer is about to run out
  
• Fixed issue that made spawning impossible when a player used many quick chat icons shortly before debriefing in the previous match
  
• Fixed that wrong shell image in match gets removed if you have 2 or 3 of the same kind with you.

Also of note:
the league end date has been postponed to March 28th