Sep 2, 2015

ENDLESS™ Legend - Steph.(✿◠‿◠)

This major addition to the game content includes the long-awaited espionage system (spying, infiltration and pillaging). It also includes an entire Major Faction, the Forgotten, whose gameplay is based on espionage.

Get it here:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/374500

ADDITIONS [Shadows]

Added a new Major Faction: the Forgotten
Added a new Army action: Pillage
Added a new Hero action: Infiltration
Added a new City action: Roundup
Added the Infiltration actions, unlocked once a spy has infiltrated an opponent city
- Decrease Vision
- Reveal Spy
- Decrease Diplomatic Cost
- Decrease Science Production (non Forgotten-specific)
- Steal Technology (Forgotten-specific)
- Decrease Morale
- Decrease Industry Production
- Decrease Population
- Damage Fortification
- Target Governor
Added new diplomatic interactions related to the espionage
Added a new diplomatic term: Prisoner Exchange
Added the Camouflage (invisibility on forest tiles) and Stealth (invisibility on all tiles) capacities
Added the Dual Wield capacity (-50% on attribute bonuses from offhand weapon)

CHANGES AND ADDITIONS [All versions]

Added a new game option in order to show/mask the empire information and curves displayed in-game
Added the ability to whisper to a known player by clicking on his/her status sector in the End Turn panel
Added a new tab in the options: controls can be redefined
Added new controls:
- Bottom of all construction queues: you can now add an improvement at the bottom of the construction queue of all your cities by pressing CTRL when you click on the chosen improvement.
- Top of all construction queues: you can now add an improvement at the top of the construction queue of all your cities by pressing SHIFT when you click on the wanted improvement.
- Top of one construction queue: you can now add an improvement at the top of the construction queue of a city by pressing ALT when you click on the chosen improvement.
Added several new key bindings
AI now takes into account the market-value of luxury and strategic resources in diplomacy
Remove retreat possibility when being in a besieged district
+1 on unit military upkeep when in armies
"Fragile Health" and "Make Trade not War" trait costs have been increased
Added City Upkeep to a couple of Improvements where it was still missing
Added a confirmation message to hero assignment in case the army is made of Privateers
Impacted with gamespeed the time required to reach the max value of Research and Commercial agreements bonus
Reduced "Fast" Game Speed multiplier on Luxury and Strategic Resource Production (from 2 to 1.5)
Added the Sharp Sense capacity to shields
Changed Titanium Shields Damage bonus (5%/10%/20%) to a 5%/10%/20% Life bonus
Decreased Damage bonus granted by Glassteel on weapons (-50%)
Decreased Attack bonus granted by Titanium on weapons (-50%)
Tweaked Movement bonus granted by Improved Movement capacity on Iron Talismans:
- Tier1: +1 Map Movement, +1 Battle Movement, +3 Initiative
- Tier2: +2 Map Movement, +1 Battle Movement, +5 Initiative
- Tier3: +3 Map Movement, +1 Battle Movement, +7 Initiative
Increased bonus granted by Glory of Death capacity on Titanium Talismans:
- Tier1: +0.5 Morale per adjacent enemy
- Tier2: +1 Morale per adjacent enemy
- Tier3: +1.5 Morale per adjacent enemy
Reduced Vision bonuses granted by Improved Vision capacity on Iron rings:
- Tier1: Improved Vision 1 (+1 vision) + Sharp Sense 1
- Tier2: Improved Vision 1 (+1 vision) + Sharp Sense 2
- Tier3: Improved Vision 2 (+2 vision) + Sharp Sense 3
Reduced Damage bonus granted by Improved Damage capacity on Titanium rings: Tier1: +10% / Tier2: +20% / Tier3: +30%
Reduced Initiative bonus granted by Improved Initiative capacity on Glassteel rings: Tier1: +10% / Tier2: +20% / Tier3: +30%
Tweaked Defence bonus granted by Improved Defence capacity on Adamantian Rings: Tier1: +15% / Tier2: +30% / Tier3: +60%
Tweaked Attack bonus granted by Improved Attack capacity on Palladian Rings: Tier1: +15% / Tier2: +30% / Tier3: +60%
Tweaked contextual damage bonus granted by Retaliation capacity on Palladian Talismans: Tier1: +15% / Tier2: +30% / Tier3: +60%
Increased Army Defence bonus granted by Adamantian Insignia, to Tier1: +5 & +15% / Tier2: +10 & +30% / Tier3: +15 & +40%
Increased Army Attack bonus granted by Palladian Insignia, to Tier1: +15% / Tier2: +30% / Tier3: +40%
Increased Unit Defence bonus granted by the Adamantian Ring, to Tier1: +25% / Tier2: +50% / Tier3: +75%
Increased Unit Attack bonus granted by the Palladian Ring, to Tier1: +25% / Tier2: +50% / Tier3: +75%
Increased Unit Strike-Back Damage bonus granted by the Palladian Talisman, to Tier1: +30% / Tier2: +50% / Tier3: +70%
Reduced by 30% the base price of Heroes on market
Increased by 30% healing cost when a hero gets disabled
Multiplied by 2 instead of 3 Healing speed bonus from the Hero Skill Fast Healer Level 1 and Level 2
Removed all Food references in the Broken Lords' empire plans and added new options instead
Doubled the Era 1 research bonus granted by the Quest reward of the first Broken Lords quest chapter
Decreased a bit the amount of Dust required in step 2 of the first Broken Lords quest chapter
Increased by 2 Life Drain capacity bonus of the Broken Lords Ryder
Reduced from 50% to 35% of Damage value the Dust Bishop Healer capacity
Decrease to 15% Healing Halo capacity bonus
Reduced by 30% Damage base attribute value of Drider, Eyeless Ones and Drakkens Heroes
In addition to militia and fortification, Cultists now have one additional Militia slot compared to other factions
Reduced from 50% to 35% the bonuses granted by the 2 Cultists quest Items called "The Wordless Will" and "Order of Isiver"
Reduced from 25% to 20% resources extracted from region deposits by converted Cultists villages
Removed information displayed in the Empire Bonuses Screen due to game speed

CHANGES AND ADDITIONS [Guardians]

Decreased by 2 the effect of the Guardian earthquake on tiles that are not the target
Tweaked the "Minor Faction, Major Pain" cooperation quest

IMPORTANT FIXES [All versions]

Fixed a desync caused when a user joins the AI slot of a progress in session
Fixed an issue where an assert message is generated for the user multiple times during the late stages of a session
Fixed an issue where a skippable assert generated at the beginning of every turn during late-game in a session

...And we're running out of characters once again, so for the full release notes visit the official Dev Blog.

You'll find our trailer here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=449kwDubrRo

We hope you all enjoy our recent additions with Shadows!

Sincerely,
~Amplitude Studios

Sep 2, 2015

[1.2.0] Shadows - Release Notes

ENDLESS™ Legend - Steph(✿◠‿◠)

ADDITIONS [Shadows]

Added a new Major Faction: the Forgotten
Added a new Army action: Pillage
Added a new Hero action: Infiltration
Added a new City action: Roundup
Added the Infiltration actions, unlocked once a spy has infiltrated an opponent city
- Decrease Vision
- Reveal Spy
- Decrease Diplomatic Cost
- Decrease Science Production (non Forgotten-specific)
- Steal Technology (Forgotten-specific)
- Decrease Morale
- Decrease Industry Production
- Decrease Population
- Damage Fortification
- Target Governor
Added new diplomatic interactions related to the espionage
Added a new diplomatic term: Prisoner Exchange
Added the Camouflage (invisibility on forest tiles) and Stealth (invisibility on all tiles) capacities
Added the Dual Wield capacity (-50% on attribute bonuses from offhand weapon)

CHANGES AND ADDITIONS [All versions]

Added a new game option in order to show/mask the empire information and curves displayed in-game
Added the ability to whisper to a known player by clicking on his/her status sector in the End Turn panel
Added a new tab in the options: controls can be redefined
Added new controls:
- Bottom of all construction queues: you can now add an improvement at the bottom of the construction queue of all your cities by pressing CTRL when you click on the chosen improvement.
- Top of all construction queues: you can now add an improvement at the top of the construction queue of all your cities by pressing SHIFT when you click on the wanted improvement.
- Top of one construction queue: you can now add an improvement at the top of the construction queue of a city by pressing ALT when you click on the chosen improvement.
Added several new key bindings
AI now takes into account the market-value of luxury and strategic resources in diplomacy
Remove retreat possibility when being in a besieged district
+1 on unit military upkeep when in armies
"Fragile Health" and "Make Trade not War" trait costs have been increased
Added City Upkeep to a couple of Improvements where it was still missing
Added a confirmation message to hero assignment in case the army is made of Privateers
Impacted with gamespeed the time required to reach the max value of Research and Commercial agreements bonus
Reduced "Fast" Game Speed multiplier on Luxury and Strategic Resource Production (from 2 to 1.5)
Added the Sharp Sense capacity to shields
Changed Titanium Shields Damage bonus (5%/10%/20%) to a 5%/10%/20% Life bonus
Decreased Damage bonus granted by Glassteel on weapons (-50%)
Decreased Attack bonus granted by Titanium on weapons (-50%)
Tweaked Movement bonus granted by Improved Movement capacity on Iron Talismans:
- Tier1: +1 Map Movement, +1 Battle Movement, +3 Initiative
- Tier2: +2 Map Movement, +1 Battle Movement, +5 Initiative
- Tier3: +3 Map Movement, +1 Battle Movement, +7 Initiative
Increased bonus granted by Glory of Death capacity on Titanium Talismans:
- Tier1: +0.5 Morale per adjacent enemy
- Tier2: +1 Morale per adjacent enemy
- Tier3: +1.5 Morale per adjacent enemy
Reduced Vision bonuses granted by Improved Vision capacity on Iron rings:
- Tier1: Improved Vision 1 (+1 vision) + Sharp Sense 1
- Tier2: Improved Vision 1 (+1 vision) + Sharp Sense 2
- Tier3: Improved Vision 2 (+2 vision) + Sharp Sense 3
Reduced Damage bonus granted by Improved Damage capacity on Titanium rings: Tier1: +10% / Tier2: +20% / Tier3: +30%
Reduced Initiative bonus granted by Improved Initiative capacity on Glassteel rings: Tier1: +10% / Tier2: +20% / Tier3: +30%
Tweaked Defence bonus granted by Improved Defence capacity on Adamantian Rings: Tier1: +15% / Tier2: +30% / Tier3: +60%
Tweaked Attack bonus granted by Improved Attack capacity on Palladian Rings: Tier1: +15% / Tier2: +30% / Tier3: +60%
Tweaked contextual damage bonus granted by Retaliation capacity on Palladian Talismans: Tier1: +15% / Tier2: +30% / Tier3: +60%
Increased Army Defence bonus granted by Adamantian Insignia, to Tier1: +5 & +15% / Tier2: +10 & +30% / Tier3: +15 & +40%
Increased Army Attack bonus granted by Palladian Insignia, to Tier1: +15% / Tier2: +30% / Tier3: +40%
Increased Unit Defence bonus granted by the Adamantian Ring, to Tier1: +25% / Tier2: +50% / Tier3: +75%
Increased Unit Attack bonus granted by the Palladian Ring, to Tier1: +25% / Tier2: +50% / Tier3: +75%
Increased Unit Strike-Back Damage bonus granted by the Palladian Talisman, to Tier1: +30% / Tier2: +50% / Tier3: +70%
Reduced by 30% the base price of Heroes on market
Increased by 30% healing cost when a hero gets disabled
Multiplied by 2 instead of 3 Healing speed bonus from the Hero Skill Fast Healer Level 1 and Level 2
Removed all Food references in the Broken Lords' empire plans and added new options instead
Doubled the Era 1 research bonus granted by the Quest reward of the first Broken Lords quest chapter
Decreased a bit the amount of Dust required in step 2 of the first Broken Lords quest chapter
Increased by 2 Life Drain capacity bonus of the Broken Lords Ryder
Reduced from 50% to 35% of Damage value the Dust Bishop Healer capacity
Decrease to 15% Healing Halo capacity bonus
Reduced by 30% Damage base attribute value of Drider, Eyeless Ones and Drakkens Heroes
In addition to militia and fortification, Cultists now have one additional Militia slot compared to other factions
Reduced from 50% to 35% the bonuses granted by the 2 Cultists quest Items called "The Wordless Will" and "Order of Isiver"
Reduced from 25% to 20% resources extracted from region deposits by converted Cultists villages
Removed information displayed in the Empire Bonuses Screen due to game speed

CHANGES AND ADDITIONS [Guardians]

Decreased by 2 the effect of the Guardian earthquake on tiles that are not the target
Tweaked the "Minor Faction, Major Pain" cooperation quest

IMPORTANT FIXES [All versions]

Fixed a desync caused when a user joins the AI slot of a progress in session
Fixed an issue where an assert message is generated for the user multiple times during the late stages of a session
Fixed an issue where a skippable assert generated at the beginning of every turn during late-game in a session

Sep 1, 2015

Show Us Your Rig: Relic Entertainment's Braden Chan

Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition

Show us your rig

Each week on Show Us Your Rig, we feature PC gaming's best and brightest as they show us the systems they use to work and play.

Braden Chan is an Associate Game Designer at Relic Entertainment working on Company of Heroes—specifically Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces, which comes out this Thursday. While his graphics card may be old, the piano, sound mixer, and giant speakers give me the feeling Braden is more focused on an a high quality audio experience than a cutting edge visual one. He was kind enough to show us how he works and plays, and tell us about why he loves Warcraft 3 more than any other game.

What's in your PC?

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU X9650 @ 3.00GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Motherboard: Maximus II Formula
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Drives: 3 x 500GB HDD
Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
Case: Antec Twelve Hundred V3 Black Steel ATX Full Tower
Mouse: Logitech MX518
Keyboard: Logitech Deluxe 250
Mixer: Pioneer DJM 800
Speakers: KRK Rokit 8

What's the most interesting/unique part of your setup?

Instead of using an audio box to run my inputs through my studio monitor, I am actually using a DJ mixer which provides the same effect. It also gives me the flexibility to hook up my laptop into the mixer and run audio through my monitors that way as well. It's great as I can still control the levels of each device I have plugged in. The Pioneer DJM-800 mixer also has the flexibility to host multiple inputs like RCA, XLR, etc.

What are you playing right now?

I'm currently engaged in a lot of Counter-Strike Global Offensive, Company of Heroes 2, and I occasionally play Starcraft 2.

Inside Braden's rig

Click the arrows to enlarge.

Whats always within arm's reach on your desk?

My phone or a glass of water.

What's your favorite game and why?

Warcraft III will always hold a special place in my heart as my favorite game. It was one of the first of its kind as an RTS/RPG hybrid. Many of the mechanics that were created laid the path for other games such as DOTA, League of Legends, and World of Warcraft. I took that game really seriously and I qualified for WCG Canada in 2007. I just really enjoyed the emphasis on combat and micro that it had. As a player, you really had to create a strategy based on the heroes you were going to use. On top of that, you would build an army that would support your hero. Unlike Starcraft, you didn't really have to focus too much on your economy and macro. I think that is what I enjoyed the most about it; focusing on my units rather than my workers collecting gold.

Sep 1, 2015

Shadows Expansion Tomorrow!

ENDLESS™ Legend - Steph.(✿◠‿◠)

Hi guys,

Are you as excited as us? We hope you are since Endless Legend: Shadows expansion will be available tomorrow for $12.99/£9,99/€12,99!

We would like to thank our playtesters and VIPs who helped us polish this expansion before you can all enjoy it. As usual, we value our community feedback and look forward to reading your impressions on the new content.

THE FORGOTTEN

"A nightmare out of history, the Forgotten are a faction that all others thought to be lost or dead. Against their will they were forged into a tight society of violent and distrustful survivors, having spent the final years of the cataclysm alone on the surface of Auriga.

Now, as rifts in their society have led a splinter faction to declare its independence, the Forgotten are risking everything in the hopes that the other factions will accept them - or kneel before them.

Masters of deception, infiltration, and sabotage, the arrival of the Forgotten among the factions of Auriga will change everything."

EMBRACE THE SHADOWS

Take advantage of the new Camouflage and Stealth abilities - naturally possessed by the Forgotten - and play with invisible units on the adventure map. Other factions can use items to gain these new skills.

Send your Heroes to infiltrate other empires unlocking access to information about their activities. New army actions allow you to steal, capture, sabotage and even assassinate!

Defend your cities and Empire against potential infiltrations by using the new "Detection" capacity and other counter-espionage skills.

Equip your Heroes and units with a set of new items, including the new "Scope" accessories, to give them special espionage and counter-espionage abilities.

Slow your enemy's progression by performing new army actions on the adventure map: pillage converted villages, extractors and watchtowers.

SCREENSHOTS

Here's a little preview:

We'll share more info tomorrow. :)

Sincerely,
The Amplidudes & Amplidudettes

Sep 1, 2015

Shadows Expansion Tomorrow!

ENDLESS™ Legend - Steph(✿◠‿◠)

THE FORGOTTEN

EMBRACE THE SHADOWS

Send your Heroes to infiltrate other empires unlocking access to information about their activities. New army actions allow you to steal, capture, sabotage and even assassinate!

Defend your cities and Empire against potential infiltrations by using the new "Detection" capacity and other counter-espionage skills.

Equip your Heroes and units with a set of new items, including the new "Scope" accessories, to give them special espionage and counter-espionage abilities.

Slow your enemy's progression by performing new army actions on the adventure map: pillage converted villages, extractors and watchtowers.

SCREENSHOTS

Here's a little preview:

We'll share more info tomorrow. :)

Sincerely,
The Amplidudes & Amplidudettes