DEFENDERS,

On the May 14th stream we continued our string of reveals. Previously we’ve shown off the new Maps (The Mill, The Outpost, The Keep, and Foundries and Forges), the new heroes (The Warden and The Rogue), some new weapons (The Woodland Set), and even the new enemy (The Lycan). Those are just some of the things being added to the game, but now it’s time to get into some of the new features coming to Dungeon Defenders: Awakened. Let’s start with a big one — GEAR!

Gear is getting a major face lift in Episode 1, and for a lot of reasons. We’ve been taking a heavy look at what players are doing with gear, how well they understand it, and what that means for metas. Currently, the meta is boost-only to succeed. Boost builds are fun, but they shouldn’t be the only way to experience the game. We’re going to keep boosting viable, but we’re also going to add options to help give our ever-expanding roster of heroes and content more ways to be enjoyed and conquered (respectively).

There’s a lot to unpack here, so first let’s get into the changes that are coming. We’ll focus first on what’s being removed, what’s being added, and last the additional systems that are added that are built off this new foundation.

On our May 7th stream we talked about removing Ammo and Reload from the game as a concept so that heroes using Crossbow weapons weren’t hindered when choosing to play with a crossbow wielder. Here’s a total list of what we’re removing from items, and what’s going to happen with them:

Ammo and Reload Speed
As previously mentioned, they just weren’t fun mechanics. They punished early players and scaled so high they didn’t matter to late game players.

• New: The Huntress gains the ability to shoot an arcing explosive that deals damage to enemies hit. If the Huntress is in the explosion radius, she gets launched based on her orientation to the explosion. Rocket jump!

Agility
This stat capped out at 100, meaning that a lot of players with 1000’s of agility because of gear rolling all the stats were getting punished for every decent agility roll on gear.

• New: Agility cannot be upgraded, but instead scales from levels 1 - 50, with 50 giving the player the equivalent movement speed increase of 100 agility from before Episode 1.

Block
Not all heroes who use swords block.

• New: Block is an ability that statically scales based on the source of the attack, with smaller enemies taking less block resource and stronger enemies taking more.

Casting
Another stat that caps out pretty quickly and ultimately takes power away from gear.

• New: Casting now scales based on your hero level up to a cap. The higher your level, the faster you build, repair, and upgrade defenses.

Charge Rate
Another stat that was a little too complicated to understand.

• New: Now is baked into abilities that charge (i.e. Apprentice Secondary Attack)

Knockback
More stats that people weren’t upgrading or cared to receive.

• New: Now scales off specific weapons innately.

Melee Attack, Ranged Attack, and Elemental Attack
The difference between these has always been confusing as to which ones to upgrade for players. Veterans might understand what to do here, but it's not really clear. As a result:

• New “Damage”: We’ve decided to just merge these into one type “Damage”. That means if an elemental weapon drops, there’s one source to upgrade that guarantees you’ll be doing more damage. This new approach will keep damage scaling the same as before.

Projectile Count (Polearms)
We removed this stat as it pretty much locked polearms to only the Monk, unless any hero we made in the future used ranged fire as their secondary stat.

• New: Projectile Count for the Monk now scales with their level. Early in the game you have a single projectile, and then after a continued progression it’s permanently set to 7 projectiles.

Projectile Speed
Upgrading this actually made some weapons unusable because their projectiles moved so quickly that they would not hit enemies.

• New: Now this stat is set on a per weapon basis, meaning some weapons shoot faster or slower than other types.

Skill and Boost
These two have been pretty hard to describe what they do for a lot of players, and they also lock us into this idea of new heroes always having both, or having to disjointedly say “ability two is for boost” or “Carnage on the Rogue scales from boost”. There’s a lot more we could get into here, but the TL;DR is that they weren’t intuitive.

• New “Ability” stat: Ability is just Skill and Boost combined and are incorporated into the scaling of any ability a hero uses. Previously playing a boost Apprentice? Well now you can go drop mana bombs that pack a punch while keeping your boost build going.

That’s a lot of changes that were made as the result of us heavily investigating gear, looking at player profiles, watching streams, watching video guides, and surveying players. We really dug into what players want and the best way to provide that. We’re not stopping there. We’re going further. Let’s talk about some new stats that are coming.

New “Crit” and “Crit Scaling” Stats - Melee Only
This stat is not a new concept to players, but the way it's implemented might be. We wanted to give melee heroes a chance to compete with ranged heroes. Ranged heroes have projectile count that deals multiplicative damage that’s not split amongst projectiles, and get to send a barrage of attacks to enemies while not having to worry too much about taking an axe to the face. Melee heroes however have to focus on avoiding too much damage, getting in and out, and not having as high uptime on dealing damage.

Critical strikes help bring balance to this difference. Melee heroes do have the advantages of cleaving, but in the late game projectile counts more than make up for that bonus. Critical strikes are a chance for us to make playing a melee hero a lot more fun. Critical strikes only apply to primary attacks and not abilities. As this is a new stat coming in with a lot of changes, we want to make sure it's powerful enough to balance the scales.

Wow, okay, that was a lot to write about stats, but these are huge changes coming to items that we really need to explain as a foundation. But wait, there’s even more — let’s get into some item changes!

Now that we have stats laid out, the presentation of these stats is going to change. As previously mentioned, a lot of players felt forced to only play with their defenses. We think that’s a great way to take on challenges in DDA, but it shouldn’t be the only way to play. Instead of forcing players to choose between a defense-focused hero only and a damage-focused hero only, we’re going to let you do both.

Where stats show up changes within this update and we wanted to provide a breakdown of their new homes:

Hero Stats

• Damage: Weapons, Pets
  
• Attack: Weapons, Pets, and Offhands
  
• Ability: Weapons, Pets, and Offhands
  
• Vitality: Weapons, Pets, and Offhands
  
• Armor: Helmets, Gloves, Chest, and Boots
  
• Firing Solution: Crossbows, Staves, and Pets
  
• Projectile Count: Crossbows and Staves
  
• Critical Chance: Polearms and Swords
  
• Critical Severity: Polearms and Swords

Tower Stats

• Fortitude: Helmet, Gloves, Chest, Boots, Masks, Bracers, and Brooches
  
• Power: Helmet, Gloves, Chest, Boots, Masks, Bracers, and Brooches
  
• Def. Rate: Helmet, Gloves, Chest, Boots, Masks, Bracers, and Brooches
  
• Range: Helmet, Gloves, Chest, Boots, Masks, Bracers, and Brooches

One thing we noticed was people were managing a lot of heroes to do multiple things, sometimes the same hero to build and another version of that hero to damage. There was so much that required you to have to set up and maintain, keeping you from taking down enemies for that sweet, sweet loot. This now gives you two options to play with at the same time instead of one. The note we made earlier with Ability letting you drop a Mana Bomb while also tower boosting? This lets that happen more.

The end goal of all of this results in us balancing these items so you have the same tower or hero strength that you had before Episode 1, but now having the both. Your individual character’s strength doubles as a result of this, which is why you may have noticed “offhands” as a term describing where certain stats would appear.

Offhands
This is a new item slot type that’s also kind of... not new. In order to really pack a lot of power into heroes and not bloat the strength of weapons, we decided to use a slot we have and make it more impactful. The Squire has a unique slot that has made it a little harder to balance him, and so looking at him we decided to unify this slot across all heroes. Now all heroes that do not dual wield weapons (Series EV-A and The Rogue) have an Offhand slot. These are as follows:

• Ammo Pouch: Crossbow heroes
  
• Shield: Sword heroes
  
• Tome: Staff heroes
  
• Whetstone: Polearm heroes

This is a lot of changes and balancing to improve player experiences and to open things up a bit when it comes to playing your hero in multiple ways. A lot of this is built upon a goal of ours: make gear more interesting. You may be wondering how removing stats, combining stats, and making stats native to heroes makes them more interesting. That part makes it simpler to understand what gear does and more ways to play for sure, but doesn’t really mean things are interesting. That’s where Item Effects come into play.

This is a new system that is coming to all gear in DDA. Item effects are unupgradable additional stats and effects that are applied on all your gear. For Episode 1, our goal is to lay it out as a foundational system that we are going to continue to build upon. The first iteration will be a bit simpler, with more complexity coming in future episodes.

What are Item Effects?
They’re additional effects that roll on your gear. There are a ton of these (with more added each episode) that should help boost your strength. Some only roll on specific item types, but this is something that’s easier to explain with examples than get into the weeds of it, so let’s look at a few types:

• Stat types: These roll additional stats on pieces of gear that those stats could appear on.
  
  • Example 1 - “Increases your Power by X” rolls on armor and accessories.
    
  • Example 2 - “Increases your Attack by X” rolls on weapons and offhands.
• Elemental Increases: These roll additional elemental damage increases.
  
  • Example 1 - “Increases your hero’s Fire damage by X%” rolls on weapons and offhands.
    
  • Example 2 - “Increases your defenses’ Fire damage by X%” rolls on armor and accessories.
• On Attack: When using your Primary Attacks, these have a chance to activate.
  
  • Example 1 - “Your Primary Attacks have X% chance to Enrage enemies for Y seconds”.
    
  • Example 2 - “Your Primary Attacks have X% chance to explode, damaging all enemies in range. Y seconds cooldown”.

This is just a brief look into what item effects are, but this doesn’t even come close to encompassing all of them. Item Effects allow us to now drop gear that lets players continue to progress playing through with less random base stats, but then have the ability to fully customize heroes by hunting down the right effects that bring a lot more unique power.

How does this affect my current character?
Going into Episode 1, we will be updating everyone’s gear to fit within this new system. Your current hero strength and setup should be maintained very similarly to how you currently perform, with the added bonus of your damage heroes being able to build and your builder heroes able to deal damage. We’re also working on having some specific item effects be included on this new gear as well, setting you up for a ton of success when Episode 1 launches.

To make sure everything scales correctly, upgrades are going to be changing since stats are being altered. As a result we’re going to be refunding you a plethora of gold based on your upgraded gear and removing the upgrades from this gear. This will let you then choose where to spend your upgrades within this new system. While it might take some time, we’re doing what we can to make sure it’s as easy and doesn’t make you feel that your previous decisions lock you out from taking part in all these changes.

Oh, you think this post is long? That’s too bad, because there’s even MORE. Let’s talk Set Bonuses. We’ve got them, you want them.

This shouldn’t come as a surprise entirely, as we’ve talked about adding more set bonuses in the future, and that’s what we’re doing here. Set Bonuses are additional stats and functionality that you get out of wearing pieces of a specific set at the same time. Previously in DDA, the only set bonuses gave item stat increases or turned specific defenses into Fusion towers. They still do, but now there’s more!

New Set Bonuses
The ones you’ve collected so far are still included, but we wanted to add some additional opportunities for you to build sets and customize your characters. We’ve got these broken into two different types that either increase your hero power or your tower power. Here’s two examples:

• Erupting Defense: Increase your defenses’ Fire damage by X%.
  
  • Armor Set, 4 Pieces
    
  • Like Fusion gear, your item stats are still increased, but by a lesser percentage.
    
  • This increase will make your Fire defenses your strongest defenses for this hero.
• Thundering Assault: Increases your hero’s Lightning Damage by X%.
  
  • Weapons, 2 Pieces (Weapon and Offhand)
    
  • New to weapons, but plays off elemental weapons you acquire.

There are more set bonuses that are thematic to what we’ve laid out here, and even a few that aren’t. However, since set bonuses have been focused on towers primarily for a while, we’ve decided to add a bit more fun and flair with Hero Weapon Sets.

Hero Weapon Sets
We wanted to offer new sets that allowed players to take advantage of how active they can be if they choose to. These new weapon sets only work on a specific hero, and aren’t specifically aimed at changing their gameplay, but instead provide some more utility to their abilities. For now, we’ll give you a taste of one:

• Protean Cannon MK II: Protean Surge deals X% increased damage and ensnares enemies by Y% for Z seconds.
  
  • Weapon Set, 2 Pieces (Crossbows and/or Staves)

This is something experimental that we wanted to put out there. They’re a ton of fun to use and let players come up with even more unique builds and choices on how they play DDA. We’ll be looking to expand this system as we release additional episodes.

How you see and interact with all of these new additions is incredibly important. So without further ado, let’s start talking Inventory improvements.

DDA has a lot of stats and things going on when it comes to items, stats, set bonuses, characters, etc. It’s a lot to take in and isn’t currently explained in the best way. That’s where Episode 1 comes in.

New Layout
We’ve optimized our layout so that everything is together, making it easier to understand what you’re doing within your inventory.



Just from this image alone there’s a lot to see. One of the first things we’ll note is that items and equipped gear are now next to one another making it easier to equip pieces both with mouse and keyboard, as well as gamepad.

Next you’ll notice at the top there are a plethora of bags. We’re adding additional iconography that allows you to change the visuals for your bags, making it easier to know what each contains based on your personal preferences. That means that you need to have specific filters for specific bags. We’ve got you covered:



Now it’s easy to customize your bag, setting the name of the bag, the image, the quality of gear, elements tied to gear, weapons, armor, accessories, and more!



Oh did you want better sort options that are easier to navigate? YOU GOT’EM



The fun doesn’t stop there. We’ve just begun to pull back the curtains that are the wonders of the new Inventory. Want the ability to select multiple items and choose to lock, unlock, or sell them? BEHOLD, MULTI-SELECT:



Want better ways to inspect pieces of gear? LOOK A FEW PIXELS DOWN:
Developer Note: Crit and Crit Bonus are only applicable on Swords and Polearms. Grenade Launcher listed here is incorrect and will not be able to roll those stats.



“Irradiate and Detonate? That’s not straight forward, what the heck do those even do?” PAGE OVER TO ACQUIRE THE KNOWLEDGE YOU SEEK!



“All these new items are great, but I wish I knew what I was upgrading and what it did.” WISH NO LONGER, FOR IT IS A REALITY WITH THE INSPECT BUTTON:




Wow that’s so much for the Inventory! But wait, maybe you’re asking “Weren’t there other tabs?” and you’d be right. The way character stats are displayed and upgraded are all in one convenient location on the Stats Tab:



And last, but certainly not least, is the Abilities tab. This explains what your abilities and towers do for your selected hero. We’ll continue to expand on this feature in the future, but for now it should be made more clear what your heroes can do:




Alright we’re exhausted, there’s no way there’s more. Oh wait. There’s so much to take in here, a lot of things changing, and a lot of things being added. Previously we were asked about having limited choices in the Hero Deck that make all the new things we’ve shown before this post somewhat harder to desire. Then the next topic shall be HERO DECK CHANGES!

We anticipate the need for the amount of heroes needed to go down compared to what players use now (with a lot of these item changes), but we also want to make things a bit more open and diverse. As we talked about it, and with the plan to add more heroes, we knew we needed to make some changes. First, let’s talk size.

Hero Deck Size
Now four heroes is great and all, but based on survey results, 95% of our players use 6 heroes at most. As we said, we expect the amount of heroes to go down (by at least 1), so when choosing a max, we wanted to accommodate adding new heroes alongside what players use. This made the decision pretty easy for us. So, in Episode 1, the new Hero Deck size is going to be SIX HEROES!

Hero Deck Incentives
Currently there are three hero deck incentives that affect players:

• XP Shared across all heroes in the Hero Deck (this is on the UI)
  
• Active Hero towers’ gain 33% increased damage (mentioned in the tutorial)
  
• Fusion Set bonuses activate (not mentioned in game).

We surveyed players asking if they’d like to have more incentives to use the Hero Deck, and so here’s what is changing in Episode 1:



Experience points being shared among all heroes in the Hero Deck is nothing new, except you have 50% more heroes now that will benefit from it.

Active Set Bonuses and Item Effects accomplish two things. The first is that we wanted to provide a space for players to make unique builds with specific customization. We’re adding a lot and by having this in place we make sure players don’t feel pressured to have every hero with every combination incorporated into a single build. The second is that we are going to be working on additional systems that take the item effects system and turn it from 10 to 11. If we did not place this restriction, we would be locked in with only the item effects in this first iteration.

Lastly, for Episode 1, we’re removing the restriction of “Active Hero” gaining increased Tower Damage. This means that all of your Hero Deck towers will be gaining a boost to damage. We’re currently working through the balance of what that percentage is, but the goal is to give you more power, try more diverse builds, and give you more ways to win.

There was a lot covered here and a lot of this stuff is subject to change until we have it out the door. We’re excited to get all of this tested and out to you, OUR GLORIOUS DEFENDERS. This is the standard of what you can expect with Dungeon Defenders: Awakened development and our episodic releases. A lot of this work is going to be expanded upon with future Episodes that we’re excited to work on and share with you!

Believe it or not, this isn’t everything. Next week we’ll have even more reveals for the stuff coming into Dungeon Defenders: Awakened Episode 1. There’s even a new update for Dungeon Defenders II being worked on. We’ve got so much going on at Chromatic Games and we are making sure this stuff is ready to go before we ship it out, but we promise it’s on its way!

We want to reassure you all that DDA ports for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 AND PlayStation 5 are still very much under way. We’re still working hard on getting Nintendo Switch through the Lot Check process, fixing bugs, and prepping it to be live for you all while also knocking out Episode 1. The Switch version will be completed and released before PlayStation, but we are aiming to have DDA on all consoles by the end of the year.

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Hot fix for Early Access 4.0
Full changelog:

• Fixed stats not showing correctly in profile page
  
• Fixed missing default spawn key for Indian outpost/checkpoint
  
• Added sounds for checkpoint ignition process
  
• Bravo checkpoint fix in Bank Crash Team Conquer
  
• Moved checkpoint A on Desert Valley Sunset - Team Conquer
  
• Moved spawn of TFE on Desert Valley Sunset - Team Conquer
  
• Added cover/buildings for TFE spawn at Desert Valley Sunset - Team Conquer
  
• Increased size of zones for all Checkpoints of Airbase
  
• Increased size of zones for all Checkpoints of Bank Crash
  
• Fixed Bravo checkpoint on Bank Crash

Important Note:
If you're having problems spawning at Checkpoints, please reset your key bindings in game options.

A client patch and server restart took place on May 17, 2021 to implement the following changes, adds and fixes.[/p]

• Tepsen was right: a jewel engraved with an Allegory can indeed produce beneficial effects on its wearer (see Rumors about kitins). Indeed, the best jeweler in Atys, Loigi Giurgi, has managed to discover four effects that he is now making available to everyone in exchange for Elyps. Namely:
  
• Sweet Death: 1% chance to avoid the death penalty that usually follows a resurrection.
  
• Back on feet: 3% chance to recover, upon resurrection, half of your life, stamina, sap and focus maxima.
  
• Back in good shape : 2% chance to recover, during your resurrection, three quarters of your life, stamina, sap and focus maxima.
  
• Back in glory : 1% chance to recover, at the time of your resurrection, the totality of your life, stamina, sap and focus maxima.

Precisions:

• To engrave an allegory, speak to Loigi Giurgi at the north of the Matis Arena.
  
• An Allegory can only be engraved on an equipped jewel.
  
• Engraved jewels are personal and can only be exchanged once the engraving of the Allegory has been erased.
  
• The probability of producing the effects is, as you may have noticed, still very low, but the craftsmen and scientists are working to increase them tenfold (the Rumors will inform you of the progress of this work).

The four outposts recently established in the Nexus are activated (opened to homin attack). The characteristics of the battles to be fought for their conquest not only differ significantly from those of the "historical" outposts, but will evolve as the redesign project progresses. Below are those adopted for the first phase of testing:

• Mode: Guild vs. NPC (GvE), where only the guild having declared war can participate in the battle (no allied or enemy PCs on the battlefield).
  
• Duration: 55 minutes (11 rounds of 5 minutes).
  
• Declaration: Only one battle per week per guild and per outpost is allowed (so any guild can fight, at best, four battles per week, one on each of the four outposts).
  
• Schedule: a new battle can start at the beginning of each hour for each outpost. A guild wishing to attack must make its declaration within 5 minutes before the start time. For example, a guild wishing to be the attacking guild for the 9pm battle must make its declaration of war at the earliest 8:55 pm, but before 9:00 pm. If several guilds wish to register, only the first one will be retained, the others will have to try again for a next battle.any battle starts at the first second of the hour following the moment of the declaration as long as this moment precedes it by more than five minutes (thus, for example, a battle declared between 9:00 pm and 9:55 pm will start at 10:00 pm and no guild will be able to make a declaration between 9:55 pm and 10:00 pm).
  
• Victory conditions: the attacking guild must pass the threshold set for it (10 at most) at the outpost it is attacking.
  
• Outcome: A won battle does not give the victorious guild possession of the concerned outpost (the latter is returned within the hour to the NPCs who defended it) but any battle fought closes with the granting of a reward.
  
• Reward: its nature and size are determined by the threshold of the attacked outpost and are displayed as soon as the war is declared. It is automatically awarded to the testing guild at the end of the battle.

The thresholds set for a given guild at the outpost that will be the target of its next test battle and the rewards to be expected for the latter will evolve as follows:

• The initial threshold for the four outposts is set at 3.
  
• The higher the threshold, the higher the reward... and the reverse is true.
  
• After a defeat (outpost threshold not exceeded during the battle), the outpost threshold will remain the same for the guild.
  
• After a victory, the offered threshold of the outpost at subsequent battles of the same guild will be increased permanently by one. But if this new threshold is found too difficult to exceed by the guild, the latter can choose to set a lower threshold to the outpost for the next battle.

Example:
A guild attacks for the first time the outpost 250 of the Nexus (whose threshold is then for it set to 3) and wins. From then on, it can choose, for its next test battle, to attack the same outpost with threshold 3 or threshold 4. In the first case, even if the said next battle is victorious, the threshold that will be proposed it for a third battle will be 3. In the second case, the latter threshold will be preset to 5 (if victorious) or 4 (if defeated).

The First Deserters, the Smugglers and the Lawless have pledged their allegiance to the Marauders. Their camps and missions have been adjusted accordingly.
However, the Achievements for these tribes have not yet been updated; they will be soon.


The range of behaviors that the animation team can make NPCs perform during events has been expanded. Some of these added behaviors already existed for outpost NPCs (such as NPC healing NPCs and grenade launcher use), others did not. In addition, a parent-child relationship has been implemented to allow for more efficient management of NPC groups.
This modification does not affect all NPCs and creatures of Atys, but only those entities whose appearance and play are controlled by the animators via Ryzom Arkitect (ARK).


The new Bosses are ready to appear on new popping sites. Here are some of their characteristics:

• All species present in a region of Atys produce a Boss to appear in that region.
  
• Conversely, no Boss of a given species will ever pop in a region where no creatures of that species live (so there is no point hoping to find a vorax Boss in a region where no vorax has ever been seen).
  
• When a Boss dies on a given site, another Boss, from the same region, is elected to succeed him and appear on the said site within a few days (random duration).
  
• The level of Bosses is in accordance with the level of the region in which they appear (thus, a level 250 region only hosts level 270 Bosses).
  
• Two Bosses cannot appear simultaneously on the same site.
  
• Several Bosses of the same species can appear simultaneously in different regions (such as Armkoo and Armkan), or even several Bosses of the same look (such as Armkoo 220 and Armkoo 270).
  
• The rotation of Bosses on the sites of the same region is favored. Thus, you will not always meet the same Boss on the same site, but often another of the valid Bosses of the region.

The implementation of this new popping system of Bosses, started a few days after that of the patch described here, has been carried out in three stages in rapid succession:

• Step 1: appearances in the Nexus, at a faster pace than usual at first (in order to validate the system without too much delay), then, from the next step on, at the usual pace (every three or four days).
  
• Step 2: appearances in Prime Roots at the usual pace.
  
• Step 3: appearances throughout Atys at the usual pace.

• Map of Atys : it now includes the map of Silan, the one of Almati Wood and the one of the kitins' lair in the latter.
  
• Silan map: you can now zoom in on the Ranger's Land, so you can find your way around better.

Until now, out of the five in-game Storyline missions, only the "Kitin Rumors" ( those about Allegories) and "Nexus Riches" missions offered a reward (respectively a Yubo Allegory and a Gnoof Mount).
In order for each mission to offer a reward, we have split the first into two missions: "Kitin Rumors" and "Allegory Rumors". "Allegory Rumors" now offers the Yubo Allegory as a reward, and "Rumors of Kitins" is one of the four missions that are from now on rewarded.
Thus, the two missions of the Prologue ("General Rumor" and "Kitin Rumor") as well as the missions "Mapping the Nexus" and "Very special necklaces!" are each rewarded by a permanent improvement of the effects of the Allegories (once these are engraved again). To wit:

• completing 1 of the 4 missions multiplies the allegorical effect by 2;
  
• completing 2 of the 4 missions multiplies the allegorical effect by 3;
  
• completing 3 of the 4 missions multiplies the allegorical effect by 4;
  
• completing 4 of the 4 missions multiplies the allegorical effect by 5.

For example, if you have the "Sweet Death" allegory engraved after completing these four missions you will have a 5% chance of avoiding the death penalty instead of 1%.


The options for setting up the in-game automatic translation are now available in the "Configuration" window (entry "Language").

• Ability to disable the flag displaying the source text, for each language.
  
• Ability to invert the translated text and the original text in tooltip, for each language.
  
• Ability to entirely deactivate the automatic translation for the Guild, Region, Universe and/or Surroundings channels.

• When an Aura is activated, its icon appears among the Bonuses/Maluses and indicates the remaining duration of its effect (see 2 on the picture).
  
• Then, once the Aura is dissipated, the same icon indicates the remaining duration of the inability to activate any Aura (see 1 on the picture).
  
• Finally, the icon disappears from the Bonuses/Maluses when an Aura is activable again.

• The time to climb on your mount is reduced to 2 seconds, and the time to dismount is reduced to 1 second (following a suggestion in the Ideas for Ryzom forum: https://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=topic/view/31285/1)

The Ryzom Team remains at your disposal for any additional information and best wishes to you!
Ryzom Team

Our new 3D fps game has been released: All Hit All Her

Hello all,

• Small update today fixing a bug on the Norway map where bots that spawn at the "Office" spawn point could get stuck in the wall.

Thanks to ShallyRacerYT for reporting this bug.

Thanks,
Henry Kucab

Introducing the latest addition to the Super Dog roster: the Super Beagle! 🐶

The new breed will be making its full debut in the Research Lab in about a month, but Super Animal Royale Content Creators will be giving away codes this week on their streams, so that you have a chance to unlock it early!

Tune into SAR Content Creators streams on Twitch & YouTube from today to Sunday, May 23rd for a chance to win a Super Beagle code.

Look out for the #SuperBeagleGiveaway hashtag and stream titles with [Super Beagle Giveaway] in them to find participating streamers!




If you’re a content creator who plays SAR and wants to participate in future giveaways, you can apply to our Content Creator Program right here: https://contentcreator.animalroyale.com/signup/

Update 0.14 is launching Tuesday, May 18th! The update includes the return of Hibbs, a fan-favorite Drifter from Open Beta that’s been reworked for in-match progression with new skills and abilities. Read on to see what else is new and what to expect when Hibbs arrives on the battlefield!

Servers will be brought down for maintenance at 9AM Pacific on Tuesday, May 18th to prepare for the release of Update 0.14. Downtime is expected to last about an hour and conclude at 10AM Pacific, at which point you'll need to download Update 0.14 before logging back in.

• Hibbs returns as our latest playable Drifter!
  
• Updated pre-match lobby UI
  
• Updated lock-on UI to be less intrusive
  
• Improved server stability

Hibbs, the Relentless Soldier - Class: Attack

"Hibbs was a Stranger with an authority problem. So, he traded in the jack boots for his Johnny Buffet roots and you can now find him sipping Piña Coladas at the Exiles Return, recounting embellished stories about himself to anyone who’ll listen.  On a mission, Hibbs is a relentless soldier whose training kicks in for precise kills. And if he doesn’t think, he might not screw things up."

If you were part of the Open Beta, you’ve probably been expecting the return of our favorite nanite soldier, Hibbs. While Hibbs falls into much the same role as you may remember him, you’ll also probably be surprised at the number of changes he’s gone through. Previously, his kit leaned heavily into “lone wolf” play with self-sustaining abilities. These days, he’s a bit more of a team player whose damage output can become further augmented with abilities that buff his whole squad.

One of the many things we learned during Open Beta is that despite his love for Hawaiian shirts and fruity cocktails, Hibbs had a bit of an identity crisis. His self-sustain made him feel like a hard-to-hit tank. Imagine AggroGo, but with the raw damage of Resistor, plus a free health pack every 20 seconds or less… he was a bit all over the place. So, when we began going back to the drawing board, we looked at some of the core problems that exist in the game. One of these core problems that still lingers to this day is a lack of coordination and cooperation with your team. While we’re still looking to implement a better ping system and other communication methods, the idea of a DPS character that encouraged team fighting really excited us.

So then, what does Hibbs actually do?



Cerberus (Primary Weapon): A 3-round burst rifle that’s at its most effective in mid-range engagements, somewhere in-between Resistor and Ziggy.

• Damage per round: 38
  
• Crit modifier: 1.35x

The Big Kabooma (Q Ability): A grenade that dishes out some major knockback, along with a bit of damage. Great for creating some distance between Hibbs and an enemy.

• Damage: 200
  
• Cooldown: 30

Super Sonic Beepinator (E Ability): Hibbs throws a projectile that sticks to its target before highlighting enemies within its range (even through walls!). Enemy Drifters who are highlighted will take extra damage from all sources.

• Vulnerability: +15%
  
• Duration: 12
  
• Cooldown: 20

Torchbearer (Ult Ability): In addition to a small damage increase, all of Hibbs shots and abilities attach nanites to any enemy Drifters they hit for the duration of his ult. Affected targets who are killed will drop a totem that grants a huge damage buff to Hibbs and any teammates standing near it.

• Hibbs Damage Buff: +20%
  
• Totem Damage Buff: +100%
  
• Duration: 20
  
• Totem Duration: 10

We can't wait to see how Hibbs's grand return impacts team fights and matches as a whole. As always, please join us on our Discord to give your feedback and discuss directly with the community and members of the Drifters team!

"Seven years ago, Ben Freidlin set about making an improbable vision a reality: trying to
create an unlicensed baseball video game set in the 1920s.

When that aspiration fell short, Freidlin pivoted his company, Bit Fry Game Studios, to a new goal
and wound up achieving something even more unlikely: securing licensing agreements with 10
professional sports organizations to create an arcade-action sports game. Ultimate Rivals: The
Rink is a futuristic hockey game that incorporates scores of current professional athletes from
various sports. It took 8 months to create, and for the monumental licensing achievements alone,
the late David Stern, an early investor in the company, had said Freidlin should be canonized.

Bit Fry, the Portsmouth, N.H.,-based company that has grown to 62 full-time employees since its
founding in 2013, is well suited for this moment. The pandemic has broadened the gaming
audience, and Freidlin says younger people are drawn to what he calls the current “mash-up era,”
where consumers seek to create their own experiences and are accustomed to marquee names
crossing over in everything from movies to music."

Read full SBJ article here by Eric Prisbell:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e00db66b34fb20c70e62391/t/5fd7e91716b55c49c4430902/1607985431841/SBJ+-+Bit+Fry+Article+12.7.20.pdf

AIDroneSim will release on May 27.
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Hey, Travelers!

We're super excited to be sharing our latest Developer Blog with you!

Principal Designer Trasochi is spilling the beans on Patch 0.8.2's extensive changes to the Monolith of Fate. This is one of our largest Developer Blogs of all time. As with all of our Developer Blogs, this post is exclusively available on Last Epoch's official forum. We look forward to seeing you there!

Here's a link: Monolith Overhaul!