We are honored to meet you all Warlords again as CBL: Dynasty is on the horizon. And as per your wishes, we will for the first time start Conqueror's Blade League with Play-in Stage! This will make it possible for even more players to partake in CBL and enjoy e-sports at its finest!

Naturally, Ranked Battle score rankings will still be in use to see who is qualified. Signups begin on August 23 and we will reveal more info about how to sign up in another notice.

Quota for the two ways in which to partake:

8 squads from the play-ins and 16 squads from the Ranked Battle rankings will partake in the Conqueror's Blade League Knockout Stage.

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[SECTION ONE] - Asia Paly-in Sign Up

Signups: August 22, 17:00 until August 29, 12:00 (UTC+8)
Play-in: September 1 to 5.

We will be publishing the play-in schedule on August 30, 18:00 (UTC+8) depending on the number of signup squads. We will try to set the schedule after 19:00 (UTC+8) on workdays or the weekends so that players can participate as many as possible.

Play-in Quota:

A total of 64 squads may partake in the Asia Play-ins, with 8 of these being promoted to CBL Knockout Stage. If more than 64 squads sign up, the 64 squads with the most total Season Level will be invited.

Squad Season Level Calculation

The total Season Level of each squad's top 15 members when the signups conclude makes up that squad's Season Level score. Only players that qualify and complete the signup will count toward this score.

Requirements:

Player Requirements:

(1) Having a level 100+ character on either LA, DI, or JC, with a Ranked Level of 50 or higher.

(2) Playing on an account that has not been banned (for any reason).

Squad Requirements:

（1） 15-20 members that meet the signup requirements.
（2） Sign up by following the notice we'll be publishing later on.
（3） All members of a squad must have their character on the squad's home server. A squad's home server will be the same with the server of its captain's highest leveled character. Naturally, members' tournament qualification will be valued based on the Season Level of the character on the squad's home server.

How to Sign Up:

（1） Navigate to the server login menu and login to the CBL Asia Play-in Server.
（2） Then, create a character on that server starting with your squad's abbreviation followed by your nickname (AAAA_BBBB). Squad abbreviations should be within 4 English characters. Read on below for naming details.
（3） The captain should create a house with the squad's full name on the server. Squad names may only contain English letters. The captain should also add the following information in this format to the House Announcement:
Squad Abbreviation (must be within 4 English letters)

Captain Name
Captain Contact Info (Discord\QQ)
（4） All of the squad's members should join their house on the new server.

Please Note:

Participation qualifications and Season Level of each character will be gauged based on data as per August 29, 12:00 (UTC+8).
If any of the following should arise, you will not be eligible to partake in the tournament.

Squads

1. A squad fails to sign up according to the requirements.
2. A squad is found to not have between 15-20 members.
3. A squad is found to have used a name that is in any form derogatory (after verification or being reported at a later stage).
4. If a squad's member makes improper remarks, his/her will be penalized based on the severity of the violation, and may have tournament rewards deducted, participation qualification revoked, or banned from partaking in further tournaments or his/her account banned.
5. If any member of a squad is found to be, including but not limited to, using hacks or maliciously abusing game loopholes, the entire squad will have their tournament participation qualification revoked.

Players

1. A player fails to sign up according to the requirements.
2. A player does not have a high enough Season Level.
3. If a player is found to be, including but not limited to, using hacks or maliciously abusing game loopholes, his/her tournament participation qualification will be revoked and his/her account will be banned. His/her squad will also have their participation qualification revoked.
4. If a player's live server account receives a ban during the course of the tournament, their participation qualification will be revoked. However, their squad may still continue the tournament.

Signup Requirements

1． Create a house on the Tournament Server with a name that is in line with the naming conventions, and add the required information to the House Announcement.
2． The house should have between 15-20 members.
3． A squad with members that do not meet the requirements may still partake in the tournament as long as they have between 15-20 qualified members. However, the players that do not meet the requirements may not partake in the tournament.
4． House and member names on the tournament server should follow our naming conventions.

Naming Conventions

Squad (House)

1. The name of the house the captain creates on the Tournament Server will be used as their squad's name. This name may only contain English characters.
2. Names may not contain derogatory or insulting content. If so, the squad will have their participation qualification revoked.

Players (Character)

1. Character on the Tournament Server should be named as [Squad Abbreviation_Nickname]. Players may choose any nickname as long as it conforms to our conventions.
2. 2. Nicknames may not contain derogatory or insulting content. If so, their squad will have their participation qualification revoked.

Play-in & Ranked Battle Promotions

1. Squads that succeed in the Play-in or that have enough Ranked Battle score will be qualified to join the knockout stage of the CBL Asia Division.
2. Your squad may sign up for both the Play-in and the Ranked Battle scoring. If you do, and you are promoted from the Play-in, your squad will not be counted for the Ranked Battle scoring. However, if you fail to qualify in the Play-in, your squad may still be promoted from Ranked Battle scoring later on.
3. Rewards from Play-in and Ranked Battle scoring are not mutually exclusive.

Confirming Tournament Roster

1. Once the Play-in signup ends, no squad may adjust their roster in any way.
2. If your squad gets promoted from the Play-in, your squad may not change your roster for the next stage of CBL for any reason whatsoever.

Play-in Training

Starting from August 23, we will collect a squad whitelist every day at 13:00 (UTC+8) comprised of eligible squads. We will then grant privileges to these squads' captains to create training rooms after 17:00 (UTC+8).

• Squads (houses) must have a member count of 15-20.
  
• House and member names must meet the naming conventions.
  
• House Announcement should contain the following info: Squad Abbreviation (must be within 4 English characters), Captain Name, Captain Contact Info (Discord\QQ).

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[SECTION TWO] - Asia Play-in Info

The following rules will be in place for the CBL: Dynasty Asia Play-in.

Structure

Single elimination with random matchups. As we do not know how many squads will sign up, some squads may random to a bye.

Mode: Siege Battle
Map: Wall Fort
Rules
Two Siege battles will be played per match.
Attacker/defender is randomized for match one, with the two squads switching sides for match two.

Victory Conditions:

（1） A squad wins if they win both of the Siege Battles.
（2） If each squad wins one Siege Battle each, an extra match will be played as a Field Battle.

Extra Match Rules
Mode: Field Battle (Deathmatch)
Map: Emerald River
Sides: Random
Rules:
Players of either side may deploy 1 piece of rare-quality artillery.

Flag Captures:

Should both sides have players within the flag's range it will be contended, and neither will gain progress. Progress can only be gained by removing all enemies from the flag's radius.
The map contains 3 flag points, A, B, and C. Once you occupy two, your enemy's base can be occupied.
If you manage to assume control of all three flag points, the enemy's base will begin losing health. Losing a flag point will stop the enemy's base from losing health.

Victory Conditions:

Reduce the health of your enemy's base to 0% within the allotted time. You can do this by either capturing all three flag points or by capturing two and attacking their base.
Should the time run out while none of the bases have dropped to 0% health, the side whose base has the most health remaining win.
Should the time run out while both bases are at 100% health, the side that has captured and held the most flag points win.

Draw Rule

Should the time run out while both bases are at 100% health and both sides have captured and held an equal amount of flag points, the match is a draw.
Draw & Extra Match Rules
If the Field Battle is a draw, another Field Battle will be played.
Extra Matches are all played on the Emerald River map.
Extra matches continue with the same ruleset.
Extra matches continue until one side wins.

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[SECTION THREE] - Asia Play-in Rewards

Signup Rewards

If your squad successfully signs up for the CBL: Dynasty Asia Selections, you will receive the following:
Random Rare Artillery Chest x2
10-Battle Unit XP Card x1
10-Battle Hero XP Card x1
Bronze Coins x20,000

Participation Rewards

If your squad successfully signs up and partakes in the tournament (i.e., showing up when scheduled), you will receive the following:
Random Epic Artillery Chest x1
Treatise x1
Bronze Coins x20,000

Promotion Rewards

For each match your squad wins in the Play-in, you will receive the following rewards:
Random Epic Artillery Chest x1
Treatise x1
Badge of Heroism x30

Tournament Standards

Rematches & Pauses:
Participants are responsible for their own network connection during the tournament, and there will be no rematches once a game has begun.
No pauses will be allowed while a game is running.

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[SECTION FOUR] - Tournament Prohibitions

Cheating is Prohibited: Any third-party program that alters the game content is strictly prohibited during the tournament, and it is strictly prohibited to use bugs or other loopholes in your favor. If a contestant is found to have violated this rule, the referee may disqualify that contestant's entire squad, and permanently ban that player from ever participating in any future Conqueror's Blade tournament.

Obstructive Conduct: Any and all obstructive conduct is strictly prohibited during the tournament. Should a referee rule that a squad has violated this (including but not limited to going AFK and remaining at the spawn point), their squad will receive a warning. For serious violations, the referee may rule that the squad loses the match, thereby directly promoting the other squad.

Punctuality: All participants must listen to and cooperate with the referees, and be ready at the appointed time. If a squad fails to invite enough members to a game within 3 minutes of it starting, the referee may rule that they have forfeited the game, giving the win to the other squad.

Naming Rules: Each squad should name themselves according to the tournament naming convention, and the name should be composed of English letters. Players should also name their characters according to the tournament convention. Any name that violates either convention is prohibited. Referees may declare a loss for any squad in which a name that violates the conventions, and if so, their opponent will immediately be victorious.

Chat Rules: Squads may be punished for any comment made by their members that is offensive in nature, including comments that are personal attacks, violate national regulations, contain racial discrimination, etc. For serious cases, the referee has the authority to disqualify the squad.

Tournament Broadcast Rules: While the tournament is running, it is strictly prohibited to, in any way or form, stream or broadcast the tournament on any platform that we have not explicitly stated as official tournament platforms. Should a participant be found to have violated this rule, the referee may disqualify the squad of which the player is part of.

Duplicate Signups: Each player may only be part of one squad per tournament, and may not create multiple characters with which to join multiple squads. A player found to have done so will have his/her participation qualification revoked, and will be banned from all future tournaments.

The CBL Tournament is made up of five divisions: Asia, South America, MENA, EU/US, and NetEase China. A player partaking in more than one will be violating our rule for 'duplicate signups', and if discovered, he/ she will have their participation qualification revoked.

Fixes:
- Loading Workshop maps in custom lobbies now works correctly
- Fixed water rendering
- The hurt SFX no longer plays loudly when picking up an ammo bonus with the Scavenger 3 mod
- Fixed issues with diving and resurfacing SFX
- The resurfacing SFX no longer plays when adjusting settings
- Fixed player outline rendering

Changes:
- New and improved map JSON format and documentation at https://sectorsedge.com/workshop

Additions:
- Custom lobby owners can enable and disable bots with /bots t and /bots f

Magic Missile: Damage increased from 35% to 40% Spell Damage per missile.
Seeker Barrage: Damage increased from 75% to 80% weapon damage per arrow. Damage for "same target" arrows increased from 50% to 60% weapon damage.

1. Fixed a bug in loading different characters.

• New Animation Videos (Clanice Arc, Nojuk, extra Xuna animation)
  
• New Opening movie when you click new game
  
• Music now in all animations
  
• All Videos come with subtitles
  
• New CGs
  
• Stats can be maxed out and shows it in the stat screen!
  
• Naxia gets her last expression
  
• Launda's intro scene added (Non-Animated)
  
• Several bug fixes and typo corrections
  
• Art resizing for some images. (Example: University)
  
• Deeper colors for the stat menu
  
• Xanamae doesn't talk as much.
  
• The political track "Tensenight" or "Political Cloud" is louder now
  
• Less unintentional vague sentences
  
• Grandma Vicia's official voice actress is now the same one for all cutscenes
  
• Seizure warning added

• More animations
  
• Overhauled UI, text, and stat screen.
  
• The remaining bugs (the non-crashing ones)
  
• More endings and arcs finally added
  
• More music
  
• More sound effects
  
• Quality of life lore/story details for all playthroughs
  
• 2017 writing gets a [stronger] facelift (See: Xanamae)

Thinking of other features? Tell us and let us know in the comments and/or threads! We read everything, and try to implement what we can!

Thanks, everyone
-John

Little is known about our protagonists beginnings, yet their play styles are very distinct!

Here's a simply breakdown of the three classes currently available.

The warrior is a powerful basic class that gets strong healing and survivability talents. Recommended for first-time players.

The mage is an initially difficult class that relies more on spells than on minions. It is offered less minions in drops and has less health than the other classes.

The rogue is a medium difficulty class that balances spells and minions. It has moderate health compared to the other classes.

Stay tuned and soon we'll go over the various factions and which widen you opportunity to construct the ultimate deck!

There was an issue reproduced by Dodger, where if you timed it right, you could get a seg fault. It really took a good amount of time to reproduce, but I've pushed a fix.

Found some items in chapter 2 that were using old code, I fixed these to reflect the items they were supposed to be or into something worth using in chapter 2.

I also check a lot of transition and forge maps as they were throwing errors in almost any town i had added them to but forgot to make some critical changes in the image folder so they could properly load.

I also found the mount lional cutscene triggers were still messed up and not properly doing what was intended so i fixed them hopefully for the last time this time.

I'd like to give a shoutout to the person finding all these bugs and just want to say i'm sorry you're running into them but thank you greatly for letting me know about them so i can fix them for anyone else following behind you.

This patch addresses some bug reports, feature requests, and a few overall balance updates.

• Added relic filter option to character relic screen when viewing bind options
  
• Added a couple more UI styles to choose from
  
• Relic breakdown bonuses increased to allow for more accessible crafting
  
• Rebalanced a few building upgrade prices and bonuses to either make them cheaper or more worthwhile
  
• Wine item changed from full MP restore to revive at full HP
  
• Research Lab's Drone Research level 3 now also adds an extra turn to drone lifespan
  
• Research Lab's Portal Research level 3 now extends vision to 3 spaces instead of 2
  
• Added a tutorial to remind new players about relics once they have at least 10 unbound waiting
  
• Fixed Moonbeam skill incorrectly listing power instead of focus for damage
  
• Fixed some timing bugs with showing and hiding overlapping enemy sprites
  
• Fixed some bugs with cleanup of highlight cursors when characters die in battle
  
• Fixed some minor visual bugs with custom UI display after changing styles
  
• Fixed Seth's (Lizardman) Thrash dealing poison instead of stun damage at level 2
  
• Fixed Abraham's (Vampire Hunter) Blood Trance costing HP while inactive
  
• Fixed Necromancer's Death Shroud to not be copyable by Spellblade, etc
  
• Fixed infinite counterattack issue with enemy Poison Sting skill
  
• Fixed missing "sleep" relic filtering tag on Slade's Guitar relic
  
• Fixed rare crash related to Death Shroud skill
  
• Fixed missing status icons for lv 2 and 3 of Whetstone skill

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