Greetings Commanders!

Mechabellum has come a long way since our launch into EA back in May of 2023! We're grateful for your continued support, feedback, and dedication to helping us make Mechabellum a truly unique experience!

Update 0.8.3 features a brand new unit, balance adjustments to existing units, and a overhaul to the in-game replay system. Additionally, players that lose connection during a match will now be able to reconnect with ease! Lastly, You might also notice the addition of new soundtracks throughout Mechabellum!

This update will be carried out at 10:00 AM on July 25, 2024, UTC time. At that time, the server will undergo update maintenance for approximately 120 minutes

New Unit: Tarantula

Tarantula is a heavily armored unit that can withstand a lot of damage. Its two rapid-fire autocannons are very effective against small and medium-sized units. Through Tech upgrades, The Tarantula can mount two mine-laying cases on its back, which will fire two self-moving Spider Mines every 15 seconds

Dev Note: We hope The Tarantula will provide more chaff-clearing choices for round 1, and we hope it will also give steel balls some high HP targets to counter, after all, we do not have a High HP single unit in our starting units now since Rhino is not a starting unit.




New music!

We have made new exclusive music for Mechabellum. Everyone can now safely use the built-in music for Streaming/Youtube/X.

Reconnection

If connection is lost or the game crashes during a match, you'll now have approximately 90 seconds to log back in and return to the match before it ends!

Replay System Overhaul

While watching a replay, you can take over at any time to play the round as you wish.
You can now jump between rounds freely.
You can now download Tournament replays.


Balance Adjustments:


Phoenix
The cost of [Quantum Reassembly] decreased from 300 to 200.
Removed from available unit pool at Round 1.
Dev Note: In the past, Phoenix was the only air unit in the initial lineup, which made the first round of many games too dependent on luck. This time, with the addition of Tarantula, we can finally remove Phoenix from the initial lineup.

Fortress
HP decreased from 46698 to 45297 (3% decrease).
The range of [Anti-Air Barrage] decreased from 180m to 170m.
The cost of [Barrier] increased from 300 to 400.
The cost of [Doubleshot] decreased from 200 to 150.

Vulcan
ATK increased from 90 to 93 (3% increase).
Rotate speed increased from 60 degrees/second to 70 degrees/second.
Vulcan's fire now travels 25% faster.

Melting Point
HP decreased from 38274 to 36360 (5% decrease).
The effective time of [Electromagnetic Barrage] decreased from 13s to 8s.
The production interval of [Crawler Production] increased from 32 seconds to 36 seconds.
[Energy Absorption]'s HP bonus increased from 40% to 60%.
The cost of [Energy Diffraction] decreased from 250 to 150.


Wasp
HP increased from 302 to 311 (3% increase).
[High-Explosive Ammo]'s ATK reduction decreased from 40% to 30%.

Fang
ATK increased from 57 to 59 (4% increase).
The cost of [Portable Shield] increased from 450 to 500.
The cost of [Ignite] decreased from 300 to 200.

Overlord
[High-Explosive Ammo]'s splash range bonus increased from 5m to 7m. The cost increased from 100 to 200.

Sledgehammer
[Armor-Piercing Bulletst] is adjusted to: Cost 250 supply, increases ATK by 200%, but increases attack interval by 30%. (Before change: Cost 200 supply, Increases ATK by 150%, but increases attack interval by 20%).

Arclight
The cost of [Charged Shot] decreased from 300 to 200.

War Factory
[High-Explosive Ammo]'s ATK reduction decreased from 40% to 30%, splash range bonus increased from 5m to 7m. The cost increased from 150 to 200.

Wraith
[High-Explosive Ammo]'s ATK reduction decreased from 40% to 30%.

Scorpion
[Siege Mode]'s range bonus increased from 70m to 80m.

Sandworm
Larva's HP increased from 4788 to 5746 (20% increase).

Equipment
[Laser Sights]'s range bonus decreased from 35m to 20m. Changed its card level from level 3 to level 2.
[Improved Firepower Control system]'s ATK increase changed from 100% to 70%. Changed its card level from level 3 to level 2.
[Amplifying Core]'s HP and ATK bonuses decreased from 60% to 50%.
[Heavy Armor]'s HP bonus decreased from 100% to 80%.
[Super Heavy Armor]'s HP bonus decreased from 200% to 150%. The cost decreased from 300 to 200.
[Photon Coating] adjusted from level 2 to level 1.
Removed [Advanced Firepower Control system].

Variant
[Assault Stormcaller]'s HP bonus increased from 250% to 350%.
[Fortified Hacker] now also increases ATK by 20%.
[Mass-Produced Scorpion]'s HP and ATK reduction decreased from 30% to 20%.
[Extended Range Sledgehammer]'s HP reduction decreased from 30% to 20%, but now it also decreases ATK by 20%.
[Assault Vulcan] adjusted from level 2 to level 1.
[Extended Range Marksman] now decreases HP by 20%.
[Improved Overlord] no longer increases range, but instead increases the splash range by 5.

Unit drops
Nerfed Fire Badger and Sabertooth cards.
Nerfed high-level Fortress, Rhino, Wraith, and Sabertooth cards.
Slightly increased the supply limit for unit drops on rounds 3 and 4.

Bug Fixes/Misc.

Changes in MMR will now also be recorded in the battle log.

Fixed an issue where spectators could not speak in the battle channel of ladder matches.
Fixed an issue where Melting Point's attack was not calculated correctly after its [Energy Diffraction] Tech was disabled by EMP.
Fixed an issue where Melting Point could not damage the energy barrier equipped by the Sandworm.

new plot
Metropolis: all towers gain 1.5x damage but charge 10 rent

new artifacts
Free Parking: tower placed on top does not charge rent
Parking Meter: all towers have 1.5x damage but charge an additional 10 rent
Skyscraper: diagonal towers generate 1 hp per round

new towers
Dark Lord: immolate adjacent towers for darkness
Holy Lord: immolate adjacent towers for lightness

new affix
Shattered Ice: adds shatter when freeze breaks


The packs page went through a much needed update. Each pack now has a 'plots pool' in addition to the tower pool that determines the possible plots that you can encounter using that plot. This reduces redundant plots confusing new players like the 'Beach' plot and 'Archipelago' plot. Check it out!




fixed money and lives text overlapping
fixed the '-' for the info tab being in the wrong position
hopefully fixed roll cost text overlapping
reworded DNA
added a setting to use right click for start wave to avoid accidentally clicking it

Thanks for playing (and reading this far!) The game has officially sold 300 sales! Super stoked that we hit this amazing milestone and I couldn't have done it without you all (duh lol). If you have issues please join our Discord or post something in the Discussions! If you haven't already, please leave a review too!

This was a bit smaller than I would've liked but I wanted to get the packs update out as fast as possible. The next update will be very 'health' oriented...

Happy fishing! 🎣

This is the “KRITIKA:ZERO” management team.

The maintenance work has been completed as of 17:00(JST), 00:00(UTC), on Thursday, 7/25/2024
Thank you very much for your cooperation in the maintenance work.

• Balance adjustment and other specification changes
  
• New products added to K-SHOP
  
• Event “Collect ice cream to get cute pets and event equipment! Event Equipment Enhancement to Increase Ability Values!” Starts

The following contents are those before the maintenance.




This is the management team of “KRITIKA:ZERO”.

In order to give players a better game experience, we need to carry out routine maintenance of the server, the estimated maintenance time of 6 hours, during the maintenance period, you can not log in and carry out the game.

(in Japanese only)

Maintenance start time:
July 24, 2024 at 19:00 PDT
July 25, 2024 at 10:00 CST
July 25, 2024 at 11:00 KST
July 25, 2024 at 11:00 JST
July 25, 2024 at 04:00 CEST
July 25, 2024 at 05:00 GMT+3

Estimated end time:
July 25, 2024 at 01:00 PDT
July 25, 2024 at 16:00 CST
July 25, 2024 at 17:00 KST
July 25, 2024 at 17:00 JST
July 25, 2024 at 10:00 CEST
July 25, 2024 at 11:00 GMT+3

Game server
WEB Server
*During the maintenance, you will not be able to log in to the game or view the web page.

Game Program Update
K-SHOP updates
Server maintenance and inspection


We apologize for the inconvenience to everyone enjoying “KRITIKA:ZERO” and thank you for your cooperation with the maintenance.

*Scheduled maintenance is scheduled for the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month.
　In case of emergency maintenance or special maintenance, we will notify you separately.

We apologize for the inconvenience to everyone enjoying “KRITIKA:ZERO” and thank you for your cooperation with the maintenance.

Thursday, July 18, 2024 (after maintenance) to Thursday, August 22, 2024 (before maintenance)

During the event period, you can obtain “[Event] Ice Cream” by clearing general dungeons in the game.
The item can be exchanged for various items by taking it to the event NPC Arendelle in town.
*[Event] ice cream can be obtained at a certain rate.


▲[Event] Ice Cream
*The above items will be available until the start of maintenance on August 22, 2024 (Thursday).

Some of the items that can be exchanged for “[Event] Ice Cream” can be enhanced and added to your item collection.
Let's try to improve your character's ability value by getting your item collection together.


Click here to check the ability values and register items for the event item collection.
*It is stated in the item collection section that the effect will remain in effect until August 30, but the collection ability value is.
The collection ability values will be applied until 23:59 on Thursday, September 26, 2024.

At the event NPC Arendelle's store, you can get cute pets, event equipment that can be strengthened to a certain value and registered in the item collection to gain limited-time ability values, and various other items such as enhancement items and potions.
You can obtain various items such as cute pets, event equipment that can be strengthened to a certain value and registered in the item collection to gain limited time limited ability values, other strengthening items, potions, etc.



*Exchangeable until 23:59, Thursday, August 29, 2024.

The event item “[Event] Ice Cream” will be deleted at once at 23:59 on Thursday, August 29, 2024.
Please use it within the event period.

Here are this month's PickUp products!



▼Notes▼

• Some items may have a limit on the number of items.
  
• Due to unforeseen operational reasons, the contents of the event may be changed or cancelled without prior notice.
  
• K-SHOP can be closed by pressing the “Esc” key.
  
• If you are using Steam, items purchased in the K-Shop cannot be traded if the box is opened within 30 days from the time of purchase, even if the item is available for trade.
  Please note that this is a measure to prevent abuse of the Steam system.

July 25 (Thursday) Update Information

Here are the updates that were made during maintenance on Thursday, July 25



The following class balance adjustments have been made in order for players to enjoy “KRITIKA:ZERO” more exhilaratingly.

The maximum amount of MP for all classes has been increased by 10,000.

We have added 30 additional skill points for all classes, which can be earned up to lv. 60.

An MP auto-recovery buff effect has been added to the following classes.
The “Mana Activation” buff will be applied to all classes each time they use any of their skills.


※When the above classes are renewed or adjusted in the future, the relevant buff effects will be removed.

Certain items are now available for free once a day at K-SHOP.

• Golds : Golds 10000
  
• Jade: Jade Chest (16)
  
• Soul Gem: Soul Gem Random Chest (Low~Rare)
  
• Rune: Random Rune Chest (Low~Rare)
  
• Talisman: Talisman Random Chest
  
• Pet Gem: Pet Gem Random Chest
  
• Wappen: Wappen Random Chest
  
• Equipment : Enhance Stone Random Chest
  
• Entry Ticket: Multiplier Ticket [Dungeons]

▼K-SHOP can be opened from the following icon or “F9 key”.

Dear players,

Thank you very much for all the support and feedback!

I never expected to sell as many copies of Klaroro as we did. This was only possible because of the support from Mango Party and all you players. I am extremely moved and eternally grateful.

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• Adjusted upgrades and fire rate of Pyro-Cleaver to rebalance it after the latest bug fixes: Add Bleed Chance 40% -> 30%, Add Cripple Chance 100% -> 20% and cost 1800 -> 1300, Increase Bleed Duration cost 1500 -> 1200, Add armor bypass chance cost 1800 -> 1500, Add Freeze Chance 80% -> 30% and cost 2000 -> 1600. Pyro Cleaver's base Fire Rate slowed down.
  
• Changed High-Value Target II skill from 15% -> 10% increased Critical Chance.
  
• Graphics improvement: Added anti-aliasing filtering to smooth out pixel distortions and make texts more readable
  
• Added an options setting for changing the font. Changed the default font to a more readable one
  
• Adjusted sound volumes so that click sounds and weapon sound volumes should be better balanced now
  
• View scrolling is now slightly smoother
  
• Added an explosion effect when the base gets destroyed

• Fixed a recently introduced bug where the Weapon Stats Display was not updating after picking new turret/trap skills
  
• Fixed an issue where some stats were overlapping the Resistances in the Enemy Stats display
  
• Fixed an issue where the Engineer skills Trap Critical Chance and Trap Bleed Chance were not displayed in the Stats view
  
• Fixed High-Value Target II skill
  
• Adjusted shotgun's muzzle point lower since it could not shoot through narrow doorways properly
  
• Fix mission failed text position

Thank you all for your amazing feedback! We've fixed and improved a bunch of things and will continue to do so quite often :)

Gameplay
- 4 game modes now available
Tutorial + Campaign
Campaign
Sandbox
Creative
- Buildings no longer destroy pavement and roads
- Rebalanced Producer Milestone rewards

Fixes
- Fixed various small issues with some sets and buildings
- Fixed the game not starting properly in certain special situations
- Improved final movie rating calculation