Hi everyone! It's time for the first major Valor update! The main piece of feedback we got was that grinding for experience can often feel pretty tedious, because playing the same level over and over is ... well, the same level over and over. That's solved now!

Affixes

Whenever you play a non-bossfight, affixes will be randomly chosen, to spice things up. The amount of affixes depends on the difficulty:

Novice: 0
Brawler: 1
Warrior: 1
Vanquisher: 2
Gladiator: 3

Now what are these affixes? Upon starting the game, you'll be greeted by a message telling you which affixes were applied. An example:

What affixes can you get? Here's a list of the first 6 affixes. Obviously, we'll be adding more with upcoming updates.

Juggernaut: All enemies are larger and have more health.
Rejuvenation: All enemies regenerate health over time.
Kamikaze: Upon death, enemies will throw 4 shurikens in all major directions.
Meteor Strike: Meteors fall from the sky! Getting hit by them is not a good idea.
Seeker: An unkillable seeker follows you. Upon contact, you take loads of damage.
Sawmill: Circular saws cut across the map. Dodge these!

Balance Changes

Krogar

Krogar had some difficulties so far. These changes aim to make him feels less clunky, hopefully increasing his strength as well.

Basic attack range: 1 -> 1.3
Basic attack cone width: 60 degrees -> 90 degrees

Experience

To account for the harder difficulty in Brawler and above, we've also increased the experience and gold multipliers.

Novice: 90% -> 90%
Brawler: 100% -> 100%
Warrior: 110% -> 125%
Vanquisher: 120% -> 150%
Gladiator: 130% -> 175%

Bugfixes & Small Changes

Fixed an issue where runes would not display correctly on Raven and Krogar.
Made the menu background a little more colorful.
Fixed an issue where you could right click menu buttons, resulting in some unintented soft-lock states.
The crowd SFX volume is now correctly linked to the SFX volume slider in the audio options.
The Training Master will no longer express his disappointment by saying "Disappointing" on repeat, even after his death.

[ 2021-11-01 10:59:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

Valor

Open Mid Interactive Developer

Open Mid Interactive Publisher

2021-10-22 Release

Indie RPG Singleplayer EA Tags

Game News Posts: 26

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Embark on a epic journey through a range of different environments and arenas. Upgrade, personalize and finetune your characters, overcome different challenges and bossfights to prove the single most important thing: your worth as a gladiator.

Valor features different arenas, each with their own set of challenges. A change of scene is not just that, but also brings along new enemies and environment-specific obstacles and strategies. Every environment ends in an epic bossfight (classic!) where you'll have to prove your worth and understanding of the game's mechanics.

As your gladiators level up, you'll be able to dig into their upgrade trees to make the most of their abilities. You'll also unlock various runes with special effects that can be equipped by any of your gladiators. Are you the master of innovation with all the different combinations of runes?

Let's be honest. Nobody likes to pay for skins. That's why, in Valor, all skins are earned through achievements. Battling in style actually means something.

If easy games aren't your thing, you'll enjoy this one. Increase the difficulty of your challenges to earn extra rewards and cosmetics. I'll be honest, I don't think you can beat all levels on the Gladiator Difficulty, but feel free to prove me wrong.

MINIMAL SETUPProcessor: 2 GHz ProcessorMemory: 2 GB RAMStorage: 1 GB available space
Memory: 2 GB RAMStorage: 1 GB available space
Storage: 1 GB available space