Hey guys! For a long time we thought on improving the game in the 3rd portal. It became the main source of the inspiration for this update.

3rd Portal Improvements

• now available for entering without a delay
• the price to enter is 1 diamond (to prevent fast enriching)
• the boss, as before, gives a chance to get a card, an artifact and drops 0-1 (0-2 with premium account)diamonds
• a diamond in the chest of the second location is not available (for the same reason)

• entrance is possible only with an adequate opponent (+-3 levels and an equal PVP rank)
• as before, the boss, as before, gives a chance to get a card, an artifact and drops 1-3 (2-6 with premium account) diamonds (to compensate losses)
• as before, a diamond in the chest of the second location goes to the first who finds it
• a pay off for the gold is no longer available (to prevent "contractual fights")
• chat is no longer available in the 3rd portal (for the same reason)
• amongst common artifacts, there is now a chance to get a golden artifact! (for the PVP battle victory)

New artifacts!

• a full set of the golden artifacts will provide unique bonuses
• incomplete set will not give a set bonuses, but the rest bonuses will act as usual
• a type of bonus depends on the collected set (each set has its own bonus)
• golden artifacts can be acquired only in the PVP mode of the 3rd portal

Shadow faction bonus

User Interface improvements

• an additional inventory doll is now available with premium account, to let you switch comfortably two different sets of artifacts
• additional inventory back packs are now available (for diamonds)
• the faction bonus icon is now visible in lobby and allows to see the effects (using a tool tip)
• now everyone will see the names of players with premium accounts carved with gold on locations and golden character panel in battles
• Now player names that are suitable by PVP rank will be shown on the green background in the location player list

Battle

• Spying is now available in battles (gives the ability to see opponents stats) for 1 diamond
• character race and class icons are now visible on the character panel in the battle and on the battle results window
• additional information is now available in the battle results window: the survived units and tool tips showing unit upgrade level

Raid boss

• access to the minor raid bosses has been limited to 20th level instead of 25th (to give new players more chances to reach the top)
• Shadow Spirit that is summoned by the Horror (as a raid boss) is now using mana drain ability against player
• fixed a bug preventing updates of the raid boss battle participants list

Magic

• Counter Attack spell now has a mass version on the 4th level upgrade, costs 162 mana (instead of 117), gives 3 additional counter attacks (instead of 10)
• spell upgrades window now shows values considering the faction bonus effects (if you have full faction deck)
• spell values (damage or heal amount) are now shown correctly after switching artifacts, that has a Spell Power influence (in spell upgrades and magic shop windows)

Sound

• added independent controls for sound effects and music volume
• music volume is now the same in battle mode and on locations
• sound effects on locations are now 3D (the sound will span according to the camera position)
• a volume correction is added to mass spells effects
• main hero steps volume is reduced

Other Fixes & Improvements

• spells are now sorted correctly in the magic shop window
• physical damage block effect is now visible (was invisible)
• fixed a rare problem with Trint, that held his target rooted even after moving away.