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Contestants!

Pre-release event now live

Super awesome event trailer

forcedshowdown.com/watch/

Features

• Twitch integration for easy streaming setup.
• Leaderboards now show a 'Twitch' icon for players who were streaming while setting their score.
• 64-bit version with extra performance and stability gains (Steam should handle this switch without any action on your part)
• Notification pop-ups for completing quests and for the rewards you unlock.
• More varied arena layouts.

Balance

• General:
  • Stun effects (Trip Drone and Ruby mine field) have been changed to a strong movement speed debuff. You can still use abilities for the duration and movement speed buffs can break you a bit out of the root.
• Cards:
  • Emergency Spleen now triggers if you survive a hit with less than 30 health left, down from 40.
  • Combat Healing Potion reworked: (3 mana, 2 charges) "Heal 15. When used under 30 Health, Heal 40. Replenish: At arena end."
  • Scroll of Raining Daggers can now only bring you to 1 health but not kill you.
  • Sniper reworded and reduced to +30% max stretch, down from +50%.
• Boons:
  • Not Today now triggers if you survive a hit with less than 30 health left, down from 40. Healing reduced from 120 to 100.
  • Just a Sip chance reduced from 25 to 20%.
  • Companion Damage Up damage bonus reduced from 50 to 40%.
  • Companion Health Up health bonus reduced from 50 to 40%.
  • I Have A Hulk! health and damage bonus reduced from 50 to 35%.
• Enemies:
  • Snake Druids no longer stumble
  • Stealth Imps are now more visible if they are the last enemies left in an arena.
  • Snake Mages buffed (aggro range 5 -> 7, health 50 -> 60, ball range 8 -> 8.5, ball cooldown 7 -> 6, rotation speed increased)
  • Fly Spitters tweaked.
• Bosses:
  • The Master bossfight tweaked.
  • Frank's laser turrets now block attacks.
• Battle Rules:
  • Rebel Whirly Rats rated slightly less positive.

  Quality of Life

  
  
  • Deck searching improved

  Fixes

  
  
  • Further performance and stability improvements.
  • Multiple fixes to daily scores, leaderboards and gold rewards.
  • Stormbringer arrows now hit properly at close range again.
  • Stormbringer arrows now fly over low walls again.
  • Stormbringer arrows no longer fly beyond maximum range.
  • Fixed some situations where Stormbringer arrows would disappear or fail to fire.
  • Enemies that die by special circumstances (boomer/fly suicide, sacrificed by Mordar etc.) no longer trigger overkills.
  • Enemies and companions should now correctly pick new targets when an effect switches their team.
  • Level Up and Artifact battle rules should now work correctly when awarding cards that modify player abilities.
  • Flash Sale boon fixed.
  • Fixed some issues with companion buffs and Brutus healing.
  • Boot up splash screen now shows correct value for Fists of Fury.
  • Multiple quest fixes.
  • Various sound fixes.
  • Level 3 spawner shrines now also spawn once quickly after arena start.
  • Killerang projectiles should no longer hang around and keep dealing damage.
  Take care to launch this update directly through Steam, the first time. The switch to 64-bit support has a risk of wiping beta profiles if you launch the .exe directly. If you would like to support our launch announcement, check this: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/37670-forced-showdown-just-launched Remember you can follow the development of the show at: https://trello.com/b/m8udgXeV/forced-2-main-board <3 C-SAR
  
  [ 2016-03-23 17:01:12 CET ] [ Original post ]