April 15, 2021 - UPDATE NOTES

There were some inaccuracies in the original notes posted earlier today. These have been updated and the final notes for today are reflected below. Apologies for the confusion:

General:

• Resolved the issue where Spell Packs of a specific color could be used even if you did not have that color
• Resolved the missing health floaters
• Creature's and enemies are now more responsive in engagements
• Planeswalker collision removed
  • This should resolve the issue where other Planeswalkers could block your path
• General dialogue and voice over improvements throughout the game
• Pathing improvements
  • Navmesh improvements throughout the game
  • Collision improvements throughout the game
• Resolved an issue where Spell Pages were being referred to as Spell Shards in some areas
• Low quality graphics settings disable shadows
• Initial graphics quality setting for new Planeswalkers determined by automated test of GPU.
• Resolved an issue with Reflect
  • Reflect region enchantment was scaling incorrect causing it to deal an insane amount of damage
• Adjusted the reliquary ping sound
• Improved server stability when controlling large numbers of creatures
• Currency Multipliers now are correctly counted towards currency caps.
• The first class unlock on the realm is now free
  • If you've already unlocked a class, your next one will be free 

Content:

• Tutorial:
  • General improvements to the initial cutscene
  • Removed the Reward Screen displaying at the end of the tutorial
• Event
  • Mana Rig Mayhem:
    • Resolved an issue that was causing decrease server performance
    • Resolved an issue where the reset for the daily would be at random times
• Realm:
  • Added class decks to class unlocks
    • Unlocking an additional class will now come with its deck. 
      • Anyone who has unlocked additional classes already either through the realm, or store will automatically be granted their respective starter deck.
  • General polish for the lands in your Realm
  • General visual effects adjustments to your Realm.
  • Library general tooltip fix ups
  • Resolved the issue with being stuck in combat while in the realm due to the training dummies
  • The Mana Vault now requires the Workshop first
  • The lands art has been updated
  • Resolved an issue where repeatable projects had a misleading "collect" button
• Sanctum:
  • Resolved some misspellings on different interacts throughout the sanctum
• Benalia:
  • Benalia World intro:
    • Resolved an issue where Danitha's head in their mini contact box was invisible
  • Benalia Overworld:
    • Benalia respawn points names have been adjusted to better match the neighborhood name
    • Resolved the landslide blocking a portion of the road
  • Benalia Ordeal 2: Purge the Darkness
    • Resolved the gold waypoint objective marker vanishing
  • Benalia Story 2: The Battle of Korlich Pass
    • Resolved an issue where some of the land would have no textures
• Gavony:
  • Gavony Overworld:
    • Adjusted Skirmish ranks to display properly
    • Resolved an issue where Planeswalkers were unlocking the wrong fast travel points
    • Resolved Nani Oila's Hut respawn 
    • Skirmishes:
      • Wrath of Volomir:
        • Resolved an issue where "Challenge the Werewolf that Killed Volomir in Moorland" would spawn an allied empowered enemy.
      • Corpse Cart Calamity:
        • Resolved an issue where the fire was missing
  • Gavony Story 1: Curse of Crussbourg
    • General UI improvements to the objective for a more clear understanding on the objective
    • Resolved an issue where the waypoint to enter the boss arena would point to the start of story.
    • Resolved an issue where certain enemies would spawn in unreachable areas
  • Gavony Story 3: Self-Preservation
    • Resolved an issue where Self-Preservation would have different naming conventions in the guide and on the map.
    • Nani Oula:
      • Resolved an issue where Nani Oula was missing her portrait
• Tazeem:
  • General:
    • Resolved an issue where waypoints would disappear after disconnecting
  • Tazeem Overworld:
    • Resolved an issue where Planeswalkers could get stuck in a certain spot
    • Added wind to the Merfolk tents
  • Tazeem Story 1: Wild Energies
    • Decreased the boss event shield
  • Tazeem Story 2: Divisive Rumblings
    • Decreased the time it takes for Noyan Dar to lower his shield
    • Resolved an issue where certain trees could potentially block the camera
  • Tazeem Ordeal 2: Surface Tensions
    • Resolved an issue where Planeswalkers were unable to complete the Ordeal if they did not defeat any Lullmages at Camp Clearings.
• Tolaria: 
  • Tolaria World Intro:
    • Environment improvements
    • Resolved an issue where two stage targeting indicator would not be visible
    • Removed the player "pog" visual during the intro cutscene
  • Tolaria Overworld:
    • Resolved an issue where enemies would sometimes stop spawning
    • Resolved an issue where the the Tolaria Overworld Tailor was not interactable
    • Resolved an issue where two stage targeting indicator would not be visible
    • Resolved multiple areas where fading didn't happen depending on the camera angle
    • Resolved an issue where upon death you'd spawn in a reliquary or the banished place
    • Resolved an issue where the ocean would sometimes have an off color
    • Skirmishes:
      • General:
        • Resolved an issue where special skirmishes would not function properly once completed the first time
        • Resolved an issue where the Academy Instruments border visual would still appear, even after the skirmish is completed
      • Invasive Experiment Major Skirmish:
        • General environment improvements
      • Campus Tour:
        • Resolved an issue where the skirmish could not be completed due to an unreachable opponent.
  • Tolaria Story 1: The Forbidden Vault
    • The breach in the wall now has fire to indicate the Planeswalker cannot progress yet
    • Barrier collision has been reworked to better match the effects
    • General collision pass throughout the environment
    • Resolved an issue where Valda interrupts Khalia's contact
    • Adjusted the camarid eggs to not be floating
    • Added missing Mist FX
  • Tolaria Ordeal 1: Dreadnaught Defense
    • Dreadnaught defense balance pass
    • Resolved an issue where Tolaria: Dreadnought Defense would have different naming conventions on the map, and in the guide
    • Resolved an issue where contacts where playing repeatedly for each Planeswalker
    • Adjusted the AI Director spawns
  • Tolaria Story 2: Social Artifice
    • Resolved an issue where completing this story the first time would grant the incorrect spell
    • Adjusted the boss Hedron height
    • Adjusted the Hedron beams to be the correct height
    • Adjusted the Hedrom beams fx
    • Adjusted the amount of enemies that spawn when a pylon is deactivated
  • Tolaria Story 3: Like Minds
    • Metal hedrons deaths inconsistency has been improved 
    • Khalila:
      • Khalila is now invulnerable to the surrounding fire
      • Resolved an issue where the boss would sometimes reset
      • Resolved an issue where the boss would sometimes not aggro
• Shiv:
  • Shiv Overworld:
    • Resolved an issue where dying in Shiv Overworld could potentially bring you to a place with no spawn points
  • Shiv World Intro:
    • The intro cutscene to Shiv has been adjusted and polished 
  • Shiv Story 2: Dragon in Chains
    • Resolved an issue where Darigaaz wouldn't properly jump out of the hole at the end of the mission
  • Shiv Ordeal 2: Hunt for Vengeance
    • Resolved an issue where there were long stretches with no spawns
  • Shiv Story 3: Mana Rig
    • Resolved an issue where Gavon Deniz teleport would not sync up properly with his actions

Systems:

• General:
  • Resolved archer summons holding their weapons incorrectly 
    • Benalish Archer, Angel Archer , Fallen Skeleton Archers, Elf Archers
  • General improvement to the physics on enemy weapons
  • The camera when you enter boss arenas has been adjusted
  • Mana Whisp information bar now only shows the color they represent
  • Master Difficulty now rewards a consistent number of Eternal Echoes and Chromatic Mana
• Modifiers:
  • Resolved an issue with Hypnotic Modifier - the stun timer will match the visual 
• Artifacts:
  • Benalish Heirloom:
    • Resolved an issue where this artifact was granting swiftness at the same time as the added spawn instead of after
  • Bloodsoaked Altar:
    • Starting Life Loss increased from 15% to 20%
    • Demon Token duration decreased from 60 seconds to 20 seconds
      • Developer Note: This allows people to get a good burst of demons, but they have to work harder/create a build to keep them
  • Gilded Lotus:
    • Corrected the chance of the Petal dropping. It will now only drop from Champions+
  • Whip of Erebos
    • General visual improvements when creatures are being revived
    • Resolved an issue where creatures were not invulnerable and could be attacked before being on their feet again to attack. 
      • Often this would cause them to die before they were battle ready
• Classes:
  • Beastcaller:
    • Resolved an issue with the Beastcaller Trait Primal Rage, where the effect was triggering for each target hit by a Sorcery rather than each cast of a Sorcery. Additionally, the description has been updatedl to use the keyword "Retaliate", this is only a text update as it was already uisng "Retaliate" mechanically.
  • Dimir Assassin:
    • General:
      • Mana Surge now has a visual
  • Necromancer:
    • Spark Power:
      • Resolved an issue where the utility would display debug text
      • Resolved an issue with the Necromancer class unlock, Aether Absorption, where it was applying healing per target hit by a Sorcery spell rather than per cast of a Sorcery spell.
• Spells:
  • General:
    • Updated the art for certain spells
•   Resolved an issue where the follow spells were not being treated as Hazards:
  •          Wailing Souls
  •          Abyssal Flame
  •          Shadow Barrage
  •          Elemental Shatter
• Green:
  • Greenwarden:
    •  Adjusted the Greenwarden to no longer stun bosses
• Red Spells:
  • Earth Spike:
    • Resolved an issue where Earth Spike did not respect terrain height
    • Improved visual of Earth Spike
  • Magma Burst:
    • Resolved an issue where Magma Burst did not respect terrain height
    • Improved visual of Magma Burst
  • Seismic Grasp:
    • Resolved an issue where Seismic Grasp did not respect terrain height
  • Earth Elemental:
    • Resolved an issue where they would sometimes use the incorrect animations
  • Slag Strike:
    •          Spell progression visuals added
• White Spells:
  • Revenge:
    • Visuals timing adjusted to match the animations
  • Lightshield Barrie:
    • Spell progression visuals added
  • Heavenly Assault:
    • Spell progression visuals added
• Black & Blue:
  • Nightveil stalker stance and summon visual effects have been adjusted
• Blue:
  • Glint:
    • Resolved a bug where Glint was drawing 8 spells. It will now only draw 1.
  • Telestrike:
    • Telestrike will now only land where you can path to
  • Spell Storm
    • Resolved an issue where Spell Storm would result in infinite mana. As a result the spell had to be reworked and the effect changed.
    • Rework:
      • "For X seconds, Sorceries you cast cost 25% less mana for each spell missing from your hand."
• Black:
  • Desecrate:
    • Resolved an issue where Desecrates sound would continually play until you'd teleport out of the map
    • Resolved an issue where the extra initial damage from sacrificing a create was applying exponentially based on number of targets hit by the hazard
  • Volatile Thrull:
    • Volatile Thrull no longer stand up after they die
  • Grim Revival:
    • Resolved an issue where the visual for resurrected creatures would not display

• Enemies:
  • Cabal Cleric:
    • Resolved an issue where the Cabal Cleric was missing their weapons
  • Necromancer:
    • Resolved an issue where the Necromancer was missing their weapons.
• Gear:
  • Amulet of Flourishing Darkness
    • Resolved an issue where the ring icon would overlap the text
  • Adjudicator's Greaves
    • The custom Adaptive Mod for the Equipment piece "Adjudicator's Greaves" has been rebalanced such that the max trigger chance is now 25% from 100% due to the prevalance of healing sources and the inclusion of teammates as targets. Additionally, an issue was addressed with the mod that could sometimes cause server instability.

UI:

• General:
  • Planeswalkers can now view their health value by hovering over their health bar.
  • Resolved an issue where when you'd click toward the left side while in the party you'd select the party member and bring up the Planeswalker menu
  • Small Spell Page Packs now properly show they have 360 spell pages, not 720.
  • Resolved an issue where the Spark Power activation on UI would say "NOT BOUND" 
  • Resolved an issue in party/friends menu where once they swap classes the icon would not update properly
  • Resolved the filtering buttons in the library tab to no longer lose their icon if you click through them rapidly
  • Resolved an issue where the battlepass level up numbers indicator would be different sizes
  • Resolved an issue where tooltip numeric were incorrect on the join match screen
  • Resolved an issue where waypoints could vanish randomly
  • Resolved an issue where the spell pages would display incorrect upgrade progress
  • Loading screens general improvements
  • Removed the "Back" button tooltips
  • Resolved an issue where the overlay map would display lines
  • Spell Page Packs should now display the correct number of common pages it grants
  • Resolved an issue where loadout score buff would display decimals
  • Resolved an issue where the map would display multiple points for the same Planeswalker
  • Resolved an issue where completing an ordeal with 0 score would display the incorrect rewards screen.
  • Resolved an issue where mana towers and major skirmishes were using the minor skirmish icon on the map overlay
  • Resolved an issue where creature icons on the overlay map were large white dots
  • Resolved an issue where certain creature icons did not have any icon, or displayed default
    • One noticeable one was the Aether fox 
  • Updated the Social Panel((Esc) menu) to allow better access to the following:
    • Options
    • Map
    • Guide
    • Loadout
    • Library
    • Store
    • Wallet
    • Buy Zen
    • Help
    • Main Menu
• Broker:
  • The broker now sorts the spell page similarly to the library
  • World Enchantment sliders now account for tiers
  • Trade tokens tooltip now describe which transactions use them
  • Correct amount of Trade Tokens consumed will show for each transaction
  • Trade Tokens are now required for Packs and Unlocks tab
• Chat:
  • Adjusted Party chat to now be properly aligned in the brackets
• Controller:
  • Resolved an issue where you couldn't fast travel to a waypoint if a Planeswalker was on it
  • Resolved an issue where Loadout and Deck Slots purchasable item preview would cause the controller buttons to not be centered around the item
  • Resolved an issue where controller buttons were not centered for the battlepass
  • Resolved an issue where controller buttons were not centered when previewing Boost & Services items
  • Resolved an issue where those  on controllers could not access party options from the options menu
  • Resolved an issue where salvaging a World Enchantment would cause the controller to lose the ability to scroll
• Library:
  • Creating a new deck sets that deck as active
• Glossary:
  • Added a glossary button in the loadout class tab
    • This should give clarity on most buffs and debuffs in the game
• Infusions:
  • Cabal Knight display icon resolved
  • Broodwidow icon resolved
• Party:
  • Leave Party button is no longer displayed while in a match
• Reporting:
  • Reporting now gives you feedback that they're now ignored
• Wallet:
  • Relic Fragments should now appear in the wallet
• Tailor:
  • Pressing the Zen button on the tailor should now bring up the Zen purchase menu 
  • Removed debug text on certain outfits
  • Resolved missing items from the Tailor
• Empyrean Store:
  • Resolved an issue where interrogate was listed twice

Store:

• Battlepass:
  • Resolved an issue where killing a single enemy for the weekly objective for "Defeat enemies with sorceries of the color they are vulnerable to" was counting twice
  • The count tracker for “Defeat enemies with sorceries of the color they are vulnerable to” weekly objective should now track group kills with the correct effect
  • The count tracker for “Defeat enemies with damage over time effects and hazards” weekly objective should now track group kills with the correct effect
  • Resolved an issue where "Cast a spell of a specific color" was counting twice
  • Unlocking a creature skin from the battlepass now requires no reload/map change.
•    Resolved an issue where the Shivan Dragon "On Summon" effect was not counting towards the Battlepass Weekly "Defeat or damage enemies using "On Summon" creature abilities.
• Boosterpack:
  • General UI improvements to the reward tier information
• Classes and Packs:
  • All classes purchased will now come with their deck
    • Anyone who has unlocked additional classes already either through the realm, or store will automatically be granted their respective starter deck.

Known Issues:

• Vindictive is still scaling incorrect making it deal insane amount of damage at higher difficulties
• Spark Power Bar can sometimes give incorrect information immediately after usage
  • It does resolve itself after a certain time
• Dimir Assassins cooldowns are currently not displaying for the Spark Power
• Icicle does not hit some targets
• Some skirmishes do not have music
• World Enchantments do not list their effect rewards in tooltips or mission modifiers
• Overworld difficulty map is currently missing its Region Enchantment information
• Minicontacts can sometimes drop frames