A new build has arrived. Release 1.43 contains the balance changes that we previewed a while back. In addition, the build has the winners of the custom battle contest! These can be found in the Mauve Manticore adventure on the campaign map (it unlocks when you finish Beneath the Frozen Earth). The loot you get from this adventure is dependent on how far through the campaign you are, so it should prove worthwhile regardless of your level. Don't forget that these custom battles don't use your party - you use pre-built characters made by the battle creators. The Halloween items and figures are no longer purchasable. They may, nor may not, return next year... Finally, a special gift to say sorry for anyone who has been put out by the rebalancing we had to do. Yes, it's a Demon Skull Snuffbox, a one of a kind Rare treasure! You should find it waiting for you in your inventory. Enjoy, but only partake in moderation please (or sell it, if you really need the gold!). Adventures Mauve Manticore has arrived! Mauve manticore awards loot at player level. Fixed two typos in scenario text. Fixed a prompt bug in Alet Zhav. Disable store/retrieve button for adventures that don't use party. Cards Changed Unholy Power to Demonic Power. Added 3 unpreventable self damage, removed damage to target. Turned into pure Assist card. Changed range to 3. Changed Demonic Feedback to draw one card, range 3. Made self damage unpreventable. Changed Demonic Revenge to do 5 unpreventable self damage. Removed Demonic Pain from the game. Made Dwarven Battle Cry unblockable. Made Inspiring Presence unblockable. Made Inspiring Armor only trigger from enemy sourced damage. Group traits ignore dead members of the group when determining valid instigators. Fixed a duplicate card ID. Fixed Altruism draw log text. Fixed Healing blessing heal log text. Fixed Accelerated thought play text. Battle Don't scroll to end when mousing over card links in battle log. Items Replaced Demonic Revenge with Demonic Miasma on Demon Charm 2. Replaced Demonic Pain with Demonic Revenge on Deadonomicon, Infernal Boots, Demonic Blade, Incsense of the Caged Demon, Tome of the Withering Source, Neophyte's Healing Ring, Pain Hat. Fixed the no loot tag on items (no more Goldleaf Blade in loot). Fixed the Hell Cauldron's power token requirement. Added no loot tag to all halloween items. Add the demon skull snuffbox. Removed blank lines from equipment data. Shops Turned off halloween shop. Figures Removed halloween figures from store. Multiplayer Switch MP to (updated) gladius boards. Chat doesn't auto-scroll on new message unless already scrolled to the end. Made URLs in chat clickable links Rename "battle alert" to "battle join alert". Don't stop battle alert if it isn't showing (fixes null tab name). Fixed issue with some user popups not being populated. Custom game user list uses spark sort, not mx, to bring into line with lobby user list. Added trial boards with player draw limit per round. Access these via casual games. Boards Fixed two tiles in zombie pit. Options No longer storing fullscreen option Set the battle alert option properly from saved data. Audio Added toggle for chat audio (drumbeat) level (all, battle only or none). Board Editor adjusted board editor palettes Custom Scenarios Fixed cockroach use in custom scenarios. Set reinforced door draws back to 1.
There's an annoying bug in this build where clicking a link in the chat panel opens the link in the same tab as the game (forcing the game to reload). I'm deploying hot-fix to this shortly.
No compensation for the nerfed items? Thought you'd at least let us sell them back to the store for full price... Now I have a ton of useless stuff I bought under false pretenses. =/ EDIT: Oh, people get a "Demon Skull Snuffbox" ... Eh, considering I had max items for all the cards nerfed I think letting us sell back the items for full price or something would be better. Oh well.
What particularly expensive item got nerfed? The biggest transgressor was an uncommon that I have at least 10 of...
Yeah, the uncommons worth 25 gold each. I bought a ton of them a few weeks ago before the nerf announcement. Granted, it is only like 300 to 400 gold worth of stuff, but still... Also, Demonic Feedback was so over nerfed. I would have still kept it with Draw 2. Range 3 with 5 unblockable damage is fine, but only drawing one? Why would anyone EVER use it over Inspiration?
Thanks for the Demon Skull Snuffbox! It's a pretty elegant way of handling the issue and the gesture of good will and reparation is appreciated! I also like the interesting decision game element of it, keep or sell? Straight up refund would be pretty dull. Now the unique treasure serves as a gameplay refinement history keepsake or a cash infusion in desperate times.
Idea behind card balancing is not to make cards "useless". They are now simply less overpowered. If it turns out they are too weak, BM will most likely next buff them. That's how it goes. BM having to refund people every time card balancing happens, would be rather silly. It's not like you lost money. You still have the cards AND you have Demon Skull Snuffbox. Those cards could be useful in the future. Also 300-400 gold is pretty much nothing. I would be more understanding had you spent 10k or something.
Well, Inspiration is a silver card compared to Demonic Feedback's paper status, so Inspiration is supposed to be better in the same way that Strong Stab is better than Stab. So you'd only ever use Demonic Feedback if you couldn't afford the tokens for an item with Inspiration, or the other cards on the item were important to you - basically, the same reasons you'd put up with playing with any card that's inferior to another.
Thanks for keeping the train rolling. While I'm not even a fraction as active as i used to be i still do partake in your great game and its nice to see that its moving forward.
Minor bug in the first new mission, where the bronze golem's inventory jumps all over the top of the screen, sometimes covering Gary's victory stars too.
Brilliant, what fun. Congratulations to the winners, you should feel really proud having your games out there for all fellow cardhuntrians to play. I totally appreciate the look of the Mauve Manticore, reminds me of getting Fighting Fantasy's Warlock magazine from the newsagent in the 80s. Well done again, and more Manticores all round, huzzah.
