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Patch 0.7.27 Notes: Romance Day, New Skill Skin and More

Greeting Commanders, The server maintenance will take about 3 hours and be held on: 05:00 August 14 PDT 12:00 August 14 GMT 20:00 August 14 GMT+8 1. Romance Day Enjoy a romantic time with your love!

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  • Balance
  • Events
  • Gameplay
  • Fixes
changedGreeting Commanders, The server maintenance will take about 3 hours and be held on: 05:00 August 14 PDT 12:00 August 14 GMT 20:00 August 14 GMT+8
added1. Romance DayEnjoy a romantic time with your love! Earn as much love letters as you can to unlock the new skill skin Blind with Love, exclusive avatars and more! 1) Event Period August 14 after patch - August 30 2) Love Letters
changed1. Romance DayCompeting in Ranked and Quick Play have large chances to earn love letters.
changed1. Romance DayCompleting some daily events can earn a large amount of love letters.
changed1. Romance DayRomance Store
changed1. Romance DayThe Romance Store will be open during the event period, and players can exchange exclusive avatars, runes and other items with love letters in the Romance Store.
Dragon Breath Population23Dragon Breath Population increased, buffDragon Breath Population increased from 2 to 3, research cost500600Dragon Breath Population increased from 2 to 3, research cost increased, buffMarauder Armor78Marauder Armor increased, buffcher Attack damage2530cher Attack damage increased, buff

Art of War: Red Tides changes

changedGreeting Commanders, The server maintenance will take about 3 hours and be held on: 05:00 August 14 PDT 12:00 August 14 GMT 20:00 August 14 GMT+8
addedEnjoy a romantic time with your love! Earn as much love letters as you can to unlock the new skill skin Blind with Love, exclusive avatars and more! 1) Event Period August 14 after patch - August 30 2) Love Letters
changedCompeting in Ranked and Quick Play have large chances to earn love letters.
changedCompleting some daily events can earn a large amount of love letters.
changedRomance Store

Greeting Commanders, The server maintenance will take about 3 hours and be held on: 05:00 August 14 PDT 12:00 August 14 GMT 20:00 August 14 GMT+8

1. Romance Day

Enjoy a romantic time with your love! Earn as much love letters as you can to unlock the new skill skin Blind with Love, exclusive avatars and more! 1) Event Period August 14 after patch - August 30 2) Love Letters

  • Competing in Ranked and Quick Play have large chances to earn love letters.

  • Completing some daily events can earn a large amount of love letters.

  • Please note that players will not be rewarded with love letters in Versus A.I. and Custom Game modes, or when they pass the Rested period.The Cursed Planet is only available in 2v2 mode. Players are not allowed to use runes.

  1. Romance Store

  • The Romance Store will be open during the event period, and players can exchange exclusive avatars, runes and other items with love letters in the Romance Store.

  • The Romance Store will be closed 1 week after the Romance Day event ends. Before its closing time, players can still exchange items with their remaining love letters.

2. New Commander Skill Skin: Blind with Love

Don’t miss the limited-time discount on the skill skin Blind with Love! Dress up your Mind Control and control your enemies with love! 1) Discount Period August 14 after patch - August 30 After the discount expires, players then need to purchase the skin at the original price. 2) How to Acquire Go to “ROMANCE DAY” > “Blind with Love” and exchange it with love letters or purchase it with eternium ingots. 3) How to Paint The skill skin will be automatically painted upon purchasing.

3. Limited Edition Skins

Last Valentine’s Day, we released a series of limited edition unit skins. This Chinese Valentine’s Day, these skins are back as special offers! 1) Discount Period August 14 after patch - August 30 After the discount expires, players then need to purchase the skin bundles at the original price. 2) Skin Bundle

  • Chinese Valentine Bundle: Arrow of Cupid for the Outrider, Heartseeker for the Shock Hierophant, and Sweetheart for the Copperhead Basilisk.

  • Terran Limited Edition Skins: Armor of Cupid for the Butcher, and Flame of Cupid for the Heavy Flamethrower.

  • Atlac Limited Edition Skins: Heartseeker for the Lightning, and Heartseeker for the Light Templar.

  • Yaoguai Limited Edition Skins: Sweetheart for the Kamikaze Beetle, and Sweetheart for the Devourer.

The balance adjustment is based on tremendous match-up data. We’ve also analyzed the overall improvement according to players’ feedback. Balance adjustment is a long-term process, and sufficient amount of time is needed to make sure every adjustment is effective and reasonable. So please be patient and stay with us, our goal is to provide players with diverse strategies and better game experience.

1) Terran

Dragon Breath Population increased from 2 to 3, research cost increased from 500 to 600, armor reduced from 8 to 5, and Fire Ball’s attack range reduced from 14 to 12. Marauder Armor increased from 7 to 8, and attack range increased to 12. Added a new ability “Hardened Armor”, which grants the Marauder 10 melee damage reduction. Butcher Attack damage increased from 25 to 30.

Heavy Tank Upgrade Adjustment Lv1

Armor increased to 45 when in Bastion Mode.

Lv2

No change.

Lv3

No change.

2) Atlac

Blademaster Population increased from 2 to 3, cost increased from 800 to 1000, research cost increased from 400 to 600, and transformation cost increased from 200 to 300. Sumeru Shark HP increased from 80 to 120. Shock Hierophant Attack damage increased from 20 to 25. Skycrab Shield increased from 50 to 100, and attack damage reduced from 80 to 70. Arhat HP increased from 70 to 100.

3) Yaoguai

Garuda Population increased from 3 to 4, cost increased from 2200 to 2300, research cost increased from 2200 to 2300, and armor increased from 4 to 6. Swift Pangolin HP increased from 120 to 130, and the cooldown of the Digestive Acid increased from 1s to 1.2s. Added a new ability “Armour”, which grants the Swift Pangolin 4 melee damage reduction.

Upgrade Adjustment Lv1

HP+5%. Melee damage reduction increased to 8.

Lv2

HP+10%. Digestive Acid deals 15 damage to up to 3 enemies.

Lv3

HP+15%. Digestive Acid deals 250% damage to biological units. Razorclaw Pangolin Added a new ability “Armour”, which grants the Razorclaw Pangolin 4 melee damage reduction. Raging Minotaur Armor increased from 5 to 7, and HP increased from 300 to 320. Sapphire Spider Armor increased from 5 to 6.

Upgrade Adjustment Lv1

No change.

Lv2

Gains 40 melee damage reduction for 10s after being activated.

Lv3

No change. Copperhead Basilisk Cost reduced from 900 to 800, research cost reduced from 450 to 400, and HP increased from 35 to 45.

  1. Optimized the unit description of the Javelin Deer and the Lightning Ray. Clarified in the unit description that the Bloodfeather turns to a ground-to-ground unit after landing.

  2. Preserved the leaderboards of previous seasons.

  1. Fixed the bug that the Staff Slave’s ranged damage reduction worked on monkey warriors’ (turned by commander skill Polymorph) melee attacks.

  2. Fixed the incorrect look of the Garuda.

  3. Fixed the incorrect look of the Bone Dragon’s skin Yinglong.

  4. Fixed the bug that the flame and fire balls left by the Dragon Breath damaged air enemies. Now they only inflict damage on ground enemies.

Source

Steam News / 14 August 2018

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