Patch 0.7.30 Notes: Halloween, Balance Adjustment and More

Greeting Commanders, The server maintenance will take about 3 hours and be held on: 00:50 October 24 PDT 07:50 October 24 GMT 15:50 October 24 GMT+8

1. Halloween is coming, the haunted night is among us!

Black mine has been attacked by unknown creatures. Who’s ever been there before use “the haunted mine” to describe that place. “Trick or Treat” tee hee hee… A scary laughter reaches out to every corner of the black mine, please be very careful when you enter the map! 1) Event Period October 24 after patch – 08:00 November 15 GMT 2) Haunted Mine

• During the event, competing in Ranked and Quick Play has large chances to enter the Halloween map “Haunted Mine”.

• After finishing the match, commanders will get a pumpkin chest.

• Please note that commanders will not be rewarded with pumpkin chests in Versus A.I. mode, or when they pass the Rested period.

1. Pumpkin Coin

• Pumpkin chest has a large chance to drop pumpkin coins. Pumpkin coins can be used to exchange Halloween rewards in the Haunted Store.

• Regular loot chest might also contain a little amount of pumpkin coins.

• First victory of the day will grant 200 coins and 100 bonus pumpkin coins.

1. Haunted Store

• Commanders can use pumpkin coins to exchange exclusive unit skins, runes and avatars in the Haunted Store.

• The Haunted Store will be closed 1 week after the Halloween event ends. After that time, all remaining pumpkin coins will be locked away.

1. Achievement

• Haunted Mine: Play 4/13/21 games on the Halloween map “Haunted Mine”

• Ghostbuster: Get MVP for 4/13/21 times on the Halloween map “Haunted Mine”

• Unlock an achievement to earn some gems. Unlock a three-star achievement to earn an exclusive avatar.

2. Halloween Exclusive Skin

Dress your units up and play tricks on your enemies! 1) Event Period October 24 after patch – 08:00 November 15 GMT 2) Unit Skin

• Sariel for the Sentinel, Azazel for the Infiltrator, Camael for the Marauder, Ghost Radar for the Mobile Radar, Underworld Gazer for the Gazer, Underworld Spellbreaker for the Spellbreaker Bee, Pumpkinhead Silklash for the Silklash Spider, and Underworld Treant for the Sprinting Treant.

• Please note that the Sprinting Treant’s skin, Underworld Treant, can only be exchanged in the Haunted Store.

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. Units

Terran Heavy Cruiser Thunderbolt Missile

The Heavy Cruiser launches 6 anti-air missiles. Each missile hurts the target twice and deals 45 damage each time. Atlac Lightning Ray Attack damage reduced from 20 to 18.

Lightning Surge

The Lightning Ray emits beams to continuously burn 2 targets, dealing 18 damage every 0.5s. After 6s, the damage decreases to 50%. The beams only deal 50% damage to buildings.

Upgrade Adjustment Lv1

Attacks 3 targets simultaneously. Attack damage decreased to 80%.

Lv2

No change.

Lv3

Attacks 5 targets simultaneously. Attack damage decreased to 70%. Inflicts 250% damage on biological units.

Blind Skycrab Ball Lightning

Attack range reduced from 22 to 18.

Yaoguai Javelin Deer Rotating Blade

After flying for a distance, rotating blade's attack damage will largely decrease.

Garuda Ordeal

Attack range reduced from 23 to 20, attack damage reduced from 70 to 35, and cooldown increased from 1.8s to 2.4s.

Shadow Bat Batling Swarm

Conjures up phantom and summons small bat at a faster speed.

Markscat Rain of Arrows

The Markscat prioritizes targets of the highest value.

2. Commander Skills

Terran Airborne

Initial cost increased from 200 to 250, and initial cooldown increased from 60s to 100s.

Atlac Lightning Tower

Initial cost increased from 200 to 250, and initial cooldown increased from 60s to 100s.

1. Optimized the description of Heavy Cruiser’s ability Thunderbolt Missile.

2. Optimized the friend list system to avoid lags as much as possible.

1. Fixed the bug that the Dragon Breath’s Combustion Improver lasted longer than expected.

2. Fixed the overlapped interface problem caused by the incoming game invite while the player is watching the replay.

3. Fixed the bug that the level 2 Lightning Ray did not reduce target’s armor.

4. Fixed the bug that after the Soulblast Vajra was upgraded to level 2, its Reflective Armor did not have the 5 bonus damage reflection that was granted at level 1.

5. Fixed the bug that the ability of the Staff Slave and the Swift Pangolin inflicted damage on air targets.

6. Fixed the bug that the level 1 Anti-Armor Interceptor could attack 2 targets at a time, but this should have come to effect since level 2.