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Steam News 14 December 20241y ago

Version 2.4 Release Notes

IMPORTANT NOTICE If you own the Patron of the Old Gods, make sure to log in monthly to claim your Gems. BALANCE CHANGES (Missed from the previous update) Tombstone Mimic now costs 5 Mana and has stats of 3/4. Indentured…

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removedBALANCE CHANGES (Missed from the previous update) Tombstone Mimic now costs 5 Mana and has stats of 3/4. Indentured Servitude no longer has the Discarded ability. Lowly Lieutenant is now classified as an Underling and no longer has the Discarded ability. Grand Tutoring now costs 9 Mana. Sell-Sword no longer has the Loophole ability. Its Last Word effect is now: "ALL players gain 1 Life."
addedADDED Dante now assists new and existing players who created their accounts after December 1st, 2024, introducing mechanics that players may not have encountered before.
addedUPDATES Dante has been polished with new facial features and repositioning to better suit VR players during tutorials. Slick Grifter and Something Wicked Approaches had their text updated for consistency with other cards. Trapjaw Stump and Hungry Mimic now include "When blocked" in their descriptions for uniformity. Unlawful Trespass has been raised from Common to Rare. Mystic Envisioner has been reduced from Uncommon to Common.
fixedFIXES The Guidebook now correctly displays milestone limits as 100 instead of 50. A typo in the quest "Kill 5 creatures with damaging spells" has been corrected. Masters no longer trigger "deals direct damage" abilities like Messenger Raven when taking damage. Masters taking damage no longer incorrectly increment the Reduce your opponent’s Life Total quest. Players will no longer draw cards if a game is forfeited during the "first person" or "redraw" steps. The Summon Mastery Creatures quest now correctly increments for creatures granted Mastery. The Summon Taunt Creatures quest now accounts for copies of creatures granted Taunt. Creatures summoned by Grand Tutoring with Summon Copy abilities now correctly apply stat changes. Copies of Amped creatures that lose the Amped status (via suppression or theft) will no longer be summoned Unexhausted. Cunning Snaremaster’s first ability now correctly increases the damage of all Banes, not just opponents'. Visual artifacts in Flatscreen BattleCam caused by creatures being removed too early have been resolved. Flatscreen players no longer encounter errors when performing gestures or swapping havens. The watch menu’s Havens page now correctly displays as Havens, not Taverns. On Android, cards in hand will no longer become unplayable after swapping apps. VR players now receive proper error messaging when attempting to block Flight or Loophole creatures. Tombstone Mimic no longer exhausts itself when copying Amped creatures. Skill Siphoner now only copies active attributes from its target, ignoring disabled or suppressed ones. A missing tooltip explaining why a creature could not block another (if eligible to block something else) has been added. Exiting a ranked battle now transitions background music without errors.

IMPORTANT NOTICE If you own the Patron of the Old Gods, make sure to log in monthly to claim your Gems.

BALANCE CHANGES (Missed from the previous update) Tombstone Mimic now costs 5 Mana and has stats of 3/4. Indentured Servitude no longer has the Discarded ability. Lowly Lieutenant is now classified as an Underling and no longer has the Discarded ability. Grand Tutoring now costs 9 Mana. Sell-Sword no longer has the Loophole ability. Its Last Word effect is now: "ALL players gain 1 Life."

ADDED Dante now assists new and existing players who created their accounts after December 1st, 2024, introducing mechanics that players may not have encountered before.

UPDATES Dante has been polished with new facial features and repositioning to better suit VR players during tutorials. Slick Grifter and Something Wicked Approaches had their text updated for consistency with other cards. Trapjaw Stump and Hungry Mimic now include "When blocked" in their descriptions for uniformity. Unlawful Trespass has been raised from Common to Rare. Mystic Envisioner has been reduced from Uncommon to Common.

FIXES The Guidebook now correctly displays milestone limits as 100 instead of 50. A typo in the quest "Kill 5 creatures with damaging spells" has been corrected. Masters no longer trigger "deals direct damage" abilities like Messenger Raven when taking damage. Masters taking damage no longer incorrectly increment the Reduce your opponent’s Life Total quest. Players will no longer draw cards if a game is forfeited during the "first person" or "redraw" steps. The Summon Mastery Creatures quest now correctly increments for creatures granted Mastery. The Summon Taunt Creatures quest now accounts for copies of creatures granted Taunt. Creatures summoned by Grand Tutoring with Summon Copy abilities now correctly apply stat changes. Copies of Amped creatures that lose the Amped status (via suppression or theft) will no longer be summoned Unexhausted. Cunning Snaremaster’s first ability now correctly increases the damage of all Banes, not just opponents'. Visual artifacts in Flatscreen BattleCam caused by creatures being removed too early have been resolved. Flatscreen players no longer encounter errors when performing gestures or swapping havens. The watch menu’s Havens page now correctly displays as Havens, not Taverns. On Android, cards in hand will no longer become unplayable after swapping apps. VR players now receive proper error messaging when attempting to block Flight or Loophole creatures. Tombstone Mimic no longer exhausts itself when copying Amped creatures. Skill Siphoner now only copies active attributes from its target, ignoring disabled or suppressed ones. A missing tooltip explaining why a creature could not block another (if eligible to block something else) has been added. Exiting a ranked battle now transitions background music without errors.

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Steam News / 14 December 2024

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