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Steam News30 March 201610y ago

Spirits Beyond Expansion Released!

Greetings Everyone, Spirits Beyond is here, and with it comes new runes, a campaign, balance changes, and more! Now you can see everything that was brought up in the Preview Video as you play.

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Greetings Everyone, Spirits Beyond is here, and with it comes new runes, a campaign, balance changes, and more! Now you can see everything that was brought up in the Preview Video as you play.

What changed

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  • Gameplay
  • Events
  • Store
  • Maps
addedGreetings Everyone, Spirits Beyond is here, and with it comes new runes, a campaign, balance changes, and more! Now you can see everything that was brought up in the Preview Video as you play.
added51 New runes have been added to Pox Nora. Three of these new runes are Limited Edition.
changedThe League Rewards have been updated to award Spirits Beyond runes.
addedThe all new challenging Hand of Death campaign has been added to Pox Nora, and is available for purchase on the Marketplace. Completing this brand new campaign on Legendary difficulty will award the Glimpse of Death limited edition rune!
addedSpirits Beyond Pack has been added to the Marketplace. This pack comes with: 6 common, 3 uncommon, and 1 rare rune. Each rare slot has a 10% chance of becoming an exotic. Each pack comes with 1 FREE Platinum Token..
addedSpirits Beyond has been added to the Marketplace. This box comes with 10 Spirits Beyond packs. Get 9 packs and the 10th is FREE. The first pack is guaranteed to contain an Exotic and 500 FREE Shards.
The Rune Forge limit on crafting Exotic and Legendary runes620The Rune Forge limit on crafting Exotic and Legendary runes increased, buff

Pox Nora changes

addedGreetings Everyone, Spirits Beyond is here, and with it comes new runes, a campaign, balance changes, and more! Now you can see everything that was brought up in the Preview Video as you play.
added51 New runes have been added to Pox Nora. Three of these new runes are Limited Edition.
changedThe League Rewards have been updated to award Spirits Beyond runes.
addedThe all new challenging Hand of Death campaign has been added to Pox Nora, and is available for purchase on the Marketplace. Completing this brand new campaign on Legendary difficulty will award the Glimpse of Death limited edition rune!
addedSpirits Beyond Pack has been added to the Marketplace. This pack comes with: 6 common, 3 uncommon, and 1 rare rune. Each rare slot has a 10% chance of becoming an exotic. Each pack comes with 1 FREE Platinum Token..

General

  • 51 New runes have been added to Pox Nora. Three of these new runes are Limited Edition.

  • The League Rewards have been updated to award Spirits Beyond runes.

  • The all new challenging Hand of Death campaign has been added to Pox Nora, and is available for purchase on the Marketplace. Completing this brand new campaign on Legendary difficulty will award the Glimpse of Death limited edition rune!

  • Spirits Beyond Pack has been added to the Marketplace. This pack comes with: 6 common, 3 uncommon, and 1 rare rune. Each rare slot has a 10% chance of becoming an exotic. Each pack comes with 1 FREE Platinum Token..

  • Spirits Beyond has been added to the Marketplace. This box comes with 10 Spirits Beyond packs. Get 9 packs and the 10th is FREE. The first pack is guaranteed to contain an Exotic and 500 FREE Shards.

  • Spirits Beyond Megabox has been added to the Marketplace for a limited time. This mega box comes with three Spirits Beyond boxes, one of 2 LEs (Valdaci Emerald or Valdaci Shield) and an additional 5 FREE Platinum tokens.

  • The rewards for Heroic Achievements no longer count against the daily gold limit.

  • Made some more improvements on the back end to the Heroic Achievement system.

  • The Rune Forge limit on crafting Exotic and Legendary runes has been increased to 20 per week from 6 per week.

  • Now available, an all new Spirits Beyond Story Chapter.

  • The Visions of Amareth expansion has been added to the Rune Forge.

  • Due to player feedback we have given the Mountain Slag champion new art. The old art has been repurposed into a new Armored Fesh for Spirits Beyond.

  • Website is now fully using the new League icons.

  • Website rankings will now include all non-Standard Leagues.

  • Range champions have been adjusted to be more balanced in relation to melee.

Maps & Map Rotation As part of this expansion some maps have had their Font and Shrine locations altered or new versions of existing maps have been added with new placements. All the maps listed comprise the new ranked map rotation. New Map Versions

  • Axillium II

  • Forsaken Wastes II

  • Forsaken Wastes III

  • Shores of Maljara II

Updated Map Layout

  • K'thir Hill

New Ranked Map Rotation

  • Dark Marsh

  • Ironfist Mountains

  • K'thir Forest

  • Lava Plains

  • Lost City

  • Ruins of Valdac

  • Tundra Lake

  • K'thir Hill

  • Axillium II

  • Forsaken Wastes II

  • Forsaken Wastes III

  • Shores of Maljara II

Game Mechanic Changes

  • Faction Bonus for having a full faction K'thir Forest has now been changed to +1 Speed not +1 Speed and +1 AP.

  • The Diseased condition no longer causes Inhibited

  • The Scoured condition no longer causes -1 Defense

  • The Poisoned condition no longer causes -1 Defense and -1 Damage

  • Relics can now be Eviscerated

Visions of Amareth Final Days Event The Visions of Amareth Final Days Event has concluded. Packs have been awarded to players based on fulfilling the reward criteria of 1 Visions of Amareth pack for every 10 Ranked matches played lasting 10 minutes or longer. To redeem the packs once they have been rewarded, you will need to go to the Marketplace and click on the link that says Entitlements at the top of the screen. The winner of Grand Prize

Source

Steam News / 30 March 2016

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