Closed Alpha 3.3

Gameplay + Balance

• New Retainer: Tina, Prodigy of Ur [Mage]

• New Vessel: Nethys, Soul of the Veil Walker [Carry]

• preferred item slots are now respected by earned items

• added ore+mushrooms to 3v3 map

• added gem of hubris

• spell buffering now only in the last 0.25s of a cast

• monsters can no longer be cheesed by standing in a corner

• shredder stacks no longer get lost on death

• all percent-health bonus damage is now capped against non-retainers

• can no longer stack coin, seed and butchers

• can now target unit selection icons with spells

• disconnected players will now rubber-band their level to stay 3 levels behind their team

• khoru stealth no longer gets canceled by taking damage

• myr now has longer dragon ghost duration

• ignition active buffed, now deals % Max Health and lasts longer.

• bag items adjusted

• massive spell damage increases for many retainer/vessel spells

• grob adjustments, mostly Q spread increasing with levels

• dragon has much more health, deals less damage early

• base tower has less Health

• wardruids mantle only works on retainer combat now

• critical Strike Damage is now 200% (from 175%)

• vessels now have base Mana, Retainer Mana Pool decreased

• Kaal, Omnu, Xelv, Myr, and Spellblade buffs

• dandra now produces less Brambles on her ultimate

• small Gems are balanced around a 600g stat value

• heals and Shields nerf; mostly to accomodate for future increases to Healing/Shielding

• added a few more Items (Waystones)

• seismic Core: Shockwave + Size consolidation

• pillager: Melee Cleave consolidation

• wolf Pelt: Minion Damage items

• nerfs to Mana scaling items (Vanq, World Tree, Dread Orb, Mending Beads)

• recruit Helm buffs

• bush trap is a Remnant, Drums are a Waystone

• destroying a tower now grants a Gemstone to all allies

• high Roller increased to 5%

• forager talent gold generation reduced

• part 1 of item rework (Reorganized stat values on items, adjusted gold values)

• reorganized stat values of Retainers and Vessels (removed Block from melee Vessels, added defenses instead)

• thrix buffs

• siko Q nerf

Technical

• server infra structure moved to kubernetes, allowing infinite player scaling

• pooling system for spells + units, eliminating most causes of FPS drops, especially for lower end machines

• texture size optimizations freeing up some VRAM

• various smaller performance improvements slightly increasing base FPS

• added a spectator relay server, allowing for unlimited spectators per game

• available maps and queues are now loaded from the server

• network system rework allows faster packet processing

• server backend now allows for more types of rolling updates without server restarts

Visuals, Sound and UI

• updated minion models

• updated alrahim model

• updated water visuals

• updated Dreamfall Groove lighting

• replaced the cloth physics engine with kawaii physics

• all existing skins are now visible in game setup and can be purchased from there

• item cooldowns are now visible in replay/spectate

• item info data is now visible in replay/spectate

• can now slow down / increase replay speed while paused

• login attempts now display ban duration

• unstoppable indicator now shown on health bar

• friendlist states now show what lobby a player is in

• you can now see your own state in your friendslist

• friends list now shows when people are spectating / viewing replays

• stickers scale with healthbar scale now

• increased the range of available camera speeds

• dragable windows now remember their last position

• queue penalties now show the remaining time

• various backend security improvements

• all players are now rewarded if a game crashes

• clarified various tooltips

• added shirai voicelines

• added language system + german translations (more coming)

• added stat trackers for various items

• added info center role and name filters

• added scale sliders for chatbubbles and interaction tooltips

• added minimap icons for mushrooms/ore (only when visible)

• added a setting to select your Audio Device

• added a setting to select your Monitor

• added secondary hotkey slots

• added a confirmation message when trying to bind an already in use hotkey

• added epic monsters to the killfeed

• added a new settings dropdown to select your GPU

• added a new "reset to defaults" button to the settings

• added a decline-and-hide button to the surrender vote

• added a setting for inverting drag scroll

• added a go-to-live button for spectator

• added a 10 seconds back button for spectator/replay

• added cursor size setting

• added new login screen animation: merith

• added open-lore button to info center

• added per level data for spell tooltips in infocenter

• added max stacksize for items in infocenter

• added per-team colors to some spells

• added character previews in game setup

• added draft mode game setup

• added a login queue

• added name change service to the shop

• added replays/spectator state to be visible in friends list

• added chat rate limiting and enforced maximum message length on client

• added chat restrictions for penalized players

Bug Fixes

• fixed minion pathing getting messy if lane points are too close together

• fixed rakzuul purple passive not removed on death

• fixed cloned weapons getting stuck when using /switch

• fixed empty sockets not being shown after /switch

• fixed waygate behaviour when getting forced teleported during the travel

• fixed various issues with /gm and cost-reliant spells

• fixed minions not following lanes properly on 3v3

• fixed health bar jumping when playing with locked cam

• fixed vissra F not resetting cd on kill

• fixed shirai hitboxes, W now only stuns at full charges

• fixed jabari daggers being available for tp after timeout or after vessel swap

• fixed some miss-classified spells

• fixed namu F not displaying for some characters

• fixed ward sound for pinkward playing multiple times for enemy wards

• fixed window size not resetting when quitting from gameplay

• fixed death recap not re-send on reconnect

• fixed game start/end desyncing everything in spectator

• fixed various isses with pings and chat messages in replay/spectator

• fixed timer inconsistencies for scoreboard and buffs

• fixed tooltips getting stuck when playing on a touch device

• fixed text inputs not enforcing the max text length

• fixed loading into a game that just finished causing a bugged out client

• fixed not being able to add stickers by rightclicking

• fixed titles not refreshing until relog

• fixed not being able to set a password on matchmaking lobbies

• fixed an issue that prevented the client from checking for updates regularly

• fixed an issue that caused to client to not realize when it disconnected properly

• fixed an issue that prevented players from joining password protected lobbies through their friendslist

• fixed icons not updating in the invite-list of a lobby

• fixed quest timers not updating without refreshing

• fixed post-game lobby sometimes getting stuck in waiting-for-stats

• fixed post-game lobby level up animations not always playing

• fixed issues with the animated login screen getting laggy or not playing

• fixed icons in messages sometimes getting stuck when a chat is getting spammed

• fixed 3v3 position selection

• fixed long keybind names

• fixed minimap 5v5 background being slightly missaligned

• fixed missing stat texts + icons

• fixed vissra f indicator

• fixed various profanity filter issues

• fixed selected skin not remembered between games

• fixed network hickups causing an empty list of characters in game setup

• fixed lobby not updating level / games played between games

• fixed role selection being reset when locking your retainer

• fixed action stacking with classic mode selections

• fixed from the shadows wrong effect type

• fixed camera lock not released on hero switch

• fixed shizu F not proccing on-hit effects

• fixed attack orders on enemies out of vision revealing their position

• fixed attack orders getting canceled when coming into attack range of an out of vision enemy

• fixed cast orders not continuing movement orders afterwards

• fixed issue with dr dee pasive going on cooldown without spawning scrap

• fixed not being able to consume gumballs while dead

• fixed dr dee w not showing as slow

• fixed dr dee w debuff getting removed by entom f

• fixed omnu e rarelly getting stuck (hopefully)

• fixed qel f indicator not working

• fixed templars flail, convergance, fired up, infernal wish and hydra thorns being stacked/consumed multiple times by one spell

• fixed voltez R explosion not properly visible for enemies

• fixed buffs on clones not actually cloning the effect of the buff (requires testing)

• fixed myrs clones being immune to hero-only effects

• fixed monster attacks in death recap not showing their icons

• fixed polish/french keyboard layouts not automatically recognizing their 123456 key alternatives (requires testing)

• fixed key-up events not registering when having both a binding with and without modifier key on the same button

• fixed keybind buttons not properly clearing their modifier when unbinding a key

• fixed various interactions with clones not being attributed to the clone properly

• fixed a bug where your pets and clones did not earn drops for you

• fixed tooltip bug with Green Eth On-Hit small gem

• fixed frostfinger handguards inconsistent stacking

• fixed aspect of the mammoth possible infinite dot loop

• fixed report-failed popup not providing the reason (e.g already reported)

• fixed waygates being interactable from over the walls

• fixed shop button not being pingable everywhere

• fixed pings going through the UI in many spots

• fixed new accounts not properly getting assigned their selected region

• fixed bugged client states when trying to force a reconnect while in a replay

• fixed connected gamepads/controllers messing with your inputs

• fixed camera lock not being turned off on game end

• fixed shutdowns not indicating which team they happened to

• fixed killfeed pannel getting partially hidden with high kill volumes

• fixed unlockable items not properly showing their state when available

• fixed initial connection to server rarely failing

• fixed shirai Q visibility over walls

• fixed waygate on 3v3 map traveling to wrong location

• fixed uzai animation lock sometimes getting you stuck

• fixed animations not syncing correctly when gaining vision of an enemy

• fixed interaction animations not playing when gaining vision of an enemy

• fixed transferrable buffs being able to transfer back onto monsters

• fixed gems not being shown properly on post game screen

• fixed /switch units not having their collision removed

• fixed /switch units not having their gem sockets applied properly

• fixed various issues with active items not properly blocking slots

• fixed not being able to see enemy active/gem items on the scoreboard

• fixed swapping weapons being possible with clones

• fixed camera drag being overriden by screen edge panning

• fixed a rare issue with flickering tabs in the item shop

• fixed an issue where gems could be visible in the item shop

• fixed unique passives of items not working after buying them twice and selling once

• fixed item spells not having any cooldown after buying them twice and selling once

• fixed calculation issues with ring of the king

• fixed camera not centering when starting to spectate

• fixed an issue where the mousewheel zoom could become overly sensitive

• fixed 6th item not being able to be bought if the inventory is full with pre-items

• fixed targeted dashes following the target infinitely

• fixed quest items not resetting their counter after the first instance

• fixed quest item gold exploit (undo not removing the item after it transformed)

• fixed inquisitors applying to allies

• fixed bloodstone not working

• fixed unique buffs with infinite duration spam-overriding each other

• fixed jeanne W applying to bounce attacks

• fixed DrDee passive triggering on items

• fixed first bribe proccing when CCing yourself

• fixed templars flail working against structures

• fixed besodian claymore proccing on non-retainers

• fixed partial-purchasing buying the same child item multiple times

• fixed error popup on successful partial-purchase

• fixed tooltips for items with active spells

• fixed camera lock getting stuck when using /switch cheat

• fixed gem swapping when swapping weapon

• fixed lag spike on inventory update

• fixed items and interactables sharing mouseover outline

• fixed some effects proccing on mushroom/ore

• fixed /godmode filling your inventory completely with items

• fixed /godmode not properly resetting charge abilities

• fixed items that turn into other items getting duplicated

• fixed rune of advance teleport not being visible to enemy

• fixed error message popping up when buying a partial item

• fixed jungle beacons not being interactable

• fixed super minions not spawning on the correct lanes

• fixed synestra W not silencing

• fixed global pickup sounds

• fixed some sound effects playing from start when coming in vision

• fixed loading screen for 4k monitors

• fixed diminishing returns math

• fixed all items of the same type being selected in the shop inventory

• fixed dr dee w and ult coming off cooldown when upgrading via passive

• fixed spectator desync when game ends

• fixed graphs not available if accesed from matchhisttory

• fixed missing shirai spell indicators

• fixed a problem with game-ready popup not counting the last player

• fixed an issue where two players could lock in the same hero during draft.

• fixed locking in your selection clearing other players' selections.

• fixed ban-phase protection not being applied correctly.

• fixed the draft incorrectly advancing after a player locked in.

• fixed draft timer and bot behavior.

• fixed bots occasionally failing to lock in their picks

• fixed re-picking skins not working correctly

• fixed players getting stuck in the lobby or matchmaking

• fixed a rare inventory issue that could cause you to not see any pickable characters

• fixed being able to invite offline or busy players to a lobby