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Artifact ClassicNews1/28 Update
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1/28 Update

Artifact Classic · published 28 Jan 2019, 22:38 UTC

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Item Card Changes:

  • Blade of the Vigil: Cleave increased from +2 to +4
  • Keenfolk Plate: Added "Equipped hero's attackers have -1 Armor"
  • Stonehall Pike cost reduced from 6 gold to 5 gold
  • Stonehall Plate cost reduced from 6 gold to 5 gold
  • Barbed Mail cost reduced from 6 gold to 5 gold
  • Assassin's Veil cost reduced from 6 gold to 4 gold
  • Phase Boots cost reduced from 6 gold to 5 gold
  • Broadsword cost reduced from 7 gold to 6 gold
  • Keenfolk Musket cost reduced from 7 gold to 6 gold
  • Chainmail cost reduced from 7 gold to 6 gold
  • Fur-lined Mantle cost reduced from 7 gold to 6 gold
  • Red Mist Maul cost reduced from 10 gold to 9 gold
  • Obliterating Orb cost reduced from 10 gold to 9 gold
  • Ring of Tarrasque cost reduced from 12 gold to 10 gold
  • Cloak of Endless Carnage cost reduced from 13 gold to 10 gold
  • Claymore cost reduced from 15 gold to 14 gold
  • Platemail cost reduced from 15 gold to 12 gold
  • Hero's Cape cost reduced from 15 gold to 12 gold

Private Lobby & Tournament Changes:

  • Added Random Two Color deck option for private lobbies and tournaments. This gives both players different randomized 2-color decks in each match.
  • Added Speed Timer option for private lobbies and tournaments. This allows players 10 seconds to take each action.
  • Automated Open Tournaments are now 'Chaos Blitz'. Chaos Blitz is Random Two Color, Speed Timer, 8 player free-for-all lasting for 1 hour and 30 minutes

Bug Fixes & Other Changes:

  • Hovering gold in the HUD displays the amount of gold spent but not yet revealed through playing items (this is a clue rather than an exact amount because of hidden information with Hold, Shop Deed, etc.)
  • Fixed Rebel Instigator combat arrows not appearing sometimes
  • Fixed issue with Plague wards spawn particles
  • Fixed losing a few seconds from the action timer after deployment
  • Fixed tournament draft replays not showing selected cards
  • Fixed long persona names getting cut off
  • Fixed crosslane targets sometimes not showing in Last Action text.
  • Fixed Chat Wheel lines for Rebel Decoy, Pit Fighter of Quoidge, Zeus, and Beastmaster
  • Reduced low end noise in deck building ambient audio
  • Added particle effects for some passive abilities
  • Slightly reduced draw card animation speed (time between draws remains the same)
  • Slightly increased the time between Eclipse beams (intro/outro time remains the same)
  • Improved stability
  • Updated localization files

Unchanged:

  • Still in it for the long haul
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