Dawn of Elements Release Notes

GENERAL

• Introduced the new Elemental Plateau map
• Improved the /who command. The /who command now provides a link to observe the game of the person you looked up if their game is observable.
• The numbers 1-9 now activate the 1st through 9th activated abilities for the currently selected champion.

WEB

• A new Player Rewards system has been introduced
• A streamlined Rune Forge has been introduced
• The Rune Crafter has been discontinued
• Added a new media page featuring game play videos and screenshots
• All logins are now secure by default.

FIXES

• Adjusted Nora Fonts on the Broodpits map to be more balanced
• Immobile units will no longer engage other units
• Attempting to attack a non-champion with a unit with Skirmisher will now give a specific error message
• Fixed an issue where a Clay Form would turn invisible when taking the form of a champion with Shadowspawn
• Added missing unit condition descriptions to Fiddle, Meddle, and Tamper
• Fixed an error that could occur when multiple Block/Riposte triggers went off on the same attack
• Surge abilities no longer count the champion that has the ability.
• Fixed an issue where champions who were Pacified would take damage when moving away from a unit with Bind
• Champions with Ice Eater should no longer be affected by things that aren't supposed to affect non-Arctic Champions
• Tunnel: Snow now shows the correct targeting grid
• Blood Balls from Bleed will no longer stack on top of other Blood Balls

SINGLE PLAYER

• Added walkthroughs for every faction in the Trainings Grounds lobby
• Added two "Beginner Battle" campaigns in the Training Grounds and Single Player lobbies
• AI now properly understands the limitations of Skirmisher (formerly Flesheater)

ARTWORK

• Corrected scale issues for: Dwarven Handler, Weaponsmith, Ethereal Priestess, Half Skeezick, Night Watch, Battlemage, Armorer, Ironfist Collector, Dwarven Sharpshooter, Dwarven Axe Guard, Battlerager, Drunken Thug, Priest of Valdac & dwarven defender.
• Corrected an issue with the Shielded condition not displaying smoothly on large champions
• Updated the visual effect for Attack: Magical
• The in game artwork for various Dwarves have been tweaked in size

ABILITY CHANGES

• description changed...
  NEW: Target champion within 2 spaces can only target and attack this champion for the next 2 rounds.
  OLD: Target champion can only target and attack this champion for the next 2 rounds.
• Antagonized now correctly is removed from a champion when the Antagonizing Champion dies
• You can no longer Antagonize a Champion that is already being Antagonized
• Now has a range of 2 instead of 3.

• description changed...
  NEW: This champion has Immunity - Disease, 60% Poison resistance, and Fearless. Whenever this champion recovers a Nora globe, you gain an additional 20% Nora.
  OLD: This champion has Immunity - Disease, Immunity - Poison, and Fearless. Whenever this champion recovers a Nora globe, you gain an additional 20% Nora.

• description changed...
  NEW: Target champion takes 11 Electricity damage, then each opposing unit within 2 spaces of the target takes 7 Electricity damage, then each opposing unit within 2 spaces of those champions takes 4 Electricity damage (a single champion may not take more than one instance of damage from this effect).
  OLD: Target champion takes 11 Electricity damage, then each champion within 2 spaces of the target takes 7 Electricity damage, then each champion within 2 spaces of those champions takes 4 Electricity damage (a single champion may not take more than one instance of damage from this effect).

• Nora cost changed to 8 from 15
• description changed...
  NEW: This champion has Resistance - Disease 3, Resistance - Poison 3, Resistance - Psychic 3, Fearless, and Iron Will.
  OLD: This champion has Immunity - Disease, Immunity - Poison, Immunity - Psychic, Fearless, and Iron Will.

• Knockback mechanic handled differently. If a unit would be moved into a chasm as a result of a knockback and the unit has AP and is not Stunned, it now will spend all of it's AP in order to prevent the knockback into the chasm.

• Nora cost changed to 4 from 6

• Nora cost changed to -5 from 0

CHAMPION CHANGES

• Gained Unique as a starting ability

• Nora cost changed to 110 from 112

• Nora cost changed to 64 from 66

• Nora cost changed to 57 from 59

• Nora cost changed to 111 from 113

• Gained Regeneration 1 as an upgrade ability

• Nora cost changed to 57 from 59

• Nora cost changed to 71 from 73

• Gained Unique as a starting ability

• Nora cost changed to 54 from 56

• Lost Ally: Savage Tundra as a starting ability
• Gained Ally: Savage Tundra as an upgrade ability
• Nora cost changed to 74 from 76

• Nora cost changed to 32 from 34

• Nora cost changed to 66 from 68

• Nora cost changed to 66 from 68

• Nora cost changed to 50 from 52

• Nora cost changed to 73 from 75

• Gained Ally: Savage Tundra as an upgrade ability

• Nora cost changed to 61 from 63

• Nora cost changed to 111 from 113

SPELL CHANGES

• Nora cost changed to 40 from 45
• description changed...
  NEW: Chain Lightning deals 15 HP of Electricity damage to target Champion, then 10 HP to each opposing unit within 2 spaces, then 5 HP to each opposing unit within 2 spaces of those units (units are not hit more than once each).
  OLD: Chain Lightning deals 15 HP of Electricity damage to target Champion, then 10 HP to each unit within 2 spaces, then 5 HP to each unit within 2 spaces of those units (units are not hit more than once each).

• No longer removes the effects of the Force Barrier ability.

• description changed...
  NEW: Area Effect 2: Champions within the affected area take 6 Frost damage and are knocked back 3 spaces.
  OLD: Area Effect 2: Champions within the affected area take 6 Frost damage, gain flying for 2 turns and are knocked back 3 spaces.

• Nora cost changed to 45 from 55