Blood Bowl 3 News

Hi Coaches,

A small patch has been deployed today with a few changes listed below:

• Customization parts can now be shared among more players for Dark Elves, Imperial Nobility, Shambling Undead, and Wood Elves Factions.
  
• Added team colors to Necromantic Horror Wraiths.
  
• Fixed an issue with pagination in player customization screens when displaying more than 9 items.
  

Hi Coaches,

Please find below the list of changes applied during our maintenance today, Tuesday, July 4th.

• Chat facilitator is now available.
  
• Many player customizations can now be shared across multiple positions.
  
• Fixed incorrect feedback for the Guard skill during foul actions.
  
• Fixed an issue where pathfinding sometimes didn't avoid the ball for players with the No Hands skill.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented browsing ranking pages in some competitions.
  
• Various offline mode rule updates and bug fixes.
  
• Various text and localization fixes.
  
• Replay are now available for 7 days (this is available since monday)
  

See you on the pitch!

We've applied a hotfix that didn't require maintenance. Here are the changes:

• Fixed the Brawler skill not triggering on "Both Down"
  
• Fixed the Pro skill not triggering on block actions
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when opening the action wheel with a player who has multiple block
  

See you on the pitch!

Hi Coaches,

It's time for the Season 5 kick-off! Here is the patch note listing all the changes applied before you enter the pitch in a few hours.

[h3]Features[/h3]

• Crossplay
  
• Necromantic Horror faction
  
• 2 new starplayers: Skrull Halfheight and Gretchen Wachter
  

[h3]Rules update - Latest Games Workshop Errata[/h3]

• Guard skill will now only activate on blocks, including as part of a Blitz Action
  
• Underworld Denizen snotlings no longer have the Swarming trait
  

[h3]Menu[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where wrong text would appear in formation tab when creating a new formation
  
• Fixed an issue where invitations to competitions didn't appear in notifications
  
• Added progress bar when going offline
  
• Added an ordering by number of participants in competitions
  
• Fixed various controller navigation issues
  

[h3]Match[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where intensive training ui would be partly or completely hidden in some cases
  
• Fixed misleading turn indicator in specific drive setups
  
• Fixed an issue where the player mesh would be desynced with his actual position after a Shadowing, using Diving Tackle or reconnecting in some cases
  
• Fixed an issue where the player card of an injured player wouldn't appear whe using the apothecary
  
• Fixed an issue where positional circles wouldn't follow their players during solid defence koe
  
• You can now use both Pro and Brawler on the same block action when allowed
  
• Fixed an issue where 3d dices didn't appear during Hypnotic Gaze
  
• Fixed an issue where a player could use pro with no effect during a blitz kick-off event
  
• Fixed an issue where Hypnotic Gaze trait is not greyed out on the action wheel when a prone player is selected
  
• When using Fend, the wheel now appears on the player using the skill and not on the destination square
  
• Fixed an issue where you could skip formation when pressing end turn during the ending sequence of a drive
  
• The first dice roll when using the pass skill is now written in the logs
  
• Fixed an issue where chained dices would appear twice in the logs
  
• Fixed an issue where treeman couldn't use multiple block after being rooted
  
• Blitz cannot be activated by a rooted player anymore
  
• If both players get the same prayer to nuffle, both team logos will appear in the prayers tab
  
• Fixed an issue where throwing a prone team mate on the opponent ball carrier would cause a turnover
  
• Fixed an issue where a thrown player that fails his landing but doesn't break armor could not be activated
  
• Fixed an issue where a player could activate a blitz a second time when failing Animal Savagery
  
• Moles under the pitch prayer can now activate twice and stack its effect if both players get it
  
• Fixed an issue where a ball that fell in a trap would bounce if a player succeeds it's pickup and trap test
  
• Starplayers don't activate animosity anymore
  
• Modified timers for prayers, the timer resets everytime a question is asked so players can react accordingly
  
• A -1 now applies on Brilliant Coaching roll when a coach has been sent off
  
• Fixed an issue where when a player fumbled a pass, any adjacent player wouldn't be able to catch it
  
• Fixed an issue where a player with Wrestle would blitz another player with Wrestle, activating Juggernaut skill even though the player blitzing doesn't have it
  
• Fixed an issue with Diving Tackle when triggered after a team re-roll usage during a dodge
  
• Fixed an issue causing a ball carrier using Pile Driver skill not triggering a turnover
  

[h3]Known issue[/h3]

• Match UI displays Guard assists on fouls planification (visual issue only)
  

[h3]Visuals[/h3]

• Fixed various clipping issues
  
• Added missing vomit fx in gobbler grimlich emote
  
• Added balls in Eldril Sidewinder's juggling emote
  
• Fixed issue where the emote wheel would overlap the dice wheel
  

[h3]Official ladder changes[/h3]

• The win streak bonus is now more restrictive: the bonus will start being effective on your third win in a row (instead of two, currently)
  
• There will no longer be win streaks bonuses in diamond division (currently only stopped for master division)
  
• The starting division of a new team will now be 1 division lower than your highest: if your highest division last or current season is platinum, your new teams will start on gold division. Platinum remains the highest starting division possible for diamond and master players.
  
• TV cap is raised to 1700
  

See you on the Pitch for the new season!

Season 5 kicks off tomorrow, Tuesday, June 11th.

It will be impossible to start a game starting at 7:30 AM CET.
Servers will be down at 9:00 AM CET.
We expect the maintenance to end by 6:00 PM CET.

We will keep you updated if there are any changes.
You can expect the patch note to be available shortly.

See you on the pitch!