Element TD 2 News

We were originally planning on releasing a stability patch this weekend, but we're still running testing on it, and making sure said fixes are stable themselves.

Next weekend, we'll be releasing a big update. Look forward to new modes, server improvements, quality of life updates, bug fixes, optimizations, balance updates, and a few other surprises! We'll be showing off a Patch Preview a few days in advance of the update.

[h2]Features[/h2]

• East Asia added as a region.
  -- Server location is centered in Hong Kong. For anyone living in the area, see if that's friendlier on stability and input lag for you.
  
• More server optimizations have been made. This should result in less disconnects and server pauses.
  -- As per usual, let us know if you still have issues.
  

That's it for the patch this week. We do some bigger features coming, along with a host of fixes and Quality-of-Life updates, but it's another week or so off still. Once we have a preview up, we'll let you all know!

[h2]Fixes & Improvements[/h2]

• Applied more server optimizations. This should result in less pauses, particularly in multiplayer.
  
• Server pauses no longer bring up the chatbox.
  
• Fixed a bug where you could use the Game Notification to join a game after it's started or no longer exists.
  -- It will now block you from doing so, meaning if you're in a Singleplayer game, you will no longer exit it, unless the game is valid.
  
• Removed "Wave 0" column from the Leaderboard.
  
• Extended the double-click threshold from 0.15 seconds to 0.3 seconds
  
• Arrow & Cannon Towers are no longer buffable by Well & Blacksmith
  -- Apparently, this was an OP tactic that unleashed their final forms, allowing them to overthrow forms of godhood.
  

[h2]Features[/h2]

• Game Notifications have been added!
  • How this works is on the title screen, there's a new toggle in the bottom-left corner.
    
  • If it's on, then as long as you're in the menu, playing offline singleplayer, or Challenges, you'll get a notification each time someone hosts a game.
    
  • You'll see a pop-up telling you the game's settings. If you accept, it'll confirm if you want to exit your current game, and then if so, you'll instantly join the lobby!
    
• 3 New Lava Challenges added!
  • Escalation
    
  • Big Bad Bosses
    
  • Duos
    
• Quick Play temporarily removed for now.
  • It wasn't doing any favors splitting the low playerbase. We'll add it back down-the-road later.
    

[h2]Fixes & Improvements[/h2]

• Arrow & Cannon Towers can no longer be cloned by Trickery.
  
• Fixed a bug where building a Trickery Tower near Arrow and/or Cannon Towers would pseudo-freeze the game.
  
• Fixed a bug where left-clicks sometimes wouldn't register.
  
• Fixed a bug where playing on Random would cause it to carry over to Challenges.
  
• Fixed Brightness Slider not doing anything in-game.
  
• Added a Max Channels slider for sounds.
  -- Increasing this may result in a smoother sound experience, but it may also lag your game a bit more.
  
• Solo Online stability improved.
  
• Timeout window increased.
  -- This should result in less spontaneous disconnects. Please let us know if they're still happening.
  
• Lobby Region is now listed in the lobby itself.
  
• Improved the lighting on the Autumn map.
  

On Saturday, March 21st, we'll be holding a Community Game Night, where you're encouraged to join us for a few rounds of multiplayer and [potentially] trounce the devs! Times will be at:

• 12:00pm GMT
  
• 6:00pm GMT
  

We'll be hosting this on our Discord, which can you join here:
Element TD 2 Discord