Element TD 2 News

If you were trying to play the game online yesterday and you were receiving completely random disconnects on NA (and certain other regions), we have since fixed the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience.

We've also noticed an influx of more players recently, so if low player count was ever a problem for you before, hop online and try it out again! Even if you see no lobbies, remember: hosting a game will notify everyone else online, so host away!

Early next week, we'll be releasing Version 0.57. Expect to see a balance update, which includes:

• 6-Element Builds no longer dominating everything (in theory).
  
• More pressure in Multiplayer, with shorter Wave Timers.
  
• Fixes to some long-time bugs.
  
• And more!
  

There will also be a UI update, giving the menu a fresh coat of paint from its monotonous monotony, new Achievements & Cosmetics, and finally the ability to add friends in-game at the end of a match.

As for Ranked Mode, we're still working away at it. A lot of the backend is done, so we're expecting to get that out in a patch at the end of the month.

See you all soon!

Geyser ability now properly launches Cows into the sky on-kill.

[h2]Improvements & Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed Anti-Aliasing being flipped. If you had it on in Main Menu, it'd be off in-game, and vice versa.
  
• Fixed Speed-based Campaign Achievements not giving you the achievement even if you completed within seconds of the threshold
  
• Fixed Ethereal status not having a stack count
  
• Fixed Nature status not listing a duration
  
• Fixed Atom status not displaying correctly
  
• Fixed Mission 13 Wave 8 Temporal creeps not giving 20 Bounty
  
• Geyser & Quake now list their attack count on their respective Ability Icons
• Increased the score thresholds for the first two Missions
• Added an extra line on the Mission 4 pop-up to help forward you towards Dual Element Towers earlier.
  

Version 0.56 has arrived, complete with a Status Bar, Achievements for the Campaign, a Wave Browser, some new Cosmetics, various GPU optimizations, less desyncs, cloud save for the campaign, and lots of bug fixes!



[h2]Features[/h2]

• Status Bar added! Select a tower or creep, and now you'll be able to see their Buffs/Debuffs.
  • You can even see stacks of stuff like Poison, Wisp, & Cursed, as well as their duration remaining.
    
• 18 Campaign Achievements have been added!
  • Each Mission has its own Achievement, which you can see on the Campaign screen itself.
    
  • There's also Achievements for clearing each Chapter, and for getting 4 Stars on everything.
    
• There's now a pair of arrows next to the Creep Preview, allowing you to browse past/future waves!
  • Note, on Chaos, you won't be able to check out future waves.
    
• 5 New Cosmetics have been added:
  • New Builder - Necro Mage
    
  • New Builder - Drone
    
  • New Trail - Dark Spiral
    
  • New Wings - From Heaven and Hell
    
  • New Wings - Power Overwhelming
    

[h2]Improvements[/h2]

• Optimizations have been made, FPS & GPU Usage should both be improved.
  
• You can now toggle Anti-Aliasing off in the Graphics Options.
  • If you still have issues with FPS/GPU, we recommend turning it off.
    
• There should be considerably less Desyncs now! For real this time.
  
• Synchronizing Pauses should also be less frequent.
  
• Campaign Progress is now saved both locally and to the cloud.
  
• Towers and Creeps are now 25% easier to select.
  
• Adjusted how Elemental Bosses spawn on Atlantis.
  
• Adjusted the difficulty of Missions 8 & 9 in the Campaign.
  
• Total Chatbox Entries are now capped at 100.
  
• Chatbox Entries now have a character limit of 500.
  • Sorry folks, no more breaking the chatbox with the Bee Movie Script.
    
• If you back out to menu to the point where you have "Are you sure?" on your screen, and then hit "Esc", it'll now close the pop-up instead of keeping it plastered on your screen while the game resumes.
  
• When trying to select Multiplayer, Leaderboard, or Profile while you're offline or disconnected from Steam, it'll now block you and display a message saying "You are not online".
  
• In the Lobby List, if there's no games found, instead of displaying "No Match Found", it'll say "No games found. Host a game to notify other players."
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed a bug where creeps remained on the screen after dying.
  
• Fixed a bug where you could get stuck in the loading screen indefinitely.
  
• Fixed a bug involving the game randomly freezing.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Chatbox would sometimes become transparent.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Lobby Chatbox would automatically scroll to the bottom each time someone sent a message.
  
• Fixed a bug in Campaign, where having the Level 2 Singles would automatically unlock the respective Level 2 Duals & Triples.
  • Same for having Level 3 Singles.
    
• Fixed a bug where, if you're playing Solo Online, pausing the game wouldn't detract from the pause cap.
  
• Fixed Level 3 Singles selling for more than intended.
  
• Fixed Tower/Creep Select Previews not having proper post-processing.
  
• Fixed path indicators not showing up in some missions.
  
• Fixed some creeps oriented incorrectly when spawning in some missions.
  
• Fixed tooltip errors on Fire, Solar & Flooding Towers.
  

That's the list for this patch! We're still working on Ranked Mode, so that'll be another few weeks at least. In the meantime, we're also working on another balance update, plus the usual batch of bug fixes and the like. Enjoy Version 0.56!

Also, join our Discord, if you haven't already

Hey! Just wanted to give you all an update, we're still here, working on a new patch.

A little preview of what to expect:

• Status Bar is finally making its way into the game! Select any tower or creep to see what buffs/debuffs they have!
  
  
• Achievements added for the Campaign!
  • Each Mission will have its own Achievement, and some of these are pretty difficult, even for seasoned players. Good luck pulling them off!
    
  • There will also be Achievements for both clearing and getting 4 Stars on all missions.
    
• Made some optimizations, FPS should be better and GPU usage should go down somewhat.
  • There will also be an option to turn off Anti-Aliasing, which will improve this further.
    
  • Synchronizing will show up less.
    
  • AA itself will look better.
    
• Cloud save for campaign progress.
  
  
• More cosmetics!
  

Version 0.56 should release sometime next week. If you want it to release faster, hop onto our Discord, tag yourself as part of the #Testers, and join the fun!

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