Battle Bands News

June 8th - June 13th all Season experience will be DOUBLED to help all of you get more out of Season 1: Opening Act.
This still includes challenge experience so do the challenges and quickly boost your way to season level 50.

Good luck and rock on!
If you have any questions, comments or want to talk to awesome people head over to our Discord!

Patch #10 is focused on balance changes and further stability as we head towards Season 2: Surf Rock and all the cool stuff that will add! The feedback so far has been amazing and helpful and we are excited to hear more from you on our quest to keep improving Battle Bands!!

[h3]New Cosmetics![/h3]

• "One Wolf Moon" added to store pool.
  
• "Storm Rider" added to store pool.
  

[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]
[h3]Cards[/h3]

• "Heating Up" the "Fierce" upgrade now activates on play.
  
• "Relax" replaced "Jacked Up" upgrade with "More"
  
• "Personal Riff" +1 hype and gives 1 more Embarrassed on play, "Practiced" upgrade replaced with "ruthless"
  
• "Production Manager" now costs 1 less energy.
  
• "Instrumental Jam" upgrade "Quickly" replaced with "Protective"
  
• "Cymbal Practice" now gives flat +2 hype to all snares instead of +1 per play.
  
• "Smash The Keys" now has the "Aggressively" upgrade.
  
• "Sick Dig" upgrade "Repeatable" replaced with "Disruptive"
  
• "Chillin' In The Groove" gives +2 hype and +2 protection.
  
• "Hooligan For Hire" now has "Annoying" and "Disruptive" upgrades.
  
• "Charming Lilt" added "Pensive" upgrade.
  
• "Up Beat" now tier 3 instead of tier 4 and gives 3 fewer hype.
  
• "Mock Their Buddies" gives -4 hype for every 2 crew the opponent has instead of -1 for 1.
  
• "Mean" crew upgrade changed to "Annoying" which gives -hype to self in exchange for more max hand size and draw count.
  
• "Video Producer" now has "Annoying" & Protective as its upgrades.
  
• "Perfectly Melodic Lick" costs 1 fewer energy and gives -2 hype.
  
• "Quick Call Back" upgrade "With Feeling" replaced with "Maintain"
  
• "Sick Lick" upgrade "With Feeling" replaced with "Hard"
  
• "Recalling Lessons" upgrade "With Feeling" replaced with "Safe"
  
• "Snare Hits" upgrade "With Feeling" replaced with "Incredible"
  
• "Jumping To The Groove" upgrade "With Feeling" replaced with "And Inspire" and "Jacked Up" Added.
  
• "Distracting Dancing" upgrade "With Feeling" replaced with "Heavy"
  

[h3]Bosses[/h3]

• "Celebratory Cheers" now adds 1 more dollar to match prize on play.
  
• "Vault Keys" steals $10 instead of $20 and adds $2 more to the prize pool
  
• "Pilfered Phrases" Steal $10 instead of $5, has +1 hype.
  
• Bot bands "Patient Bridge" should not appear until the third round at its earliest.
  

[h2]Bug Fixes & Quality of Life Changes[/h2]

• Bot band mates should no longer play starter song sections if the band has something better.
  
• Bots should no longer play cards (Soft Sticks, Muted Keys, etc) that make cards in hand cost less energy if cards are already 0 cost.
  
• Bots now handle crew limit being reached sensibly.
  
• Featured and Daily store algorithm updated to give a wider array of options.
  
• Added some time to card selection and upgrade timer in Royale.
  
• Fixed "Cool Leather Jacket" not working properly.
  

We will be having more extra Season XP events occasionally from now until the Launch of Season 2 to give players a better chance of getting all the great stuff Season 1 has to offer!

We can't wait to hear more of your thoughts, questions and ideas, over at our Discord!

June 3rd - June 6th all Season experience will be DOUBLED to mark the beginning of the end of Battle bands Season 1: Opening Act.
This will include challenge experience so keep an eye out and be ready to try out some new strategies on your way to season level 50.

Good luck have fun and if you have any questions, comments or want to talk to awesome people head over to our Discord!

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On the 23rd of June players will be able to discover and battle a new band in Tour Mode, experience new moments, unique gear, and awesome cosmetics to unlock.

• "Sirens Call" will try and use their captivating tunes to get players to defeat themselves as they emerge from the sea and attempt to take Riff City!
  
• Kick up some sand in the new Beach arena featuring a new song by Fat Bard, discover 10 fresh moments, and utilize all new gear to bolster your strategies in both Royale and Tour mode!
  
• As you face these all new challenges you will be able to unlock another 50 levels in the new FREE backstage pass full of awesome cosmetics and new ways to show how hard you rock!!
  

We cannot wait to share all Season 2 has to offer with you and will be launching Season XP boosts between now and June23rd to help those on their way to finishing the Season 1 Backstage Pass.

The Opening Act is ending and the tide is rising!!

For any comments or questions please visit us at our Discord!

A small fix before the long weekend to make sure Jams are working and some other cool systems we have been working on are able to make Battle Bands better!

[h2]The Stuff:[/h2]

• "Relax" exhausts and is tier 1 down from 2.
  
• Music should now properly change in multiplayer.
  
• Bassist animation no longer setting to idle during parts of the song.
  
• Effects of in play cards are now stopped properly when those cards are stolen.
  
• Effects are properly removed from cards when the originator is removed from play.
  
• Miscellaneous other system work.
  

Thanks so much for playing and all the incredible feedback, keep it coming!