Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga News

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Hello everyone!

Thank you so much for those of you who participated in our Jump Scare Halloween 2022 event! Hope you all got a lot of practice in setting up the powerful Ambush attack, and secured the Skull of Rowdain for your armies! The event has now wrapped up as we officially launch version 1.03, which we anticipate will be the stable public version for some time while we work on longer-term projects, such as translation, and the DLC expansion content!

Some minor changes have been applied to the game for 1.03 since the large 1.02.2 update:
-Halloween event concluded
-The Skull of Rowdain is now available as a random drop, or shop purchase
-Fixed the "Teleport" Nephilim power exploit
-Protagonist's upgraded 2nd attack bug fixed
-Fixed some path display errors
-Mercenaries purchased at T2 or T3 now always class down to the same base class (varies depending on which class the Mercenary starts as)
-Silver Dragon and Silver Dragon Rider attacks now inflict Chill, but deal less damage
-The 1.02.2 update notes can be seen here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1488200/announcements/detail/3407561963591630986

Fan art contest!
We will be announcing the first SoW Fan Art contest very soon, stay tuned!

Legends DLC: Early in 2023 (we hope) we will be launching a major content pack for Symphony of War, including new chapters added to the main story, new artifacts, traits, classes, characters, game modes, and more!

Please follow our Twitch channel for weekly live dev streams: https://www.twitch.tv/dancingdragongames
Please join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/EJ4AFKFmrs

Thank you for your interest, support, and feedback as we continue to make Symphony of War all it deserves to be!

Sincerely,

Phil

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Hello everyone!

The Halloween event is ON! Get those ambush jump scares in, and get your Skull of Rowdain legendary artifact! The event will last until 12am PST, November 1st.

In addition to the event, we've included a wide array of quality of life, user interface, and balance changes listed below:

Special Halloween Event!
-A new, powerful Artifact has arrived in Tahnra - the Skull of Rowdain. It locks your squad at "fearful" Morale, but every kill this squad gets counts as a Surrender (if enemies are able to surrender, some, like a few "fearless" late game squads, will still refuse)
-You will be able to get a guaranteed Skull of Rowdain by successfully executing 33 Ambush attacks. You will see your progress meter on the right side of the tactical map HUD
-After the Halloween Event, the Skull of Rowdain will remain in the game, but as a rare legendary unique

General Changes/Fixes
-Added a special dialogue if you clear all enemy units in Chapter 12
-Diana/Stefan bond option now never expires
-Decreased the amount of Mana contribution to "Blessing" from damage dealt
-Increased the rate of "Teleport" Mana generation by 50%
-Princes for Conscripts and Mercenaries have been "normalized" - you will see fewer extreme cases and prices will make more sense based on the power/traits the unit comes with, and the value of the resources of the unit's starting class
-The way Conscripts and Mercenaries interact with resources has changed significantly. Rather than being a "free" phantom resource for the starting class only, now newly-purchased units that start as a class which costs resources, will now "carry" those resources throughout *ALL* class changes.

Graphics
-You can now freely change between Diana's "Titan" and "Exemplar" graphics when the Titan class becomes available
-General Ragavi now has a unique palette for her Swordmaster class
-Jaromir now has a unique sprite for his Knight class
-Minor graphic fixes to various map design

UI/UX
-You now have the option to turn off battles for enemy phase, or all battles
-Artifacts now listed by rarity in ascending order
-You can now sell items in the shop
-Items with multiples now stack and can be sold en masse

Gameplay/Balance
-Selling artifacts now yields 50% of their purchase value, up from 25%

Artifacts/Items
-New Artifact: Skull of Rowdain: Locks your squad at "fearful" Morale, but every kill this squad gets counts as a Surrender
-Donar's Treatise of War now gives double CP in addition to XP
-STR, MAG, and SKL consumables increased in price. HP consumable decreased in price

Traits
-The Main Character unit now has 2 learnable trait slots
-Garrison has been changed: Now grants an extra 50% damage reduction effectiveness from all Terrain bonuses
-New Trait: Soul of Sayunaa. Swordfighters, Swordmasters, and Blademasters will always attack first when on defense, max 2 times per phase, and 1 range only. Unique to General Ragavi
-Tundra Warrior now grants immunity to the "Chill" status effect
-You are now able to find or buy trait books to learn "Shock and Awe"
-You are now able to find or buy trait books to learn "Tundra Warrior"
-You are now able to find or buy trait books to learn "Desert Warrior"

Classes
-Zweihander and Champion will now have the "Guardian" trait
-Sentinel now has an additional 5 Armor
-Siege Cannon damage decreased by about 10%
-Beatrix MAG modifier bonus decreased from 75% to 50%
-Hand of Zanatus Dragon Rider form deals significantly reduced damage
-Samurai given a significant evasion boost

Legends DLC: Early in 2023 (we hope) we will be launching a major content pack for Symphony of War, including new chapters added to the main story, new artifacts, traits, classes, characters, game modes, and more!

Please follow our Twitch channel for weekly live dev streams: https://www.twitch.tv/dancingdragongames
Please join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/EJ4AFKFmrs

Thank you for your interest, support, and feedback as we continue to make Symphony of War all it deserves to be!

Sincerely,

Phil

Hello!

Our plushie campaign has launched! For the next 21 days, the Diana and Lindly plushies can be purchased from Makeship!



Lindly: https://www.makeship.com/products/lindly-plush
Diana: https://www.makeship.com/products/diana-plush

Grab 'em while you can! Availability will end on the 25th of October (which happens to be the launch of our Halloween patch!)

Thank you for your continued support, feedback, and being in our Discord. Have a great day,

Sincerely,
Phil

Happy October from Dancing Dragon Games!

We are currently working on a Halloween patch, which will be smaller than 1.02 was, but will still contain a number of Quality of Life improvements as we continue to refine Symphony of War's player experience. Please follow the progress thread here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1488200/discussions/0/3367027831290341565/

During the event, starting on October 25th, Ambush your enemies and win an awesome new Artifact, the Skull of Rowdain
During the Halloween Steam event, you will be able to earn the Skull of Rowdain simply by executing 33 Ambush attacks (accumulated on one save, can be repeated across multiple saves)

Note: After the event has finished, the Skull of Rowdain will remain in the game as a very rare Legendary Unique Artifact that can show up in Bazaars, Shops, Arena rewards, or a very lucky drop.

Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/rmvmGPaKgK
Discord is the best place to get game updates and sneak previews, hang with other players and the devs, show off your awesome army, submit a support ticket, and more!

Follow our Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/dancingdragongames
Sundays at 2pm PST, I run a dev stream - it's always a good time!

Fan Art Contest
Soon, we will be running a Fan Art contest to win some Steam Keys, and in-game perks for top placements! This can be your own, or commissioned. SFW only of course, rules and dates to come!

That's all, talk soon! Sincerely,

Phil

For English speakers: The purpose of this build is only for compatibility with a Chinese fan translation of the game.

中国的朋友们，你们好！
感谢大家喜爱和关注我制作的游戏！
由于最近我们对游戏做了频繁更新，导致很多小伙伴没有办法使用民间汉化游玩最新版本了。我在此表示诚挚的歉意！我已经对此进行了修复。大家可以暂时把版本降到1.01.1，以便使用汉化补丁。
更改版本的方法：在游戏库中，将鼠标放置在左侧列表中游戏名称上，点击右键，然后左键点击“属性”，然后点击“测试版”，在“请选择您想要参与的测试”下面，点击“无”，在下拉菜单中选择“cnrollback - Chinese Translation Rollback”，然后关闭“属性”窗口，之后steam会进行更新，将版本回退至1.01.1。
请在进入游戏后的主菜单右下角确认游戏是1.01.1版本（该过程可能需要删除并重新下载游戏）
我们制作组很重视来自世界各地的、玩家社群中的每一个成员。中文本地化也在未来的计划之中。但是我恳请大家不要再因为汉化问题留下差评了！游戏的文本量很大，我们不希望因为急于求成而给大家带来质量低下的翻译，我希望大家能够多多给予耐心和谅解。真心恳请大家，把差评改回好评吧！感激不尽！

如果大家今后有什么意见不方便在Discord上面提出，可以给“太阳花BASARA”B站留言或者加一下非官方QQ群746620764（口令：太阳花）
花花会努力把您宝贵的意见反馈给制作组！

Phil