Nordic Ashes News

Hello!

First of all, thanks again for your feedback about the new features and changes we’ve made to Nordic Ashes. The game is still on Early Access, and we really appreciate all your comments, positive or negative, so we can make the game better and better.


Since we launched Endless Mode, we’ve been debating if it was a good idea or not to release it so early. There have been major performance issues and runs went from 60FPS to 2, and that led to a bad game experience. We tried to solve it with performance fixes, but we also nerfed relics and features for the sake of Endless Mode.

And that is not the path we want to follow. Sacrificing fun relics in exchange for a few more FPS was not a good deal.

That being said, we’re gonna put Endles Mode on hold at least for now, until it is well optimized and better designed to make it more unique.

In return, we’re bringing back the functionality that nerfed relics deserve, as our main goal is to provide a fun, fresh and replayable game. That is Nordic Ashes true core! They are the following:

• R.E.S.E.T. can be used once again twice on each weapon, to a new max. of 5 times.
  
• Discount Coupon will work as it used to. It will always grant a discount in every relic.
  
• Relic stat limit has been removed.
  
• Axeldör’s Fury limit has been removed.
  
• Talkor’s Greed scales endlessly again, 1% per gold.
  
• Talkor’s Orbs scale endlessly, 0.25% per gold.
  
• Thyra and Hafgrim are easier to unlock.
  

Another well known suggestion is the grinding feeling the game can give:

• The seed-leaf exchange price has been lowered.
  
• The amount of leaves for each Yggdrasil tier has been lowered.
  

We felt that the game had lost some of its fun by capping so many things, and the only reason behind it was to try to improve Endless performance. We do not want that for the sake of a game mode, everything has to be modified. And well, the core of this genre is to have fun and get the most broken builds!

Aaaand tomorrow we will release the new character!

It is a pleasure to be able to develop this game with all of you ːNA_Gnokiː



If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
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Hi!
Bugfix morning completed! Here are some fixes for the bugs you reported yesterday. Thanks so much for your support!

• The enemies Pain Sharing ability was not working properly. Damage was not being applied in some cases to Elites or Bosses.
  
• The new Torch Relic was not working correctly. It did not apply the extra damage it dealt.
  
• Talkor's Orbs were not working correctly. When losing gold, it added stats instead of removing them.
  
• Ymir's area attack was doing damage before the attack appeared.
  

That’s all for today’s fix. We will read new comments and suggestions during the weekend!
Have a nice end of the week!

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Hello!
Hope you’re having a nice week. These are the new updates for today:

[h2]Yggdrasil has grown![/h2]
The Yggdrasil tree has expanded its branches introducing new combat upgrades that will allow you to better customize your survivors.

You will now be able to upgrade your movement speed, status effect chance, crit chance and more!

• We have also unlocked 25 new leaves that can be obtained with seeds.
  

[h2]New Relics![/h2]
Today we introduce 9 new passive relics! We will be adding more and more in future updates.


[h2]Endless[/h2]
We are continuously working on game performance, and we will keep doing it this way until Endless mode feels all right. We really want to thank you for your endless feedback too 😉
With this update you will notice that the game runs better and smoother. We know that there can still be lag issues when having many relics and we are working to fix that too.

Apart from this, we have reduced boss and elite monster’s health. We want them to be fun and not that tanky. We have also added a new feature to Endless enemies, they will now be faster and faster on each cycle to makes it more challenging.

Due to these changes, we will reset the Endless rankings.

[h2]Gnöki’s shop[/h2]
Gnöki hired a few builders and then added some home decor to his shop. He has a very particular style, and will make you like it too, I mean, *hope* you like it too.


[h3]Changes and improvements:[/h3]

• We have reworked the Poison Bomb Growth Ascension to the new Cluster Explosion Ascension. The previous ascension created major performance issues in the game.
  
• Optimized the performance of the Poison Bomb.
  
• Optimized the performance of Axeldor's Brann.
  
• Optimized the performance of Astrid's Orb.
  
• You can now see the amount of times you have left to revive when collecting the Valknut Goblet.
  
• G.L.I.T.C.H. visual appearance has been changed.
  
• The Glitch Explosion Ascension did not scale with the Relic area.
  
• The damage awarded by the Last Breath Relic has been increased to a 100%.
  
• R.E.S.E.T. is now only applied once per ascended weapon up to a maximum of 3 weapons.
  
• Discount Coupon’s discount is only applied to the first product sold in each pillar.
  
• You can now skip the animation when picking up a chest.
  
• The stats of Experience Collection Range and Status Effects Duration Increase are now shown as percentages.
  
• Talkor's Orbs now apply both stats. We have changed the value and stats to make this ability more even.
  
• We know many people felt Jotunheim 1st boss, Bothild was too fast. We hope that with the new Yggdrasil Mov. Speed box things improve.
  
• Jotunheim’s 2nd boss, Snaer, was too fast with his skill casting. We have updated it, giving the player more time to react.
  
• Weapons bought from a survivor at Gnöki’s shop will only be able to be ascended once, so choose carefully which ascension you prefer!
  

[h3]Next week’s update![/h3]
In one week, we will all be able to play with the new character. Here’s a sneak peek!



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First of all we have fixed a bug that caused boxes and torches in Jotunheim to stop appearing and working.

Some weapons stopped working correctly after we changed some performance issues:

• Thunder Armor's Electric Explosion Ascension was not working correctly.
  
• Ase's Feather Release Ascension was not working correctly.
  
• Brann's Vivid Fire Ascension was not working correctly in his Knight of the Dark skin.
  
• Brok's Bazooka Ascension was not working correctly.
  
• Fury was exceeding the 500% limit.
  
• Uncanny Bow's arrows were not working correctly.
  
• Sindri's Sword had a bug with its Ascension.
  

If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
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Hello everyone!

On today’s update we bring some new and cool features!
Thanks Vukory for providing this beautiful illustration, hope you all enjoy it as much as we do!

Apart from the new content, we are still working on game performance, and we are making great progress. We have already improved the performance of weapons and abilities.

We have also updated the UI in some panels:

• Regarding the chest’s upgrades, you will now be able to see what the current value of each item is and its upgraded value.
  
• The game mode selection is better displayed.
  
• The selected character icon is now displayed in the map selection panel. You can press the TAB key (on the keyboard) or SELECT (on the controller) to change character here too.
  

[h2]Olga's Blessing[/h2]
Strange rocks will appear on shrines and in Gnöki's store. Find the 3 pieces and repair Olga’s statue! But who is Olga? That's a very good question...

Olga's Blessing is a permanent upgrade. It allows you to offer Olga a Relic you no longer need, in exchange for rewards. Find this option in the character’s constellation panel after you’ve unlocked it.

[h2]An Unexpected Visit[/h2]
Reach Gnöki’s Realm in Jotunheim to unlock a new tent where someone special will offer you their most powerful Relics.

Note that they will only sell you one Relic each time you meet them.

[h3]Improvements and Fixes[/h3]

• After obtaining all the available Relics on Endless Mode, the Altars were no longer being displayed. Now they will grant Runes.
  
• There were places where Ymir's Attacks didn't reach you.
  
• Talkôr has been visually updated (almost unnoticeable).
  
• General performance has been improved.
  

If you have any suggestions, issues or any kind of feedback, don't hesitate to contact us:
🔸 Discord.
🔸 Steam Community.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068280/Nordic_Ashes_Survivors_of_Ragnarok/