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The Festival of Hearts - Hotfix Patch

[h2]SHOP[/h2]
  • [p]Added a feature that hides bundles/items you already own in the Emporium.[/p]
  • [p]New Etheria Essentials Pack bundle!: This bundle includes All Heroes, 4 Hero Slots, Max Bag Slots, Max Vault Slots, Shard Vault, and Material Vault.[/p]
  • [p]The new Etheria Essentials Pack is on sale (25% off) for 24 hours after you complete the campaign. This 24-hour sale also applies to players who have already completed the campaign.[/p]
[p][/p][h2]BUG FIXES[/h2]
  • [p]Fixed missing enemy schedules for lane spawners on Western Carnival (C11, Wave 3).[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where Defense Upgrades were not correctly downgraded by the Protective Downgrade Servo on the Physical Wall defense.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the Haste Infusion shard was tanking server performance.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a small visual bug where the equipment icon wouldn’t appear in the Advance UI screen when the item was Ancient.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the Nimbus Reach map was unplayable on consoles.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the Frostweaver secondary attack was using an incorrect damage type.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the Empowered Arcane Mark shard was not appearing in the Shard Shop or dropping from Shard Packs. This shard can now also be used with the Adept.[/p]
  • [p]Reworked Winter's Edge shard: Your attacks deal X% of your Hero Damage as Frost damage. This effect can only occur every 0.5 seconds.[/p]
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The Festival of Hearts

[p]Greetings, Defenders![/p][p][/p][p]We’re excited to announce that the Festival of Hearts event has returned to Etheria![/p][p]Once again, defenders can visit Violet Marygold to obtain exclusive event rewards.[/p][p]
[/p][p]This year, we’re introducing a new pet to the festivities: Angry Cutie! Don’t let the adorable looks fool you, this feisty little companion is bursting with cutiness… and attitude. This pet will drop on all expedition maps.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]The Festival of Hearts event will run through March 11. Be sure to join the celebration before it fades away once more.[/p][h2]Returning Festival of Hearts Cosmetics [/h2]
  • [p]Hunter Cupid Hunter Costume - 800 gems.[/p][p][/p]
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  • [p]Valentine's Accessory Bundle - 1280 gems. This bundle includes;[/p]
    • [p]Cupid WIngs[/p]
    • [p]Heart Glasses[/p]
    • [p]Crown of Hearts[/p]
    • [p]Floating Hearts Ground Flair[/p][p][/p]
  • [p]Festival of Hearts Bundle - 1900 gems. This bundle includes;[/p]
    • [p]Cupid WIngs[/p]
    • [p]Heart Glasses[/p]
    • [p]Crown of Hearts[/p]
    • [p]Floating Hearts Ground Flair[/p]
    • [p]Hunter Cupid[/p][p][/p]
[p][/p][h2]Bug fixes[/h2]
  • [p]Ruins maps no longer use the winter theme.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Werewolf general being usable on all heroes.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed struck by inspiration and inspiring strikes not being usable by the Cyborg.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where towers placed outside the boss arena would cause the Jester to attack them instead of teleporting back into the arena.[/p]
  • [p]Bunnies no longer spawn from Dark Mages.[/p]
  • [p]Dark Mages and Witches no longer heal bosses.[/p]
  • [p]Tweaked a bit the material values of the Golden Jaderagon pet so it is more golden.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the Siege Roller would not die when stuck inside spawn areas.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed enemy pathing issues on The Wildest West and Tornado Canyon.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a problem where escalation damage stacking would stack more than intended[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a problem with the drone defense system scaling with upgrades too much when drone overdrive is activated[/p]
[p][/p][h2]Balance changes[/h2]
  • [p]Jester:[/p]
    • [p]Boomerang – Increased damage scaling by 25%.[/p]
    • [p]Chattering Teeth – Increased damage scaling by 25%.[/p]
    • [p]Card Barrage – Increased range from 2000 to 2500.[/p]
    • [p]Surprise Present – Increased range from 650 to 750.[/p]
    • [p]Party Popper – Increased defense damage by 8%.[/p]
    • [p]Balloon Machine[/p]
      • [p]Increased defense damage by 8%.[/p]
      • [p]Increased balloon movement speed from 1000 to 1300.[/p]
    • [p]Hammer Barrage – Reduced boomerang spread by 50%.[/p]
    • [p]Jack in the Box – Increased health scaling by 9%.[/p]
    • [p]Confetti Cannon – Increased damage by 15%.[/p]
  • [p]Bio Metric Scanner – Reduced armor shred from 25% to 15%.[/p]
  • [p]Puffer Fish – Increased max range from 3750 to 4250.[/p]
  • [p]Earth Shatter – Reduced Defense Units from 60 to 50. Updated damage scaling to match.[/p]
  • [p]Flame Aura & Water Aura[/p]
    • [p]Increased max range from 1850 to 2500.[/p]
    • [p]Increased range scaling by 10%.[/p]
  • [p]Volcano[/p]
    • [p]Increased damage scaling by 21%.[/p]
    • [p]Updated upgrade scaling to be consistent with other 80 DU defenses.[/p]
    • [p]This is a nerf to upgrades, but an overall buff at every upgrade stage.[/p]
  • [p]Crystal Hammer – Increased damage scaling by 25%.[/p]
  • [p]Dragon Nest – Increased damage by 11%.[/p]
  • [p]Winter’s Edge – Your primary attacks now have a 50–70% (75%) chance to deal 5–29% (35%) of your hero damage as Frost damage.[/p]
[p][/p][h2]Misc[/h2]
  • [p]Changed elemental rumble drop rates back to x2 (armor pieces and pets), this was changed since 01/16.[/p]
    • [p]Rumble Easy: 3,3%[/p]
    • [p]Rumble Normal: 6,6%[/p]
    • [p]Rumble Hard: 13,34%[/p]
    • [p]Pet Drop chances:[/p]
      • [p]Normal: 1%[/p]
      • [p]Hard: 2% (normal) - 0.2% gold[/p]
  • [p]Added back audio hot swapping for Windows PC, no need to relaunch the game anymore.[/p]
  • [p]Limited the number of towers of the same type that can be spawned in Town to 8.[/p]
  • [p]Performance and stability improvements for the Aquarion Throne Room map.[/p]
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The Fairy Tales Update - Chaos 11 (Hotfix 4)

Fixes
  • [p]Fixed an issue where players were able to finish Embermount without killing the Phoenix.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where Assault on throne room had C10 enemies in C11.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where DrakenFrost resort had C11 enemies in C10.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where players were not able to obtain "the ramparts defender" and "carnival town defender" after reaching wave 100.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where abyss lord grasping stone shard was affecting the player.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the last word axe was reducing HD instead of increasing it.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the Comedy Empowerment Shard was equippable on every hero.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the Haste Infusion shard 60% rate was wrong and the damage stacks were not working correctly.[/p]
  • [p]Updated Storm set cooldown and damage back to 8s and 800% damage.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the Earth Set would cause the wearer to lose half their health when switching heroes.[/p]
  • [p]Fragile crit Damage chip now correctly displays the % symbol.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed call of the Kobold chaos tier and corrected it to use HD instead of AP.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Hardcore shard not reducing tower health by 99%.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed chaos 11 expedition not unlocking floor 300.[/p]
  • [p]Updated Shadow Flame Knife HD back to 190%.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Escalation shard stacking issues.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Unicorn pet cooldown issues; in some cases, abilities were not working at all.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Draining Punch shard not being Jester-exclusive.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the Boiling Blood shard was showing up as a c6 shard at the shop.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Healing Talisman shard not healing at all.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed weak enemies on Elemental Rumble Hard Mode on the Liferoot Forest map.[/p]
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Misc:
  • [p]Ring of wind now penetrates shields.[/p]
  • [p]Removed Christmas deco from town & tavern maps.[/p]
  • [p]Christmas pets are no longer obtainable.[/p]
  • [p]Witch curse projectile no longer goes through reflect beam.[/p]
  • [p]PDS Nerf:[/p]
    • [p]Reduced ATK DMG Multiplier from 13,875 to 11,875[/p]
    • [p]Number of targets reduced from 3 to 2.[/p]

The Fairy Tales Update - Chaos 11 (Hotfix 3)

[h2]Fixes[/h2]
  • [p]Cyborg's Physical Wall is now a blockade.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Jester's Revenge C11 Incursion.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed C11 consecutive win loot.[/p]
  • [p]Disabled Winter Theme for gates and Town (PC still has Town), this does not affect the pet event.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Jester bag icon.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed issue where C11 remained accessible after resetting.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Harbinger Adventure.[/p]
  • [p]Added Witch Lane to Onslaught.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Spec Ops skin icons and descriptions.[/p]
  • [p]Updated the value of Unique Range Servo to 45% (previously 145%).[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where C11 loot wouldn't drop in Onslaught[/p]
  • [p]Fixed jack of all stats shard.[/p]

The Fairy Tales Update - Chaos 11 (Hotfix 2)

[h2]Fixes[/h2]
  • [p]Fixed Superswarm not being able to be sold[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Plasma Defense system having incorrect Crit Chance and Crit Damage[/p]
  • [p]Fixed The Last Word giving more HD than intended[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Haste Infusion not giving Defense Rate[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Ramparts C10 having C11 Enemies[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Water Boot C11 Upgrades being free[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Genie King boss fight not working on c11[/p]
  • [p]Fixed description for party popper mods[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Dark Awakening not working on C11[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a broken survival shard entry[/p]
  • [p]Fixed the wrong pet dropping on Carnival Town[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Wrong canister dropping on Carnival Town[/p]
  • [p]Fixed Names of new Golden Dragolich pets[/p]
  • [p]Fixed THE BOOMFETTI gun not being legendary[/p]
  • [p]Fix for split screens not being teleported into Carnival town boss arena[/p]
  • [p]Increased Tell A Joke Range from 1500 to 2500[/p]
  • [p]Unlocked Bouncy Ball Mod[/p]
  • [p]Comedy Empowerment and Shrapnel whirl now in survival bags[/p]
  • [p]Fixed the wrong pop-up screen when unlocking the Jester hero[/p]