Valor of Man Demo: Patch 0.8.2 – Controller and Steam Deck Support
Greetings, Wardens,
We’re thrilled to unveil refreshed 3D models for our heroes, bringing each character to life with greater detail and personality. Every hero now feels more distinct, more heroic, and more ready to face the dangers ahead.
We’re also excited to introduce initial support for gamepads and Steam Deck. Whether you’re at your desk or on the go, you can now command your heroes with complete control, making every battle smoother and more immersive than ever.
Thank you so much for the warm reception and all the feedback you shared during the extended demo. We’re closing it for now, but the extended demo will be back at the next Steam Next Fest.
See you in the Steam Community.
- Florian & Traian
[h2]Full Patch Notes 0.8.2:[/h2]
New Features:
- Gamepad support.
- Steam Deck support.
- Refreshed Heroes 3D Models.
Heroes:
- New Captain class ability: Tactics - Gain +1 Strength for each enemy adjacent to you.
- New Cleric default ability: Grace - Gain SpellPower whenever Ignatius casts a heal.
- New Champion Class ability: Valorous - Gain passive Toughness per Courage.
- New Octavia Class ability: Resolve - Gain passive SpellPower per Courage.
- New Berserker class ability: Berserk - Gains +2 Strength when dropping under 50% health. Persists even if he is healed above 50% health.
Dev Comment: The new Elara is proving a lot of fun so we've added a bunch of new abilities to make each hero's identity stand out.
Features & Quality of Life Improvements:
- New mouse cursors.
- New menu that shows button mappings for XBOX and PS controllers.
- Options are now saved per device. This means your PC options can be different from your Steam Deck / laptop options.
- Removed 95% accuracy cap for heroes.
- Antique Trader now offers 3 choices (up from 2).
- New Keyword Chain to describe bouncing abilities like Chain Lightning and Eclipse.
- Action bar won't autoselect buffs, only attacks.
- Unlock screen notification for dials and show/hide next unlocks and new run/back.
Gamepad specific:
- New Options: Cursor speed and disable acceleration.
- New Options: Camera speed and rotation speed.
- New Options: Invert rotation / zoom.
Visual FX:
- New Vfx - Immobilize.
- New Vfx - Fury.
- Improved Bone Dragon Dark Stomp and Blast of Death Vfx.
- Improved Staff Vfx.
- Poison Vfx is now more visible.
- Stealth Vfx is now more visible.
- Miracle Vfx no longer assaults your eyes.
- Reworked Inferno Vfx.
Balance:
- Buffed Equalizer damage to 7-11 (previously 5-9).
- Nerfed Chain Lightning max damage to 10 per bounce.
- Nerfed Strafe back down to range 1. Upgrade bumps it to range 2, but keeps the cooldown 2.
- Buffed Staff of Valor +1 dmg.
- Nerfed Thalor's starting damage.
- Nerfed Eclipse accuracy & power bonuses.
- Nerfed Halberd base dmg to 5-10 (from 7-11).
- Nerfed Perfect Tempo, now only applies once per turn.
- Nerfed Tempest Brace: increased Strain to +20%.
- Nerfed Legacy starting weapon to 4-8 (was 5-9).
- Buffed Blade Dance+ to +2 (previously +1).
- Buffed Motivate: now starts on cooldown 1 (previously 2).
- Buffed Vorpal Sword: can now use either physical or spell damage.
- Buffed Maul to 7-9 (previously 5-9) and added Knockback 2.
- Buffed Bastard sword to 6-8 (previously 5-8)
- Opened many trinkets and weapons for use for other classes.
- Rebalanced Cleric starting stats.
- Rebalanced starting weapon damage.
- Rapture now costs 2 ap.
- Immunity to Knockback now stops enemies trying to teleport the hero.
- Nerfed Serpent Health by 10.
- Vortex Serpent now start with Tempest Fury as their first Action.
- Buffed Ogres Accuracy and Power.
- Bone Dragon can no longer Collapse.
- Nerfed Djinn Reality Fracture: now only reduces hero Spellpower.
- Vampire Bat now has 2 reactions, but they can't fail anymore.
Bugfixes:
- Fixed an issue where Poison Vfx would create a strange, looming highlight. Spooky.
- Fixed a bug where Poison would trigger Legion Commander's Adaptive Armor.
- Fixed a bug where Legion Commander's sword Vfx would also create a strange, looming highlight. Double spook.
- Disabled Bestiary button if a tutorial is currently running.
- Fixed a bug where switching weapons would use incorrect animations.
- Fixed a bug where a user error was shown when clicking the currently selected hero with an attack.
- Fix item ability descriptions not updating in heroes inventory.
- Fixed an issue where Stealth would wear off too soon.
- Fixed an issue where Stealth gained through Prepare:Unseen during the enemy turn would wear off too soon.
- Fixed Moon Potion sound.
- Fixed a rare bug where Reaction markers would not show after an enemy died.
- Fixed Djinn's Reality Fracture wearing off prematurely.
We’re thrilled to unveil refreshed 3D models for our heroes, bringing each character to life with greater detail and personality. Every hero now feels more distinct, more heroic, and more ready to face the dangers ahead.
We’re also excited to introduce initial support for gamepads and Steam Deck. Whether you’re at your desk or on the go, you can now command your heroes with complete control, making every battle smoother and more immersive than ever.
Thank you so much for the warm reception and all the feedback you shared during the extended demo. We’re closing it for now, but the extended demo will be back at the next Steam Next Fest.
See you in the Steam Community.
- Florian & Traian
[h2]Full Patch Notes 0.8.2:[/h2]
New Features:
- Gamepad support.
- Steam Deck support.
- Refreshed Heroes 3D Models.
Heroes:
- New Captain class ability: Tactics - Gain +1 Strength for each enemy adjacent to you.
- New Cleric default ability: Grace - Gain SpellPower whenever Ignatius casts a heal.
- New Champion Class ability: Valorous - Gain passive Toughness per Courage.
- New Octavia Class ability: Resolve - Gain passive SpellPower per Courage.
- New Berserker class ability: Berserk - Gains +2 Strength when dropping under 50% health. Persists even if he is healed above 50% health.
Dev Comment: The new Elara is proving a lot of fun so we've added a bunch of new abilities to make each hero's identity stand out.
Features & Quality of Life Improvements:
- New mouse cursors.
- New menu that shows button mappings for XBOX and PS controllers.
- Options are now saved per device. This means your PC options can be different from your Steam Deck / laptop options.
- Removed 95% accuracy cap for heroes.
- Antique Trader now offers 3 choices (up from 2).
- New Keyword Chain to describe bouncing abilities like Chain Lightning and Eclipse.
- Action bar won't autoselect buffs, only attacks.
- Unlock screen notification for dials and show/hide next unlocks and new run/back.
Gamepad specific:
- New Options: Cursor speed and disable acceleration.
- New Options: Camera speed and rotation speed.
- New Options: Invert rotation / zoom.
Visual FX:
- New Vfx - Immobilize.
- New Vfx - Fury.
- Improved Bone Dragon Dark Stomp and Blast of Death Vfx.
- Improved Staff Vfx.
- Poison Vfx is now more visible.
- Stealth Vfx is now more visible.
- Miracle Vfx no longer assaults your eyes.
- Reworked Inferno Vfx.
Balance:
- Buffed Equalizer damage to 7-11 (previously 5-9).
- Nerfed Chain Lightning max damage to 10 per bounce.
- Nerfed Strafe back down to range 1. Upgrade bumps it to range 2, but keeps the cooldown 2.
- Buffed Staff of Valor +1 dmg.
- Nerfed Thalor's starting damage.
- Nerfed Eclipse accuracy & power bonuses.
- Nerfed Halberd base dmg to 5-10 (from 7-11).
- Nerfed Perfect Tempo, now only applies once per turn.
- Nerfed Tempest Brace: increased Strain to +20%.
- Nerfed Legacy starting weapon to 4-8 (was 5-9).
- Buffed Blade Dance+ to +2 (previously +1).
- Buffed Motivate: now starts on cooldown 1 (previously 2).
- Buffed Vorpal Sword: can now use either physical or spell damage.
- Buffed Maul to 7-9 (previously 5-9) and added Knockback 2.
- Buffed Bastard sword to 6-8 (previously 5-8)
- Opened many trinkets and weapons for use for other classes.
- Rebalanced Cleric starting stats.
- Rebalanced starting weapon damage.
- Rapture now costs 2 ap.
- Immunity to Knockback now stops enemies trying to teleport the hero.
- Nerfed Serpent Health by 10.
- Vortex Serpent now start with Tempest Fury as their first Action.
- Buffed Ogres Accuracy and Power.
- Bone Dragon can no longer Collapse.
- Nerfed Djinn Reality Fracture: now only reduces hero Spellpower.
- Vampire Bat now has 2 reactions, but they can't fail anymore.
Bugfixes:
- Fixed an issue where Poison Vfx would create a strange, looming highlight. Spooky.
- Fixed a bug where Poison would trigger Legion Commander's Adaptive Armor.
- Fixed a bug where Legion Commander's sword Vfx would also create a strange, looming highlight. Double spook.
- Disabled Bestiary button if a tutorial is currently running.
- Fixed a bug where switching weapons would use incorrect animations.
- Fixed a bug where a user error was shown when clicking the currently selected hero with an attack.
- Fix item ability descriptions not updating in heroes inventory.
- Fixed an issue where Stealth would wear off too soon.
- Fixed an issue where Stealth gained through Prepare:Unseen during the enemy turn would wear off too soon.
- Fixed Moon Potion sound.
- Fixed a rare bug where Reaction markers would not show after an enemy died.
- Fixed Djinn's Reality Fracture wearing off prematurely.