Playtest Update

Hello everyone!

Thank you all for joining the Playtest of The Gate Must Stand and sharing so many valuable suggestions. This update brings a large number of optimizations and fixes to enhance the combat experience and overall game stability. Here are the update details:

[h2]🛠 Major Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed a bug where Leaf Elegance’s relic and the follower catapult only copied Lv.1 followers; they now fully copy all follower's abilities.
  
• Fixed a bug where leveling a follower to Lv.9 incorrectly granted a Decree of the Ancient King if the player had obtained the ​​Coronation​​.
  
• Fixed the bug causing negative values in shop prices.
  
• Fixed an error in attack animations when followers stood at the edge of walls.
  
• Fixed bugs where monsters could pass through fences, get stuck at the top fence, or become stuck and unable to act.
  
• Fixed a bug where Demon Transformation could sometimes freeze the character.
  
• Fixed fireballs not disappearing after hitting fences and fireballs launching in incorrect directions.
  
• Fixed a bug where Leaf Elegance copying the Lightning Chain Overlord caused the electricity effect to persist endlessly.
  
• Fixed a bug where no out-of-battle XP was gained after a crash.
  
• Fixed a bug where Leaf Elegance’s followers could be carried infinitely by Spiritual Body.
  
• Fixed incorrect text when a fence was placed in an invalid location.
  
• Fixed text errors when unlocking out-of-battle upgrades with insufficient source crystals.
  
• Fixed crashes when the second Greatshield Guardian selected Ironblood Resonance.
  
• Fixed Blessings on the ground disappearing after saving and reloading.
  
• Fixed a bug where Gale Dance: Legacy caused whirlwinds to never disappear and carts to freeze after loading.
  
• Fixed sound settings resetting after exiting the game.
  
• Fixed incorrect behavior of the Magsteel Boss.
  
• Fixed followers’ layers not appearing above the city gate after use the Mana Exchange Talisman.
  
• Fixed followers not becoming transparent after death.
  
• Fixed Thunder Mage’s Lightning Speed Control showing extremely large numbers.
  

[h2]⚔️ Mechanics Adjustments & Balance Updates[/h2]

• Imp quests now have a magic coin cap.
  
• Heroes can now pass through monsters but will be slowed by 50%.
  
• Serros’ active skill cooldown increased by 10 seconds (now 30/40 sec); uppercut cooldown reduction from awakening increased to -15/28/36.
  
• Monster scaling per wave increased to 10/15/20% attack and 20/30/40% HP; all bosses’ HP increased by 20%.
  
• Assassin attack range adjusted to 6.
  
• Hero knockback distance increased by 20%.
  
• Fan of Blades bleeding stacks adjusted to 3/6/9/12.
  
• Human Power—Blood Thunder Resonance stacks changed to 2/4/8; multiple sword beams can no longer trigger it repeatedly.
  
• Removed guaranteed active skills in the first two awakening levels.
  
• Forked Lightning stacks changed to 50% and can no longer stack.
  
• Tavern follower costs now appear in red when insufficient.
  
• Attack range upgrade options changed to 10/20/30/40.
  
• Serros attack range adjusted to 1.5.
  
• Cart HP increased by 50%.
  
• Enemies can now pass through followers and heroes.
  
• Spirit Body now shows a white countdown bar below carried followers.
  
• Magsteel Wreckbringer now displays yellow numbers during reload plus its reload progress.
  

[h2]🌟 System & UI Improvements[/h2]

• Out-of-battle XP bar and avatar are now displayed in the city defense interface.
  
• Optimized sound logic to reduce noise from overlapping small sound effects.
  
• Added tutorial text when first entering the Divine Gifts purchase screen.
  
• Added guidance when first entering the city defense interface.
  
• Imp Cart quest icons increased by 100%.
  
• Black fog area in combat reduced in size.
  

Thank you again for your continuous support and feedback! We’ll keep improving the experience and bringing you even better gameplay!