Weekly Update- May 14th- Major Update Now Live! Save Now Live!

Hail and Well Met!

Today is the Day!

We are releasing the major update we've been discussing the past several weeks later today. You can read more about the changes in our previous news updates below, or you can dive right into the game when it updates to check them out live for yourself.

Changelog
We've listed the the update details in our patch notes at the following link.

May 16th Update-
We've just issued a hotfix. Patch notes are here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/509580/discussions/0/3264459260603602838/

Deck Building

Save Game Feature

Tutorial Changes

Scoring and Rewards

Cosmetics

Campaign Challenges

Play Balancing


This is a major update to the game touching many areas of gameplay, user interface, deckbuilding, presentation and more. Most of these elements you'll be able to explore on your own but we wanted to point out some important information included in this update.



Update Your Game!
We will be uploading the new update starting at 2pm Central US time / 7:00pm UTC. The game will not be playable until the update is completed. We expect it to take about an hour, but will post a news update when the build is complete and ready. Please make sure you update your game before playing.

If you encounter any difficulties once the build is fully live, please verify your local files. If you still encounter issues, you may file a helpshift ticket with us and we will assist you as soon as possible.



Early Access Release
This release remains Early Access, and while all of the major features are now live, there are a few known issues as well as areas we intend to keep polishing and improving over the coming weeks based on player feedback. Additionally, if there are any elements that require immediate changes, we will issue updates as required.



Saves Now Functioning!
The issue we had previously has been resolved. Enjoy!




Mouse Interaction Change
In order to improve the user interface while in game, we've changed mouse functionality. The right mouse button is now used to bring up the full view of cards and cameos. This change was made so that players may inspect cards before making selections or targets (such as Legolas' or Arwen's powers). Please be aware of this change, as you may be previously used to left clicking in order to inspect full cards.



Narrative Resources Change
This update adds a number of play balance changes that we are using to improve the game experience across all styles of play. For this reason, we are standardizing the amount of resources that each player receives in all play styles to 3. We feel that with the changes to the play balance, it is no longer necessary to give narrative players an extra resource each turn.



New Co-Op play mode
There is now a narrative style co-op play mode for players who want to quest with friends, but don't want the difficulty associated with Challenge Mode.



Ping!
We've added ping functionality to the new build in Co-op multiplayer. Simply hold the Left-Ctrl key while clicking on the screen to notify the other player about what you want them to look at. There is a 2-second cool down period for this feature so you can't simply spam the other player with pings.


As mentioned, we will continue polishing and improving the update in the coming weeks, but we are hard at work on much more, starting with our next expansion, The Witch King's Grasp. This all new expansion includes four new hero packs and a full new campaign. Though we're not ready to start discussing this expansion in detail, we will give you a small spoiler (spoiler text below...)

You will spend a fair bit of time in Bree and visit the Prancing Pony.



Don't forget that you can check out our Twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/ffigames every two weeks at 1pm Central US time / 6:00pm UTC.

Our next stream will be Wednesday, May 22nd.


That's it for this week. Next week we'll have a short news post on the status of any improvements or bug fixes for the update, with a larger news update the following week with more details on Campaign 3. Until we meet again, may the stars shine ever on your adventures!