5.0.6 - Gauntlet Replaces the Pit, Battlefront Updates
The first floor of the Gauntlet is ready to go! Rather than talk about it, I'll just let you go in and see for yourself. The Gauntlet is in the same building where the Pit used to be in the Ruins of Agartha.
Defeating the boss at the end of the first floor will yield a special prize. Choose wisely!
Battlefront development is also ongoing.
5.0.6 [Build #102, Release Date: September 17, 2021] Bugs to look for: Report them as a comment to the most recent patch notes or post them directly on the CoA channels using the invite link above!
- Ruby should change costume upon entering or exiting the Battlefront area.
- Gauntlet battles should return to level 1 after failing or manually exiting and returning to the area unless the boss has been defeated.
New:
- A new event has taken the place of the Pit in the Hall of Challengers! Currently, the Gauntlet goes up to level 10. As more enemy troops are added to the world, more levels of the Gauntlet will become available.
-- Once the boss has been defeated, the floor can not be repeated.
-- It is not possible to Game Over within the Gauntlet event.
-- Menu access is restricted once the event begins.
-- The Record Book now tracks consecutive wins of the Gauntlet instead of the defunct Pit. This will become more of an achievement later as the number of battles to clear each tier increase.
-- In addition to falling in combat and escaping from battle, simply talking to the event host will allow Ruby to exit the Gauntlet. Once exited, the current floor is reset and the Record Book tally is stopped. Re-entering the Gauntlet starts the consecutive counter back to 0.
-- The entire Hall of Challengers is Save Restricted pending further construction.
-- Pit Coins begin to drop starting after the third tier. Additional coin drops are added on the sixth and again on the ninth tier.
-- Enemy clouds roll for which Troop to battle from a group of up to 3 potential options. Enemy clouds do not share exact data with one another regarding these options. These Troops are pulled directly from other zones in the world in accordance with the tier level (example: tier 7 will have primarily level 7 enemies).
Battlefront:
- Warrior Ruby may no longer enter the Battlefront. Instead, when Ruby goes through the building, she becomes Expedition Leader Ruby.
-- Expedition Leader Ruby starts at level 1 and has access via level up to some of Warrior Ruby's usual skills.
-- Skills learned exclusively by Expedition Leader Ruby inside Battlefront zones are not shared with her Warrior class. Conversely, skills learned exclusively by Warrior Ruby outside the Battlefront are not shared with the Expedition Leader class.
-- Items which allow for skills to be learned may be used by any party member at any time, even outside the Battlefront areas.
- It is now possible to game over within the Battlefront zones.
- Battlefront zones now have a set of random encounters in addition to the visible field enemies.
- It is not possible to escape from battles with the on-the-map enemies. However, random encounters can be escaped.
- KO'd characters will only escape at the end of turn in battle or when Ruby returns to the exit. They will not escape if the battle is won before the end of the turn in which they were KO'd.
- Battlefront chests have some chance to be empty when looted. However, as randomized chests, they will continue to re-roll every time Ruby leaves the area and comes back for another chance to be looted.
- Blk. Mage, Rogue, & Barbarian skill trees updated.
- First Wht. Mage is now available in the 4th zone.
Changes:
- Changed tooltip for Swift Kick, Avoidance, Backstab, Charge, and Sharpen.
- Swift Kick now adds 10 to attack speed, up from 5.
Notes:
- Battlefront classes will only move to the updated skill tree after being intialized (KO'd and then re-purchased).
Defeating the boss at the end of the first floor will yield a special prize. Choose wisely!
Battlefront development is also ongoing.
5.0.6 [Build #102, Release Date: September 17, 2021] Bugs to look for: Report them as a comment to the most recent patch notes or post them directly on the CoA channels using the invite link above!
- Ruby should change costume upon entering or exiting the Battlefront area.
- Gauntlet battles should return to level 1 after failing or manually exiting and returning to the area unless the boss has been defeated.
New:
- A new event has taken the place of the Pit in the Hall of Challengers! Currently, the Gauntlet goes up to level 10. As more enemy troops are added to the world, more levels of the Gauntlet will become available.
-- Once the boss has been defeated, the floor can not be repeated.
-- It is not possible to Game Over within the Gauntlet event.
-- Menu access is restricted once the event begins.
-- The Record Book now tracks consecutive wins of the Gauntlet instead of the defunct Pit. This will become more of an achievement later as the number of battles to clear each tier increase.
-- In addition to falling in combat and escaping from battle, simply talking to the event host will allow Ruby to exit the Gauntlet. Once exited, the current floor is reset and the Record Book tally is stopped. Re-entering the Gauntlet starts the consecutive counter back to 0.
-- The entire Hall of Challengers is Save Restricted pending further construction.
-- Pit Coins begin to drop starting after the third tier. Additional coin drops are added on the sixth and again on the ninth tier.
-- Enemy clouds roll for which Troop to battle from a group of up to 3 potential options. Enemy clouds do not share exact data with one another regarding these options. These Troops are pulled directly from other zones in the world in accordance with the tier level (example: tier 7 will have primarily level 7 enemies).
Battlefront:
- Warrior Ruby may no longer enter the Battlefront. Instead, when Ruby goes through the building, she becomes Expedition Leader Ruby.
-- Expedition Leader Ruby starts at level 1 and has access via level up to some of Warrior Ruby's usual skills.
-- Skills learned exclusively by Expedition Leader Ruby inside Battlefront zones are not shared with her Warrior class. Conversely, skills learned exclusively by Warrior Ruby outside the Battlefront are not shared with the Expedition Leader class.
-- Items which allow for skills to be learned may be used by any party member at any time, even outside the Battlefront areas.
- It is now possible to game over within the Battlefront zones.
- Battlefront zones now have a set of random encounters in addition to the visible field enemies.
- It is not possible to escape from battles with the on-the-map enemies. However, random encounters can be escaped.
- KO'd characters will only escape at the end of turn in battle or when Ruby returns to the exit. They will not escape if the battle is won before the end of the turn in which they were KO'd.
- Battlefront chests have some chance to be empty when looted. However, as randomized chests, they will continue to re-roll every time Ruby leaves the area and comes back for another chance to be looted.
- Blk. Mage, Rogue, & Barbarian skill trees updated.
- First Wht. Mage is now available in the 4th zone.
Changes:
- Changed tooltip for Swift Kick, Avoidance, Backstab, Charge, and Sharpen.
- Swift Kick now adds 10 to attack speed, up from 5.
Notes:
- Battlefront classes will only move to the updated skill tree after being intialized (KO'd and then re-purchased).