Hotfix 3 changes:

Gameplay

• Cast time delay has been reduced (code has been optimized to shave off a small delay when casting card that would cause card plays to be slightly delayed by a few frames compared to 1.0).
• Feedback: Mana is now removed upon playing cards, (and not when they are summoned/cast), and visual feedback is snappier, which makes playing cards feel more responsive.
• Tronveir bug fixes and balance changes
• Fixed a bug where player was not always allowed to play Runestones in opponent’s area.
• Balance Changes:
• Ancestor (summoned by Rune of Ancestry):
• Health 150 > 100
• Damage 50 > 45
• Runic Empowerment (perk 2)
• Frost Shield max health 300 > 200
• Wind Rune damage 100 > 50
• Wyrd Stone now correctly has Taunt.
• Wyrd Stone now correctly deals damage (Same as Wind Rune)
• It should no longer be possible to queue up for Premade with 2 identical Masters.
• Bearvalanche now correctly slows enemies.
• Fixed an issue with Slow buff where minions would become a little too slow.
• Fixed an issue where Wreckinator would stop moving after using its “Slam ‘n Bam” attack.
• Siege Imperator Ruby can once again hit enemy master towers, and she should no longer ignore certain units.
• Fixed several cases where Abilities would be become unusable if owner was raised by Mordar’s Tombstone.
• Fixed an issue that would calculate Shroomama Shumi’s health wrong after she splits.

Visuals

• S1ege Br3aker MKII had its VFX restored
• S1ege Br3aker’s Piloted ability no longer creates a pod that remains indefinitely on the playfield.
• Spirit Mancer’s VFX is back.
• Fixed H3LLFIRE’s VFX.
• Frostbearer’s Frozen Aura is back. Brrrrrr…
• Fixed several skins that would glitch under certain conditions.
• Fixed an issue where LOD (level of detail) would not update when changing graphics quality

Achievements

• All Achievements should now be completable.
• Fixed a crash issue when claiming some achievements.

Quality of Life

• Players Emote Starting set is now occupied by the basic set of emotes as intended instead of being empty.

General Bugs

• Fixed a bug that would cause a “something went wrong” prompt when matchmaking against a muted player.
• Fixed several issues when playing premade that would cause it to end unexpectedly.
• Fixed an issue where opening rewards from Battle Passes would fail. (no rewards have been lost, but players have failed to claim them).

Audio

• Reduced sound clipping overall in the game (meaning one sound playing over another).
• Cleaned up some of C-Sar’s announcements, as he would sometimes say things out of context.
• Changed the sound that plays when entering battle menu (as it was the same as “match found” sound).
• Fixed an issue where audio would play when quitting game even though it had been disabled.
• Troubadour is now once again playing his bagpipe beautifully.

Deck Collection

• Fixed an issue where deck name would be called “Null”
• Decks in Collection menu is paginated instead of being a scroll list, to make it easier to keep track of decks.

Menus

• Fixed an issue where avatars were not rendered correctly when selected (showing as a white circle)
• Fixed several areas where text was misaligned or misplaced
• Fixed various layouting issues across several menus.
• Fixed an issue where player widget can be opened while already opened, having it move around the screen
• Fixed an issue where a locked arena would still be selectable, but not appear in-game.
• Fixed how several text labels are shown in the UI
• Chinese localization: fixed several characters where they would display as an error glyph.
• Loading guilds list still takes a while, but a loading spinner was added.
• Fixed an issue that would cause several menu items to flicker when interacting with them.
• Fixed an issue that miscalculated glory on the leaderboards.
• Made version number information at the bottom of menu shorter.
• Unlock conditions of Avatars are made more clear.
• Emote wheel resized to be more appropriate for PC.
• Picking a locked arena and switching back would sometimes not select the right arena.
• Fixed a few cases where the Back Button would not work.
• Fixed issues of several cards where keyword explanation would fail to work.
• Fixed an issue where the EULA would pop up each time a player logs in.

Adventure

• Fixed several string issues.
• Moved the disclaimer that a player can only claim rewards from the adventure to earlier in the flow so all players have a chance to see it.
• Adventure progress is now only reset when losing or retiring from Adventure.

Tutorial

• fixed issues where players could get stuck in the tutorial flow

Known Issues

• A small stutter can be felt when summoning cards through another card (such as Future/Past Present, Apep perks etc.). This is slated for February patch (2.1).
• Chat is still broken for a lot of players. This is planned to be fixed for February patch (2.1).
• There are still players waiting for cards to be reimbursed. this is planned for February patch (2.1).