Epic Manager v0.2.6 - игра последней версии

New Features

[NEW MECHANIC in v.0.2.6] PORTAL RECYCLING : After purchasing the 4th Agency Licence, players will now be able to research the “Recycle Portals” ability. Recycling portals currently costs 1 scout action, and some gold.

[ADDED in v.0.2.6] Added the “Recycle Portals” research point to the 4th level of the Tech Tree.

Balancing

[BALANCED in v.0.2.6] Increased the Maximum Salary Cap increases with most Licence Levels, and in particular for the Licences that unlocked new parties.

[BALANCED in v.0.2.6] Slightly reduced the difficulty (AI Agencies’ Fame Gains) for the Silver League, in response to player feedback to the changes made in v.0.2.5.

[BALANCED in v.0.2.6] Wounds should now be harder to obtain, especially when dealing with level-appropriate content in the Early Game.

Bug-Fixes

[FIXED in v.0.2.6 - HOTFIX 1] Fixed an error preventing players to "Scout" Quests before turn 6, when skipping the Tutorial.

[FIXED in v.0.2.6] Fixed a database error that caused a game-breaking bug when loading pre-v.0.2.5 saves.

[FIXED in v.0.2.6] Fixed an error where loading a game on Turn 1 (after skipping tutorial and saving right away) would cause the player’s initial 750 gold treasury balance to disappear.

[FIXED in v.0.2.6] Fixed an loophole allowing players to purchase a portal for 0 Scout Points during Turn 2, when skipping the Tutorial.

[FIXED in v.0.2.6] Fixed an error preventing the use of the “Save and Quit” button before Turn 6, when skipping the tutorial.

Random Encounters

[NARRATIVE CHANGES in v.0.2.6] Changed the “Special Hints” in some Random Encounters that were misleading players, and leading to frustrating and unpredictable negative results.

UI Fixes and Improvements

[FIXED in v.0.2.6] Updated incorrect requirement listings for some Tech Tree items (more specifically - “Agency Level” requirements to purchase new Licenses.

[ADDED in v.0.2.6] Added some Scout Dialogues that will explain new mechanics when unlocking them from the Tech Tree (ex: Agency Champion).

Misc

[FIXED in v.0.2.6] Various improvements to the availability / location of some recurring Quests on Cities, Capitals and Villages.

*Make sure to exit Epic Manager and Restart Steam to get the new version. Top-Right corner of the Main Menu should now read : Alpha Build v.0.2.5*

*While old save-games are still compatible with this new update, we HIGHLY RECOMMEND STARTING A NEW GAME to make sure you receive all bug-fixes and balance changes.*

New Features

[ADDED in v.0.2.5] The early-game Tutorial is now completely optional! At the end of the Rookie Draft, players will now be able to decide whether they want to skip the tutorial or not.

* Choosing to skip the tutorial will also let you save your game as early as Turn #1.

[ADDED in v.0.2.5] The first (WIP) version of the Epicopedia, Epic Manager’s in-game manual, has now been added and can be accessed by clicking on the purple “?” on the top-right corner of the game’s HUD.

* Today’s patch brings only a very (very) barebones version of the Epicopedia. It will receive much love and attention in the upcoming days. We expect next week’s upcoming v.0.2.6 patch to feature a much more polished version of this new tool.

Bug-Fixes

[FIXED in v.0.2.5] Character Traits that affect AP costs in Combat will NO LONGER appear in draft Candidates. These can now only be acquired / lost through Random Encounters.

*This is to circumvent players having to “re-roll” (restart) the Draft multiple times until they found an adventurer with an AP-buffing trait.

[FIXED in v.0.2.5] Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause the unlocking of the 3rd party to cause a NullRef() error.

[FIXED in v.0.2.5] Unlocked yet undeployed parties will no longer cause the “Party Awaiting Action” Prompt at the end of each turn.

[FIXED in v.0.2.5] Removed contract negotiation loophole that allowed players to hire adventurers for only 1 gold.

[FIXED in v.0.2.5] Fixed erroneous calculations with the Warlock’s “HP Sacrifice” and Damage output values.

Balancing - Combat

[BALANCED in v.0.2.5] Combat Consumables with a “Slowing” effect will now impair the enemy’s Initiative a lot more than before.

[BALANCED in v.0.2.5] The Thief’s “Pickpocket” ability will now deal damage (1.25x basic attack) on top of stealing gold.

[BALANCED in v.0.2.5] The Thief’s “Pickpocket” ability will now yields 50% more gold.

[BALANCED in v.0.2.5] Warlocks will no longer be wounded when performing “HP Sacrifice” skills.

[BALANCED in v.0.2.5] Ranger’s “Exploit Weakness” will now only debuff enemy Physical Resistances (as opposed to “All Resistances” previously).

[BALANCED in v.0.2.5] Monk’s “Offensive Stance” will now only buff ally Physical Damage (as opposed to “All Damage” previously).

[BALANCED in v.0.2.5] Monk’s “Defensive Stance” will now only buff ally Physical Resistance (as opposed to “All Resistances” previously).

[BALANCED in v.0.2.5] Reworked and increased Adventurer “passive Resistance bonuses” to help with the later stages of the game.

[BALANCED in v.0.2.5] Slightly nerfed AOE Spells and Skills to make the late-game combat encounters more fun.

[BALANCED in v.0.2.5] Slightly reduced “Starting AP” and “AP Regen” modifiers for high-level characters (both Adventurers and Enemies).

Balancing - General

[BALANCED in v.0.2.5] Changed XP values for some high-level enemies.

[ADDED in v.0.2.5] It is now possible to Terminate the contract of any adventurer regardless of his current deployment status. Previously, an adventurer needed to be benched, or in a Party currently standing on an Active Portal to do so.

*Signing a “Locked Contract” still prevents termination.

[BALANCED in v.0.2.5] Some quests from the “Thieves Guild” Faction should no longer always appear on the Guild’s “HQ” node.

[BALANCED in v.0.2.5] Increased the Fame gain of AI Agencies in the Gold League.

[BALANCED in v.0.2.5] Reduced the Fame and Gold yields for all quests of Threat Level 4 and above.

UI

[ADDED in v.0.2.5] The “Adventurer Infos” (displayed at the bottom-left corner of the Combat HUD) now also includes the target’s list of Active Skills. This is very useful when deciding which of your allies to target with an AP buff or the “Command” skill.

[IMPROVED in v.0.2.5] The “Adventurer Infos” (displayed at the bottom-left corner of the Combat HUD) now correctly refreshes at the start of each Combat Turn.

[FIXED in v.0.2.5] Fixed a UI Canvas error preventing players from using the “Lock Contract” functionality.

[FIXED in v.0.2.5] Using the “Elemental Missile” Skill in combat will now properly close the Consumable Panel.

[ADDED in v.0.2.5] Tooltip will now also display the current AND previous classes of an adventurer when hovering over a portrait in the bottom bar of the main HUD.

[FIXED in v.0.2.5] Mage and Witchdoctor Primary/Secondary Stat icons will now display the proper icons during the Draft.

[ADDED in v.0.2.5] Added a new visual indicator to show that Focus/End Turn actions can be executed using the “SPACEBAR” Hotkey in Combat.


Audio Fixes

[FIXED in v.0.2.5] Scout Dialogue SFXs are now properly linked to master SFX volume setting.

Quality of Life

[ADDED in v.0.2.5] When negotiating a contract, players can now hold “SHIFT” to increase / decrease the offered Salary by increments of +10/-10.

The next few steps
As you can see from the patch notes above, today’s update concentrates mostly on bringing needed balance changes and bug-fixes, as well as making the tutorial completely optional, which was a feature requested by many community members!

Next week should bring a new patch of a similar nature, as our team will also dedicate some time to prepare our booth for the upcoming Montreal Dreamhack Convention! This will be ManaVoid Entertainment’s very first gaming Expo, and we’re very excited! http://montreal.dreamhack.com/en/

Once we get back from Dreamhack, we’ll start focusing all our efforts to the introduction of new content and features to Epic Manager! More details on that front will follow very soon :D