Wednesday, December 18, 2019

LIVESTREAM RECAP - December 18, 2019 (Frostaur this week) (Progenitor next week)

** SteelSpine’s LIVESTREAM RECAP for DECEMBER 18, 2019 **

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Matt (Game Designer), Haig (Live Ops Manager) and Dom (Game Artist) were our hosts for this week’s LiveStream.  This was Matt’s last Stream before taking an extended vacation throughout 2020.

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EVENT DETAILS:

This week’s Event will be called SNOWSTORM.  It will begin on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19 and run until MONDAY, DECEMBER 23.


Titan Details:

This week’s Event features the debut of FROSTAUR, the Ice Infiltrator.  FROSTAUR is the latest in the -Taur series of Summoner Titans, which began with Minotaur and continued with Oakentaur, Magmataur and Stormtaur.

FROSTAUR’s SKILLS:
Slot 1:  +56% Titan & Troop Armor Piercing, +56% Titan & Troop Ice Resist, +1 Summon Omega Imperials Spell
Slot 2:  Titan Offensive Tier III Skill
Slot 3:  +88% Imperial Armor, +2 Summon Omega Imperials Spells
Slot 4:  Titan Offensive X Skill
Slot 5:  +117% Imperials Health, +2 Summon Omega Imperials Spells

FROSTAUR will be available for 16k Souls.  FROSTAUR will also provide a top Boost for next week’s PROGENITOR Event (details in the “NEXT TWO WEEKS” section below).

NOTE:  Omega Imperials have +40% Health and +30% Speed compared to regular Imperials, but they deal -50% Damage.  They also deal 5x Charge Damage, instead of the usual 3x.  (NOTE:  I mistakenly said Omega Imps deal +50% Damage; they actually deal -50% Damage compared to regular Imperials.  Thanks to Amma P from the § KRAKEN Alliance for pointing out my error.  Sorry about that, all!)


New Relics available in this Event:  

4* FROST PAULDRONS
+ Omega Imperials Armor Piercing
+ Imperials Critical
+ Titan and Troop Void Resist

4* FROST SKULL
+ Omega Imperials Damage
+ Imperials Armor
+ All Troop Armor Piercing


Top Rewards available in this Event will include:

6000 Souls:  4* Frozen Rune
7000:  Epic Token
7500:  Ice Fragments (for Winter “Dreg” Quest)
8000:  4* Golden Fleece
9000:  1k Gems
10k:  Event Relic Token
11k:  Crothos (4* Ice Berserker)
11.5k:  Ice Fragments
12k:  4* Auria’s Bounty
13k:  150 Divine Gems
14k:  1200 Gems
15k:  4* Sunken Armor
15.5k:  Ice Fragments
16k:  FROSTAUR
17k:  4* FROST PAULDRONS
18k:  250 Divine Gems
19k:  4* FROST SKULL

(See dotdatabase.net for full details on the above Relics).


1.4x Soul Bonus for using 4* RUNA.
1.3x Soul Bonus for using AURIA or NEXIS.
1.2x Soul Bonus for using 4* Infiltrators.
1.1x Soul Bonus for using 3* Infiltrators.

(Note:  The Event Boost Relic this week is the FROZEN CANDLE).


It will be an ALLIANCE LEADERBOARD EVENT (also known as an Alliance War Event); prizes will be awarded to all Players in an Alliance according to their Alliance Ranking at the end of the Event.

Top Ranking Rewards in this Event were NOT shown, but I’d imagine they are the same as usual (FROSTAUR for the top 100 or 250 Alliances).

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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS:

Question (Q) from a Player:  I can’t collect the Ice Fragment from the first Castle Quest.
Answer (A) from a Developer:  That must be a bug.  We’ll look into it.

Q:  Is it possible to collect enough Ice Fragments to get two Titans?
A:  “I guess technically it is possible, but it would be very very difficult to do”.  “Maybe is the answer”.

Q:  Can you confirm that all of the resist versions (for Kite Shields, etc) are now in the battle drops, and not just Physical + Lightning?
A:  Yes, that was included in this update.

Q:  Is it possible to get Relics (like the Dragon Helm or Mount Armor) with Void Resistance from Battle Drops?
A:  Yes, those were added in v1.36, as well.

Q:  Will Zeus be in a January Event?
A:  Not in January, but definitely in the first 3 months of 2020.

Q:  Are you going to improve the endgame for maxed out players?
A:  “Just watch this space in 2020.  It’s gonna be lit”.

Q:  What happened to the special Altars and Tokens from Theaters of War?
A:  The Altars will only appear when Theaters of War goes live, but the Tokens are saved until you use them (just like Event Tokens).

Q:  Can you make the “Stand Ground” button toggle between “Stand Ground” and “Attack”?
A:  Probably not.  We still want to bring back “Circle Select”, though.

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TEASERS and OTHER INFORMATION:

Version 1.36 is now 100% live on Apple and Android, so be sure to download the update ASAP.


The Devs mentioned that they are aware of an issue with having “multiple game profiles” on the same device.  They are working on a fix, but they said in the meantime you can resolve the issue on iOS by logging out of GameCenter, force closing the game, changing your GameCenter account and reopening the game.  On Google Play, you must force close DoT, change your Google Play acct in the device settings, then uninstall DoT, and reinstall it with the other Google Play account (alternately you can clear the app data in the cache settings on Android devices and that should also work).  They said if you have any other issues, please contact Customer Support.


The Devs mentioned that new Titans will be added to the Divine Shrine Temple in January.  (NOTE:  Since there is a Conquest Event on January 3 featuring Belobog, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if there was an Event on January 9 that featured Chernobog, Huntress or Oni - but this is JUST SPECULATION by me.  I could be very, very wrong).


Matt mentioned that there are a lot of new features coming in the first few months of 2020, including “a new Alliance based internal event”.  No hints on exactly what this means, but it sounds like it could be an Event where Alliance members compete against each other or something like that?  Stay tuned.

Matt also hinted - yet again - that the sixth Skill Slot might be unlocked on Titans sometime in the first few months of the year.  His exact words this week were “something that you guys have always felt was missing with a certain rarity of Titan”.  (NOTE from SteelSpine:  IF this does turn out to be a sixth Skill for 4* Titans, this COULD tie in to what the Devs were saying last week about not getting rid of older Titans because “they could be useful in the future”.  It is POSSIBLE that the Devs COULD make this change RETROACTIVE - which would give all older Titans a sixth skill, too.  Again, this is ONLY SPECULATION by me - it is very possible that I’m wrong about all of this).

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NEXT TWO WEEKS:

MONDAY, DECEMBER 23:  There will be a “mini type” Event (like Construction Frenzy, or Kingdom Rush).

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24:  Some sort of Temple Event.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25:  The CHRISTMAS EVENT begins (one day earlier than normal).  It will feature a new ICE GUARDIAN named PROGENITOR and will run until Monday, December 30.  (NOTE:  FROSTAUR will provide a top soul bonus; no word on which other Titans will give a boost).

PROGENITOR’s SKILLS:
Slot 1:  +30% Titan and Troop All Elemental Resist, +1 Summon Omega Imperials Spell
Slot 2:  +30% Imperials Melee Resist, +50% Imperials Void Resist, +2 Freeze Spells
Slot 3:  +117% Imperials Health, +58% Titan Health, +2 Summon Omega Imperials Spells
Slot 4:  +50% Imperials Ranged Resist, +50% Imperials Earth Resist, +2 Freeze Spells
Slot 5:  +88% Imperials Armor, +44% Titan Armor, +2 Summon Omega Imperials Spells

Older Relics in the PROGENITOR Event will include the 4* Ice Cuirass, 4* Ice Gauntlets, 4* Ice Helm, 4* Chilling Vial, 4* Frost Charms, 4* Poseidon’s Crown.

Delphira (4* Ice Paladin) and Vixia (4* Ice Ranger) will also be in the Rewards for the Event.

NEW RELICS in the PROGENITOR Event:

4* FROZEN CROWN
+ Omega Imperials Melee Resist
+ Imperials Health
+ Titan and Troop Physical Resist

4* FROZEN DAGGERS
+Omega Imperials Critical
+Imperials Armor Piercing
+Titan and Troop Ice Damage

RANKING REWARDS will include a L50 Progenitor for R1, with the Top 50 Alliances getting at least a L5 Progenitor.

(ABOVE INFO MAY CHANGE BEFORE EVENT GOES LIVE).


MONDAY, DECEMBER 30:  A TITANS UNLEASHED EVENT (also known as a FUSION EVENT).  This one will be Guardian themed, but as always ANY same-class Fusion grants an extra bonus during the Event.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31 to JANUARY 3:  A “Fire and Void” Relic Festival (Temple Event, presumably).

FRIDAY, JANUARY 3:  A CONQUEST Event begins.  It will feature BELOBOG, the Human Fire Paladin.  (No word on whether or not he will be Reskilled).

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LIVESTREAM CONTEST WINNERS:

Joey Compton, John Luscom, Ramez Bakia, Haji Sala, Daria Spalcom, Tariam Matt.

(Note from SteelSpine:  I am sorry for any misspellings.  If your name is similar to one of the names above, and you entered the LiveStream contest, please DM the Devs on DoT’s Facebook page to claim your prize.  Congratulations!!)

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PLAYER COMMUNITIES:

Check out the official Dawn of Titans subreddit at http://reddit.com/r/dawnoftitans/ 

Stop by DoT’s largest Discord Server at https://discord.gg/6WTzzaW 

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If I made any mistakes or left out anything important, please let me know and I will issue a correction in next week’s Recap (and give you a shoutout for the help).  

The easiest way to contact me is by finding me in the game.  You can reach me in-game under the name SteelSpine (I am the Level 43 one, as of December).  Feel free to reach out to me with any questions, comments or suggestions!  It may take me a while to reply, though - things have been VERY hectic at home lately.


YOU CAN FIND FUTURE (and PAST) EDITIONS OF MY RECAPS ON MY BLOG at  steelspinesdot.blogspot.com   Copy and share them with whoever you think would like to read them - but please remember to give credit.

Thanks for reading!  :-)

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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

LIVESTREAM RECAP - December 11, 2019 (4* Runa)

** SteelSpine’s LIVESTREAM RECAP for DECEMBER 11, 2019 **

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I AM *VERY* SORRY FOR THE DELAY in getting this typed up and posted today!  I have a lot going on in my personal life right now, so I wasn’t home to watch the Stream until hours 7 hours after it ended on Wednesday.  I know it’s only the second time in 1+ years that I had to delay production of the Recap, but I still feel badly about being late - especially since this week’s LiveStream was the big Third Anniversary Special.


Matt (Game Designer), Haig (Live Ops Manager) and Dom (Game Artist) were our hosts for this week’s LiveStream. 

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EVENT DETAILS:

This week’s Event will be called REBORN.  It will begin on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12 and run until MONDAY, DECEMBER 16.


Titan Details:

This week’s Event features the “rebirth” of RUNA.  RUNA has been reintroduced as a 4* Physical (Human) Paladin Titan, with a freshly upgraded - and pretty unique - set of fixed Skills.  She has the ability to Summon three Omega Militia AND three Omega Archer units, grants ALL Human Troops +234% Health and +360% Damage, and has a handful of other Titan and Troop Resistances and Skills.

4* RUNA’s new SKILLS:
Slot 1:  +117% Titan Health, +30% Titan Melee Resist
Slot 2:  +234% Human Troop Health, +3 Summon Omega Militia Spells
Slot 3:  +88% Titan Armor, +40% Titan Ranged Resist
Slot 4:  +360% Human Troop Damage, +3 Summon Omega Archers Spells
Slot 5:  +40% Titan and Troop All Elemental Resist

(NOTE:  Omega Militia units have +50% Troops per Formation (which adds +50% Health and Damage) and deal 5x Charge Damage.  Omega Archers units have +30% Critical, +50% Armor Piercing, +40% Movement Speed, but have -60% Health compared to regular Archers.  These Stats were copied from the LiveStream).

RUNA will be available for 18k Souls.


New Relics available in this Event:

4* STAFF OF IRON
+3 Rage Spells
+ Rage Spell Duration
+ Rage Spell Damage

4* SPLIT ARROW
+ Omega Militia Ranged Resist
+ Omega Archers Damage
+ Titan All Elemental Resist

4* RUNA’S PAULDRONS
+ Omega Militia Melee Resist
+ Omega Archers Critical
+ Titan Ranged Resist


Top Rewards available in this Event will include:

7000 Souls:  4* Giant Axe (Titan Variant)
7500:  Epic Token
8000:  4* Dragon Helm (Lightning Resist Variant)
10k:  100 Divine Gems
11k:  4* Titan’s Soul (XP Potion Relic)
12k:  4* Freya (Physical Paladin Titan)
13k:  4* Laurel Wreath
15k:  4* Banner of Iron
16k:  1400 Gems
17k:  4* STAFF OF IRON
18k:  4* RUNA
19k:  350 Divine Gems
20k:  4* SPLIT ARROW
21k:  1800 Gems
22k:  4* RUNA’S PAULDRONS

(See dotdatabase.net for full details on the above Relics).


1.5x Soul Bonus for using a 2* RUNA.  (Unknown whether or not the new 4* version will provide a Bonus).
1.4x Soul Bonus for using SIEGFRIED or TOLLAND.
1.2x Soul Bonus for using 4* PALADIN Titans.
1.1x Soul Bonus for using 3* PALADIN Titans.

The Boost Relic will be the DIVINE OFFERING Relic, so if you have any laying around from the old Greek God Events they should work for this one.


It will be an ALLIANCE LEADERBOARD EVENT (also known as an Alliance War Event); prizes will be awarded to all Players in an Alliance according to their Alliance Ranking at the end of the Event.

Top Ranking Rewards in this Event:

1st Place:  Level 40 Runa
2nd Place:  L30 Runa
3rd Place:  L25 Runa
Top 4-5:  L15 Runa
Top 6-10:  L10 Runa 
11-50:  L5 Runa
51-100:  4* Iron Rune
101-250:  4k Gems

Other Ranking Rewards (Gems) will be available below 250th Place.

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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS:

Question (Q) from a Player:  Can you remove the “out of date” Titans from the Free 4* Titan Anniversary Giveaway?  Titans who, like Segunga, are 1-2 years old and haven’t been updated?
Answer (A) from a Developer:  “Um.  Probably not, to be honest”.  “Part of the idea is that every Titan is in there, basically”.  “Just hope your luck is in and you don’t get Segunga”.  “You never know, though - some of those Titans might be useful in the future”.

Q:  How about some new loading screens?
A:  They aren’t really a high priority right now, but we’ll take a look.  Do you want new text, or new images?  If it’s new text, we can do that..  if you want images, that would take longer.  The images take up a lot of memory, too.  (Note:  If you have a strong feeling about this, comment on Facebook or send a message to the Devs.  It can’t hurt to get some new info on the in-game screens, like info about resistance caps and stuff like that).

Q:  Please do something about end-of-season hackers.
A:  We added some more anti-cheat stuff in Version 1.36.

Q:  How many DGs does the Eternal Shrine give?
A: “It gives different, varying amounts”.  “Random”.

Q:  When will Minotaur be in another Event?
A:  Sometime next year.

Q:  How about a Medusa Titan?
A:  We looked into it, but we can’t get the snakes on her head to move.  Without that, I don’t think we’ll do a Medusa Titan.

Q:  WILL WE NEED THE NEW VERSION - V1.36 - FOR THE WINTER EVENTS NEXT WEEK (Winter Bone Dregs, etc)?
A:  YES, so when it rolls out next week be sure to download it.

Q:  Please make the “Flame Icon” a deeper and brighter red color, to indicate when somebody is capturing a Land rather than attacking it.  (Note:  GREAT idea!).
A:  That’s a good suggestion!  We’ll look into it.

Q:  How about a Troop Health Spell?
A:  We thought about doing that, but the main issue is how it would effect battalion (Formation) type units.  They obviously die over time, so it would have to be a “Revive Spell” - which is actually more difficult to do...  (Note:  The Devs didn’t really answer this, other than to say how hard it would be).

Q:  Will the newest Void Titans (and Huntress & Oni) be in the “Free 4* Anniversary Giveaway Altar”?
A:  Every single 4* Titan in the game will be available in that Altar - except for Runa, because her Event won’t be over yet.

Q:  When is a Zeus Event coming?
A:  Zeus will be in an Event “very early” next year.

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TEASERS and OTHER INFORMATION:

The Devs said Version 1.36 started rolling out to some players this morning (Wednesday).  They said this will be another slow rollout, like the last update - but all players *should* get the update by sometime next week.  There is also a new post on the Official DoT Blog listing all of the changes in v1.36; a quick Google search will connect you to it if you’d like to take a look.


The Devs shared an updated picture of the progress they’ve made on the “Design A Titan” contest’s winning entry, “Baba Yaga”.  They said she will be available in an Event “very early in the new year”.


Note from SteelSpine:  Next week’s Live Stream will be a “super sized” version, which will include a few weeks worth of event information (just like last year’s Christmas Week LiveStream).  I’ll post the entire schedule in next week’s Recap, so be sure to check it out.  :-)

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NEXT WEEK:

MONDAY, 16 DECEMBER:  The Winter version of the “Bone Dregs Castle Quests” will begin.  Matt said it will run for three weeks, and we’ll have four weeks in total to spend our “Winter Dregs”.  New quests will arrive each Monday, just like during Halloween.  NOTE:  YOU WILL NEED VERSION 1.36 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DREG QUESTS, so be sure to download it when it is available!

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17:  An “Altar of Plenty” Event Begins.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19:  Another Leaderboard Event begins.  (NOTE:  The Devs said it “might be a Refrigera-taur type Event”, which - if my memory serves - was a joke used on an older LiveStream when they talked about names for the Ice / Elithen version of Minotaur.  So we might see a “Frosttaur” or something like that next week, but that is *ONLY SPECULATION* by me).

(The schedule for December 23 and beyond will be discussed on next week’s Stream).

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LIVESTREAM CONTEST WINNERS:

Khalil Sani, Qui Lee, Reaper Wolf, Brian Weed, Fred Hare(?), David Glies

(Note from SteelSpine:  I am sorry for any misspellings.  If your name is similar to one of the names above, and you entered the LiveStream contest, please PM/DM the Devs on DoT’s Facebook page to claim your prize.  Congratulations!!)

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PLAYER COMMUNITIES:

Check out the official Dawn of Titans subreddit at http://reddit.com/r/dawnoftitans/ 

Stop by DoT’s largest Discord Server at https://discord.gg/6WTzzaW 

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If I made any mistakes or left out anything important, please let me know and I will issue a correction in next week’s Recap (and give you a shoutout for the help).  

The easiest way to contact me is by finding me in the game.  You can reach me in-game under the name SteelSpine (I am the Level 42 one, as of December).  Feel free to reach out to me with any questions, comments or suggestions!


YOU CAN FIND FUTURE (and PAST) EDITIONS OF MY RECAPS ON MY BLOG at  steelspinesdot.blogspot.com   Copy and share them with whoever you think would like to read them - but please remember to give credit.

Thanks for reading!  :-)

-SteelSpine

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RECAP - September 28, 2020 (Zabava)

  ** SteelSpine’s RECAP for SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 ** XXXXX https://steelspinesdot.blogspot.com XXXXX Hey, all!    I’m sorry for my long absence...