LIVESTREAM RECAP - January 3, 2019

** SteelSpine’s LIVESTREAM RECAP for JANUARY 3, 2019 **

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SORRY for the delay in getting this Recap put together.  I thought the Devs had said there would not be another LiveStream until after the Event on January 3rd, so I didn’t make my usual preparations ahead of time - and as anyone with young kids can tell you, it’s impossible to type something up or watch/listen to something closely if it’s just you and a two year old boy at home.  Haha.  Sorry again - I’ll be ready for it if a situation like this ever arises in the future.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, everyone!  :-)

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EVENT DETAILS:

This week’s Event is called SCORCHED EARTH.  It will begin on THURSDAY, JANUARY 3 and run until MONDAY, JANUARY 7.

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Titan Details:

This week’s Event features YALLUTH.  

Yalluth is a new 4* Unak Ranger.  She comes equipped with two Tier II Goliath Resistance Skills, one Goliath Defensive X Skill and two Grenadier Offensive Skills.

SKILL layout:

Slot 1:  Goliath Elemental Resist Tier II (72% Resistance to one Element)

Slot 2:  Grenadier Offensive X Skill

Slot 3:  Goliath Elemental Resist Tier II (72% Resistance to one Element)

Slot 4:  Grenadier Offensive X Skill

Slot 5:  Goliath Defensive X Skill

Yalluth is available for 14k Souls.

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New (or long missing) Relics available in this Event:  

4* Yalluth’s Scarf (available at 17k Souls)

+50% Grenadiers Damage

+42% Goliaths Armor

+20% Grenadiers Critical

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Also available in this Event:

Epic Token at 7k Souls

4* Flamberge at 8k Souls

4* Flame Volley at 11k Souls

4* Flame Arc at 13k Souls

4* Banner of Flame at 15k Souls

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

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1.3x Soul Bonus for using any 4* Unak Titan.

1.1x Soul Bonus for using all other Unak Titans.

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It is 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.

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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS:

Question (Q) from a Player:  Does the number of enemy Troops in a battle effect how many Battle Drops you are eligible to receive?

Answer (A) from a Developer:  In a way, YES.  Each time an enemy Troop unit dies in an attack, a Chance is rolled to see if you’ll get a battle drop (with a maximum of three relics, Titans, troops or spells after each battle).  That’s why the first three Troops killed during a “guaranteed 3 Reward” Event are the ones that drop Rewards. (Note from SteelSpine:  The Devs have brought this up before, but I still see incorrect info being passed around - so just to clarify:  if you fight against Lands with a lot of defending Troops you’ll have a higher chance of earning 2-3 drops than you would by attacking a PP Land.  Probably not high enough to justify staying away from PP lands in the long run, but interesting nonetheless).  

Q:  How do you guys come up with the names for Titans?

A:  We use a wide array of sources, really.  Some of them come from mythology and world history, while others come from just baseline rules that the Art Team uses (for instance, they have a set of rules for all Unak Titan names - which is why they all seem to follow the same pattern).  We actually had a mythology team that created the different origins and races before the game launched, so we have a “guidebook” that the art devs use.

Q:  Are there any Dr. Seuss Titans coming up?  (very cheeky question, not meant to be taken seriously)

A:  (smiles from the Devs, a little light laughter - followed by a serious tone from Chris, the Dev):  Can I just interject something?  We are not yet done with Greeks.  And you will *know* when we’re done with them.  (Big smile on his face).  So I won’t say anything about what’s coming, but we ain’t done yet!  (Note from SteelSpine:  I *still* think we are going to see an Omega Spearmen Summoner and an Omega Goliath Summoner before this particular set is done.  Maybe that’s what the Devs have planned for Hera and Zeus?  Pure speculation on my part, don’t take it seriously).

Q:  Will we be able to get Hades again before next Halloween?

A:  He’s pretty specific to Halloween, so I don’t think we will see him again before then - but you never know.

Q:  Will we see Poseidon available again sometime soon?

A:  We don’t have plans to reintroduce him yet, but as we said the Greeks aren’t done yet so maybe he’ll be reintroduced “in other ways” before the end.  We don’t have a specific planned schedule beyond maybe a month or two out, so anything could happen.  Anything is possible, so please give us feedback - information from the Players can help influence which Titans we reintroduce and which we do not.

Q:  When are you fixing Castle Maps (Defensive Garrison Maps)?

A:  We don’t have an update for that, but we are quite far along on it.

Q:  Is Throne Wars happening sometime in the next month or so?

A:  Chris:  “NO, there will be no Throne War in the next month or so”.  Matt:  “You’re gonna see something eeeeee-else!  My.  Secret.  Project!”  (Note from SteelSpine:  Matt seems pretty psyched about this.  I’m interested to see what it is in a couple of weeks..)

Q:  Any news on the upcoming Titan Reroll feature?

A:  No news on that - it won’t be released anytime soon, we know that much.  Maybe later on in the future, though.  We have some other stuff that we want to release first that’s really cool.  Some of which you’ll hear more about in the coming weeks.

Q:  When will the new Level Up Rewards go live to everybody?

A:  We’re planning to do that very soon, we just need to talk to some other people in the development team first.

Q:  Please, can we have new Player Avatar pictures?

A:  “Oooh!”  “Yeah, something about that will be coming up soon”.  “We were going to do it at the two year anniversary, but there was a really weird bug we encountered that prevented us from getting them out on time”.

Q:  Can you please get rid of Triple Critical skill rolls?

A:  (The Devs didn’t actually answer this one.  They just said that triple resists had been removed from the game.  Not sure why they avoided the question..)

Q:  Can you tap into the high-Level War scene?  Try to come up with new ways to make Wars more interesting, more competitive, more fun?  (From YouTuber GameRescue)

A:  We are definitely looking into doing some new things.  We have been bringing in people from some of the higher level alliances to get their input, as well as gathering info from our social media players and youtubers.  We definitely are looking into revamping League Rewards and things like that.  It’s on our radar, yeah.

Q:  We still need 2* Berserkers.

A:  Yeah, we know.  It’s a really weird hole in the game right now.  We’re definitely working on making some 2* Berserker Titans for the future.

Q:  Can we skip the Relic forging animation?

A:  That’s not going to happen right now, but we might make changes in the future.  “Really, that’s one of our anti-cheating features - so it would be hard to remove completely”.

Q:  Any truth to the rumor of a new Titan vs Titan game mode?

A:  (while smiling):  “No, that’s all made up”.  “I don’t know where you’re getting your information from.  Certainly not from us”.  (Big smiles from all of the Devs, while they glance at each other).  (Note from SteelSpine:  I’m really not sure what this was about.  The Devs took the time to answer this at the very end of the Stream.  It *seemed* like they were hinting that they were, in fact, working on this - but it could also be taken to mean that they mentioned it during a past Stream, decided not to do it after all and got in trouble for bringing it up or something.  It all seemed really odd).

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TEASERS and OTHER INFORMATION:

One of the Devs, Chris, went through a laundry list of all the new features that debuted in DoT during 2018 (Pantheon, Gods, Summoners, Storm Maidens, Theaters of War, etc etc etc).  He went on to say that they have even more new features planned for 2019 than what came out in 2018, so it should be an interesting year.  (Note from SteelSpine:  Hopefully that will hold true!)

One of the Devs said “in two weeks, we’ll be debuting what I personally have been working on for a while now”.  No other info about what that means - but it sounds like there might be a new (or improved) Event mode coming sometime around January 17.  Stay tuned!

The Devs confirmed that a new feature on the battle summary - showing which Titan an attacker used against your defense - *should* debut in the next version (v 1.29).

The image that the Devs were using in the background during the beginning of the Stream was apparently a picture of the old “Trials of Power” Castle/tower.  (Credit to GamingJAEGER for picking that out - good eye!)

A little teaser at the end of the Stream:  The Devs said they are working on creating Relics that will grant extra Relic Forging XP.  They said these new “Forging Relics” would be available sometime around the release of the next game version (v1.29).

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The Devs shared some interesting tidbits of data from this year.  In 2018, there was:

6,126,000,000,000 VP collected by players.

274,000,000 PVP Battles fought.

112,000,000,000 Gold earned.

68,878,000,000 Food earned.

576,000,000 Relics forged.

Note from SteelSpine:  Not sure what anybody would do with that information, but there it is.  :-)

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NEXT WEEK:

There will be an early week Event centering on Spells.  The Devs were a little vague on the details, but they said it would be like past Spell-based Events (reduced cost or time on Spell production, along with a reduction in the cost for upgrading certain Spell-related buildings).  (Note from SteelSpine:  No further info on what day this will begin, but I would guess it will be Monday or Tuesday).

There will also be another Titan XP “Boot Camp Event”.  If memory serves, I think that was the name of the mini-Events that featured tons of Titan XP Relics as rewards. The Devs were a little bit cryptic about it:  they said the rewards would be “different” from last time around, then one of them said it really wouldn’t be “Titan based”.  Then one of the Devs said “just go out and do battles on that day, get extra XP to use on whoever”.  No idea what that’s supposed to mean - maybe there will be rewards other than just Titan XP Relics available?  Maybe there will be an increase to Titan XP gained from battle, like last month’s event, as well?  Stay tuned to find out, I guess.  (Note from SteelSpine:  I would guess whatever this is will begin sometime around Tuesday or Wednesday, but I’m not certain).

At the very end of the LiveStream, one of the Devs (Chris) said next week’s event would be “cool” and waggled his eyebrows.  Seems like he was hinting that next week’s Event would be ice-related - but I guess we’ll know for sure next Thursday.

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LIVESTREAM CONTEST WINNERS:

YouTube:  Sergio Cristic

Facebook:  Bill Kampf 

(Note from SteelSpine:  I am sorry for any misspellings above - the Devs announce the names, but they don’t show them written out.  If your name is similar to one of the names above, and you entered the LiveStream contest, please contact the Devs on DoT’s Facebook page to claim your prize.  Congratulations!!)

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That’s it for this week’s LiveStream.  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).  

Feel free to share the info from this Recap with anyone who might find it helpful.  If you edit or cut out pieces to share, I’d appreciate it if you gave me credit.  :-)

As of right now (January 2019), 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 36 one, as of January 2019).  

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-SteelSpine

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