RECAP - September 28, 2020 (Zabava)

 ** SteelSpine’s RECAP for SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 **

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Hey, all!  I’m sorry for my long absence and for the disappearance of The Recap.  My family life has been VERY hectic lately (mostly good, but some bad stuff too), so I just haven’t had the time to dedicate to writing these things each week anymore.  Especially since the Devs STILL refuse to do an actual LiveStream - and 3/4 of the Events are just expensive, unnecessary “filler”.  At most I log on once every 1-2 days, run a couple of attacks, maybe put up 2k or 4k Souls in an Event..  my heart (and my wallet) just isn’t in it anymore.

I’m going to try to commit to writing a Recap each time a really big development or a big Event takes place in the future, but I’m not 100% sure I’ll be able to deliver.  Sorry once again, everybody - but my wife, kids and bills have to come first.  Thanks for taking this trip with me over the past couple of years - it’s been awesome.  :-)

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There was no LiveStream AGAIN this week due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.  Our last LiveStream with the Devs was way back on February 27th.

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EVENT DETAILS:

This week’s Event will be called DAWN OF THE DRAGONSLAYERS.  It will begin on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 and run until MONDAY, OCTOBER 5.

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Titan Details:

This week’s Event features the debut of ZABAVA, the Lightning Infiltrator.  ZABAVA is the first in a NEW collection of Titans called “Dragonslayers”.  It’s unclear as to whether or not ALL “Dragonslayer” Titans will have similar Skills, but ZABAVA is an Invoker Titan with two abilities we haven’t seen before:  She has a Skill that activates inside her “AURA”, and she has the ability to Call (Summon) Corrupted Storm Maidens.

ZABAVA’s “Aura” is a circular area around her.  Zabava and up to 6 Storm Maidens inside the circle will gain a boost every 7 seconds (a maximum of ten times).

Corrupted Troops appear to be very similar to Omega Troops - but with different Boosts.  For example:  Corrupted Storm Maidens have +100% Damage, +100% Health (across all levels), -35 Armor Piercing (15 base Armor Piercing instead of the usual 50), and +10% to +50% All Elemental Resist (depending on their Level, from +10% at L21 to +50% at L25) compared to regular Maidens, whereas Omega Storm Maidens have +80% Damage, +30% Critical, +30% Speed and -20% Range (compared to regular Storm Maidens).  (NOTE:  Storm Maiden Relics WILL boost Corrupted Maidens - but Omega Storm Maiden Relics will NOT boost Corrupted Maidens).

ZABAVA’s SKILLS:

Slot 1:  +200% Titan, Troop Lightning Damage.  +70% Titan Base Health.  +50% Storm Maiden Base Damage.  Every 7 seconds, Call an Enraged Corrupted Storm Maiden and Invoke +50% Titan, Troop, Spell Lightning Damage (Max 5).

Slot 2:  +44% Storm Maiden Critical.  +88% Titan Armor Piercing (2x on Offense).  +88% Storm Maiden Armor Piercing (2x on Offense).

Slot 3:  +150% Titan & Troop Armor.  +400% All Lightning Spells Damage.  On enemy Omega Summon, cast Lightning on the Summoned Troop, and Invoke +75% Titan & Troop Lightning Damage (Max 5).

Slot 4:  +44% Titan Critical.  +300% Titan Lightning Damage (2x on Offense).  +300% Storm Maiden Lightning Damage (2x on Offense).

Slot 5:  +250% Titan Health.  +40% Titan Melee Resist.  +40% Titan Ranged Resist.  Every 7 seconds, Zabava’s Aura bestows +50% Titan & Troop Lightning Damage, +50% Armor Piercing and +25% All Elemental Resist to herself and all Storm Maidens within the Aura radius (Max 10).  (NOTE:  Info on the Official Blog says that this will effect UP TO SIX Storm Maidens inside the Aura).

Prestige Skill (at Level 10):  +120% Base Titan Damage.  On Titan Critical, +100% chance for Zabava to unleash the Traveling Storm, striking up to 4 enemies within her Aura with a Lightning Bolt (Max 10).

ZABAVA will be available for 22k Souls.

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New Relics available in this Event:  

4* Egg of Gorynych

+35% Corrupted Storm Maiden Critical

+40% Titan Health

+18% Titan Melee & Ranged Resist

4* Horns of Chert

+60% Corrupted Storm Maiden Armor Piercing

+3 Lightning Spells

+50% Storm Maiden Damage

4* Heart of Kaschei

+80% Corrupted Storm Maiden Damage

+24% Storm Maiden Critical

+50% Titan, Troop & All Spell Lightning Damage

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Top Rewards available in this Event will include:

7000 Souls:  4* Labrys

7500:  75 Divine Gems

8000:  4* Viking Helm

9000:  Event Token

10k:  4* Titan’s Soul (XP Relic)

11k:  Epic Token

12k:  100 Divine Gems

13k:  1200 Gems

14k:  SEGUNGA (4* Poison Infiltrator Titan)

15k:  4* Storm Ring

16k:  Event Token

17k:  4* Titan’s Soul (XP Relic)

18k:  1400 Gems

19k:  4* Brumhilda’s Helm

20k:  150 Divine Gems

21k:  4* Bust of Zeus

22k:  ZABAVA

23k:  4* Egg of Gorynych

24k:  4* Horns of Chert

25k:  250 Divine Gems

26k:  4* Heart of Kaschei

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

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1.4x Soul Bonus for using ZABAVA, TOTEC or ZEUS.

1.3x Soul Bonus for using SEGUNGA.

1.2x Soul Bonus for using 4* Lightning Titans.

1.1x Soul Bonus for using 3* Lightning Titans.

The Boost Relic for this week’s Event is the CHALICE OF STORMS.

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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 Zabava

2nd Place:  L30 Zabava

3rd Place:  L20 Zabava

Top 4-5:  L10 Zabava

Top 6-10:  L5 Zabava

11-50:  L1 Zabava

51-100:  L5 L5 Segunga

101-250:  4000 Gems

251-500:  3000 Gems

501-750:  2000 Gems

751-1000:  1600 Gems

1001-2000:  600 Gems

2001-10000:  200 Gems

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NEXT WEEK:

MONDAY, 5 OCTOBER:  A TITANS UNLEASHED Event (also known as a TITAN FUSION EVENT).  This one will feature INFILTRATORS in the Temple, but as always ALL same-class to same-class Fusion will result in the same XP bonus.

MONDAY, 5 OCTOBER until THURSDAY, 8 OCTOBER:  A Lightning-themed THEATERS OF WAR.

THURSDAY, 8 OCTOBER:  Another Alliance Leaderboard Event begins.  This one will feature a RESKILLED version of FREYA.

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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 

The Event Calculators at https://dotcalculators.com/Event are quite helpful - ESPECIALLY for “FTP” (Free To Play) Players.

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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 46 one, as of October).  Feel free to reach out to me with any questions, comments or suggestions!  (NOTE:  I haven’t been playing much lately, so it may take me a while to reply.  Sorry in advance!)

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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 - July 28, 2020 (Nergal)

** SteelSpine’s RECAP for JULY 28, 2020 **

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There was no LiveStream again this week due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.  Our last LiveStream with the Devs was on February 27th.

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Thank you ALL for the well wishes after the death of my father in law last week.  It really means a lot to both me and my grieving wife.  You all are awesome.  The funeral was 400 miles away, and we just got home early this morning (Tuesday) - so I haven’t had a chance to reply to any messages yet (to be honest I haven’t even opened the game since last week), but I will do so later this week.  Thank you again from the bottom of my heart.  :-)

-SteelSpine

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EVENT DETAILS:

This week’s Event will be called DEATH & DECAY.  It will begin on THURSDAY, JULY 30 and run until MONDAY, AUGUST 3.

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Titan Details:

This week’s Event features the debut of NERGAL, the Poison Infiltrator.  NERGAL has the ability to summon Omega Panthers to the battlefield.  He also has Skills that significantly increase your Panther & Titan Armor Piercing and the Damage of your Titan, Panthers & Poison Spells - especially on offense (Attack).

NERGAL’s SKILLS:

Slot 1:  On Enemy Troop Death, +25% Titan, Troop & Spell Poison Damage (Max 10).  +180% Panther Health.  +117% Titan Health.  +5 Summon Omega Panther Spells.

Slot 2:  +44% Titan Critical.  +200% Titan Poison Damage (2x on Attack).  +300% Panther Poison Damage (2x on Attack).

Slot 3:  On Titan Critical, 75% chance to increase Panther Critical 15% (Max 6).  +30% Panther Melee Resist.  +150% Panther Armor.

Slot 4:  +30% Titan All Elemental Resist.  +200% Titan Armor Piercing (2x on Attack).  +150% Panther Armor Piercing (2x on Attack).

Slot 5:  On Allied Panther Death, cast DEATH & DECAY (Max 5) (SEE NOTE1 BELOW).  +30% Panther Ranged Resist.  +40% Titan Melee Resist.

Prestige Skill (at Level 10):  +120% Base Titan Damage.  Every 30% Titan Health lost, Nergal Summons a “WARRIOR SPIRIT” (See NOTE2 below).

NOTE1:   DEATH & DECAY is a modified version of the Poison Cloud Spell, which automatically casts after one of your own Panther Troops are killed on the battlefield and has +400% Damage, +50% Spell Radius (area of effect) and +50% Duration compared to a regular Poison Cloud Spell.  When triggered, “Death & Decay” will be cast at the location on the battlefield where your Panther unit was killed.

NOTE2:  Each WARRIOR SPIRIT is an incarnation of Nergal himself, but with 50% Health and Damage of Nergal’s base stats at Level 60.  At each reduction of Nergal’s total Health by 30% (i.e. when 70%, 40% and 10% Health remain), a WARRIOR SPIRIT will be Summoned into battle on a random Enemy Troop location.  These Spirits act as a Poison Elemental Titan that can be controlled in battle.  Any Relic or Skill effects that boost Poison Titan stats will also boost the WARRIOR SPIRITs.

NERGAL will be available for 21k Souls.

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New Relics available in this Event:  

4* NERGAL’S MACE

+50% Titan Poison Damage

+80% Omega Panther Poison Damage

+65% Poison Cloud Damage

4* COCKEREL PENDANT

+50% Titan & Troop Poison Damage

+50% Poison Cloud Duration

+24% Panther Ranged Resist

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Top Rewards available in this Event will include:

7000 Souls:  4* Tainted Blade

7500:  1000 Gems

8000:  4* Dory

9000:  Event (Boost Relic) Token

10k:  150 Divine Gems

11k:  4* Titan’s Soul (XP Relic)

12k:  OAKENTAUR (4* Poison Infiltrator Titan)

13k:  4* Banner of the Forest

14k:  Epic Token

15k:  4* Ornate Uraeus

16k:  200 Divine Gems

17k:  4* Panther Muzzle

18k:  1400 Gems

19k:  4* Titan’s Soul (XP Relic)

20k:  4* Forest Carving

21k:  NERGAL

22k:  4* NERGAL’S MACE

23k:  4* COCKEREL PENDANT

24k:  300 Divine Gems

25k:  4* Staff of Poison

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

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1.4x Soul Bonus for using NERGAL, JINSHU or KORUPTAUR.

1.2x Soul Bonus for using 4* INFILTRATOR TITANS.

1.1x Soul Bonus for using 3* INFILTRATOR TITANS.

The Boost Relic for this week’s Event is the SUN SCROLL.

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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 Nergal

2nd Place:  L30 Nergal

3rd Place:  L20 Nergal

Top 4-5:  L15 Nergal

Top 6-10:  L10 Nergal

11-50:  L5 Nergal

51-100:  L5 Oakentaur

101-250:  4000 Gems

251-500:  3000 Gems

501-750:  2000 Gems

751-1000:  1600 Gems

1001-2000:  600 Gems

2001-10000:  200 Gems

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ANTI CHEATING UPDATE:

The Devs posted the following message this week regarding Cheating and Hacking in DoT (NOTE from SteelSpine:  I have been out of the loop for the past week, so I am not sure if this is in response to a particular Event or if the Devs are finally acknowledging how widespread and pervasive cheating & hacking has become in this game):

We read, watch and listen to all your feedback about cheating in Dawn Of Titans. We understand that keeping the game fair requires continual improvement of our processes. The current setup is a four-pronged approach of automated banning, anomaly detection, manual checks, and reports to Customer Support from players.

Whenever a new hack or exploit is identified, we often eliminate the vector through code changes. If that approach is not possible, heuristics and scripts are written and run hourly to identify players using it. During events, a lot of additional manual account checks are performed by several team members, on top of the always-on automated detection and banning. Whilst these processes catch the vast majority of cheaters, new methods can evade detection in the short-term.

Over the coming weeks, we will scrutinise player data for key resources and indicators to further improve our processes. This review will include (but is not limited to): Gems, Divine Gems, 5* Relics, Divine Titans, Titan Prestige, Boost Relics, VP, reward collection, tokens and timers.

The Dawn Of Titans team has a zero-tolerance approach to cheaters and we appreciate the time and effort spent by the community and content creators to highlight these issues. As a reminder, bans for cheating and hacking in Dawn of Titans are permanent, and accounts will not be restored for players who have been identified as such.

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NEXT WEEK:

MONDAY, 3 AUGUST:  A TITANS UNLEASHED Event (also known as a TITAN FUSION EVENT).  This one will feature INFILTRATORS in the Temple, but as always ALL same-class to same-class Fusion will result in the same XP bonus.

MONDAY, 3 AUGUST until THURSDAY, 6 AUGUST:  A CONQUEST Event will take place.  It will feature the return of HADES, the Omega Grenadier-Summoning Fire Champion.  Top Relic Rewards in this Event will include the 4* Burnt Charms, 4* Cloak of Hades, 4* Hades Chariot, 4* Fire Pit and 4* Volcanic Rock.  Individual Leaderboard Rewards will include L1-L50 Hades for R500-R1, L5-L15 Urakor for R10000-R501, and 100-1000 Gems for R10001 & below.

THURSDAY, AUGUST:  Another Leaderboard Event begins.  This one will feature the return of LU BU, the Lightning Storm-boosting Lightning Champion.  (Note:  The Devs did not mention whether or not Lu Bu will be Reskilled for this Event, so as of right now it looks like he will retain his 2019 Skills).

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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 

The Event Calculators at https://dotcalculators.com/Event are quite helpful - ESPECIALLY for “FTP” (Free To Play) Players.

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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 45 one, as of July).  Feel free to reach out to me with any questions, comments or suggestions!  (NOTE:  I haven’t been playing much lately, so it may take me a while to reply.  Sorry in advance!)

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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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