LIVESTREAM RECAP - January 24, 2019

** SteelSpine’s LIVESTREAM RECAP for JANUARY 24, 2019 **

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Sorry for the delay, all!  Had some family stuff to take care of today.  :-)  -SteelSpine

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(REMINDER:  I am posting all of my future Recaps on my new blog at 

https://steelspinesdot.blogspot.com .  Feel free to copy my LiveStream Recaps directly from my blog and share them with anyone you think might want to read them.  Thank you for reading!)

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EVENT DETAILS:

This week’s Event is called EPIDEMIC.  It will begin on THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 and run until MONDAY, JANUARY 28.

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Titan Details:

This week’s Event features the return of ARTEMIS, the 4* Mossmane Ranger.  Artemis has the unique ability to summon Omega Panthers to the battlefield.  She debuted back on September 27th, 2018, and this is her first return to an Event since then.  In addition, this new version of Artemis has Skills that boost ALL Panthers, not just Omega Panthers (like the original Artemis).  NOTE:  Older versions of Artemis will continue to have her old skill set (with two Skills that boost Omega Panthers) - she will not be changed retroactively to have the new Skills.

UPDATED SKILLS:

Slot 1:  +1 Summon Omega Panther Spell, +40% Panthers Damage

Slot 2:  Panther Defensive Tier II

Slot 3:  +1 Summon Omega Panther Spell, +88% Panthers Armor Piercing

Slot 4:  Panther X Skill

Slot 5:  +1 Summon Omega Panther Spell, +44% Panthers Critical

Note:  Omega Panthers (like all other Omega Troops) are similar to their regular Panther counterparts - but with different stats (some boosted, some reduced).  Omega Panthers start off with an extra 25% CRITICAL and +30% SPEED, but they deal -40% DAMAGE compared to regular Panthers.  Omega Panthers will be summoned at whatever Level your regular Panthers are (so if you have Level 20 Panthers your Omega Panthers will also be Level 20 - just more powerful, and they can be placed anywhere on the battlefield, like a Spell).  Also: Any Skills or Relics that buff regular Panthers also buff Omega Panthers.

Artemis is available for 17k Souls.  (Interesting side note:  The old Artemis was available for 18k Souls the first time around).

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SAFIRA, the 4* Poison (Mossmane) Berserker, is also available in this Event.  She has two Panther X Skills (slots 2 and 4) and two Archer X Skills (slots 3 and 5).  You can find more information about Safira at dotdatabase.net .

Safira is available for 12k Souls.

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Also available in this Event:

4* Orb of Death at 8k Souls

4* Banner of the Forest at 9500 Souls

Epic Token at 10k Souls

4* Dory at 11k Souls

4* Poison Dart at 14k Souls

4* Endless Quiver at 16k Souls

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

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1.4x Soul Bonus for using 4* Poison Champions or 4* Poison Infiltrators.

1.2x Soul Bonus for using any other 4* Poison Titan.

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It is an INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD EVENT (also known as an Solo War Event); prizes will be awarded to individual Players according to their individual Ranking at the end of the Event.

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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS:

Question (Q) from a Player:  Please bring Titan drops back to the Theaters of War (Note from SteelSpine:  YES, PLEASE).

Answer (A) from a Developer:  Yeah, we made that change because we wanted to focus more on Relics and on whatever upcoming Event was happening that week..  We might look into changing that in the future, but I don’t think we’ll change it.

Q:  (another “please increase Relic storage space above 500” question, like every week)

A:  (another “we can’t, it will make the game crash” response, like every week)  :-)

Q:  Will we see more frequent Theaters of War Events in the future?

A:  Yes, we’ll probably have a Theaters of War Event more often in the near future.  The next 2-3 should be the same as the last few, but after that we may make some changes..

Q:  Can we get the ability to upgrade more than one Troop or Spell at a time?  (Note from SteelSpine:  this gets asked almost as often as the Relic Storage question).

A:  Not yet, but we might do something like that in the future.

Q:  Was Kronos the last Greek God?

A:  No, the Gods have not ended.  More to come.

Q:  What’s the point of releasing a new Titan if, just a few months later, you’ll release a new version with better skills?  (Note from SteelSpine:  This obviously has to do with Artemis - and I’m frankly surprised the Devs took the question).

A:  Well, uh, yeah, that is a good question.  Um.  Well, obviously, over time the meta changes in the game, and the game is actually quite complicated.  Sometimes we’ll see that something new is needed, and we’re constantly updating it to make the game better.  So that’s why we do it.  (Hell of an answer there, guys.  Haha)

Q:  Will 2* Titans ever be removed from the Epic Token Altar?

A:  Uhm, yeah, we’re actually looking into that.  We’d like to make some changes to the Epic Altar in the near future.  Stay tuned on that.

(Note from SteelSpine:  The Devs at this point in the Stream - Dom in particular at first, but Quiff chimed in soon thereafter - mentioned that there were a lot of comments about the old/existing Artemis Titans not having their Skills changed.  Seems like a LOT OF PLAYERS were really pissed off during the LiveStream about Artemis getting newly updated Skills.  The Devs both promised to bring it up to the development team - I think they got the picture.  Hopefully they’ll do something about it).

Q:  Can you do something about Troops getting stuck in map obstacles?

A:  We do our best to fix those things as we see them - if you know of a particular spot where Troops are getting stuck, please tell us via the in game Support and include a screenshot if possible.  We’re also working on the “Titan circling” issue - hopefully we’ll get that fixed, as well.

Q:  When will we see the “Hogs of War” (Boar Titans) return?

A:  (Devs look at each other) - The Hog and Boar Titans will be returning sooner than you may think.

Q:  Any chance we could get a permanent reduction in Troop training times?

A:  We are actually working on some Troop changes right now, but we can’t go into them at the moment.

Q:  Anything special happening on Valentine’s Day?

A:  “Yes, actually.  Well, not particularly revolving around the Valentine’s Day holiday - but we do have something special planned for that day”.

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TEASERS and OTHER INFORMATION:

Matt, one of the Dev regulars from the LiveStream, was not on the Stream today.  The Devs said that he is working hard trying to iron the bugs out of the “new feature” he has been working on, which is set to debut soon.  Looks like whatever it is, it’s in the final stages of development.

The Devs mentioned that the newest version of DoT, v1.29, is available for download across all devices now.  They recommended that everybody make sure they have downloaded it because there are “new features coming in the very near future” that will require the update.

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The new Rewards for Player Levels (which the Devs have been experimenting with over the past few weeks) have been turned OFF for now, and all Player Level Rewards have reverted to the original Rewards (for the time being).  The Devs said they discovered some “issues” with the new Rewards, and they want to make sure everything is working properly before releasing them to the entire community.

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The old “Daily Altar” in the Temple has been replaced by the new “Bonus Altar”.  Instead of being a once-per-day pull, you can now take a shot at this Altar every eight hours (for total of three times per day).  The Devs also said the drop pool for this new Altar is much improved from the old “Daily Altar”, with much better rewards available.

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Lots of new features have been released for first-time players.  No further details as to what those features look like, but you can create a new account and find out if you’re bored enough.  :-)

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NEXT WEEK:

MONDAY:  There will be a “Spoils of War” Event, featuring guaranteed 3x battle drops from each successful attack.

TUESDAY:  a “very special” Temple Event.  No further details about what makes it special..  other than that it’s “pretty cool” and there will be “some Titans you wouldn’t expect to be involved in a Temple Event”.  Dom the Dev said “Yes, make sure you guys log in next Tuesday to check it out.  It surprised me when I saw the details.  I was like, what?  Why are we doing this?”.

ALSO:  NEXT WEEK (either Wednesday or Thursday - probably Thursday, but the Devs weren’t sure) will begin the Chinese New Year festivities.  Not much info about what we can expect, but the Devs did said there will be “quite a few” surprises - and the festivities will stretch for two weeks.

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LIVESTREAM CONTEST WINNERS:

YouTube:  Green Arrow

Facebook:  Leonard Branstrom

(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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YOU CAN FIND FUTURE EDITIONS OF MY RECAPS ON MY NEW BLOG.  The address is https://steelspinesdot.blogspot.com .  Feel free to copy the Recaps directly from my blog and share them to whoever you think would like to read them.  :-)

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Thanks for reading!  :-)

-SteelSpine

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