** SteelSpine’s LIVESTREAM RECAP for MAY 15, 2019 **
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NOTE/UPDATE: I made a small mistake with the Rewards for this week’s Conquest Event. Gungnir is NOT a Reward for Level 9 - I forgot to delete that from my template (from the last Conquest Event). Thank you to IngeniusMind for pointing out my error. Sorry, all!
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EVENT DETAILS:
This week’s Event is called BETRAYAL. It will begin on FRIDAY, MAY 17 (around 2:00 pm BST) and run until MONDAY, MAY 20. It is a CONQUEST EVENT.
(Note: Just like every Conquest Event, during this Conquest Event you will receive three guaranteed Battle Drops (also known as “Triple Rewards”) after each successful attack).
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Titan Details:
This week’s Event features the return of ALMARAND. Almarand is a 4* Ice Berserker. He has 3 Skills that boost the strength of Skeletons, and Summons Omega Grenadiers. Omega Grenadiers have +50% Speed, +50% Troop Count (per formation), +20% Range and -60% Health.
Almarand’s Skills are unchanged from his previous version. Check dotdatabase.net for a full breakdown of his possible Skill rolls.
Almarand is one of the Rewards granted for completing Level 10 of the Conquest Event.
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Top Rewards available in this Event include:
Level 7: 700 Gems, Warp Token, 4* Skeletal Ring
Level 8: Epic Token, Warp Token, THEROS (Titan)
Level 9: 150 Divine Gems, 1,800 Gems, 4* Bow of Kings, 4* Mace of Kings
Level 10: 4* Doom Pauldrons, 4* Tainted Heart, 250 Divine Gems, ALMARAND (Titan)
(Note: Each Level also grants 10 Warpstones).
(See dotdatabase.net for full details on the above Relics and Titans).
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Corrupted Bonus Levels (each Level completed beyond Level 10) will grant one Echo of War. You can trade in a single Echo of War at the Temple for a random 4* Relic, or you can trade in four Echoes of War for a random 4* Titan.
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It is an INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD EVENT; prizes will be awarded to Players according to their Individual (Solo) Ranking at the end of the Event.
Top Ranking Rewards in this Event:
1st Place: Level 50 Almarand
2nd Place: L40 Almarand
3rd Place: L30
Top 4-5: L25
Top 6-10: L20
11-50: L15
51-100: L10
101-250: L5
251-500: L1 Almarand
501-1000: 4* Frozen Rune
Other Ranking Rewards are available below 1000th Place.
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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS:
Question (Q) from a Player: Will Skills and Relics that currently boost the stats of Raise Dead Skeletons also boost the new “Horde” Troops?
Answer (A) from a Developer: No. They are two completely separate units.
Q: Why are Horde Troops appearing as black squares on my screen?
A: There is a strange bug on a very small number of Android devices that’s causing this to happen. We are aware of it, and we’re working on a fix for it - but it will require an update. This bug ONLY affects the VISUALS of the Horde, though - the Stats and gameplay are working correctly, they just don’t look right.
Q: Will Almarand and Calvarax still boost Raise Dead Skeletons now that they deal Void Damage?
A: Yes. They will buff Skeletons from the Raise Dead Spell - but they will not buff the new “Horde” Skeletons.
Q: Will we receive an Elemental Grasp Relic for free? After all, it was created by the Players.
A: Everyone will get a 3* Elemental Grasp Relic for free. The 4* Elemental Grasp will be available in next week’s Unlock Event, which begins on MONDAY.
Q: When will there be an Event that allows us to use any old Event Boost Relics we currently have?
A: We’ll be doing one of those Events “very soon”.
Q: With the new update we can’t see our Troop’s Elemental Resists unless we attack a Land.
A: (The Devs seemed confused by this. I don’t think they understand that we used to be able to see the Resists at the Barracks, in addition to the attack and defend screens. They didn’t say they would change it back to how it used to be.. they just said we could see the stats when we go to attack or defend).
Q: Which Titans will boost the Souls for Monday’s Event?
A: “Oh, good question”. “That’s the ones that are available in the Temple Takeover at the moment, I believe”.
Q: When will new Void Relics and Titans come?
A: Matt: “Very soon”. “Next week we’ve got a big reveal”. “It is all leading up to next week, next Wednesday”.
Haig: “Yeah. Bit of a twist in it, as well”.
Matt: “No one has really caught - no one has, um, seen it yet actually”.
Q: What about new rewards for Player Levels?
A: Yeah, we need to look into doing that again. It kind of fell off our radar because of the bugs we encountered when we tried last time. Maybe we can do something for Version 1.3.
Q: Will Kronos and/or Cerberus be made available again?
A: Yes. Everybody will come back eventually. Zeus, too - but he won’t be back for a long time.
Q: Will the Horde Troops be in this Conquest Event?
A: No, not in this one. Hopefully there will be a dedicated Horde Level in the next Conquest.
Q: How about a “Forge Frenzy” Event alongside the “Battle Frenzy” during Conquest?
A: Probably not, because there’s already a lot going on during Conquest. We do need to give an update soon on the “Forge Relics” we were working on - we’ll talk about that sometime in the future.
Q: What happened to new Avatars?
A: There are new Avatars coming still. They’ll be tied to the LiveStream and we’ll do a vote on Facebook next time we release new ones.
Q: Any plans for a different Fire Troop?
A: “Well, let’s start discussing new Troops after this one is actually out”. “We’ll talk about other new Troops at some point”.
Q: Is a fix coming for the non-responsive touch issues on iOS?
A: There should be a fix coming for some of those issues in the next Version.
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OTHER INFORMATION:
There is currently a THEATERS OF WAR Event taking place. This ToW was supposed to begin on Tuesday, but was delayed so iOS players could download the new version of DoT.
The Boost Relics that are earned in this Theaters of War will NOT be for this week’s Conquest Event. Instead, they will be used in a special “Horde Troop Unlock Event” which will start on this MONDAY, May 20 and run for “several days”. The Devs said it would be similar to the Storm Maiden Unlock Event last year. Every Soul gathered by the community will be added up, and our total Soul Count will determine what Level Horde Troops we begin with. The Devs also said there would be “free Rewards” given out to the Players during this Unlock Event - including a 3* Version of the Elemental Grasp - so be sure to log in frequently next week. Lastly, the Devs mentioned that the 4* ELEMENTAL GRASP would be available as one of the Milestone Rewards during the Unlock Event.
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The Devs gave some more information about the new Horde troop units, which are featured in this week’s Theaters of War Event. They said the Horde is twice the size of a normal Human troop unit - Human units have 56 Troops per formation, while the Horde has 120. The Horde also has 6x Charge Damage on initial contact with enemy Troops. The Devs said “because of the size of them, they are really good at suppressing enemy Units - especially stuff like Panthers or Maidens - just because there are so many of them”. Lastly, the Devs said Horde units are “faster than Human units”, but are “slightly on the weak side in terms of Health”.
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The Devs gave an update regarding Relic Storage. They said they are working on new solutions - including changes to the Treasure Room - and have a couple of ideas in mind (including some that have been suggested by Players), but they don’t have any details for us yet. They said that they are working on improvements, though - and they may be able to “say something in the next couple of weeks”.
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The Devs said they would be turning on the new Terror Spell change (which adds a burst of Void Damage to the Spell) and the new Rarity Filter sometime TODAY (May 15).
They showed an example of how the new Filter will work: Once turned on, you will see a small icon of a star inside a circle to the left of the “star and up/down arrow” icon on the Relic and Titan filter menu (on the bottom left corner of your screen when looking at your Titans or Relics). Tapping on that icon will cycle through showing only 1*, 2*, 3*, 4* or 5* Relics (or 1*-4* Titans).
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On FRIDAY (May 17), the new League-based scaling Titan XP Boosts and League Reward changes will be turned on. Check last week’s Recap (or the Official DoT Blog) for full details on these changes.
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The Devs said they have watched “all of the videos” that have been posted online this week regarding the big Void and Horde changes. They thanked the community for the feedback - both good and bad - and said they would keep the concerns mentioned by the players in mind when they introduce big new features in the future.
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Matt mentioned that he is hoping to work on new Levels for Conquest. He said we might see new Levels in the next Conquest, if he can find the time to do it.
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NEXT WEEK:
MONDAY: A special “Horde Troop Unlock Event” will begin. (See details above).
WEDNESDAY: Next week’s Stream will include more info regarding Void Relics and Titans - and some sort of a “big reveal”, according to the Devs. The Devs also said “there’s an Event next week that we can’t talk about yet”. They could only say it will be “a big one”, it will take place sometime after the Unlock Event, and that Calvarax, Astaroth and Ulric “are important” for it.
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LIVESTREAM CONTEST WINNERS:
YouTube: Victor Stanisku
Facebook: Denmark Bros
(If your name is similar to one of the names above, and you entered the contest, please contact the Devs on DoT’s Facebook page. Congrats!!)
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That’s it for this week’s LiveStream. 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 (May 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 39 one, as of May 2019).
Thanks for reading! :-)
-SteelSpine
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Regarding the last of the Q&A you listed, the ios touch bug, a fix for it is to shake the device. Not sure where I heard that originally, could have been on one of their streams a few months ago, but it works every time. Granted, it takes a couple seconds, which could be crucial at an inopportune time, but much better than the alternative of restarting the whole game.
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