** SteelSpine’s LIVESTREAM RECAP for OCTOBER 2, 2019 **
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NOTE: This is the LONG VERSION of this week’s Recap. A shorter version, which is easier to share in one post on Social Media and Apps, is available on my blog at https://steelspinesdot.blogspot.com
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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 is called MAIDEN OF WAR. It will begin on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 and run until MONDAY, OCTOBER 7. It is a CONQUEST Event.
(IMPORTANT NOTE regarding Conquest Events: If you are in the middle of an attack when the timer expires at the end of the Event, the points you acquire from that attack *WILL NOT COUNT* towards your total. Support will only offer you a few Gems if this happens, so PLEASE finish your attacks a few minutes before the Event ends!)
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Titan Details:
This week’s Event features the debut of HELGA, the Lightning Guardian.
HELGA’s SKILLS:
Slot 1: +50% Titan and Troop Lightning Damage, +20% Titan and Troop Ranged Resist
Slot 2: +180% Storm Maiden Damage, +65% Lightning Storm Damage
Slot 3: +117% Imperial Health, +30% Imperial Melee Resist
Slot 4: +88% Storm Maiden Armor Piercing, +22% Storm Maiden Critical
Slot 5: +88% Imperial Armor, +40% Imperial Ranged Resist
HELGA is available as a reward for completing Conquest Level 10.
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New Relic available in this Event:
4* MAIDEN’S JEWEL
+ Titan Lightning Damage
+ Imperials Melee Resist
+ Storm Maiden Ranged Resist
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Top Rewards available in this Event include:
Corrupted Land Level 7: 10 Warp Stones, 700 Gems, 75 Divine Gems, Warp Token, 4* Sword of Deceit
Level 8: 10 Warp Stones, 900 Gems, Warp Token, 4* Orb of Duality, 4* VIKING TITAN TOKEN (see Note below)
Level 9: 10 Warp Stones, Epic Token, 125 Divine Gems, 1,800 Gems, 4* Shield of the Gods,
Level 10: 10 Warp Stones, 225 Divine Gems, 4* Storm Ring, 4* MAIDEN’S JEWEL, HELGA
(NOTE: The 4* Viking Titan Token can be redeemed at the Divine Altars for your choice of either Arvan, Grimvald, Skallgrim, Solgar, Thorhild or Valkyrie).
(See dotdatabase.net for full details on the above Relics).
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Since this is Conquest, there are no Titans that offer Bonus Souls.
As always during Conquest, there will be 3 guaranteed Battle Drops after every successful attack.
(NOTE: Conquest Event Relics (Warp Cores) have been given an increase to their “Titan & All Troop Damage” and “Titan & All Troop Health” stats, beginning with this Conquest Event. For example: A 2* Warp Core used to grant +75% Titan and Troop Damage and Health. After the change, a 2* Warp Core will grant 125% to both stats instead).
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It is an INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD EVENT (also known as a Solo War Event); prizes will be awarded to Players according to their Individual Ranking at the end of the Event.
Top Ranking Rewards in this Event:
1st Place: Level 50 Helga
2nd Place: L40 Helga
3rd Place: L30 Helga
Top 4-5: L25 Helga
Top 6-10: L20 Helga
11-50: L15 Helga
51-100: L10 Helga
101-250: L5 Helga
251-500: Level 1 Helga
501-1000: 4* Viking Titan Token
1001-2000: 4k Gems
Other Ranking Rewards (Gems) are available below 2000th Place.
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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS:
Question (Q) from a Player: Can you make the same race used during Conquest earn more points? (Note from SteelSpine: I think the asker meant can you give more points for using Goliaths on the Goliath Level, Maidens on the Maiden Level, etc - like a “Chosen Troop” feature, rather than a “Chosen Titan” feature).
Answer (A) from a Developer: I don’t think we could do it for Troops, but we could probably do it for Titans. Although, for Conquest, I don’t think it would be easy for us to do that either.
Q: Any chance we can get a “Clear All” button on the screen where we add our Troops?
A: YES, we will be adding that to the game.
Q: Haig: “Lots of people complaining that Bast is doing too much showboating”.
A: Dom: “What’s wrong with showboating? That’s what cats do, man. They show off”.
Q: When can we see updates to the Titan Pantheon?
A: The Pantheon gets updated with every new version released. So for example, all the Titans added to the game before v1.33 were added to the Coliseum in v1.33, etc. (Note from SteelSpine: I think the Devs missed the point of this question. I’m pretty sure players want to know when new Titan Collections (and new Relic Rewards) will be added to the Pantheon, not when the actual Titans will be added to the Coliseum section of the Pantheon. Hopefully we’ll get a real answer on this - I personally enjoyed collecting and leveling up Titans to unlock strong new Relics, and I know other players did too).
Q: Can we get a fix for the “chat bouncing back” bug? (This is in reference to the chat screen jumping downwards when a new comment is added to the chat).
A: That’s on our list of things to do, so hopefully we will get to it soon and get a fix in for that.
Q: Can we have an Earth Minotaur?
A: (Devs all look at each other, shrug, and say in a very cheeky way): “Maybe!” “I don’t know..!”
Q: Can we see our current Ranged and Melee Resistance numbers in the game?
A: Yes, this is actually something we’re working on for Version 1.36. We’ll be adding both stats to the Titan and Troop info pop-ups.
Q: When is the Calendar for October going to be released?
A: Should be posted on Facebook and Twitter later this week.
Q: Can we get an “Attack” button alongside the “Stand Ground” button?
A: It would be a challenge to do. Usability wise, I don’t think that would work for us.
Q: Are there Void Relics available in the Daily Altar?
A: There are some Void Resist Relics in there, but I don’t think there are any actual Void Relics. We haven’t updated that altar in a while - we’ll look into updating it.
Q: Can you fix the problem with Panthers attacking imaginary ants, and not actually killing anything?
A: That’s in our backlog. It’s on our list of things to fix.
Q: When can we see battle replays?
A: (Note: This isn’t the exact wording the Devs used, but this is the gist of what they were saying): We won’t be adding that, unfortunately. Game replays don’t actually record the game and play it back - they recreate battles using a script. And this game is too complex to script each battle like that, so it’s something we considered doing but we decided to focus on other things instead.
Q: Can you add Human Troops to the predetermined pool of defenders on higher Level islands?
A: That’s a great idea, actually. Human Troops fit much better for certain Titans in the current Meta. Maybe we can get it in for Version 1.36.
Q: Where’s the fix for Titans walking in circles?
A: That will be in Version 1.35.
Q: Can we have a way to buy Divine Gems with regular Gems or with real life money?
A: That’s not something we’re looking at doing. We want them to be earned through playing the game - we don’t want players to just buy them.
Q: Can we get a “Choose Your Own 5* Relic” Event?
A: Matt: “I don’t know how that would work”. “We’ve had a lot of suggestions about ways to improve the Divine Shrines in the future, and we’ll continue to look at it”.
Q: When is Zeus coming back?
A: Haig: “Keep your eyes open, and we’ll mention something.. hopefully soon”.
Q: Whatever happened to the “Titan XP Bank” feature that was discussed a while ago? (Note: This was an idea that was suggested a while back, where XP gained while using a Level 60 Titan could be “banked” and transferred to another Titan).
A: Matt: “No, that won’t be happening soon. I’m actually writing - or designing - a feature for something which might help with that in the future. I wouldn’t call it a bank, but...”
Q: How about an “Empty Titan XP Bottle”, which fills up when equipped to a maxed (Level 60) Titan?
A: Haig: “That’s... not impossible to do. We could look at doing something like that. We’ll ask an engineer and see if that’s possible”.
Q: When is Calvarax coming back to an Event?
A: Well, Halloween IS coming.. so follow the bread crumbs.
Q: (Somebody asked something about the 5k Divine Gem Altar - not sure what the question was, because Matt did not read it aloud). (Note from SteelSpine: I THINK this question MAY have been about choosing our own 5* Relic, but I can’t be certain).
A: Yeah, someone’s talking about the 5k Divine Gem Relic Altar. Again, it’s probably going to stay the same as it is now - but we do try to refresh our Altars once in a while, so never say never.
Q: How about some Bible characters?
A: Not going to happen.
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TEASERS and OTHER INFORMATION:
VERSION 1.35: The Devs mentioned that in addition to the changes announced last week (fix for Titans walking in circles, increased Forging from 4 Relics at a time to 12), there would be another big addition to the game: Replayable single player campaigns. According to Matt, the “repeatable campaigns in the Adventurers Guild” will include three campaigns, with four Levels in each campaign (for a total of twelve Levels each week). At the beginning of each new in-game Season, the campaigns will refresh. He said each set of campaigns will be related to an individual “faction” in the game (so for example, one based around Ragnar, one based around Mossmane, etc). The recommended Castle Levels would run from Level 11 (on the early Levels) to Level 25 (on the highest Levels). Matt also mentioned that the Rewards for these campaigns would include 4* Economy Relics, Gems and Player XP, and he said new Player Levels (beyond the current limit of Level 50) would be added in the future.
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NOTE from SteelSpine: I don’t think the Devs mentioned this during the LiveStream, but they have finally posted the “loot box chances” for the different Temple Altars in-game. If you go into the Temple and tap on the little lower-case “i” Icon on the top right hand corner of any of the Altars, you will see a list of all the drop percentages for each of the different Altars (for example: There is a 3% chance of getting a 4* Titan from the Titan and Epic Token Altars). Looks like the numbers are roughly the same as what has been posted in the past by Players who took the time to record their drops.
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NEXT TWO WEEKS:
MONDAY, 7 OCTOBER: There will be a Guardian themed TITANS UNLEASHED Event (also known as a TITAN FUSION Event). (Reminder for newer players: During Titans Unleashed, ALL same-class to same-class Fusion provides the same big XP bonus. The “theme” only affects which Titans are featured at the Temple).
MONDAY, 7 OCTOBER to 9 OCTOBER: There will be another ASSAULT Event. The Devs said this Assault will have a few changes. Two new Levels will be added, as well as “smoothed out point scoring” (no more issues with your score going up massively in the first minute, then trickling for the rest of the time). Some changes have been made to reduce the game slowing down due to so many enemies being on the screen at one time, and the timer on each Level will be reduced to 3 minutes “in order to make it a bit more compact”. Matt also said that the Relic Shard XP will be increased when the Event goes live. He said he couldn’t remember the exact numbers, but he thinks it will be somewhere around 80% to 90% more Forging XP. (Note from SteelSpine: I think most players will agree, this still is not NEARLY enough. In order for Relic Shards to be worth the effort, the 3* and 4* Shards need to be worth *at least* 600% to 700% more than they were in the first Assault Event. Having a 4* Shard be worth as much forging XP as four or five regular 4*s is just ridiculously low. If the Devs are worried about players forging away L10 4*s because they give too much Relic XP, then why not just moderately increase the Relic XP given for all Leveled Relics and introduce special 5* Relic Shards with a HUGE BOOST for the Assault Events? Nobody will forge away regular 5* Relics just because they give a large amount of XP - they are too valuable). The Devs asked for feedback after the Assault Event, so if you feel as strongly as I do about the Forging XP (or any other aspect of Assault) PLEASE comment on the Dawn of Titans Facebook page and Twitter - and let your voice be heard!
WEDNESDAY, 9 OCTOBER: There will be a SPELLCRAFT Event.
THURSDAY, 10 OCTOBER: Another Leaderboard Event takes place. The Devs said this would be the next “-Taur Event” (Minotaur themed, like Oakentaur and Stormtaur), but they have not said which -Taur Titan it will be.
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MONDAY, 14 OCTOBER to FRIDAY, 18 OCTOBER: The Devs would not give details about what we can expect the week of the 14th, but they said this week would officially begin the “Halloween Phase”. They said there would be a lot of things going on in the game, and things will begin on the 14th and continue to ramp up throughout the month. We can expect more details during next week’s Stream.
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LIVESTREAM CONTEST WINNERS:
YouTube: Ryan Matthews
Facebook: Alexander Yacobchuck
(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 contact 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 41 one, as of October). Feel free to reach out to me with any questions, comments or suggestions!
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-SteelSpine
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