Wednesday, November 27, 2019

LIVESTREAM RECAP - November 27, 2019 (Jotunn)

** SteelSpine’s LIVESTREAM RECAP for NOVEMBER 27, 2019 **

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Matt (Game Designer) was our only host for this week’s LiveStream. Haig (Live Ops Manager) was “in a very important DoT meeting”, and Dom (Game Artist) “had the afternoon off”.

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EVENT DETAILS:

This week’s Event will begin on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28 and run until MONDAY, DECEMBER 2.  It will feature the return of JOTUNN, the Ice Berserker.  JOTUNN has been Reskilled for this Event.  All of his new Skills are “fixed”.

JOTUNN’s new SKILLS:
Slot 1:  +20% Titan, Troop Ice & Earth Resist, +40% Titan, Troop Ice Damage
Slot 2:  +180% Imperial Damage, +44% Imperial Critical, +1 Freeze Spell
Slot 3:  +117% Goliath Health, +1 Shield Spell
Slot 4:  +88% Imperial Armor Piercing, +30% Imperial Melee Resist, +1 Freeze Spell
Slot 5:  +88% Goliath Armor, +40% Goliath Ranged Resist, +1 Shield Spell

JOTUNN will be available for 15k Souls.


New Relic available in this Event:  

4* FROST CHARMS
+ Titan Health
+ Imperial Melee Resist
+ Imperial Ranged Resist


Top Rewards available in this Event will include:

6000 Souls:  4* Winter Belt
6500:  4* Winter Boots
7000:  Epic Token
9000:  4* Winter Cloak
9500:  4* Winter Gloves
10k:  AVALOS (4* Ice Guardian)
11k:  4* Orb of Justice
12k:  100 Divine Gems
14k:  4* Spartan Helm
15k:  JOTUNN
16k:  4* Chilling Vial
17k:  300 Divine Gems
18k:  4* FROST CHARMS

(NOTE:  NO, the Devs did NOT make the “Winter Relics” - Boots, Belt, Cloak and Gloves - any better than they used to be.  They still have pretty awful stats).

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


1.4x Soul Bonus for using ASET or JOTUNN.
1.2x Soul Bonus for using 4* Berserker Titans.
1.1x Soul Bonus for using 3* Berserker Titans.


It will be an ALLIANCE LEADERBOARD EVENT.

Top Ranking Rewards in this Event:

1st Place:  Level 40 Jotunn
2nd Place:  L30 Jotunn
3rd Place:  L25 Jotunn
Top 4-5:  L15 Jotunn
Top 6-10:  L10 Jotunn
11-50:  L5 Jotunn
51-100:  4* Frozen Rune
101-250:  4k Gems

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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS:

Question (Q) from a Player:  Please fix the “Request Troops reload glitch”.
Answer (A) from a Developer:  I’ll make a note of that, thanks for bringing it up.

Q:  Can we PLEASE get some more Relic space?
A:  We’ll look at it.  One of our analysts, “Chris Y”, was looking into the data regarding Relic space and spoke with me (Matt) about it today, actually.

Q:  Can we attack ALL of the Titan Arenas each day?  That would help a lot with leveling up Titans.
A:  No, we’ll probably keep it so they all can be attacked only during Theaters of War.  But we are looking at reducing the portal stone cost in Version 1.37 (not 1.36).

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TEASERS and OTHER INFORMATION:

There is a PLAYER SURVEY available in the game right now.  If you have a moment, please tap on the link and fill it out.  The more information and honest opinions you give the Devs, the better it is for all of us.  (Just don’t write a freaking 800 page novel like I did, haha).

DoT’s 3rd Anniversary is coming up.  Matt mentioned that there will be a “small tweak” to the Eternal Shrine.  He also said there would be something similar to the Bone Dregs Altars from Halloween.

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VERSION 1.36 NEWS:

Version 1.36 will begin rolling out to players very soon - probably sometime next week.  Matt gave us a preview of what we can expect when it arrives.


There will be a few “Game Meta Changes”.  Beginning in v1.36, the following changes will be made to the following Troops:

GRENADIERS:  Grenadiers Critical attacks will do 4x Damage, rather than the 3x that most Troops have.  Grenadiers “Rate of Fire” will also be increased - they used to attack once every 8 seconds; they will now attack once every 7 seconds.  Matt said they are meant to be “glass cannons”, so the Devs did not want to make them too fast moving or too stout - otherwise they would just be Archers with fire arrows.

ARCHERS:  Archers “Rate Of Fire” is currently 2.5 seconds.  In v1.36, they will begin attacking once every 2 seconds instead.

MILITIA:  Militia will have their Health increased by 15%.


The final two 5* Relics will be added to the game.  Their Stats are as follows:

5* ASGARDIAN BLADE (Paladin Only)
+40% All Troops Resist Against All Elements
+60% Titan All Elemental Resist
+90% Titan Health

5* AXES OF WAR (Berserker Only)
+65% All Troop Damage
+50% All Troop Resist Against Ranged Damage
+35% All Troop Critical


The ORIGINAL 5* Relics will ALSO be upgraded.  Their Effects will remain the same, BUT the percentages will be increased - in some cases, pretty drastically.  All existing versions of these Relics will be upgraded automatically.  The NEW Stats are as follows (with the OLD numbers in parentheses)

5* DRAGONSLAYER (Guardian) (OLD: 36/60/48)
+45% Titan Resist All Damage
+70% Titan Damage
+90% Titan Health

5* EARTHSHAKER (Champion) (OLD: 24/50/40)
+40% Titan & Troop Melee Resist
+65% All Troop Damage
+65% All Troop Health

5* SHADOWDANCER (Berserker) (OLD: 95/60/48)
+95% Titan Ranged Resist
+70% Titan Damage
+90% Titan Health

5* NIGHTWHISPER (Infiltrator) (OLD: 250/50/40)
+250% Titan Armor Piercing
+65% All Troop Damage
+65% All Troop Health

5* DIVINETOUCH (Paladin) (OLD: 24/50/40)
+35% Titan, Troop Ranged Resist
+65% All Troop Damage
+65% All Troop Health

5* STORMBRINGER (Ranger) (OLD: 30/50/40)
+35% Titan, Troop Armor Piercing
+65% All Troop Damage
+65% All Troop Health


CONQUEST Events will now have three different “variants” for each Level from L1 to L9 (so L1 will have three possible layouts, same for L2, etc).  L10 and L11 will remain the same.  IN ADDITION, the point scoring system will change in future Conquests.  Points will be awarded for killed troops rather than for each attack.  The overall points per Level will remain exactly the same, it’s just to help the game run smoother.

REPEATABLE ADVENTURERS GUILD CAMPAIGNS will arrive in v1.36.  They will award Player XP and 4* Economy Relics.  Matt said there will be 3 campaigns with 4 Levels each, they will be “quite difficult (at the higher Levels)”, and will reset at the end of each Season.  One week they will be Goliath centered, another week Maidens, etc.

TITAN AND TROOP INFO SCREENS will now show Melee and Ranged Resist numbers.

There will now be a DELETE ALL button for removing all Troops from a defended Land.

BATTLE DROPS will now have ALL of the elemental variations of the major Defensive Relics (Kite Shields, Mount Armors, etc).

ARMY POWER SCORE - the number you see when attacking or defending - will be changed.  The formula never used to account for Elemental Resistances - it will now.

HUMAN DEFENSIVE TROOPS will now appear on “Plinths” above Level 16.  (NOTE:  Matt called them “Plinths”, but I am pretty sure he was talking about Resource and VP Lands).

DEFENSIVE CHANGES:  All L16-L25 Lands will have an extra stationed defensive Troop.  Defensive Spell trigger times will also be decreased, so more Spells will be cast by the defense (Matt didn’t give any actual numbers for this change).  Stationed Defenders on L24-L25 Garrisons will be changed; they will now include one of each unit type (one Militia, one Horde, one Goliath, etc), rather than the current loadout of 3 Grenadiers, 3 Imperials and 3 Panthers.  This is being done in the interest of “leveling the playing field”, so that players who use an Imperial Boosting Titan will no longer have an advantage over those who use a Horde Boosting Titan on their Garrison, etc.

(NOTE:  Because there are so many changes in v1.36, most of the changes above will be turned on IMMEDIATELY rather than waiting for the new version to be available for everyone.  This is being done to help prevent large scale crashes, due to the amount of new stuff).


v1.37 SNEAK PEEK:  There might be ten more Player Levels and five new Assault Levels added in Version 1.37 - but that’s still miles away.

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NEXT TWO WEEKS:

MONDAY, 2 DECEMBER:  There will be an “Altar Of Everything” (Temple Event).

TUESDAY, 3 DECEMBER:  An Anniversary-themed THEATERS OF WAR begins.

THURSDAY, 5 DECEMBER:  A TITANS UNLEASHED Event (Titan Fusion).

FRIDAY, 6 DECEMBER:  A CONQUEST EVENT begins, featuring the return of KRAMPUS.  No word about whether or not he will be reskilled.


MONDAY, 9 DECEMBER:  There will be a “Relic Leaderboard Event”.  (NOTE:  The Devs previously said it would be “based around a single Relic” and would have an ALLIANCE LEADERBOARD - which is something that I think we have not seen in any previous early-week “mini Events” - but Matt DID NOT confirm that this week, so things may have changed).

THURSDAY, 12 DECEMBER:  DoT’s Third Anniversary Event begins.  (NOTE:  The Devs previously said that this Event will “feature the return of an older Titan” and be “pretty cool”.  Matt said “a few players have guessed who it will be”.  It is POSSIBLE that this COULD BE the “Super Runa” Event that has been teased for almost a year now - but that is ONLY SPECULATION by me).

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LIVESTREAM CONTEST WINNERS:

YouTube:  TK

Facebook:  Justin Smith

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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 42 one, as of November).  Feel free to reach out to me with any questions, comments or suggestions!


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Thanks for reading!  :-)

-SteelSpine

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2 comments:

  1. Hi Steelspine! I just wanted to note that the “survey” contains a gag order in it’s conditions. I didn’t participate because I think that if the devs really wanted to hear from me, they also wouldn’t attempt to remove my ability to review any Zynga games.
    Thanks for doing the recaps! They save me a lot of wasted time watching the fools later on YouTube. Much appreciated!

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  2. Hi Steelspine! Great work, thank you so much! If possible, please add in your future editions of your recaps the exact point in the video where the youtube/facebook winners are being mentioned. Thank you :)

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