LIVESTREAM RECAP - January 22, 2020 (Jinshu)

** SteelSpine’s LIVESTREAM RECAP for JANUARY 22, 2020 **

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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 will be called YEAR OF THE RAT.  It will begin on THURSDAY, JANUARY 23 and run until MONDAY, JANUARY 27.

This week’s Event features the debut of this year’s main Chinese New Year Titan, JINSHU.  JINSHU is a Poison Infiltrator.  He is very similar to BAST - but with more Titan Health, Damage, Melee Resist and less Titan Charge Damage, Speed, Armor, Ranged Resist (and Panther Skills / Poison Spells instead of Horde Skills / Rage Spells).  All of his Skills are “Fixed”.

(NOTE:  According to the Devs, Jinshu translates to “Metal Rat” in Chinese.  This is the Year of the Metal Rat according to the Chinese Zodiac, so it really is a fitting Titan.  TRIVIA NOTE:  A quick Google search shows that “Jinshu” is the Chinese word for Metal, and Shu is the Chinese word for Rat- so if Google is correct, this Titan should probably be called Jinshu Shu).

JINSHU’s SKILLS:

Slot 1:  +35% Base Damage, Health, Melee Resist.  4x Critical Damage

Slot 2:  +44% Titan Critical, +44% Panther Critical, +2 Poison Cloud Spells

Slot 3:  +180% Titan Damage, +180% Panther Damage

Slot 4:  +88% Titan Armor Piercing, +88% Panther Armor Piercing, +2 Poison Cloud Spells

Slot 5:  +40% Titan All Elemental Resist, +40% Panther All Elemental Resist, +117% Titan Health

(NOTE 1:  The Devs did NOT say whether or not the Skills in Slot 1 are applied to Titan And Army OR just the Titan.  They DID say that the 4x Critical was for Jinshu, so I *THINK* those Skills are only applied to Jinshu, not to his Troops - but I may be wrong.  In any case, I typed up Slot 1 exactly as it was shown on screen).

(NOTE 2:  With high-end Maxed Relics equipped (4* Tainted Blade, 4* Tainted Bow, 4* Elemental Grasp, 4* Toxic Tonic, 4* Red Envelope, 4* Jade Rat), the Level 60 JINSHU shown by the Devs during the LiveStream had 405,346 Health and 43,533 Damage).

(NOTE 3:  The Devs were asked how fast Jinshu runs.  They said they think his Speed has been tweaked to make him as quick as other Infiltrators, but they don’t think he is as fast as Loki.  His Speed stat was shown on-screen as 27; Loki’s is 23, plus a 20% boost, so he should be roughly as fast as Loki is.. but the Titan Speed stats tend to be a bit wonky in this game, so don’t take that as gospel).

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New Relics available in this Event:  

4* JADE RAT

+50% Titan Poison Damage

+30% Panthers Armor Piercing

+20% Panthers Critical

4* RED ENVELOPE

+48% Titan Health

+24% Titan & Army Resist Against Lightning

+18% Titan & Troops Resist Against Ranged

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Top Rewards available in this Event will include:

7000 Souls:  4* Great Plague (Panthers Version)

7500: Event Token

8000:  4* Bitter Dirks

8500:  Medallion (Lunar Event Altar Token)

9000:  Epic Token

10k:  1000 Gems

11k:  4* Titan’s Soul (XP Relic)

12k:  Mitano (4* Poison Guardian Titan)

13k:  4* Orb Of Death

13.5k:  Medallion

14k:  Event Token

15k:  4* Jade Statue

16k:  100 Divine Gems

16.5k:  Medallion

17k:  4* Banner Of The Forest

18k:  JINSHU

19k:  1500 Gems

19.5k:  Medallion

20k:  4* JADE RAT

21k:  300 Divine Gems

22k:  4* RED ENVELOPE

(NOTE:  The Mitano at 12k Souls has the same Skills he has always had - he has not been Re-Skilled).

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

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1.3x Soul Bonus for using PIGSY or LUBU.

1.2x Soul Bonus for using 4* POISON TITANS.

1.1x Soul Bonus for using 3* POISON TITANS.

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Top Alliance Ranking Rewards in this Event:

1st Place:  L40 Jinshu

2nd Place:  L30 Jinshu

3rd Place:  L25 Jinshu

Top 4-5:  L15 Jinshu

Top 6-10:  L10 Jinshu

11-50:  L5 Jinshu

51-100:  4* Titan’s Soul (XP Relic)

Below 100:  Not shown, but likely to be Gems as usual.

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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS:

Question (Q) from a Player:  Is there an Event coming soon that we will be allowed to use all of our old Event Relics in?

Answer (A) from a Developer:  Yes.  We’re just trying to fit it in the schedule.

Q:  Can you increase the Relic Storage space again?  600 is still too little.

A:  Dom:  “I don’t think we can”.  Haig:  “We’ll look into it.  If everyone is, um, starting to shout about the Relic Storage again, um, if it becomes a big issue.  We’re sort of basing it on how many people are at sort-of “maximum” and using the Treasury Room and things like that”.

Q:  When will “Medallions” return?

A:  Not for a long time, if ever.  They only last until the end of the Lunar Festival.  You MUST spend your Medallions before the end or they WILL disappear.  The Altars will remain up for “a little bit” past the timer’s expiration on Monday.

Q:  The Armor granted from Lubu’s first Skill is broken.

A:  Haig:  We’ll look into that.  I think it’s an issue with the text.  (Note:  It sounds like the Skill is giving the proper amount, but the info shown on Lubu’s “card” is incorrect).

Q:  Shadowdancer is not a good Relic.  Can you change it?

A:  Haig:  “That’s a sore point, that one”.  We will write it down and look at it.  We don’t want to promise anything when it comes to changing 5* Relics.

Q:  When will Pigsy be back?

A:  Not for a long time.  He may appear in the Temple at some point, but right now he’s not scheduled to return until next Chinese New Year, probably.

Q:  When is Zeus coming back?

A:  “Fairly soon”.  Not as soon as next week, as Dom jokingly said, but fairly soon.

Q:  Are you working on any more balancing for the game?

A:  We’ll have a new balancing update for you fairly soon, actually.  (Note:  No info regarding which changes will be made to which Troops and/or Spells).

Q:  Please check Auria’s first Skill - it is not working.

A:  We’ll check it out.

Q:  Any new Buildings planned this year?

A:  I can’t say definitely no to that.  No comment.

Q:  Do you use Motion Capture for Titans?

A:  Yes, we do.  Dom has done some, some are friends and family, some are other people in the office, etc.

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TEASERS and OTHER INFORMATION:

The Devs shared a short in-game video of the winning Design-A-Titan Contest entry, Baba Yaga, including her “Temple Entrance” animation.  Matt said he thinks Baba Yaga’s Event will take place sometime in mid-February, and it won’t be until after Version 1.37 is released.

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VERSION 1.37:  The Devs mentioned some of what we can expect from DoT’s next update (v1.37).  This includes a fix for players who are having issues with multiple accounts, new Assault Event levels (and balancing), minor improvements to the “Quick Match” button, Stats and support for more new 5* Relics (which will be released “over time”, NOT when v1.37 rolls out), support for “a brand new style and set of Skills” (more info on this sometime in mid February), and a new style of Event.

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The Devs mentioned that they have received “a lot of feedback” regarding the Top 51-100 Reward in recent Events.  They said there “will be a change in future Events”, but they haven’t decided exactly what Reward will go there.  (Note:  This is in response to 4* Titan XP Relics being offered as high end Ranking Rewards.  I have seen many Alliances purposely try to place lower in order to receive 4k Gems instead).

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THANK YOU to everybody who took the time to write to me regarding the 5* Axes Of War (Berserker Relic).  Every single message I received confirmed the information I shared in last week’s Recap:  the “+65% All Troop Damage” in Slot 1 is giving +65% “Elemental” Damage to Troops (Ice Damage for Imperials, Poison for Panthers, etc), NOT the +65% “Base” Damage that it should be granting.  Since Base Damage is calculated differently than regular Elemental Damage, this means that the new 5* Berserker Relic is giving less of a boost than it should be granting.  I asked about this during the LiveStream, but the Devs did not answer my question.  I’m not sure if me contacting the Devs alone will make much of a difference, but I will relay the info to them via in-game Support and hopefully they will correct the mistake.

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NEXT THREE WEEKS:

MONDAY, 27 JANUARY:  A TITANS UNLEASHED Event begins.  (Also known as a TITAN FUSION Event).  It will focus on Infiltrators, but remember: ALL TITANS and ALL CLASSES receive a boost to Same-Class Fusion during a Fusion Event.

TUESDAY, 28 JANUARY:  A Norse-themed Relic Festival (Temple Altar Event).

THURSDAY, 30 JANUARY:  A Norse Titan Takeover (Temple Altar Event).

FRIDAY, 31 JANUARY:  A CONQUEST Event begins.  It will feature a new Lightning Titan.

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MONDAY, 3 FEBRUARY:  A 48 hour long Relic-based Leaderboard Event.

THURSDAY, 6 FEBRUARY:  Another Leaderboard Event begins.  The Devs didn’t offer much information regarding what we can expect, but they did say it would be “a big time Event”.  They also said that it would be “a cool Event”, and that a few Players had incorrectly guessed that this particular Titan would be in a previous Event - but it “wasn’t a common guess”.

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MONDAY, 10 FEBRUARY:  A Kingdom Rush Event (discount on Neutral Lands).

TUESDAY, 11 FEBRUARY:  A Temple Takeover Event.  Haig said this would “kind of lead us into a Valentine’s period” in the game.  The Devs also teased that they have “something special” planned for Valentine’s Day this year, including (hopefully) a Free Gift bundle for Players.

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LIVESTREAM CONTEST WINNERS:

YouTube:  Monster

Facebook:  Rich Mascia

Please DM the Devs on DoT’s Facebook page to claim your prize.  Congrats!

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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 

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You can reach me in-game under the name SteelSpine (I am the Level 43 one, as of January).  Feel free to reach out to me with any questions, comments or suggestions!  (NOTE:  It takes me a while to reply nowadays - sorry in advance for the delay).

Thanks for reading!  :-)

-SteelSpine

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