🧪 The Beta Beat (V54) – New Ninja Heroes, Season 1 Costumes, Contest of Elements Heroes, Abyss Hunters heroes -- Sharing the Big Picture on What's Going on in Beta

[Kalgaath]

Thank you for the information and all the hard work you put into those reports.

However, I doubt every single word that staff says, as they “tricked” players countless times, so I won’t base my pulls only on what they said. Friendly tips

[BlackZed]

only the tiger and the bunny BECAUSE the tiger is exiting around Mid Jan 2023, allowing the Bunny to hop in.

Then another 5* included in the 2024 portal? Making it 3. To take Bunny’s place when she hops off to rest.

So this seasonal event will take 11 years for the portal to populate fully ? To reach the minimum 12 zodiac animals. With maybe the addition of the Cat in Year 11 to make up the full collection that was in contention for the Zodiac race ?

In the meantime, players have fun going through 12 event stages per difficulty tier ?

[PlayForFun]

@BlackZed

players have fun going through 12 event stages per difficulty tier ?

There will be just 10 stages / tier.
I will add the topic about the event later today.

[BlackZed]

Thanks for the update.

It’s odd to only have 10 stages. There are 12 zodiac characters. 12 stages make more sense.

Xmas has 24, and that’s tied to Advent Calendar.

Morlovia was 20. Ditto for Sands. Springvale. If I am not mistaken.

[sleepyhead]

@BlackZed

So this seasonal event will take 11 years for the portal to populate fully ? To reach the minimum 12 zodiac animals. With maybe the addition of the Cat in Year 11 to make up the full collection that was in contention for the Zodiac race ?

sounds in line with the SG strategy of flooding the market with heroes every year a new animal, in line with the actual Lunar New Year cycle

thanks for confirming @PlayForFun really appreciate your hard work and info sharing

[Noble_Weasel]

@PlayForFun

Staff has just confirmed to me that there will only these two Legendary heroes in this new Seasonal event in 2023.

OK, so now I just need to know if the rewards include 4-star AMs and EHTs. If so, at least I can use this to get more shots at the Kalevala portal when it comes back around. If not, I’m not sure this will affect my life at all.

[PlayForFun]

There is EHT + 4 star mat in the rewards.
You will see it once I am adding the topic for this later today.

[PlayForFun]

Balance changes for the February HoTM:

• 🧪 Early information on the February 2023 HOTM -- Viselus [Part of The Beta Beat V54] - #26 by PlayForFun

[PlayForFun]

Topic for the Lunar New Year seasonal event:

• 🧪 Early Information on New Lunar New Year Seasonal Event Gameplay & Rewards [Part of The Beta Beat v54]

[ArktikaTF]

@PlayForFun Dear friend, I did not see among your messages a message about the family of legends of 2022. There are only two weeks left until the New Year. Has this bonus not come to beta yet? What does the staff say about this? Do you have any information? Thank you in advance for the answer.

[PlayForFun]

We have not seen it in Beta.
The last build will arrive next Monday.
This will be might be in it or Staff will release it without any testing.

[Ruskin505]

@Ruskin505

@PlayForFun

UX improvement

• Added an auto-select button to Level Up view

• Tapping it will select all Common (1*) and Uncommon (2*) Heroes that share the element of the Hero currently being leveled up

This sounds amazing. Let’s see how it works.

Auto select is nice. It could definitely use some improvements/customizations, but this is a nice start.

It also looks like some quests (such as Lunar Near Year and Aether) will list the bosses in the preview. We could still use a full preveiew of all enemies, but another step in the right direction.

[PlayForFun]

Beta feedback for V54 Beta 1 is just arrived:

@Petri

Version 54 Beta 1 - General Feedback & Discussion

Players felt that the Secondary Epic costumes were uninspired with damage that’s too tied to the base version of the Hero. Players would have preferred if newer mechanics were applied to the secondary costumes. It was said that Skittleskull’s costume was very weak. Players say the balance of Heroes is uneven with adjusted older Heroes and newer Heroes that are overpowered. Players would like more QoL improvements in terms of auto farming features, recruitment tools, leaderboards for Alliance Wars, etc. Players would like an increase of the appearance rates in the Ninja portal as it’s currently not attractive for players. It was noted that the new Ninja Heroes surpassed the older Ninja Heroes.

Version 54 Beta 1 - Ninja Tower Changes Feedback

Players said the bosses were too powerful who dealt too much damage over time. Players didn’t notice any fresh changes with the event and said the rate of item usage was the same. Players would like for there to be 25 floors like the Styx Event and noted their dislike of curses.

Version 54 Beta 1 - New Abyss Hunter Hero Feedback: Numbskull

There were mixed reviews as some found the Hero interesting. Some players said he was too strong and should be toned down a bit. Players said the Hero would be used a lot in Rush Tournaments.|
|Version 54 Beta 1 - New Abyss Hunter Hero Feedback: Greel|Players said the Hero would be strong in Rush Tournaments. Some recommended changing the element of the Hero as the combination with Treevil would be too much during Rush Tournaments.

Version 54 Beta 1 - New Abyss Hunter Hero Feedback: Dabria

Players said she did too much. They said she was too fast as a reviver and ran the risk of making otherwise good Heroes ineffective. An alternative was to reduce the chance of revival to 25%.

Version 54 Beta 1 - New Contest of Elements Hero Feedback: Zengar

Players said he was too weak for the current meta and for a new Hero. They said he needed to be very fast. A suggestion was made to have him hit all enemies at 250% and an extra damage of 50% - 100% for every fire enemy.

Version 54 Beta 1 - New Contest of Elements Hero Feedback: Anzia

Players described the Hero as underwhelming and would like the mana increase for all Heroes.

Version 54 Beta 1 - New Abyss Hunter Hero Feedback: Staintongue

Players said he was okay but said his damage needed to be higher. They said he was comparable to Drake Fong and recommended a secondary effect or some kind of boost.

Version 54 Beta 1 - New Abyss Hunter Hero Feedback: Sorrow

Players said the Hero was very broken and noted that it was very difficult to counter the damage. Players said damage upon minion removal felt unfair. Players said there needed to be more minion removers to counter this skill. It was also noted that damage from the minions should only happen when the minions are killed by damage and not when removed by an anti-minion hero.

Version 54 Beta 1 - New Ninja Hero Feedback: Oniwakamaru

There was mixed feedback. Despite liking him, some players said he needed a defensive buff as he was likely to die quickly at present. Others said Taunt was a very powerful skill and said a very fast taunter was too much. They said the Hero would be limiting for future releases of possible tanks. A player noted the previous adjustment made to Costume Krampus in relation to this Hero’s very fast Taunt. Players recommended reducing the turns of the Taunt to 2.

Recommendation:

• 1x Charge - Taunt (undispellable) 2 turns; Caster reflects 30% of damage for 2 turns; Caster reduced damage 50% 2 turns
• 2x Charge - Taunt (undispellable) 3 turns; Caster reflects 60% of damage for 3 turns Caster reduced damage by 50% for 3 turns
• 3x Charge - Taunt (undispellable) 4 turns; Caster reflects 90% of damage for 4 turns; Caster reduced damage by 50% for 4 turns

Version 54 Beta 1 - New Ninja Hero Feedback: Serandite

Players said his burn damage was too much. They said he was powerful without the healing ailment and described him presently as a 1-man defense team. It was noted that he dealt more damage to all in 5 tiles, than Costume Azlar does to 3 targets at slow speed.

Version 54 Beta 1 - New Ninja Hero Feedback: Amethyst

Players said her first charge was incredibly overpowered. They recommended changing this to one target. They said she ran the risk of making the older Ninja Heroes obsolete at present as she targets all enemies at charge x1 compared to their 1 target at charge x1. They said the synergy with Heroes like costume Guardian Panther would lead to an overpowered defense if the Hero remained without change, adjustments would need to be made to Heroes like the base version of Quintus. Players said in general the new Ninjas accelerated the power creep and expressed concerns about the viability of the game in the near future.

Version 54 Beta 1 - New Ninja Hero Feedback: Ekanite

Players said the Hero was overpowered and would impact the balance of the game negatively. Players noted that the Hero hit all enemies at a very fast speed. Players would like Ninja Heroes to target 1 and 3 Heroes in the first 2 charges. They said it’s unnecessary to have the new Ninjas surpass the original Ninja Heroes.

Version 54 Beta 1 - New Ninja Hero Feedback: Kinsaishi

Players liked that he was the first 3-star Ninja Hero but said he was weak and didn’t hit hard enough. Players also said he was not strong enough to get to the third charge.

Version 54 Beta 1 - New Classic Hero Costume Feedback: Gormek

Players really liked that he was a fire dispeller however, they would like his damage increased. A suggestion was made to have him deal 220% damage to all.

Version 54 Beta 1 - New Classic Hero Costume Feedback: Boldtusk

Players said his healing was too low. Suggestions were made to either have him heal for 110 or 120 per turn.

Version 54 Beta 1 - New Classic Hero Costume Feedback: Skittleskull

He was described as mediocre and not up to par with Epic Heroes in the game currently. Players recommended having the defense down at -44% and increased damage of 250%. There was a suggestion to have the Hero summon fiends or minions. Another suggestion was making the Hero Titans based with a defense down of -54%.

Version 54 Beta 1 - New Classic Hero Costume Feedback: Grimm

Players would like the Hero to have higher damage. They said he wasn’t very special or unique. Some players said he was a 4-star version of Glenda however, he wasn’t sturdy enough for use in events like Mythic Titan.

Version 54 Beta 1 - New Classic Hero Costume Feedback: Rigard

There were mixed reviews. Some players thought the Hero was balanced and really liked that he boosted health. Some would prefer the Hero to cleanse first. Others would have preferred attack up instead of defence. Other players thought the Hero was a bit lacking and would have liked the Hero to heal more.

Version 54 Beta 1 - New Classic Hero Costume Feedback: Colen

Players said the costume was solid and said that the elemental defense down skill was very relevant. Players recommended that the percentage for defense against fire be lowered to -64% instead of -54%.

[CHENZ]

Didn’t see any feedback about the mediocre HoTM Costume heroes

[Sam-I-Am]

@Petri

Costume Feedback: Skittleskull

He was described as

Finally, the confirmation we needed that Skittleskull is, in fact, male.

[Jys]

Any news about the 2022 HOTM family bonus?

[PlayForFun]

Not yet, but here is another Beta build:

[NEW FEATURES]

• Contest of Elements Ice
• New Challenge Festival I Costumes:
  • Legendary:
    • Guardian Gazelle
  • Epic:
    • Guardian Jackal

[IMPROVEMENTS & FIXES]

Improvements

• Added an auto-select button to the Level Up view
  • Tapping it will select all Common (1*) and Uncommon (2*) Heroes that share the Element of the Hero currently being levelled up
• Boss Preview expanded to various Event and Quest stages
  • Feature added to Trials (Emblem Quests), Mirages of Omega (Aether Quests), Seasonal Events, The Masquerade, Tavern of Legends, and Contest of Elements Events
  • Boss Preview UI updated for Covenant Quest and all Tower events
• Cristobal and Ursena’s Special Skill description texts were edited for clarity
• Clarification added to Raid Tournament Defense Grade description text
  • “Default Defense Grade: If your Defense Team has not been attacked during a tournament, this results in Defense Grade C.”
• General UI improvements
  • Added a “Close to level up!” indicator feature to the player level XP bar
  • Provinces containing Special Stages (e.g. Poison Mist, Dense Fog) that have been unlocked will now be marked with the corresponding icon(s) in the Season Map view
  • Small visibility and layout improvements to the Fated Summon
• UI improvements for War of the Three Kingdoms:
  • Adjusted the size and placement of the Morale Boost stats bonus text for visual consistency
  • Family/Realm Bonus icons are now displayed for all characters regardless of whether they are under the effect of Morale Boost
  • Morale Boost icons are now also displayed for Kingdom Family Heroes
  • Morale Boost stats bonus text no longer displays atop Family/Realm Bonus icons

Fixes

• Addressed the following visual issues:
  • Animation not playing when Khufu’s Special Skill missed or was dodged
  • Animation not playing and/or selecting targets incorrectly under certain circumstances for some Special Skills (e.g., El Duque, Lord Loki copying Khufu, Soroca)
  • Costume Bonus icon missing and Costume Bonus stats boost not being applied to Summon Gate previews for Level 80 Heroes
  • Dense Fog visual effect missing from certain Season V Province 25 stages
  • Event Bonus icons for Challenge Event Hero Costumes not being properly shown in Challenge Festival Edit Team view
  • Fatigue values not being properly updated in the Mythic Titan Edit Team view
  • Heroes occasionally remaining “invisible” for an extended amount of time after being revived by an allied Kalo casting Mother North’s Special Skill
  • Jequn’s Special Skill applying the wrong defense down icon
  • Kalø incorrectly appearing to activate Stoneskin earlier (mid-Special Skill cast) than when it actually activates (once his Special Skill fully ends)
    • Kalø’s Special Skill ends when he has no remaining “copied” Special Skills to fire
• Anne now correctly receives an Event Bonus in Challenge Festivals
• Inspecting a Season V Hero that has been revived as a Mummy via the Djet Amulet no longer causes an error
• Game no longer freezes sometimes when a Barbarian Hero attacks an ally due to Shifting Mindless Attack and inflicts Bleed
• Heroes with immunity to Accuracy ailments now correctly resist Tinsel’s Accuracy down
• Morlovia Passive can no longer steal self-revive buffs from enemies in Ghost form
• Target selection no longer malfunctions incorrectly under certain circumstances when Lord Loki copies Khufu’s Special Skill
• Status bar information no longer disappears while the game is running on taller iOS devices
• Using the autofill function can no longer add Master Trainer Heroes to War Attack Teams

[PlayForFun]

Here is the topic for Challenge Event hero costumes:

• 🧪 Early Information on Round 2 of Challange Event Hero Costumes [Part of The Beta Beat v54]

[nonareeves]

[KNOWN ISSUE] Furdinand's reflection of ailments

Please see the image. This is 2 turns after Furdinand uses his skill. As you can see, all of his ailment reflections are only applied to Bera, not the minion owner. Also, whenever Bera’s minions hit an ally, the opposing team’s Bera flashed and her ailments duration were reset. Hawthorne’s skill reflect ailments to the minion owner, so this is undoubtedly a bug. [Screenshot_20221128-075013~2]

Any information on this bug or any plans to fix it in v54?
I’m in a lot of trouble.

[PlayForFun]

I have posted a question to Petri in your bug report.