Minion Masters Update 0.24

= Update 0.24 - The portal closes! | April 12, 2017 =

New Cards

 * Drone Buzzers
 * These two flying drones are fast and fragile, but can provide great air support at range!

Portal event content now available for all

 * The portal event has ended, and Milloween and the two new spells are now available for purchase and crafting to everyone.
 * Milloween
 * This Master hails from a proud magic tradition and wields immense power, though she isn't always in full control. Focused on Spells, she uses them to empower her attack and the Arcane Golem which follows her everywhere she goes.


 * Hypnotize
 * A Legendary Spell which converts all enemy Minions caught in the area for a few seconds.


 * Spirit Infusion
 * A Rare Spell that empowers random friendly Minions with additional health.

Balance

 * Ratbo
 * Second perk - Showoff - reworked to ability More Dakka!
 * More Dakka! is a card that shoots the nearest enemy for damage based on the number of Minions Ratbo has on the field.
 * Designer comments
 * Ratbo has long been a bit of an issue for us. He was very easy to play, extremely easy to create winning strategies with, and rather frustrating to play against. However, at the same time he was performing rather poorly at higher levels of play.
 * While we'd like to keep him simple and true to his aggressive nature, we also wanted to introduce something that added some depth to him, and made him more fun as an opponent as well.
 * More Dakka! gives him a tool that can be very powerful in the right hands, but requires timing and knowledge to get the full value out of. It still provides Ratbo with a global presence, but makes it more fun (hopefully) as an event rather than constant pressure.
 * We're excited to see how the community uses this ability, and will be closely monitoring Ratbo feedback going forwards.


 * Laser Turret
 * Attack Speed from 1.2 to 1.4, Damage from 20 to 40
 * Designer comments
 * This change aims to make the Laser Turret even better at handling extremely big units, such as the Red Golem or Troubadour. The turret should feel much the same against many units, but the maximum potential it can reach is now higher, making it more effective against units with more than 1000 health.


 * Red Golem
 * Health mechanic reworked - It now has 800 health by default, but doubled health if its Master is below 50% health.
 * Designer comments
 * The Red Golem is an interesting Minion that might have been too extreme in its usage. The new design will make it less of a dead card in your starting hand, and it will allow for more counters if it gets big. Additionally it might be easier to understand it, as it's now built on the Blue Golem health stats. Lastly this design choice was also influenced by the upcoming 2on2 feature, which it now fits better.


 * Gax the World Bomb
 * Egg health up from 40 to 50.
 * Designer comments
 * Gax is one of the least used cards in the game, and we find that a lot of the reason you don't want to play him is because he is very easily countered in his egg state by the same things that counter other boomers, with an even greater mana loss in his case. This change aims to lessen that blow, by requiring slightly more powerful spells, and perhaps giving Daggerfall some more reason to be included in decks.


 * Wizard Puff
 * Wizard Puff's death ability can no longer target Masters on the field, such as Settsu.


 * Settsu
 * If Settsu is hypnotized on the field, she now becomes stunned instead of converted.

Misc.

 * The main font in the game has been changed for better readability.
 * Added a button in the replay UI to switch which side you're watching the replay from.
 * Anti-cheat - We have implemented a number of anti-cheat functionalities, which aim to detect and punish cheaters.
 * Reduced the occurrence of certain C-SAR voice lines for accounts at higher levels.
 * Clarified that Draft is Online, in the initial tooltip.
 * Quest reroll tooltip now shows on hovering over the button.
 * It's now possible to make your own chat channels, simply write /join *channelname* to create and join.
 * Ratbo's model and textures have been updated, bringing you hi-def pecs in true triple indie quality.
 * Added an Average Mana Cost display to the deckbuilder.
 * Clicking a Streamer in the chat now gives you the option to open his/her Stream in a browser.
 * Tweaked matchmaking for early searches, allowing for slightly more time to look for closer opponents before expanding.

Fixes

 * Fixed a number of cases of characters sliding during idle animations.
 * Fixed an issue where the Past Leaderboards would not switch properly when clicking arrows.
 * Fixed an issue with Disruptor Puffs clipping with the floor due to their idle animation.
 * Cleaned up metadata for chat messages.
 * Lethal prediction now takes Shields into account.
 * Fixed an issue with Hypnotize highlighting buildings.
 * Fixed an issue with Ratbo's ragdoll spawning blood weirdly.
 * Fixed an issue with shift-tabbing adding a space to the chat.
 * Fixed a typo in the unlocking of Daily Quests which still said “challenges”.
 * Fixed an issue where it was possible to spawn Minions inside the Master Tower.
 * Fixed a number of cases where escape/controller back button didn't close menus.
 * The settings menus inside the game no longer remember your state when closed, thus restarting from the initial menu whenever you open them again.
 * Fixed an error in the calculations for rematching against an opponent that caused it to quickly rematch rather than wait.

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