1. Update v1.32:
  2. |c2|MULTIPLAYER BALANCE UPDATE|c0|
  4. This patch is dedicated to enhance the experience of Skirmish and Multiplayer Matches in SF3
  7. |c3|GENERAL CHANGES|c0|
  8. - Hero leveling speed decreased by about 30%
  9. - The unit AI will now ignore targets that are currently invulnerable
  10. - Units and heroes will no longer be slowed during combat to encourage more active fights
  12. |c3|ITEM CHANGES|c0|
  13. To give you more options to specialise your heroes and define your playstyle, but also making your choices more significant, we added new defensive item options, increased the cost and effectiveness of specialized gear and placed more items all around.
  15. - Shields added
  16. - One-Handed weapon options added
  17. - Additional armors added
  19. |c3|HERO CHANGES|c0|
  20. We are adjusting the overall power levels of all heroes to enable more different playstyles and hero combinations.
  22. - Heroes will no longer be slowed down in combat to improve their micro potential
  23. - Occultist / Bloodcaller
  24. -- Assassinate irresistible damage when target is bleeding reduced by 50%
  25. -- Shadowstep cooldown on Lv2+ increased from 2 to 5
  26. - Renegade / Berserker
  27. -- Tear Down on Lv2+ will now deal damage in an area around the target
  28. - Elite Ranger / Bowmaster
  29. -- First Aid reworked to be primarily an out-of-combat healing ability:
  30. --- Cooldown increase from 15 to 30
  31. --- Cast time increase from 1 to 2
  32. --- Level 1 heal is reduced to 25%
  33. --- Level 2 adds 10 seconds of strong health regeneration
  34. --- Level 3 adds an immunity against debuffs
  35. - Shaman / Spiritualist
  36. -- Totems reworked to be more situational
  37. --- All cooldowns increased from 10 to 20
  38. --- Protection totem: resistance increase reduced by 33%
  39. --- Protection totem: Level 2 healing effect reduced by 50%
  40. --- Fire totem: Now damages every 4 seconds instead of 2, while dealing 12 damage instead of 6, including Level 3
  41. - Commander / Guardian
  42. -- Kiss Of Tiara: Level 3 no longer heals
  43. -- Kiss Of Tiara: Level 3 Shield increased from 30 to 60
  44. -- Kiss Of Tiara: Cooldown increased from 10 to 20
  45. - Hierophant / Priest of Tiara
  46. -- Judgement: No longer is a damage-over-time ability, instead deals moderate damage at once and applies impaired for 3 seconds
  47. -- Judgement: Is now cast instantly
  48. - Necromancer / Defiler
  49. -- AI will now ignore spawning zombies while they are still invulnerable
  51. |c3|UNIT CHANGES|c0|
  52. As with the heroes we are also adjusting the powerlevels of the RTS units to make them more significant in combat.
  54. - Units will no longer be slowed down in combat to improve their micro potential
  55. - Decreased the Elven movement speed bonus in enemy and neutral territories reduced from 30% to 10%
  56. - Human Helbardier: Upgraded range reduced from 28 to 24
  57. - Human Helbardier: Health reduced from 384 to 322
  58. - Human Soldier: Upgraded health regeneration per hit increased from 4 to 8
  60. |c3|BUILDING / ECONOMY CHANGES|c0|
  61. While Elves are a very strong faction at Tech Level 1, their economic power falls off in the later stages of the game. The following changes are adressed to giving Elves a more active economy.
  63. - [All] Capital II upgrade time increased from 30 to 45
  64. - [All] Capital III upgrade time increased from 75 to 120
  65. - Elves now have stoneworks on Tech Level 1 again
  66. - Elven Defensive Outposts no longer increase population cap
  67. - Elven Economic Outposts now increase population cap: 15/25/45
  68. - Elven Capital upgrade population cap increase reduced by 20/30 respectively
  69. - Elven Outpost I new cost: 10 Planks
  70. - Elven Outpost II new cost: 20 Planks / 10 Brick
  71. - Elven Outpost III new cost: 20 Planks / 20 Brick / 15 Food
  72. - Elven Capital II new cost: 22 Planks / 10 Brick / 10 Food
  73. - Elven Barracks cost reduced from 30 to 20 Planks