2023-12-26

New year! New Chance!

The real joy of Frostivus used to mean something. It wasn't about your friends, your family, or your feelings. It lies not in the sweet party cookies or the Jingle Fist but in the atmosphere filled with the happiness of friends and family gathering. New equipment is one of many expectations for the new year. As the old year fades away with snowflakes gently falling, past disappointments no longer haunt us, and everyone gets another chance.
Game Rules
CHANGE
Adjustment to Relic Duration
The duration of Relic is now calculated from the moment of selection. The item expires at the start of the preparation round 10 rounds later (originally, it expired at the end of the neutral round battle of the next multiple of 10 rounds). Example: If you select a Mango Tree from the Relic box on round 14, your Mango Tree will expire at the start of the preparation round on round 25 (originally, it expired at the end of the neutral round battle on round 20). Note: Due to the removal of restrictions on the selection time of Relics, the error-tolerant rule stating that Greedy Egg hatches at the beginning of rounds 10 and 11 are considered round 10 has been removed.
CHANGE
After each Relic selection, you will no longer randomly encounter the same item from the remaining Relic boxes in the game
NERF
Reset of "Taunt" Mechanism
Chess pieces with Taunt will now consistently attract nearby enemy chess pieces for priority attacks (originally, the taunt effect caused a one-time diversion of enemy attacks at the moment of taunting). Note: Affected by the Taunt mechanism: Axe - Berserker's Call, Beastmaster - Battle Bear, Centaur - Totem of the Clan, Giant's Ring, Bloodthorn. Note: Priority order for attacking within a chess piece's attack range: Target with Taunt > Hunters, items like new Phase Boots prioritise lower-health targets > Summoned units attack the target marked by Chestnut > Seeking the nearest attackable target > Low-priority targets like Cold Embrace, Empty Blood Vial, etc.
Relics
REWORK
Second Chance
Reworked Effect (Now it's a true "Second Chance!") When you use consumable items of the choice category, you can refresh the selection panel and acquire different options. Note: Items eligible for the refresh chance include Heart of Machine, Golden Heart of Machine, Dark Heart of Machine, Loot Box, and the next Relic box.
Items
NEW
New T2 Item
Phase Boots (Active effect exclusive to melee chess pieces) Enables quick movement. <Active Skill: Instant Cast> Melee carriers will phase through obstacles, swiftly moving to the vicinity of an enemy chess piece with lower health in the range and prioritizing an attack on it. Effect Range: 600 Cooldown: 5 seconds
REWORK
Giant's Ring
Upgraded from T2 to T4. Reworked Effect: Physical Block +60. Permanent Taunt.
CHANGE
Guardian Greaves
Removed the additional healing effect of 500 points. Enables quick movement. <Active Skill: Activates when many allied chess pieces are injured> Grants 500 maximum health and 25 mana to all allied units in the area. Dispels negative effects incurred during battle. Effect Range: 500 Cooldown: 15 seconds
CHANGE
Necronomicon
Balancing adjustments: Death Prophet's/Necrophos's health: 250~650 / 150~390 (previously 210~930 / 140~620). Duration: 5~21 seconds (previously 4~36 seconds).
Chess Pieces
CHANGE
Added a new Immortal item for Tusk ★★★
Jingle Fist.
CHANGE
Added a new Immortal item for Arc Warden ★★★
Orbuculum Equinox.
BUFF
Hoodwink- Acorn Shot
Damage increased from 100/150/200 to 150/200/250. Summoned unit vulnerability increased from 50%/75%/100% to 75%/100%/125%.
NERF
Viper - Corrosive Skin
Damage per second reduced from 40/50/60 to 30/40/50.
BUFF
Sven
Initial attack increased from 160 to 180.
Game UI
CHANGE
Added a lineup box (Hold L key, similar to the expression wheel K) to provide quick operations for adjusting formation positions: gather front/back, gather left/right, swap left/right, swap front/back, and disperse
CHANGE
The player details panel and endgame panel will now display all the Relic consecutively selected in the game. Used Relic will appear in grey in the equipment compendium panel and the bottom left Relic pool panel
CHANGE
Optimized some UI icons and styles
CHANGE
Pet Hosting
Operating chess pieces with the courier will now automatically disable pet hosting (previously, pets were eager to take control).
CHANGE
Pet Hosting
The currently hosted pet will now appear larger.
Candy Store Update
NEW
New Chessboard: Pandyland♦Treasure(Rare)
CHANGE
Frostivus Exclusive Chessboard: Darlly City(Normal)
CHANGE
Frostivus Exclusive Emote:Enchantress
Christmas Hahaha(Normal)
CHANGE
Frostivus Exclusive Emote:Cookie Party!(Rare)
Season Awards
CHANGE
The EoS rewards for S28 Mad Mac (01/11 to 31/12) is based on the following
♕Top 20 Queens (on Leaderboard): S28 Badge + ♕Queen rewards. ♕Queen: 320 Candies + Crown (valid for S29) + Mad Mac Red. ♔King: 320 Candies + Mad Mac Purple. ♖Rook: 160 Candies + Mad Mac Blue. ♗Bishop: 80 Candies + Mad Mac Green. ♘Knight: 40 Candies. ♙Pawn: 20 Candies.
CHANGE
Top 20 Queens are rewarded based on their final places and the other ranks for the highest rank achieved in the season
CHANGE
As usual, the last day of the season will be the off-season break to award the excellent players. Games played on the day do not affect Rankings. The new season of S29 Dragon Roar starts on 01/01/2024!
Bug Fixes
FIX
Fixed the description of Demon-Fel Power; it should now state, "Normal attack damage caused by allied demon chess pieces is considered as pure damage" (previously stated all physical damage)
FIX
Fixed a bug where Lucky Pendant did not correctly match the bonus and description for Pandaren - Hospitality
FIX
Fixed some UI style bugs in the endgame panel