Hello Vikings!
It has been merely a few days since the last patch, but we still had a few aces up our sleeves. First and foremost, we’ve updated the Viking character models. We believe they’re looking sharper than Bjorn claws, and as graceful as Flindorr’s gale. On top of that, we added a bunch of quality-of-life improvements, including a warning for when your Vera slots are full, a more intuitive chest-opening interface, a flash challenge to make waiting more exciting, and more!
And, to close things out, we made some considerable combat balance changes. So, go show off your coolest characters, your strongest Veras, and some would say - most importantly, your highest flash challenge scores.
New Character Models
To build upon the character creation, Valhalla’s Vikings have been reintroduced with exciting new looks, models, outfits, and accessories. They invite you to log back in to check out their new styles and even make a few new characters, more charming than ever.
A couple more things - when making a new character, you’ll now be able to choose a name alongside editing a character’s appearance instead of afterwards. You can also rename your characters in the character selection screen.
Quality of Life Changes
Hud & Icons - The open world’s heads-up display (HUD) has been reworked to be a little more conservative with screen space. In addition, the HUD icons, as well as icons in the map and the mini-map have been redesigned to as part of the new icon style.
Can’t Tame Warning - We’ve added warnings when players’ Vera inventories are full and they are currently unable to tame. You’ll see these if you don’t have available slots in your inventory and daycare so you know you have to make space before trying to tame another Vera.
Chest page - We’ve improved the chest opening interface so it’s more intuitive. The biggest change is that you can now simply click on any chest, either still in your inventory, or currently unlocking, to see it as well as the chest’s description and drop rates.
Loading Flash Challenge - From now on, during longer load times, you’ll get the opportunity to play a quick challenge that just hits the sweet spot. Literally.
ELO Leaderboards - The Ranked PvP standings table has been revamped and improved to make it easy to see your characters current ranking.
Battles & Balancing
Firstly, Vera stats icons and damage type icons have been updated to the new style of icons. And, as mentioned, we’ve made quite a few changes to different Veras and abilities that felt they needed them with the goal of every Vera being competitively viable. We’re excited to see you make use of these changes to their greatest potential.
Balance Changes
- Bjorn
- Roar - ability power has been increased to 50 (35 → 50).
- Madhattr
- Arcane bomb - ability power has been increased to 60 (55 → 60).
- Húshroom
- Spore Bomb - ability power has been increased to 15 (10 → 15), but the ability objects and poison effects only last 2 turns (3 → 2) .
- Home Dig - healing is increased to 10% per turn (5% → 10%). It also mitigates more damage (50% → 75%) and it costs less to cast (50 → 40).
- Fairy Ring - can no longer affect (apply drowsy to) allies.
- Skaerrót
- Homing Carrot - ability power has been increased to 25 (20 → 25) and it now also lasts 4 turns (3 → 4).
- Terrain Shift - range has been reduced to 4 (global → 4), and the self exhaust effect has been removed.
- Bigghaer
- Spirit Shroud - cost have been decreased to 40 (50 → 40).
- Storm Surge - ability power has been increased to 45 (30 → 45).
- Klautjasar
- Stormy Puff - ability power has been increased to 55 (50 → 55).
- Star Struck - range has been increased to 4 (2 → 4) but ability power has been decreased to 35 (40 → 35).
- Slumber Dust - can no longer affect (apply asleep to) allies.
- Flindorr
- Poisonous Pollen - ability object duration has been reduced to 2 (3 → 2) but the ability power is increased to 10 (7 → 10).
- Graceful Gale - cost reduced to 35 (40 → 35), can no longer affect (apply exhaust to) allies.
Bug Fixes
- Higher numbered Stats now fit in the tooltip properly.
- Vera Stats are now accurate in all displays.
- Daily Quests can now be reached while in battle.
- Non-soulbound chests now correctly display that they’re not soulbound in the battle summary rewards.
- Clan Points are now displayed accurately in the boss battle summary.
That's all for today! While we've done our best to catch a lot of the bugs, it's possible that a few might have slipped through. We have faith in our Vikings to help us identify and report any issues they come across. Don't hesitate to communicate with us about any problems or bugs you encounter through our community's Discord: https://discord.gg/NJXccsQSfg
Until next patch!
The Valhalla Team
