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Heroes of Shadow Guard Changelog

What's new in Heroes of Shadow Guard 1.8.32

Apr 7, 2017
  • Daily Quests:
  • New Daily Quests provide an efficient route to success in Shadow Guard and, of course, more XP, Gold, and Nori!
  • Shatter Vases:
  • Were you slightly disappointed when you clicked a vase in raid and nothing happened? Well your slight disappointment is our severe emergency; Vases in Raids are now breakable! (and in rare cases mildly lucrative)
  • With Easter right around the corner, a long-armed egg may be tied to this and the tutorial heroes. We don't know.
  • Bug Fixes / Improvements:
  • Thanks to a more efficient asset loading method, Scene loads are now 4X Faster!
  • UI Load Times improved
  • Other misc performance improvements.
  • Known Bugs:
  • Faction Labyrinth Editor is down but should be patched shortly.

New in Heroes of Shadow Guard 10.02.2017 Update (Feb 13, 2017)

  • The Lost Beastmaster:
  • Take on the nefarious Overmind and rescue the powerful Beastmaster Rin in the third campaign saga of Heroes of Shadow Guard!
  • 20 new and challenging quests filled with the largest labyrinths and most powerful guards yet!
  • Other New Features:
  • Tutorial adjustments: Aiden now wakes up in the Village Inn and heroes start off with main items already equipped.
  • Bug Fixes / Improvements
  • Frame-rate improvements in Raid
  • General UI Optimizations
  • Territory camera zooms more smoothly
  • Guard health bars always update correctly

New in Heroes of Shadow Guard 1.8.18 (Nov 30, 2016)

  • Bug Fixes / Optimizations:
  • Break out the spray paint. Raid wall painting is up and running again!
  • Wall bombing working as intended in faction and standard raids. (Faction Labyrinth walls are stronger / require more bombs)
  • Raid battles are more stable in general.
  • Fixed faction raid intro animations.
  • Other minor bug fixes.
  • Known Bugs:
  • Client-Server sync issues with gem equipping in certain scenarios.
  • If a faction member has already received a guard from another member, the 'Donate Guard' button may fail to remove from other faction member chat panels.

New in Heroes of Shadow Guard 1.8.16 (Nov 24, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • More emphasis on Strategy in Faction and Custom Raids. Faction Raid and Custom Raid guards will never be more than 4 levels higher or 4 levels lower than the attacking player's heroes.
  • More details in Raid history. View hero health and mana changes throughout the raid.
  • Bug Fixes / Optimizations:
  • Elite Guards now display proper stats in guard UIs and raid. Elite Guard level rings are also now visible in Raids.
  • More details on 'All guards of this type' owned on Guard Altar UI
  • Verbiage is more clear on Chest Item behavior in Multiplayer vs Campaign Raids.
  • Standard walk speed in Village is faster.
  • Add skill break text to hero skills to make icon more obvious.
  • Adjust guard request text to not clip with donate button in chat.
  • Aesthetic and functional UI polish throughout.
  • Many other minor misc bug fixes.
  • Known Bugs:
  • Sometimes the door going from floor 1 to floor 2 in faction raids does not open and you walk straight through it. (will be fixed next patch)

New in Heroes of Shadow Guard 1.8.3 (Nov 4, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • Faction Raids! Work with your team members to design an epic Faction Labyrinth and wage war on opposing Factions.
  • Item Chests! Raiders no longer have only one chest to find. Players must now find a good hiding spot for their Item Chest as well as their loot Chest, and single player campaigns have several Item Chests hidden throughout.
  • Elite Guards! Max level guards can now be made super powerful with Legendary Essence.
  • Skill Breaking! Now you can build the ultimate Mage, Paladin, Priest, or Rogue by customizing skills for each of your heroes.
  • Labyrinth and Worker Den Icons have been redesigned to more closely fit the HoSG visual style.
  • Builders are now visible if you or a faction member are upgrading a Labyrinth or Den.
  • Level up! Experience potions can be found in item chests or purchased from the Village Apothecary.
  • No longer go in blind. Raid opponents' highest guard level is now shown on the Find Raid UI.
  • General UI and game polish throughout.
  • Bug Fixes / Optimizations:
  • Guard models in manage guards interface should now load properly when the interface is first loaded.
  • Players with large inventory bags or many heroes with many gems should experience less lag with loading these 100+ object UIs.
  • Cautious Optimism:
  • We are thrilled to bring you all these major updates, but are also fully aware of the bugs that may accompany them. We have done a fair amount of testing in-house, but we can never fully simulate what hundreds of real players will encounter. Please be patient and use the Bug Reporter in the settings menu to let us know of any problems you may encounter.

New in Heroes of Shadow Guard 1.6.14 (Sep 7, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • Equipped gear item levels shown with heroes in all related UIs.
  • You can now trade guard essence for legendary guard essence.
  • Added a 'Max' button to all currencies in the Trade UI.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where a player's labyrinth design was being shown in place of a raid history design when viewing a replay.
  • Improvements to item familiarity when showing 'better' gear (plus signs)
  • Fixed a bug where multi-target items were breaking instant battles.
  • Fixed some Tutorial bugs caused by edge-case clicks.
  • Legendary Essence amount now waits till guard disintegrate animation is complete to update currency total.

New in Heroes of Shadow Guard 1.6.10 (Aug 31, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • View Gear item level and eligible classes on manage inventory UI.
  • New players are offered to join a recruiting faction after Quest 1 is complete.
  • Quick Heal now properly includes and prioritizes hero skills.
  • Material Source UI is more polished and won't display pre-attack UI for Quests not yet reached.
  • Various UI polish
  • Faction Chat improvements
  • Balance:
  • You can't freeze time forever
  • Syren's Maritime now has proper 'ulti' mana costs (30 + 1 / level)
  • HoSG and Chill:
  • Max Time to Raid a Labyrinth has been doubled.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Improvements to raid path parsing in raid history (old paths were removed as a result).
  • Fixed a game breaking bug in new player tutorial.
  • Level up UI works properly in and out of raid (blinking).
  • Fixed bug where quick trade would sometimes loop.
  • Fixes to client thinking achievements had been unlocked right before they actually had been unlocked

New in Heroes of Shadow Guard 1.6.3 (Aug 22, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • Optimized multiplayer Raid search to return more players in your pendant range and minimize repeats on back to back searches.
  • Hero items are synced across all devices.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Many client / server sync issues have been fixed including gold, stone, and item syncing.
  • Faction chat is more stable.
  • Many other minor bug fixes.

New in Heroes of Shadow Guard 1.5.10 (Aug 11, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • Read news items will no longer persist in player inboxes unless they are 'Sticky'
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Mouse Wheel zoom should respond more consistently in Territory View.
  • Fixed some game freezing UI issues.
  • No longer incorrectly show heroes as unlocked on lost unlock Quest.

New in Heroes of Shadow Guard 05.08.2016 Patch (Aug 8, 2016)

  • Improved overall game stability.
  • High Res Hero Portraits
  • High Res Faction Emblems
  • High Res Worker Images and more.
  • Accurate mana costs on battle tool tips.
  • Other minor bug fixes.