Weekly Update #1 - 4.3+ Preview

Every day, the Developers and Coders of Herocraft are working away, diligently, to bring you the quickest and best-quality bug fixes, upgrades, class balancing's, and new features.

These guys pay serious attention to your suggestion threads and always keep an eye out for bug reports on the forums.


These are just a few highlights on the latest changes and add-ins:

• NEW Euro IP! 
  - Should reduce lag
  - Check out the Dev Note Thread for more info
• NEW PVP Arena is now up for LIVE TESTING!
  - Use "/Skirmish Join" to join
  - Use "/ch AO" to see who's playing
  - Currently works with Hero Parties
  - Bounty Command Removed
• NEW +4 Person PVP/FFA Arena
  - Use "/bg Join" to
  - Bounty Command Removed
• NEW Skills
  - Ultravision (night vision) - For Miners, Scribes, and Beguilers
  - SmeltGold (20%+ chance to gain a gold nugget on smelt) - For Miners and Bankers
  - SmeltIron (10-20% chance to gain an extra ingot) - For Miners and Smiths
  - Withering (places "Wither" effect, slightly slows movement) - For Pyromancers
  - BatFury (Summons 5-10 bats around player, causing "Bat Stress")
  - Bloodlust (reduces current health by 50% but greatly increases power) - For Samurais
• Skill Changes
  - Void Damage now does Leathal Damage
  - WitherEffect removed from BoilBlood
  - Firewave cooldown increased to 20 seconds
  - Runeword duration increased to 20 seconds
  - Voidsong Mana cost increased to 30
  - TransmuteOre - Iron_Ingot added for transmutes (costs 20 ingots)
  - Bloodlust renamed Seppuku (no damage changes)
• Class Changes
  - Miner Skill-list Changes
  - Wizard, Dreadknight, and Disciple Changes
  - Pyromancer Axe Damage slightly Reduced
  - Samurai skills - Gradually being renamed 

To see all currently live and worked-on patches, check out the 4.3+ Dev Notes Thread.