- Arena of Kings 2 Announcement - 16 July 2022
v2.0.0.0 Patch Notes - Quick play MMR removed - Newly created characters are preload with Arena Season 1 gear. - Adali now sells Season 1 Arena Items for free. - Seasonal Arena items can now be destroyed at Adali. - All new items found have a level requirement of 1 - Ability Essence required to unlock spells reduced by 50%. - Chat restriction system improved. - Rare drop rate increased by 2x and 5x from player deaths. - Epic drop rate increased by 2x and 4x from player deaths. - Legendary drop rate increased by 7.5x and 15x from player deaths. - Automated server message mentions matchmaking can be found in our discord community - Updated lobby panels - Updated login panel - Underworld Armor can no longer be dispelled - Paladin Starter bar updated: Prudence, Divine Light, Glimmer, Purify, Valor, Seal of the Heavens, Immortality, Stream of Light Arena of Kings 2 announced! https://i.imgur…
- v1.5.0.0 Patch Notes - 30 January 2022
Big changes: - Solo queue has been removed. There are 2 queues: Quick Play and 3v3 Premade Team. - We're awarding Arena Points today to all characters due to a reset/overhaul of the rating system. - The new Rating system explained briefly: ratings will now start at 0 and each character will accumulate points quickly until the system has you at the determined MMR. You will not lose rating points until you've reached the system MMR. - Daily Quests reduced to 5 per day. - Weekly Quests reduced to 10 per week. Bugs: - Fixed the "stuck online" bug. - Disconnecting during a game now will auto relog you after the match ends. Permanently fixing the disconnects entirely is a bigger issue and will take time to resolve completely. Balance Changes: - Base Power on all classes has been reduced by 35. Champion - Decapitate bonus damage reduced from 275% to 250%. Lich - Depravity cooldown reduced from…
- v1.4.1.0 Hotfixes - 21 January 2022
Fixed several bugs causing instabilities.
- Solo Queue, Arena Points, Daily/Weekly Quests, and more! - 19 January 2022
v1.4.0.0 Major Changes Arena Points and Daily/Weekly Quests • Arena Points are a new currency that is used to unlock Season 1 Arena Gear and can be acquired through Daily and Weekly quests. • Each character has its own unique value for Arena Points. Purchased items with AP cannot be shared with other characters in any way. • For Daily Quests, each character can earn up to 75 Arena Points per day by playing in any game mode. • For Weekly Quests, each character earns Arena Points based on their highest rating (Solo or Team). If you are low level and cannot participate in ranked play, your Weekly quest will award Arena Points equal to a 1500 rating. (This exact value might be lowered in the future). https://i.imgur.com/PeRYo4R.png Season 1 Gear • Added Season 1 Arena Gear to the Vendor. All classes have their own Ancient Items with stat priorities that fits their respective playstyle. http…
- v1.3.1.0 Balance Changes - 10 January 2022
Assassin - Whirling Knives energy cost increased from 40 to 45. Lich - Abyssal Spike damage reduced by 8%. Cooldown increased from 15 to 16 seconds. - Miasma cooldown increased from 4 to 6 seconds. - Nether Bolt damage reduced by 8%. - Parasite duration reduced from 7 to 6 seconds. - Pestilence duration reduced from 7 to 6 seconds. - Torment duration reduced from 10 to 9 seconds. Nihilist - Chaos Wave damage reduced by 8%. - Mind Leech damage per tick reduced by 5%. - Lingering Demise damage reduced by 8%. - Orb of Absolution no longer ticks when placed if used while Dark Inoculation is active. - Spell Breaker absorb reduced by 30% if used while Dark Inoculation is active. - Gloom is now immune to dispel (it was automatically covering all dots that were cast). Fixed a bug that was causing Gloom to apply 10% healing reduction per stack instead of the intended 5%. Paladin - Prudence mana…
- v1.3.0.0 Patch Notes - 8 January 2022
v1.3.0.0 Changes: - Added Region support for EU-West. Players will have a choice on which region they would prefer to play. The system is smart enough to automatically attempt to place you on a lower ping server before assigning you to a less favorable region. Most players should have US-East and EU-West selected (assuming they are both playable for you) since your best region will be weighted more heavily automatically in the matchmaker. https://i.imgur.com/gWezh4Y.png - Ranked Season 1 has begun! Players will be able to team up to climb the ranked ladder on level **10+ Characters**! Your rating is tied to your character, not your account. Your ranking will be the foundation for Esports eligibility for most of the automated tournaments in Season 1. **Your first few ranked matches will swing your rating significantly while the system determines your proper rating.** https://i.imgur.com/…
- v1.1.2.0 Patch Notes - 31 December 2021
v1.1.2.0 Changes: - Stuck in pillars: we've added unstuck protection and reduced the chance to get stuck in pillars/rocks. - Added limited edition profile backgrounds to celebrate the new year! - Changed the global chat channels to General, LFG, and Help. - Channel messages do not display during a game anymore to reduce spam while playing. - Increased the drop rate of Legendary Items during games. - Internally we're preparing for EU servers soon. - We're monitoring the health of the Party Finder tool and will make adjustments to speed it up when Season 1 begins (soon). - Fixed several client crashes. - Fixed several bugs with targeting and attacking Nihilist Orbs. - Fixed a bug with Lich receiving Wisdom gear during games. https://i.imgur.com/mgEyaHb.jpg https://i.imgur.com/2gbybJB.jpg Balance Changes - Stage 4 Sudden Death damage per tick is now the same as Stage 3 but now also reduces…
- v1.1.0.0 Patch Notes - 29 December 2021
v1.1.0.0 Fixes: - Added Network improvements to better handle connectivity errors and abnormal disconnects. These common issues were keeping players “stuck” online at position 1 in the Login Queue. Your account will now be completely set Offline after 30 seconds, or when your current Game ends. - Improved Network stability between Clients and the Login Server. - There are now 3 connection retry attempts when assigned to a new Game. - Fixed a bug that was causing Items to be purchased from the Vendor when right clicking Inventory/Stash Items despite the Vendor window not being open. - Removed role restrictions for players that have been manually invited into premade groups. - You can no longer change roles while in the Party Finder (technical reason to reduce errors). - Fixed several client crashes. Balance Changes: - Added a 4th stage of Sudden Death: Increases all damage taken by 55% a…
- v1.0.9.0 Fixes - 28 December 2021
We're conducting emergency maintenance to fix several issues with the matchmaking system. v1.0.9.0 Fixes: - Fixed a longstanding bug that was causing the Party Finder to get "stuck". - Fixed an issue with the Party Finder that was causing roles to be assigned that a player had not selected. - Reduced the profanity filter sensitivity on new accounts. We will continue to monitoring the queue times and other ongoing issues.
- v1.0.8.0 Patch Notes - 28 December 2021
v1.0.8.0 Patch Notes: - Based on community feedback, we’ve added Role Selection for the Party Finder system. This will have no effect on premade groups of 3. However, Players looking to fill their Party must select one or both roles (Damage/Healer) before pressing Ready. The resulting Party will contain assigned roles of 1 Healer and 2 Damage based on the roles they selected. The assigned roles are visible on the Player frames next to the Character’s name (see image below). - Party Finder now matches players based on Character Level. The search ranges are Levels 1-9 and 10-20 respectively. We will adjust if necessary. - Item Quality rates have slightly increased for Vendor and Loot Bag Items. - /say Chat during a match is now functional. Hotkey Shift+Enter to quickly send a message to everyone in the game. - Added an extended profanity filter to Account names. - Added an extended profan…
- v1.0.7.0 Update - 26 December 2021
v1.0.7.0 Update: - Game Edition Upgrading is now available in the Store. - The in-game chat font has been changed to improve readability. - Fixed an issue that was causing the Arena of Kings client to remain minimized after being closed. - Login Queue performance improved. - Server responsiveness improved. https://i.imgur.com/plfK7Kc.png https://i.imgur.com/jy8e4KU.png Balance Changes We have a bigger balance patch coming - we wanted to address these two classes in this update Lich - Terrify cooldown increased from 7 to 9 seconds. Nihilist - Chaos Wave cooldown increased from 20 to 22 seconds. - Lingering Demise cooldown increased from 10 to 11 seconds.
- v1.0.6.0 Hotfixes - 26 December 2021
Hotfixes - Improved network code, aimed at reducing connection failures experienced by some players. - Based on community feedback, the in-game chat box (during a match) has been made less intrusive. - Based on community feedback, Items will no longer disappear from the Vendor after being purchased.
- Rollback Compensation - 24 December 2021
We've identified and fixed a critical rollback bug on the server. This will require an immediate server restart. We expect this downtime to only last a few minutes. We're providing compensation to all Accounts, and all Characters as a result of the rollbacks that have occurred lately. All Characters receive 1-9: +4 levels 10-13: +3 levels 14-16: +2 levels 17-18: +1 levels All Accounts receive - 500 Villain Coins - 10,000 Silver Happy Holidays! 🎄
- v1.0.6.0 Holiday Update - 24 December 2021
v1.0.6.0 Fixes: - “Stuck in game”: we've added protection for this common bug and have hopefully eliminated the vast majority of these cases. The implementation requires testing and we'll be monitoring this. - Rollbacks: we found the cause of common rollbacks and have implemented a fix. Our mission is to eliminate rollbacks entirely ASAP. We'll be monitoring this. - Fixed an issue with Spell Book locking. - 1006R: this can still happen, but the disconnect shouldn't be as bad. We're digging deeper on a permanent solution in an upcoming patch. Upcoming Patch Priorities: * Stability * Gameplay bug fixes (we know about the sticky pillars) * EU Servers (rough eta 1-2 weeks) * Preparing for Ranked Matchmaking (rough eta ~2 weeks) Holiday Cosmetics are now available in the Store for a limited time! Santa Scholar https://i.imgur.com/pyRVwtt.gif Silent Night https://i.imgur.com/MfVxpKS.png
- v1.0.5.0 Patch Notes - 23 December 2021
v1.0.5.0 Fixes: - 1006R Disconnect: Added networking improvements to reduce this common error. We’re continuing to monitor this. - “Stuck in game”: Added protection against this common issue that has required Mods to manually fix user accounts. We're continuing to monitor this. - Tutorial no longer displays EXP gains (this was just a visual bug and didn’t actually grant any EXP – so if you lost EXP that is why). - Items looted in-game with a full inventory are now automatically delivered to your Stash (requires having a Stash Tab). - Fixed a rare issue where characters were being deleted with the wrong entity. - Adjusted Auto Mod’s autoban system to temp ban for 5 minutes. - Several client stability improvements thanks to your #crashlogs. Balance Changes Assassin - Bandage cooldown reduced from 10 to 8 seconds. - Dash cooldown reduced from 16 to 14 seconds. - Disappearing Act cooldown r…
- v1.0.4.0 Hotfix - 22 December 2021
We are deploying an emergency client fix to address a critical crash. To prevent any server downtime we're deploying it as a hotfix of v1.0.4.0 (your version number will be unchanged). v1.0.4.0 Hotfixes: - Character change tabs have been temporarily disabled as they are the source of a critical crash. - More internal client crash protection.
- v1.0.4.0 Fixes - 22 December 2021
v1.0.4.0 Fixes: - Fixed several client crashes. Stability should be better. - Rollbacks are now at most 2 minutes. We're still working on a permanent fix, but they should be much less common. - Shock Nova cooldown increased to 4 seconds. This is a temporary solution - a bigger balance patch is in progress. We're still working on the "stuck online" issue - we've identified the cause and are working on a fix.
- v1.0.3.0 Fixes - 21 December 2021
v1.0.3.0 Fixes - Fixed (more) issues with EXP displaying inaccurate values. - We’ve implemented a fix for critical crashes for users with the Turkish Windows Display Language. This fix extends to other languages with accents that were not recognized by our game engine. If your game fails to open still, you may have an illegal ASCII character on your file path (commonly on the drive name). - We’ve implemented more protections to prevent accounts from being “stuck” online. We aren’t totally sure if it is fixed without seeing it in action. This is an ongoing issue that is being monitored at a critical priority. - Fixed several client crashes, thanks to your reported #crashlogs. - Store button not working: you can’t be invisible on Steam - go online. We’ve added feedback text in-game when clicking store buttons to spread awareness. - Expanded the profanity filter for character names. - We i…
- v1.0.2.0 Fixes - 20 December 2021
Fixes: You now always gain 100 EXP for playing a game. A feedback message is now displayed in the chat. /dnd to disable pms. Friends list was showing several blinking requests from yourself. We’ve repaired the links to the original inviter and fixed the underlying issue that was causing this. Slightly tightened the matchmaking queue - your opponents will have have closer Estimated MMRs to your Party’s now. After playing a game the Play Panel will now automatically open by default to the Quick Play screen when going back into the Lobby. A queue timer has been added while searching for a game. We’re continuing to monitor issues where players are “stuck” in queue and are attempting several fixes for this. If you’ve been stuck in queue for a long time we’ve added a temporary feedback message to spread awareness of this ongoing issue. Implemented two fixes for a low FPS spike when hovering o…
- v1.0.1.0 Game Update - 18 December 2021
v1.0.1.0 Fixes - A volume slider has been added to the options. - Default volume is now 75%. - Implemented a fix for queues not popping. They should be instant. We're monitoring this fix. If your - queue takes more than a minute, requeue. - Channel max user limit increased from 1000 to 2000. - Fixed several reported crashes. Previous Hotfixes - A fix has been implemented for the Spell Bar changes not working. We'll be monitoring it. - Default volume has been reduced to 75%. - We've added some quick volume options. Type in chat: /sound low /sound mid /sound high. - The `/invite name` command is now working. - Fixed a visual display error with Stash Tabs. - Offensive/racist text filter applied to channel messages. - Offensive/racist text filter applied to character names.
