[2022] Performance overall and thoughts on the game

Welcome Back DonkeySOPH!

Optimization is an ongoing task we continue to try to make improvements to with every patch, and have really picked up the pace on to try to get things running smoother. We’ve implemented several tools to help us identify the specific causes for performance issues (often they’re the least suspected items) and this certainly has a big target on its back for us. The FPS loss that you’re experiencing is likely due to the large number of damage calculations being run for all of your minions, the targets, and any sort of ailments or other stacking effects being applied - CPU calculations rather than GPU rendering. Of course, this is again something which we are most certainly working on improving.

We are also looking to improve the campaign throughout, including more voice acting and cutscenes. Our latest addition - Chapter 9 represents some of our latest improvements to campaign feel and interaction with more personable characters, environmental layouts, and voice acting. If you haven’t gotten a chance to play through Chapter 9 - Sands of Majasa yet, I might recommend giving that chapter a visit to see the level of voice acting that will be coming to earlier chapters.