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Hey Breakers!
Hope everyone’s had a good week so far and that you’ve managed to read (and leave feedback on!) the Spellbreak Roadmap post. Just wanted to drop y’all a couple of quick notes as we roll into the weekend:
Shadowstep Rune is coming soon!
The Shadowstep Rune is going to be available in game, starting on Monday, September 21 at 10AM EDT, if everything goes according to plan. Shadowstep lets you dash a short distance and become briefly invisible. You can think of it as a weaker version of Dash and a weaker version of Invisibility but rolled into one that makes it MUCH stronger than its individual parts. Shadowstep is a very good rune and will change how people play, both with and against it.
This is the first intentional meta shift of release and something we’ll be doing somewhat frequently, hopefully around once a month or so. We don’t want the game to get stagnant or for the meta to be “solved” and will be changing up the balance, both directly through buffing and nerfing various parts of the game (skills, spells, talents, etc) as well as indirectly by introducing new content that can form the basis of entirely new playstyles, enhance or counter existing ones, or removing by things that have either fallen out of favor or become too dominant. Sometimes these will be big swings but others will be more subtle. Sometimes this will be needed to balance a certain aspect of the game while other times, we’ll be doing it just to mix things up.
So let us know your feedback on Reddit or Discord once Shadowstep is live. We’ll be keeping an eye on things and are excited to see the clips y’all make with it. (It’s a very clippable rune!)
Patch 1 announcement next week
We’re putting the final touches and fixes into Patch 1, which I’m sure you’re all as eager for as we are. We’ll have some more info for you early next week on just when to expect it as we get through certification with our various partners. Stay tuned!
AMA Tonight
There’s an AMA today in /r/games from 5PM to 7PM EDT. Come by and ask a wide variety of team members whatever you want! We’ll have representatives from almost every department available to answer your questions.
Thanks and we’ll see you tonight!
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