Looks great! I'm very excited :)
However, my immediate reaction is that in a zone based game like this any AOE's have essentially gotten a massive shadow buff. In playtesting have you guys noticed any issues with sorceries being to spammable/powerful in this mode? Easy fix would just to increase sorcery cooldowns in this mode, not saying its necessary but my first thought is wow, dragonfire/lightning sorcery meta incoming.
The mode definitely changes the impact of sorceries, in our opinion for the better (obviously). What I'll say is that standing still inside the capture radius for extended periods of time is not recommended heh.
So Boon Gem, is there a limit? Ideally you charge it 90%, get exiled to restore max health/armor and get a boon, then complete your gem for another boon, plus two more in addition to further exiles at the cost of 3-9 points per?
In the same vein, if you self exile on the border zone (or fracture or friendly fire), do you get a boon roll for no point cost? Is the same 15 second "out" applicable presumably? Or does self exile (border/fracture) result in a point for the other team? If so, are those points multiplied by the number of areas the other team controls or fixed at one?
So Boon Gem, is there a limit? Ideally you charge it 90%, get exiled to restore max health/armor and get a boon, then complete your gem for another boon, plus two more in addition to further exiles at the cost of 3-9 points per?
If you get a "free boon" (due to having less than one charge on exile), you'll always respawn with 0% charge.
In the same vein, if you self exile on the border zone (or fracture or friendly fire), do you get a boon roll for no point cost? Is the same 15 second "out" applicable presumably? Or does self exile (border/fracture) result in a point for the other team? If so, are those points multiplied by the number of areas the other team controls or fixed at one?
You do not get a free boon if you die to self/team/storm/vowguard. Only if another player exiles you. (You still have to wait for respawn regardless.)
The other team gets a point whenever you die, multiplied by t...
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Domioninot being with leagues how are you addressing stacking in high league games?
With Spellslinger, if you pick up a gauntlet or rune that isn't in your inventory, it will be added to your hotbar.
To begin capturing a Neutral zone, simply enter and remain within its radius.
A zone becomes Contested whenever players from both teams are nearby.
Do you mind giving some clarification on this - do you have to actually be on the ground or can you "cheese" this with Featherfall?
There is a (fairly short) maximum height above the zone. Approximately levitation height.
Will the current class mastery system continue into Season 2 or should I be grinding out the class emotes I want over the next 23 hours?
It will continue into season 2.
What weapons will the Vowguard use? Because they are against using magic.
Vowguard are against others using magic. They're jerks like that.
They fire arcane magic shots (i.e. the default attack aka "the noodle").
Is Dominion only a leagues mode? or will there a more casual friendly version as well?
amazing work btw. this truly is amazing and quite a bit of depth to it! Very excited to grind Dominion Leagues :)
You will also be able to play Dominion in unranked mode. And thanks, hope you like it! :)
A zone becomes Contested whenever players from both teams are nearby. This freezes the zone’s progress, preventing it from being (further) captured.
So if 3 teammates are capturing and 1 enemy runs in, it stops the capture?
To Recall, hold the Use key (default F on PC) for 8 seconds
This feels long, but maybe that's a good thing
So if 3 teammates are capturing and 1 enemy runs in, it stops the capture?
Correct, the capture will be paused. The enemy also doesn't have to be inside the arena, just nearby (within a couple meters or so).
Will it be ranked? Or ranked is an option?
You will be able to play Dominion either in ranked Leagues or in unranked.
What if a player leaves the match? Does that team have to 4v5? Or does that team get an AI or some other buff to replace the difference? If clash is any indication, I can see a lot of lopsided games in player count.
Teams with lower player count will get an decrease to their respawn timer. Obviously sub-ideal to have players leave mid-match, but ranked matches will have further penalties for leaving early (more details soon).
This sounds great! It's not the competitive round-based economy mode my heart yearns for, but I'm excited!
I have one major concern, though: is it possible for competitive tournaments to be broadcast on their stream? Example: Element wants to host a Dominion tournament. They want to have an official, commentated stream covering the action. To do that, they need a spectator. Is there any spectator options for Dominion? Because if not, that's a bummer for the competitive scene. I don't think it's an insurmountable issue, but it will invariably decrease the production quality of tournament streams.
No spectator mode for 3.0 launch, unfortunately. Definitely something we'll consider adding down the road though!
Also, big question, will you guys start ads again? I'm here because I remembered the beta ad and never saw a spell break ad since, are you going to try it again
Dominion should take care of spell breaks problem of keeping people around, but that doesn't mean getting people here isn't another
There's always the chance that you didn't see more ads since you saw/clicked on other ads (there's a lot that goes into making ads efficient so you don't waste money by showing them to people who you already assume have converted). We did our biggest ad campaigns at/after launch, so if you haven't seen any since beta, you're likely just filtered out of the pool that sees them.
This looks so sick, can't wait to get into it! My only concern is that Halcyon is one of the maps. The Switch's framerate tanks whenever you get near there so hopefully that's a little more optimized.
We unload the rest of the world when in Dominion (as it is hidden behind the red storm). Along with other Chapter 2 performance improvements, you should definitely see a difference.
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