AETHER 0.48.30 Patch Notes

Game Updates
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AETHER 0.48.30 Patch Notes

Hello Adventurers!

In this update, we’ve focused on enhancing your gameplay experience with significant UI improvements across the Deck Builder and Ranked, Casual, and Practice mode windows. Now, navigating your collection is much easier and you now can explore every card in the game without leaving Deck Builder.

We’re excited to introduce a long-awaited feature in the Deck Builder: the ability to import and export decks! Easily share your favorite deck compositions with fellow players or try out new strategies from the community.

We’ve also addressed a variety of bugs, especially in card interactions, to ensure smoother gameplay. Additionally, we’ve revamped aura mechanics to prevent stacking, enhancing game balance and strategy.

To improve your experience, we’ve added the option to set an FPS cap, improving stability and overall game performance.

Finally, we’ve implemented various balance changes, including a significant change to The Progenitor. Stay tuned to see how these adjustments shape the meta!

Best,

Aether Team

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug where attempting to play a card that couldn’t be played resulted in an empty space on the board from the creature.
  • Flame Kissed should no longer be able to target creatures with Twilight Cloak.
  • Fixed a bug with incorrect display of MMR changes upon defeat and when at 0.
  • Fixed a bug where Dash could die before its ability caused the opponent to discard a card when interacting with Reflect.
  • Fixed a game freeze issue when dealing the final blow in rare cases.
  • Fixed a bug with the VFX effect of The One Above All on the opponent when playing as The Progenitor.
  • Fixed a visual issue with card draw for The Progenitor adventurer.
  • Fixed an error with Aether reduction when using the ability related to elementals for The Progenitor.
  • Shackles now correctly work when drawing a card for The Progenitor adventurer.
  • Fixed an error with incorrect Aether count when sacrificing a card that received cost reduction from The Progenitor’s ability.
  • Fixed synchronization errors with the timer in case the player’s system time is set incorrectly.
  • Fixed an error with the absence of the Confirm button when reconnecting during mulligan.
  • Fixed incorrect display of the number of cards in players’ graveyards.
  • Bloodlust tooltip is now displayed correctly on cards if obtained from any source.
  • Mimic cards now correctly copy creatures with Shock, Solace, Fortitude effects.
  • Fixed a bug where Slumber from Roaming Mountain could last longer than one turn in some cases.
  • Fixed various UX issues in Deck Builder
  • Fixed an issue with Bow of Punishment not granting a card upon creature kill.
  • Fixed an issue with truncated texts in tooltips in the tutorial.
  • Fixed an issue with Alpha Instinct causing connectivity issues in some cases.
  • Fixed an issue with Dragonslayer executing more than one creature.
  • Fixed an issue where a Wanderer whose Twilight Cloak effect was stolen still received Inquisitor’s Dome when attacking.
  • Fixed an issue with Pressure Point not properly removing Guardian
  • Fixed an issue with Crown of Fallen Hope not losing charge if Summon is blocked by the Sanctum ability
  • Fixed animation bug for Divine Intervention
  • Card descriptions and other texts in all languages have been revised and improved.

Features & Gameplay

  • Abilities of Aureon and Tergy’s companions now permanently kill all creatures, even if they have Reincarnate.
  • Now time is added to the timer for the player’s actions for the compensation of animation length.
  • Auras and effects of the same type obtained from different sources no longer stack.
  • Auras now begin affecting creatures that lose the Twilight Cloak effect immediately upon its loss.
  • Tormentor’s Flame now consumes a charge and triggers before Vortex Helmet.
  • When a player draws 2 cards with Echo in a row, the second one is sent to their hand instead of being played.
  • Lord of Torment aura now recalculates immediately upon creature destruction on the board by spells.
  • Reflect will no longer target creatures that are already dead.
  • AoE effects now occur simultaneously

Quality of Life

  • We are updating the rewards in the referral system, fine-tuning them, and adding new packs to the rewards. All players who previously earned and unclaimed rewards will receive them upon the update.
  • Reduced hitbox size for card sacrifice area to prevent accidental usage.
  • Reworked AFK penalty and notification when a player receives punishment for attempting to enter the queue.
  • Added a disconnection message for players in the queue.
  • Added default FPS cap to the game, as well as settings to change it.
  • Accelerated numerous animations.
  • Mass spells are now prohibited from being used on an opponent’s empty board.
  • Buffs of the same type in tooltips are no longer displayed multiple times.
  • Target selection arrow spells now trigger with a single click instead of two.
  • Reworked report submission system: fixed a bug with display of report types when selecting from dropdown menu, prohibited submission of empty reports.
  • Added full card description to tooltip upon zooming in.
  • Improved card tooltips layout
  • The Maintenance mode has been enhanced; players in battle now have 10 minutes to finish the match during scheduled maintenance.

User Interface

  • Updated Ranked, Casual, Practice UI.
  • Updated Deck Builder UI.

Deckbuilder rework and Deck Codes feature

  • Introducing an advanced Deck Code system! Players can now generate unique codes for their decks, enabling easy sharing with others. Additionally, players can import decks shared by fellow players, fostering a vibrant community exchange of strategies and deck compositions.
  • The Deck Builder interface now displays the entire spectrum of cards available in the game, offering players a comprehensive view of all potential options, regardless of ownership status.
  • Added filter for showing only owned/not owned/shadow/NFT cards.
  • Cards no longer possessed by players are preserved within their decks but are visibly marked as unavailable. This ensures that players maintain a clear overview of their deck’s composition, even if certain cards are temporarily inaccessible.
  • Cards in decks are now interchangeable. If the card is missing for any reason and the player got another instance of the same card, it will automatically replace the missing card.
  • Added timer showing time left for shadow cards
  • Added a card counter to provide information about the number of cards player possess.
  • Decks are now marked if they contain any unavailable cards. There will be a hint on the deck, explaining what’s wrong with the deck and how to fix that.

Adventurer Changes

André Bonaventure

  • Tempest Surge

  • OLD: Start of your turn: apply Shock to a random opponent creature.

  • NEW: Start of your turn: apply Shock to a random opponent creature. Can’t trigger 2 rounds in a row.

  • Aether Lockdown

  • OLD: Once per match, when both players reach their maximum Aether of 5 or more, Aether gain and abilities are disabled for 3 rounds. Additionally, Andre applies Shock to all opponent creatures.

  • NEW: Once per match, when both players reach their maximum Aether of 5 or more, Aether gain and abilities are disabled for 3 rounds. André gets out of this effect first. Additionally, André applies Shock to all opponent creatures.

Adair

  • Call of the Wild
  • OLD: End of your turn: return two creatures with the lowest health to your hand in its default state, reducing its cost by 2. These creatures lose the next Debut effect, if they had one. Never return Guardians or Twilight Cloak.
  • NEW: End of your turn: return two creatures with the lowest health to your hand in its default state, reducing its cost by 2. Debut can be used twice per creature. Never return creatures with Guardian or Twilight Cloak.

The Progenitor

  • HP decreased from 35 to 32

  • The One Above All

  • OLD: Whenever your opponent plays 2 cards in one turn, end his turn immediately and Draw 1 card. Can’t trigger 2 rounds in a row. Can’t trigger more than 4 times per match.

  • NEW: Whenever your opponent play 2 cards in one turn, end his turn immediately. Can’t trigger 2 rounds in a row. Can’t trigger more than 3 times per match.

  • Elemental Mastery

  • OLD: First Elemental played on your turn cost 1 aether less

  • NEW: First Elemental played on your turn cost 1 aether less. Can’t trigger 2 rounds in a row.

Card Changes

Anarch

  • Attack reduced from 2 to 0
  • HP increased from 4 to 8
  • Aether cost decreased from 6 to 5

Archon

  • HP decreased from 5 to 4

Obliterator

  • Attack decreased from 7 to 4
  • Aether cost decreased from 8 to 7

Frostwhisper

  • Aether cost decreased from 5 to 4

Divine Glare

  • Aether cost decreased from 4 to 3
  • OLD: Apply Panic to All opponent’s creatures for 1 round
  • NEW: Echo. Apply Panic to All opponent’s creatures for 1 round

Divine Intervention

  • Aether cost decreased from 8 to 7

Everfrost

  • Attack increased from 2 to 3
  • HP decreased from 6 to 5

Blink

  • Aether cost decreased from 6 to 4

Aegis of Preservation

  • Aether cost increased from 3 to 4

Bow of Punishment

  • Aether cost decreased from 5 to 4

Death’s Dealing

  • Aether cost decreased from 4 to 3

Holy Bulwark

  • Aether cost increased from 3 to 4
  • OLD: Shield. End of your turn your random creature get Spellbreak.
  • NEW: Shield. End of your turn: your Adventurer get Spellbreak.

Lullaby

  • Attack decreased from 4 to 1
  • Durability increased from 1 to 2

Spirit Caller

  • HP decreased from 5 to 3

Glacial Shield

  • Aether cost increased from 1 to 3

Touch of Lightning

  • Aether cost decreased from 5 to 4

Winterfang

  • Aether cost decreased from 7 to 6

Roaming Mountain

  • OLD: Guardian. Fortitude. Feel No Pain. End of your turn: Apply Slumber for 1 round to All creatures except for Fire, Earth creatures and himself.
  • NEW: Guardian. Fortitude. Feel No Pain. End of your turn: Apply Slumber for 1 round to All creatures except for Fire, Earth creatures and himself. The Roaming Mountain can apply Slumber only 2 times per match. If it was returned to hand this limitation will reset.

The Judge

  • OLD: Guardian. Reincarnation. Debut: Select a creature and swap your Adventurer’s Health with it. Adventurer must have 5 health or less to be able to swap.
  • NEW: Guardian. Reincarnation. Debut: Select a creature and swap your Adventurer’s Health with it. Adventurer must have 7 health or less to be able to swap.

Radiance of Heaven

  • OLD: Echo. Dispel all Aura on board.
  • NEW: Dispel all Aura on board.

Soulless Visage

  • OLD: Inquisitor’s Dome. Whenever any of your creatures attack, get +1/0
  • NEW: Echo. Inquisitor’s Dome. Whenever any of your creatures attack, get +1/0

Nemesis

  • OLD: Rampage. Requiem: Execute All creatures with 1 health
  • NEW: Echo. Rampage. Requiem: Execute All creatures with 1 health

Tidebreaker

  • OLD: Twilight Cloak. Requiem: Apply Silence to a random opponent creature.
  • NEW: Echo. Twilight Cloak. Requiem: Apply Silence to a random opponent creature.

Fairy of Oblivion

  • OLD: Start of your turn: Reanimate your random Common or Uncommon creature and reduce its cost to 0.
  • NEW: Echo. Start of your turn: Reanimate your random Common or Uncommon creature and reduce its cost to 0.

Lash of the Sea

  • OLD: Weapon. Give your Adventurer Discipline.
  • NEW: Weapon. Reveal. Give your Adventurer Discipline.

Emerald Dragon

  • OLD: Rampage. While Emerald Dragon is on board, whenever any creature dies heal all your Dragons, Fairies and Elementals by 4.
  • NEW: Echo. Rampage. While Emerald Dragon is on board, whenever any creature dies heal all your Dragons, Fairies and Elementals by 4.

The Reaper

  • OLD: Supremacy. Reveal. Debut: Applies Shackles on your opponent for 1 round. If your opponent ends their turn with no Aether while the Reaper is on the board, destroy their Sacrifice Crystal.
  • NEW: Supremacy. Reveal. Debut: Applies Shackles on your opponent for 1 round. If your opponent ends their turn with at least 1 Aether while the Reaper is on the board, destroy their Sacrifice Crystal.

Death Maiden

  • OLD: End of your turn: Give your random creature Solace for the end of the opponent’s turn.
  • NEW: Echo. End of your turn: Give your random creature Solace for the end of the opponent’s turn.

Punisher

  • OLD: End of your turn: Deal 2 damage to all opponent’s creatures
  • NEW: Echo. End of your turn: Deal 2 damage to all opponent’s creatures

Executioner

  • OLD: Whirlwind.
  • NEW: Echo. Whirlwind.

Night Terror

  • OLD: End of your turn: If Night Terror is the only Demon on Board, Draw 2 Cards.
  • NEW: End of your turn: Discard 1 card from the opponent’s hand.

Lady Agony

  • OLD: Equilibrium. Debut: Execute all creatures with health equal to or less than 4.
  • NEW: Reveal. Equilibrium. Debut: Execute all creatures with health equal to or less than 4.

Valkyrie Shield

  • OLD: Shield. End of your turn: all your creatures get +1/1.
  • NEW: Shield. If you have 2 or fewer cards at the beginning of your turn, draw 2 cards

Shield of Trinity

  • OLD: Shield. End of your turn: Give all your creatures +0/2.
  • NEW: Shield. End of your turn: Create 2 random cards up to Rare in your hand.

Tormented Soul

  • OLD: Guardian. Inquisitor’s Dome. Requiem: If dies by a Demon’s hand, all opponent’s Demons receive -2/-2.
  • NEW: Guardian. Inquisitor’s Dome. Requiem: Apply Misfortune to all opponent creatures.

Apocalypse

  • OLD: Weapon. Give your Adventurer Supremacy.
  • NEW: Weapon. Give your Adventurer Supremacy. Apply Misfortune with each attack.

Sin Eater

  • Equilibrium. Debut: Banish random Epic or Legendary card in the opponent’s draw pile. Killing Sin Eater will return a Banished card to the killer’s hand in the same turn.
  • Legendaries are now a priority for this ability

Dread Stalker

  • OLD: Twilight Cloak. After your opponent has used a relic or a spell in this round, summon 1 Imp with Twilight Cloak.
  • NEW: Echo. Twilight Cloak. After your opponent has used a relic or a spell in this round, summon 1 Imp with Twilight Cloak.

Gleeful Spirit

  • HP decreased from 3 to 1

Archfiend of Greed

  • Aether cost decreased from 6 to 5