News Thread
New Hidden Achievements!
We've added a few more hidden achievements! Although these achievements are mostly aimed at new players, everyone will now be able to collect them!
Draft Improvements!
We've just launched some improvements to draft mode! We also wrote a complete guide to the draft system explaining the general mechanics and improvements. Check it out here: http://www.cardsandcastles.com/forum/vi ... f=7&t=2506
Post-Patch Hotfixes
We've just deployed a few hotfixes following up our Tournament of Champions release. Overall only 4 cards were changed; two of them bug fixes, and two for balance purposes. If you'd like to know what changed, please check our post here: http://www.cardsandcastles.com/forum/vi ... f=3&t=2532
Balance Micro-Patch
In order to address ongoing balance concerns, we will be applying a patch later today with the following changes to 3 cards:
GREATER CORROSIVE POISON: No longer has "draw a card", and now costs 4 gold.
CORROSIVE POISON: Cost increased to 3 gold.
STORM STRIKE: Lightning damage reduced to 2, and cost reduced to 1 gold.
After the patch, all 3 of these cards can be disenchanted for their full shard price (effectively allowing players to trade these cards 1 for 1 for another card of the same quality, should they decide they no longer want the cards). That is all!
GREATER CORROSIVE POISON: No longer has "draw a card", and now costs 4 gold.
CORROSIVE POISON: Cost increased to 3 gold.
STORM STRIKE: Lightning damage reduced to 2, and cost reduced to 1 gold.
After the patch, all 3 of these cards can be disenchanted for their full shard price (effectively allowing players to trade these cards 1 for 1 for another card of the same quality, should they decide they no longer want the cards). That is all!
Upcoming Features!
We're excited to announce a number of awesome improvements to the game coming within the next few months! Here's some of the notable improvements we'll be making:
- NEW FOIL EFFECTS! Most foil cards will now have UNIQUE IN-GAME EFFECTS relative to the base version of the card. E.g. fire spells will have a "foiled" fire effect, units will have special glows and auras, and so on.
- New spell graphics! Most of the spell effects will have been visually redone at a much higher quality!
- New music! All the music will have been redone, AND there will be 3 different gameplay tracks for greater musical variety!
- Greatly improved network stability and visual performance!
Expect to hear more about this update as well as a release date soon!
- NEW FOIL EFFECTS! Most foil cards will now have UNIQUE IN-GAME EFFECTS relative to the base version of the card. E.g. fire spells will have a "foiled" fire effect, units will have special glows and auras, and so on.
- New spell graphics! Most of the spell effects will have been visually redone at a much higher quality!
- New music! All the music will have been redone, AND there will be 3 different gameplay tracks for greater musical variety!
- Greatly improved network stability and visual performance!
Expect to hear more about this update as well as a release date soon!
Big Patch Tonight!
Our big content patch will be going live at midnight PST! Spell graphics have been redone, foils now have in-game graphics, the music has been redone and there will be a new scenario pack with TWO legendaries! Players will be able to download the new client soon, and the content will release at midnight pacific!
Split Rankings!
We are excited to announce that for the July ranking season and going forward, asynchronous mode and live mode will now have separate ranks! This feature has been long requested by the playerbase. Asynchronous and live modes have diverged significantly in their game rules, so it makes sense now for their ranks to be split.
Good luck in ranked matches this season!
Good luck in ranked matches this season!
Cards and Castles 2.0 - Coming August 13th
Announcing Cards and Castles 2.0 - Coming August 13th!
This is not a sequel, but rather a MASSIVE update to the game. For the past several months, we have been asking ourselves the following questions:
-How can we improve the pace and excitement of the game?
-What can we do to increase the variety of strategies and styles for players to choose and create?
-How can we make collecting cards more fun and less difficult?
Cards and Castles 2.0 is the answer to all of these questions, and we are VERY excited for you to see the result!
For a more complete list of the new features from 2.0 and the rewards you will receive, please visit http://www.cardsandcastles.com/forum/vi ... f=2&t=3175 on the Forums.
See you on the battlefield!
This is not a sequel, but rather a MASSIVE update to the game. For the past several months, we have been asking ourselves the following questions:
-How can we improve the pace and excitement of the game?
-What can we do to increase the variety of strategies and styles for players to choose and create?
-How can we make collecting cards more fun and less difficult?
Cards and Castles 2.0 is the answer to all of these questions, and we are VERY excited for you to see the result!
For a more complete list of the new features from 2.0 and the rewards you will receive, please visit http://www.cardsandcastles.com/forum/vi ... f=2&t=3175 on the Forums.
See you on the battlefield!
Formerly dk the pk
We're Almost Ready!
Just a quick update, Cards 2.0 is finished internally and will be releasing on August 13th! We're really excited! Get hype!
It's Almost Here!
A reminder that Cards 2.0 is coming on Thursday! Get ready!