# 2.0 Will Be Arriving Shortly **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [May 26, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348 "2016-05-26T00:06:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sirrian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sirrian/32/35758_2.png) [@Sirrian](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sirrian)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/1 "2016-05-26T00:06:24Z")
Originally published at: [2.0 Arrives! – Gems of War](http://gemsofwar.com/2-0-arrives/) The wait is over, Patch 2.0 has landed! Get all the details of what’s new and what’s changed below! **PVP Rework** \* The PVP Menu now has 6 new menus, Ranked, Casual, Stats, Defense, Battle Log and Leaderboard. \* _Ranked_: - ~ Allows you choose between 3 opponents to earn points for rankings in the weekly event. - ~ Ranked is played at normal difficulty with the Combo-breaker turned off. \* _Casual_: - ~ Allows you choose between 3 opponents for a fun battle that does not affect PvP points or ranking. - ~ Casual is played at your currently-selected difficulty. - ~ Casual battles have a slightly reduced reward compared to Ranked battles. \* _Stats shows various stats for your PvP Career including:_ - ~ Current Tier and rewards for each Tier. - ~ Current Rank and rewards for with week’s event. - ~ Current Wins and Losses for Invades and Defenses. - ~ Favorite Troop for invading. - ~ Most Invaded Kingdom. \* The old Rank system is still around as the new Tier system (we've just renamed it, since "Rank" now applies to your position on the PvP Ladder). \* Tier Rewards can be collected once when you’ve reached a new tier level. \* Rank Rewards given at the end of an event are based on what rank you were when the event ended. \* Defense menu works the same as before, but now displays the current progress for successful defense rewards. \* Battle Log displays all of your recent battles (invades and defenses), whether you won or lost, and how long ago the battle was. \* Leaderboards show both your current rank as well as the top 100 players in the current weekly event. **Summoning Improvements** \* Summoning is no longer limited to a cap of level 15 for troops. \* Summoned troops are now limited by what level you have raised that troop to. \* Summoned troops now gain any team bonuses earned at the start of battle (from Troop type or Kingdom bonuses). \* Summoned troops come in with any trait you have unlocked on the troop. \* Summoning changes do not apply to Arena. **Hero Profiles** \* We’ve added a new social feature to the game: Hero Profiles. \* Hero Profiles allow you to view various information about another player in the game. \* You are able to use the Hero Profile to invite players to your guild or play in a friendly battle. \* Friendly battles do not give out rewards. \* You can access the new Hero Profile menu by tapping on a player’s name in chat or viewing it in the PVP Menus (either from the Leaderboard or Battle Log menus). **New Kingdom** \* Glacial Peaks has appeared on the map to unlock. \* New troops (including 2 new legendary troops) have been added to chests. \* Glacial Peaks introduces a new spell mechanic: Mana Burn - ~ Mana Burn deals damage to an enemy based on the enemy’s current mana. - ~ Mana Burn does not drain Mana from the enemy. **VIP Chests** \* VIP Chests have had some improvements: - ~ If you draw an epic card, you will gain 2 epic cards insteadd. - ~ If you draw a traitstone you gain 2 traitstones instead. - ~ VIP Chests now also rewards 2000 gold for every chest you open. **Mythic Troops** \* Mythic troops are super rare troops that can drop from Glory, Gem, and VIP chests. \* Mythic troops are the only troops with triple Mana colors. \* Like Legendaries they have a unique 3rd Trait. \* New Mythic Troop- War- has been added to chests. **Treasure Hunt** \* Red Chests no longer reward Gold \* Vaults no longer reward Gold and Souls **General** \* Claim All button has been added to the Mail menu, allows you to claim all rewards from mail at once. \* Victory and Defeat Menus has had a visual rework, and now display rewards from battles similar to Treasure Hunt mini game. \* Increased security to reduce amount of hacking with the new PvP changes. \* Mechanist Class’ legendary trait, Clockwork, has been added to the class. \* You can now opt out of Global Chat but still be part of Guild Chat. **Troop Balance** _Infernal King_ \* Immortal trait chance has been reduced from 30% to 25% _Banshee_ - Mana cost has been reduced from 14 to 12 **Troop Refunds** \* Infernal King is available for refund for 1 week. **Major Bug Fixes** \* Game no longer crashes when casting Soothsayer’s spell when there are no purple gems on the board. \* Frenzy should no longer activate multiple times from damage. \* Game should no longer end when a Troop is summoned from final troop’s Trait (such as Daemonic Pact). \* On Hit Traits (Such a Great Maw’s Hunger) should not trigger on multiple troops with large skull cascades. \* Hero Class Troop types should now be working correctly. Hero should now gain benefits/weaknesses from troop type spells/ bonuses. \* Watcher’s Mana drain on status effect now applies to Frozen, Disease and Death Mark. \* AOE Damage will now pop Barrier. \* We believe we have addressed the main cause of Dust Devil crashing after casting his spell. \* Fixed Mist Stalker’s spell so he should be dealing poison as intended. \* Hero Class Magic bonuses should no longer apply in the Arena. **Known Issues** \* Gem Mastery bonus from Hero Classes is not included/ displayed on the Gem Mastery Overview screen in the Hero menu. \* AI troops with Blessed and Curse are not activating correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Tacet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tacet/32/35_2.png) [@Tacet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tacet)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/2 "2016-05-26T00:06:42Z")
First! Haha! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mufasha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mufasha/32/1327_2.png) [@Mufasha](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mufasha)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/3 "2016-05-26T00:10:53Z")
That’s @Sirrian! Edit: or you know…thanks, but both work? ---
**Author:** ![HKdirewolf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/hkdirewolf/32/21614_2.png) [@HKdirewolf](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/HKdirewolf)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/4 "2016-05-26T00:11:53Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/2X/1/1ef37b0909973682c9863e352e22e82085ad2186.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Machiknight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/machiknight/32/6108_2.png) [@Machiknight](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Machiknight)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/5 "2016-05-26T00:15:08Z")
> [@Tacet](#): > > First! Haha! 🙂 First only counts if you post something meaningful 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tacet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tacet/32/35_2.png) [@Tacet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tacet)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/6 "2016-05-26T00:16:30Z")
My comments about some things we didn’t know until now. > [@Sirrian](#): > > Infernal King > > - Immortal trait chance has been reduced from 30% to 25% Oh no… Immortal King is a thing now. > [@Sirrian](#): > > Hero Class Troop types should now be working correctly. Hero should now gain benefits/weaknesses from troop type spells/ bonuses. The builds with this should be interesting. > [@Sirrian](#): > > Banshee\* Mana cost has been reduced from 14 to 12 Treant - Alchemist - Valkyrie - Banshee > [@Sirrian](#): > > - On Hit Traits (Such a Great Maw’s Hunger) should not trigger on multiple troops with large skull cascades. Still OP. Also, we’ll find something else to break. Don’t you worry. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tacet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tacet/32/35_2.png) [@Tacet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tacet)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/7 "2016-05-26T00:17:28Z")
> [@Machiknight](#): > > First only counts if you post something meaningful 😉 6th comment. ---
**Author:** ![Lyya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyya/32/3650_2.png) [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/8 "2016-05-26T00:19:06Z")
I think the Banshee cost reduction makes sense. She’s much closer to Drake Rider now as a result. Also, only 5% reduction for Immortal? That’s not nearly as big a nerf as I had expected. ---
**Author:** ![sethrogensbackhair](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sethrogensbackhair/32/563_2.png) [@sethrogensbackhair](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/sethrogensbackhair)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/9 "2016-05-26T00:20:21Z")
8st commeNt ---
**Author:** ![Tacet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tacet/32/35_2.png) [@Tacet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tacet)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/10 "2016-05-26T00:20:23Z")
> [@Lyya](#): > > Also, only 5% reduction for Immortal? That’s not nearly as big a nerf as I had expected. Yeah, that is very scary. I better not see 3x Infernal King + Mercy… ---
**Author:** ![Rasper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rasper/32/2363_2.png) [@Rasper](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rasper)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/11 "2016-05-26T00:20:28Z")
> [@Sirrian](#): > > **Mythic Troops** \* Mythic troops are super rare troops that can drop from Glory, Gem, and VIP chests. \* Mythic troops are the only troops with triple Mana colors. \* Like Legendaries they have a unique 3rd Trait. \* New Mythic Troop- War- has been added to chests. So do they not appear in Event chests? ---
**Author:** ![ZeZign](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zezign/32/13752_2.png) [@ZeZign](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ZeZign)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/12 "2016-05-26T00:20:39Z")
I cry for my great maw. 😉 it was good while it lasted. ---
**Author:** ![Machiknight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/machiknight/32/6108_2.png) [@Machiknight](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Machiknight)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/13 "2016-05-26T00:20:42Z")
Is it up yet? ---
**Author:** ![ZeZign](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zezign/32/13752_2.png) [@ZeZign](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ZeZign)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/14 "2016-05-26T00:21:10Z")
Yes… Go try. ---
**Author:** ![Machiknight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/machiknight/32/6108_2.png) [@Machiknight](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Machiknight)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/15 "2016-05-26T00:21:12Z")
> [@Rasper](#): > > So do they not appear in Event chests? That’s what it appears like… ---
**Author:** ![Mufasha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mufasha/32/1327_2.png) [@Mufasha](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mufasha)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/16 "2016-05-26T00:21:13Z")
> [@sethrogensbackhair](#): > > 8st commeNt Maybe stick to gifs ---
**Author:** ![Lyya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyya/32/3650_2.png) [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/17 "2016-05-26T00:21:30Z")
Maw is still extremely powerful. Cry later, when it gets nerfed _proper_-like. ---
**Author:** ![ZeZign](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zezign/32/13752_2.png) [@ZeZign](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ZeZign)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/18 "2016-05-26T00:21:53Z")
True. It’s a beautiful card. ---
**Author:** ![Machiknight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/machiknight/32/6108_2.png) [@Machiknight](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Machiknight)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/19 "2016-05-26T00:24:28Z")
> [@Sirrian](#): > > Favorite Troop for invading Valkyrie will come up SO often! ---
**Author:** ![Malkav](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/malkav/32/3562_2.png) [@Malkav](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Malkav)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/2-0-will-be-arriving-shortly/7348/20 "2016-05-26T00:27:15Z")
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