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5.0 Update Preview Stream Notes

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This update, as a major update, contains changes that many will find controversial. Please create new threads to discuss these changes to better focus discussion and feedback on each of these changes. Thank you for your understanding.

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A Recap of Past Major Updates to Gems of War

5.0 is a major update to GoW. Major updates have historically brought significant changes to how the game is played. As a small trip down memory lane, here are the previous major numbered updates, as they occurred in the game and their associated threads.

• Update 2.0 [May 2016] (Ranked PvP and Mythic troops added to game)

2.0 Will Be Arriving Shortly

Originally published at: 2.0 Arrives! – Gems of War 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…

• Update 3.0 [March 2017] (Guild Wars)

3.0 Patch Notes

Originally published at: 3.0 Patch Notes – Gems of War The 3.0 patch is here! Guild Wars Overview Players can access Guild Wars via the Guild Wars Button on the Guild Menu. Registration The top 2 ranks of guild members are the only ones able to register their guild for Guild Wars. Guilds need to register for the next Guild War before the weekly changeover. If a guild doesn’t register, they are unable to join in during that Guild War. This also means that guilds can chose to opt-out of gui…

• Update 4.0 [September 2018] (The Underworld)

4.0 Patch Notes

Please be aware that the patch will hit different platforms over the next few hours. The update needs time to propagate, so if you’re not seeing it yet please hang tight, it will be available soon. Originally published at: 4.0 Patch Notes – Gems of War World Map + HUD Upgrade [image] The Krystara Map has gained improvements, including: New 3D elements New Particle effects Removal of the Fog of War (over locked kingdoms) Players will be able to change the quality lev…

And now Lords and Ladies of Krystara, after nearly two years of waiting, the next major gameplay release is now imminently upon us.

Without further ado,

Update 5.0 [July 2020] (Campaigns)

Campaigns

• Moves the story of Krystara forward.
• Each campaign runs for 10 weeks in length, in 10 weekly chapters.
• Each week’s content does NOT need to be cleared in that week, but all campaign content will expire at the end of the campaign.
• Each week’s Chapter has lore explaining the content of that Chapter (Written by Sirrian?)

Artifacts

• Each campaign has an Artifact that can be leveled up by progressing the campaign.

• Each Artifact has 10 potential power levels.

• Artifacts apply GLOBAL stats to ALL game modes, except Arena, for the duration of the campaign.

• A new lore section unlocks for each Artifact level-up.

• Artifact level-up progress can be viewed on the Artifact tab on the Campaign screen.

• Each Artifact expires at the end of each campaign.

• All lore sections are unlocked at the end of the campaign.

Tasks

• There are 16 tasks per Chapter/Week to level up the Artifact, that award stars when completed:
  – 2 Gold at 15 stars per task
  – 4 Silver at 10 stars per task
  – 10 Bronze at 3 stars per task.

• 100 total stars earnable per week, 1000 per campaign. All 1000 stars are needed to max the Artifact.

All tasks are the same for all players each week.
Tasks can be for almost any activity in the game, including Treasure Hunting.
Some tasks will become more difficult in later chapters (Explores, Delves).

Tasks can be skipped (and completed) for a gem cost (Bronze: 50, Silver: 100, Gold 150).

Campaign Passes

• Everyone gets the Free Pass to earn campaign rewards.
• The Free Pass can be upgraded to the Elite or Elite+ for real money transactions.
• Elite Pass Upgrade = $10 USD
• Elite+ Pass Upgrade = $25 USD (or $15 upgrade from Elite Pass)
• The Elite+ Pass Upgrade can be purchased at any time in the Campaign and will automatically award all past rewards that would have been unlocked had the Elite+ Pass been purchased from the start of the Campaign.

• Elite Pass offers a 2nd reward track in conjunction with free rewards.
• Elite+ Pass offers 20 bonus stars per week (for a max of 1200 instead of 1000) for the Campaign. Extra rewards are available between stars 1000 and 1200 for Elite+ passholders.

New mythic shown in the Elite track. WIll be available in Soulforge in normal rotations after 4 week exclusive period after the campaign ends.

Kingdom Specific Weapons

• For new players, when unlocking a new kingdom, there is now a special weapon offer to assist these players.
• These weapons are at Epic power levels.
• The offer exists until the kingdom’s questline is completed.
• Once completed, the weapon is craftable in the Soulforge on that kingdom’s event week or purchasable via flash offer.

Support

• Help Center button is located in the Settings screen, to assist players in answering questions that do not need a support ticket.
• Social network links now condensed inside the Socials button.

Weekly Schedule

• 11 Week Schedule:
  – Weeks 1-10 : World Events
  – Week 11: Tower of Doom

Guild Wars will run every 4 weeks, as standard currently. They will run concurrently with the World Event. (No more separate week for Guild Wars)

Misc

• Boss-tier troops now have a red border on their units.
• No 5.0 planned adjustments to hero(ine) classes. Light balance changes to troops may happen, as normal for each update.
• No 5.0 planned adjustments to Imperial Deed rates.