Dutchy

Best of luck to all the players and have fun!

Also, Dutchy, you can be my rival or a rookie, but not both.. 😛 

Cant wait for the Patch.

ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN!

that was easy and fast lol

Hey powerspy, yes we're already working on a completely new and reworked version 1.0 of our Updater. We just stacked up the team by two more developers to help coding that new version. Most of the core features are already implemented and it's just a bit of finetuning and some more convenience features.

A little feature overview:
checking your client files for corruptions (which should solve or at least give a hint for problems) logging of the tasks the Updater is doing to be able to help in technical support when the Updater or the client has issues starting the MapEditor via the Updater and not by manually opening the game containing directory and execute the application being able to change game options before starting the game which should reduce game restarts being able to delete saved credentials without manually editing config files new UI and some more features (also under the hood ones) I hope this answers your question. Thanks for playing Skylords Reborn! 🙂 

I made a video because my hype for this league is too big! Hopefully you all enjoy it!
 
 

This leaves me a bit confused. From my feeling the latest buff had no impact at all. I don't think I have seen a single Rageflame at all in the last months in a game.

I see you want to make him a sole supporter, but who would rely on a unit to freeze that does not hit air units at all and gives the same CC time as most spells.

Coldsnap does this better as it is almost instant and hits flyers.
Frost Shard does this better as it is instant and hits flyers.
Maelstorm does this better as it covers the whole camp, does more dmg then a half dozen Rageflames and hits flyers.
 
What I like is that with Gemeyes one of the basic problems of the Stonekin faction gets addressed for the first time: Dmg against frozen targets.
One of the reasons why more advanced players avoid Stonekin (from my personal feeling and from the conversations with friends) is that the faction is suuuuper slow. One of the reasons for this, beside that it is a very unit-based deck, is that Stonekin has very rare tools to circumvent the malus of frozen enemys. That Gemeye P has now the option to pierce this, while Gemeye G gives another better option of non-freeze CC will help here a bit.
 

I have played matter mastery in many decks in both cpve and rpve and it can really be a life saver. Ofcourse now i am referring to the green affinity, however the other affinity has 1 major reason to be included over the green affinity which is volcanoes in fire rpve. If you manage to take it over with the purple affinity (as the nature affinity cant), it will make fire rpve a bit more easy to survive for more "fun" decks.

It would be cool to pre-select a faction you would like to play. MotM is already this in a way but it will be a random one each month. It would be cool if there is an option to get only fire, or only lost souls to practice fun decks in. Although I think that would take the "random" part out of rpve then. 
I am curious to other opinions on this ^^

This is a beautiful entry level map editing opportunity. I love it!

Awesome! this is perfect right before the PvP League! 
 

Registered 😄
 
Fight Kapo, the PvP Noob for ... Gold, Boosters and Glory!

Awesome! this is perfect right before the PvP League! 
 

Awesome! this is perfect right before the PvP League! 
 

In my real work, I very often have to assist in creating solutions to hard problems that have to be creative and practical. People often think if you have a 50%-good-idea, that's the spot where "to work from", building upon it to make something excellent. But that's wrong.

While brainstorming, it's best practice to not care about any limitations, not even the physical limitations of the world. "What if we breed small goblins to put in the Skylords sever that always select the correct orb" is a valid idea. From 20 years of experience I can tell you, it's almost always the most crazy idea that creates the creative spark that leads to the superb solution, and it's never the practical, half-good idea that you should consider further. That may sound weird (to you and others), but I can assure you that the "but how?"-question should be of no concern at this point - inserting this question is more likely to hamper efforts to come up with something really good.

ye true, i don't think having mixed orb units at T1 is a good idea, unless someone has a brilliant idea. 

ye true, i don't think having mixed orb units at T1 is a good idea, unless someone has a brilliant idea. 

ye true, i don't think having mixed orb units at T1 is a good idea, unless someone has a brilliant idea. 

Added Deep Dive: Towers

Added Deep Dive: Nature

How to Access Free PvP Decks:

Every 24 hours, you can select up to two decks that are fully upgraded and can compete in the PvP meta. For our new players, here is a quick recap:
- Select the sword on the top right of the menu to select your 2 free PvP decks.
- Free PvP decks are fully upgraded decks, that can only be used in PvP. 
- You can select two new decks every week, if you want to switch things up.
- You can freely swap around cards in those decks with cards in your collection to customize the decks to your liking. You can do this by clicking the tab in your inventory on the top left (see the image).

If you are a new player and have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out. This tournament is for you, and we would gladly help you get started in PvP! 

Hello Skylords, Skyladies and other Skybeings.

To prepare you for the upcoming PvP League, we bring you our second PvP Rookie Tournament!

Everything you need to know:
Event            - PvP 1v1 Rookie Tournament, Best of 3, Double Elimination Date             - 23.04.2022 13:30 Rules            - Rookies only! (full rules below) Prizes           - Boosters for top 50% players Event-Mods - Dallarian and Dutchy Streamers    - Toggy and Hiko will be streaming the tournament on the offical Twitch channel Stream will start at 13:15 CEST
Please note: everyone will play a minimum of two Bo3's (Double Elimination

Sign-up

This tournament will again be hosted on Challonge.
You can register for the tournament there. You will also find the bracket on Challonge at the start of the tournament. Please use the name of your ingame account to speed up communication in finding your opponent

 
Prize pool

The following prize pool will be adjusted according to the amount of participants:
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1st place               10 general Booster packs
2nd place              9 general Booster packs
3rd place               8 general Booster packs
4th-6th place        5 general Booster packs
7th-50% place      1 general Booster pack
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Rules

The access to this tournament will be restricted to players only, who...
... are not PvP gold rank or above
... have a w/l ratio of below 60%
... feel like they are rookies
Please note: this tournament is for our less experienced players, we will personally check the entries.
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No bug abuse, cheating or insulting other players. Penalties may vary from a warning to default loss.
  Disconnecting during a game results in a default loss. It is possible to have a remake, if both sides agree.
  Not showing up to your match after 15 minutes results in a default loss. The plan is to play a round of matches every ~30 mins.
  After your match, go to Challonge and insert the result. This is done by clicking on your match and selecting the winner/stats. The brackets will be updated automatically.
  Use your account name for the tournament. If your Challonge account differs from your Battleforge account name, use the "Sign up with an alternate name" feature, or change your name for the tournament in the settings. This will speed up finding your opponent. If you do not register for the tournament with your Battleforge name, we can't find you for the prizes! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Map Pool

The first match of every round (of each Bo3) will be played on the following fixed maps, after that it is the losers choice.
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1st Round:  Haladur 2nd Round: Simai 3rd Round:  Elyon 4th Round:  Lajesh 5th Round:  Uro 6th Round:  Yrmia --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
We hope you have a lot of fun with this event, and are looking forward to casting your games!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.


Best regards,
Skylords Reborn Team and Toggy

Greetings Skylords!
Every three weeks, we give an update on the things going on behind the scenes of Skylords Reborn. Welcome to another Community Update!
Before we dive in, please note there will be a Rookie Tournament today! More information in the event section below.


• Wasteland Terror

It has already been half a year since we first revealed the upcoming card Wasteland Terror. While originally planned to release alongside our Anniversary Patch, we underestimated the time it would take to create both a fitting in game look and its required visuals. 
However, after a lot of hard work, we have arrived at a place we are satisfied with. Wasteland Terror has become an awesome Bandit-take on the dragon model, and fires streams of sand that will lay waste to your enemies. We feel confident Wasteland Terror will make it into our upcoming content patch, and we hope you look forward to using it! 

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• New Achievements

With our next patch, we will add a couple of new achievements into the game. Those are aimed to both improve the new player experience, while also giving our more veteran players something to work towards. 
 
[ Infinitely Scaling Achievement ]
First off is a recurring achievement, slightly increasing the incentive to reforge your cards:
Reborn in Fire  [1 Mini-booster]
Reforge Cards (Unlocks every 20 reforges, scales infinitely)

[ Beginner Achievements ]
We found that for new players, the jump from the early game achievements to later game ones such as "complete all maps on advanced difficulty" was too steep. At the same time, the rate of card collection was too slow. To ease this transition, we have added a number of in-between-points in terms of achievements, which act as both more manageable goals to complete and more plentiful sources of early cards.

Just a Story  [1 Twilight booster]
Complete Viridya and Brannoc's story on standard difficulty or higher (Encounters, Siege of Hope, Defending Hope, Soultree, Crusade, Sunbridge, King of the Giants, Titans, Ascension)
The Most Dangerous Game [1 Bandits booster]
Complete Mo's story on standard difficulty or higher {Mo, Ocean, Oracle, Slave Master, Convoy, Blight, Raven's End, Empire)
A Debt Unpaid  [20,000 gold]
Complete the story related to the Treasure Fleet on advanced difficulty or higher. (Bad Harvest, Treasure Fleet, Mo, Blight, Slave Master, Convoy) 
A Mile in His Shoes  [2 Stonekin boosters]
Complete Rogan's story on advanced difficulty or higher (Encounters, Siege of Hope, Defending Hope, Crusade, King of the Giants, Titans, Dwarven Riddle, Guns of Lyr, Empire)
A Wrinkle in Time  [250 bfp]
Win the 4-player map Empire spawning at least 5 different Lost Souls cards from a deck containing only frost, shadow, and Lost Souls cards.
Godslayer  [250 bfp]
Win the 2-player maps Sunbridge and Insane God on any difficulty. 
Apprentice  [1 booster]
Win 20 randomly generated PvE matches of difficulty 5 or higher. 
 
[ Veteran PvE Achievements ]
These new achievements provide a smoother transition towards ''play all maps on expert'', while also adding some unique challenges into the game.

The Road Not Taken  [3 boosters]
Win 20 randomly generated PvE matches of difficulty 9 or higher.
Turn Back All Ye Who Enter Here  [6 boosters]
Win 20 randomly generated PvE matches of difficulty 10.
Nevermore  [2 Bandit boosters]
Complete Blight's story on expert difficulty (Blight, Raven's End, Slave Master, Ocean, and Oracle)
Make it Double  [2 Amii boosters]
Complete all 2-player maps on expert difficulty. (Crusade, Sunbridge, Nightmare Shard, Nightmare's End, The Insane God, Slave Master and Convoy)
Never Thought of Him  [100,000 gold]
Complete the story of Mo becoming the new king of the fire tribes on expert difficulty with all players in the map using decks containing only Fire cards.  (Mo, Ocean, Oracle, Slave Master, Convoy, and Raven's End)
The Long Journey Home  [2 Frost boosters]
Complete the story re-establishing the Kingdom of Lyr on expert difficulty using decks containing only frost cards. (Encounters with Twilight, Siege of Hope, Defending Hope, Bad Harvest, Dwarven Riddle, and Guns of Lyr)
Not Even My Final Form  [Rogan Kayle Card]
Win the 1-player map Encounters with Twilight on expert difficulty without using T3 or T4 cards.
Forest for the Tree  [Viridya Card]
Complete the 1-player map The Soultree on expert difficulty using only Nature cards from T1 and T2.
A City Strongly Compact  [Stronghold Card]
Win the 1-player map Defending Hope on expert difficulty with a deck containing only spell and building cards.
A Force of Nature   [Promo Mana Wing]
Complete all 1-player and 2-player scenarios on expert difficulty with all players in your team using decks containing only Nature cards.

Those who complete "A Force of Nature" will be rewarded with a Promo Mana Wing! This promo is unique to this achievement and will not be available from boosters, but it will be trade-able. We hope you look forward to the challenge!
Please note: these achievements are not yet on the live server! 

 
• Upcoming Balance Update rPvE Fire 

Fire was added as an enemy faction in rPvE in our Anniversary Patch. While we are currently working on adding Nature as the next faction to fight against, we have been keeping a close eye on the balance and player experience against Fire among all skill levels. With our next content patch, we will be making some changes to improve the experience. 


New Building: Flame Crystal
• Spawns in Lvl. 4 and Lvl. 5 camps*
• Will periodically remove debuffs and cc effects from allied units
Fire can be extremely strong, but due to its high attack and low defense, it is extra vulnerable to Crowd Control spells. We want to counter this weakness with a brand-new building, while at the same time making changes to some of its more oppressive tools. 
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Abaddon:
• Damage: Decreased

Brannoc:
• Fire Sphere damage reduced

Aspect of Summer
• No longer prevents Ice Shields from being applied

Fiend of Fire
• Flame Breath: damage reduced

Spitfire
• Range: Decreased
• Drastically reduce spawning in Lvl. 3 camps*

Volcano
• HP: Decreased
• Size: Decreased
• No longer spawns in Lvl. 3 camps*

Plus a lot of changes to smooth out difficulties below 6.
* Lvl 3 camps are usually right behind the T3/T4 camp; Lvl 4 camps are the row behind Lvl.3; Lvl. 5 is always the last row


• Tournaments / Events

• NEW - Official PvP Rookie Contest#2 Clashes of Swords - Today
The Rookie Tournament is happening today! It will be accessible for all beginning players who are interested in improving their skills or being more involved with the competitive side of the community. View more information and sign-up

• NEW - Official 2p rPvE Contest#3 Last Resort - UNTIL 30-04-2022
The rPvE event consists of teams of two going up against the map of the month on difficulty 2 to 6. They will be playing beside a set condition where they're not allowed to use spells or buildings but only units! View more information and sign-up

• ONGOING - The PvP League - Phase II
The league will consist of small groups (divisions) of about 8 players who will fight each other, one opponent per week. The season ends when everyone played everyone in the group, after which people will get promoted or demoted to match opponents of equal skills again. New players are encouraged to join as well! View more information and sign-up

• FINISHED - Official PvE Contest#5: They See Me Walkin', They Hatin'
Players had to complete Convoy on "Advanced Difficulty" while only using pure coloured decks, therefore limiting them from using mixed oriented cards! View more information and sign-up

• Host your own tournament / event
Want to host a tournament or event? Please reach out to our Event Organizers Hiko and/or Metagross to have your event prizes sponsored by us. If you have a cool idea for a PvE event, or want to host a PvP tournament, please don't hesitate to reach out to us, we will gladly assist you. 
 
• Active Bounties

A Skylords Bounty is an open-source task for the community to create something needed in one of the departments of Skylords Reborn. If your entry gets chosen, you can win a great prize, and we will reward everyone who applies with a serious attempt with a participation reward as well. A bounty is not a classic contest, and will run until the task is complete. We will give a heads-up when the entries are about to be closed (at least two weeks in advance). View more information on Active bounties.
 
• OPEN - Spring Forge Bounty
Spring Forge Bounty is an opportunity for the community to have full engagement with the next upcoming Forge. This allows everyone to submit a possible design for how they would like the Forge to look!
A tutorial has been provided to assist and help the community take its first steps for doing so!

• Team Changes

Welcome Friendly Firefly! He's our new 2D Artist! He will be aiming towards working on backgrounds as well as icons for the game and more!
Welcome LamonChan! He's one of our new Tool Developers. He will be aiming towards working on a variety of our tools to optimize the performance and experience for user interactions.
We are always seeking additional help towards the project. Please help yourself to our open positions and If you see anything of interest, then feel free to apply! 
 
• We Need Your Help

This section may come along various times, however we are doing it to visit or even revisit what's important to make this community and game prosper with more development and progression! Please feel free to take a look at our Open Positions to see where you can possibly help out!
 
• Open Position - Balance Developer
As a balance developer, you are responsible to implement design changes to in-game cards using our internal balancing tool. In other words, you are responsible to implement new cards and changes to existing cards. These implementation requests can come from balance updates and content patches from our Faction Designers, but also from the official Skylords Reborn map making team (for example, new bosses for a new map). An integral part of this role is learning our internal balancing tool, as that is the tool that allows us to perform all these changes. You are by no means required to have any programming experience. Read more and apply.
 
• Open Position - Video Editor
As a video editor, you are responsible for creating exciting video content for Skylords Reborn. This can range from short card reveal videos to exciting trailers and cutting up Twitch-stream content for highlight videos on our YouTube channel. If you have any experience with audio post-production, you can also help us out with the process of adding new voice-lines and sound effects into the game. Read more and apply.
 
• Open Position - Game Client Developer
As a game client developer, you are responsible to maintain and develop the game client. This mostly includes add new pre-game features (content outside of matches, so no game mechanics) through .pak files used by the game. You will be responsible to create and design in-game interfaces for new features, add networking support for new features that require it, solve bugs etc. using LUA, XML and little bit of Rust. BattleForge uses LUA and XML in their .pak files, which are loaded by the client. Communication with the server happens through a proxy written in Rust. Read more and apply.
 
• In Conclusion

And that's it for this Community Update, thanks for reading! 
As is tradition, this community update comes with a scratch code. 
The code will reward you with a mini-booster: LATE-APRL-EART-HDAY
The code is valid until 14th May 2022, when we will bring you another Community Update. 
As always, we are open to feedback, so please let us know if you have any questions, suggestions or comments! 

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• Community Update #21

PROMOOOOOOOO 
 
it looks so awesome! 

That promo art work, excellent as always. Great job art team!

Hey Skyladies and Skylords,
to give you a little update: We crossed 40 participants for the league today! Pretty much all the divisions are coming together quite nicely and I am very happy to see a lot of new names there. Signup will stay open for another ~4weeks until we go to Phase III which will be a tournament to kick things off and publishing of the Division lists. 
 
See you in the Forge,
Toggy