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Happy new year, Skylords!
A new year; a new Community Update! It's time to bring you up to speed with everything going on in Skylords Reborn!

• 2nd Anniversary Stream

The 18th of December marked the 2nd Anniversary of Skylords Reborn! Two years ago, after many years of internal development and open stress tests, BattleForge was playable once again. We are very grateful for all your continued enthusiasm and support! 
On the anniversary, we hosted a celebration stream. If you missed it, you can view it on our YouTube channel. We will also cover most of the announcements in this Community Update.
Please note: The Anniversary Card Creation Contest ends today. If you want to participate, do so now! 
 



• Upcoming Content Patch

Sadly, our upcoming Content Patch which was planned for December didn't make it in time. The combination of many things to review (including our new feature Cosmetics) and the busy holidays proved to be a bit too ambitious. 
Since the upcoming patch will break replays due to the many balance changes deployed alongside it, we know it's far from ideal for events to not have a set patch date. We are doing our best to release the patch as soon as possible in early January, but sadly can't lock in a concrete date yet.
Please keep an eye on the Discord and the forum for more information in the coming days. 


• Upcoming Feature: Cosmetics

For our first anniversary patch, we had Reforging as our big new feature, focusing on improving the economy. 
For our second anniversary, Cosmetics will be introduced as a way to provide more challenges and collectibles. 
Players will be able to collect new borders, banners and titles, further customizing their experience. Here is a look at the new borders:  
 

 
Borders are the part of your profile that surround your character portrait. With the patch release, there will be two borders to choose from for each of the different elements/factions in the game. The first border is a simple but clean colour scheme, where the second level expands on the theme of the faction a bit more, like more vines for Nature or infestation for Twilight. 
Borders can be combined with Banners, here is an example: 
 

 
Banners, borders, and profile pictures can be freely combined to make unique combinations. There will also be new titles to unlock. An example of a title can be seen in the picture, above the name, in this case "Game Master". 
Your cosmetics will show up in the lobby, and when hovering over players in the chat list.   
 

 
Those new banners, borders, titles (and a few new profile pictures), are tied to new Achievements, which provide a variety of new challenges. Some will be rewarded simply by playing games with your favourite action, while others might ask you to complete the campaign using only cards from the Twilight Edition. 
We hope you are looking forward to a bunch of new challenges to explore, and new bling to show off! 
 
• Upcoming New Promo: Worldbreaker Gun

While our new cards Sanctuary and Raven Walker had already been announced in previous Community Updates, we had one more surprise in store in our stream: our next promo card and the first promo building: Worldbreaker Gun! 

In this year's feedback survey, people let us know loud and clear they would like to see buildings get the promo treatment. The newly buffed Worldbreaker Gun felt like the perfect candidate for being the very first promo building. 

You will be able to unlock this new promo by completing the upcoming achievement Urban Planner.

-- Please note: this achievement is not yet live! --
Urban Planner
Win the 2-player scenario The Sunbridge and the 1-player scenarios Mo and Ocean on expert difficulty, with all players in your team playing only building and spell cards
-- Please note: this achievement is not yet live! --
As with Mana Wing Promo, the promo will not drop from boosters, but will be tradeable. If you don't want to do the challenge yourself, you can buy the card on the market, or trade it with other players. 
 
• Advanced Filtering

We greatly expanded the search function in both the inventory and marketplace during the time of our first anniversary, which was probably overlooked by a lot of players in the new-patch-hype. Our developer Kubik wrote an in depth document about the way the new (and old) function worked, with handy shortcuts to find just the cards you need. 
But even the players who were aware of the new tools at their disposal, had a hard time remembering the search commands. Our UI designer Ult and Skylord of Honour Kapo worked together to provide a handy new ingame tooltip that should make searching for cards a lot easier for everyone. 
 

 
• Future Development Focus

We spend the last two years on improving and balancing many, many cards. We currently feel the balance of the game, while not perfect, is in the best place it has ever been. The campaign and rPvE are playable with every faction right now, and while PvE changes will continue, we intend a major pivot next patch cycle to map/game content with many of our balance developers and team members. 
This means we will put more focus on providing more map-based content, like our alternative Halloween map Spooky Encounters, the upcoming Nature rPvE faction, Defensive rPvE, tweaks to the difficulty levels of rPvE and new campaign maps. Basically, we want to focus on creating content that will lure back old players, and invite new ones in. 
This has proven challenging. While every player automatically has access to the map editor, map making is a long and patient process. We are very aware people are looking forward to new campaign maps, but their design is a huge undertaking, and due to the volunteer nature of the project, mapmakers don't always stick it out till the end. 
If you want to help out in the map department, please take a look at our open positions:
• Map Designer
• Map Developer
• Map Artist
We are also looking for an Audio Editor to help us with processing voice acting takes. Want to help out in another area? Check out our open positions.

 
• Tournaments / Events

Since Community Updates are posted on a monthly schedule, events might come and go in between them. Be sure to keep a close eye on the ingame event-tab and the forum calendar to not miss any events! 

• CLOSING SOON – Official Card Design Contest - UNTIL 01.01.2023 23:59 CET
A contest like this has often been suggested: create your own card! Entries will be judged by a jury of Designers and there are tiered prizes, including boosters and promos. Maybe your design will even make it into the game! Today is the last day to join: More information.

• Host your own tournament / event
Want to host a tournament or event yourself? Please reach out to our Event Organizer, Metagross! We can help you out with various topics and are glad to discuss potential ideas. We can also sponsor the prize pool for your event. 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.

• Newsletter

While we do our best to make it easy to follow Skylords Reborn by providing monthly news through these Community Updates, we are limited to the Forum and our Social Media channels to reach you. You can now sign up to our newsletter, which we will use to give you a heads-up about a new patch release or Community Update. Don't worry, we hate spam as much as you do and won't use your data in any other way. 

 If you provided your e-mail during our summer survey to stay up to date, you are automatically subscribed. 
 
• 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 General-booster: HAPP-YNEW-YEAR-2023

The code is valid until February 1st, 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 #30

Let's bring in some Christmas magma hurlers 🥳
Name: Ice Thrower
Tier & Orbs: T3, 3x Frost
Type: Unit
Power: 150
Hit points and Size: 1575 and L
Attack value and Type: 2200
Passive Abilities: 
Sharp Ice - Every 4 seconds, unit throws a ball of sharpened ice, dealing 440 damage to target, and up to 660 in total in radius of 10m. It can ignore the usual damage reduction on frozen targets. 
Winterbringer - Units attacked by Ice Thrower will be frozen for 5 seconds. Can occur only once every 20 seconds on single target. If Ice Thrower is under the effect of an Ice Shield, its attack will also make frozen units have their freeze state elongated by 5 more seconds. Occurs only once every 20 seconds. After the freeze wears off, the enemy target will have period of immunity from this effect. 
Siege - Deals 50% more damage to structures. 
Uses Magma Hurler model. 
Explanation of idea behind the card:
What can I say, another brother to the Hurler family. It allows nice synergy with the signature freezing ability of Frost, while also providing another 'archer' for Frost T3. 

I changed my mind and with the https://smj.cards/creator this is quite fun, but I have no serious ideas and my idea doesn't even deserve silver lol, but when it is "completed" I'll send it to you Kapo 

Welcome to the Official Anniversary Card Design Contest!

 
 
THE CONTEST HAS ENDED.
To see all winning entries, CLICK HERE
 
 
 
 
Anniversaries are special opportunities – and we like to take this head-on and really show that Skylords Reborn is for the Community, by the Community! A contest like this has often been suggested, now is the time to ask you for your card development ideas.
 
In this contest, you are called to submit your idea for a new card,
which will be presented to high-ranking jurors for judgement.


The jurors for this will be the designers @Hirooo, @RadicalX and @WindHunter – for those who don't know, these are the guys who are calling the shots in the SR Team about what makes the cut for new content.
Important note: Of course, there is no obligation for the SR Team to make any entry into a real card. But, a good idea that really fits into the game has a lot of power, and your idea will be heard, seen and judged anonymously and without any barrier of entry.
The contest starts with the reveal of this post and ends on the 1st of January 2023, 23:59 CET. Submit your entry through Discord (DM to Kapo#0116) or the Skylords Forum (DM to @Kapo). I will anonymize the entries, present them to the jury, and after a voting phase the winners will be revealed.
 

Rules:
Your idea must be a new card (NOT a rework of an already existing card or a Promo card) Units and buildings must be fitting for an already existing model (this is a technical limitation, but re-texturing can do wonders) Unfortunately, we also can't allow for Fire/Frost or Rainbow-cards (or any other outside the known factions, due to technical limitations) You are asked to create the fully upgraded version (see below: Things you don't need to add) By entering, you are giving away your card idea with permission to modify it  – the final design may differ from your submission here You are limited to a maximum of TWO entries - if you win on both, you will recieve the higher price You are asked to use the following template:
 
Things you don't need to add:
Rarity Upgrade Levels (submit a fully upgraded design) Number of Charges Artwork for the card At the end of the contest, we may make a compilation of the entries – by participating, you automatically agree to be included in that.
 
Suggestions:
In preparation for this contest, we asked the jurors to drop some hints on what is needed for a good design.
You might not want to create a new super-powerful card, but a card that's interesting. Maybe it fills a special niche case in a faction (like Burning Spears), or it is special, or meme-worthy (like Easter Egg). Balance is important! The best cards are useful, fill essential roles, and are not overpowered. If you design a T1 or T2 card, think about PvP implications. Fit the card to the faction: Think about the intentional strengths and weaknesses of each faction. Potentially, you see an extremely missing card in an arsenal, but that could be part of that faction's design. Also, breaking core rules of the game requires a very, very, very good reason. For both topics, see: Design Philosophy Document. You are allowed to submit a legendary (neutral) card, but please note those are much harder to design and balance properly. You may present some optical aid to the jurors: On https://smj.cards/creator you can easily create your own card-mockup:
 



Voting and Prize Tiers:
PLATINUM TIER
Platinum tier are creations that REALLY could be considered to be added to the game. They must not be all-around perfect, since someone who is not on the SR team cannot know about every problem faced when implementing cards. Platinum entries are cool, captivating and would be a great addition to the game.
Platinum tier winners will win a low-grade promo of choice (e.g., Fallen Skyelf, Lyrish Knight or Rogan Kayle) or Ultra-Rare of choice of similar value (Infect, Forest Elder etc.). Should your card some day make it into the game, you will get it for your own collection.
 
GOLD TIER
Gold tier suggestions are cool and interesting suggestions, but are lacking significantly in ONE (but only one!) way:
Unbalanced design with no way to repair that Clearly impossible to implement  Too niche to be worth the implementation Not fitting for any faction or into the game Not really a fitting, existing model in the game etc. Gold tier winners will win a Booster, accompanied by an (good) Rare or (medium) Ultra Rare card.
 
SILVER TIER
Silver Tier suggestions are solid suggestions, but are lacking in more than one way to make it into the game. For examples of what could cause issues, see the mentioned list above.
Silver tier winners will win a Booster.
          

We are looking forward to your designs! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Best regards,
Skylords Reborn Team

 

Cool, something I can't do but I look forward to the results 😀

Cool, something I can't do but I look forward to the results 😀

Hey everyone,
Today is the second anniversary for Skylords Reborn! Join us tonight 20:00 CET (about 5 hours from this post) at https://www.twitch.tv/skylordsreborn for a celebration stream, where we look back on 2 years of this revival project, share info about the upcoming patch, host a Q&A, and more.
To manage expectations, please note; while we are hard at work on our upcoming patch, it will not be released on the 18th.
We hope to see you there!

Great this was fun 

JOIN THE CLUB, THE PvE CLUB!
 
What is it?
PvE League is running live team-based challenges which are open to all. Participants are assigned a team upon joining, we will ensure that there is a mix of skill levels in each team. Maps can either be campaign, community or rPvE maps with a set of objectives. 
 
Who can join
If you would like to meet new people and have some fun, then you've met all the requirements for PvE club. It's an informal gathering of like-minded people who enjoy playing PvE coming together to play some team games, we welcome people of all skill levels.
 
When is it?
Every Sunday 10:30am CET, it generally runs for a few hours so feel free to join the group at any time.
Where will it be?
We meet in Voice Chat Room 1 on the main Skylords Reborn Discord server at the scheduled time.
 
How do I register?
You can join on the day however it is preferred if you message Little_Ducky (DaDuck#5103) on Discord to let me know you are attending. 
 
 

Salutations everyone, I am the WaterMelonLord and this is how I play the game. This is not a smart way of playing the game and limits you so much, obviously this is really only for the crazy people out there and new players (do not make another account you will get banned) but you can really try ironman mode whenever you like. The name is stolen from Runescape and they probably stole the name from something else idk. 

So how I play the game is no trading anyone, no buying cards off of the marketplace, I do receive mails from other players for example Mr Titan gave me 3 mines and some bandit minefields (thank you) I think, but you could also play with the rule of not receiving any mail from people (mail from the game obviously fine), reforging is allowed, so I wouldn't recommend to play like this as trade is a big part of the game, but this is an option, an insane option. I also only buy normal boosters limiting myself even more. 

So basically getting charges is very difficult, getting an exact card is very difficult, getting rares and ultra rares is very difficult, but this is for some weird reason how I play the game and it will take me a very long time to get all cards, especially charges and upgrades, but I guess I'm here for the long run. 
An example of how painful this is, I got an evil eye again I think Mr Titan gave it to me so thank you to him again, but I literally have one charge for evil eye and it is painful, but imagine the dopamine when I open a booster and get a evil eye, I will be so happy (it's gonna take ages).  

So yeah there is the insight of ironman made, even though I have sort of (not really) created this mode, I do not recommend for you to try it, unless you want a challenge. 

Thank you for reading this and I hope you have a great time playing the game in whatever capacity you do. 🍉 

 

Feel free to make those maps 🙂

Biased against Magma Hurler, Mauler and Juice Tanks. Worst CCC ever.

Updated Clarifications: If you want to use the red Wintertide Affinity, you are allowed to do so. In this scenario with archers, it is just plain worse, so there is no reason to disallow it if one doesn't own and/or doesn't want to buy the blue one.

I remember when I started playing with Nukie after he asked to have his account reset to do exactly what you described. It was interesting to see him play with weird random decks no void return for a long time because he didn't pull any shrines from boosters or reforging. Considering all expert maps can be beaten with super basic cheap cards, it's not an insanely hard challenge. Tbh I think the novelty wore off very quickly for Nukie 😄 
 

Salutations everyone, I am the WaterMelonLord and this is how I play the game. This is not a smart way of playing the game and limits you so much, obviously this is really only for the crazy people out there and new players (do not make another account you will get banned) but you can really try ironman mode whenever you like. The name is stolen from Runescape and they probably stole the name from something else idk. 

So how I play the game is no trading anyone, no buying cards off of the marketplace, I do receive mails from other players for example Mr Titan gave me 3 mines and some bandit minefields (thank you) I think, but you could also play with the rule of not receiving any mail from people (mail from the game obviously fine), reforging is allowed, so I wouldn't recommend to play like this as trade is a big part of the game, but this is an option, an insane option. I also only buy normal boosters limiting myself even more. 

So basically getting charges is very difficult, getting an exact card is very difficult, getting rares and ultra rares is very difficult, but this is for some weird reason how I play the game and it will take me a very long time to get all cards, especially charges and upgrades, but I guess I'm here for the long run. 
An example of how painful this is, I got an evil eye again I think Mr Titan gave it to me so thank you to him again, but I literally have one charge for evil eye and it is painful, but imagine the dopamine when I open a booster and get a evil eye, I will be so happy (it's gonna take ages).  

So yeah there is the insight of ironman made, even though I have sort of (not really) created this mode, I do not recommend for you to try it, unless you want a challenge. 

Thank you for reading this and I hope you have a great time playing the game in whatever capacity you do. 🍉 

 

Salutations everyone, I am the WaterMelonLord and this is how I play the game. This is not a smart way of playing the game and limits you so much, obviously this is really only for the crazy people out there and new players (do not make another account you will get banned) but you can really try ironman mode whenever you like. The name is stolen from Runescape and they probably stole the name from something else idk. 

So how I play the game is no trading anyone, no buying cards off of the marketplace, I do receive mails from other players for example Mr Titan gave me 3 mines and some bandit minefields (thank you) I think, but you could also play with the rule of not receiving any mail from people (mail from the game obviously fine), reforging is allowed, so I wouldn't recommend to play like this as trade is a big part of the game, but this is an option, an insane option. I also only buy normal boosters limiting myself even more. 

So basically getting charges is very difficult, getting an exact card is very difficult, getting rares and ultra rares is very difficult, but this is for some weird reason how I play the game and it will take me a very long time to get all cards, especially charges and upgrades, but I guess I'm here for the long run. 
An example of how painful this is, I got an evil eye again I think Mr Titan gave it to me so thank you to him again, but I literally have one charge for evil eye and it is painful, but imagine the dopamine when I open a booster and get a evil eye, I will be so happy (it's gonna take ages).  

So yeah there is the insight of ironman made, even though I have sort of (not really) created this mode, I do not recommend for you to try it, unless you want a challenge. 

Thank you for reading this and I hope you have a great time playing the game in whatever capacity you do. 🍉 

 

Salutations everyone, I am the WaterMelonLord and this is how I play the game. This is not a smart way of playing the game and limits you so much, obviously this is really only for the crazy people out there and new players (do not make another account you will get banned) but you can really try ironman mode whenever you like. The name is stolen from Runescape and they probably stole the name from something else idk. 

So how I play the game is no trading anyone, no buying cards off of the marketplace, I do receive mails from other players for example Mr Titan gave me 3 mines and some bandit minefields (thank you) I think, but you could also play with the rule of not receiving any mail from people (mail from the game obviously fine), reforging is allowed, so I wouldn't recommend to play like this as trade is a big part of the game, but this is an option, an insane option. I also only buy normal boosters limiting myself even more. 

So basically getting charges is very difficult, getting an exact card is very difficult, getting rares and ultra rares is very difficult, but this is for some weird reason how I play the game and it will take me a very long time to get all cards, especially charges and upgrades, but I guess I'm here for the long run. 
An example of how painful this is, I got an evil eye again I think Mr Titan gave it to me so thank you to him again, but I literally have one charge for evil eye and it is painful, but imagine the dopamine when I open a booster and get a evil eye, I will be so happy (it's gonna take ages).  

So yeah there is the insight of ironman made, even though I have sort of (not really) created this mode, I do not recommend for you to try it, unless you want a challenge. 

Thank you for reading this and I hope you have a great time playing the game in whatever capacity you do. 🍉 

 

Cool

On a personal note; it is hard to believe this is Community Update 30 already! Preparing and writing these always takes much more time than expected, but I hope its appreciated by the playerbase.
Community Updates started out as a way to keep the playerbase informed about all the work going on behind the scenes, as we are always working on more content, quality of life fixes or other ways to expand upon Skylords Reborn, even if it can take a while for a new patch to go live. All of this is done by a team of about 35 volunteers working in different departments on their evenings, weekends or holidays, alongside their job, studies and social responsibilities. It's always impressive to me to see how much we get done and are willing to invest into a fan project for no profit. Sometimes the workload can be a lot, but I am extremely grateful for the fact BattleForge was not only resurrected and I get to play it again, but I also get to work with a bunch of talented and passionate people in a great community. 
Lets celebrate another year of Skylords together, and I hope to see you during the stream and in the Forge. 😄
 

Greetings Skylords!
A new month; a new Community Update! It's time to bring you up to speed with everything going on in Skylords Reborn!

• 2nd Anniversary Stream

The second anniversary of Skylords Reborn is coming up! Two years ago, on the 18th of December 2020, the world of Nyn opened its doors again, allowing more than 100.000 Skylords to re-experience this one-of-a-kind game. Since then, we have been hard at work to bring you even more content, bugfixes, new cards and other features. Skylords Reborn is truly by the fans, for the fans, and we are glad we can celebrate this second anniversary with you. 
On Sunday the 18th of December at 20:00 CEST*, we will be hosting an anniversary stream on our official Twitch channel. We will look back on another year of Skylords Reborn, show off what will be included in our latest patch, and answer questions from the community. 
We hope you will be joining us! 

*Due to the busy December month, this time slot is pending, we will share the final streaming time closer to the anniversary. 
 
• Upcoming Content Patch

We are also hard at work to bring you a new content patch, aimed for release in December. It will include various balance changes, new cards, new achievements and a new feature.
Last year we focused on improving the economy and introduced Reforging; a way to make use of spare cards lying around and to adjust the prices of cards, giving even worthless cards a set minimum value and a creating a soft cap on card prices to prevent runaway inflation among the best ultra rares. We also added more achievements, increasing the number of boosters players can earn to help newer players get started on their collection.
Achievements are a great way to naturally introduce players to more cards, but also to keep players engaged with fun challenges. However, by rewarding items that interact with the economy (boosters, cards) we see some players get frustrated with achievements that provide challenges they don't enjoy or find too hard, yet feel forced to do because of the rewards.
So we started to work on an additional reward layer, and we are proud to reveal the new upcoming feature: Cosmetics.
With our new patch, we are introducing a bunch of new achievements focused on providing fun new challenges for players, while not having to worry about impacting the economy with their rewards. Instead, players will be able to earn special borders, banners and titles, allowing for more expression and fancy bling! Here is a little teaser:  

Cosmetics will be part of our upcoming patch, and we will share more about it and their connected achievements in the anniversary stream. 


• New Card Reveal: Sanctuary

In our Nature Deep Dive back in April, we already mentioned Sanctuary, a card that has been in development ever since. Sanctuary is a new tool for Pure Nature players that provides an effect similar to Mark of the Keeper to a select number of units. 
Please note: We are still testing the card. While we are generally happy with it, numbers and effects might still change before release. 

Sanctuary is a new tier 4 spell for pure Nature decks, requiring four Nature orbs. The card will be Rare, and will come in two affinities. The effect of the non-upgraded version is as follows:
 
Blessed Spellbane
Up to 4 friendly units in a 25m radius will be wrapped in a countermagical aura. Affected units are surrounded by a spellblocking zone of 20m where enemies can neither use ranged attacks nor special abilities. Hostile players cannot play out cards within that zone. Additionally, affected units take 25% less damage. Lasts for 20 seconds. Reusable every 40 seconds.

Gifted Spellbane
Up to 4 friendly units in a 25m radius will be wrapped in a countermagical aura. Affected units are surrounded by a spellblocking zone of 20m where enemies can neither use ranged attacks nor special abilities. Hostile players cannot play out cards within that zone. Additionally, the duration of the immobilizing effects of Freeze and Paralyze is reduced by 75% on all affected targets. Lasts for 20 seconds. Reusable every 40 seconds.

Sanctuary continues our work on the Nature faction, alongside various balance changes coming to the faction in our upcoming patch. Sanctuary aims to provide Nature players with a reward for playing Pure Nature decks, instead of Enlightenment decks. It is a powerful effect that covers some weaknesses with which the faction struggles.
Sanctuary is planned to release in our next patch. 
 
• Art Spotlight

Work on Sanctuary started back in July, with SpiritAlpha coming up with a few sketches to explore directions. At this point, we weren't sure what the focus point would be of the spell. During design there were versions with non-nature units like the Overlord at the center of the spell. We thought it would be fun to show these very early concepts.


The art feedback channel was home to many a discussion during the progress, with as many as eight different takes up for discussion. We had versions with the focus on a village (1, 2), a focus on a single unit (Swamp Drake 3, Giant Wyrm 4, Abyssal Warder 6) to Twilight investation around the borders, being held back by the sanctuary (8).

After voting, the version with two dragons in the sky (5) was used to come to the final design. A big thanks to our artists SpiritAlpha and Tweeto for working on this piece and to our Art Critiques for providing feedback. As you can see, we always put a lot of thought and effort into our artworks, we hope it shows!

 
• Tournaments / Events

Since Community Updates are posted on a monthly schedule, events might come and go in between them. Be sure to keep a close eye on the ingame event-tab and the forum calendar to not miss any events! 

• CLOSING SOON – Official PvE Contest #7: Harvest season – until 02.12.2022
For this challenge, we want to see you succeed in playing the map Bad Harvest, while accomplishing several goals of varying difficulty.
The more objectives your team accomplishes, the more points you get, which will lead to greater rewards! More information. 

• NEW – CCC #9 – The Archer's Tournament – Until 10.12.2022
Once the official PvE contest is finished, a new CCC run by Kapo goes live the day. Click here for details.
 
• FINISHED – Official Halloween Event
While our Halloween event is now over, you can still play this new take on a familiar map. Instead of Encountering Twilight, Rogan Kayle finds himself in the face of new horrors. Click here for how to access the map.  

• Host your own tournament / event
Want to host a tournament or event yourself? Please reach out to our Event Organizer, Metagross! We can help you out with various topics and are glad to discuss potential ideas. We can also sponsor the prize pool for your event. 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.


• Team changes

Sadly, Chibiterasu has decided to quit his role of balance developer. While sad to see him go, we respect his decision and would like to thank him for all his work.
 
• Contribute to the Project

As always, we hope you will consider helping out the project. Please take a look at all our open positions on how you can do so. 
There are also a variety of contributor roles, like translator, that don't require you to join the staff, but still allow you to help out now and then. Please take a look. 
 

• 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 General-booster: HAPP-YANN-IVER-SARY

The code is valid until January 1st, 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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• Overview Community Updates
• Community Update #29

Hello Skylords, Skyladies, and other Skybeings; and welcome to CCC #9 – the ninth Crappy Community Contest!


THE CONTEST HAS ENDED.
To see the winners, CLICK HERE. If you are just here to grab the code, there you go: CCC9-BOWA-NDST-RING
 
 
What are “Crappy Community Contests”?
CCC's are meant to be small-scale contests with weird challenges, hopefully luring you away from well-trodden paths. They are small-scale on the organizers side too: usually there will be no stream, video, or event announcing the winners. What's special about these contests is a participation prize for the whole Skylords community.

After a short pause, the CCC is back again, this time with a rPvE Challenge:
 
What, when, where, how?
The Archer's Tournament

All the famous archers want to settle this question once and for all: Which of them is the strongest?

This challenge is to win the highest possible single-player rPvE Map of the Month
in the fastest time under severe card limitations.

In this challenge, you are sent to win a rPvE MotM as fast as you can, using mainly T1 archers to destroy your enemies. You may unlock a maximum total of 3 cards (limited choice) by building your orbs:
Tier 1: Chose your Archers



Tier 2: Unlocks your first support spell


Tier 3: Unlocks your second support spell


Winners will be ranked according to the usual ranking tables – first on difficulty, then on time. For example, if you have an ultra-slow run on a rPvE difficulty 6 map, you will still be ranked higher than all difficulty 5 entries. Clearing a map with only archers is hard? Fear not! If you only want to participate, you may enter with a simple rPvE Difficulty Map of the Month Difficulty 1 run under these rules, making you eligible for the random prizes, which will only take you a minute or two.
Clarifications:
Don't forget to select Map of the Month! Replays with randomly generated maps are not allowed to enter the tournament. Even if you are able to play out a spell mentioned on Tier 2/Tier 3 earlier, you are only allowed to cast it once your orb has been built. If you don't want or need the T2 or T3 support spells, of course, you can ignore them and just build a big army of archers. You may also choose a second spell listed on Tier 2 after building your Tier 3, but you are not allowed to pick a second archer card. Lastly, even though the above pictures are of cards without upgrades, you can of course use your fully upgraded ones. The red affinity of Wintertide is allowed, but please note that the Infused Defense is plain worse in this challenge scenario.
  How to enter:
Battleforge automatically saves a replay file of the last match you play, named autosave.pmv.  After playing the map, rename this file, so it doesn't get overwritten. You can find your replays here: Documents => Battleforge => replays.

The contest has started with the release of this post – submit your replay through Discord (DM to Kapo#0116) or the Skylords Forum (DM to @Kapo) until 10.12.2022 23:59 CET  (= 8 days time total). You can submit multiple times, but only your best entry will count. Please note that any submitted replays may be posted here in the forums.

To lessen my workload, please rename your replay to the following format: CCC9_<difficulty>_<time>_<name>.pmv  (e.g. CCC9_5_17.22_Kapo.pmv)


 
What's the prize pool?
Since this is not just a crappy contest, but a Crappy Community Contest, you may help with your participation to earn a prize for the whole community. If we reach more than 25 participants (unique players, not entries), we will unlock a Mini-Booster code for the entire Skylords community. If more than 40 participants enter, the code will be upgraded to a Booster instead of a Mini-Booster. So tell your fellow Skylords to try this challenge – it's an occasion to try something completely new, and it raises our chances to hand out a code for everybody. 
Of course, the top ranking Skylords will get prizes too, sponsored by myself, the Community and the Skylords Reborn Team:
1st place               5 General Boosters + Promo Razorleaf
2nd place              4 General Boosters + Promo Rogan Kayle
3rd place              3 General Boosters + Promo Lyrish Knight
4th place              2 General Boosters + Harvester + Bandit Minefield
5th place              1 General Booster +  Amii Monument
6th place              Disenchant (G) + Deepcoil Worm
7th place              Cluster Explosion (R)+ Razorleaf
8th place              Parasite Swarm + Soulshatter
9th place              Ice Age (G) + Transcendence
10th place            Stronghold
11-15th place       Two Rare cards (see sponsored cards below)
16-20th place       One Rare card (see below)


Last place              Juice Tank (x4)
For participation, there is a random chance to win one of the following cards out of a large pool:
Random Draws          5x1 General Booster, Evil Eye (x5), Spitfire, Stronghold, QueekQueek, Church of Negation, Mine, Nether Warp (B), Ice Age (B), Timeshifter Spirit, Mindweaver, Wrathgazer, Abyssal Warder (R), Mine, Frenetic Assault (R), Ashbone Pyro (x2), Cultist Master, Satanael (R), Razorleaf (x2), Wildfire, Deepcoil Worm, Mark of the Keeper, Hurricane, Corsair (G) (x2), Corsair (P), Bandit Minefield (x2), Banzai Lord (P) (x3), Lost Shade (B) (x2), Twilight Creeper (R), Abomination (P), Sunderer, Juggernaut, Shrine of War, Batariel (R), Earthshaker, Soulshatter, Home Soil (x2), War Eagle, Worldbreaker Gun, Battleship, Ice Tornado, Mana Wing, Spikeroot, Shrine of Memory, Colossus, Bloodhorn (P) (x2), Bloodhorn (R) (x2), Nightshade Plant (G), Abomination (B), Lost Shade (P), Lost Grigori (P), Transcendence, Grinder (R), Grinder (P), Viridya, Brannoc, Mo, The Incredible Mo, Jorne (x2), Ravenheart, Embalmers Shrine, Nightguard (P), Skyelf Sage, 250 BFP (x20).
 
This CCC also features again a Newcomer Card Pool. By participating, players of Bronze or Silver Rank will automatically receive at least one valuable uncommon card (more likely two or three). Of course, you may also win other random draws additionally if you are lucky. The Newbie Card Pool contains the following cards:
 
Should we get more too many entries, the pool will be expanded, so every newcomer will receive a guaranteed card. Those expansion cards will be rare cards (instead of more Uncommons), so tell your fellow beginner to participate!
 
Sponsors
If one or more mighty Skylord(s) decides to sponsor this event, please contact me. I would be more than happy to beef up or expand the prize pool, add additional random draws, special bounties or any other upgrades to the prize pool. 
The following prizes have been sponsored so far:
Skylords Team          General Boosters (x20), Evil Eye (x7), Community Booster Code
@THE_BIG_WET     Newcomer Card Pool (see above), Promo Lyrish Knight, Sunderer(x3), Juggernaut (x3), Shrine of War (x3), Batariel (R) (x3), Earthshaker (x3), Ashbone Pyro (x3), Soulshatter (x2), Home Soil (x3), War Eagle (x3), Worldbreaker Gun (x3), Battleship (x3), Ice Tornado (x3), Mana Wing (x3), Spikeroot (x2), Deepcoil Worm (x3), Shrine of Memory (x3), Colossus (x3), Corsair (G) (x3), Bandit Minefield (x3), Banzai Lord (P) (x3), Bloodhorn (P) (x2), Bloodhorn (R) (x2), Nightshade Plant (G) (x3), Abomination (B) (x3), Lost Shade (P) (x3), Lost Grigori (P) (x3), Transcendence (x3), Grinder (R) (x3), Grinder (P) (x3), Viridya (x3), Brannoc (x3), Mo (x3), The Incredible Mo (x3), Jorne (x3), Ravenheart (x2)
@MadDoggo         Promo Razorleaf
@arabikaa             Promo Rogan Kayle
@T1421                Spitfire
@Titan                 Harvester, Disenchant (G), Cluster Explosion (R), Cluster Explosion (P), Church of Negation (x2), Spitfire, Nether Warp (B), Ice Age (G), Ice Age (B), Timeshifter Spirit, Parasite Swarm, Mindweaver, Stronghold, Wrathgazer, Abyssal Warder (R), Mine, Frenetic Assault (R) (x2), Ashbone Pyro (x2), Cultist Master, Satanael (R), Wildfire, Razorleaf (x4), Deepcoil Worm (x2), Mark of the Keeper, Hurricane, Corsair (G) (x2), Corsair (P) (x2), Bandit Minefield, Banzai (P) (x2), Bloodhorn (R), Lost Shade (B) (x4), Twilight Creeper (R) (x2), Abomination (P) (x2)
@hauclir               Stronghold, QueekQueek
@Dolewan            Embalmers Shrine, Nightguard (P), Skyelf Sage, Banzai Lord (P), Cultist Master
@Lans                  Skyfire Drake (x4), Fire Dragon (x4), Nox Trooper (x4), Life Weaving (x4), Shadow Phoenix (x4), Void Maw (x4), Frost Mage (x4), Coldsnap (x4), Construct (x4), Shaman (x3), Ensnaring Roots (x3), Grimvine (x4), Lost Spirit Ship G (x4), Razorshard G (x4), Gemeye P (x4), Gemeye G (x4), Home Soil (x1)
@Grak                  5000 BFP
@Skury                 Abomination (B) (that got lost somehow, and when I wanted to buy it he gave it for free <3)
Anonymous              Amii Monument
Note: Since there have been two incredible big donations, some of those cards will go into the next CCC as well.
Conclusion
I hope you have fun with this challenge, and I hope your arrows and spells strike true.
Kapo
     
Future Events – get involved!
If you are interested in helping with these (or better) kinds of events for the community, or want to host one yourself, don't be afraid and simply reach out! Contact our beloved Event Manager @Metagross31 on the forums or discord. They are happy to assist you with upcoming events and with sponsoring your prize pool!
If you especially like this small-scale-format, and you have an idea for it, you may also contact me directly to discuss your idea and host your own Crappy Community Contest.