Hotfix #51

Hello, Adeventurers!

We hope that this free version will give players a chance to experience some of what Dark and Darker has to offer, and to give players who have not played since the playtests a chance to see what's new before they dive in and become a ‘Legendary’ adventurer.

In addition to the Free-to-Play accounts, we have added several upcoming updates for a quick check before we start the new season. Our goal with the changes is to make the game a little more forgiving during the learning stages and make unwinnable situations less frequent for the new season. In matching this spirit, we have begun removing the circle from the maps, starting with the Goblin Caves. Additionally, we have started adding some quality of life and better onboarding features as we prepare for the new wipe.

One of the big changes is the reduction in the power gap for items. We have now removed all ‘Junk’ and unnamed ‘Unique’ items. Named ‘Unique’ grade weapons still appear but they now share the same stats and rolls as their ‘Legendary’ counterpart with only difference being the addition of their unique passive. We have also reduced the damage and armor rating values for all weapons and equipment at the upper end to make them less overbearing. We have removed random modifiers that were too valuable such as the +all attribute rolls and have lowered and tightened the gap for the remaining rolls. We have also diminished the movement speed penalty gap on armors to reduce the heavy reliance on move speed. Finally, we have added a flat HP boost to all classes to slightly improve survivability in battles. Please note that many of the perks, skills spells, and class balance remain to be tuned with this new philosophy in mind and will be adjusted in the future.

With only a few more days until the start of the new season, we hope these updates give a small preview of the many changes we have in store for the upcoming wipe. We thank you for holding the line with us. See you in the dungeons!

IRONMACE

Changes:

• Added free-to-play feature. Updates to Legendary Status will be limited for a while.
• Accounts that purchased the Standard Edition and Founders Edition were automatically upgraded to Legendary Status.
• Added Shared Stash exclusively for Legendary Status.
• New session rules and escape methods have been added to the Goblin Caves.
• Numerous item balance changes.
• Minor class balance changes.