Patches

Patches are a modification to the files of Skylords Reborn, issued by Project Staff. Every patch will contain one or more of the following materials:

New game content: Cards, Maps etc.
Balance changes: Changes made to even out the power balance between cards.
Bug fixes: Changes made to correct unintended behaviour in the game.
Client/Backend/development changes: Technology or configuration changes that go on behind the scenes.
Patch Notes: An official documentation of the changes made.

Below patches and their changelogs listed, starting from August 2020:

Pre-Release Patch #400008

This patch went live on 10 September 2020.

General changes

Reduce the required time to earn the daily boost from 60 minutes to 45 minutes.
Decrease booster prices from 450/700/1000 BFP to 450/475/500 BFP.
Added Nature/Shadow (Amii) and Fire/Frost faction boosters.
Added thematically appropriate neutral cards to faction boosters.
Added a preview of all possible contents of a booster ingame.

General fixes

Fixed an error which froze the game after the tutorial.

Mid-Patch Update

Decreased the time it takes for your ranked ELO range to increase from 30 seconds to 15 seconds, effectively finding an opponent quicker when searching for ranked PvP opponents.

Pre-Release Patch #400007

This patch went live on 07 September 2020.

General fixes

Fixed numerous issues related to case sensitivity in deck names
Fixed a cause for gold desync in the postgame screen and in the marketplace
Fixed error when logging out while the marketplace screen is open
Added experimental fixes for the recent increase in disconnects, please report (with logs!) when you still get any disconnects!

General changes

Reverted a recent change which changed how the time was counted for the rankings

Pre-Release Patch #400006

This patch went live on 27 August 2020.

General fixes

Fixed being able to practically give two decks the same name.
Fixed numerous issues related to scratchcards (fully works now).

General changes

Added an ingame notification when the match desyncs to notify the players of this desync. A desync is when not all players see the same thing happening in the match. Symptoms of a desync include not seeing the actions of other players, as if they were AFK. This notification hopefully prevents players who desync from blaming each other for not doing anything.

Pre-Release Patch #400005

This patch went live on 25 August 2020.

General fixes

Fixed error sometimes when starting the map editor.
Fixed Discord integration, to display extra information in the players status on Discord.
Fixed automatically saving password of your BattleForge account for easier login (This can be enabled in the config.json).
Fixed crash that would happen when a 13th player joined a group by setting the max group size to 12 players.
Fixed daily rewards not being carried over properly over multiple offline days. The same is fixed for quests.
Map of the month lobbies will now be properly shown as such in the open games list.
Fixed a crash which could occur while creating lobbies (map id 0 error).
Fixed russian name of "Timeless" PvE Rank.
Attempting to buy an expired auction should now give an appropriate error message.

General changes

Added blinking of BattleForge in the taskbar when receiving a request, or when the lobby updates.
Players who left a match will still be shown in the rankings, instead of "Disconnected".
Added special icon (the boot) for rPvE map of the month lobbies.
The worldmap will now update each time you open it.

Card Changes

Updated russian card description for spirit hunters.

Pre-Release Patch #400004

This patch went live on 21 August 2020.

General fixes

Fixed numerous issues leading to ingame lag.
Fixed game timer not starting sometimes for single player games.
Fixed infamous error that would sometimes occur when opening your mailbox.
Fixed not being able to open gold chests on 12p maps sometimes or it sometimes opening multiple times.
Fixed error sometimes when selecting a PvP map in the "Choose map" section.
Fixed incorrect rank being displayed when searching for a player.
Fixed sound cues not playing when being whispered of receiving requests from other players.
Fixed auctions not displaying "Short" as timeleft when they were about to expire.
Fixed incorrectly displaying the remaining time until the reserve is full again.

General changes

Added tooltip to auctions in the search window informing the player about being able to click on the card to play it in the forge.

Card Changes

Rebalanced card charges so you more quickly have more charges: https://trello.com/c/NXVTtyD1/27-rebalance-card-charges
Fully charging a card grants twice as much as charges as on U0 (except for 4 charges: 1+1+1+1)
- 24 charges: 6+6+6+6 -> 12+4+4+4
- 20 charges: 5+5+5+5 -> 10+4+3+3
- 16 charges: 4+4+4+4 -> 8+3+3+2
- 12 charges: 3+3+3+3 -> 6+2+2+2
- 8 charges: 2+2+2+2 -> 4+2+1+1
- 4 charges: 1+1+1+1 -> 1+1+1+1
This caused the Tutorial Deck to become stronger!

Pre-Release Patch #400003

This patch went live on 12 August 2020.

General fixes

Anti virus issues trojan warning resolved

Pre-Release Patch #400002

This patch went live on 09 August 2020.

General changes/features

Added new daily reward and reserve system for gaining daily BFP.
Added daily booster discount after playing for a certain amount of time.
Added new faction boosters to the store.
Added 2vs2 ranked matches.
Added 12player PvE matches. Keep in mind 12 player matches only reward gold.
Added randomly generated maps to the ranked PvP maps pool.
Added ability to click on cards in the marketplace in order to play them in the forge.
Increased auction amount to 100 per player.
Added option for 48 hour long auctions.
Removed the starting 2.5h playtime quest completely.
Decreased required amount of ranked pvp matches to reach 100% activity from 30 to 15 matches per month.
Adjusted required ranks for purchasing upgrades: the required ranks are 1, 4 and 5 for upgrade 1, 2 and 3, and is the same for all rarities. The required rank can either be your PvE rank, or your highest PvP rank.
Added 'Suggested Decks' button in the lobby to view and select the decks you most recently used for a map.
Added x16 and x32 speed for watching replays.
Improved UI and feedback when trying to upload community maps. More improvements to this will be added at a later stage.
Added /match chat.
Removed logout button from the escape menu.
Drastically improved performance of the upgrade tab.
Improved responsiveness of the marketplace.
Greatly improved responsiveness while using the leaderboards (may still lag a bit when opening it for the first time).
Your own auctions in the "My auctions" tab in the marketplace now show the exact time left instead of Short/Medium/Long.
Improved the interface used for creating auctions. You can now put up multiple auctions at once.
When searching for auctions, your name on your own auctions will be displayed in bold in order to make them more recognizable.
Bidding/Buyout fields will be greyed out for an auction if they are not usable or relevant.
Added the amount of hours next to the different time options when trying to create an auction.
Minor general improvements to the story book.
Replaced the "Manual" button with a "Wiki" button in the news section.
Added a `Patreon` button in the news section.
Added small counter at the bottom of the `Auction Watchlist` window ingame that shows your current amount of auctions watchlisted.
Added small ingame pop-up for new players asking if they would like to play the tutorial map.
Added the ability to navigate the map selection screen (PvP and Community PvE) with your arrow keys.
Hid the match loot dropdown whenever trying to create a 1 or 12 player match.
Hid the loot type for rPVE matches in the game selection screen, as rPvE does not reward upgrades.

General fixes

Fixed many group and match bugs.
Fixed many issues with disconnecting/getting stuck in the loading screen.
You no longer need to restart BattleForge if you enter the wrong password.
Fixed match running too fast/slow which resulted in stuttering or teleporting.
Fixed trade button tooltip saying the player accepted the trade while he did not.
Fixed german version of the 'promo from booster' notification message.
Fixed replays of community maps not showing in the replays menu in certain cases.
Fixed a minor issue with trying to upload PVP community maps.
Fixed BFP desync when bidding more than the buyout on a card in the auction house.
Fixed incorrect error feedback when setting the bid amount to less than 2 on a card for the auction house.
Fixed selected map in the create a game window not always being remembered properly between opening and closing the window for PvP and Community maps.
Fixed quests not properly refreshing in the UI after rerolling a quest.
Fixed player buildings not being destroyed and units not being killed if a player disconnected or left without doing any action in the match.
Fixed random (windows) error sounds while playing the game.
Fixed show and request deck with the tutorial deck not working.
Fixed gained ELO text overflow in postgame screen for 2vs2.
Fixed the cause of the error message "A card of this type is already in your deck!".
Fixed a disconnect which occurred upon answering a direct trade request.
Fixed minor issues related to need/greed when all players had all upgrades being rewarded.
Fixed some errors with ingame UI tutorial and updated relevant steps in the tutorial.
Fixed error after using the filter option in the upgrades window after applying/removing an upgrade.
Fixed UI overlapping and worldmap UI issues in 1600x1024 resolution.
Fixed that you could copy a deck (using the view deck window) from another player while being ready.
Fixed not being able to start games sometimes for players that are on public networks.
Fixed maximum limit of 2000 quests completed for "Complete some quests" achievement.
Fixed an issue in the mail from the auction house where it would sometimes say that you sold your card for 0 BFP.
Properly handle case where the player has not opened a booster yet but tries to view his latest opened booster.
Fixed issue where you could buy avatars for free.

Card changes

Increased charge count of Santa Claus, Lord Cyrian, and Easter Egg to 4 so they are aligned with other promos.
Improved card description of Juice Tank.
Added missing ability "Siege" to Skycatcher card description.
Added the range to Area Ice Shield card description.
Added missing "Swift" ability to Colossus in card description.
Added missing ability "Swift" to Bloodhorn description.
Fixed wrong damage on card description of Northern Keep (Blue).
Fixed wrong tooltip of Shadow Insect.
Fixed ranged attack symbols not displayed for fire cards at higher resolutions.
Various other minor additions, updates and fixes (like typo's).