📋 Patch Notes
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🌟 The Arcane Awakening
🎯 Developer Note
This major update introduces the long-awaited Arcane magic school, completely revamps the voice recognition system, and adds several quality-of-life improvements based on community feedback.
✨ New Features
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Added Arcane Magic School with 12 new spells including Arcane Orb, Mana Shield, and Reality Rift
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Introduced Voice Recognition 3.0 with improved accuracy and support for more accents
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New Spell Combo System - chain spells for bonus effects and damage
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Added Practice Arena - safe environment to test spells and combos
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Implemented Custom Keybinds for spell shortcuts and push-to-talk
⚖️ Balance Changes
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Fireball damage reduced from 120 to 100, but cast time decreased from 2.5s to 2.0s
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Lightning Bolt mana cost increased from 30 to 35, critical chance increased from 15% to 20%
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Ice Shard slow effect duration increased from 3s to 4s
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Magic Missile now auto-targets nearest enemy within range
🔧 Bug Fixes
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Fixed voice recognition failing on words ending with 'LL' sounds
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Resolved issue where spells would occasionally cast twice
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Fixed mana regeneration not working properly after using Mana Shield
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Corrected spell particle effects not displaying on some graphics cards
⚖️ Balance Hotfix
⚖️ Balance Changes
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Lightning Bolt chain damage reduced from 75% to 60% of original damage
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Ice Shard freeze chance reduced from 25% to 20% on critical hits
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Mana regeneration rate increased by 15% across all difficulty levels
🔧 Bug Fixes
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Fixed exploit where players could cast spells without mana cost
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Resolved audio desync issues in multiplayer matches
🎮 Multiplayer Mayhem
🎯 Developer Note
The multiplayer update brings competitive and cooperative gameplay to Steam Mage Arena. Battle against friends or team up to face challenging dungeons together!
✨ New Features
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Added 4v4 PvP Arena with ranked matchmaking
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Introduced Co-op Dungeons for 2-4 players
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New Spectator Mode for watching matches
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Added Guild System with guild halls and tournaments
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Implemented Cross-platform Play between PC and Steam Deck
⚖️ Balance Changes
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All spell damage reduced by 10% in PvP to increase match duration
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Healing spells now have 50% effectiveness in PvP
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Mana costs increased by 20% in competitive modes
🔧 Quality of Life Update
✨ New Features
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Added Colorblind Support with customizable spell effect colors
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Introduced Accessibility Options including text-to-speech for spell names
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New Performance Mode for lower-end hardware
🔧 Bug Fixes
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Fixed memory leak causing performance degradation after extended play
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Resolved issue where game would crash on Alt+Tab in fullscreen mode
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Fixed spell icons not loading properly on first launch
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Corrected save file corruption issue affecting character progression
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Fixed voice recognition not working with certain USB microphones