Editing LoH/Patch Notes/September-October 2012

==Patch Notes: October 25, 2012==

:Scheduled Maintenance

'''Weekly Sale'''

*The Pumpkin Bucket is here for Halloween.
**Exciting new grab bag improved for Halloween.
**New Hyper Energy Drink restores 50% instead of 25%.
**4 NEW EXCLUSIVE HALLOWEEN CARDS!!!
**Here for one week only.
**Receive one of these items:
***3 x Elite Pack
***1 x Tempus Pack
***3 x Tempus Pack
***50 x Fortune Pack
***#3gging (Epic)
***Paper into Trees (Epic)
***Cutting Edge (Epic)
***Accelerated Decay (Legendary)
***1 x Cosmic Pack
***1 x Draft Pack
***3 x Draft Pack
***2 x Bust of Aloysius Zeroth
***8 x Hyper Energy Drink
***25 x Hyper Energy Drink
***25 x Legacy Coin
***50 x Legacy Coin
***1000 x Legacy Coin
***25 x Skill Point
***50 x Skill Point

'''Enhancements'''

*Drop rates for Medkits and Newspaper Clippings have been increased in Issues 1 - 6.
*Unique card drops have been increased in Issues 1 - 6.
*Glory Pack is now permanently 10 Legacy Coins.
*Halloween is here!
**The Homeschool is wreaking havoc around the city and taken over Mad Confectionist's factory.
**New Issue 9.1 along with a new brawl -- available for 1 week only!
**6 new attainable cards exclusive to this Halloween event .

'''Bug Fixes'''

*In draft effects that require badges will no longer proc if you don't have the badge .
*Grip of Fanatacism will now work regardless of the time you play it.
*Card effects that cause double damage will no longer stack together. Equipment and badge effects will stack with card effects.
*Over the Top will now only add shield to itself.
*Maser: Far From Home buff will now fade if two cards are played on the same turn.
*Fixed a bug that displayed some log messages out of order when "No-Animations" is on.
*Fixed a bug that allowed you to sometimes start a guild brawl without a full team .
*Fixed a bug that sometimes did not display player equipment in brawl / draft screens.
*Tooltips will no longer sometimes show reversed.
*Players should no longer show without clothes unless they don't have any equipped.
*Players with the title L'il will now properly show up on the leaderboard.

'''Known Issues'''

*Titles can cause small display issues with player's name being too long.
*Banish pile cards sometimes do not appear. Clicking on the pile will still show the popup.
*Equipment buffs lasting visually a turn longer than they are supposed to.
*The card "Up and At'em" is not displaying its buff in the buff window.
*The card "Billy Stopless " is not displaying its buff in the buff window.
*"Black Smoke" effect will sometimes not fade.
*"Do as I Do" buff will not visually show up in buff list.
*In draft avatars may sometimes show as blank .

Rev 1857

==Tempus Drafting Event: October 19, 2012==
:Tempus Drafting Event

'''Weekly Sale'''

*Tempus Pack!
**Tempus packs contain only Tempus set cards. These include Preview 1 and 2 cards, and brand new cards which haven't been released before.
**25% off for the first week only.
**Tempus packs will have a single color crafting material that will drop 100% of the time from an opened pack.
**5 of these crafting pieces can be exchanged in the Forge for a new Tempus Legendary card.
**Same drop format as the Prestige Packs.
**This pack will be available for one month only.

*'''Tempus Pack Drafting'''
**Draft with Tempus Packs for 3 hours on Friday!
**1:00 - 4:00 PM PST
**20:00-23:00 Server Time
**You will still retain the crafts you would normally get for the packs.
**Rewards will be as follows:
***1st - 2 x Tempus Pack
***2nd - 1 x Tempus Pack
***3rd - 1 x Tempus Pack
***4th - 1 x Hourglass

Bug Fixes
*Issue 9 story text has been adjusted to always match the right nodes.
*Dr. Tessera: Devolved will now correctly be unlocked from being defeated on either of the second nodes.

Rev 1811 

==Patch Notes: October 18, 2012==

:Scheduled Maintenance

'''Weekly Sale'''

*Two new items have been added. The Pyro Goggles (the final piece of the Pyro equipment set), and our fourth Limited Offer promo card: Pyrotechnique: Forget Me Not .
*'''New Tempus Pack!'''
**Tempus packs contain only Tempus set cards. These include Preview 1 and 2 cards, and brand new cards which haven't been released before.
**25% off for the first week only.
**Tempus packs will have a single color crafting material that will drop 100% of the time from an opened pack.
**5 of these crafting pieces can be exchanged in the Forge for a new Tempus Legendary card.
**Same drop format as the Prestige Packs.
**This pack will be available for one month only.

*'''Tempus Pack Drafting'''
**Draft with Tempus Packs for 3 hours on Friday!
**1:00 - 4:00 PM PST
**20:00-23:00 Server Time
**You will still retain the crafts you would normally get for the packs (everyone will still recieve a minimum of 3 Tempus coins when they draft).
**Rewards will be as follows:
***1st - 2 x Tempus Pack
***2nd - 1 x Tempus Pack
***3rd - 1 x Tempus Pack
***4th - 1 x Hourglass

'''Enhancements'''

*Honor Packs have been permanently changed to 3 LC cost.
*Leaderboard rewards have been adjusted to better fit the scale of players.
*'''Issue 9: Absolute Reckoning is here'''!
**The fight to save existence has been divided into two sides.
**Find the truth in the fight between the Zeroths in the conclusion to Zeroth Hour.
**More than 40 new cards to obtain.
**With this set coming in Glory, Prestige, and Cosmic packs will go back to only the core set.
**Draft packs will now have all of the core set and all volume 2 cards in them.
**2 New Brawls
***Dr. Tessera: Devolved - 5 Person
***Absolute Zeroth - 3 Person
**Rules of Engagement
**No Mementos
**No Events
**30-40 cards

Bug Fixes

*Shadowplay now has the correct duration of next 2 threats .
*League Charters are now view able and do not crash the game.
*Duels should now correctly take energy.
*Welcome Wagon will now last the correct duration.
*Player names will now correctly display in card lore.
*Will Counters will now always show up in log for teammates.
*Can now reconnect to EFL without problems.

Known Issues
*Titles can cause small display issues with player's name being too long.
*Banish pile cards sometimes do not appear. Clicking on the pile will still show the popup.
*Equipment buffs lasting visually a turn longer than they are supposed to.
*The card "Up and At'em" is not displaying its buff in the buff window.
*The card "Billy Stopless " is not displaying its buff in the buff window.
*"Black Smoke" effect will sometimes not fade.
*If "Maser: Far From Home" is copied by the acolyte badge , the buff will show up twice but only actually be there once.
*"Do as I Do" buff will not visually show up in buff list.

Rev 1799

==Patch Notes: October 11, 2012==

:Scheduled Maintenance

'''Weekly Sale'''

*Two new pieces of equipment have been added: Pyro Jacket and Pyro Flames.
*Shimmerstorm’s Junior Lunchbox!
*Get tons of rares at an amazing value along with a few other great prizes.
*Here is a list of the possible contents:
**3 x Rares
**5 x Rares
**10 x Rares
**100 x Rares
**1 x Night Music
**1 x Shimmerstorm: Warning
**12 x Skill Points
**25 x Skill Points

'''Prestige Packs are 40% off!'''

*Guaranteed green, blue, purple or orange pack crafting components.
*Last chance to get the pack crafts before they rotate out with Issue 9 next week.

'''Enhancements'''

*Rules of Engagement is now live for the EFL .
*EFL will now have a set of rules that only allows decks that follow these rules to enter.
*Rules for the EFL will be changing every week.
*The level entry requirement will still be 75.
*Tickets will now cost 2 Legacy Coins but you will be reset to 5 tickets every * day unless you already have more than that.
*If you have already bought EFL tickets through Legacy Coins you will be * * * refunded in the next couple days.
*The requirements for the EFL rewards have been multiplied by 10.
*Players with any EFL Prize Vouchers will have that amount multiplied by 10.

'''The rewards for the EFL will now be as follows:'''

*1st – 4 EFL Prize Vouchers
*2nd – 2 EFL Prize Vouchers
*3rd – 2 EFL Prize Vouchers
*4th – 1 EFL Prize Voucher

'''This week’s rules are:'''

*20 – 40 card deck size
*Rares or below only

'''Bug Fixes'''

*Player in the 5000 to 5999 tier of the last Mega Brawl, where given the Prestige Pack they had not received earlier.
*Fixed a bug which causes the game to freeze in rare cases with Fire from Within .
*Backdraft will now correctly show a buff when depleted .
*Big Stick will now only show the correct amount of buffs.
*Cold Case will now only show buffs for yourself and not teammates.
*League image on player profiles will now correctly display the right clan icon.
*Scarlet Tiger brawl now correctly shows “Issue #7” in the brawl listings.
*Fixed a bug that sometimes caused buffs to become permanent.
*The Three Harmonies buff should now correctly fade after your next turn.
*Matter over Mind will now last the correct number of turns.

'''Known Issues'''

*Titles can cause small display issues with player’s name being too long.
*Banish pile cards sometimes do not appear. Clicking on the pile will still show * the popup.
*Equipment buffs lasting visually a turn longer than they are supposed to.
*The card “Up and At’em” is not displaying its buff in the buff window.
*The card "Billy Stopless " is not displaying its buff in the buff window.
*Black Smoke effect will sometimes not fade.
*Welcome Wagon buff is starting to early when combined with haste.
*Shadowplay buff is visually lasting a turn too long.

==Patch Notes: October 8, 2012==

:Scheduled Maintenance

'''New Sale'''

*Bounty Pack available for 3 days only.
**Contains 10-15 cards of rare or better!
**Costs 25% less than a Prestige Pack.

==October 4, 2012==

:Scheduled Maintenance

'''Weekly Sale'''

*Two new pieces of equipment have been added: Pyro Pants and Pyro Boots.
*Epic+ Bundle available for 4 days only.
*Contains five Epic+ Prestige Packs for 50% off!!!
*One of these will have a guaranteed legendary!

'''Enhancements'''

*Leaderboard Shop: Mall of Fame is here!!
*Only Culverton’s greatest Heroes can shop at the Mall of Fame.
*If you’ve earned Fame by placing at the top of a leaderboard, then come on by the the Mall of Fame to select your prize!
*Sleeves will change the back of your cards to an exciting new image.
*Titles will be added to the front of your name to show off the Fame you have achieved.

'''New Mega Brawl : Schism: Footfall'''

*Use your Dimensional Armor to fight this foe back to the dimension from which he came!
*There will be no cooldown timer for this mega brawl to help in defeating this enemy.
*Brawl points for Crisis has been increased from 25 to 30.
*Everyone who participated in the last Mega Brawl will receive 2 Energy Drinks for the problems we experienced with Go Daddy.
*We’ve added three new cards for this event , including the Legendary, Cover Fire.
*For a complete list of rewards follow this link: http://www.lohgame.com/images/footfall.jpg

'''Bug Fixes'''

*Two Tone Jacket will no longer crash the game when used.
*Message popup has been moved over slightly to the left out of the way of the friends list.

'''Known Issues'''

*Titles can cause small display issues with player’s name being too long.
*When Firerazer kills a player in a Brawl with “Fire from Within” and attempts to shuffle it into the dead player’s deck the game can freeze.
*Banish pile cards sometimes do not appear. Clicking on the pile will still show the popup.
*Equipment buffs lasting visually a turn longer than they are supposed to.
*The card “Up and At’em” is not displaying its buff in the buff window.
*The card "Billy Stopless " is not displaying its buff in the buff window.
*Black Smoke effect will sometimes not fade.

==September 27, 2012==

Scheduled Maintenance

'''Weekly Sale'''

*SUPER SUMMER STOCKPILE SALE!!!!
**We're doing an end of summer Legacy Coin bonus that is extra special.
**For this week only you will get a 75% bonus to your Legacy Coin purchase if buying at the highest tier.
**This sale will be on kongregate.com, lohgame.com, and armorgames.com.
*Helios Lunchbox is here! Here's a list of the amazing prizes you could get inside:
**1 x Forgotten Promises
**1 x The Abyss: Genesis
**1 x Investigative Journalism
**1 x Professor Helios
**1 x Cosmic Pack
**1 x Draft Pack
**3 x Draft Pack
**250 x Draft Pack
**50 x Fortune Pack
**2 x Bust of Aloysius Zeroth
**8 x Energy Drink
**25 x Energy Drink
**25 x Legacy Coin
**50 x Legacy Coin
**1000 x Legacy Coin
**25 x Skill Point
**50 x Skill Point
**1 x Mysterious Compound
*Gear up for the fight against Schism: Footfall next week by forging the epic Dimensional Warrior Set from the Mysterious Compound.

'''Enhancements'''

*Monday Night Heroes will now have progressive draft rewards.
**1 Draft = 1 x Bust of Aloysius Zeroth
**3 Drafts = 1 x Draft Pack
**5 Drafts = 1 x Prestige Pack
*The Mall of Fame for the top ranks of the Leaderboards will be coming very soon!

'''Bug Fixes'''

*Scarlet Tiger: Enraged will now correctly fade at the end of turn.
*Fixed a bug where sometimes after a duel , you would not rank up when you should have.
*Add shield buff for equipment will now display correctly.

'''Known Issues'''

*When Firerazer kills a player in a Brawl with "Fire from Within" and attempts to shuffle it into the dead player's deck the game can freeze.
*Banish pile cards sometimes do not appear. Clicking on the pile will still show the popup.
*Equipment buffs lasting visually a turn longer than they are supposed to.
*The card "Up and At'em" is not displaying its buff in the buff window.
*The card "Billy Stopless " is not displaying its buff in the buff window.
*Black Smoke effect will sometimes not fade.

Rev 1632

==September 20, 2012==

'''Weekly Sale'''

* Two new items have been added. The Stalking Tiger Hood (the final piece of the Scarlet Tiger equipment set), and our third promo card: Scarlet Tiger: Enraged .
* Draft Sale! All Draft Packs are 20% off! One week only.
* Draft Rewards Week!
** Every time you participate in a draft this week you will receive a Draft Badge .
** Draft Badges can be crafted into "Elite" rewards.

'''Enhancements'''

* Drafts will now give 2 Energy Potions for 4th Place instead of 5 Legacy Coins.
* League Brawl : Abyss: Genesis.
** Join or start a League to take part.
** Drops pieces from the new Dimensional Armor Equipment Set -- a crucial weapon in the battle against The Schism!

'''Bug Fixes'''

* In Plain Sight will now give the next attack (not threat ) a chance at being unstoppable .
* Moxie: Genesis will now properly give you 2 Willpower Counters on deplete .
* The play additional threat effect on Zeroth: Genesis should now work correctly.
* Moxie will now have the correct length on the deplete double damage buff.
* Zeroth: Genesis's sculpting badge restricted effect will now only work if you have the sculpting badge .
* Fuel for the Fire no longer has an invisible badge restriction.

'''Known Issues'''

* When Firerazer kills a player in a Brawl with "Fire from Within" and attempts to shuffle it into the dead player's deck the game can freeze.
* Banish pile cards sometimes do not appear. Clicking on the pile will still show the popup.
* Equipment buffs lasting visually a turn longer than they are supposed to.
* The card "Up and At'em" is not displaying its buff in the buff window.
* The card "Billy Stopless " is not displaying its buff in the buff window.
* Black Smoke effect will sometimes not fade.

==September 13, 2012==

'''Weekly Sale'''

* Two new pieces of equipment have been added: Stalking Tiger Pants and Stalking Tiger Boots.
* Monday Night Heroes reward this week will be a Bust of Aloysius Zeroth. This will now be given to you once you’ve completed your first draft.
* Fortune Packs are here! Each Fortune Pack guarantees 5 rares or better. It also contains a random pack:
** Draft Pack
** Prestige Pack
** Last week’s Preview 1 Epic+ Pack
** Another Fortune Pack
** Elite Pack

'''Enhancements'''

* Volume 2: Issue 8: “Emergent Behavior” has arrived!
* Experience the origin of the Genesis Squadron while fighting alongside them to stop the worlds end.
* This set is the second preview to the volume of cards, Tempus. With this set rotating, in the Preview 1 cards will be rotating out for one month.
* Over 20 brand new exciting cards added throughout the Issue.
* New Brawls to unlock: The Three Harmonies and Dr. Tessera.

'''Bug Fixes'''

* Subtypes for aliens, animals, and upstarts will now be displayed.

'''Card Fixes'''

* In Plain Sight will now last the proper length ie only for the next attack .
* Fire wall is now only lasting one turn regardless of damage.
* Key to the City will now properly deplete cards and not just show them as depleted .
* Help from Above’s shield will now work properly.
* Team Spirit’s crit buff is no longer permanent.

'''Known Issues'''

* When Firerazer kills a player in a Brawl with “Fire from Within” and attempts to shuffle it into the dead player’s deck the game can freeze.
* Banish pile cards sometimes do not appear. Clicking on the pile will still show the popup.
* Equipment buffs lasting visually a turn longer than they are supposed to.
* The card “Up and At’em” is not displaying its buff in the buff window.
* The card "Billy Stopless " is not displaying its buff in the buff window.
* Black Smoke effect will sometimes not fade.
* Self depleting cards with deplete effects will sometimes have the incorrect duration.

==September 6, 2012==

'''Weekly Sale'''

* Two new pieces of equipment have been added: Stalking Tiger Chest and Stalking Tiger Shuko.
* Epic+ Prestige Pack available for one week only. Each pack contains a guaranteed Epic of Legendary along with 4 rares or better.
* Monday Night Heroes reward this week will be the Abyss Lunchbox. One will be awarded if you draft between Noon and Midnight PST (19:00 and 7:00 server time).

'''Enhancements'''

* Brawl level restrictions have been changed to be more appropriate.
* Click to Close added to the settings. When option is checked it will cause anything with a mouse over to stay up until clicked on again.
* The Handhold has come, a new Mega Brawl with exciting new rewards!
* The Schism has torn its way into reality to get a handhold on this world.
* We need to fight together to stop the threat to this reality’s very existence!
* Fight to help every hero achieve their goals and attain their prizes. As the community rises to overcome this enemy so you will your rewards.
* For this Mega Brawl the community loot has been added to the looting at the end of the brawl .
* Mega Brawl turn timers have been restricted to 30 seconds and 1 minute.
* Mega Brawl speeds have been restricted to Fast and Ludicrous.
* We’ve added three new cards for this event , including the Legendary, Help From Above.
* For a complete list of rewards follow this link: http://www.lohgame.com/images/handhold.jpg

'''Bug Fixes'''

* Fixed issue with some AI races not displaying.

'''Known Issues'''

* When Firerazer kills a player in a Brawl with “Fire from Within” and attempts to shuffle it into the dead player’s deck the game can freeze.
* Banish pile cards sometimes do not appear. Clicking on the pile will still show the popup.
* Equipment buffs lasting visually a turn longer than they are supposed to.
* The card “Up and At’em” is not displaying its buff in the buff window.
* The card "Billy Stopless " is not displaying its buff in the buff window.
* Animal subtypes not displaying on cards.
* Black Smoke effect will sometimes not fade.