This thread is changelog with content of all notable game updates that were made since takeover.


Interface:

• New lobby interface
• Scenarios tab added (not finished yet)
• Kingdoms and Raids removed
• Login window slightly improved
  
• Tooltip for Constructed and Limited ratings is shown in player's description
  
• Icon near "Your army is set" in EC added (helps to notice if you forgot to select deck or it wasn't accepted)

Scenarios:

• Tutorial improved (fixed few minor bugs and removed attrition, because it makes tutorial too hard)

Battle:

• fixed The Hunger: disabling and then enabling it healed the creature again
• fixed Drake Lair: disabling did not return control to the player
  
• fixed Pass and then Pass All/Unpass All letting player to act even after opponent has passed

Website:

• website icon added
• forum avatar gallery added (see "Edit avatar" page of your Profile options)
• fixed forum search (was giving errors from time to time)
• fixed forum emailing (e.g. on password reset)
• fixed Wiki display (was returning empty pages after login)

Other:

• much faster decks loading (was taking up to few minutes for players with many decks)

Fixed Ice Sheet: was grounding aloft figures.

Lobby bug should be fixed now. Please report if there are any connection issues.

Browser version:

• Fixed the bug resulting in players never logging off from browser version (aka "lobby bug").
• Various fixes related to connection issues in browser version when players wasn't able to log in.

Tournaments:

• Possibility added to set minimum/maximum win limits for joining (no interface in game client yet).
• Possibility added to use acorns as a fee (no interface in game client yet).

Interface:

• Style of all default interface elements changed.
• Default font size increased a bit.
• Campaigns panel prototype added to scenarios tab.
• "Create Scenario" and "Scripting Info" buttons added.
• Resign and Pause buttons moved from options to battle interface.
• Hot-keys tab added in options.
• Buying/Selling tabs interface changed.
• Way of displaying battle IDs changed (was starting from 50000, now from 1).
• Wait battle screen interface slightly improved (bigger fonts, more info).
• Rarity icons updated.
• Cycle window size increased (7 cards instead of 6).
• "Deck limits" button added in army tab and draft/sealed tournament interfaces.
• Player status panel changed in small interface.
• A lot of small cosmetic changes in various places.

Battle:

• Sleep property fixed (wasn't working when creature got sleep tokens in same round right after it lost Sleep).
• Reinforcements casting messages fixed (was "Select a Creature You Control." instead of "Select location.")

Campaigns:

• Sylvan campaign beta version implemented.
• Minor changes in tutorial campaign.

Other:

• Many server-side changes and optimisations related to database: should fix most problems when users were not getting requested data due to database hang:
• - had no cards after login;
• - empty market or empty buying/selling history;
• - some other things.

Interface:

• Fixed Trade screen.
• Fixed Options.
• Few small size and position changes.

Fixed Expert Clash prizes. I sent gold to winners manually. Please contact me in game or PM if you haven't got gold yet.

Expert Clash is every 6 hours now, and always created in same time:
UTC: 0:30 6:30 12:30 18:30
or
EST: 1:30 7:30 13:30 19:30

Also new tournament - Beginners Clash for players with less than 200 wins and 10g prize pool (one hour before EC):
UTC: 23:30 5:30 11:30 17:30
or
EST: 0:30 6:30 12:30 18:30

Sorry for a long delay in updating this changelog. Here's list of updates, with some old not listed here changes from previous update.

Interface:

• Changed order of messages about gold fee and wins limit (about not enough wins first and only then about not enough gold).
• Fixed joining tournaments with not enough/too many wins. Now you can watch them (previously you was unable to enter at all).
• Battles no longer close when you click Resign, so you can see whole map as before.
• Fixed flux cost display in some cards' descriptions.
• Fixed guilds tab displaying random messages when you are not in guild.
• Fixed scenarios list display.
• New big "Join" button for joining Clashes.
• Fixed some texts in the store.
• Fixed keywords like {A,Ability} and most other keywords (weren't working in battle chat).
• Added {Message} tag with tool-tip into game chat and other rich text controls.
• Fixed hand in small interface: you can see all 7 cards in hand without scrolling.
• Added a help button with links to additional information about game.
• Fixed Sealed Domain Keep Cards: prizes display, proper tournament section and proper description ("Domain Sealed" instead of "Tournament")
• Many other minor position or size changes in interface.
  
• Fixed text in the tutorial: "gain 2 glory at start of round" (was "end of round")
  
• Ctrl + Space hot-key instead of Ctrl + ` for Pass action.

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Wins limits for new players. Now you need to have at least some fixed amount of wins.
Non-available modes are disabled and displayed in grey colours, with tool-tip about the required amount of wins.
0 wins:
Play tutorial
Play with computer

1 win:
Play Similar
Tutorial button replaced with Campaigns button

5 wins:
Play Anyone
Challenge another player
Join Beginners Clash

10 wins:
Join Drafts, Sealeds
Create Custom game
Create custom tournament

30 wins:
Join Zwar Gokken, Shark Tank
Join Battle Drafts

50 wins:
Join Expert Clash
Join any Keep Cards Draft or Sealed


Tournaments:

• Now Expert Clash and Beginners Clash not start when there is only on player joined.

Campaigns:

• When you restart the campaign you do not reset your progress, so you can play any mission any time after completing the campaign.
• Various changes and fixes in Sylvan campaign.

Battles:

• Fixed Yarl Chieftain: crash when it dies uncontrolled
• Fixed Reanimate : reanimated uncontrolled creatures are now controlled by you
• Salvage changed: now player gains flux from salvage whenever controller is permanently changed (for example with Mind Transplant)
• Lost Oasis: fixed possibility to cast it into unrevealed location.

Fixed descriptions of cards:

• Astridian Geographic Society: Entire map is revealed to all players. (was "to both")
• Mana Lion: For each flux you spend or lose the Mana Lion gains +1 speed until end of round. For each flux your enemies spend or lose the Mana Lion gains +1 vision until end of round.
• Return of the Fallen: If any of your Creatures are destroyed they are returned to your hand at the start of the round. (was "at the end")

Other:

• Replaced thefarwilds.com with www.thefarwilds.com in various pages (game chat, story portal, wiki, etc.).
• Facebook "Like" button on main website page.

General:

• [Lowered]: ability description clarified: ”Terrain changes one step from Mountain -> Hill -> Flat -> Swamp -> Ocean.”
• [Raised]: ability description clarified: “Terrain changes one step from Ocean -> Swamp -> Flat -> Hill -> Mountain.”
• New game format: ”Free Battle Draft” added into tournaments. Same format as Battle Draft, only for free with exclusively Seed Set cards.
• Bug when AI did not build towards flux wells fixed (however it still has to see them; that is being worked on).
• Broken links of several cards in the Battle Log fixed (e.g. Pine Ent, Garrison Ballista, Banner of the OO’Tong Clan).

Card fixes:

• [Skull Catapult]: ability to attack creatures with certain enchantments (such as Psychotic Break) removed.
• [Farizai Shaman]: targeting of enchanted creatures fixed.
• [Yarnaga's Lab Assistant]: ability to manipulate with negative tokens as well added.
• [Early Dawn]: resolve order fixed (e.g. Novice Adventurer gains stat token).
• [Crypt Doctor]: resolve order of Doctor’s ability fixed (i.e. heal follows after sacrifice, e.g. creature will be healed after taking damage from sacrificed Putrid Zombie).
• [Noggel’n Bobbel’n]: is no longer able to target himself.

Card descriptions:

• [Spaf's Greatbow]: added missing: “Can’t melee”.
• [Iron Porcupine]: clarified ability description: “...after it Melees”.
• [Entangle]: when trying to Entangle an Aloft creature an explanatory message is shown: “Can’t target Aloft”

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UI fixes:

• “Join Expert/Beginners Clash” button no longer forwards into a wrong tournament.
• Failed registration from now on states reason of the failure.
• Guests are no longer able to send decks, instead they are encouraged to create an account.
• Several further minor UI fixes.

3D Client:

• Missing spawn effects for several creatures added.
• Bug preventing player from re-logging after lost connection fixed.
• Installer updated.