Hi Coaches,
The new season kicks off on Tuesday, December 10th, at 6 PM ET! Here’s the list of what awaits you when the servers go live.
New Features
- Norse Team: Now available for play.
- Norsca Arena: A new seasonal game mode with related quests accessible in the Manager’s quest menu.
- Star Players: Introducing the Swift brothers and the Dribl & Drull duo.
- Team Queueing: Queue multiple teams simultaneously in all ladder competitions and the Norsca Arena.
- Pitch Special Rules: Now available (toggleable via admin tools). Elven Union and Halfling pitch rules will be added later.
- Custom Team Inducements: Inducements and Star Players can now be added directly in the Team Manager menu.
- Inducement Browsing: View available inducements and Star Players during team creation via the “Details” button.
- Match Modifiers Menu: View both team rosters during matches by pressing “K” on the keyboard.
- Manager Titles: Customize your Manager title, visible under your name. Toggle gendered title formats in Game Options
- Manager Progression: Levels extended to 150, with new free rewards.
- Team Templates: Save team customizations (colors, patterns, logos, cheerleaders, etc.) and formations.
- Iron Hard Skin Update: Now errata-compliant: “Opposing players cannot modify any Armour rolls made against this player. The Claws skill cannot be used against this player.”
- Win Rate Statistics: A draw now counts as half a win.
- Shared Customizations: Many player customizations are now shared across positions and factions.
- Choice of alignement at team creation added for Norse, Chaos Chosen and Chaos Renegades, with a preview of the inducements allowed by each alignement.
Ladder
- TV Cap: Modified cap set at 1750.
- Random primaries will increase your tv by the normal amount and won’t be halved
- For this season, the following Star Players are banned from the official ladder : Bomber Dribblesnot, Cindy Piewhistle.
- A “Sprint ranking” is now monitored and will be accessible outside the game (details to be shared later). This ranking is a snapshot of teams performances at the end of their 20th match.
Minor Changes
- Added an “Other” filter for emblems.
- Competition admins can now enforce specific pitches for all matches in their competition.
- Journeymen now appear during presentation and end-game cinematics.
- Frame items will display with your currently equipped avatar.
- Match presentation screen now shows both teams’ factions and TV before inducements.
- Solid Defense can now be skipped or validated using the skip button.
- Dice log entries:
- For when “Argue the Call” is impossible due to a natural 1.
- When both teams recruit the same Star Player.
- Leap/Jump Simplification: Directly select your target to leap or jump.
- Mouse cursor no longer moves when rotating the camera or choosing dice in directional mode.
- Added a game option to display cumulative probabilities.
- Star icon now visible under Star Players.
- Enhanced AI behavior for better gameplay experience.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed players being propelled far away after injuring themselves with a fumbling bombardier throw.
- Resolved bomb disappearance issues after rolling a natural one.
- Corrected quest text overflow in certain languages.
- Fixed effects like “Rooted” or “Confused” not showing in the dice log.
- Addressed stretched banners in certain screen resolutions.
- Resolved ball disappearance issues during multiple catch attempts in one action.
- Fixed mercenaries bypassing Big Guy limits for certain teams.
- Resolved tutorial softlocks caused by disabling automatic skill use.
- Fixed missing skill indicators above players’ heads when earned mid-game (e.g., through a Prayer to Nuffle).
- Corrected inverted team names in sudden death pop-ups.
- Fixed animation issues with Madcap Miggz’s special rule.
- Resolved display errors in the Match Modifier pop-up when both teams gained a Prayer to Nuffle.
- Improved dice display timing for dodge and rush rolls.
- Fixed Warpstone purchase screen redirection issues.
- Corrected “Unchannelled Fury” +2 modifier error.
- Resolved probability display issues for Cindy’s second bomb throw.
- Fixed “Quick Snap” player counter exceeding the limit.
- Addressed a softlock with Cindy catching a bomb without using her special rule.
- Fixed Tackle automatically activating for players with Ball and Chain.
- Corrected missing Stunty modifier for interceptions.
- Resolved activation issues with Hakflem Shuttlespike’s special rule against opponents.
- Fixed Foul Appearance not activating during multiple block actions.
See you on the pitch Coaches!
