Patch v4.0.0a: Throne goes FREE (F2P)!

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#42

Would it though? You haven’t made new character models for goodness knows how long, has it been 2 years now? All that gets added is avatars and titles for this holiday season and last holiday season as well. I’m losing track of how long I’ve played the game but maybe it was when the Ice dress avatars were made? Forgive me for thinking this is the easy way out.

I don’t think people would have a problem with cosmetic only loot box type thing rather than being punished for others gameplay ie. lose GP if someone on your team throws/is new or you get killed n1 and you dont want to hang around to vote in a Reaper 10 day game.

And this “hey its free now” justification doesn’t really wash because the people here did pay for the game. Not saying no changes need to be made but the game is worse off then it was before the update and that doesn’t seem acceptable to me.

Less queue times aren’t really worth more toxicity, frustration and less value for a game paid for.

Good Scorned change though.

#43

A detail often skipped by people, and needs to be added to the tutorial right away or newcomers will leave immediately, is that if you lose + vote three people MVP, you will break even.

#44

shhhhh make them pay

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#45

Time for the montly Plant Reacts to updates.

I was originally worried about the court fee discouraging players from leaving games while dead. This is certainly another step to ensure leaving games gives GP, but I don’t think it’s enough at all.

Make this higher. At least 250GP. It’s still possible for someone to go under (ignoring the ticket) by losing a game right after they buy something.

Time for balance.

As much as I am for this, there needs to be an alternative. I’ve always used telepathy for the intended purpose, outing information in links without outing the mystic. Now I am forced to link Prince or out myself as mystic (and we all know how much a mystic is guarded.)

Yes to this. No more making hunters suicide because of drunk.

Interesting. I will have to play with this and see if I like it or not. This could encourage more people to double speak more often though.

I don’t think this will do much to tip the balance but it helps.

I disagree. Sellsword doesn’t need to survive to win, all he can do is prevent checkers from reaching him through this, killers still kill.

I can get behind this.

May open the door to throwing, but also opens the door to redirecting protectors to cult. I’m okay with.

This is less effective the earlier the game is in. Nobles will be asked to confirm by forcing as soon as possible to avoid the penalty of force voting a BD to another BD.

Good change.

Good change.

This is objectively the best change, fight me.

Please tell me that this only applies newcomers or similar… I used the Tutorial to create logs and death notes.

Is there not a way to apply this to tools like Proton/Wine? This bug also applies to them and preview hasn’t been disabled. Also, would this mean that there is a still image to preview or the button is removed entirely? Either way it’s a start, but needs some more polish.

#46

whispers have existed for years

#47

But kat, we all know whispering is suspicious

#48

I would disagree that gating games with a currency is the only way to monetize the game.

The most successful F2P games (mostly MOBAs) monetize very well with badass cosmetics and seasonal content.

It’s been forever since character models and weapons were added. You could even extend the system to have certain skins for classes (Space Knight, Death Knight, Knight who says Ni, etc)

It seems like such a natural fit for a game like this.

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#49

Other extremely successful F2P games use ads (take Among Us, for example).

#50

goes to ad during night “huh i cant use my night action wtf!11!”

#51

Also ads are mainly used for mobile f2p games

#52

True, true. I was thinking more post-game ads (think Among Us)

#53

the night ad was a joke

#54

[Delay] Hey folks, in order to provide the best gaming experience, we’re going to take down the servers for a full check of everything. ETA is 12~48 hours, hopefully less, but is currently just an estimate :+1:

:bulb: We’re also going to still be marked as premium (rather than free) until we hotfix this bug.

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#55

I guess I’ll just have to wait and see how it is in game.

#56

Added to OP:

v4.0.0a Mini Patch

  • Fixed black screen desync and sometimes being stuck in an empty Throne when you leave a live game or the tutorial; sometimes not allowing you to progress to the end scene; or anything to do with loading a new “scene” (was a Unity bug, gah! We downgraded back). THANK YOU TESTERS!! :slight_smile:

  • Fixed the visual tier 5 “buy gold” value: You get 100k gp for this tier. Thx that guy that made fun of the price tier math I can no longer find!

  • Buying gold will no longer fail every other attempt (starting with 1st). Thx Toilet

  • The random “Weapons” text at the bottom-left of the lobby customization store page now says “*New store filters coming soon!” — way more exciting! Thx beta testers

  • There were 2 balance changes in the previous patch crossed out earlier that were inadvertently not included (for the # of charges tweaks); they have returned this mini patch. Thx Dev Pnl

  • Removed the class card conflicting mention of Scorned marks lasting for only 1 day (they now persist until marked again). Thx Torino

  • Sinister Echoes abil now has more-interesting flavor text in feedback. Thx GameShroomBoy

  • Updated credits a bit (listen to the Hangman’s Dance theme song here! ♫). Thx RedHed

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#57

v4.0.0a live :slight_smile:

#58
#61

New Relaunch Date Revealed

Tue, Dec 22 @ 6pm EST! Also introducing new trailer:

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#62

v4.0.0b

  • Fixed Scorned - she can now win :slight_smile: Thanks @Stoneage
  • Starter gp for new accounts raised from 500 gp >> to 1k gp.
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#63

F2P Imminent

The price is now FREE!

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