Dark and Darker Hotfix #123 Lowers High Roller Gate and Adds Emberwing
The update also rewards weekly Hall of Fame leaders with up to 5,000 gold coins and adjusts several class abilities.
IRONMACE announced Dark and Darker Early Access Hotfix #123 in its official Steam announcement. The patch addresses combat, monster, map, and class issues while making High Roller dungeons easier to enter and adding weekly rewards for top Hall of Fame players.
The High Roller entry Gear Score requirement is changing from 280 to 225. The Firedeep is also receiving a new monster named Emberwing, while the Magma Wyvern and Fire Colossus are both getting combat adjustments and small health reductions.
Weekly Hall of Fame rankings now come with gold rewards delivered through the Expressman. First place receives a Spectral Coinbag containing 5,000 gold coins, while players finishing from second through 100th receive a Gold Coin Bag with 2,500 gold coins. Players who place on more than one leaderboard can receive rewards for each leaderboard, though the prizes expire at the end of the season.
Hotfix #123 follows Hotfix #122’s anniversary changes with a more focused set of dungeon fixes and balance work. Fighters, Barbarians, Clerics, and Sorcerers all have adjustments to review, while several weapons receive damage or handling changes.
Patch Notes: Early Access Hotfix #123
The largest changes affect access to High Roller dungeons, weekly leaderboard rewards, Firedeep encounters, and class balance. The full bug fixes and gameplay changes are below.
Bugfixes:
- Fixed an issue where the shield could briefly lower while maintaining a defensive stance after successfully blocking an attack.
- Fixed an issue where the actual hit detection timing of hitscan spells could appear different from the timing shown visually on screen.
- Fixed an issue where hit sounds could be played when beam-type spells hit targets other than characters.
- Fixed an issue where hit reactions could repeatedly play when exposed to area-of-effect attacks from monsters that do not deal HP damage, such as movement speed reduction effects.
- Fixed an issue where the character might fail to spawn after loading when traveling from Goblin Cave to Firedeep, displaying only the waiting room screen.
- Fixed an issue where Wizards could use Fly to escape the affected area of Murder of Crows in the Blue Maelstrom – Spawning Pool module.
- Fixed an issue where Death Beetles could attack while moving.
- Fixed an issue where the attack damage area of Abomination could be visually displayed.
- Fixed an issue where Bladehand could detect and attack players located underneath a module.
- Fixed an issue where players could loot the Soul Heart of players who were not on their team.
- Fixed an issue where Frostlight Leather Leggings could have a different Armor Rating from Dark Leather Leggings.
- Fixed an issue where players could move away from their starting position by using certain emotes while waiting in the Arena.
- Fixed an issue where certain entries could be displayed multiple times in the key bindings list in the settings.
Game Updates:
- Players who rank on the weekly Hall of Fame leaderboard will receive a reward package each week through the Expressman. The 1st-place player will receive a Spectral Coinbag containing 5,000 gold coins, while players ranked 2nd through 100th will receive a Gold Coin Bag containing 2,500 gold coins. Players who rank on multiple leaderboards will receive the rewards for each leaderboard. These rewards will expire at the end of the season and will not carry over to the next season.
- To make High Roller more accessible, the entry gear score requirement has been reduced from 280 to 225.
- Added a new monster, Emberwing, to The Firedeep.
- Improved an issue that caused momentary server latency during certain attack patterns of the Fire Colossus.
- Changed the drawbridge in The Forgotten Castle – Ruins to remain fully raised at a 90-degree angle until it begins to lower.
- Improved the lighting of the Arena Ruins map.
Balance Updates:
General
- The hit detection and behavior of the Magma Wyvern’s charge attack have been adjusted, and its health has been slightly reduced.
- The hit detection range of some of the Fire Colossus’s attack patterns has been slightly reduced, and its health has been slightly decreased.
Classes
Fighter
- Reduced the Additional Move Speed per stack of Sprint from 15 to 13.
Barbarian
- Whirlwind now deals 10% less damage when colliding with shields, walls, doors, or other structures.
- Reduced the Max Health Bonus of War Cry from 20% to 15% and reduced its duration from 10 seconds to 8 seconds.
- Increased the Cooldown of Savage Roar from 28 seconds to 32 seconds.
- Reduced the duration increase of Treacherous Lungs from 50% to 30%.
Warlock
- The visual effects of Dark Offering and Blood Tithe have been improved, becoming more intense as the number of stacks increases.
Cleric
- Added a visual effect that obscures the player’s vision before and after the effect of Veil of Judgement is applied.
- Changed Locust Swarm from Divine Magic to Earth Magic.
- Reduced the effect range of Aura of Awe from 3m to 2m.
- Reduced the Cooldown of Sacred Flame from 5 seconds to 1 second and increased its duration from 3.5 seconds to 5 seconds.
- Slightly reduced the impact of Radiant Blade and reduced its Physical Damage and Divine Magical Damage from 20 to 12 each.
Sorcerer
- Increased the Magical Damage Bonus and Magic Penetration of Mana Flow from 5% to 10% each, and increased its duration from 4 seconds to 5 seconds.
- Reduced the Cooldown increase of Time Distortion from 200% to 165%.
Items
- Increased the Weapon Damage of Leviathan by 1.
- Slightly increased the Action Speed of Longbow.
- Reduced the Weapon Damage of Flanged Mace by 1 and reduced its Armor Penetration from 15% to 10%.
- Reduced the Weapon Damage of Morning Star by 1 and reduced its Armor Penetration from 15% to 10%.
- Reduced the Weapon Damage of War Hammer by 1.
- Increased the Weapon Damage of Club by 1.
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Dark and Darker
Developed by IRONMACE
An unforgiving hardcore fantasy FPS dungeon PvPvE adventure. Band together with your friends and use your courage, wits, and cunning to uncover mythical treasures, defeat gruesome monsters, while staying one step ahead of the other devious treasure-hunters.
- Genre Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Adventure
- Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Perspective First person
- Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Release August 7, 2023
- Publisher IRONMACE
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