StoneHold Beta - Release Notes

StoneHold Beta 3 : Release Notes

Release Date: December 22, 2022

Build #: 5374

What’s In:

Tutorial:

• Warden Customization tutorial goes over the basics of Warden and Loadout customization.

• Match tutorial provides basic instructions of how to play the game.

Main Menu:

Play:

• PvP mode:

  • 5v5 non-ranked:

  • Join a random team and battle against others online.

• PvE modes:

  • Team CO-OP:

  • Join a random team and battle against the AI.

Wardens:

• 8 unique Wardens to choose from.

  • Each Warden has 3 different preset loadouts to pick from.

  • Each loadout has 6 basic abilities and one ultimate ability.

    • 3 abilities are base abilities.

    • 3 abilities are chain abilities.

    • Chain abilities can be used when the associated base ability is on cooldown.

  • Each loadout has 3 Improvements (’team passives’).

    • Team passives create different scenarios in game by modifying game elements.

    • Every game can have different team passives for both teams, making each game feel different.

    • Team passives are polled in-game at level breakpoints (3, 6, 9).

    • All team passives are put into a pool when the match starts, prompting players to vote for one out of the pool when hitting a level breakpoint.

  • Each Loadout is customizable, allowing players to pick which abilities and team passives they want to use.

    • Mix and match abilities to create synergies with yourself and your teammates.

    • Each character can have multiple unique identities based on which abilities are selected.

Stash:

• Here you can see a list of:

  • Wardens.

  • Skills.

  • Leveling Deck.

  • Equipment.

  • Warden Skins (coming soon).

  • Weapon Skins (coming soon).

General Gameplay:

• Classic MOBA experience in 3rd person.

  • 3 lane map layout:

  • Each lane will have waves of 5 minions.

  • Each lane has 3 towers.

    • Inner towers cannot be destroyed until the outer turret has been destroyed.

  • Core in enemy base cannot be destroyed until all towers in at least one lane have been destroyed.

  • Jungle area between lanes:

  • 8 total camps:

    • 2 in each quadrant:

    • Jungle camps drop a buff orb when defeated.

      • Buff orb will apply either an individual buff, or a team buff.

• Instead of individual levels, Stonehold uses team levels.

  • Gaining XP goes towards your team level.

  • Team level maxes out at level 10.

  • Gain stat improvements and access to team passives as your team level increases.

Known Issues:

Visual Issues:

• Wardens menu:

  • Some equipment is showing incorrect stats.

  • Warden highlight may be on incorrect Warden until the player leaves and returns to the main menu.

• Stash menu:

• Wardens tab:

  • Currently not displaying any wardens.

• Leveling Deck tab:

  • Currently not displaying any team passives.

• Warden Skins:

  • Cannot be selected.

• Weapon Skins:

  • Cannot be selected.

• Some account level-up rewards may be incorrect/placeholder.

• Grass textures flicker in the main menu and in game.

• Timer in the lobby will say ‘0’ until a loadout is confirmed.

• Static Shock team passive description contains a typo.

• Healing Touch team passive description contains a typo.

• Monk’s back texture stretches when his model twists for attacks and abilities.

• Disconnecting from the match may display multiple of the same character on the Tab scoreboard.

• Camera zooms out/away from Warden in Loadout select.

• Minimap display is not fully accurate.

• Static Shock VFX may show it is chaining to a target much further away.

• Build number may be cut off in the settings menu depending on aspect ratio.

• Game version number is incorrect on the esc menu and login menu.

Gameplay Issues:

• Barbarian:

  • Barbarian’s “Dive Smash” ability will sometimes not hit enemy Wardens.

  • Barbarian’s “Floor Breaker” ability can be cast under the map when aiming at an incline.

  • Barbarian’s “Tornado” SFX may not stop if the ability is interrupted.

  • Barbarian’s “Shudder” ability will sometimes only deal 4 hits of damage.

• Ranger:

  • Ranger’s “Trap” ability does not disappear after 30 seconds.

  • Ranger’s “Shadow Bomb” ability reduces speed of targets.

  • Ranger’s “Shadow Bomb” ability displays multiple hits of 0 damage from the target’s perspective.

  • Ranger’s “Poison Arrow” ability isn’t dealing damage on initial hit.

  • Ranger’s “Poison Arrow” damage over time isn’t dealing damage for the intended duration.

  • Ranger’s “Arrow Storm” ability preview is incorrect.

  • Ranger’s “Push Back Arrow” travels farther than preview displays.

  • Ranger’s “Rapid Arrows” ability will sometimes continue to shoot where aimed even if the Ranger is facing a different direction.

• Paladin:

  • Paladin’s “Battlecry” does not affect enemies behind the Paladin.

  • Paladin’s “Stonewall” ability can lift characters up.

  • Players may go to unintended areas because of this.

  • Paladin’s “Thunder Shield” ability is not blocking some ranged abilities.

  • Wizard’s “Wind Spear” ability.

  • Characters may get stuck in the ‘pulled’ animation if they are trapped behind an obstacle during Paladin’s “Area Pull” ability.

• Monk:

  • Monk’s abilities that dash forward will push the Monk to the side after hitting the target.

  • Monk’s second auto attack does not consistently hit structures.

• Wizard:

  • Wizard’s “Thunder Storm” ability does not always travel the full distance.

  • Wizard’s “Twister” ability does not travel the full distance.

  • Wizard’s “Twister” ability is knocking down enemies.

  • Wizard’s “Fire Pillar” ability does not deal damage to structures.

  • Wizard’s “Toxic Cloud” damage over time damage is dealing more damage than intended to nearby enemies.

• Cleric:

  • Cleric’s “Interruption of Mind” ability isn’t consistently hitting its target.

  • The ability preview does not match the hitbox of the ability.

  • Cleric’s “Potency of Mind” ability isn’t restoring HP or Stamina to herself.

  • Cleric’s “Magical Drain” ability isn’t restoring MP.

  • Cleric’s “Judgement Ball” ability projectile is spawned behind her.

• Sorceress:

  • Sorceress’ “Relieving Orb” ability can be picked up by minions and structures.

• Team Passives:

  • Lifeline shield is not visibly different than HP, making it look like the ability heals instead of granting a shield.

  • Lifeline is activating under the incorrect conditions.

  • Power of Protection team passive is not functioning as intended.

  • The buff is not disappearing properly when out of combat.

  • Team passives do not have visual indicators of when they are on cooldown.

  • Team passives that ‘mark’ their target have no visual indicator.

  • Healing touch team passive can be triggered from your own attacks.

  • Team Passive prompt can trigger on the Victory/Defeat screens.

  • The Team Passive selected may be one with less votes.

• Jungle Camps:

  • Jungle camps only regen HP as they walk back to the default positions

  • This means they may not fully heal in some situations.

  • Jungle monsters do not have a CC’d animation.

  • Jungle monsters can be converted to a team via “Change of Hearts” team passive or Sorceress’ “Possession of Soul” ability.

• Structures:

  • Towers will sometimes switch to target minions instead of continuing to target a Warden.

• Equipment:

  • Stats from equipment are not applied in game.

  • Unable to remove equipment.

  • Unable to add/change equipment if the slot is already empty.

• Abilities may not be aimed correctly if the player changes facing direction before a cast.

• Roll/Sweep may not be aimed correctly if the player changes facing direction before use.

• Knock down animations always send Wardens in the opposite direction they are facing, rather than the way they were hit.

• The escape/pause menu in game will sometimes not work.

  • This requires a client restart.

• The minimap may incorrectly reveal enemies.

• The bots in the PvE modes are not the smartest and they may put themselves into dangerous situations.

• Games may still be found while the queue is canceling during the matchmaking process.

• Minions may get stuck in specific areas when trying to attack their target.

• Block VFX may be displayed after a short delay.

• Spam blocking on melee Wardens can lock characters into blocking.

  • Can be fixed by doing any other action.

• If you started an ability or had it queued up, being CC'd will not prevent you from finishing the ability and then moving/attacking.

• Changing resolution is not fully functional.

  • Changing resolution while in ‘Windowed Fullscreen’ mode does nothing.

  • Changing resolution while in ‘Fullscreen’ mode may turn the client to windowed mode.

  • Changing the resolution while in ‘Windowed’ to 1920x1080 will update the window without needing to hit ‘Save’.

  • Windowed resolutions are not matching monitor resolutions properly.

• Nearby HP bars are visible even if the unit is not visible.

• Warden’s own SFX are greatly lowered if they are backed into a wall with the camera zoomed in.

Verified Fixed issues:

• Players with 2FA enabled are now able to create an account properly.

• Ranger's “Rapid Arrows” ability isn't consuming AP accurately.

• Red teams color identities on the Scoreboard are inconsistent.

• Lifeline team passive is not functioning as intended.

  • The shield is only visual.

• No warden model is present during loadout select if the player is auto-assigned a warden.

• Cleric’s “Judgement Ball” ability projectile sometimes gets stuck behind her.

• Spell Mastery incorrectly reduces HP amount.

• Leaving and Reconnecting to a match may cause issues with team passives and their functionality.

• Highlighting a Warden (already locked in by someone else), will prevent you from highlighting & selecting a different Warden (not locked in by someone else).

• End game score is not calculated correctly for all players.

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