Combat Rewards Changes

19 January 2017

Lords and Ladies!

The upcoming update 10.13 will be installed next week (yes, with the Raven rebalance) and now it is the great time to reveal first details about it. There are plenty things to tell, and today we are going to talk about the achievement and battle reward rebalance. Our main goal is to make the point system more plausible, and to motivate players to not give up and complete both personal and team objectives in any situation.

Achievement Points Rebalance

Let's take a short look onto the achievement points and rewards before starting discussing the changes. Achievement points represent your overall efficiency in combat: the more points you have gained during the battle, the bigger reward you get. The amount of points is not limited, but max. reward can be reached after getting at least 150 points — the match winners almost certainly reach this number by the end of the game.

And here are two reasons why we want to adjust this system:

1. Decreased motivation for the losing side. For the losing side, only 30% of their points are counted. In the Update 10.13 we are going to increase the reward by 60-100%. Therefore, no matter if the team loses or wins, a good performance will be rewarded properly
2. A contradiction between some achievements and the main goal of the game: destroying the enemy base. Some of the achievements are fairly random, but also play a great role in the reward spread. We are going to rework them so all of the achievements make the player and the team closer to the victory.

The amount of points required for reaching the achievements was rebalanced, so the amount of points to get the max. reward was lowered to 130 (150 previously).There are 4 sources of achievement points: combat time, team goals, personal achievements and, on top of that, the titles.

Let's make a closer look on each of them and see what the Update 10.13 will bring to the game.

1. Combat time

The amount of points required for reaching the achievements was rebalanced, so the amount of points to get the max. reward was lowered to 130 (150 previously).There are 4 sources of achievement points: combat time, team goals, personal achievements and, on top of that, the titles. Let's make a closer look on each of them and see what the Update 10.13 will bring to the game.

2. Team goals

These section contains all things that the team members can do together: killing bosses, destroying towers, and the victory itself. Points for these achievements are spread between all team members.

3. Personal achievements

The personal achievements can be unlocked by a single player and are listed below:

	Achievement		Description	Points
	Advantage		The player killed a certain enemy hero 3+ times, thus the killer all this time never killed the murderer	1
	Nemesis		Kill the player that has previously held the domination on you	1
	Double Attack		Killed two heroes simultaneously	2
	Partner		Assisted in simultaneous killing of 2 enemy heroes	2
	First Blood		First kill/assist killing an enemy hero	2
	First assault		Helped to destroy a tower for the first time	2
	Ascension		7 Scroll workshop wins	2
	Silver Master		5 Scroll workshop wins	2
	Gold Master		3 Scroll workshop wins	2
	Ritual murder		Kill a hero with a ceremonial knife	2
	Savior		Save an ally with a protection spell	3
	Breakthrough		Destroy 3 towers on 1 line	3
	Duel		Win in a 1x1 fight	3
	Scroll Mastery		16 Scroll Workshop wins	3
	Team Player		Helped in 3 killings of enemy heroes	3
	Great Battle		Kill 3 or 4 heroes within a short period of time	4
	A living legend		Kill the fire drake alone	4

Some achievements will bring no points, especially the ones that can be gained randomly, for example:

	Name		Description
	Revenge		Kill an enemy who has recently killed an ally
	Base onslaught		Destroy two arsenals
	Borderguard		Kill an enemy hero with the help of tower
	Pursuit		Pursued and killed a hero
	Massacre		Kill 20 enemy soldiers in a short period of time

The following achievements has not been given before and they won't be given now:

	Name		Description
	Support Mastery		Four and more supports without dying
	Storm Mastery		Destroy two and more towers in a row without dying
	Hunting Mastery		Kill 50 monsters
	Winning streak		Two and more kills in a row without dying
	Control Mastery		Two and more enemies, that were under your Hero's control, were killed
	Vandalism		Destroying of non-battle buildings of the enemy
	Battle Mastery		Kill 50 enemy soldiers

4. Titles

Title is some sort of an epic achievement. You can usually see it written in a large font in the debriefing window. You can gain only one title at the end of the match (the one that brought you the largest amount of points). No more than 2 similar titles for 1 team are possible.

Title			Description	Points
Sеrider			Greatest Distance travelled	10
Glimmering			Most teleportations	10
Nemesis			Most ritual killings of the same hero	10
Avenger			Most revenges and assists	10
Living Legend			Killing a fire drake alone	10
Terminator			Most soldiers killed	10
Great artist			Most golden medals won	15
Persistent			Last level of Scroll Workshop completed for the first time	15
Huner			Most monsters killed	15
Sacrificer			Most ritual killings	15
Finisher			Last hit enemy base	15
Dragon Fighter			First killing of the fire drake	15
Hero Slayer			Most heroes killed	20
Team Player			Most assists	20
Destroyer			Most towers destroyed	20
Gatherer			Most prime gained	20
Ruthless			Kill each hero at least 1 time	20
Peerless			Largest killing spree	20
Amazing fighter			Most heroes killed at the same moment	20
Manipulator			Your hero defeated the most enemies	20

Some titles will not bring you achievement points any more. This is valid for all the titles which do not bring you or your team closer to victory.

Let’s sum up the results: the reward system in 10.13 will become less victory-dependent, while the personal and private achievements will play a way more important role. Even if the team is in a difficult situation there is still point to keep up fighting and getting the reward points, because the 30% modifier will be removed.

Follow the news to find out more details about the coming update!

Your Prime World Team