by Lewis Burnell on Dec 12, 2016
Unlike many Paragon players I have almost every card in Paragon - I'm only missing 5. Despite that, there was one card that eluded me for nearly 6 months (Tainted Magic) and at the time, it was one of the most important cards in the game, especially for Iggy & Scorch. I spent millions in Reptuation trying to obtain it and only recently managed to get my hands on it. Card crafting is supposed to address such misery and bring a much more level playing field to anyone only just arriving into the game.
Alongside this long awaited feature, there's a brand new skin for Twinblast that will be available to everyone for free as long as they play 10 matches of CO-OP or PvP. Full notes below.
Card Crafting/Loot Crates
First up, we are giving you two highly requested game features. Card Crafting is the new way to get any card you want in the game. The system is pretty straight forward: dismantle unwanted cards to create crafting parts. Then, use those crafting parts and some Rep to build new cards. Be careful, because once you dismantle a card it is gone for good. Now is the perfect time to craft those cards that have been eluding you and complete the set!
The second new feature is Loot Crates. These Loot Crates contain Rare Skins, Master Challenges, Boosts, Coins, and more! Loot Crates are randomly dropped after completing matches and require Keys to open them. You have a chance to get Keys from Tributes, and higher chances from Master Challenge Tributes. You can also purchase both Loot Crates and Keys with in-game Coins.
Check out both the new features in the video below.
Shadow Ops Twinblast
If you are a fan of the new reworked Twinblast, you now have the opportunity to earn the new skin just by playing! Players completing 10 PvP or Co-op matches between Dec. 13 and Dec. 31 will earn Shadow Ops Twinblast. (This also applies to Solo matches up to account level 5.)
Iggy & Scorch
We have noticed a large amount of discussion about the state of Iggy in Monolith, in this update he does receive a number change. Look for more changes to his balance over the next releases, as well. We plan to also continue making changes quickly, based on data and feedback.
Winterfest
Last but not least, all of our Winterfest skins will be going on sale. Now is your chance to complete the collection. Sale runs from Dec. 13 to Jan. 9. Read more here.
General Changes
Loot Crates are now available for purchase. Card Crafting has been released.CARDS
Weekly Card Pack Scorpion Plate (CP) Traitor’s Touch Cast TokenMONOLITH
Tier 2 Towers no longer have a 300% damage bonus buff while immune from damage. Super Minions will now spawn after melee minions as they leave base to prevent getting focused down by incoming waves. White Jungle Minions should now have death FX. Green Buff no longer will cancel out of targeting when it expires. Fixed a bug where the colored tower rings remain green for the remainder of the match on rejoin. Fixed a bug where backdoor protection FX could disappear on rejoin. Various fixes to collision, cameras collision, and geometry.AI
Bots should no longer be able to see through Fog Walls. Kwang-bot should no longer throw his Judgement of the Heavens (Q/Square) to center of the map.ALL HEROES
Fixed bug where enemies and minions could become temporarily immune to damage while a Hero was knocked back. Fix for Heroes occasionally being unable to move after using jump pads.UI
Weekly Quests Update Removed reputation as a potential reward from weekly quests. Now you can earn more weekly card packs.AMD:
AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition: 16.11.3 (hotfix) Released 11/09/2016 Display Driver version: 16.40.3111NVIDIA:
Geforce: Geforce 9,10, and Titan Series Drivers: 375.70 Released 10/28/2016 Quadro Quadro M Series Drivers: R375 U1 (375.63) Released 10/24/2016 Quadro P Series Drivers: R375 U1 (375.63) Released 10/24/2016Notice: There is a newer Nvidia driver available(375.86) This driver is not being recommended at this time due to the following known issues:
Adds flickering and stuttering to a lot of games Down-clocks memory speed on all newer cards