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Annihilation Update - Gentle Iridium (2.12.0)

Hello and welcome!

Today, we are thrilled that we may announce our latest update Gentle Iridium!

Most of these changes are based on community feedback and include some requests which have been extraordinarily popular.

As always, we appreciate constructive, well-founded criticism (positive and negative!) once you have experienced this update in-game for some time. Nothing is ever set in stone.


Changelog


NEW - Idle Timer

• In order to ensure as many active and thus productive teammates as possible, players who have been idle will be kicked from the game after:
  • 3 minutes in Phase 1 - 3
  • 5 minutes in Phase 4 - 5
• If you are detected as idle, although you are not, simply move your cross hairs within the 15 second timer.

Class Changes:

Assassin

• Thanks to Establishment's thread, we decided to bring back Assassin's feature that reduces the cooldown of its Leap ability by 8 seconds upon killing an enemy.

Bard

• The BuffBox of a Bard can now be right clicked by teammates to find out which effect it's giving, so that you don't play the same song twice.
• You can now point at a BuffBox to place a block while shifting.

Builder

• Delaying Blocks that have been placed by a Builder on your team can now be right clicked by teammates as well, which allows multiple Builders to plan their Delaying Block placement in a more effective way.

Defender

• Defender now has a brand new second Class Item that is called Alert Item:
  • Right click it to drop it below your character on the ground.
  • Unless it's picked up or you decide to toss it somewhere else, it doesn't despawn.
  • It can only be picked up by enemies.
  • A quiet sound is played to its vicinity and small particles appear when it's picked up.
  • Enemies can bypass it by holding an item.

Farmer

• The radius of Farmer's Feast ability has been increased from 10 to 13 blocks to match its counterpart, the Famine ability.

Healer

• Instead of permanent Weakness, Healer now receives it temporarily upon healing:
  • 15 seconds, if you left click your Bloodbag to heal a single teammate
  • 5 seconds, if you right click your Bloodbag to heal up to 3 teammates

IceMan

• IceMan's ice can now be broken, because no class should generate unbreakable blocks.

Lumberjack

• Lumberjack now deals +1 HP of damage with any axe.
• The duration of its Brute Force ability has been increased from 10 to 15 seconds.

Mercenary

• Just as Immobilizer's Immobilizer ability, Mercenary's Mark of Death ability can no longer mark invisible enemies who don't wear any armour at all.

Pyro

• Pyro's Firestorm doesn't only set enemies on fire, but it now also gives nearby teammates Fire Resistance for 10 seconds and extinguishes their flames in case they are burning.

Spider

• Vines which are created by Spider's Wall Climb ability can now be broken (see IceMan).

Transporter

• Transporter's Portal Maker now only works upon right clicking, which reduces the risk of destroying your portal accidentally.

Other Changes:

• Strength
  Strength has been buffed slightly:
  • Strength I = +2 HP of damage (instead of +1 HP of damage)
  • Strength II = +4 HP of damage (instead of +2 HP of damage)
  • Strength III = +6 HP of damage (instead of +3 HP of damage)

• Weapon Shop
  Some prices have been reworked:
  • Iron Chestplate = 5 Gold (instead of 6 Gold)
  • Iron Leggings = 5 Gold (instead of 4 Gold)
  • Iron Sword = 1 Gold (instead of 4 Gold)
  • 16 Arrows = 1 Gold (instead of 5 Gold)
  • 3 Bottles O' Enchanting = 2 Gold (instead of 1 Bottle O' Enchanting for 4 Gold)

• Bosses
  Whenever a Boss spawns a notification now appears in chat in addition to the acoustic signal.

• Class Items
  All 39 classes now have an actual Class Item on the hotbar slot that you want your Class Item to be on by default. These 3 classes were missing:
  • Archer: Arrow Drop (instead of 16 arrows)
  • Civilian: Craft O' Matic (instead of the chest)
  • Farmer: Famine (instead of the stone hoe)

• Chat Command
  /fingergun = (☞ﾟ⌣ﾟ)☞

Bug Fixes:

1. Players getting kicked and disqualified. (Unfortunately, that means that Acrobats can no longer spam their space bar to take off in the voting lobby.)
2. Being able to break Boss portals.
3. Protection not reducing certain damage types properly; thanks to Nasar for reporting it!
4. Circumventing the 10 second cooldown of ender pearls.
5. The friends system not being functional.
6. Being hooked to an enemy Scorpio after dying; thanks to GiveMeFlowers for reporting it!
7. RiftWalker's rifts not being broken by void.
8. Tinkerer's enchanted books getting lost.
9. Transporter's portals being placed on fences and walls; thanks to The_Ponjuice for reporting it!
10. IceMan's ice suffocating players.
11. Builder's Delaying Blocks turning into regular sea lanterns; thanks to shiroe_hammuni for reporting it!
12. Tinkerer's Haste II and Speed II PowerPads not overwriting Haste I and Speed I.
13. Builder not getting XP levels for placing blocks.
14. Not being able to collect the Boss Buff which is dropped by the Bosses.
15. Immobilizer not being able to immobilize an enemy Immobilizer.
16. Consuming 2 Tinkerer's books instead of 1.
17. Boots of Grace losing durability, although they shouldn't.
18. Transporter's portals being placed on crafting tables and anvils; thanks to Woolfed for reporting it!
19. Activating the 8 block radius of team doors without actually placing them; thanks to Sens for reporting it!
20. Enchanter's Intensifier being splashed occasionally.
21. Coastal having a couple of spawn points which were too close to the void.
22. Villages having unbreakable blocks.
23. Not being able to vote for a map by using /vote <map>; thanks to JonnyDvE for reporting it!
24. /team leave returning an error, even though the command works.
25. Players not being removed from the Priority Queue, although they are on a team (Event Server only bug).

Closing Words:

While we have fixed quite a few bugs in this update once again, some you may have experienced and others you probably didn't know were there, we are aware that we still have bugs to fix and we appreciate all the help you can give us with getting those fixed. If you find a bug in Annihilation and want to have a chance of getting a shoutout in the next update thread, you can report it on our official Discord by using this command: !support bug <IGN>.

Credits:

First and foremost, thank you very much to our awesome Devs Hilly, Mosh and Galap for making this update possible and to the whole Anni Team for working hard every single day!

Of course, many thanks to you, our passionate community, for offering suggestions, reporting bugs and supporting us!

As always, we have plans for many more exciting updates and new features, so stay tuned!

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How's it going Shotbow! My name is MrJack, and I'll be your new host for this month's edition of Dentril's New Moon, Shotbow's monthly newsletter. Let's take a look at the past month's events and happenings!

Updates
SMASH Updates
SMASH released a massive content update, the Arena Update!

A grand total of 11 new maps have entered the rotation, a mix of old and new that you're sure to enjoy! Alongside some quality of life updates, including a tutorial, you'll be sure to enjoy all that SMASH has to offer!

MineZ Updates
MineZ has been moving along with hordes of new updates! Quality of life bug fixes, continued work on instances, and balance changes to loot, damage, and more can all be seen here (3.12) and here (3.12.3).

Annihilation Updates
Annihilation has been lively with more Clan Wars! Check out some exciting 1v1 matches here: #46 and #47.

Statistics
Network in General
Staff updates:

• JTGangsterLP6 was promoted to Annihilation Lead
• MissHilevi was promoted to Full Developer
• ArsMagia joined the Jr. Developer team
• ACrispyTortilla rejoined the Full Admin team
• MrJack joined the MineZ Mini Admin team
• donnerblitz_1 joined the Art team

Other statistics:

• A total of 79,687,501 XP was earned by players this month
• There were 1,318 players banned in the last month
• This month we achieved a peak playercount of 314 on May 22
• 83 ban appeals were resolved in the last month

Closing Words
Thanks for reading this month's edition of Dentril's New Moon! I've been your host, MrJack, and as always, thanks for flying Shotbow!

Smash Changelog

Hey Everyone!

It's been a while since our last content update, and while we may have slightly missed our deadline on part two of the Anniversary Update, we're still keeping our promises for that update here! The entire update is based around a complete rework of how maps are made, and how matches are created/played. While we've spent a fair share of time testing, be sure to report anything you find on the Discord or Forums!

New Maps? Oh my!
Returning Maps

This is the major bulk of the update; while we originally planned on making a big deal out of all the old, previously removed maps being re-added for old time's sake, now they'll just be here to stay! Been a while since you last played? Well here's all the old faces coming back to the gang:

• Abandoned Bridge
• Corrupted
• Dark Castle
• The Ship
• White Chapel
• The Cube
• Overgrowth

Brand New Maps

Of course, taking the dust off some old maps isn't all we did in these past few months, we also added 4 brand new maps to the selection. The first 3 on the list are winners from the Map Submission Contest, and the 4th is a map which was accepted for submission a while back, but never made it in due to certain back end restrictions.

• Olympian Heights
• Flame Cavern
• Endgame
• Collide

11 new maps added to the roaster in total, wohoo! Some maps also received small changes, all of which will be detailed in the changelog if you'd like all the juicier details regarding how maps have been altered. In general, every map can now be played with at least 8 players, and some maps go beyond their prior limitations. In addition, we also have a few new media maps which we'll be testing out in the coming weeks, be sure to look out for in-game and twitter announcements for those! The arena selection GUI also looks a lot cleaner, boasting a new color scheme and some updated icons.


Out with the old...

Players will no longer have to use game signs to join matches, while they were a fun gimmick, and are a hallmark of the mode, we decided it was time to upgrade to a more modern matchmaking format. Now, you can open the arena selection GUI from anywhere in the lobby, with the /matchmaking command. There are 2 lobby NPCs who function as game signs as well. Games will pop up in this initial GUI which you can join, or you can create a new match by clicking the paper item.

Miscellaneous Updates

A requested change was to nerf the Rocket Launcher to be deflect-able, and as you can see by the fancy header, that's now a reality! It can be punched, shot, or snowballed away like any old ghast fireball can be. We're interested to see what other balance changes like this you guys have in mind, along with our own planned balance changes.
We also have 2 new taunts which will be available for purchase on the XP Shop soon!


Tutorial Time!

One of the biggest pet-peeves of newer players was the lack of introduction to the game. The wiki isn't exactly up to date, and the various signs posted in the lobby are both dated and easy to miss. Now, there's an extension of the lobby which can be accessed easily from the initial spawn point, or can be traveled to right outside the main hub area easily. It contains all sorts of info on how to play, how items work, and even some advanced stuff!

Social System Update

We tried going to the new social system when it was initially released, however this completely broke parties back then. Now, however, you can do all the fun social things available everywhere else on the network, like sending private messages, making friends, you name it!

Parties 2.0

The biggest change in this section is parties, you can now create a party from the main hub, and play a party match with that party, no additional steps needed. This also means the party pass is no longer required to make private matches. We're currently looking into fun bonuses to make party matches even better for those who already bought the party pass, without retracting from players who do not own it. If you've got any suggestions on features, let us know!

Looking Ahead

The past few months have been a lot of work for us, we had to remake every map from schematics which had to be made; not to mention all the other stuff that goes into making updates. We really appreciate all the feedback everyone gives on the forums, and how patient everyone has been with waiting on this update to be released since it was initially announced.
Ranked is currently down for maintenance as the new Arena system doesn't play very nicely with it, or the media maps. However we plan on having it back up as soon as possible, and plan on making a few changes to it so its a lot more cohesive as opposed to what it was previously.

Thanks for your amazing support, and for flying Shotbow!
- The SMASH Team