Your guide to the gameplay changes in 14.2
Disclaimer: As part of the Kabam Creator Program we were given the chance to access a preview build of the update before it went live which is where the below images and information was obtained.
Table of Contents
Introduction
This article covers the features and changes that 14.2 has brought to the game. We’ve got an update to the 3 talent trees (including a significant revamp of the questing one) as well as some very welcome Quality of Life changes. Let’s get started.
Talent Tree Changes
Bartering
Bartering only received a couple of minor tweaks in this update (to be fair it was in a pretty amazing state already.)
Warmart/Rogues R’ Us/Spell, Robe and Beyond
The 3 talents that affect the type of customers you get (note that they do not affect total customer quantity, only the classes you will see) cancel each other out if you take all 3 of them. To help prevent players falling into a trap here the game will lock out the 3rd talent if you have any points in the other 2.
Enchantment Establishment
Now affects the value of the enchants placed on the item, not the value of the item itself (and the amount it increases the value of the enchants has been increased.) This change was largely to fix an oversight that existed in the previous version – you could enchant a Tier 13 item using Tier 4 enchants and add lots of value, it was basically free money given how cheap those enchants are to craft.
Whilst this didn’t change the layout of the tree we’re including a picture so the table (which includes the value changes) makes sense :P.
Terminology
Pricn = Points Required In Connected Nodes
| No. | Pricn | Name | Ranks | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | Energetic | 5 | Maximum energy is increased by +10/20/30/40/50. |
| 2 | 5 | Charismatic | 5 | Every sale grants an additional +2/4/6/8/10 energy. |
| 3 | 5 | Double or No Deal | 5 | City workers have a +10/25/40/60/100% chance to bring twice as many items. Does not apply to resource workers. |
| 4 | 5 | Warmart | 2 | +100/200% chance for customers to be Warriors. Note: You can only pick 2 from Warmart/Rogue’s R Us/Spell, Robe & Beyond. |
| 5 | 5 | Rogues R’ Us | 2 | +100/200% chance for customers to be Rogues. Note: You can only pick 2 from Warmart/Rogue’s R Us/Spell, Robe & Beyond. |
| 6 | 5 | Spell, Robe & Beyond | 2 | +100/200% chance for customers to be Mage (spellcasters.) Note: You can only pick 2 from Warmart/Rogue’s R Us/Spell, Robe & Beyond. |
| 7 | 5 | Sound Sleeper | 5 | Generate +50/150/300/500/1000 energy per hour whilst offline. |
| 8 | 4 | Cargo to Go | 5 | Trade slots can hold +3/6/9/12/20 items. |
| 9 | 3 | Tax Not Included | 5 | Discounted items sell for +3/6/9/12/20% more. |
| 10 | 5 | One-Day Delivery | 5 | Resource workers bring +50/100/150/200/300% more resources. |
| 11 | 5 | Hyper | 5 | Maximum energy is multiplied by +2/4/6/8/10%. |
| 12 | 5 | Friendly Favor | 3 | Champions request -1/2/4 items in exchange for Champion Coins. |
| 13 | 5 | Cooking The Books | 1 | Completed bounties give +1 bonus trophy. |
| 14 | 5 | Brand Loyalty | 5 | Customers have a +2/4/6/8/10% chance to surcharge themselves upon reaching the counter. |
| 15 | 2 | Best of the Best | 2 | Items sold by workers always have +1/2 enchants on them. |
| 16 | 5 | Royal Advisor | 3 | Suggest a different item to King Reinhold at x10/5/1 energy cost. |
| 17 | 3 | Return of the King | 3 | King Reinhold has a +5/10/15% chance to return immediately. |
| 18 | 5 | Enchantment Establishment | 5 | Enchantments on double-enchanted items are worth +3/6/10/15/20% more gold when surcharged. |
Crafting
The Crafting tree received a fair bit of help to make it stand out more for people who focus in it. Whereas before it was primarily focused on resource generation it now has some cool crafting modifiers as well. Many of the previously existing nodes have also been adjusted – some got buffed, others were merged, and some shuffles.
Terminology
Pricn = Points Required In Connected Nodes
| No. | Pricn | Name | Ranks | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | Bottomless Bins | 3 | Increase capacity for common resources by +5/10/20%. |
| 2 | 0 | Tamas Alliance | 3 | Increase regen rate for common resources by +5/10/20%. |
| 3 | 3 | Eco-Friendly | 3 | Increase resources gained when dismantling items by +15/20/25%. |
| 4 | 3 | Mass Produced | 3 | Increases multicraft chance of tier 3/4/5 and below by 10% however they will always be normal quality. |
| 5 | 3 | Mentorship | 3 | Worker experience boosted by x1.5/2/3. |
| 6 | 3 | Warehouse Aesthetics | 5 | Increase capacity for uncommon resources by +4/8/12/16/20%. |
| 7 | 3 | Forklift Certified | 3 | Increase inventory space by +10/25/50. |
| 8 | 3 | City United | 5 | Increase regen rate for uncommon resources by +3/6/9/12/15%. |
| 9 | 5 | Zero Waste | 5 | Crafting an item has a +3/6/9/12/15% chance to not consume resources. |
| 10 | 3 | Reinhold’s Favored | 3 | Earn +5/10/25% bonus favor during the King’s Caprice event. |
| 11 | 5 | Crafter’s Trick | 5 | Crafting an item has a +3/6/9/12/15% chance to not consume components. |
| 12 | 5 | Just Wing It | 5 | Reduce the minimum worker level to craft a blueprint by -2/4/6/8/10. You still need to hire them first. |
| 13 | 3 | Sigil Vigil | 2 | Fusions that result in Sigils and True Sigils create +50/100% more of them. |
| 14 | 1 | Flawless Process | 2 | Fusions that create quality items require -1 superior/flawless equipment. |
| 15 | 2 | Energy Infusion | 2 | Unlock the ability to rush fusions with energy for 100%/50% cost. |
| 16 | 5 | Exotic Hoarder | 5 | Increase capacity for rare resources by +4/8/12/16/20%. |
| 17 | 5 | Mystical Friendship | 5 | Increase regen rate for rare resources by +3/6/9/12/15%. |
| 18 | 3 | Bare Essentials | 3 | Increase capacity for Essence by +5/10/25%. |
| 19 | 3 | Extra Crafty | 1 | Gain +1 Craft Slot. Does not increase the cost of craft slots you don’t own. |
| 20 | 3 | Waking the Dead | 3 | Increase regen rate for Essence by +5/10/25%. |
| 21 | 3 | Duplication Glitch | 3 | All items gain a +2/5/10% chance to multicraft. |
| 22 | 3 | Legendary Craftsmanship | 2 | Increases the chance to craft Epic/Legendary by 3x. |
Questing
Basically got a complete revamp.
Terminology
Booster = XP boosters, Power boosters and Compasses.
Pricn = Points Required In Connected Node
| No. | Pricn | Name | Ranks | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | Treasure Hunters | 3 | +3/8/15% chance to find a bonus chest in quests that can drop them. |
| 2 | 0 | Common Farmer | 3 | Increase quantity of components found by +5/10/25%. |
| 3 | 0 | Booster Refunder | 3 | +5/10/20% chance to refund a booster if the quest it was used on is successful. |
| 4 | 5 | Ashley’s Drive | 3 | Reduces the quest time for Boss quests by -5/10/25%. |
| 5 | 3 | Argon’s Finest | 5 | Heroes that you hire start at level 5/8/10/13/15. |
| 6 | 5 | Bjorn’s Trails | 3 | Reduces the quest time for Flash Quests by -10/25/50%. |
| 7 | 3 | Raiders of the Lost City | 3 | Increases the amount of pure gold found during Lost City of Gold by +5/10/25%. |
| 8 | 3 | Artifact Takers | 1 | Lost City of Gold quests will also drop Golden Artifacts, Opulent Jewels and Platinum Bangles. Keybearers will drop them in bigger stacks. |
| 9 | 3 | Freyja’s Prayer | 5 | Rest time for heroes reduced by -5/10/15/20/25%. |
| 10 | 3 | Defenders of the Kingdom | 3 | During Dragon Invasion gain +5/10/25% bonus Airship Power from items and heroes. |
| 11 | 3 | Extra Questy | 1 | Gain +1 Quest Slot. Does not increase the cost of quest slots you don’t own. |
| 12 | 5 | Roadside Wholesale | 3 | Gain +30/40/50% merchant xp for overflow quest rewards and increases their value by +5/15/25%. |
| 13 | 5 | No Stone Unturned | 3 | In basic quests increases the chance of finding a bonus reward to +80/90/100%. |
| 14 | 3 | Shiny Only | 3 | R1: Quality drops will be at least flawless. R2: Increases the tier of quality drops by +1 R3: Increases the chance of Epic and Legendary drops by 3x. |
| 15 | 3 | Double Bundle | 5 | +3/6/9/12/15% chance to double the quantity of an equipment bundle found in quests. |
| 16 | 3 | Coincidental Preparations | 5 | Any quest you start has a +3/6/9/12/15% chance to instantly complete. Does not affect rest time. |
| 17 | 3 | On the Edge | 3 | -5/10/15% reduction to Extreme quest and rest times. |
| 18 | 3 | Sia’s Touch | 5 | +3/6/9/12/15% Chance to DOUBLE component rewards found in quests. Affects unusual components like Moonstones and Runestones, but not Pure Gold. |
| 19 | 5 | Key to Success | 5 | When you find a key in a quest there’s a +5/10/15/20/25% chance to find a second copy. |
| 20 | 5 | We Be Lootin’ | 3 | Polonia has a +30/60/100% chance to steal items one tier higher than her cap. |
| 21 | 5 | Nemesis Returns | 3 | +5/10/20% chance for a boss to respawn immediately after defeating it. |
| 22 | 5 | Titan Attunement | 1 | The final boss in Tower of Titans will drop an extra soul. |
Keybindings
If you play on PC you can now rebind the hotkeys. You can find this button in the settings screen.
XP Potion Menu
It’s now possible to use XP potions directly from the hero screen instead of needing to go into your inventory every time.
Skill Rerolling
A heavily requested feature by the community you can now when rerolling a skill pay 20 gems to keep the previous skill instead. This makes it much less risky when rerolling to try and improve as you know you can keep your current option (instead of rerolling into say Fast Learner and end up dooming your hero.)
Champion Balance Changes
Polonia
Polonia’s stealing ability had some slight tweaks so as to fix the issues she was having previously (where she’d be stealing much lower tier loot than she used to and her love for Stormrend.) With this change the Polonia talent that buffs her steal tier now works correctly as well, allowing you to steal Tier 11 in places where you used to get Tier 10.
Hemma
Hemma the necromancer who
Instead of draining the health and hopes of every other hero on the team she’ll now only drain 1 hero per turn (the hero drained is the one with the highest % of total health remaining.) In return the amount of attack she gains from this drain has been tripled so it works out as roughly the same damage she was outputting before.
Below are the ranks for her changed ability:
Empowering Drain (Rank 1)
- Each turn, drain 10% HP from one ally, healing herself for 5 HP.
- Hemma’s Attack increases by 20% for each drain.
- +5% HP for the party.
Ghastly Strike (Rank 4)
- Each turn, drain 9% HP from one ally, healing herself for 10 HP.
- Hemma’s Attack increases by 25% for each drain.
- +10% HP for the party.
Necromantic Spear (Rank 7)
- Each turn, drain 8% HP from one ally, healing herself for 15 HP.
- Hemma’s Attack increases by 30% for each drain.
- +15% HP for the party.
Consume Essence (Rank 11)
- Each turn, drain 7% HP from one ally, healing herself for 25 HP.
- Hemma’s Attack increases by 35% for each drain.
- +25% HP for the party.
Visual Effect Changes
The graphics quality slider now also affects the amount of particles displayed by different game effects (higher quality = more particles.) Here is ~30 seconds of gameplay for each setting of the slider with the enhanced vfx setting turned off:
Miscellaneous Changes
- You can now view the regeneration rate of your resources by tapping the resource icons whilst in your shop:
- You can refund talents for gems even if you have a refund token (helpful when you only have a few points in a tree and don’t want to waste a token.)
- Brand Loyalty will no longer trigger on customers who request an out of stock item nor will it trigger on King Reinhold (cause you can’t surcharge the king it was kind of weird this happened.)
- A tentative fix for the vanishing chat messages.
- Overcapped Evasion works correctly again in Extreme quests.
- Leaderboard banned players no longer take up a slot on the leaderboards and their contribution no longer counts for event leaderboards. Here’s an idea, make it so their invests don’t count unless the only players in their guild are also leaderboard banned so the rest of us can play fairly in peace.
And that about covers it. Go forth and be talented once more!
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One reply on “Update 14.2 Overview”
so many quality-of-life changes in this patch. I love it! I’m looking forward to trying out the changes in the crafting and questing tree.