In the latest updates to the Splinterlands universe we have:
🚨 Scheduled Maintenance Complete 🚨
The Splinterlands universe continues to evolve with a host of exciting updates and improvements designed to enhance gameplay and streamline your experience. Here’s a detailed look at the latest changes brought to you by the new patch:
⚡ Custom Challenges Are Here! ⚡
Unleash your creativity and challenge your friends like never before!
🔹 New Feature: Customize up to six rulesets and set your own battle parameters.
🔹 Fee Waivers: If you own a Runi or have 50K+ Staked SPS, the 10 DEC/Credit challenge fee is waived!
🔹 Easy Access: Use the Challenge button in player profiles to set up direct battles with ease.
Take your competitive edge to new heights and redefine how you play with friends!
❄️ Goodbye Winterfest Skins ❄️
The Winterfest celebration has ended, and with it, some cards return to their original artwork. Relish the nostalgia of classic designs as they reappear in their full glory.
🎮 Gameplay Updates: Sharpen Your Strategy 🎮
Prepare for smoother and more dynamic battles with these key enhancements:
🔹 Simultaneous Effects: Burning, Fatigue, and Poison now affect all monsters simultaneously, streamlining gameplay.
🔹 Replay Speed Control: Adjust battle replays to your preferred speed with a detailed speed selection—toggle it in settings.
🔹 Skip Ahead: Skip directly to the next round during battle replays with a handy new button.
🔹 Spacebar Control: Play or pause battles using the spacebar for a more intuitive experience (enable this in settings to avoid conflicts).
🌟 General Updates: Quality of Life Enhancements 🌟
🔹 Tooltips Refined:
- Additional tooltips are displayed when earning significant milestones like 1,050 Glint or 2,000 Merits for the first time.
- Tooltips no longer display if you're not logged in.
🔹 New Settings:
- Option to disable guild invitations for uninterrupted gameplay.
- Novice League has been renamed to Wood League for a more thematic touch.
🔹 Improved Nomenclature:
- Challenges and tournaments now use Novice, Adept, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert level cap names instead of league terms.
🔹 Enhanced Visibility:
- Unread Academy Panels are now more noticeable to ensure you never miss crucial information.
🔹 Streamlined API Calls:
- Frequently polled settings have been shifted to separate APIs for better performance.
🔹 Reward System Tweaks:
- Skip and mute buttons have been added to reward chest openings and replays.
- Grain auto-purchase has been replaced with a Get More button linking to the Grain-DEC Trade Hub.
🔹 Shop Updates:
- Insufficient DEC or Credits? Look for the new Get More button for seamless purchasing.
- The Exclusive Shop page now shows the total Vouchers spent on current and past cards for better tracking.
🔹 Mobile Optimization:
- Several pages have been adjusted to ensure key actions like the Battle button are visible and accessible on smaller devices.
🛠️ Bug Fixes and Polishing 🛠️
🔹 Simplified Sharing: Copy battle history links with just one click.
🔹 Surrender Prompt: Added a confirmation when surrendering in Brawl battles to prevent accidental actions.
🔹 Navigation Fixes:
- Avatar and title now update immediately when changed in profile options.
- Resolved an issue where a battle notification led to the wrong page.
🔹 Miscellaneous Fixes:
- Sorting options on Items → Other page are now functional.
- Improved UI for smoother navigation and better readability across platforms.
Happy battling, warriors! 🛡️
Source: https://discord.com/channels/447924793048825866/906408462538395670