Hello everyone! Today is Chronicles day! So let's jump into it! We've mentioned this in our previous Chronicle but we have a short term plan in mind for the rest of 2023. Ideally, we would like to release 3 Updates: [list] [*] [b]The Ancestral Update[/b] It's the one we are currently working and I'll detail all about its content right down below. [*] [b]The Slorm Reapers Update[/b] Is the one where we want to release all the Slorm Reapers that are left to be introduced. That's a whopping 68 new Slorm Reapers! [*] [b]The Warlords Update[/b] Is the update that will introduce the big Endgame content that we have in mind for The Slormancer. [/list] Best case scenario is that we manage to release all of that content before the end of the year. But depending on how things may turn out when developping Slorm Reapers or The Warlords endgame mode, it may take longer than that. Once we're done with these 3 Updates, the vast majority of the content will be in The Slormancer so we would like to move on to balancing the game. [h1]The Ancestral Update[/h1] Now let's talk about the upcoming Ancestral Update. The idea here is to tie the end of the Story to the beginning of the Endgame via a few objectives to complete that will give the players a good idea of what's left to be done when reaching this point. On top of that, we will introduce the last 2 Ancestral Stones for the Ancestral Legacy tree, along with our very first non-scaled Endgame Boss. [h2]Adam Nostrus' Trials[/h2] [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//35818693/6ca9290fcba1dda95f286d2165229bcea00eba74.jpg[/img] Once you reach the end of the Story and defeat the Boss in Act 5, Adam Nostrus will give you a few tasks to complete to make sure that you are indeed ready to fight The Slormancer itself. His Trials are divided in 3 Parts. You will have to complete each part to unlock the next one, and everytime you complete a part, you will unlock a reward. The first part grants the seventh Ancestral Stone, while the second part grants The Primal Ancestral Stone which is a unique Ancestral Stone that can be enshrined into any slot of your Ancestral Legacy. As for the third part, as you can see, it is currently waiting for "The Warlords" content to be available but it will reward you with a unique Slorm Reaper (only available through the Trials). [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//35818693/535e47899abac4dcbea7917a3dae1048e94e5ea2.jpg[/img] [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//35818693/1219db64032526162707fd22757f6905f3fc1bb2.jpg[/img] Adam Nostrus' Trials are designed to encourage new players reaching Endgame for the first time to explore all their options. For seasoned players looking for harder goals, we will instead use Achievements to create interesting challenges. [i]Regarding the tracking of all these Objectives, the game is already tracking most of them, and this is also true for Achievements. However, some of them are currently not being tracked, such as Defeating Expeditions Bosses, so you will start from scratch once the Update comes out.[/i] [h2]Ancestral Legacy[/h2] [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//35818693/ab606078ad666f94abf2bd5113e750cb156f6309.jpg[/img] One of the most important goals of this update is to unlock the full potential of the Ancestral Legacy. So for those of you that have been playing The Slormancer since Day 1, where you only had 2 Ancestral Stones at your disposal, this is the end of a very long journey. With this update, we introduce the seventh Ancestral Stone that will allow you to reach the very last Skills that were not reachable yet. And with the new Primal Ancestral Stone, we hope to provide an interesting option to enhance previously impossible combinations, and hopefully break the linearity of the Ancestral Legacy a bit. [h2]Adam Nostrus, King of Fashion[/h2] We do not consider this to be a spoiler since this is a friendly challenge (some sort of a final test) and not a major plot twist making Adam Nostrus the big villain. And since you've been giving this poor old fella a bunch of the most powerful artifacts known to man, it is now time to face him. Adam Nostrus is our first Boss with fixed stats which means he will not adapt to your level or your current Wrath Level. He will represent the same challenge for everyone and a good way for us to have a non-scaled way to measure the strength of the various classes and builds. We've yet to determine his actual strength but he is meant to give players a reachable goal and a first taste of an Endgame fight so he will probably land around something similar to Level 100 + Wrath 7. So if you're alreay crushing Wrath 10, besides understanding his mechanics, he will not be particularly challenging. For that, we will have The Slormancer itself. That's about it for today! We have no release date for this update but it should be around September. Cheers everyone!