- Shutdown Message - 18 May 2017
It's time to put the print on paper... Uh, words on a screen? Digital bits on the interwebs? Alright, whichever it is, here goes... Alteil US is officially shut down. There, I said it! I don't have much to add from my previous farewell message. That's probably because I've spent most of the time since I wrote that with my head down working. As I said then, about when we decided to wind down, I was given a bunch of opportunities in my non-Alteil career that I couldn't turn down. I was thinking the two week extension would give me some time to hang out in chat and get my thoughts in order - but actually things picked up even more for me in the past two weeks. Also, my infant daughter has just learned to crawl, so - CHAOS. In any case, to minimize the risk of say something inelegantly now that I already said much better before, I'll keep this short. I want to thank everyone again for stick…
- Shutdown Message - 18 May 2017
It's time to put the print on paper... Uh, words on a screen? Digital bits on the interwebs? Alright, whichever it is, here goes... Alteil US is officially shut down. There, I said it! I don't have much to add from my previous farewell message. That's probably because I've spent most of the time since I wrote that with my head down working. As I said then, about when we decided to wind down, I was given a bunch of opportunities in my non-Alteil career that I couldn't turn down. I was thinking the two week extension would give me some time to hang out in chat and get my thoughts in order - but actually things picked up even more for me in the past two weeks. Also, my infant daughter has just learned to crawl, so - CHAOS. In any case, to minimize the risk of say something inelegantly now that I already said much better before, I'll keep this short. I want to thank everyone again for stick…
- A Message from Logress. Of Doom! - 5 February 2017
Literally. Since I started on Alteil in 2007 - oh, wow that's 10 years ago - I've had a lot of jobs. I've been a GM, the game manager, the game producer, the project manager, the product manager, one of the game designers, a programmer... I've pretty much done everything at some point. But, no matter what hat or hats I wore there was only one goal - make Alteil successful. Since all of you are here, and many of you have been with me for a good chunk of the ride, I'll give you all a bit more of an explanation. You can check that out on my very exhaustive news post here... The gist is - I promised not to give up on Alteil until we had tried everything within reason, but it looks like after ten years of playing Alteil, we've finally run out of cards and SP. As of today, Gran will no longer be for sale. Alteil will remain operational for the next 90 days, and for the last month we'll make i…
- A Message from Logress. Of Doom! - 5 February 2017
Literally. Since I started on Alteil in 2007 - oh, wow that's 10 years ago - I've had a lot of jobs. I've been a GM, the game manager, the game producer, the project manager, the product manager, one of the game designers, a programmer... I've pretty much done everything at some point. But, no matter what hat or hats I wore there was only one goal - make Alteil successful. Since all of you are here, and many of you have been with me for a good chunk of the ride, I'll give you all a bit more of an explanation. You can check that out on my very exhaustive news post here... The gist is - I promised not to give up on Alteil until we had tried everything within reason, but it looks like after ten years of playing Alteil, we've finally run out of cards and SP. As of today, Gran will no longer be for sale. Alteil will remain operational for the next 90 days, and for the last month we'll make i…
- FLOWER OF WAR EXPANSION AND DLC ARE LIVE - 23 December 2016
Our new 60 card expansion is live! You can also get 5 card packs and a bunch of extra stuff at a reduced price with the Flower of War Intro Pack DLC! There are also a bunch of events and limited time sales in the card shop this weekend, so take a look! LAUNCH EVENTS -Flower of War are immediately available in the Shop, treasure battles, the lotto, and the free daily lotto. -In fact on launch all players will have bonuses to get new Flower of War cards in battle! -The 4 beginner’s Pack Steam DLC’s will be 30% off, which makes them less than 7 bucks. Remember, these each come with 500 Gran on top of the pre-built deck and other goodies! -FM bonus +50% FM all weekend -Material bonus +50% To material rate / rarity all weekend -Card Shop Pre-built sale All Horizons Core Legal Pre-builts normally priced at 1500 Gran will be discounted to 990 Gran through the weekend. — This includes Dragons a…
- FLOWER OF WAR EXPANSION AND DLC ARE LIVE - 23 December 2016
Our new 60 card expansion is live! You can also get 5 card packs and a bunch of extra stuff at a reduced price with the Flower of War Intro Pack DLC! There are also a bunch of events and limited time sales in the card shop this weekend, so take a look! LAUNCH EVENTS -Flower of War are immediately available in the Shop, treasure battles, the lotto, and the free daily lotto. -In fact on launch all players will have bonuses to get new Flower of War cards in battle! -The 4 beginner’s Pack Steam DLC’s will be 30% off, which makes them less than 7 bucks. Remember, these each come with 500 Gran on top of the pre-built deck and other goodies! -FM bonus +50% FM all weekend -Material bonus +50% To material rate / rarity all weekend -Card Shop Pre-built sale All Horizons Core Legal Pre-builts normally priced at 1500 Gran will be discounted to 990 Gran through the weekend. — This includes Dragons a…
- New Card Expansion: FLOWER OF WAR launches on December 23rd - 20 December 2016
The Great Betrayer, Durendal has fallen to the Land of the Dead – and taken over! Having wrested control over the Land of the Dead from King Zugateroza, Durandal commands the armies of the dead to march! The limitless waves of undead crash against the walls of both the Solar Kingdom of Folrart and the Duchy of Crest! Having never before witnessed such evil, the Mercenary Kingdom and the Barbarians break off their war and join forces to assist the kingdoms to the north in their battle against death itself! This is a new chapter for the Realm of Lavato – FLOWER OF WAR FEATURES -All New regular 60-Card set! -The entire set launches as HORIZONS CORE LEGAL, changing the landscape of Core dueling instantly! -Flower of War is also Set 14 according to Legacy numbering -New Mechanic — Create a card in target area — lets you summon a card that’s not in your deck. LAUNCH EVENTS -Flower of War will…
- New Card Expansion: FLOWER OF WAR launches on December 23rd - 20 December 2016
The Great Betrayer, Durendal has fallen to the Land of the Dead – and taken over! Having wrested control over the Land of the Dead from King Zugateroza, Durandal commands the armies of the dead to march! The limitless waves of undead crash against the walls of both the Solar Kingdom of Folrart and the Duchy of Crest! Having never before witnessed such evil, the Mercenary Kingdom and the Barbarians break off their war and join forces to assist the kingdoms to the north in their battle against death itself! This is a new chapter for the Realm of Lavato – FLOWER OF WAR FEATURES -All New regular 60-Card set! -The entire set launches as HORIZONS CORE LEGAL, changing the landscape of Core dueling instantly! -Flower of War is also Set 14 according to Legacy numbering -New Mechanic — Create a card in target area — lets you summon a card that’s not in your deck. LAUNCH EVENTS -Flower of War will…
- Black Friday Sale - 23 November 2016
The Annual Alteil Black Friday Sale is here!New Pre-built! MAGIC DOLLS - with Sumer! 1500 Gran launches at HALF PRICE on Fridayhttp://news.apocoplay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/11/Dolls.pngNew Pre-built! GOLDEN DRAGONS - with Bastandora! 1500 Gran launches at HALF PRICE on Fridayhttp://news.apocoplay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/11/big-refess-core.png But, that's not all! we also have-SEASONAL PACKS - 20% OFF-CORE LOTTO - RARITY UP and 20% OFF - Steam versions of the Magic Dolls and Golden Dragons packs, that includes a bunch of bonus gran, avatars and tournament tickets on top of everything else*But that's not all, for the first time in ...a while... there will be NEW CARDS FOR SALE - the previously Kickstarter Exclusive EX: SLAVE OF BATORA Pack Reckless Immortal HelcurasOne of the toughest to kill level 3 units ever seen, and one of the hardest hitting. Counter Skills l…
- Black Friday Sale - 23 November 2016
The Annual Alteil Black Friday Sale is here!New Pre-built! MAGIC DOLLS - with Sumer! 1500 Gran launches at HALF PRICE on Fridayhttp://news.apocoplay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/11/Dolls.pngNew Pre-built! GOLDEN DRAGONS - with Bastandora! 1500 Gran launches at HALF PRICE on Fridayhttp://news.apocoplay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/11/big-refess-core.png But, that's not all! we also have-SEASONAL PACKS - 20% OFF-CORE LOTTO - RARITY UP and 20% OFF - Steam versions of the Magic Dolls and Golden Dragons packs, that includes a bunch of bonus gran, avatars and tournament tickets on top of everything else*But that's not all, for the first time in ...a while... there will be NEW CARDS FOR SALE - the previously Kickstarter Exclusive EX: SLAVE OF BATORA Pack Reckless Immortal HelcurasOne of the toughest to kill level 3 units ever seen, and one of the hardest hitting. Counter Skills l…
- UPDATES 11/21/16 - 22 November 2016
Hey all, Last week actually had three separate updates and upgrades, but they were a bit smaller than what we’ve been doing lately so I decided to sum them up in one post. BugFixes -The ‘Timer Bug’ should be fixed now. -Some users were having trouble battling in a Draft tournament, this has been fixed -the ‘no soul skill’ crash bug -general stability tweaks Features -Singles Card Shop – you can now mouseover the card image to see the standard mouseover of the card, with skills and stats. -Card Shop – There is now a glowing ‘Question Mark’ icon by the description all of all packs, boxes, prebuilts and anything else that contains cards. Clicking on it brings up every possible card you can get in that product. If it’s a fixed card product, like a prebuilt, you’ll also see the number of copies. Mousing over the cards gives the card details as normal. -You can now EXIT a draft. There is a li…
- UPDATES 11/21/16 - 22 November 2016
Hey all, Last week actually had three separate updates and upgrades, but they were a bit smaller than what we’ve been doing lately so I decided to sum them up in one post. BugFixes -The ‘Timer Bug’ should be fixed now. -Some users were having trouble battling in a Draft tournament, this has been fixed -the ‘no soul skill’ crash bug -general stability tweaks Features -Singles Card Shop – you can now mouseover the card image to see the standard mouseover of the card, with skills and stats. -Card Shop – There is now a glowing ‘Question Mark’ icon by the description all of all packs, boxes, prebuilts and anything else that contains cards. Clicking on it brings up every possible card you can get in that product. If it’s a fixed card product, like a prebuilt, you’ll also see the number of copies. Mousing over the cards gives the card details as normal. -You can now EXIT a draft. There is a li…
- 11/10/2016 Update - 11 November 2016
Hey all, We pushed another patch live last night, here's the list! -Fix for the 'after set phase hangup' -Tournaments no longer expire after 24 hours (or ever) -Tournament search is now 60 seconds instead of 30 -Fixed Draft Deck Bug -Added visual progress bar for Draft Tournaments -Tutorial Update - We Incorporated some of our player's feedback into the Tutorial There were also some general stability updates, and the Tutorial Update will involve a tiny update to the Steam Client which should happen automatically. Notice that two of the list are suggestions from our community! That's no coincidence, we take our player feedback extremely seriously. --Sean
- 11/10/2016 Update - 11 November 2016
Hey all, We pushed another patch live last night, here's the list! -Fix for the 'after set phase hangup' -Tournaments no longer expire after 24 hours (or ever) -Tournament search is now 60 seconds instead of 30 -Fixed Draft Deck Bug -Added visual progress bar for Draft Tournaments -Tutorial Update - We Incorporated some of our player's feedback into the Tutorial There were also some general stability updates, and the Tutorial Update will involve a tiny update to the Steam Client which should happen automatically. Notice that two of the list are suggestions from our community! That's no coincidence, we take our player feedback extremely seriously. --Sean
- 11/7.2016 Update - 7 November 2016
Hey all, Saturday night we uploaded another patch. Since it was primarily a general stability patch, I didn't announce it until I was sure it worked. Two days of checking the server logs and playing later, things are looking super solid! We've already got the next patch done, this one covering some minor bugs and other reported issues. That will probably go up tonight. Since we're turning around these changes pretty regularly, this is a good time to report anything, or just give us some suggestions! To make sure Alteil is as good as it can be, we'll continue to listen to the community and impliment the great ideas of our players! --Sean
- 11/7.2016 Update - 7 November 2016
Hey all, Saturday night we uploaded another patch. Since it was primarily a general stability patch, I didn't announce it until I was sure it worked. Two days of checking the server logs and playing later, things are looking super solid! We've already got the next patch done, this one covering some minor bugs and other reported issues. That will probably go up tonight. Since we're turning around these changes pretty regularly, this is a good time to report anything, or just give us some suggestions! To make sure Alteil is as good as it can be, we'll continue to listen to the community and impliment the great ideas of our players! --Sean
- 11/7/16-11/13/16 5 of 7 Event! - 5 November 2016
http://news.apocoplay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/01/MD-augment.jpg Honored Iczers,I am pleased to announce that we will be hosting a 5 of 7 event beginning this upcoming Monday at 12:01AM (EST). It will end on Sunday 11/13/16 at 11:59PM (EST). To participate, all you have to do is play a duel on 5 of 7 days during the duration of the event. This only includes human opponents, so take a break from beating up on our poor NPCs and duke it out with one another! Duels must last at least 10 turns in order to count for the event-so give it your best shot and stick it out until the end of each match! Remember, Core legal files get a substantial boost to rewards in terms of cards, materials, and FM! All participating players will earn 5 point cards (can be exchanged for any normal rarity card in the game) and 1 copy of Seasonal Beltorat Light Cavalry. http://media.alteil2.com/dashboardC…
- 11/7/16-11/13/16 5 of 7 Event! - 5 November 2016
http://news.apocoplay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/01/MD-augment.jpg Honored Iczers,I am pleased to announce that we will be hosting a 5 of 7 event beginning this upcoming Monday at 12:01AM (EST). It will end on Sunday 11/13/16 at 11:59PM (EST). To participate, all you have to do is play a duel on 5 of 7 days during the duration of the event. This only includes human opponents, so take a break from beating up on our poor NPCs and duke it out with one another! Duels must last at least 10 turns in order to count for the event-so give it your best shot and stick it out until the end of each match! Remember, Core legal files get a substantial boost to rewards in terms of cards, materials, and FM! All participating players will earn 5 point cards (can be exchanged for any normal rarity card in the game) and 1 copy of Seasonal Beltorat Light Cavalry. http://media.alteil2.com/dashboardC…
- 11/5/2016 Updates - 5 November 2016
Hey all, we're gearing up for our next big stability update, but here are some changes in the meantime. -NEW FEATURE - added Core search. Now, for the first 60 seconds of searching, if you're playing Core you'll only be matched with other Core. -Fixed a problem where users were not being alerted on battle start if their deck was incomplete, -Began applying user feedback to the tutorial -General bugfixes
- 11/5/2016 Updates - 5 November 2016
Hey all, we're gearing up for our next big stability update, but here are some changes in the meantime. -NEW FEATURE - added Core search. Now, for the first 60 seconds of searching, if you're playing Core you'll only be matched with other Core. -Fixed a problem where users were not being alerted on battle start if their deck was incomplete, -Began applying user feedback to the tutorial -General bugfixes
