The Festival of Hearts

Greetings, Defenders!

We’re excited to announce that the Festival of Hearts event has returned to Etheria!

Once again, defenders can visit Violet Marygold to obtain exclusive event rewards.

This year, we’re introducing a new pet to the festivities: Angry Cutie! Don’t let the adorable looks fool you, this feisty little companion is bursting with cutiness… and attitude. This pet will drop on all expedition maps.

The Festival of Hearts event will run through March 11. Be sure to join the celebration before it fades away once more.

Returning Festival of Hearts Cosmetics

• Hunter Cupid Hunter Costume - 800 gems.

• Valentine's Accessory Bundle - 1280 gems. This bundle includes;

  • Cupid WIngs

  • Heart Glasses

  • Crown of Hearts

  • Floating Hearts Ground Flair

• Festival of Hearts Bundle - 1900 gems. This bundle includes;

  • Cupid WIngs

  • Heart Glasses

  • Crown of Hearts

  • Floating Hearts Ground Flair

  • Hunter Cupid

Bug fixes

• Ruins maps no longer use the winter theme.

• Fixed Werewolf general being usable on all heroes.

• Fixed struck by inspiration and inspiring strikes not being usable by the Cyborg.

• Fixed an issue where towers placed outside the boss arena would cause the Jester to attack them instead of teleporting back into the arena.

• Bunnies no longer spawn from Dark Mages.

• Dark Mages and Witches no longer heal bosses.

• Tweaked a bit the material values of the Golden Jaderagon pet so it is more golden.

• Fixed an issue where the Siege Roller would not die when stuck inside spawn areas.

• Fixed enemy pathing issues on The Wildest West and Tornado Canyon.

• Fixed a problem where escalation damage stacking would stack more than intended

• Fixed a problem with the drone defense system scaling with upgrades too much when drone overdrive is activated

Balance changes

• Jester:

  • Boomerang – Increased damage scaling by 25%.

  • Chattering Teeth – Increased damage scaling by 25%.

  • Card Barrage – Increased range from 2000 to 2500.

  • Surprise Present – Increased range from 650 to 750.

  • Party Popper – Increased defense damage by 8%.

  • Balloon Machine

    • Increased defense damage by 8%.

    • Increased balloon movement speed from 1000 to 1300.

  • Hammer Barrage – Reduced boomerang spread by 50%.

  • Jack in the Box – Increased health scaling by 9%.

  • Confetti Cannon – Increased damage by 15%.

• Bio Metric Scanner – Reduced armor shred from 25% to 15%.

• Puffer Fish – Increased max range from 3750 to 4250.

• Earth Shatter – Reduced Defense Units from 60 to 50. Updated damage scaling to match.

• Flame Aura & Water Aura

  • Increased max range from 1850 to 2500.

  • Increased range scaling by 10%.

• Volcano

  • Increased damage scaling by 21%.

  • Updated upgrade scaling to be consistent with other 80 DU defenses.

  • This is a nerf to upgrades, but an overall buff at every upgrade stage.

• Crystal Hammer – Increased damage scaling by 25%.

• Dragon Nest – Increased damage by 11%.

• Winter’s Edge – Your primary attacks now have a 50–70% (75%) chance to deal 5–29% (35%) of your hero damage as Frost damage.

Misc

• Changed elemental rumble drop rates back to x2 (armor pieces and pets), this was changed since 01/16.

  • Rumble Easy: 3,3%

  • Rumble Normal: 6,6%

  • Rumble Hard: 13,34%

  • Pet Drop chances:

    • Normal: 1%

    • Hard: 2% (normal) - 0.2% gold

• Added back audio hot swapping for Windows PC, no need to relaunch the game anymore.

• Limited the number of towers of the same type that can be spawned in Town to 8.

• Performance and stability improvements for the Aquarion Throne Room map.