Updates from the News Frontier - August 13th 2020

[Ceeg_LOTB]

Welcome to this week's News Frontier!


The team are firing on all cylinders in prep for Septembers Monthly event which will include a brand new Eddie and multiple new Allies to chase after!

Normally I would share some of the exciting Art pieces that the team have been working on in the News Frontier, but this month I will be keeping those for the Twitch stream at the end of the month. The date for this is still being locked down, but we are working in the feedback, to make the stream happen with at least 24 hours before the Event starts. So with that in mind, our tentative date for the stream is August 28th at 10am PST (event will not be live until August 31st 5pm PST). I will make sure to announce when this is confirmed!

Once again, this will not be a stream to answer questions about the future of the game, that burning question you have been holding onto or what I had for breakfast (an espresso and apple granola for those who are curious!). If you want to ask those questions, feel free to do it here and I will answer as best as possible.

Bug reporting and Squashing


Fenrir Fragments - One of the Clan event challenges are granting the incorrect type of Fenrir Fragments (it’s giving the ones from his previous event). We will be adding one more easy Challenge to complete to allow players to collect the correct Fenrir fragments.

Arena exploit team with Crusader Eddie - Reported, reproduced and resolved! The fix will be implemented in an upcoming Client release. Unfortunately due to the nature of the solution and the current state of development, this cannot be released as a Hotfix.

Cyborg Eddie and his Cosmic Talisman - Reports of Cyborg Eddie causing game freezes have been coming in since the release of his Cosmic Talisman. Changes have been implemented over time to try and adjust for this but nothing has worked in the way the team envisioned. So in an upcoming update, his Cosmic Talisman will be getting a rework. It will be kept at its current strength or made even better, but the changes are designed to remove the game freezes that are currently a factor.


Shaking off the Dust

Who is an older Character you would like to see modernized? Recently we have seen the return of some of our older characters, giving them a new lease of life if you will, and would like to continue this! Who are some Eddies or Allies that you would like to see again?


Gauntlet Season 8

The new season of The Gauntlet is just around the corner, going live this weekend. We have been keeping the Exclusive character under-wraps, but I have a sneaky screenshot that I can share today, as well as some of his ability effects! Who do you think this might be?

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That's it for this week,

Signing off

^ Ceeg

[Geodude]

The team are firing on all cylinders in prep for Septembers Monthly event which will include a brand new Eddie and multiple new Allies to chase after!


Any word on when you'll be increasing the max toons/talismans/souls inventory slot limits? No more room for any new ones! 1000 would work for now.

[Ceeg_LOTB]

Any word on when you'll be increasing the max toons/talismans/souls inventory slot limits? No more room for any new ones! 1000 would work for now.

No news on that, but I will mention it to the team, see if something is in the works! ^ Ceeg

[Cefiar]

Characters that could use some freshening or even awakening:
Sandworms (I will keep at this!)
Demon Spawn
Storm Eddie
Soldier Eddie

[Cefiar]

Can you also address WHY it was so necessary to push out a hotfix 1.5 hrs before a standard server reset, which also just happened to be the last 1.5 hrs of an event (Thelxiepia, Warrior Siren)?

I get that you don't want people getting the wrong frags, but holding off 1.5 hrs really would not have made that much difference.

[Beddie]

So two thoughts
1. I’d love to see a sprucing up of Flight Of Icarus Ed
2. Are the screenshots relating to the gauntlet character or just an upcoming character for this month?

[MuzakMaker]

Any word on when you'll be increasing the max toons/talismans/souls inventory slot limits? No more room for any new ones! 1000 would work for now.

The rate at which new toons/talismans are added is definitely faster than the rate we get the space to put it. This also holds true to Book of souls and frags. What is most annoying about the frags is that you can run out of space for frags but error message is just a generic inventory overflow message and everyone I talked to with this error required someone from the team to manually convert older frags for them. Some of those players were locked out for the entirety of events which is not good.

[Ceeg_LOTB]

Are the screenshots relating to the gauntlet character or just an upcoming character for this month?

Yes they are related to the Gauntlet character! But the skeletons might be hinting at something else too...

[Ceeg_LOTB]

This also holds true to Book of souls and frags. What is most annoying about the frags is that you can run out of space for frags but error message is just a generic inventory overflow message and everyone I talked to with this error required someone from the team to manually convert older frags for them. Some of those players were locked out for the entirety of events which is not good.

The frag overflow error was certainly a frustrating situation for those players. This is why Event Currency is being created. We hope to avoid this issue going forward.

[Jomama12341]

I think Phantom of the Opera Eddies needs some TLC.

Also all the remaining Egyptian Gods should be awakenable

[BeachPlease]

Is the Hermit the new Gauntlet character? The only one I can think of. I hope he is an awakenable Sentinel

[Hank93]

Who is an older Character you would like to see modernized?

Said it before, will say it again, Visions Eddie. I understand keeping Storm and Mummy as lowtier trash, but Visions is a natural 5* that just uses space in his class mythical soul. Stun is no longer a match winning strat, and it never was to self stun. Don't even need to wake him up, just a rework would be fine.



Who do you think this might be?

Saw the chains, thought we might get a toon based on Chains of Misery or Hooks in you. The skeleton popping up from the ground and going for another nautical themed char when we already have Mariner as a Gauntlet however....just meh. We have gotten so many chars in the last events that it's hard to keep up, even more so since passives are so long, talismans so massive, and abilities so convoluted. Besides, we are once again having overlapping events, and worse, had an Evo event then followed by a Sacrifice event, with no gold grinding in between.

I still buy a small pack a month to support you devs, but...this is a phone game. I used to play this on the commute to work, now I have to leave it on for hours on end, plugged in to grind meager rewards, balance is just "newest toon has a counter to mechanic last toon introduced", and it just keeps piling up.

Bleh, I don't want to start a complains fest either. Tell the lads that the models and stuff has been nice, toons look good, and well, if they can't fix the code that messes up behind Cyborg's cosmic (wich is still the only one that requires full Awakening or using Bounty Hunter), well, a replacement can't hurt.

Oh! And if you could tell anyone on the team to add 1 star colorless awakening materials to the awakening packs that'd be great. Had to buy several of the event ones since grinding Lord of Light is unreliable, awakening souls are a gamble, and the awakening packs start at 2 star colorless only.

[MuzakMaker]

The frag overflow error was certainly a frustrating situation for those players. This is why Event Currency is being created. We hope to avoid this issue going forward.

It wouldn't have been nearly as annoying if it didn't take multiple DMs and days for my clanmate who completely missed a frag event and all that came with it. 0 compensation and barely an apology for a bad decode and an unresponsive support team.

[MuzakMaker]

The frag overflow error was certainly a frustrating situation for those players. This is why Event Currency is being created. We hope to avoid this issue going forward.

Speaking of issues with frags, Martyr frags still can not be converted and there is no way for us as players to get rid of any frags from old events if we have 4 or less. Will there be any resolution for those issues?

[Ignis666]

Seventh Son Eddie needs a rework/update

[Phoenix-7282]

Thank you for the weekly update. Valkyries are long overdue for an update/rehaul/awakening. They all specialize in very specific aspects of the game and are mostly outdated. Warrior Valkyrie is the only one I still use. Changes to them would be nice.

[Astronura]

Seventh Son Eddie needs a rework/update
I second and agree with this sentiment.

[URock]

EDDIE (our 1st toon) needs some rework. Let's make him great again! Every new player would like this, because this will make the start into this game more motivated and we "old" players will get our memories back.

[Maiden]

Hey Ceeg, Thanks for the News...

August pace until now looks really fine, Isn't overcrowded with events and that´s very welcome! Hope September carry on with that new rhythm :D

About the streaming, its nice you heard the feedback about timing, looking forward to seeing that transmission! Good luck there. Oh btw, questions, random questions, awkward question and more will be inevitable, like Thanos, first because Internet and also, sorry some are deserved, I mean there was a lot of stuff going around since the last FAQ with the team (one year?) and we haven´t heard too much from the team on the forum in a lot of time... so it's natural from people to shout a question at the first random chance. But, again the streaming was fun to watch!


"Shaking off the Dust"

-Alex <3
-Seventh Son
-Visions
-Charly (her lately re-skill didn´t put her on top again)

And some chars that never really worked for me:

-Phantom
-Fear of the Dark

"Bug reporting and Squashing"

Could you have a look at this post and send it to the team? https://forum.ironmaidenlegacy.com/showthread.php?13755-Video-Bugs!&p=127512#post127512 there are situations clearly described and documented in video or screenshots step by step. Those situations can be reproduced in several areas of the game like Gauntlet, Dungeons, Raids, or Arena.

Thks Ceeg!

[Phantom_666]

I know that it is off topic but Why don’t you add cosmic Lilith to the frontier store?

[Mateja]

I know that it is off topic but Why don’t you add cosmic Lilith to the frontier store?

Because she's added in a very long grind that costs a lot of ironite.

[Madrik]

I can tell you 100% its not his cosmic that's the cause of the hangs/ glitches, I don't have his cosmic and it still happens in various dungeons and get a lot of animation glitches in Labyrinth where all you will see is the pyramid after he uses his fury. So I would strongly urge the Devs to check and double check. it seems the bug only happens once he's fully awakened. so that needs looking into. he needs to be fixed properly and his power needs to be adjusted cus he now causes a lot less damage than before they started messing with him because of an alleged bug with his passive, which only happens when he is wearing Memorial talismans. i bet they didnt check any other variables before they decided to modify his passive and cause him to be weaker than a stock cyborg. maybe adjust him so damage scales off both ATK and Special stats

[Moose]

As Halloween approachs, I would like to see the pumpkins be more than fodder.

[MuzakMaker]

I can tell you 100% its not his cosmic that's the cause of the hangs/ glitches, I don't have his cosmic and it still happens in various dungeons and get a lot of animation glitches in Labyrinth where all you will see is the pyramid after he uses his fury. So I would strongly urge the Devs to check and double check. it seems the bug only happens once he's fully awakened. so that needs looking into. he needs to be fixed properly and his power needs to be adjusted cus he now causes a lot less damage than before they started messing with him because of an alleged bug with his passive, which only happens when he is wearing Memorial talismans. i bet they didnt check any other variables before they decided to modify his passive and cause him to be weaker than a stock cyborg. maybe adjust him so damage scales off both ATK and Special stats

It's the same thing when they though sacrificing characters previously used was causing raid lockouts. They find one way to replicate a bug and assume that's the only way it happens.

[MetalKing]

8689 we want this eddie, and I would like to see carriage rider Eddie awakened. I have a soft spot for him as he was my first good Eddie for a while.

[Leviathan]

Speaking of issues with frags, Martyr frags still can not be converted and there is no way for us as players to get rid of any frags from old events if we have 4 or less. Will there be any resolution for those issues?

I believe our next update will make Martyr Fragments convertible. Thanks for your patience!

[Saints_sin]

When can we expect august tuning notes also can I just ask does this mean the redacted on the navigator bespoke is for the new gauntlet toon

[Saints_sin]

I think Phantom of the Opera Eddies needs some TLC.

Also all the remaining Egyptian Gods should be awakenable

forget the gods let's see pharaoh getting awakened

[Hank93]

I know that it is off topic but Why don’t you add cosmic Lilith to the frontier store?

Probably now that Normal Lilith frags can be exchanged, Cosmic Lilith is going to be a LOL event only thing.

[KillerWolf]

I would like to see the following Eddies/Allies awakened/modernized:

Eddies
- Doomsday
- The Beast

Allies
- Nomad
- Madam
- Assassin Werewolf
- Warrior Minotaur

[Ezz]

I feel like the gunner werewolf needs to be reworked. Never really understood we he was 5 star with his kit. He plays like 4 star.

[MuzakMaker]

I believe our next update will make Martyr Fragments convertible. Thanks for your patience!

Any word on what we can do about our stacks of 4 or less frags from prior events?

[Madrik]

It's the same thing when they though sacrificing characters previously used was causing raid lockouts. They find one way to replicate a bug and assume that's the only way it happens.

yep sadly that is the case, god knows why they dont actually do in depth testing before assuming anything.

[Yup]

How about a fix for Wasteland Eds fury??

[HuckFinn150]

Run to the Hills should be made awakenable and refreshed. Or how about Carriage Rider?

[jstorck-6521]

In comparison to the last month, I have to say I got somehow disapointed with the events for this month... I was expecting the fragment character to be awakenable, think this was a nice idea... Evolution is always the same and Sacrifice event was not that nice either... The dungeon was really nice, theme and characters are amazing. I don't know, maybe I'm on the phase there is nothing to grind for (I'm playing mostly since ever). Maybe we should get new long term stuff back, like 3 months mega events, silent planet, avalon, etc.

[Geodude]

EDDIE (our 1st toon) needs some rework. Let's make him great again!

I agree. Eddie is the face of Iron Maiden, and should be the most awesome, arse-kickin Ed in the game!

[zzzoron]

Run to the Hills should be made awakenable and refreshed. Or how about Carriage Rider?

I second that. The RttH Eddie still has the best fury animation IMO.

[Barthax]

Considering how much has to go into max awakening a character, the number of different Achievements are very light once you have one. Some characters get two achievements - one cosmic talis, one "class-only" event (Samurai/Labyrinth/Powerslave, etc.). Many only get the one Achievement aim for the cosmic talis dungeon. For all that effort, there's just one Achievement to chase? No tiny dropping of godly frags along the way to creep towards earning Odin/Baphomet/etc (assuming Baphomet , etc., will become playable).

Dev question: is there not a test piece of code used for testing the various abilities in battles? I.e., just have the code run 100s of battles with a variety of situations so you can see the test cases that fall outside of expected results.

[4V1ct0ry]

I'm hoping to see Seventh Son Eddie to be awakenable. He was a beast when released.... now he is just meh

Then the The Killer Beast for sure... he should be the king of the Killers, but I do consider him as the weakest of the 3.

Talking about Eddie... are we able to get "2019 Tour Eddiie" one day again?

[Fudjo]

I'm hoping to see Seventh Son Eddie to be awakenable.

I'd like to see every "album cover" Eddie be awakenable. Seventh Son for sure, but also Piece of Mind, Pharaoh (Powerslave), Fear of the Dark, and so on.

[Muzzleloader]

Why not just awaken every toon so you can max at your will. That way we can add a bunch of new special awakening mats. This way you can awaken at your pace and the real grinders have a goal to acheive.

[Saints_sin]

Why not just awaken every toon so you can max at your will. That way we can add a bunch of new special awakening mats. This way you can awaken at your pace and the real grinders have a goal to acheive.

thats ballsy but i like the idea of it but the problem is theres only so much u could do to each toon before they started having similar effects

[Mario.Ahner]

Why not just awaken every toon so you can max at your will. That way we can add a bunch of new special awakening mats. This way you can awaken at your pace and the real grinders have a goal to acheive.

In the end it will be like this, then will come the next evolution, that they also will steal in arena

[dukat]

I'd like a serious reduction of new characters. 400+ becomes unmanageable. Please bring in real game updates instead. Like Avalon.

[Yup]

I'd like a serious reduction of new characters. 400+ becomes unmanageable. Please bring in real game updates instead. Like Avalon.

not.... gunna.... happen.....

In the famous words of a (presumable terminated) past employee who hasn't been seen in many, many months (we miss ya Spartan!)....... "Characters Make Money"

[edsel]

not.... Gunna.... Happen.....

In the famous words of a (presumable terminated) past employee who hasn't been seen in many, many months (we miss ya spartan!)....... "characters make money"

r.i.p. 8707

[Amarthir]

He is missed.
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[iPoop]

You guys are hilarious!

Viva la Sparton!