Tower & MercenariesVersion 1.18.0 is out
Party setup has a new layout and your company can grow to 20 members. We fixed the app crashing in long high-floor battles and added a saver mode that tones down effects when the device runs hot.
Party Setup
- The party sheet has a new layout. Only the list scrolls, and the members you pick stay in fixed slots at the bottom
- Tap a bottom slot to move that member to the other row or take them out
- Card portraits are cropped around the face and drawn larger. A corner chip shows the grade, and an icon under the name shows the most urgent status
3 more in the patch notes.
Company Size
- The base roster limit is now 12. Saves with the Roster Expansion perk go straight to 16
- A new Company Expansion perk in the Guild branch of Abyss Perks raises the limit to 20
New Heroes Irena and Rien
- Irena von Strahl is the Emperor's champion duelist, a paid hero from the shop. Her signature skill, The Hundredth Duel, stabs one enemy three times, and the last thrust is a critical hit
- Rien Silvas is an elf bard who has left a song on every floor of the Tower. You meet her in the floor 100 bond quest. Her signature skill, Recurring Refrain, raises your allies' attack and lowers enemy defense
- Both have a personal story and a breakthrough look, and their signature skills have their own effect art
1 more in the patch notes.
New Class and New Art
- The new Swordsman class (human) fights with imperial dueling swordplay and drives deep thrusts into one enemy. Swordsmen appear among recruit offers
- Many existing mercenaries are redrawn as new characters, with new illustrations, battle sprites, attack animations and breakthrough looks
- Some classes now have separate male and female looks, and new applicants of those classes come as either
2 more in the patch notes.
Recruiting
- Applicants now come in Genius, Star, Elite and Gem tiers. When a Star has not shown up for a while, the odds of one slowly rise
- The recruit list, recruit details and roster share one bar that shows current ability and how far each mercenary can grow
- A Genius or Star applicant arrives with a reveal scene and a notice on the Base. If you try to leave without recruiting them, the game asks once
3 more in the patch notes.
Battle Effects
- When a named hero uses a signature skill, their illustration sweeps across the screen. Floor lord skills show the lord's illustration too
- Skills that fire at the same moment now play one after another instead of overlapping
- The final blow of a battle plays in slow motion with a large finishing number. When one skill hits the same enemy several times, a total appears
5 more in the patch notes.
Crashes and Heat
- Fixed the app crashing back to the title screen during long runs of skill-heavy high-floor battles. Each battle was holding on to a bit more device memory
- The Effects setting is now Full or Saver. Saver caps how many effect sprites show at once and turns off heavy effects to cut heat and battery drain
- When the device is hot or in Low Power Mode, battles use Saver effects even on Full and say so once when the battle starts. Turn this off with the Auto saver setting
3 more in the patch notes.
Fixed
- Long names were cut off in mercenary and recruit details, as in "Kaiser von Arn…"
- Mercenaries revived from the Hall of Fame or reincarnated could come back as a different gender
- Recruiting during the Reincarnation Corridor let the returning soul push the roster over its limit
3 more in the patch notes.
Changed
- Auto-equip on the tower prep screen shows a dot when better gear is available
- The bar end grade in recruit details now has a "By effort" label so you know what the end means
- Switching bottom tabs fades the screen in
1 more in the patch notes.