Templar Battleforce v2.4.15 - Shock Hammers!

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This week, Paladins are leading the charge with the release of the new Shock Hammer weaponry. When picking up such a mighty two-handed hammer, a Paladin foregoes a shield altogether for battle prowess and staggering plasma damage.



Powered by 7 all new Requisition levels, Shock Hammers are accompanied by a parade of new Talents and capabilities for the class. The new Talents, Staggering Blows gives Hammer-wielding Paladins an AoE attack while the Righteous Embrace Talent introduces a new set of rules: Stacking Buffs. An aggressive self-buff in its own right (adding +Dmg and +Accuracy), Righteous Embrace doubles-down on Buffs whenever your Templar makes a kill with it active. If you kill a target with an attack with Righteous Embrace active, it will drop the Death's Embrace Buff (+1 MP, +20 Dmg, +16% AutoBlock, +16% Pen). If you kill 2 targets in single attack, it will stack Death's Embrace and Militant Embrace (+6 Accuracy, +12 Dmg, +12% Crit, +12 Plasma Dmg), and finally killing 3 targets in a single attack will stack Death's, Militant, and Ultra Embrace (+24% Crit, +32 Plasma Dmg, +16% Pen). Needless to say, stacking these buffs together will require an investment in Staggering Blows (AoE for 3 kills!) but can turn your Paladin into an unstoppable machine of war.



Speaking of War Machine -- that's the 3rd new Talent! Granting powerful self-only healing, increasing maximum Heat, and increasing both Auto-Block and Deflection %, the War Machine buff is one more weapon in your arsenal to help a Paladin stand tall in the thick of a battle.

You'll find Shock Hammers have high Gear Levels, as they replace both your Blade and Shield, but they are mighty, and both Staggering Blows and Righteous Embrace require a Hammer to use.



Another balancing change with Paladins reduces the bonus to healing granted to AoE healing Talents -- specifically, Battlefield Enhancers. Where the bonus used to be (Talent Level x Medic) the bonus is now reduced to Medic, making the Talent far more balanced and fair within the game's system.

The 7 new requisition levels come with 2 new Relics, and 1 new war gear. We've also fixed some bugs related to filtering on Dead Templars.

Please leave a review to encourage new features, content, and weapon combinations for your favorite Templars! [/b]

With 50 major updates under our belt, we hope you can help us spread the word and there will be only more to come!

v2.4.15 - 9/17/2016
- Added new weapon combo for Paladin -- 2-handed Shock Hammer
- Added 7 new Requisition levels for Paladin
- Added 3 new Talents for Paladin: Staggering Blows, Righteous Embrace, War Machine
- New Stacking Buff rules with Righteous Embrace - kill more for additional powerful Buffs!
- Added 3 new Shock Hammer Weapons, 1 Relic Command Armor, 1 Relic Shock Hammer
- Rebalanced Battlefield Enchancers Healing bonus to just +Medic
- Improved Neptune Overwatch effect and reduced Heat of firing in OW to 5
- Fixed crashes with Filter by Dead Templars


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[En1gma]

Whelp. Looks like I need to make a few changes, Templars. Nothing will stop our righteous march now.

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Sept 17, 2016 20:02:15 GMT -5 En1gma said:

Whelp. Looks like I need to make a few changes, Templars. Nothing will stop our righteous march now.

Shalun's blessing upon Respec!

Really excited how much variation this brings now to the melee-heavy options, with Sword-n-board, dual axes, 2H hammers, sword-n-pistol ... you can really build a diverse set of warriors who get right in the xeno face.

Next up ... ranged Templars!

[bookworm21]

Oooh YEAH!

STOP...Hammer time!

[En1gma]

Come on, Google-- it's been 10 hours already and you're dragging your feet. Don't make me get my Shock Hammer.

[fallen]

v2.4.15 has gone live on Steam fixing the bug regarding deploying veterans from Tact Points.

v2.4.15 should head to mobile soon!

Thanks all!

[capthawk]

Yes! Finally, Google had the update waiting for me this morning!

I haven't had a chance to field test the hammers yet, but the visual is great! (I did load a squad just to see.)

Have to add, the Hostility Kit tact that's been added looks like it's right up my alley!

I'm also going to have fun retooling my Paladin strategy in regards to healing. I definitely relied heavily on CME! I'll still use it, but the normal healing now has so much more value. Not to mention I'll need to take more care where I place my Paladin, especially those tight corridor levels (cough,cough, Kaldun).

I really appreciate what you TBs do. The biggest reasons I've quit games in the past are lack of support and lack of involvement. It's a total turn off if the entire community is complaining about an issue, say, bug X, but is disregarded. Or even worse, which has happened to me more than once, not only is bug X ignored, but some update is rammed into the game that compounds the issue! I can just tell the dev didn't/doesn't play the game.

Not here at TB games. The only way to make the adjustments you do is listening to gamer feedback, and testing it in play. Not surprisingly, it's why our bugs get fixed (often THAT day), and our updates are on point.

Anyway, to paraphrase Marvel: until the Templar Knights accept dishonor before death, make mine Trese Bros!

[fallen]

capthawk - thanks for the encouragement! Definitely exciting new things to try and really good balance changes in this update.

Thanks for your support Patreon!

[discostallion]

Can't wait to try this out, I've always been a fan of heavy 2h melee weapons.

[Zer0Winds]

I'm so using these hammers. My Paladin is going to be so badass.