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7.12 Update Notes

Additions
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* PvE: Added new 8-player "Über Monster Fest!" challenge mission 
  as part of the 'New Heroes Pack'
* All: Players can now to create their own "Hero Shop" with Items 
  they own, set prices on those Items, and then specifically list 
  their game as an "AFK Shop" game. Added button to view the 
  available DefendersStore.com Items along with the active 
  "AFK Shops".
* All: Added a "Add to DefendersStore.com" button to the Item Box 
  and Hero Shop, which enables you to post/updates your items to 
  DefendersStore.com directly from within the game! Also the Items 
  automatically remove themselves from DefendersStore.com when they 
  get sold from your shop!

Changes
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* All: You can now hold "Alt" and click on another Hero Icon in 
  the Hero Selection or Swapping UI to swap those two hero positions, 
  so you can more easily organize your heroes into sets.
* All: Score indicator collapses the same-type labels onto each other, 
  so if you kill 100 goblins before the score indicator has caught 
  up, you get a "Killed 100 +100" message rather than 100 goblin kill 
  messages. This makes the score indicator much more useful and timely.
* All: Every slower swinging melee weapon now deals proportionally 
  more damage! (as listed on their Damage Stat too). Is retroactive.
* All: Raised Mana Bank non-shop earnings Cap to 100,000,000
* PvE: Adept "Instant Upgrade" can now also be used in the Build Phase, 
  useful for time-limited missions, and reduced the cost of "Purity Bomb" 
  to 200 Mana. Also, Instant-Upgrade can be used beyond Upgrade 
  Level 5 to do an Instant Repair, at a high cost of Mana.
* PvE: Dark Elf Warrior Damage to Towers reduced by 50%, and their 
  Targeting Desirability to Towers reduced by 40%.
* All: Monk Weapons retroactively buffed 33% Melee Damage, Monk 
  Ranged Damage Exponential Ramp nerfed 20%, Monk Hero Boost 
  upkeep cost increased 20%.
* All: Redesigned the Adept animations.
* All: Upgrading Projectile Speed now has a minimal impact on resale 
  value.
* All: All Chicken Pets standardized to 80 Upgrade Levels.
* All: Countess "Joust" damage scales better (increased damage stat 
  ramp by 20%), and "Joust" now does scaled Weapon Elemental Damage 
  as well. Countess "Call To Arms" radius raised and ally damage buff 
  ramp increased 15%
* All: Definitive Chicken-Pet 33% damage buff.

Fixes
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* All: Fixed bug where you could get someone else's Tavern dropped 
  items in YOUR Tavern.
* All: Keyboard-lockout after naming your game when using a Gamepad 
  is fixed
* All: Likely fix for weapon-not-appearing-on-character issue under 
  lossy-network conditions
* All: Another Countess "Joust" client issue fixed,
* DDDK: Total Conversions can now use custom Materials.

7.11 Update Notes

* All: Added 4 New Heroes for play: the Adept, the Countess, the 
  Initiate, and the Ranger
* PvE: Added "Warping Core Challenge Pack", and added "The Great 
  Turkey Hunt!" TrendyNet Event & four new corresponding Hero 
  costumes

* All: Increased maximum number of profile Heroes to 16.
* All: Magic Staffs Knockback Max Damage Multiplier changes 
  to 1.8 (the same as Magic Bolt Projectiles) rather than 1.5
* All: Upgraded weapons have improved resale value
* All: Added Auto-Refire (hold mouse button) For Squire and Monk 
  attacks (both Monk attacks), and Apprentice staffs (hold RMB+LMB 
  to keep auto-refiring, hold just the LMB if you want to Charge).
* All: Hero Info UI stat point application can now be combined with 
  the following modifier buttons: RMB removes a point, Shift with 
  LMB/RMB adds/removes 5 points, and Ctrl with LMB/RMB adds/removes 
  all points to a stat.
* All: Gamepad users can now set an online game name when they Host
* All: Changed Lobby Searches to be Worldwide (still ordered by 
  distance of course). Sorry about that guys, no more region-locking!
* All: Fixed one more case of an erroneous VAC failure.
* All: Added Linear Upgrade Multiplier for Defense Upgrades -- this 
  will linearly buff the Health and Damage of an Upgraded Defense 
  according the following table (percents are each from the base 
  value): 1st Upgrade +20%, 2nd Upgrade +40%, 3rd Upgrade +60%, 
  4th Upgrade +80%, 5th Upgrade +100%
* All: Chicken Damage buffed by 33%
* All: At the Hero Info UI, added on-screen mouse-keyboard 
  combinations for faster level-up point applications and removal, 
  particularly useful when respecing
* All: Fixed issue with Gamepad Left Trigger not correctly activating 
  the "Invest All" button on the Equipment Info UI

* PvE: Super-Loot scaling added to all INSANE Challenges
* PvE: Shop gets restocked every 5 waves of Survival/Pure-Strat/Mix 
  that you play, with the latest and greatest stuff.
* PvE: Super-Loot re-added to Pure Strat & Shop, at their own scaling 
  rates
* PvE: Ogre Poison Ball no longer damages Eternia Crystals
* PvE: Moved loot tables to scale several waves earlier (better 
  loot earlier on)
* PvE: Adding Super-Loot back into PS and Shops, ramp values 
  forthcoming...
* PvE: Limited enemy projectile flight-distances to 3000 units, to 
  avoid long-flight stray arrows and projectiles causing game loss
* PvE: Buffed Mix Mode Loot Ramp about 20%
* PvE: Active (non-retired) Heroes boost boost the Damage output of 
  towers they specifically summoned by 33% (indicated via a Hero Face 
  Icon on the tower's floating HUD)
* PvE: Buffed Monk's "Defense Boost" ability Heal-Amount Ramp by 15%
* PvE: Removed the Dark Elf Warriors' 3-second Spawn Immunity
* PvE: Skeletons will no longer target or damage Eternia Crystals
* PvE: Any Hero XP earned is now also automatically applied as 
  Investment in your equipped Pet, though at a 50% conversion rate

* PvP: Changed existing CTF Map to "Hold the Flag", added new CTF map 
  that is 2-flag base-oriented traditional Capture the Flag gameplay. 

Dungeon Defenders Development Kit and CTF Pre-Alpha Pass Released
Two major Dungeon Defenders releases today have opened up the game 
up to the community! The first part of this was the release of the 
pre-Alpha pass for the new, 16-player Dungeon Defenders Capture The 
Flag mode. Here players can join teams of 8 and fight online with 
their existing characters. Players can check out this mode in its 
early state, and provide feedback to Trendy via the forums so they 
can continue to develop and refine the experience.

Additionally,the Dungeon Defenders Development Kit has been released. 
This is one of the most robust modding toolsets ever, allowing players 
to create their own mods and total conversions, as well as seamlessly 
matchmaking and transfering through Dungeon Defenders' built-in online 
matchmaking. This kit contains full access to all of Dungeon Defenders' 
source code and art assets, including source for the new "First Person 
Defenders" mod which allows players to experience the entire game as a 
FPS and the new, 16-player Capture The Flag Pre-Alpha, which will allow 
modders to get a head-start on creating exciting large-scale multiplayer 
modes for Dungeon Defenders! 

7.08
* Added 16-player PvP CTF Pre-Alpha Season Pass "Frostdale Village" 
  DLC support.
* Fixed return-to-tavern crash / map-transition crash
* Fixed issue where Costumes would sometimes not be unlocked when 
  completing Halloween Spooktacular!
* Fixed glitch where you could get "Unlocked New Mission / Costume" 
  messages on every startup unless you did a local save
* Kobolds should no longer ever phase through blockades
* Raised cap on Monk weapon Ranged Damage stat per upgrade to 85
* Added Insta-Invest button to immediately dump in as much Mana as 
  you can for the next Upgrade level
* Fixed bug where User Interface debug info could appear on-screen 
  by pressing some obscure key combination
* Chain Lightning Tower now immediately retargets to new enemies after 
  killing an enemy. Also its Attack Duration Ramp has been increased 
  by 40%, now you get much longer-hitting lighting towers, and 
  Lightning Tower AOE including max number of chains increased by 
  10%, and its Max Chain Length increased by 33%
* Uber-Chicken Pet's Damage now scales with Hero Damage and has 
  a reasonable impact AoE, making it a fantastic boast-worthy reward 
  for any Legendary Defender
* Fixed issue where DarkBot and Spanky pets weren't counting towards 
  the "Gotta Catch Em All!" Achievement. If you already have those 
  Pets, with this update you will simply need to drop those Pets 
  from your Item Box or Hero, and pick them up or store them again, 
  in order to have them count towards the Achievement.
* Fixed Ogres occasionally getting stuck in creep rooms on 
  Glitterhelm
* Chicken Pet can no longer have poor number of upgrade levels
* Added simplified Monk Auras for low-quality graphics modes
* Enabled Guardians to boost multiple nearby Defenses! This is a 
  new, upgradeable stat on all Guardians (only upgrades once every 
  10 levels so you need to be packing a high-level Guardian to get 
  the most out of it). Increased Guardian boost-amount exponents by 
  100% so their Boost-stat value will have more of an effect as well. 
  Enjoy it, it makes Guardians an incredibly powerful buff especially 
  when used in team groupings!
* Auto-lock items picked up from tavern floors
* Reduced enemy ramp by over 60% for Survival Enemies (so a much 
  quicker affair now), but now the Survival/Pure-Strat difficulty 
  ramp vastly increased once you get past Wave 10. Moved Giraffe Pet 
  earning to Wave 25 survival. 

7.06 Update
Bug fixes / Feature Additions:
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* Rebalanced/redesigned Spooktacular spawns and added Leaderboard & 
  Stats collection - Thanks Tsuda!
* Made Spooktacular skins unlockable by beating Spooktacular on hard 
  (per hero class), though second set of weapons remain Insane-only
* Fixed various Spooktacular mission bugs
* Fixed chatbox getting stuck during level transitions
* Make costume unlock requirements clear in the costume selection
* Allowed mission unlocking/downloads at the mission selection screen
* Reduced self-heal mana cost ramp (cheaper to heal at high HP's now)
* Added "Drop All Mana" key, default "M" key, and keybinding added to 
  configuration tool
* Fixed problem with Familiar attack rate being effectively capped 
  (there was indeed a bug with this), and renamed the Familiar 
  Attack Rate stat to "Attack Speed Bonus". Now high-Attack-Rate 
  familars are way, way, way more effective.
* Made practice dummies average DPS over 5 seconds for a more 
  accurate reading
* Fixed potential double-upgrade bug with superfast mouseclicks
* Moved bonus-item crates back into the main section of the 
  Halloween Tavern, out from the Secret Room
* Added Pause menu option to "Hide Game", which delists the game and 
  prevents anyone else from joining it. Useful for turning public 
  match into a private match, or making a private match totally 
  unjoinable even by your friends.
* Fixed bug in algorithm to determine gear stat allocations, that 
  was making high-end gear less likely to have Defense Damage and 
  Defense AoE stats.
* Removed Non-Infinite Build Time Option for Easy, Medium, Hard
* Fixed bug where Squire would turn around when entering block in 
  Chase Cam
* Pets will now attack one of the Practice Dummies in the Tavern so 
  you can check your Pet DPS
* Added button (Default "G") to remote-activate your Eternia Crystal 
  so you can begin the Combat phase from wherever you are

Balancing Changes:
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* Made Genie pet's "Grant Mana Bonus" upgradeable, and made him grant 
  more Mana proportionate to how much its "Grant Mana Bonus" is 
  upgraded
* Nerfed Spooktacular "Van Wolfstein" weapon about 40%, and Huntress 
  Ability 'Piercing Shot' about 30%
* Increased speed of Apprentice Staff "knockback" animation by 40%, 
  and increased its maximum (fully charged) damage output by 50%
* Nerfed Bowling Ball & Harpoon Turrets a bit more: bowling ball & 
  harpoon damages reduced by about 33%, attack rate reduced by about 
  25%, bowling ball projectiles now limited to 6 hits before breaking, 
  harpoon projectiles now limited to 12 hits before breaking.
* Slice and Dice Tower no longer has such a vertical sweep to be 
  effective against enemies above it
* Reduced Energy Drain rates on Electric and Ensnare Monk Auras
* Increased Insane/Post-Insane Kobold Damage by 20% and Kobold 
  Explosion Damage radius by 20%
* 20% increase to Spike Blockade HP & its exponential HP ramp
* 30% better exponential damage ramp on Squire Circular Slice
* 40% reduction on Imp/Engy repair costs 

7.05 Patch Notes:

* Added "Halloween Spooktacular Event" Content! Tons of New 
  Costumes, New Mission, New Items & Weapons!
* Raised Mana Bank limit to 30 million
* Added VSync and One-Threaded-Renderer Options to the 
  Configuration Tool
* Fixed 50% of all reported crash types
* Improved Apprentice Defense Attack Rate ramp further, now you 
  gain major Attack Rate DPS benefits well into the 100's of Attack 
  Rate points
* Chat-box now won't auto-close when opened if bound to 'Enter'
* Items that are locked in your Item Box now stay locked when 
  equipped to your hero
* Fixed minor potential exploits
* Chat History ("Console") Key can now be set in the Configuration 
  Tool
* Animus projectile now is piercing, and has better damage ramp.
* "Heal-Self" Spell now takes more time proportionate to what your 
  Maximum Health is.
* Made "Enrage Aura" have a longer lifespan, more effective, and 
  cost 1 less DU
* Reduced Bloodrage Speed benefit, and Increased Bloodrage Mana 
  cost-over-time
* Fixed Magic Blockades not properly stealing the Element of 
  Archers or Wyverns
* Push-To-Talk option no longer disables itself between games
* Map Loot icons now appear during the Combat Phase, not just 
  the Build Phase
* Equipment rating calculation now factors in potential upgrade 
  levels (i.e. lower-end equipment with sufficient upgrade levels 
  is compared evenly with upgraded equipment)
* Added 60 more Item Box spaces
* Console (Chat History) keybinding can now be set in the 
  Configuration Tool