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PSA: Sunlight Will No Longer Drop From Bot Matches

  • Vainglory
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  • Aug 15, 2018


As the result of a handful of players gaming the system, Sunlight will no longer drop from Bot Matches; other drops given through Spoils of War (such as Glory and XP) will also be significantly reduced.

Bot matches exist to help players learn heroes, explore item builds, and generally get better at the game. It’s disappointing to see that they’ve been used maliciously.

SEMC is committed to protecting the integrity of Vainglory and ensuring a fair gameplay experience for all of its players. We will continue to be vigilant in protecting these values.


Updated 08/16/18

For clarification: “Gaming the system” means that non-players were intentionally cheating using tools.



Short Film Challenge: Submit A Video For a Chance to Win Prizes!

  • Vainglory
  • |
  • Aug 10, 2018


Lights, camera… action!

Ever dreamed of directing a short film that tells a story about your favorite Vainglory heroes? Recent updates to Vainglory’s replay system mean that now is the perfect time to try!

Put your director’s hat on and submit a short — not to exceed 100 seconds — video showing off your mastery of Vainglory’s new-and-improved replay system.
You’ll have until August 20 at 5PM PT to submit your best work. After that, we’ll pick 10 short films (5 selected at random and 5 staff favorites) to get awesome rewards.


THE AWESOME REWARDS
  • Five randomly selected winners will receive 1,500 ICE
  • Five staff favorites will get Silvernail and every Update 3.6 skin (Including the ultra rare ‘Beach Patrol’ Catherine!)

Need some inspiration? The community is already creating some incredible stuff with the replay system including this gem titled ‘Abruption The Eve.’


POST YOUR SUBMISSIONS TO VAINGLORY’S OFFICIAL TWITTER AND FACEBOOK PAGES AND FOLLOW THESE RULES

Twitter

  • Include #vainglory #shortfilm
  • Your post must not start with the @ symbol, but you have to tag @vainglory (Use local tag)
  • Include your player name in the post (with correct spelling and capitalization)
  • Short films cannot exceed 100 sec.
  • You should not use music that contains profanity or bad words.
  • You must be following our official Twitter account
  • You can enter as many times as you like

Facebook
  • Include #vainglory #shortfilm
  • Include your player name in the post (with correct spelling and capitalization)
  • Short films cannot exceed 100 sec.
  • You should not use music that contains profanity or bad words.
  • You must like our official Facebook page
  • You must post ‘public’
  • You can enter as many times as you like

GLHF! We can’t wait to see your masterpieces.

Share Apple’s ‘Unleash’ Ad Ft. Vainglory to Unlock Prizes

  • Vainglory
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  • Aug 15, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izw9lhInmEo


Hey hey, VG community!

There’s no question that the latest Apple Vainglory iPhone ad is fire; in fact, it’s arguably one of the most beautiful CG commercials ever produced. People need to see this ad and to make sure that happens, we’re turning to you.


HIT COMMUNITY MILESTONES TO UNLOCK REWARDS

Work together as a community to achieve viewership goals. That’s all there is to it. Share ‘Unleash’ with everyone you know and you’ll get rewarded as certain milestones are hit. The more views it gets, the more rewards you earn. Here’s what’s on the line:


  • 8.5M Views 
    • Essence in Spoils of War Weekend
  • 9.5M Views
    • Double Glory Weekend
  • 10.5M Views
    • Double Sunlight Weekend
  • 12M Views
    • Random Skin Blueprint for everyone (Note: This does not include SE/LE skins)

Note: Dates for reward drops will be announced shortly after milestones are hit.


Share it with yo’ grandma. Make things awkward and reach out to an old high school friend you haven’t talked to in a decade. Put it on for your dentist so he doesn’t try to start a conversation with you while cleaning your teeth.


Share ‘Unleash’ with the world and earn great prizes!

 

 

Charms Pass Removed: Previous Owners Get Permanent Access to Kissy Face

  • Vainglory
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  • Aug 08, 2018


Charms Pass will no longer be available for purchase; however, if you bought the pass before Update 3.6 and it was active, you’ll have permanent access to the ‘Kissy Face’ Charm. At the moment, the only way you can get kissy face is if you previously owned the Charms Pass.

Updated 08/09/2018 


If you previously owned an active Charms Pass, you can activate your Kissy Face Charm Emoji by tapping on your Player Inventory

Then, tap on the CHARM EMOJI tab:

From this tab, you’ll be able to select the Charm Emoji you want to use.


In the meantime, Golden Sorbet, Heart, Broken Heart, Halo Smiley and Shaka have been added! Express yourself with any of these five new charms:

Look for individual Charms in chests and in the Market. When unlocked, Charms can be found in your Player Inventory.

Note: Golden Sorbet will only be obtainable via special boxes and from special events.

Update 3.6: Silvernail The Bounty Hunter

  • Vainglory
  • |
  • Aug 05, 2018

Update day is upon us! Fire massive crossbow bolts and set movespeed-impairing tripwires with Silvernail. Swap recommended builds mid-game. Express yourself with one of five new charms. Communicate the things you need to tell your teammates the most using voice chat (available to everyone!). Get three sizzlin’ hot new skins including ‘Summer Party’ Catherine,  ‘Winged’ Ozo and ‘Tribal’ Silvernail. Read on for all the details…


TABLE OF CONTENTS

SILVERNAIL THE BOUNTY HUNTER
PSA: USE YOUR SUMMER KEYS BEFORE THEY DISAPPEAR
TRY THE VAINGLORY ALPHA ON MAC OR PC
VOICE COMMUNICATIONS: AVAILABLE TO ALL
COLLECT FIVE NEW CHARMS INCLUDING GOLDEN SORBET
GET THE CONTENT YOU WANT NOW: BUY A SUNLIGHT LEVEL
‘TRIBAL’ SILVERNAIL & ‘WINGED’ OZO
FIND YOUR WAY AROUND & EARN REWARDS: COMPLETE QUESTS
RANK UP TO CREDIBLE THREAT BRONZE FOR CONTENDER KESTREL
EMBEDDED WEB BROWSER IS FINALLY HERE
RECOMMENDED BUILD ENHANCEMENTS
HERO & ITEM BALANCE CHANGES
BUG FIXES & PERFORMANCE


SILVERNAIL: THE BOUNTY HUNTER WITH
A POWERFUL CROSSBOW & TRIPWIRES

Take control of Silvernail, a ranged carry who wields a powerful crossbow that fires massive bolts, and tripwires that’ll stop enemies in their tracks.

Silvernail specializes in controlling the battlefield through strategic use of his tripwires to block off entire sections of the map. Once he isolates his target, he uses his giant crossbow to send his foes to the afterlife.

Silvernail is only unlockable with ICE only for the first 14 days. After that, you’ll be able to unlock him with ICE or Glory.


HERO ABILITIES

DOUBLE SHOT (PERK)

Silvernail loads an extra bolt into his crossbow which can be expended to chain a follow-up basic attack, dealing damage. The availability of Double Shot is shown by the white bar underneath his energy.

• Attack speed reduces load time.


STAKE

When Silvernail activates his first ability, he plants a Stake into the ground that can form a tripwire between any other nearby Stakes. This means that Silvernail can create tripwires in all kinds of configurations in order to best suit the battle at a given time.

Enemy heroes that cross through tripwires are briefly slowed, silenced and take damage over time. These tripwires will also block dashes.


CAUSTIC BLESSING

Silvernail’s Caustic Blessing lobs a flask that deals damage in an area and reveals enemies hit for a short period of time.


REBUKE

Silvernail’s ultimate, Rebuke, fires a piercing bolt that deals damage and impales every enemy in its path. Those struck by the bolt are dragged along the path and are stunned if they collide into a wall, structure or tripwire.


SILVERNAIL’S TALENTS

BOLT ACTION

Double Shot (Perk) fires an extra bolt. Rebuke (Ult) has increased range.


CAUSTIC BOUNTY

Caustic Blessing (B) throws two additional flasks.


TRI-WIRE

Stake (A) forms a tripwire triangle around target location.


PSA: USE YOUR SUMMER KEYS BEFORE THEY DISAPPEAR

Summer season is coming to a close which means that soon, Summer Keys will disappear from your Player Inventory. Remember, you’ll need to collect 10 Summer Keys to open the uber rare Rainbow Tabby Skaarf Chest.

GET SUMMER KEYS IN UPCOMING EVENTS

Close to getting 10 Summer Keys? Keep an eye out for upcoming events with Summer Keys as rewards; participate so you can get ‘Rainbow Tabby’ Skaarf!

Have extra summer keys? EXCHANGE THEM FOR ICE!

Toward the end of Summer Season you’ll have a chance to exchange your Summer Keys for 150 ICE EACH. If you don’t think you’ll accumulate 10 keys before Summer ends, make sure to exchange them! This option will no longer be available when Fall Season begins.


VAINGLORY GOES CROSS PLATFORM:
TRY THE ALPHA ON MAC OR Windows NOW

Give it a try, get your Windows and Mac gamer friends to give it a try and tell us what you think! We’ll be releasing frequent updates in the coming weeks and months. As we said before, this is still a very early alpha and we know there will be issues. But we really value your feedback, so please see use the links below to see how you can get involved!

Click HERE to get started.


GIVE VOICE CHAT A TRY NOW!

Sometimes, you need more than in-game pings to help communicate the things you need to tell your teammates the most. Starting in Update 3.6, Vainglory’s in-game voice chat will be available for parties!

Voice chat will be available to any pre-made parties.


GET YOUR HANDS ON FIVE COLLECTABLE CHARMS

Golden Sorbet, Heart, Broken Heart, Halo Smiley and Shaka have been added! Express yourself with any of these five new charms:

Look for individual Charms in chests and in the Market. When unlocked, Charms can be found in your Player Inventory.

Note: Golden Sorbet will only be obtainable via special boxes and from special events.


BUY SUNLIGHT LEVELS: GET THE CONTENT YOU WANT NOW

Are you a Battle Pass holder who needs some extra help completing your sprint to ‘Rainbow Bengal’ Skaarf  before the end of Summer Season? Buy a Sunlight Level! To purchase Sunlight Levels, tap on your user profile, then on the SEASON tab. Once on the season screen, you’ll see a button to purchase levels.


‘WINGED’ OZO AND ‘TRIBAL’ SILVERNAIL



DIVE INTO THE FIGHT WITH ‘SUMMER PARTY’ CATHERINE

Soak up some rays of sunshine with a ‘Summer’ Party Catherine skin! This Special Edition Skin will be available in three different variants; here’s how to get your favorite version:

  • ‘Summer’ Party Catherine (Red Suit)
    • At launch:
      • In a special box
      • The All Box
      • Not initially available for direct purchase
  • ‘Surf’s Up’ Catherine (Blue & White Suit)
    • At launch:
      • In a special box
      • In the All Box
      • For Direct Purchase
  • ‘Beach Patrol’ Catherine (Grey & Orange)

NEW PLAYER QUESTS: DISCOVER WHAT VAINGLORY HAS TO OFFER & EARN REWARDS BY COMPLETING QUESTS

Are you a new player or less than level 10? A ton of new player quests are coming in 3.6. These quests are designed to show you the ropes; to guide you through the early-game experience. Complete them to improve your knowledge of the game and to earn rewards.


RANK UP. GET REWARDED. HIT CREDIBLE THREAT BRONZE DURING SUMMER SEASON TO UNLOCK ‘CONTENDER’ KESTREL

Here’s another opportunity to earn an exclusive skin just by playing ranked matches during Summer season:

– Climb to Credible Threat Bronze anytime during Summer season
to get a FREE ‘Contender’ Kestrel skin
– Once you hit Credible Threat Bronze, you qualify for the skin, even
if you drop in rank
– This custom Kestrel skin will be included in your end-of-season rewards
– It doesn’t matter whether you hit Credible Threat Bronze in 3V3 or 5V5; both count!

That’s all there is to it. Start climbing in ranked to make sure you secure an exclusive Kestrel skin!


EMBEDDED WEB BROWSER IS FINALLY HERE

Get the information you need without ever having to leave the app. Big plans are in the works for embedded web view including the addition of a dedicated ITEMS tab. That’s right, soon you’ll be able to read up on items and strategize about builds while you’re in queue.


RECOMMENDED BUILD ENHANCEMENTS

Try the new-and-improved recommended build: See progress on recommended builds, choose which items in the build to work on and switch builds mid match.


HERO & ITEM BALANCE CHANGES

Balance changes are now published as a separate article. You can see those changes HERE!


BUG FIXES & PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

  • Glaive’s Afterburn joystick auto target preference now prefers enemies instead of his facing direction
  • Quick Messages:
    • Removed: “Take the Objective”
    • Added: “Sorry, my bad” and “Don’t give up!”

 

Vainglory Esports in 2018

  • Vainglory
  • |
  • Aug 03, 2018

Hey guys–ReadyPlayer1 here. I’m excited to finally bring you up to speed on what’s rolling out with esports around the world this year. So let’s jump right in:


WORLD ELECTRONIC SPORTS GAMES (WESG)

We are stoked to participate in the Alisports-hosted competition; World Electronic Sports Games (WESG). Differing from traditional tournament styles, WESG touts national pride above all. The tournament will feature eight country qualifiers and a prize pool of over $100,000. Teams will compete for the opportunity to participate in the WESG Grand Finals, held in early 2019.


NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE: VAINGLORY PREMIER LEAGUE KICKS OFF SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 9AM PT

Courtesy of our partners at ESP… Vainglory Premier League (VPL) is back, baby! Look forward to intense, best-of-three action with some of Europe and North America’s best of the best on twitch.tv/vainglory. Teams from each region will clash to take home their share of a $5,000 prize pool. Here’s the breakdown:


NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE

The 2018 World Invitational will be hosted by ESP Gaming at the end of this year. Details are pending as we work with ESP Gaming on how each region will present a team to this event, but want to make sure to still bring a clash of international competition to the stage in 2018.

There will also be non-ESP Gaming tournaments in both of these regions. Keep an eye out for the VGL tournaments coming to Europe, PayDay.GG sponsored tournaments in North America, and even more with Autumn-timeline announcements.


southeast asia

SEA has passionate and committed players that span a number of countries. In order to make sure we have competition in as many of these as possible, we are working on a multitude of partnerships in the region. Excitedly, some of our SEA locations, such as Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam, have already seen competition this year through partners and/or community organizers.


china

Our partner Giant continues to pioneer our esports program in China alongside community leagues. With the China preseason completed, the main competitive season is already underway and we expect to see even more opportunities pop up as we approach Autumn Season. The current prize pool for the China Vainglory Professional League is just over $20,000 USD.


EAST ASIA

Esports competition in East Asia is already underway! Eight teams made it through a tough qualifying round:

With qualifiers behind, these remaining powerhouses will go head-to-head for the next eight weeks in best-of-one matches. Teams will compete to take home their share of a $3,000 prize pool, sponsored by VGPRO.gg.


SOUTH AMERICA

We are still actively working on finding the right partners that will be able to facilitate competitive opportunities for players in South America. We don’t have news to share at the moment; however, we’re committed to bringing competitive Vainglory to South America so you can showcase your skill and competitive.


Thank you for being one of the most passionate and outspoken communities. Our goal has always been to develop Vainglory to be the best gaming experience for both players at the competitive level to our wider community base. Leaning into our partners (local & global) allows us to do exactly just that! These partnerships will enable us to bring competitive play experiences to life and give leave to the team to continue to shape the Vainglory experience for you.

I’ll be in chat tomorrow from 9-10AM and again at 12-1PM (PT) if you want to say hello, ask any questions, and provide feedback!

That’s it from us for now! There are a lot of exciting esports events happening around the world this year. Make sure to tune in and support your favorite teams!

I’ll see you on the rise.

-ReadyPlayer1

Vainglory Developer Update | Summer is In Full Swing

  • Vainglory
  • |
  • Aug 02, 2018


DEV UPDATE VIDEO SUMMARY:

iPhone X A11 Bionic Chip Ad

We were featured exclusive on the recent ad by Apple where latest dAv11d Reza skin, Treant, Minions, and Kraken came to life on the streets of Beijing! Check out the video now and claim the free skin for iOS devices!

RECAP OF ADDITIONS TO VAINGLORY SO FAR:

Five new heroes!

  • Kensei
  • Malene
  • Tony
  • Kinetic
  • Anka

A massive list of features!

  • Joystick Controls
  • Adorable Kraken & Minion Ping packs
  • Player Inventory
  • Revamped and Remastered Spoils of War
  • A slew of new events along with a new dedicated Events hub
  • Leaderboards
  • Ranked Recalls
  • Save & Share Button
  • Chests and keys

We tripled our seasonal rewards!

  • We’ve also included a ranked reward skin (‘Contender’ Ardan) for those who reached tier-6 Bronze during spring season.

LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT’S NEXT IN COMING UPDATES:
  • In-Game Browser: Coming in Update 3.6, the addition of embedded web view means that you’ll have access to the full power of a web browser directly in game.
  • Recommended Build Enhancements: See progress on recommended builds, choose which items in the build to work on with quick buy AND switch builds mid match.
  • Improved Social Experience: We’ve heard your feedback. Vainglory is most fun when played with friends, that’s why we’re taking continued steps toward improving your in-game social experience. There are a few features in the works here that we’re excited about:
  • Friend Codes: Quickly join a party by entering the four digit number of your friend’s party
  • Stay as a Team: You know that awesome feeling when in soloQ you run into a team that just feels awesome to play with? Well, by voting to stay as a team, you, or a subset of your newfound teammates can automatically queue into the next match together!
  • Voice Chat: We will be doing a test run of expanding Voice Chat for All private party players in update 3.6. Yuuup! Grab your headphones or whatever weird microphone setup you like to use with your device and get ready to strategize with your friends in real time.
TRY THE VAINGLORY ALPHA ON MAC / WINDOWS NOW!

That’s right, early alpha is available to test on Mac and Windows RIGHT. NOW. Click HERE to try it now.

We’ll be releasing frequent updates in the coming weeks and months. As we said before, this is still a very early alpha and we know there will be issues. But we really value your feedback, so please see use the links below to see how you can get involved!


That’s it from us for now. Keep an eye out for some of things we discussed in the coming weeks and months ahead.

Update 3.6 Hero & Item Balance Changes

  • Vainglory
  • |
  • Aug 03, 2018

GAMEPLAY BALANCE CHANGES

SEE JUNGLE SPAWN TIMES ON YOUR MINIMAP 

Rotate through the jungle like a boss by keeping an eye on your minimap’s jungle spawn timers. These timers will display for any scouted jungle camps. (Yes, that includes any explored enemy camps!)

  • Now displays timers for all scouted jungle camps

HEALING TREANT CAMP

  • Damage
    • 36 + 9 → 44 + 11

ORB GUARDIANS

  • Damage
    • 40 + 10 → 48 + 14

CAPTAIN MINION

  • Range
    • 6.56.2

SMALL JUNGLE BEAR

  • Damage
    • 18 + 7 → 22 + 9

BIG JUNGLE BEAR

  • Damage
    • 27 + 8 → 33 + 11

HERO BALANCE CHANGES


ADAGIO

AGENT OF WRATH

  • Damage
    • 20/40/60/80/120 → 30/50/70/90/130

ANKA

MIRAGE

  • Cooldown
    • 60/45/30 → 60/50/40

CATHERINE

MERCILESS PURSUIT

  • Cooldown
      • 14/13/12/11/10 → 16/15/14/13/12

CELESTE

HELIOGENESIS

  • Supernova Damage
      • 130/185/240/295/350 → 100/155/210/265/320

FORTRESS

LAW OF THE CLAW

  • Damage
      • 70/115/160/205/250 → 70/100/130/160/190

GRACE

DIVINE INTERVENTION

  • Cooldown
      • 60/45/30 → 60/50/40

GRUMPJAW

LIVING ARMOR

  • Damage Reduction
      • 6% → 7%

GWEN

SKEDADDLE

  • Speed Boost
      • Flat → Decaying
  • Speed Boost Amount
    • 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8/2.2 → 2.5/2.8/3.1/3.4/4.0
  • Speed Boost Duration
      • 1.5s → 2.2

ACES HIGH

  • Range
      • 18 → 12
  • Radius
      • 0.3 → 0.6

KENSEI

KENSHO

  • Cooldown
    • 16/14.5/13/11.5/8.5 → 14/12/10/8/6

LANCE

GYTHIAN WALL

  • Passive Damage Reduction
      • 8/10/12/14/18% → 15/17.5/20/22.5/25%
      • Crystal Ratio
        • 20% → 12.5%
  • Active Damage Reduction
      • 40/44/48/52/56% → 40/45/50/55/60%
      • Crystal Ratio
        • 20% → 15%

PHINN

POLITE COMPANY

  • Fortified life generated
    • 140/170/200/230/290 → 120/145/170/195/245

REIM

CHILL WINDS

  • Root Duration
    • 0.6/0.8/1.0/1.2/1.4 → 0.9/1.0/1.1/1.2/1.4

RONA

STATS

  • Attack Speed
      • 100-113% → 100-122%

BERSERKERS’ FURY

  • Damage
      • 80% → 85%

FOESPLITTER

  • Weapon Ratio
      • 80% → 85%

RED MIST

  • Weapon Ratio
      • 160% → 170%

TONY

COME AT ME

  • Now scales properly with hero level

JAWBREAKER

  • Damage
      • 10/40/70/100/13010/20/30/40/50
  • Weapon Ratio
      • 40%60%
  • Stun duration
      • 0.6s0.4/0.4/0.4/0.4/0.6s

TRASH TALK

  • Damage
      • 30/45/60/75/9050/90/130/170/210

VARYA

CHAIN LIGHTNING

  • Secondary Target Crystal Ratio
    • 30% → 35%

ANVIL’S HAMMER

  • Cooldown
    • 120/105/90 → 90/75/60

VOX

PULSE

  • Bonus Resonance Damage
    • 5/30/55/80/130 → 10/30/50/70/110

TALENTS BALANCE CHANGES

ARDAN

VANGUARDIAN

  • Barrier Modifier
    • 150%120%
  • Barrier Modifier per level
    • 7.5%5%

VOX

DEEP DASH

  • Bonus Attack Speed
    • 10%25%

SOUND BARRIER

  • Base Barrier Ratio
    • 15%10%