Supporter newsletter 4

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This is a copy of Eternal and Diamond Supporter Newsletter #4, published by Grinding Gear Games.

Hello Diamond Supporters!

0.10.3 included three more diamond uniques, Maelstrom of Chaos (Skivverus), Starkonja’s Head (Shuvit82) and Matua Tapuna (Covert).

I’m enjoying watching the item hunt as it unfolds after each patch.

This newsletter will now also be sent out to those who have paid for the Design a Unique option in the microtransaction shop.

0.10.4

This week the 0.10.4 patch will be released onto Open Beta.

This week there will only be two Diamond unique items. There were three, but one had game breaking issues discovered during the last QA session before 0.10.4 was deployed to Alpha. It was a unique map that was pulled. We are currently aiming to have four Diamond Unique items in 0.10.5. The unique maps have proven to be more time consuming than originally planned, which has led to a delay getting unique flasks in, which may be a few weeks away now.

This week’s Diamond items come from Serein and TrueOmega.

Avatars

Over the last week around ten avatars were completed and are ready to be patched in this Wednesday. The art pipeline for these is well in gear.

Insider Info

This week I thought I’d give a small snippet of info from our lore document, which outlines all the information about the history of Wraeclast. This entry gives some information about the origins of maps:

Lazhwar - An old archbishop of the Eternal Faith who secretly conducted dark experiments, using thaumaturgy to create his own miniature worlds in which he could rule as a God. Malachai studied his work with interest, using Lazhwar’s designs as the foundation for his Eternal Laboratory.

When the Emperor Voll took power, Malachai freely gave Lazhwar over to the Purity Courts. Lazhwar was burned at the stake for ‘fraternizing with unholy forces’.

Also of note, next week Chris, Erik and Jonathan will be at GDC in San Francisco. They have a very busy schedule, but if you are at GDC and you see them, please do say hello to them!