Strife Changelog

What's new in Strife 0.9.4.2 Beta

• My name is Marc DeForest, I am the CEO of S2 Games. I wanted to stop by and give an update about what is going on with Strife. The game is currently still in beta. While albeit open beta, we are still looking to fine tune the game and get it to a place we are happy. We chose to go from closed beta to open beta to achieve a wider, more realistic audience to gain feedback and identify potential short comings in the game.
• We are unhappy with Strife as it exists. That said, we have been readying a pretty significant update that makes some major changes to impactful systems. Some of these changes touch overall health & power values, mini-boss changes, hero scaling, item impact, game length, gold distribution, and other game mechanics. We have also completely overhauled the launcher and in game UI and have a few heroes to add to the mix.
• As stated, it is a big patch, there were no areas of the game we identified as untouchable. We have successfully re-engineered things to create something that is identifiabley Strife yet feels completely different (and yes, we think better). Your decisions have more impact on the game, there are higher high's to achieve, and the game is slightly less forgiving. Great players will be truly dominating heroes and feel the glory of their triumphs. There is greater separation in skill and performance and the overall experience is far less numb.
• We are putting the finishing touches on this patch, but to perfect it we will need the help of the entire community. Our small, internal test groups are simply not capable of creating enough dynamic situations to fine tune our changes. We plan to offer this experimental patch, gather data and feedback, and quickly iterate our changes.
• What I hope you will all see from these changes is that we are committed to making this game great and we have to see trends in data to show that we can go to commercial release and grow the community.
• Expect it in the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned :)