#Spellbreak classes update#

In terms of a start time, the official Spellbreak website is running a countdown down till the gameвЂ™s launch. The official Spellbreak Twitter posted: вЂњ#Spellbreak launches Septemon PS4, PC, Xbox, and Switch! Free-to-play, cross-play, cross-party, and cross-progression on all platforms at launch. Stay tuned on Reddit and Discord for the latest info.Developers Proletariat have confirmed that Spellbreak will have a release date of Thursday September 3, and at launch play across a wide range of platforms will be supported. With each new release going forward we will introduce more and more of the backstory of the Hollow Lands. Our goal with the map design is to make it a tactical factor in every single fight and a strategic factor in most decisions throughout a match. This is something we have experimented with in the past and want to test out on a larger scale. We also hope to revisit more interactivity with the environment itself. This will include at least one entirely new biome and a reduction in the amount of repeated assets players will see. We want to polish the existing areas of the map and also increase the overall variety of scenery.

#Spellbreak classes update#

The Hollow Lands will be changing with nearly every update in Closed Alpha. This will also include additional consumable and interactive items beyond Belts, Boots, and Amulets. Going forward we will be adding more items across all rarities as we flesh out the total item options leading into our next development phase. Over the course of the pre-alpha we experimented with a variety of options around item slots and loot overall and feel like we have found a good balance.

In general, we feel good about the items currently in the game. Our goal is to make every spell interaction clear, understandable, tactical and fun. Many of the spell combinations currently in the game are still using placeholder art and there are still other combinations that are not even built out yet.

We know that a major appeal of Spellbreak is the ability to combine and weave spells. As mentioned above we will also revisit some of the spells and sorcery attacks on existing gauntlets both in terms of functionality and visual fidelity. In the coming months we will be adding additional gauntlets and getting a feel for how new gauntlets will impact the overall gameplay feel and balance. The pre-alpha focused on just six schools of magic and on only one gauntlet per school. The next set of runes that will be coming will focus on mobility first to round out those options for players. There is more we want to do with both additional mobility runes, utility runes, and exploring how runes can change squad and duo play. The active abilities provided by runes are a crucial part of the combat and gameplay feel in Spellbreak. The ability to select two classes opens up a massive amount of variety and our goal is to provide interesting playstyle options and strategic build choices every single match. We feel that the class system and the in-match RPG elements it provides are a core part of what makes Spellbreak different. There may still be large changes to the class system coming as we continue listening to your feedback and evolving this feature. The next few classes will be focused on support and team play and from there we will look at how a broad baseline of classes can fit into the overall ecosystem. New classes will be rolling out over the course of Closed Alpha as we continue to build out the launch set.