{"id":7469,"date":"2019-12-21T05:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aovpro.net\/?p=7469"},"modified":"2020-05-15T23:04:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T07:04:58","slug":"dec-19th-aov-developer-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/news\/dec-19th-aov-developer-letter-7469.html","title":{"rendered":"Dec. 19th AoV Developer Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dear challengers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJingle bells, jingle bells.\u201d Tis the season! So, what should you expect during the holidays this year? Well, we know you all expect gifts from Santa, but this time Arena of Valor is stuffing your stockings! Now let\u2019s get a peak under the wrapping with our latest Developer Letter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/news\/dec-19th-aov-developer-letter-7469.html\/#news-and-updates\" >NEWS AND UPDATES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/news\/dec-19th-aov-developer-letter-7469.html\/#bugs\" >BUGS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/news\/dec-19th-aov-developer-letter-7469.html\/#player-suggestions\" >PLAYER SUGGESTIONS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/news\/dec-19th-aov-developer-letter-7469.html\/#fan-creations\" >FAN CREATIONS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/news\/dec-19th-aov-developer-letter-7469.html\/#lore-story\" >LORE STORY<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"news-and-updates\"><\/span>NEWS AND UPDATES<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Winter Festival is coming! Come, check out the new appearance of the lobby, Xeniel\u2019s Codex, and keep an eye out for other changes. We hope you enjoy the little bit of holiday spirit that we try to bring to the game whenever we can.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t just the holiday season, we also just celebrated an important anniversary. December 19th was the 2nd anniversary of AOV. We want to thank all of you players for helping bring Arena of Valor two successful years. We couldn\u2019t do it without your love and support. Thank you for playing, and we hope that we can bring you all many more years of fun and entertainment across all regions with Arena of Valor.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate we are launching a series of events. For details please read below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>12\/20 \u2013 1\/2<\/strong> ~ Play the game to earn skins, chests and frames.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12\/25<\/strong> ~ Sign-in gifts including heroes (Alice, Tulen, Riktor) and Arctic Expedition: Thunderclap.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12\/25 &#038; 1\/1<\/strong> ~ Play for double Gold rates, and all heroes are available.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s celebrate the coming of the New Year with pink snowflakes in Arena of Valor!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"bugs\"><\/span>BUGS<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We are continuously working on issues pointed out by players, so please continue to report any issues you encounter through the in-game services or by posting about them in community spaces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unable to complete the mission playing Gladiator\u2019s Summit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We noticed some of you could not complete the Gladiator\u2019s Summit mission. This issue has been resolved with the 12\/20 patch update.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AFK judgement mechanism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some of you reported that the judgement mechanism of AFK might have misjudged you. We hear your feedback on this issue and are continuously optimizing our AFK judgement mechanism.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"player-suggestions\"><\/span>PLAYER SUGGESTIONS<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>The merge plan for Indian server<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We plan to merge Indian Server into the current NA\/EU version after the major version updates in January 2020, by then you can transfer your account with your data to the new server. Now, keeping in mind that if Indian players played with EU\/NA server players the lag\/delay caused by physical distance between players would have a large impact on matches. Thus, the Indian Server will be an INDEPENDENT server connected on the EU\/NA Server.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gladiator\u2019s Summit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some of you reported that the Warrior heroes were too strong in Gladiator\u2019s Summit, and the ADC heroes were almost useless. We have listened to your suggestions and will make some adjustments to balance the heroes in the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One-Button-Selling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The One-Button-Selling feature will be available in the major version updates in January 2020.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"fan-creations\"><\/span>FAN CREATIONS<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Look at this Taara\u2019s academy skin drawn by [that_one_tuna_fish]! Very creative, we look forward to seeing your final design!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dec19-aov-dev-letter-01.jpg\" alt=\"Arena of Valor Fan Creation\" width=\"680\" height=\"580\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7470\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"lore-story\"><\/span>LORE STORY<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dec19-aov-dev-letter-02.jpg\" alt=\"Arena of Valor Lore Story\" width=\"680\" height=\"430\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7471\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today we want to share the backstory to a fun Easter Egg in the game.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the First Darkness Invasion in the Darkness Era 300, the soldiers from the Forest of Shadow and the Demon Abyss were locked in a brutal battle. A descendant of Landirr, the newly awakened Elven Queen, Tel&#8217;Annas, let fly a lone arrow. That arrow, blessed by the world tree, struck and mortally wounded the Lord of Darkness, Volkath, killing him. The Demon Abyss was thus defeated and returned to the underworld.<\/p>\n<p>Based on this background, Tel&#8217;Annas\u2019s ult \u2018Arrow of Chaos\u2019 will cause true damage to Volkath in matches. So, when your opponents choose Volkath, why not try Tel&#8217;Annas and see what she can do?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d like to hear more feedback and suggestions from all of you that play Arena of Valor. Join our official Arena of Valor Discord server here: <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/arenaofvalor\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/arenaofvalor<\/a> where you can chat and interact with the vibrant community and share your feedback!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll continue to make strides with each update. Thank you for playing.<\/p>\n<p>Until next time. <\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Arena of Valor Team<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/arenaofvalor\/comments\/ed8psv\/dec_19th_aov_developer_letter\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Tencent announcement on Reddit<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now let\u2019s get a peak under the wrapping with Arena of Valor latest Developer Letter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-7469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-developer-letter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}