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PC Open Beta Update Notes

yavieydev#1767 yavieydev Posts: 187 Community Manager
edited March 2021 in Release Notes

Welcome, Planeswalkers, to Magic: Legends’ PC Open Beta! Below is a list of all of the features you can expect to find in the game, with additional updates that will be added later. Ignite your Spark and welcome to the Multiverse!

Game Features:

  • A New ‘Magic’ Story – Ancient forces move in the darkness, and it’s up to players to gather the power needed to fight this evil. Magic: Legends features noteworthy characters from the iconic franchise across various storylines, eventually culminating in conflict with a powerful villain from the Multiverse who has never been visualized before.
  • Become a Planeswalker Magic: Legends allows players to harness the power of mana through five diverse starter classes and switch between these classes on the fly - with additional classes available later on. 
  • Walk Your Own Path – Planeswalkers will need to cross various planes to save the Magic Multiverse, but how they weave their path is up to them.
  • Control the Chaos –  Players will make fast, tactical decisions on the battlefield in real-time, while strategically building a deck of spells from the spell library, which will be drawn at random during combat. Whether they wield the power of White, Blue, Black, Red, or Green mana - their choices determine how they navigate the battlefield.
  • Collect and Upgrade Magic: Legends offers a myriad of spells and spell pages that can be collected to make each spell more powerful. Players will acquire and utilize Equipment and Artifacts to synergize with their decks in order to craft their desired playstyles.
  • Fight Together The planes in Magic: Legends can be traversed alone or with up to two other Planeswalkers. Players can prepare unique loadouts to build on their teammates’ strengths or test their mettle in 1v1 PvP Duels.

General:

Planeswalkers can explore a multitude of well-known planes, stories and missions, such as:

  • Dominaria
    • Benalia 
      • Overworld, story, and ordeal content
    • Shiv
      • Overworld, story, and ordeal content
    • Tolaria
      • Overworld, story, and ordeal content
  • Zendikar
    • Tazeem
      • Overworld, story, and ordeal content
  • Innistrad
    • Gavony
      • Overworld, story, and ordeal content
  • Personal Meditation Realm
    • A special area for Planeswalkers to meditate and learn more about the Multiverse including:
      • Workstations
      • Upgrades
        • Unlock additional classes
        • Unlock dual-color decks
        • Unlock additional spells
        • Research and unlock Artifacts
  • Social Hub
    • Sanctum

Systems:

  • Character Creation
  • Choose the look of your Planeswalker with several body, face, hair, and color options. Visit a Tailor to change features later on.
  • Classes
  • Mind Mage
  • The Mind Mage personifies cool intellect. As a Planeswalker that focuses on psychic powers, they can battle enemies from a safe distance, controlling projectiles with telekinetic powers, and lock down dangerous foes with spells that put them to sleep or turn them against their allies.
  • Planeswalkers who choose to play as the Mind Mage class will start with the Blue Deck starter, which includes 12 blue spells.
  • Geomancer
  • The Geomancer draws upon the power of the Earth to pummel enemies in close quarters with devastating stone and lava attacks. They are capable of absorbing blows that would otherwise incapacitate other Planeswalkers with their rock shield. Geomancers prefer to call upon creatures like goblins, kavu and earth elementals.
  • Planeswalkers who choose to play as the Geomancer class will start with the Red Deck starter, which includes 12 red spells.
  • Beastcaller
  • The Beastcaller is the embodiment of primal might and savagery. They can vanquish hordes of foes on the battlefield with crushing blows from a massive spirit axe while coordinating attacks with an Aether Fox companion and other summoned beasts.
  • Planeswalkers who choose to play as the Beastcaller class will start with the Green Deck starter, which includes 12 green spells.
  • Necromancer 
  • The Necromancer uses deathly rituals to devastate enemies and raise undead hordes for their own purposes. This class utilizes its unique connection with death to tear the life from the living and sap enemies’ strength with terrible curses.
  • Planeswalkers who choose to play as the Necromancer class will start with the Black Deck starter, which includes 12 black spells.
  • Sanctifier 
  • The Sanctifier is equally adept at smiting foes with searing bolts of light as they are with mending the wounds of fallen comrades. This class can summon forth angels, paladins and those dedicated to order for protection in battle while laying waste to enemies with righteous light.
  • Planeswalkers who choose to play as the Sanctifier class will start with the White Deck starter, which includes 12 white spells.
  • NOTE: Once unlocked in Realms, classes can be switched via the Class Loadout menu. New character creation is not required to play a different class.
  • Overworld Encounters
  • Skirmishes
  • Legendary Creatures
  • Shattered Reliquaries
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Augmented Creatures
  • Overworld Escalation and World Boss
  • Progression
  • Classes
  • Planeswalkers can unlock different classes via Realms progressions.
  • Once unlocked, additional classes can be switched via the Class Loadout menu. 
  • Spells
  • Planeswalkers can unlock over 170+ spells to customize and build their deck to fit their playstyle.
  • Upgrade spells to create more powerful synergies with the deck Loadout.
  • Loadouts
  • Manage active class, traits, artifacts, equipment and decks via the Loadout menu.
  • Artifacts
  • Planeswalkers can collect and level over 40 Artifacts to build synergies within their decks.
  • Planeswalker Progression
  • Earning levels on any class add levels to your Planeswalker level, which grants bonus stats and passives. 
  • Equipment
  • Planeswalkers can obtain and level equipment through ordeals, stories, or drops to enhance their Planeswalker even further.
  • Controls
  • Mouse and Keyboard
  • Choose either WASD or mouse controls.
  • Either can be switched in the Options menu.
  • Controller 
  • Xbox controllers are supported.
  • Regional Reputation 
  • Once you complete a region, Planeswalkers will have a task to complete to unlock rewards within that region.
  • Aether Refinement
  • Planeswalkers can refine raw Aether to upgrade spells and unlock additional realm levels.
  • Tailor
  • Planeswalkers can unlock additional cosmetic options to change their appearance.
  • Critter Skins
  • Planeswalkers can unlock additional critter appearance options to apply to their creatures.

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  • yavieydev#1767 yavieydev Posts: 187 Community Manager
    edited March 2021
    • Battlepass & Shared Inventory
    • Planeswalkers can level up their Battlepass and unlock additional spells, currencies, skins and more.
    • Most of these items will be added to your shared inventory.
    • Friends & Parties
    • Planeswalkers can party together and progress through all the content as a group.
    • Planeswalkers can adjust map difficulty and enhancements to create bigger challenges once they complete Tazeem, or unlock additional difficulties at level 30.
    • Map Difficulty & Enhancement
    • Planeswalkers can adjust map difficulty and enhancements to create bigger challenges once they complete Tazeem, or unlock additional difficulties at level 30.
    • World Enchantments
    • Difficulty modifiers for higher difficulties.
    • Overworld Mythic Encounters
    • As you progress the escalation meter, mythic encounters have a chance to spawn. which are strong and drop equally strong rewards.
    • Overworld Difficulty
    • Planeswalkers can increase their overworld difficulty as they progress. You can do this through the map screen.
    • World Bosses
    • Once you fill the bar for overworld escalation, the world boss encounter is unlocked that can hold up to 6 players.
    • Deeds
    • Mini quests that can be found throughout the overworlds. 
    • Store
    • Planeswalkers can buy exclusive skins, costumes, and consumables with Zen purchases.
    • Battlepass and player inventory are both accessible in the Store menu.
    • Booster Packs - consumables, spells, and the Dimir Assassin class chance.
    • Empyrean Store - Booster Packs give Empyrean shards that can be used to purchase exclusive items.
    • Options Menu
    • Planeswalkers can choose to switch their graphic options, access help, or switch their key layout.
    • Consignment Broker
    • Planeswalkers can trade spell pages, consumables, classes, and more on the broker.
    • Currency Exchange
    • Planeswalkers can exchange Zen for Aether or Aether for Zen.
    • Accessed via wallet.
    • 1v1 Player vs Player Combat
    • This feature is in its early stages but is open for player feedback.

    Known Issues:

    • Performance
    • Some areas of the game are still being optimized for video game performance.
    • In the meantime, Planeswalkers who experience performance issues can lower their graphics settings via the main menu for a better gameplay experience.
    • Audio and Text
    • Localization voice over has not yet been implemented.
    • Graphics and Visual Effects
    • Collision on some objects may not work properly.
    • User Interface and Controls
    • The Options menu is limited during Open Beta.
    • Key binding remapping has not been fully implemented.
    • PlayStationⓇ4 controllers are not currently supported.
    • Controller swapping does not always work as intended.
    • Intro Cinematic
    • Some parts of the intro cinematic have not yet been finalized.
    • Store
    • The Inventory dialog does not close automatically after claiming a Spell Infusion.
    • Grouping with Players
      • Users cannot invite or play in a group until after they've completed the Tazeem storyline.


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