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Early Access Patch V0.15

What if I’m already part-way through unlocking a new Hero when this change is made?

Will we be rewarded Amber based on our player level at the end of Season 3?

<p>Greetings Champions!</p><p>Today’s blog post is all about our upcoming new soft currency, Amber! </p><p>This highly anticipated new addition comes off the back of months of internal testing, community feedback, and our never ending passion to make Predecessor the best it can be.</p><p>So with that in mind, let’s jump right into it!</p><h2 id="why-introduce-a-new-currency" class="scroll-mt-52 lg:scroll-mt-24">Why introduce a new currency?</h2><p>This new currency, called Amber, is being introduced primarily as a means to purchase new Heroes as soon as they come out.</p><p>Under the previous system, player choices were limited due to the inefficiencies suffered when trying to unlock a Hero.</p><p>What do we mean by this? Well imagine you’re close to unlocking a Hero and all of a sudden we introduce a shiny new Hero that catches your eye instead. Switching who you’re unlocking sets you back, forcing you to either abandon your current progress to start working from scratch on a new character, or stick with the decision you made and delay unlocking the new Hero, essentially forcing your hand. All this is to say that it forced players to make tricky decisions.</p><p>There’s more reasons besides this, such as overflow XP being lost instead of being banked for your next unlock, and perhaps most importantly the pressure the system placed on new players who had to make important game decisions with very limited information and no way to delay the decision. Should a new player be prioritising Hero X as their first unlock? By the time they had enough XP to unlock that Hero their perspective of the game and their priorities as a player may very well have shifted.</p><h2 id="how-does-this-affect-hero-acquisition" class="scroll-mt-52 lg:scroll-mt-24">How does this affect Hero Acquisition?</h2><p>Under the previous system, each Hero had a number of stages that needed to be unlocked using experience before they were fully unlocked and available to use. Newer Heroes tended to have more locks and therefore required more XP to unlock, whereas older Heroes had less and could be unlocked quicker. Alternatively you could always bypass this process by using our main currency, Platinum, to purchase a Hero outright.</p><p>With the introduction of Amber, we will be removing this system of unlock stages. Instead, every Hero will have a predetermined cost that you can pay using either Amber or Platinum, a price that’ll vary based on that Hero’s newness or difficulty.</p><p>Let’s take Argus for example who is arriving in the upcoming V0.15 game update. You’ll be able to unlock him using either 8,600 Amber or 1,000 Platinum - whichever is your preference!</p><p>Without the need to grind out Heroes we’ll also be removing the functionality to see a Hero in game a week before their release.</p><h2 id="how-expensive-will-new-heroes-be" class="scroll-mt-52 lg:scroll-mt-24">How expensive will new Heroes be?</h2><p>As discussed, Heroes will have varying Amber costs based on a variety of factors, though you can assume that the newest Hero added to the game will generally start at a higher price point than older characters who’ve been in for some time.</p><p>To answer the specific question about what these costs will look like however, we’ve created a handy chart for you to reference below.</p><table><tr><td><p><b>Previous Unlock Conditions</b></p></td><td><p><b>Amber Cost (NEW)</b></p></td><td><p><b>Platinum Cost (</b><i><b>No Change</b></i><b>)</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Unlock Stage</p></td><td><p>860</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 Unlock Stages</p></td><td><p>2,150</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 Unlock Stages</p></td><td><p>3,870</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 Unlock Stages</p></td><td><p>6,020</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 Unlock Stages</p></td><td><p>8,600</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr></table><p>In addition to the above, the following will be true for brand new Heroes during their launch week.</p><table><tr><td><p></p></td><td><p><b>Week 1 Amber Cost</b></p></td><td><p><b>Platinum Cost (</b><i><b>No Change</b></i><b>)</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Newly Released Heroes*</b></p></td><td><p>10,320</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr></table><p>After a week a new Hero will drop down to a lower cost.</p><p>*Argus is the exception to the rule! With no way to earn Amber ahead of his release it felt only right that he starts out with a slight discount, meaning he’ll only cost 8,600 Amber on launch. Future Heroes will start at the higher cost shown above.</p><p>Please note that these costs are subject to change!</p><h2 id="what-if-im-already-part-way-through-unlocking-a-new-hero-when-this-change-is-made" class="scroll-mt-52 lg:scroll-mt-24">What if I’m already part-way through unlocking a new Hero when this change is made?</h2><p>If you’re already working on unlocking Heroes using the old system of XP and unlock stages, have no fear! We’ll be converting earned unlock XP into Amber which you can then put towards purchasing any Heroes going forwards.</p><p>Once V0.15 hits, we’ll count up how much Unlock XP you have towards Heroes you haven’t unlocked and convert it into Amber.</p><p>For every 50,000 XP you have towards unlocking Heroes you’ll get 8,600 Amber. Nice!</p><h2 id="how-do-you-acquire-amber" class="scroll-mt-52 lg:scroll-mt-24">How do you acquire Amber?</h2><p>There are two main ways you can earn Amber.</p><h3>Player Account Level Up</h3><p>By increasing your player account level, you’ll also be increasing your stash of Amber!</p><p>Every time you level up you’ll receive a small amount of Amber as a reward. The amount you get will vary slightly based on what level you are.</p><h3>Playing PVP Matches</h3><p>By playing Predecessor you’ll passively earn yourself some Amber.</p><p>Every time you complete a match you’ll get a small amount of Amber based on how well it went for you. Everyone gets Amber for finishing a match of course, but to the victors go the spoils, so you can expect a smidge more if your team came out on top.</p><h3>Other sources</h3><p>In the future we’ll be adding more ways to get Amber that reward you for interacting with everything Predecessor has to offer.</p><h2 id="will-we-be-rewarded-amber-based-on-our-player-level-at-the-end-of-season-3" class="scroll-mt-52 lg:scroll-mt-24">Will we be rewarded Amber based on our player level at the end of Season 3?</h2><p>Yep!</p><p>As an extra bonus for your support during Early Access Season 3 we’re pleased to confirm that you will have additional Amber credited to your account based on your final Player Level at the end of Season 3.</p><table><tr><td><p><b>End of Season Player Level</b></p></td><td><p><b>Total Bonus Amber</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>8,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>17,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>25,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>34,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>43,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>51,600</p></td></tr></table><h2 id="will-it-be-different-for-argus" class="scroll-mt-52 lg:scroll-mt-24">Will it be different for Argus?</h2><p>Argus is a bit of an edge case as he’ll appear in game as per our current system but will be caught up in the transition to the new system once V0.15 rolls out on March 5th, 2024.</p><p>As such you will still be able to unlock Argus by earning XP towards him a week before the update as you would have done under the old system.</p><p>If you succeed in fully unlocking him, he’ll be available to play on day one of his release as per the old system.</p><p>If you don’t quite net all of the XP needed for that day one Argus unlock, you’ll be able to buy him for 8,600 Amber on March 5th, with any XP you had put towards him being converting into Amber as previously covered.</p><div class="pg-separator"></div><p>That just about covers things for now, but please reach out to us on Discord or Reddit if you have any further questions!</p><p>We hope you enjoy these changes. As with all things we’re constantly monitoring your feedback and suggestions, so there may be further changes and iterations in the future.</p><p>Thank you for your support!</p><p>- Kari, Lead Community Manager</p>

Introducing Amber, a new Predecessor currency!

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Introducing Amber - A New Soft Currency

<p>Greetings Champions!</p><p>With Season 3 coming to a close, we wanted to catch you up a few key details about what you can expect from our upcoming V0.15 update and the end of the current season.</p><h2 id="v015" class="scroll-mt-52 lg:scroll-mt-24">V0.15</h2><h6>The final update of EA Season 3</h6><h3>Key Features</h3><p>As we close in on the release of Predecessor&#39;s final update of EA Season 3, we wanted to share some details on what you can expect from us.</p><p>Firstly we&#39;re excited to confirm that V0.15 will launch with our reworked Hero Acquisition model. Following your feedback, a new soft currency is being introduced that will allow you to immediately purchase new Heroes such as Argus with no need to grind out specific XP for them. We&#39;ll delve into this topic more thoroughly in a blog post later in the week, so stay tuned for that.</p><p>There&#39;s more too - we&#39;ve got some improvements to Jungle AI, tweaks for controller users and the usual slew of new skins, items and Hero tweaks!</p><p>Lastly we&#39;re keen to get our new Hero, Argus (previously known by his codename of Emerald), into your hands. The community have been hard at work unlocking various teases for this new Mad Mage of the Midlane and we cannot wait for you to meet him on the battlefield!</p>
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              <p></p><p>Keep an eye out for a trailer and full reveal very soon!</p><p>Overall V0.15 is shaping up to be very significant for us. Not only are the above features coming, but we&#39;re also releasing a very important collection of broad, backend improvements and optimisations that will fundamentally impact the long-term health of Predecessor.</p><h3>Release Date</h3><p>As a result of these changes, the final update of EA Season 3 will release on <b>March 5th</b>, a week outside of our usual 3 weekly update cycle.</p><p>We don&#39;t intend to make a habit of late updates, but we hope you can understand that this comes from a desire to deliver the best update we can.</p><h2 id="end-of-season-3-rewards" class="scroll-mt-52 lg:scroll-mt-24">End of Season 3 Rewards</h2><p>V0.15 marks the end of EA Season 3. As such this is your last chance to unlock those Season end rewards we teased last year. Let&#39;s take a look now!</p><h3>Skins</h3><h4>Lv. 20 | Emerald Muriel Skin</h4>
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              <h4>Lv. 30 | Emerald Steel Skin</h4>
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              <h4>Lv. 40 | Emerald Wraith Skin</h4>
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          <div class="pg-blockquote-wrapper"><p><b>Engineer’s log: thirteen hundred and two.</b></p><p>The people of Rowark kid themselves if they think this is it.</p><p>Mining colonies such as these weren’t built to extract such meagre scraps of metal and ore. It’s humiliating. The surface world laughs at us behind our backs, only coming down each month to trade our dreggs out of pity or perhaps amusement, like a condescending parent entertaining a child’s fantasies.</p><p>The irony isn’t lost on me that my fellows treat me in much the same way, indulging my fantasies of innovation. They think I’m a fool, balking at my ideas and dismissing me as a madman. Yet they’re quick to silence when I embarrass their paltry mining methods with my inventions.</p><p>They’re pathetic. Each and every one of them.</p><p>The only reason I haven’t left is because I must prove them wrong.</p><p>I must <i>humble </i>them.</p><p>My latest design is nearly complete, and with it I shall revolutionise excavation <i>forever</i>.</p></div>
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          <div class="pg-blockquote-wrapper"><p>I’ve heard word that when the traders visit <b>tomorrow </b>I shall be meeting with another supposed genius who’s eager to see my work. I protested of course, but I know that those in power are toying with me. They thrive on <b>Discord</b>.</p><p>I work quicker alone, unrestrained by the meek of mind who lag behind me. The least I can hope for is someone who will stay the hells out of my way until their visit is over and their putrid trade caravans leave for the surface once more.</p><p>Who knows? Maybe this bright spark they’re sending me may actually prove useful. It’s been so long since I’ve worked with a surface dweller.</p><p>I’m closer than ever to a breakthrough. I can <i>feel </i>it. The pieces are coming together, one by one.</p><p><i>The perfect fusion of magic and machine.</i></p></div>
        </div><p>In addition to these notes, our team have discovered and pieced together hundreds of shredded remains of ruined diagrams and schematics. The result of their work, and the recovered audio file that it led to, can be found <a href="https://www.predecessorgame.com/Recovered%20Engineer's%20Log" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>here</b></a>.</p>

The following transcripts were discovered on a recent trade visit to Rowark.

A handful of mysterious transcripts have been discovered on a recent trade visit to Rowark.

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<p>Hello,</p><p>Welcome to the third instalment of the Predecessor toxicity report!</p><p>For the first time, we’re saying hello to players on multiple platforms, as our PlayStation beta is currently ongoing! If you haven’t had a chance to try Predecessor on console, don’t miss your chance to check it out <a href="https://www.predecessorgame.com/play/playstation-beta-access" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><u>here</u></a>.</p><p>Because it has been a while since the last time we spoke about anti-toxicity measures, we appreciate that some of you might be confused about how exactly our system works, so below we&#39;re including a little refresher.</p><p>When setting out to tackle issues of toxicity, we have a three-pronged approach utilizing a mixture of automatic detection, AI chat moderation, and manual actioning.</p><h2 id="how-we-tackle-toxicity" class="scroll-mt-52 lg:scroll-mt-24">How we tackle toxicity</h2><h3><b>Automatic Detection</b></h3><p>The first of our toxicity-mitigation measures is automated AFK and Draft Disconnection detection.  We use an escalating series of penalties for both AFK and Draft Disconnections, allowing us to be lenient for unexpected disconnections or life events, but with increasingly severe matchmaking bans for repeat offences. The goal of this system is to be a first line of defense to catch cases where a player was clearly and obviously contributing to a negative experience, either in draft or during a match.</p><h3><b>Report Action</b></h3><p>In addition to automatic detection, we also rely on the reports you make during matches to catch bad actors.  When a player is intentionally feeding the other team, is harassing other players in chat, or is otherwise making a clear effort to ruin the experience for everyone, please use the report feature! We collect and run your reports through a tool that allows us to identify and issue bans for the players that have clearly crossed the line. </p><p>Of course, we are careful about identifying the difference between a rough game and malicious trolling when handing out bans, and thus some may feel our punishments are too light at times. We hear your feedback, and we’re continuously evaluating report data as we try to find the best balance between shutting down trolls and troublemakers while sparing those that are otherwise doing their best but might have still been reported. We’re also planning to implement a “Thanks for Reporting!” feedback loop in the future to let you know when a player you’ve reported has been suspended, but that requires some custom tech that’s not available with the current tools we have. Soon™!</p><h3><b>Chat Moderation</b></h3><p>The third pillar of our Toxicity Triangle is automatic chat moderation. To help keep chat civil, we use an AI-based tool called <a href="https://www.ggwp.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><u>GGWP</u></a>. GGWP is a natural language processing model that we’ve had specifically trained for the Predecessor game and community. Rather than feeding a list of bad words to a bot that would sanction everyone equally regardless of context and prior chat history, the AI actually assesses several things, including:</p><ul><li><p>The vocabulary used in the messages across 16 languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese)</p></li><li><p>The tone of the conversation taking place</p></li><li><p>The chat history (both recent and extended) of all conversing members</p></li></ul><p>This allows us to take a more nuanced approach, allowing for swearing or a bit of a salty rant in the appropriate context, but with a focus on limiting targeted toxicity and harassment among players. This also means two players saying the same thing might see different results depending on context, reputation, and other circumstances fed into the AI. If a player only ever uses chat to trash talk others, the AI will be less merciful and penalties will escalate up to and including permanent chat suspension.</p><h2 id="what-difference-does-it-make" class="scroll-mt-52 lg:scroll-mt-24"><b>What difference does it make?</b></h2><p>97% of all players who have ever used in-game text chat have a “moderate” or better chat history, and only 9% of players have ever received any kind of persistent mute sanction. Those numbers may seem surprisingly good in a competitive MOBA, but in reality we’ve found that a few bad apples tend to have a really outsized influence on the tone and toxicity level of a match, which is why a tool like GGWP that allows for message moderation as it happens is so important.</p><p>There are exceptions, of course. Derogative and very offensive language like slurs will get you silenced immediately regardless of how good your reputation is. And it doesn’t matter who was being addressed, whether it was a real person or a character from the game - that sort of language has no place in Predecessor, period.</p><p>We get that everyone is only human. It’s acceptable to get a little worked up if a game isn’t going your way or you’re just not on the same page as your teammates sometimes, but everything that actually needs to be communicated in the game can be said without flaming your teammates or resorting to targeted or hurtful language.</p><h2 id="how-do-i-steer-clear-of-the-ai" class="scroll-mt-52 lg:scroll-mt-24"><b>How do I steer clear of the AI?</b></h2><ul><li><p>Use chat to communicate strategy and banter with other players - if you’re not in the mood to be nice, don’t say anything.</p></li><li><p>If someone is being toxic, report them and mute them. Don’t be toxic back at them; that’s not a solution and you’ll both end up sanctioned.</p></li><li><p>Compliment your teammates when they do something awesome. Being kind to others will go a long way.</p></li><li><p>The AI will notice if you try to <i>d0dg3 w0rd f1lt3rs</i> to say something nasty, and you are subject to the same sanctions regardless of your creative spelling or w o r d  s p a c i n g. We regularly update our systems to include an increasingly bigger database of such creations.</p></li><li><p>You can always disable the in-game chat in the Game Settings if you don’t want to participate in the conversation for whatever reason. </p></li></ul><h2 id="feedback-and-improvement" class="scroll-mt-52 lg:scroll-mt-24"><b>Feedback and Improvement</b></h2><p>Mistaken multi-match suspensions continue to be extremely rare. For example, only about 2% of the longer chat suspensions we’ve checked were applied incorrectly.  The model does use a lower threshold (with a slightly lower accuracy) for a single-match mute to allow for quicker shutdown of potentially toxic messages, but those short mutes are not part of the longer escalating suspensions and do not have any associated account penalties.</p><p>Many of the adjustments we’ve made to the system since its launch have been because of the messages and potential corrections you’ve flagged for us. Your reports are a tremendous help as we continue to work with GGWP to refine the AI model over time, so keep them coming!  If you have any issues, feedback, or other suggestions, you can always reach out on Discord to members of the Omeda Community team (particularly yours truly, Omeda_Zuzu) or via a <a href="https://www.predecessorgame.com/support/request" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><u>support ticket</u></a>.</p><p>Finally, we can confirm that the much-requested feature, the ability to mute pings, is expected to arrive in V0.15! This should hopefully further improve your experience with the game. </p><div class="pg-separator"></div><p><b>-</b> <b>Omeda Zuzu</b> (Community Experience Manager) <br/><b>-</b> <b>JShredz </b>(Senior Game Ops Manager)</p>

It's been a while since the last time we spoke about Predecessor's anti-toxicity measures so today we're sharing a little refresher about how exactly our system works!

Hello,Welcome to the third instalment of the Predecessor toxicity report!For the first time, we’re saying hello to players on multiple platforms, as our...

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Toxicity Report #3

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The January blues are long gone because February is finally here! What better way to settle into a new month than chewing over a tasty Balance Patch? 

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<p>Greeting Champions!</p><p>With 2024 thoroughly underway and as we look ahead to the milestones we hope to hit over the coming months, we have new opportunities for Predecessor players to join us in testing out new versions of the game ahead of our upcoming Open Beta!</p><p>You may have already heard of our Internal Testing team, which is a collection of dedicated Predecessor players who take part in early playtests to provide feedback on upcoming characters and features. We’re looking to grow this team, inviting more of our community to step behind the curtain and help us make Predecessor the very best that we know it can be.</p><p>Specifically, we’re looking for up to 1,000 PC players to join us over the coming weeks, playtesting Predecessor on a private development branch and answering some feedback questions on their experience. To be clear, this test will not contain early access to new characters like Emerald or other new features, but instead focuses on the game experience as a whole, as we make stability and optimisation improvements to the entire game.</p><p>If you are selected to take part, you will be invited to join our private Discord server where you will get one-on-one interactions with our development team as they conduct and monitor tests, alongside our excellent Internal Testing team moderators who will assist you at every step.</p><p>Participants will receive a Steam code granting them access to a unique development branch of the game. There will be organised tests each week, taking part on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays during February and March. These tests will take place across both EU and NA regions.</p><p>You will be expected to adhere to strict privacy rules such as not streaming or recording tests, and you may be invited to sign an NDA.</p><p>In return, we’re offering everyone who takes part the opportunity to earn two upcoming skins (a common and a rare) on their live Predecessor game accounts. These will be rewarded based on your participation - with a higher account level at the end of the overall testing period netting you more rewards.</p><p>This is a great opportunity to make a real difference in Predecessor’s development. If you’re interested, click the link below to complete a short form. Successful applicants will be contacted within the coming weeks, with the first tests scheduled to take place later on in February, 2024.</p><h3><b></b><a href="https://forms.gle/Tju7qKqZ18U4urZH6" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>https://forms.gle/Tju7qKqZ18U4urZH6</b></a><b></b></h3><div class="pg-separator"></div><p>- <b>Kari </b>(<i>Lead Community Manager</i>) &amp; <b>alex </b>(<i>Lead Game Designer</i>) @ <b>Omeda Studios</b></p>

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