Jebus Outcast changelog
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Version 2.97:
❖ Added Heroes: Frederick.
❖ Heroes banned: Henrietta.
❖ Leadership skill is disabled.
❖ Added Spells: Inferno.
❖ Added Artifacts: Pendant of Courage, Pendant of Life, Pendant of Negativity, Hourglass of the Evil Hour, Equestrian's Gloves, Garniture of Interference (5% magic resistance).
Biome.
❖ +1 Town Gate.
❖ Reduced the number of Major Artifacts to 4 from 5.
❖ The frequency of Colosseums of the Magi has been reduced to 75, and their limit has been removed.
❖ Added level 5 spell scroll (4k value).
❖ Added Shrines level 1 - 3.
❖ The copy of mid town now has a Fort (except 8 players versions).
❖ Increased frequency of the Warrior's Tomb from 3 to 7.
❖ Value of Library of Enlightenment is reduced to 8000 (from 12000).
❖ Frequency of Creature Banks (those that give T6 / T7 units as a reward) has been increased to 7, and their maximum number has been increased to 2 (except Griffin Conservatory).
❖ Some changes to the number of Dwellings.
Mid.
❖ Value of control scrolls is reduced from 10000 to 7500.
❖ The number of boxes with all spells has been reduced to 6 (from 7).
Variants.
❖ Added M size version. Key differences: boxes are very rare in this version and most objects are random. Guaranteed Airship Yard and Town Portal scroll (7500 value) in the biome. Value of Border Guards is reduced to 30000.
❖ L size version now has bigger biomes.
❖ Added a rare variant with Neutral's faction biomes for L and M sizes.
❖ On H+U underground tunnels were added with 3 guaranteed control scrolls.
❖ Jebus Outcast Islands now has 2 variants XH+U and G+U. Both have underground zones with guaranteed control scrolls (accessed via guarded Monolith - 18K value). XH+U can be played with up to 4 players and G+U with up to 8. On XH+U middle zone portals are blocked and on G+U Shipyards are guarded with 45K value guards. G+U version also has several additional islands that have some bizarre objects spawning there.
Version 2.96a:
❖ Jebus Outcast Islands. Middle island nerfs: Diplomacy effectiveness reduced to 50% joins (fix), number of Relics is reduced to 5 max and Dragon Utopias to 1.
❖ Removed XL+U 8 players version as a temporary fix for a known template editor bug (4 players can randomly spawn on an 8p map). To play 8p versions you have to select either XL-U (no underground) or H+U.
Version 2.96:
❖ Retreat / Surrender should work properly now.
❖ Removed Heroes: Wynona, Dury, Bertram, Eanswythe.
❖ Added Spells: Disguise.
❖ Added Artifacts: Vial of Lifeblood and Ring of Life.
❖ Reduced the chance for odd versions (from 1/10 to 1/15). Odd versions are: Neutrals Desert, Strange Mid (middle zone has same terrain as central town) and Airship Yard (in the biome).
❖ Jebus Outcast Islands has been reworked. Middle island is now a treasury zone (aligned with Neutrals faction), with Conflux town and guaranteed All Spells box. All scrolls in the biome are control scrolls (value lowered to 6k) and one of towns mirrors Conflux town.
Biome.
❖ Triple build in the biome. Random town without a Fort will now mirror player's faction.
❖ Frequency of Town Gates is increased to 1000 (from 500).
❖ Number of Trailblazers is increased to 2 max.
❖ Some changes related to Pandora's Boxes and Dwellings (exact number of all guaranteed boxes can be found down below in the detailed description).
Desert.
❖ Central town now spawns without a Fort.
❖ T6 and T7 boxes are now limited in number (except Neutrals Mid).
❖ Size of the middle zone is reduced to 64 (from 75).
❖ Frequency of control scrolls is increased to 80 (from 70).
Version 2.91a:
❖ Fixed missing Utopias. The value of Dragon Utopias in the biome reduced to 5000 (from 10000).
Version 2.91:
❖ Fixed All Spells boxes not generating properly.
❖ Added Heroes: Galthran and Thant.
❖ Buffed Tower and Stronghold biomes (more boxes and lamps).
❖ Removed a few guaranteed boxes from Necropolis biomes.
Version 2.90:
❖ Removed Heroes: Xsi, Shiva, Monere, Illor.
❖ Added Heroes: Cyra, Ivor, Giselle, Rashka, Calh, Drakon, Wystan, Tyraxor, Brissa, Derek, Anabel, Corkes.
❖ Removed Spells: Protection from Fire.
❖ Added Spells: Fire Shield.
❖ Removed Artifacts: Ring of Life and Vial of Lifeblood.
❖ Added Artifacts: Shackles of War, Seal of Sunset, Statue of Legion (combined artifact).
❖ Dwelling changes.
❖ Added H+U 2 - 8 players version. Select H size with underground level to activate it.
Biome.
❖ Added chance to spawn rare (previously banned) objects.
❖ Reduced strength of road blocks by lowering max value to 16k (from 22k). It also means that Relics and T5 boxes can no longer spawn in the biome.
❖ Vampire boxes are disabled.
❖ 1 Library of Enlightenment is now guaranteed.
❖ Various improvements to biome stability.
Desert.
❖ 11 Universities (was 9).
❖ Frequency of control scrolls is increased to 70 (from 60).
❖ Increased the number of All Spells boxes to 7 (from 6).
Neutrals mid version.
❖ Added Quests.
❖ Crystal Dragon boxes are enabled.
Jebus Outcast Islands (H - XH).
❖ Disabled Control Scrolls in the biome.
❖ Diplomacy effectiveness is increased to 100% joining on the middle island (was 75%).
Ruleset changes.
❖ Breaking is no longer required.
❖ Draws in final battle are now allowed (if both Heroes die).
❖ Retreating and surrendering is allowed without restrictions.
Notes.
Simplifying the rules allows novice players to gradually adapt to the game without overloading them with unnecessary information. From now on you will not be punished for applying common sense, if you have Fly or DD, why can’t you skip the border guard? Prohibited because it's customary - it's bad game design. All rules must be implemented within the game itself. Unfortunately this cannot be done with rule FF242 at the moment, so it remains unchanged.
Hota online rules are now available on the h3templates website, here. They have been edited specifically for one-hero templates, to make them more compact and readable.
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Version 2.83a:
❖ Fix: added missing Heroes for JO Islands - Sylvia, Voy and Elmore.
Version 2.83:
❖ Ruleset changes since the 2.82 update: new recommended timer, no free re-rolls, retreating in battle versus neutral guards is allowed.
❖ Added a list of Dwellings, which shows how many of them should usually be in the biome (look down below).
❖ Added Heroes: Roland, Thane, Fafner, Ignatius, Septienna, Synca, Shakti, Geon, Gretchin, Terek.
❖ Banned Heroes: Cuthbert, Kalt.
❖ Disabled Spells: Anti-Magic.
❖ Enabled Artifacts: Helm of Heavenly Enlightenment (+6 all), Pendant of Dispassion (anti-berserk), Ring of Oblivion (anti-resurrect), Dead Man's Boots, Vampire's Cowl, Cape of Conjuring (spell duration +3).
❖ Disabled Artifacts: Cape of Silence, Breastplate of Petrified Wood.
❖ Value of Town Gate object reduced to 5000 (from 10000).
Biome.
❖ +1 Cyclops Stockpile, Naga Bank, Medusa Stores, Dwarven Treasury.
❖ Updated Pandora's box limits.
❖ Increased frequency of Ancient Lamps to 250 (from 150).
Desert.
❖ Frequency of control scrolls is increased to 60 (from 50).
❖ 9 guaranteed Universities.
❖ Obelisk value reduced to 30k (from 50k).
❖ Oasis is now a rare object.
❖ Added more variety of objects.
Neutrals Desert.
❖ Increased frequency of all boxes.
❖ Some T4 - T5 boxes were disabled.
Islands version (H+U size).
❖ Enabled Fly spell.
❖ All biomes have 3 control scrolls.
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Version 2.82:
❖ Added Islands version H size, 2 - 4 players (to enable it - set Water Content to Islands).
❖ Banned Heroes: Beatrice.
❖ Enabled Spells: Counterstrike, Fire Protection.
❖ Disabled Spells: Cure.
❖ Enabled Artifacts: Cornucopia (assembled Relic).
❖ Disabled Artifacts: Helm of Heavenly Enlightenment (+6 all), Spellbinder's Hat, Cape of Velocity, Boots of Speed, Equestrian's Gloves.
Biome.
❖ Increased relative size of biomes.
❖ Start with 2 towns (both have Forts).
❖ Random control scroll is removed.
❖ Number of Dragon Utopias increased to 2 (from 1).
❖ Pandoras with Crusaders / Swordsmen, Monks / Zealots, Roc / Thunderbirds and Stormbirds / Ayssids are limited in number and their frequency is reduced to 20 (from 35).
❖ Vampire Lords and Mighty Gorgon boxes are disabled.
❖ Increased frequency of some boxes for Rampart, Tower and Necropolis to 69 (from 35).
❖ Dwellings: 6 Dragon Cliffs, 6 Hydra Ponds, 5 Dragon Vaults and 4 Nix Forts.
Desert.
❖ Frequency of T6 Dwellings in the desert increased to 80 (from 40), except Nix Forts.
❖ Portal of Glory and Behemoth Crag are limited to 7 max.
❖ Crystal Dragon boxes are disabled for the Neutrals mid.
Islands version (H size).
❖ Boots of Levitation, Water Walk and Fly are disabled.
❖ Added Statue of Legion (assembled relic).
❖ Necklace of Ocean Guidance and Sea Captain's Hat replaced with Admiral's Hat (assembled relic).
❖ 5 towns in the biome. One of the neutral towns is the triple build option (without Fort), all others are random.
❖ All biomes have 2 control scrolls (10k value, TP and DD).
❖ Central zone only has 1 town, and no roads leading to it. Can be accessed by water or via an off-road portal in the biome (45k guards).
❖ Central zone’s terrain is changed to Wasteland and its size is reduced greatly. This zone now primarily contains Black Markets, Obelisk and Warlock’s Lab (secondary resource exchange 1 : 1). Joins upgraded to 75% of the stack (from 25%).
❖ Many Temples of the Sea spawn between zones (equivalent of Utopias).
L size.
❖ Oasis is disabled.
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Version 2.81:
❖ Sphere of Permanence is returned.
❖ Removed spells: Resurrection, Animate Undead.
Biome.
❖ Resource Creature Banks are now semi-random.
❖ Frequency of boxes increased to 35 (from 30).
❖ Frequency of Relic Artifacts reduced to 70 (from 150).
❖ (4p version) One of the random towns now mirrors central desert town.
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Version 2.80a hotfix:
❖ Fixed bug which caused XL-U randomly generated as L version.
Version 2.80:
❖ 2 player Bunker version was removed, it will now be developed as a separate template named Duel.
❖ XL-U (no “fake underground'', 1xDD) can now be toggled in map settings.
❖ Logistics returned.
❖ Added Heroes: Beatrice, Andal, Calid, Straker, Moandor, Ranloo, Kinkeria, Pyre, Monere.
❖ Banned Heroes: Anabel.
❖ Angelic Alliance can now be assembled.
❖ Added Artifacts: Angel Wings, Wayfarer’s Boots, Boots of Speed, Cape of Velocity and Cape of Silence.
❖ Removed Artifacts: Sphere of Permanence and Pendant of Dispassion.
❖ Added spells: Anti-Magic, Cure, Resurrection, Animate Undead, Destroy Undead, Fireball and Quicksand.
❖ Removed spells: Summon Air Elemental, Fire Shield, Counterstrike and Inferno.
❖ Zone sizes are reverted back to the original ratio.
❖ Start with 1 town.
❖ Spell Scrolls value reduction: LVL 4 to 4k (from 8k), control scrolls to 10k (from 20k).
Biome.
❖ Roadblocks are reduced.
❖ Number of Dragon Utopias reduced to 1 (from 2).
❖ Ancient Lamps, Resource Creature Banks and Libraries now spawn randomly.
❖ Frequency of boxes reduced to 30 (from 69). Swordsmen, Vampire and Gorgon boxes are no longer limited in number. Instead their frequency is reduced to 3.
❖ More low tier Dwellings.
❖ High tier Dwellings are now semi-random.
❖ +1 Dragon Cliffs and +1 Hydra Pond.
Desert.
❖ Lots of control scrolls.
❖ Libraries and army boxes are now random.
❖ Added T6 Dwellings.