This mini-patch is for stability in the client, as we move forward, we want to keep delivering on bug fixes and crashes, Our next goal over the few months is mainly delivering a bug-free experience with BCO.

As announced previously, in this update we have removed the ability to purchase Fighters with the in-game currency “Runes”. From now on, players will receive two free fighters for completing the in-game tutorial. All players with older accounts are invited to claim this bonus as well. Additional fighters can be purchased as DLC in steam, or directly in-game via in-app purchases. We will introduce new uses for the in-game currency shortly in an upcoming patch. Please look out for these exciting new additions to BattleCON Online soon!

The first official BattleCON Online Tournament is still underway currently!

Fixed:

• We fixed options in replay mode freezing when paused.
  
• When you find an opponent but the game doesnt load correctly, it will now request if it needs to fix this and will kick you out of the game automatically, and re-que you.
  
• We have fixed a crash on the purchase screen.
  
• When bug reporting at the end of the game, it does not exit you from main menu if you click.
  
• Evil Hikaru now say's the correct finisher lines.

Added:

• DLC Packs for fighters - Season 1 and Season 2.
  
• Added Input saving on the client, so we can replay them if a game needs it.
  
• Added a new server message to tell the client, why the game is stuck and how to resolve.\
  
• A polling system for products, which fixes when you login into the game, and all your characters are greyed out, It will now try and force it to un-grey and unlock all your characters.
  
• Fallback system for speech bubbles if they are stuck after 3 seconds they will disappear.
  
• More error checking for when you leave a Que.

Changed:

• Optimized the main menu fighter selection faces a bit more, so they load much faster when coming back from a game now.
  
• Win rates will only be able to been seen after 15 wins with the fighter.

Greetings friends,

In order to promote a safe, inclusive, and friendly gaming environment for you, we're updating our community guidelines, as well as the penalties for breaking them. These guidelines are going into effect immediately:

These rules will be enforced on official Level 99 Games Community Servers on Discord, in games such as BattleCON Online, on our official facebook pages, youtube page, at official real-world events, and et cetera. Basically, anywhere that Level 99 Games exercises an official presence online and where community members are invited to interact with each other and with our developers, these rules are in full force.

Penalties in any one community are enforced in all communities, services, games, and real-world organized play events. Thus, conduct in a Discord server or Youtube channel can result in a ban in BattleCON Online, from our facebook pages, and from real-world organized play events as well.

1. Our communities and games are a safe space for players of all backgrounds. Refrain from any posts, comments, images, speech, or other communication that the moderators of these communities deem to be aggressive, inflammatory, hateful, or otherwise disparaging to any group or subgroup of people, including but not limited to ethnic groups, genders, sexual orientations, religions, nationalities, disabilities, etc. Violations of this policy are determined at the sole discretion of the moderators. Based on the severity of the offense, the response to these actions may range from a warning to a permanent ban.

2. Our communities and games are a safe space for minors. Any content that is illegal, grotesquely violent, pornographic, or otherwise deemed to be in violation of the spirit of these rules is grounds for an immediate, permanent ban. Any solicitation or suggestion of illegal activity to another member is grounds for an immediate, permanent ban. Participating in the extended discussion of these topics is also grounds for an immediate ban, the severity and length of which will be determined by moderators.

3. We value the privacy of the members of our community. Sharing personally identifying information, including but not limited to pictures, addresses, contact information in other communities, IP addresses, et cetera of any other member of one of these communities is grounds for a ban. Furthermore, members of the community are strongly discouraged from posting such materials about themselves, and such posts may also warrant a warning or ban.

4. Our communities and games are a place for good-spirited, friendly, sportsmanlike competition. Win or lose, all members of the community are expected to be good sports and to accept both victory and defeat with good grace. At the discretion of our moderators, any unsportsmanlike conduct, including trash talk, attempts to fix matches, attempts to influence the play or behavior of other players, or attempts to delegitimize the results of official competitions, is subject to warning or bans. The use of game-altering software, or intentional exploitation of known, game-altering bugs are also grounds for a ban.

5. Our communities and games are a place for those activities alone. Members of the community should refrain from active recruitment of members for any outside activity. This includes invitations to participate in other gaming communities or activities, offers to sell or purchase property, and pressuring member participation or abstinence from any particular politics, lifestyles, beliefs, or out-of-game activities. At the discretion of a moderator, these activities are grounds for warnings and bans.

6. Our moderators have the final say in all matters relating to community administration. These moderator powers extend to all members of our staff and development teams. Arguing with, harassing, or disparaging of the moderators, development team, or other members of the Level 99 Staff are grounds for warnings and bans. Direct contact with moderators or staff outside of these community channels may, at the discretion of moderators, be grounds for warnings or bans within the community.

7. We reserve the right to modify these guidelines at any time, as well as to enforce immediately and retroactively any changes made to these guidelines. Furthermore, all warnings and bans from the community are at the sole discretion of the moderators of those communities, and may or may not carry a given explanation with their assignment.

With these guidelines in place, we hope to create an inviting, fun, open, and inclusive community centered around our shared love of gaming and a mutual respect for fellow players of all backgrounds.

Thank you all for your participation in Level 99 Games, and for your support as we continue to grow and press through the challenges ahead! I look forward to seeing you online. :)

This has been one of the most anticipated request. In a replay, you now have the control to pause the replay instantly. You can also control the replay's playback speed. Check out these features by loading-up a replay!

The first official BattleCON Online Tournament is here! Test your mettle in this fight of the ages! Find out more by clicking the "Signup" button in the main menu.

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With each patch, we are constantly updating the balance and playability of fighters in BattleCON Online.

Expulsion: Can place staff in occupied space (revert of old change).

While the Expulsion change had the right power level effect, many players felt that it made Kimbhe less fun to play. We'll continue to monitor her power level to see if a compensation nerf elsewhere is needed, but you can once again regain the staff with Expulsion.

Hydra Fork: After Activating heal reduced from 5 to 3

Hydra Fork is probably the best finisher in the game at the moment, and a lot of that is how reliable the heal is on a meaty Stun Immune attack. Reducing it to 9 effective Power should make it a bit more reasonable to play against for opponents that manage to dodge the Fork.

Next patch, we will be overhauling the economy for runes and coins. This means potentially having fighters only purchasable via coins or as DLC. Runes will remain, however, and you will be able to spend them on a new feature. This is an early warning for those sitting on runes, we highly recommend that you buy your fighters now! This may apply to avatars in the shop as well.

Fixed:

• Opening the Request bar in game should no longer crash the game.
  
• Getting a packet error now checks whether the error is game-related before kicking you back to the main menu.
  
• Marmelee's music should no longer load into RAM, increasing speed.

Added:

• Remaining Elite Skin Avatars are now in-game.

Changed:

• Bundles have been removed from the in-game store.

Steam Early Access Build v0.24 - "Win or Lose?"
Released on June 4, 2019


Your win rates per character are now displayed in character select. The percentage will appear underneath the character’s experience bar.

With each patch, we are constantly updating the balance and playability of fighters in BattleCON Online. We’re currently in a state where we’d like to let some of the previous changes settle. We are keeping a close eye on things for now. Thank you!


Fixed:

• Players no longer enter a game even after they’ve cancelled Match Finding Queue.
  
• Minor Full Screen Mode adjustments.
  
• Friends in your friends list no longer duplicate.

Added:

• Alt+Enter now turns full screen on/off.
  
• Fallback system to kickstart “stuck” games.

Steam Early Access Build v0.23 - "Leaders?"
Released on April 26, 2019


Ranked Mode is now enabled! Duke it out and rank up to see yourself rise on the leaderboards. You’ll also see your rank reflected on your avatar with a special border based on how far you’ve gotten. Go to “Ranked Play” to rank up and see the leaderboard.

[h1Character Select UI Update[/h1]
We have fixed the character select screen so that all the fighters appear on one page. It will now be easier to select your main if you love Shekhtur or Seven! See the change on the fighter select screen.

[h1Character Select UI Update[/h1]
We have fixed the character select screen so that all the fighters appear on one page. It will now be easier to select your main if you love Shekhtur or Seven! See the change on the fighter select screen.

You can now reroll a quest you don’t like once a day. No longer will you be stuck with a “Play Heavy” quest when you don’t want to play Heavies. Simply open your quest panel and click the reroll!


Fixed:

• Speech bubbles no longer stop you from clicking on cards.
  
• Networking reconfigured. Should improve game responsiveness.

Added:

• Portraits in fighter select now use promo art for a better look.
  
• Avatars should now have borders indicating a player’s rank.

Changed:

• Quick Play removed and replaced with Ranked Play.
  
• Win/loss ratio no longer appears on the loading screen before a match.
  
• Options are now presented to the player in a different way. Less options means the cards are more spread out, letting the player see more of a card.
  

Welcome to BATTLECON ONLINE early access version 0.21.0
Released on March 6, 2019


A shapeshifting experiment, Kehrolyn uses her adaptive forms to compound stats and effects, overwhelming her opponents! Available in the in-game store for 450 coins (or 1500 runes). Season 2 Pass holders have automatically received this new fighter.

We’ve streamlined the tutorial and also take the time to explain some of the UI elements in the game. Access the new tutorial by clicking the “How To Play” button in character select!

With each patch, we are constantly updating the balance and playability of fighters in BattleCON Online. Here are recent changes by our developers intended to improve the balance and competitive meta of BattleCON Online.

• Undaunted: Now always Advances 1, 2, or 3; now gives opponents at Range 3+ Power -2
  
• Friendly: Now heals 2 if opponent was hit but not stunned.
  
• Heated: Now has +3 Power, from +2.
  
• Excited: Now has +0 Power, from -1.
  
• Sympathetic: Now Advances 1, 2, or 3, from 1 or 2.
  
• Reciprocate: Now has Soak 2; Range to 1~3 from 1~6.
  
• With Feeling: Stats to 4~6/3/6 with Soak 3. Still upgrades all Styles. Follow-up work to be performed next patch.

Seven has been under-performing in match-ups against rangers and some major heavyweights. These should amplify her trading and late-game abilities, while Undaunted change gives her a one-shot damage reduction against rangers paired with some hit confirm.



Fixed:

• Hovering on an ante while it was disappearing no longer causes desyncs
  
• Eligor and Khadath’s achievements now work properly
  
• Newer player matchmaking

Added:

• New set of achievements for some of the characters. Enjoy figuring them out!
  
• New zen garden arena background for tutorial and practice modes

Welcome to BATTLECON ONLINE version 0.20.0
Released on January 30, 2019


An Overlord with powerful trading capabilities, Rexan curses his opponents, weakening them and bringing them down to their knees! Available in the in-game store for 450 coins (or 1500 runes). Season 2 Pass holders have automatically received this new fighter.
Our resident Fire Elemental trades heat for cold with this new skin! Cryostar Kallistar features new voice lines that are sure to cool your heart! Available in the in-game store for 500 coins.

You will now, as much as possible, be matched against opponents of similar skill level. Should the queue take too long, matchmaking will revert to “first come first served”. This currently makes use of a global ranking assigned to you based on performance. Simply click Ranked on the top of the menu before queueing for a game.


With each patch, we are constantly updating the balance and playability of fighters in BattleCON Online! We’re currently in a state where we’d like to let some of the previous changes settle. We are keeping a close eye on things for now. Thank you!


Changed:

• Iri price reduction from 1500 to 1000 Runes

Fixed:

• Friends’ avatars no longer get added to your collection when your friends are online
  
• Iri’s Starlight now displays the correct values based on her form
  
• Sarafina’s Silver now displays properly during clashes
  
• Burman’s Dragonbreath no longer causes the game to hang under specific conditions
  
• Variables “player_main” and “player_other” are now setting correctly. This should fix various discard pile and index errors
  
• Tutorial 3 no longer crashes

Added:

• Better crash detection in options

Welcome to BATTLECON ONLINE version 0.19.0
Released on December 19, 2018


A Magical Girl from Space who transforms into 3 different forms to adapt to any situation! Available in the in-game store for 450 BattleCOINs (or 1500 Runes). Season 2 Pass holders have automatically received this new fighter.

A new section of the shop is open! The Avatar Shop lets you buy different avatars to customize your profile and show your style! Simply click the “Avatars” tab in the shop to see what you can buy.
Keywords and effects are now explained in-game. This should make it easier to remember what everything does. Just mouse-over the cards in-game to see their tooltips.

• Blistering: Now has 1 Power, from 2
  
• Dragonbreath: Now has 1 Power, from 0. Now has "Start: You may spend 2 Firepower to deal 2 life loss the first time opponent Advances this beat." instead of its previous On Hit
  
• Dragon's Descent: Now has 7 Power, from 8. Now has 1 Priority, from 2

This should flatten Burman's power curve somewhat rather than just making him constantly rely on Blistering as the key trading/beat-winning tool. In return, Dragonbreath becomes a lot more favorable at midrange while also giving him a powerful tool to punish predictable advances..

• UA: Now loses Trance equal to Level when leveling up (or hitting Level
  
• Cap), instead of all Trance

One really awkward thing about Magdelina was that Blessing was often useless for gaining Trance, because she would lose the bonus counter if it was used too close to her leveling up. This should open up a lot more opportunities for her to play Blessing during the game. Her actual level up rate is unchanged, outside of Blessing situations.

• Expulsion: Now specifies Staff -may- be moved to -unoccupied- space.
  
• Quake: Stun guard to 3 from 4

Right now, Expulsion Caster and Expulsion Dodge make it too easy for Kimbhe to regain her Staff, essentially wiping out a lot of potential staff control the opponent could play. This should make her work a bit harder to get that constant +2 Power, and limit her ability to easily close games with Quickening's +4 Priority.

• Tactical: Now has Hit: You may spend 2 Force for +1 Power
  
• Locus: Now has Start: If the opponent is on your Projection, Gain 2 Force and Pull 1
  
• Field: Now has Hit: Gain 2 Force in addition to immobilizing opponent
  
• Hollow: Now has Damage: Gain 1 Force
  
• Silver: Now has -1 Power, +1 Priority
  
• Fulminating Vortex: Now has 7 Power, from 8
  
• Ritherwhyte Infusion: Now has Hit: Gain 2 Life

Tactical, despite having good stats, tended to be underwhelming. Part of this is the amount of power wrapped up in Silver/Implosion at the moment, and part of it is the fact Sarafina never really went in for big damage spikes. These changes give her more resources to play with in terms of cashing out Force for Power as a way to get riskier, more interesting damage as well as generally tapping up her power level.

• Cold: Now has +0~1 Range
  
• Remote: Now has After: Advance up to 1

These should make Seven's early-game a little less rough, given how risky her Ranges tend to be at the moment (how easily she can lock herself out of being able to hit). Heated was way better than Cold, so this should help Cold look a bit better in comparison too!



Changed:

• Improved disconnect detection
  
• Linux and Mac now run on 2k textures
  
• How textures are assorted for better performance
  
• Internal game engine to support latest features
  
• Punctuation for one of Mikhail’s voice lines
  
• Discard pile support
  
• 99% of how Friends Lists work for a more optimized solution

Fixed:

• A bug where your shop would crash from irrelevant data
  
• A crash in tutorial 3
  
• Force gauge animation broken in some cases
  
• Mikhail’s voice line not playing properly
  
• Game's icon and title being incorrect
  
• Game getting stuck on login for some people
  
• Non-attacking finishers causing the character to say their voices lines the following beat

Added:

• Instant status reporting for friends list
  
• Better support from undefined crashes
  
• A fix for viewing different shops in different builds
  
• A whole new animated background for the holiday season
  
• Profile caching for faster load times for friends and opponents

Welcome to Patch 0.18!
This is a small one, with a bunch of bugfixes and the release of our next character: Evil Hikaru! Kickstarter backers have been able to play him for a bit, but now everyone can go at it!

Updates:

• Evil Hikaru is now available for all players as a purchasable fighter.
  
• Evil Hikaru's listed difficulty updated to 4, from 3.
  
• Cesar's listed difficulty updated to 3, from 2.

Evil Hikaru:

• Pure Evil - Power raised from -1 to +0. Pure Evil is Evil Hikaru's hardest Style to use due to lack of defenses and low Priority; this should help put the reward in line with the risk.
  
• Devastator now hits at Range 4 if the Power debuff does not apply (at 2 or fewer tokens). Evil Hikaru's ranges are... spotty at best, and he's particularly weak when at range. Devastator is a hard Base to use due to its movement issues, but this should give him an interesting ranged option that he needs to work for.

• Added: X-Range / Special Ranges now show an effect pop-up on hit to clarify that they landed a hit through special effects instead of normal range calculation.
  
• Fixed: (Burman) Dragon's Descent dodge effect did not activate properly.
  
• Fixed: Hail the King, Aegis, Sweet Revenge now gain Power properly when interacting with Blessing.
  
• Updated: Seven's card evolutions were changed from End: timing to Recycle: timing.
  
• Fixed: Evil Hikaru regain life bug with Finisher.
  
• Fixed: Alexian's Mighty style affecting Finishers.
  
• Fixed: At 5 clashes, the game will trigger "Auto Cleanup" to clean all statuses.
  
• Fixed: Bug that caused some fighters to say Finisher voice lines during regular attacks.
  
• Fixed: A bug on Mac and Linux where the card name color was grey, but was meant to be an non-grey color.
  
• Fixed: A glitch with force effect in the UI.
  
• Changed: How ping system works for better Disconnect detection.
  
• Fixed: Disconnection message will no longer pop up while trying to authenticate if you take too long.