“Thanks for the feedback -- I'll have some announcements shortly on several of these concerns. The AI farming speed was intentionally slowed down because it was having a severe negative impact on the economy that was forcing me to limit item drops and silver generation. The current speed isn't set in stone, however. I'd like to see how things adjust in a week or two. Glad you guys like the new changes so far. I'm pretty happy with how everything turned out.”

^{Ozymandias on 2018/11/12 @ 11:01}

“You were on the beta tester list for Google Play. Make sure to download the latest live version at http://www.dire.com”

^{Ozymandias on 2018/11/03 @ 01:11}

“It's been a long year but we're finally rolling out a huge update for Heroes of Dire! All platform download links are available at http://www.DIRE.com Thanks for your patience, and there's more to come! Please report any issues so we can get them fixed ASAP. v1.4.0 - Many UI improvements! - Media packaged with client -- No downloading and fast load times! - Over 200 new audio clips for voices and combat - Guilds can now design a custom banner - Quests, treasures, and squads visible on the world map - Recover crafting materials from scrapped items - All weapon damaged adjusted to make lower levels easier - Item durability loss significantly reduced to encourage fighting - Item durability MAX removed -- All items repair to 100% - Quests: Removed kill requirements, replaced with progress points - Quests: Officers worth 5 points, Leaders worth 15, Deity worth 50 - Quests: Item rewards are better than normal loot drops - Rogues can shadowstep through walls and friends - Lance, Halberd, Quarterstaff, and Spear reach 2 tiles instead of 1 - Resources and Artifacts can no longer be teleported - Resources can be destroyed by squads - Masterwork crafted items are much better (for players and NPCs) - Battles can once again pull in nearby friends and enemies - Fighters have a new stat called Mana - Max mana is calculated from class, race, rarity, and ascend - Healing actions reduce a fighter's mana by weapon attack speed - Healing is heavily penalized once mana is depleted! - Cultists, Zombies, Golems, Giants, Huppo gain a mana bonus - Wall Shield has more +Guard, can stun, and does more damage”

^{Ozymandias on 2018/11/03 @ 00:55}

“Settings -> Gameplay -> Auto Join Battles (off)”

^{Ozymandias on 2018/10/22 @ 17:32}

“I'm really excited about the upcoming changes to HOD, and the new Dire project. We're building the hod client today and submitting it to Apple for approval. I expect we'll have it to you guys by Friday. The new Dire project is basically a stripped down HOD with no world exploration. Its focus is fast paced single-squad battles with gambling, big guild battles for control of world map capture points, and a little PvE in the form of random npc challenges. I expect it to be done by the end of November, depending on how much time our developer Megaweapon can dedicate to it between other projects.”

^{Ozymandias on 2018/10/22 @ 16:41}

“I like this idea. We'll discuss it and similar options today.”

^{Ozymandias on 2018/10/02 @ 08:08}

“Thanks for taking the time to write this up. There was originally an auction fee, but people wanted it removed. I figured it was better to have more stuff for sale than less. I don't really like the NPC auctions at all. They only exist as a silvers sink, but without a big enough community they go for too cheap. I'm not sure they'll survive at all into the Dire Arena project, or will become very rare. Race Transformation potions will become "vanity only" and not created via the Dungeon Master system or NPC merchants. I'll see what we have time to get in for the next HOD update.”

^{Ozymandias on 2018/10/01 @ 17:56}

“Sorry for the confusion, I meant just a collapsing play area.”

^{Ozymandias on 2018/09/22 @ 12:51}

“Just a thought.. What if every PvP match was Battle Royale? The edges of the map would burst into flames after X turns, and creep in 1 tile every few turns to force more aggressive play. Standing in the fire would deal significant damage. I could eliminate the AI take-over timer since you'd just die if you stalled.”

^{Ozymandias on 2018/09/20 @ 17:20}

“Most players (99.9%) never spend any money at all... Not even $1. There's a lot of people who will never play Free-To-Play games just because they're typically bad. Also our reviews got bombed by Chinese and Russian bots who are marketing other games, which they can do because it's free to install. Making it paid will at least generate a little money, which is more than it makes now, even if only sells 1 or 2 copies a day. There might also be some Steam Marketplace things we can do, letting players buy and sell items on Steam, which gives developer a small cut.”

^{Ozymandias on 2018/09/20 @ 17:06}