Update 1.8 Notes: Skye Arrives! :: Vainglory discussion on VaingloryFire

Update 1.8 brings a new high-skill, high-reward hero to the Fold: Skye! Plus, weâ€™re simplifying and strengthening the Karma system, creating a trophy room, starting seasonal play, adding amazing new skins and introducing balance changes that should make a memorable impact on the 1.8 meta. Letâ€™s break down the update â€¦

is a swift sniper able to dance at the edge of fights or dive deep into the enemy backline to kill key targets. Skyeâ€™s unique strafing attacks change the complexion of fights, and her ability to chase down and catch opponents is unparalleled. Start Skye in the lane, mow down minions and build weapon or crystal depending on your playstyle.

Read Skyeâ€™s lore:

Skye will be unlockable with ICE only for the first 7 days. Afterward, you will be able to unlock Skye with ICE or Glory.

Target Lock
Slot: Heroic Perk

Skye's basic attacks apply Target Lock to the last target.

Basic attacks and Forward Barrage on that locked target grant her up to +2 move speed for 1.2s, but this boost is much weaker while moving backward.
Target Lock lasts 3s and is lost when the target is more than 8.5 meters away.

Forward Barrage
Slot: A

Skye fires a continuous stream of bullets while strafing in the selected direction for 3s. Building weapon power makes the barrage slow approaching enemies by up to 60%.

Reactivate this ability to stop firing.
Deals bonus damage to locked target.
Deals 50% less damage to structures & bosses.

Suri Strike
Slot: B

Skye dashes to a chosen location around her locked target while firing a volley of missiles along a line between her and her target.

Multiple missiles can hit the same target, but subsequent hits deal 20% damage.
This ability can only be activated when Skye has a locked target.
Activating this ability resets a portion of the cooldown on Forward Barrage.

Passive: Each ability point in Suri Strike increases the duration of Target Lock.

Deals reduced damage to minions.

Death From Above
Slot: C

Skye fires a salvo of missiles at a chosen location around her locked target. After a 1.3s delay, the missiles rain down on that location, stunning enemies for 0.5s. Enemies still in the area afterward are slowed and take crystal damage.

Aiming directly on your locked target rains down the missiles in a cluster.
Aiming away from your locked target rains them down in a line across the target's path.
This ability can only be activated when Skye has a locked target.
Deals reduced damage to objectives.

Passive: Each ability point in Death from Above increases the range of Target Lock.

â€œUpdate 1.8 includes a number of hotly requested skins, including Vox Tier 1 and the effects-rich, insanely cool Joule Tier 3. Keep a close eye on the ever-changing ICE Boxes and Glory Boxes in the Market, and grab Joule cards when you can. Thatâ€™s a skin not to be missed!

â€œIf youâ€™re still waiting for a skin theme for your favorite hero, hang tight â€¦ itâ€™s on the way!â€ â€”PlayoffBeard

Hero skins new in 1.8:

Cloud Raider Vox Tier I
Infinity Skaarf Tier II
Bug Petal Tier II
Killa-Joule 9000 Tier III!

KARMA SYSTEM REVAMP

â€œKarma was always intended to reward good behavior and punish the bad. Our previous system only somewhat achieved that goal. So, based on player feedback and our own observations, weâ€™ve completely redesigned and rebuilt it from the ground up in 1.8. Now, you simply have Bad, Good, or Great Karma. Completing matches, not dodging in Hero Selection, and receiving honors will lead to Great Karma and with it bonus Glory. On the other hand, being reported for toxic play, dodging in Hero Select, going AFK, etc., will lead to Bad Karma which bans you from playing with or chatting with any other players for a period of time. Each ban a player faces gets longer and longer.

â€œKnow that Karma is a fluid value and will change to reflect your recent past as well as current actions. We are more than happy to keep people from playing if their goal is to introduce toxicity to the amazingly positive Vainglory community.â€ â€”Kraken

Karma system has been dramatically simplified.
Karma levels replaced with three player states: Great Karma, Good Karma and Bad Karma.
Karma state determined by recent and current player behavior, including thumbs up & thumbs down from fellow players.
Players with Bad Karma will be banned from playing matches and chatting for a set period of time.

VAINGLORY â€˜SEASONSâ€™ & PROFILE TROPHY ROOM

â€œWe are gearing up for Season 1 of Vainglory in lots of ways, but to ensure you can immortalize your tough grind up the skill tiers, we are giving the first piece of what will be an ongoing feature: Trophies. As of 1.8, youâ€™ll see your highest Skill Tier held as a trophy in your Trophies tab in the Profile section of the app. Weâ€™ll do more with this over time, but for now, rest assured that when we kick off the first season, youâ€™ll have a record of your hard work leading up to it.

â€œWeâ€™ll talk a lot more about Vainglory seasons as we move into Autumn Season 2015, but suffice it to say weâ€™re building in many benefits over time for casual and competitive players alike, which should create excitement and opportunities to rally for rewards before seasons close.â€ â€”Kraken

Starting with 1.8, Vainglory will remember your highest Ranked skill tier earned and display it in your Trophy Room.
Update 1.8 will be considered the preseason (Season 0).
The preseason will end with the release of the following update, and youâ€™ll earn a permanent trophy based on your highest rank achieved. Itâ€™s okay if you lose that rank during 1.8. It will remember the best you achieved, so play without fear!
Each quarterly season will include unique awards and limited-time content.
Read more about Vainglory Seasons here.

There was a slew of gameplay, hero, and item balance updates. Read them on the offical patch notes!

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Remarkable (47)
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Whats wrong with the update. I did the update last night and now cant even access the game . play form a I Pad ... I did tried to delete the game and install it again , but nothing happened. Im the only one with this problem? I just have the Logo on the I pad , but nothing happenes , when i do press it . Anyone with some help here ?
Thanks ,

Notable (1)
Posts: 2

im having problems as well, I can access the game but struggle to start a party up and when we all finally get in a party, we cannot play a game. It starts to search for a match after about 10 seconds of tapping casual match, and then when a match is found, it doesn't let any of us accept and then says our Wi-Fi has dropped out?? Which is not the case. So assuming a bug is within the new update.