Siege Overhaul, UI Polish, and a Host of Fixes – What You’ll Notice Today

Shared sieges are back – the “Private” and “Party” options no longer lock a city siege to a single player. A single siege now supports up to 64 participants (instead of 8), so you’ll see larger, more chaotic battles and more teammates (or rivals) fighting side‑by‑side.

Quality‑of‑life tweaks you’ll feel immediately

Fly toggle no longer kills you on descent, making aerial travel safer.
Chat pins now survive a relog, so your important messages stay where you left them.
Skill tooltips have been corrected; defensive abilities no longer claim they hit targets.
The empty leaderboard message now stays neatly inside its panel.
The chat window respects its last position – it won’t pop open on a missed glyph or a cooldown fizzle.
Button graphics in nine UI windows were redrawn at a proper 30 px size, eliminating the hairline‑through‑label glitch.

Combat and world fixes

A previously invisible siege catapult now appears as intended, and related visual bugs have been squashed.
Body Slam now works against rooted creatures, adding a new tactical option.
Wind‑driven windmill blades spin correctly again.
Wall lamp targeting, weapon comparison tooltips, and Crown Store crown payments have all been fixed, smoothing both combat and shopping experiences.
The store category list is now widenable, giving you more space to browse items.

Inventory stability

“Some items could not be moved” errors have been resolved with five client‑ and server‑side fixes, improving stack consolidation and container placement on lots.

Behind the scenes

The Chaos shard now runs on a fresh copy of live data: 8.8 million records have been restored, migrated, and verified, and the refresh process is documented as a repeatable checklist.
A new Tester Handbook is live (/guide in‑game and on the tester hub) to help our QA community navigate setup, tools, verification workflow, and the bug‑loop chart.
Localization is back on track: eight languages have caught up on a month of new content, bringing overall coverage to 99.2 %–99.6 % (up from 97.3 %) with roughly 2,600 lines translated per language; NPC dialogue remains at 100 %.

All of these updates are already live or will roll out shortly, so jump into a siege, open your chat, or head to the store and notice the smoother experience. Thanks for your patience as we keep polishing Shroud of the Avatar!

Summarized from Chris "Atos" Spears' work log at Catnip Games.