Jungle Legends 1.0 Talent System and Perk Updates
Greetings Jungle Legends Community, the time has come to unveil the long-awaited details of the Jungle Legends 1.0 talent system. As we transitioned to the new gameplay experience, we carefully designed our game’s talents. By making these adjustments, we aimed to create a more cohesive and immersive gameplay experience that aligns with the core mechanics of the new game. These changes also allow players to explore different playstyles and develop unique strategies.
This article is an introduction to the Talent System and intends to guide you from talent categories to affinity talents, random selection algorithms, and in-game perk visibility. Whether you’re a free player or an owner of NFTs, this system offers a wealth of options to enhance your gameplay, making every encounter unique.
Talent Levels: Each talent in the game can be leveled up to 10 levels. This progression allows you to unlock additional abilities and power associated with your chosen talents.
Talent Affinities: Character talent affinities are talents that start at Level 10. These affinities provide unique advantages and specializations to your character. Free characters have an affinity for 1 talent, while NFT characters have an affinity for 2 talents determined by their perks, allowing for greater flexibility and customization options.
Level Cap Distinction: It’s important to note that there is a distinction in the level cap between talents and talent affinities. Talents can reach a maximum level of 10, allowing for gradual improvement and expanded capabilities. On the other hand, talent affinities (perks) have a higher level cap of 20 since they start at Level 10. This enables further specialization and mastery in the chosen affinities.
Perk Modifications
In the development of our game, we have made significant changes to the perks system to align with our vision of creating a gameplay-focused experience that emphasizes player choice and impactful abilities. In this section, we will provide an overview of the changes made to the perks and explain the reasoning behind these modifications.
As part of our commitment to refining the perk system, we have carefully reviewed and revised each perk to align with our vision of making all perks directly related to gameplay and removing elements that relied on chance. We have also made adjustments to perks that were previously affected by the stamina mechanic and perks related to ammunition. These modifications ensure that the perks remain impactful, strategic, and relevant in the new gameplay context. Here are the key changes:
Removal of Chance Factors: To provide more consistent and reliable gameplay effects, we have removed chance-based elements from certain perks. Previously, perks such as Grounded had a chance to avoid electric shock, and Stonewall had a chance to avoid knockdown.
Stamina and Dodge Related Perk Adjustments: With the removal of stamina and dodge as gameplay mechanics, perks that were previously tied to stamina and dodge have been modified. Galvanized, Perseverance, and Escape Artist have been modified to ensure their relevance and effectiveness in the new gameplay context.
Meta Game Perk Changes: Overachiever and Hodler, two perks in our system, have been adjusted to better align with our gameplay-focused approach. Previously, Overachiever provided increased XP for characters, primarily affecting metagame progression. Similarly, Hodler, which previously increased token rewards, has been modified to offer a more direct gameplay advantage.
Reload and Ammo Related Perk Adjustments: In our quest to improve the gameplay experience, we have implemented new reload mechanics that heighten the intensity of combat and keep players immersed in the action. As part of these enhancements, we have made adjustments to perks related to ammunition and reload. Perks such as Cold Blooded, Cool Moves, and Scavenger have been refined to align with the new reload mechanics.
Categories and Talents
Jungle Legends talent system is organized into three categories: Valor, Tactics, and Resolve. Each category comprises seven talents, carefully crafted to provide different advantages and abilities. Each character can unlock talents from 2 categories. Affinities are not counted as unlocked talents. This means no matter in which categories the affinities of your NFTs are, you will still have the option to choose additional 2 categories to unlock talents from. Let’s look closer at the talents within each category, understanding their functionalities and strategic implications.
Valor Talents
Overachiever: Increase the charge speed of your character’s ultimate ability, granting you more frequent access to devastating and game-changing abilities. Use this perk to unleash powerful ultimates more often, turning the tide of battles and securing victories.
Perseverance: Boost your ammo regeneration speed for a short duration after eliminating an opponent. This perk ensures that you remain well-equipped with ammunition, allowing for sustained firepower during intense encounters. Utilize it to maintain a constant stream of attacks, overwhelming your enemies and maintaining control of the battlefield.
Galvanized: Decrease the cooldown of your character’s ultimate ability after each successful kill. With this perk, you can rapidly reduce the downtime of your ultimate, enabling you to unleash its full potential more frequently. Strategically time your kills to maximize the impact of your ultimate abilities and dominate your opponents.
Nano Meds: Automatically regenerate health when your shield reaches full capacity. This perk keeps you in the fight for longer periods by ensuring that you can quickly recover health once your shield is fully charged. It provides sustainability and allows you to maintain pressure on your enemies, even during extended engagements.
Overshield: Gain additional shield points after eliminating an opponent, bolstering your defences and extending your survival. Use this perk to gain a defensive advantage in consecutive fights, providing you with additional durability and resilience against enemy attacks.
Resilience:Accelerate shield regeneration for a brief period when your health drops below 25%. This perk offers a crucial defensive boost in critical moments, allowing you to quickly restore your shield and withstand intense enemy fire. It can be a game-changer when you find yourself in dire situations, granting you a chance to turn the tables and secure a comeback.
Brawler:Temporarily increase your damage output when your health drops below 25%, empowering you to unleash devastating assaults when it matters most. This perk amplifies your offensive capabilities during critical moments, enabling you to quickly eliminate enemies and swing the momentum of the battle in your favour.
Tactics Talents
Hodler: Increase your maximum shield capacity after each kill (maximum 3 times), resetting upon elimination. This perk rewards your aggressive playstyle by progressively enhancing your defensive capabilities with each successful elimination. It allows you to become a formidable tank, absorbing enemy attacks and maintaining a strong presence on the battlefield.
Adrenaline Rush: Experience a burst of movement speed for a short duration after eliminating an opponent. This perk provides a tactical advantage, allowing you to swiftly reposition yourself or pursue fleeing enemies. Use it to catch up to opponents, escape dangerous situations, or surprise enemies with unexpected flanking maneuvers.
Black Widow: Receive a health boost upon eliminating an enemy, granting you a crucial advantage in subsequent engagements. This perk ensures that each successful elimination not only eliminates a threat but also provides you with a health boost, allowing you to sustain longer fights and maintain a dominating presence on the battlefield.
Cold Blooded: Trigger faster ammo regeneration for a limited time when your health drops below 25%, ensuring a continuous supply of firepower in intense situations. It ensures that you never run out of bullets during crucial moments, providing a significant advantage in extended engagements.
Escape Artist: Gain a brief burst of movement speed when your health drops below 25%, enabling quick escapes or flanking maneuvers. This perk grants you the mobility and agility needed to outmaneuver your enemies and reposition yourself strategically. Use it to evade danger, re-engage from unexpected angles, or swiftly navigate the battlefield to gain the upper hand.
Scavenger: Increase your movement speed when your ammo is full, allowing for fast traversal and engagement with opponents. This perk rewards preparedness by enhancing your mobility when you have a full ammunition reserve. It enables swift movement across the map, efficient rotations, and quick engagement with enemies, giving you an edge in positioning and surprise attacks.
Cool Moves: Increase movement speed in grassy areas. This perk enhances your mobility and agility specifically when traversing grassy terrain. It enables you to swiftly navigate through vegetation, providing opportunities for stealthy approaches, surprise attacks, and efficient map traversal.
Resolve Talents
Grounded: Gain a damage bonus when standing still for a certain duration, rewarding tactical positioning and patience during combat. This talent encourages players to find strategic vantage points and hold their ground, allowing them to deal increased damage when maintaining a stationary position. It rewards careful positioning and calculated decision-making during intense firefights.
Stonewall: Decrease the damage from enemy attacks, bolstering your overall survivability. This talent enhances your resilience by reducing the amount of damage received from enemy sources. It provides added durability and allows you to withstand incoming assaults with greater effectiveness. Utilize this talent to become a formidable tank, soaking up damage and outlasting your opponents in prolonged engagements.
Precision Weapons Proficiency: Increase the damage of Precision-class weapons. This talent amplifies the firepower of precision-based weapons, such as the railgun. It enables you to deal devastating damage with each well-placed shot. Equip this talent to become a deadly marksman, capable of eliminating enemies with lethal precision from long distances.
Elemental Weapons Proficiency: Increase the damage of Elemental-class weapons. This talent augments the destructive potential of elemental-based weapons, including those that harness fire, electricity, or other elemental forces. It empowers your attacks, making you a formidable force. Choose this talent to harness the power of elemental forces and unleash devastating attacks on your foes.
Automatic Weapons Proficiency: Increase the damage of Automatic-class weapons. This talent enhances the effectiveness of automatic weapons. It boosts the damage output of these weapons, allowing you to unleash a hail of bullets upon your enemies. Select this talent to become a relentless force on the battlefield, overwhelming opponents with a barrage of rapid-fire attacks.
Scatter Weapons Proficiency: Increase the damage of Scatter-class weapons. This talent amplifies the destructive capabilities of scatter-based weapon. It enhances the damage of these weapons, ensuring devastating impact at close quarters. Equip this talent to become a close-range specialist, obliterating enemies with devastating shotgun blasts.
Explosive Weapons Proficiency:Increase the damage of Explosive-class weapons. This talent empowers explosive-based weapons by increasing their damage output. It enables you to deal significant area-of-effect damage and disrupt enemy formations with explosive weaponry. Choose this talent to become a demolitions expert, raining down destruction and chaos upon your adversaries.
Categorized Talent Selection
In Jungle Legends, players have the ability to choose a specific talent category during the learning process. However, the selection of the actual talent within that category is randomized. This system allows players to have some control over the direction of their talent progression, while still introducing an element of unpredictability and surprise.
Talent Visibility
Talents make up the core of the gameplay of Jungle Legends therefore it is crucial for players to see the talents of their team and adversaries. This is why we decided to add active talent icons next to each character. This visual cue enables players to carefully assess the strengths and weaknesses and fosters a more calculated approach to engagements.
We appreciate your support and feedback as we continue to refine and evolve the game. The Talent System is a vital part for a compelling and enjoyable experience for all players. Stay tuned for further updates and enhancements as we shape the future of Jungle Legends together.
Thank you all,
The Jungle Legends Development team.
