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[Robsoie]

Completely missed it, but there was a new version released on the 29 november :
http://te4.org/blogs/darkgod/2015/11/news/tales-majeyal-132-aka-stunt-saver-released
Followed the day after by a hotfix version :
http://te4.org/blogs/darkgod/2015/11/tome/tales-majeyal-133-aka-stunts-whip-doom-released

And announcement about the new expansion coming "Embers of rage" about steampunk Orcs :
http://te4.org/blogs/darkgod/2015/12/news/announcing-embers-rage

[Darkmere]

I'm really, really hard-pressed to give a single damn about the orc campaign. 99% of it is because of how they handled orcs in vanilla. Hard to get hyped at this point.

[Oneir]

I'm interested, but it's been a long time since I've been able to really get into ToME. This could change that, depending on how the campaign and new systems play. Hopefully DG has learned his lesson about making the endgame a repetitive slog through functionally identical zones.

I wonder if they'll pull in you character from winning saves as a (bonus?) boss? That could either be really interesting and challenging, or hilariously underwhelming.

[Arcvasti]

I wonder if they'll pull in you character from winning saves as a (bonus?) boss? That could either be really interesting and challenging, or hilariously underwhelming.

Or hilariously overwhelming, depending on how cheesy your character is.

[Frumple]

Do believe arena mode is supposed to do something along those lines. Can't recall if I ever actually noticed it working, though :V

[Arcvasti]

Do believe arena mode is supposed to do something along those lines. Can't recall if I ever actually noticed it working, though :V

Yeah, when I was finally supposed to fight my old character[And probably get wrecked. Anorithil vs Wyrmic is hilariously uneven with no AM], it crashed the first time someone took damage.

[Robsoie]

Completely missed it, but there was a new version released on the 29 november :
http://te4.org/blogs/darkgod/2015/11/news/tales-majeyal-132-aka-stunt-saver-released
Followed the day after by a hotfix version :
http://te4.org/blogs/darkgod/2015/11/tome/tales-majeyal-133-aka-stunts-whip-doom-released

And announcement about the new expansion coming "Embers of rage" about steampunk Orcs :
http://te4.org/blogs/darkgod/2015/12/news/announcing-embers-rage

There was a new version this month, in fact since that post there have been a whole bunch of new versions, the major release, 1.4.0 changes :

Spoiler: version 1.4.0 (click to show/hide)

Release highlights:

    Big improvements to Doomed class
    Big improvements to Reaver class
    New cool default UI skin
    Many misc UI improvements, with special attention to streamer's needs
    Less need to scum for a good insane/madness start
    Many code updates to let addon & modules developers get wild
    Tons of various improvements and fixes

 
Expanded changelist:
Big Changes

    Adds bleeding damage to Bone spells.
    Sometimes, rarely, a special room will appear in the Infinite Dungeon to let you access the Item's Vault (if you have it active and are a donator)
    New Doomed tree "Advanced Shadowmancy"
    Allow selecting spell for Arcane Combat
    Command Staff talent available to NPCs, which will now spawn with the most appropriate aspect selected.
    Added the Staff Mastery talent to many casters (including bosses) that primarily equip staves.
    NPCs will try to equip their drops if possible.
    NPCs can now use item's power they have! Beware!
    Vault loot can be 1 material tier higher
    Adjusted material tier for many znoes.
    Fearscape sustain cost drastically reduced but vim drain per turn increases each turn
    Updated the Rush talent to allow targeting unoccupied spots
    New Reaver tree "Rot
    Buffed Corrosive Worm/Poison Storm
    Deus Ex Machina achievement altered and now possible to get
    Roguelike mode characters can now enter the Eidolon plane by a special exploratory farportal event, thus making Utterly Destroyed achievement possible even in Roguelike mode
    Feed does not take a turn
    Doomed Fears tree is at mastery level 1.3
    Gesture of Pain doubles the damage bonus from mindstars and if dual wielding mindstars will proc their on hit effects
    Made Gesture of Deflection not pitiful
    Hateful Whispers returns more hate with levels
    Rounded up Hateful Whispers range
    Reproach does a bit more damage and at high talent level looses less damage per foes
    Shadows summon cost reduced slightly
    Focus Shadows now forces max shadows to appear before focusing
    Shadows take reduced damage from their master, up to 100% at level 5
    Unseen Force scales way better
    Deflection now regens on rest, displays its current value on the icon, absorbs more damage and regens faster
    Rares/randboss can not be Skirmishers, until they can be rebalanced next big version
    Starting gold bonus on difficulty levels: 100 for Nightmare, 250 for Insane, 500 for Madness
    Starting level bonus on difficulty levels: level 2 on Insane, level 3 on Madness

UI

    New default UI skin "Dark"
    New big quest popup (disable-able)
    Added an option (on by default) to auto swap tinkers when swaping items
    Made the zone load tips look nicer
    Big Character Sheet update
    Show message if player fails to move due to encumberance.
    New UI option to make a small flyer with talent icon and name upon talent use, for both player and NPCs; disabled by default
    New UI option to get a visual feedback when using a hotkey
    Right clicking on an object in the hotkeys bar will give a removal prompt instead of removing it directly
    Main menu will now take on the UI theme configured instead
    New option to zoom the whole screen, for use on veyr high DPI screens where the game may look too tiny
    New tinker tab on the inventory for characters able to use them (like demonologists in Ashes of Urh'Rok)
    Warn the player when stores restock
    Difficulty and Campaign are set to the last values when you make a new character
    Trying to force a recall from an exploratory farportal will not assume "Escape" key to mean "OK!"
    Protect chat from urls with # inside

Misc

    Resurrecting removes sufficating effect more promptly
    Make Displacement Shield have priority over other shielding so that it can actually be usefully used in conjunction with them.
    Corrected Harassed tooltip display (was 100x too high)
    Lowered difficulty of Murgol Lair, specifically the alt version
    Clarified Tricks of the Trade to make it more obvious that it does not teach Stealth
    Devouring flames (and similar effects) will not try to heal the source if it's dead
    Ritch Hive Mother is correctly set as female
    Quest items/plot items can not be sent to other party members
    Undeads cant use infusions instead of only being able to use runes (doesnt change anything for vanilla)
    If the rod of recall fails to activate it wont go on cooldown
    Buffed curse of nighmare to start triggering at level 4 (as the description was implying)
    Yeeks summoned Wayists do not drop items
    Party members are cleaned of debuff when going to the Eidolon plane
    Primal Infusion scales with constitution
    Mitotic mindstars do not copy if tinkered
    Windblade has 0 range, so NPCs won't misuse it
    Warn player that the exploratory farportal is broken even if there is less than 45 energy
    Sludgenest drops Maj'Eyal items
    Added new horrors
    Updated Cyst Burst description to reflect that it can spread any disease.
    Adds more zone-wide effects in. About half of them explain special level mechanics, the rest are just for flavour or some minor gameplay spice.
    Shield damage correctly reflects no off-hand penalty.
    Dug sandwalls have a tooltip.
    Arcane Combat now interacts correctly with the Hidden Resources prodigy.
    Adds a center view on player key command (Ctrl-Home by default).
    Reworked interface Archery to properly handle multiple missile launchers.
    Dwarves can no longer stone walk throught foes
    Allow damage shields to merge
    Clarify Arcane Shield talent description
    Adds some failed necromantic experiment creatures to the Blighted Ruins.
    Horrors are their own faction
    Added achievement image for Best Album Ever
    Altered/added a variety of Undead enemies
    Draebor is even more annoying.
    Reduced the cap on how much Sandman effects Insomnia to 12%
    Reduced Paradox cost on Time Shield, Webs of Fate, and Temporal Fugue
    Twist Fate gives audio feedback when an anomaly is held
    Twist Fate gives better messages when an anomaly is targeted
    Paradox Modifier can not reduce duration below one turn
    Added text to antimagic quest to explain why Ogres can do it
    Reckless Charge can once again go through crowds
    Makes doors and known traps detected at range remembered (and on the minimap)
    Makes non-player actors get the effects of their on-birth stats.
    Make ALL_DREAMS unlock be granted even after killing the Mindworm.
    Cancelling secondary target for Nature's Equilibrium now targets self

Dev Stuff

    Added "callbackOnChangeLevel"
    If a module or addon errors out on the loading screen it will jump into a "safe mode" to display the error message and then go back to the main menu
    Changes disease spreading code to be more general to works nicely with any future or addon diseases.
    Added Map:setScroll
    Opening a door triggers a "on_door_opened" event on all entities at the same spot on the map
    New ActorProject:getTargetLimited method
    Added a util.show_function_calls() function to help find infinite loops and such
    Combat:combatSpeed can take an additional speed
    Added Map:findObject method
    Added a generic way to get total shield block value, actor:combatShieldBlock()
    Simplified support of double shields by enhancing actor:hasShield()
    Forest map generator can require rooms
    GameState:findEventGridRadius also returns the center of the grids
    Generic triggers mechanisms added to let static maps do funky stuff
    Moved greater vaults into data/maps/vaults/auto/greater; any files that addons add there will automatically be added to the list (for zones that do not enforce a specific list)
    Entities lists loaded with Entity:loadList now remember which files were used
    Modify module() a bit to prevent leaking the global namespace into each and every module and object.
    Added an options menu to the birther dialog, for addons registering to it with "ToME:extraBirthOptions" hook. Only appears if addons fill it.
    Added Game:isAddonActive method to let an addon check the presence of an other addon
    Added "superload" function
    Added hook ToME:birthDone
    Resources now can have a wait_on_rest flag to make resting wait for them (if possible)
    Move useResources to engine/interface/ActorResource.lua
    Object's special_desc can return nil
    Weapons can now have the "double_weapon" property to enable two handed weapons to count as dual wielding
    "callbackOnTemporaryEffect" can now return true to cancel
    New callback callbackOnDeathbox
    Added hook "Faction:setReaction"
    Allow static maps to define callback to be ran when the level is finished generating
    Moved Resource definitions to data/resources.lua
    Added support for depleted resources canceling sustained talents (resources_def.depleted_unsustain and talents_def.remove_on_zero flags).
    Temporary effects on_gain/on_loose definitions can simply have "true" as the second return to make a flyer of the form +/- "effect name"
    Added a combat_generic_power
    New level generator algorithm "Hexacle" (yes the name is stupid, so what?!)
    Cavern map generator can now accomodate rooms
    Updated damage_types to use initState & useImplicitCrit; update your addons if needed
    New extensible command-staff system. Possibly callbacks may be added to it, too.
    In developer mode an error popup forces all other dialogs to disappear; making sure even level generation errors do popup correctly
    Added core.game.requestNextTick()
    Improve lore templating capabilities

Fixes

    Try to fix the gamma issue on some computers
    Fixes bugs with sleeping characters being able to change equipment (put on a lucid dreamer robe, for example), drop and pickup objects.
    Fixes bug allowing stealth to be used with heavy armor (by changing gear while it is active).
    Enhanced stealth info.
    Occasional turn loss fix.
    Fix Rune: Biting Gale not being used by tactical AI
    Solipsist unlock didn't work on dream altar, should now
    Fixes a crash when the caustic ego corrodes armor.
    Savefiles from previous minor patch versions will not require to check the "old savefiles" checkbox anymore
    Savefiles from previous minor patch versions will not display the "download old data" popup anymore
    Fix Temporal Fugue on traps
    Fixed teleportation/phase door ending in walls in the Charred Scar
    Fixed the racial talent description of Thalore
    Fixed errors on death for players with a % in their names
    Fixed Greater Crypt vault
    Fixed windows scaling bugs on high DPI screens
    Fixed the game not starting on some latest ubuntu installs
    Fixed Skirmisher's Swift Shot abuse
    Make Contingency and Matrix respect fixed cooldowns
    Fixed flying text to not stutter while disappearing
    Fixed targetting bugs in Retch and Stone Wall.
    Fixed Twist Fate
    New string.prefix and string.suffix functions
    Fixed archery to properly do on_hit, on_crit, and on_kill effects for ranged weapons and ammo. It now properly handles single and
    Fixed digging into icewalls
    Fixed Tirakai Maul; lets see what bug it does next!
    Fixed Frost Lord Chains
    Fixed Time Stop + Contingency (hopefully)
    Fixed The Mouth sometimes erroring out
    Tentacles spawned by the tentacled totems are correctly named
    Fix Overseer of Nations double bonus

And further other versions being mostly bugfixes of it.
The latest of them is 1.4.3 :
http://te4.org/blogs/darkgod/2016/02/news/tales-majeyal-143-aka-rage-released
and one of the commercial expansion got updated too :
http://te4.org/blogs/darkgod/2016/02/news/ashes-urhrok-105-out

[Arcvasti]

Yeah, I rather like the new version. Certainly a lot easier on the eyes. Haven't gotten far with my new Doomed, but the new Shadowmancy stuff seems pretty neat.

[Niveras]

Glad to see Doomed getting some love. They certainly fell by the wayside compared to all the revamps to other classes (the updates to PM and TW, although they are even nicer now) or the ones that are easily viable already (oozemancer and AMs).

I've considered doing a Doomed+ mod. I'd basically re-envision them into a kind of Sauron-like figure, with specialization either into force damage (waving their hands/weapons around and attacking in arcs, knockbacks, heavy armor use without penalties) or psych damage (their pre-update array of mind-damage abilities), with dark/shadows as supplementary utility trees. I'd also re-vamp the dark line to add more mobility, basically copying oozemancer's mucus functions (lots of darkness spreading options, including passive spreading, and a late teleport-through-darkness skill).

But for the problem of being, you know, so lazy.

[Oneir]

Oh, hey. What a good time for this thread to come back to life. Apparently the new expansion is coming out next week, so that could be exciting. I've been curbstomping everything up to Daikara with a temporal warden to unrustify myself. (avoiding the hounds this time because I'm tired of it glitching out and giving my unlimited dog)

[Darkmere]

I have nothing for the orcs but ire and bile. Hype over the "let's go kill everything 4.0" expansion is negative for me.

[ChairmanPoo]

I have nothing for the orcs but ire and bile.

That's racist

[Darkmere]

They're also ignorant savages who deserve extinction.

[Frumple]

So's pretty much every race in maj'eyal :V

Orcs are supposed to be bringing steampunk, and that's quite enough for me.

[Oneir]

It's out! Anyone else have it yet? I've played through the first couple of dungeons as an orc sawbutcher (new tinker melee class), so I can give some preliminary insight:

• It's short. I don't know just how short, but the whole campaign is under 2.5x experience. TOME is okay at scaling dungeons to your level, but I hit level 10 by the end of the first real dungeon (not counting the racial starting mission), iirc.
• It's interesting! I don't know if it will hold up, and there are issues, but the new class talents and tinker system have potential.

The expansion adds three new classes (two unlocked to start, the sawbutcher and the gunslinger), three new races (with only the orcs unlocked to start), a tinkering/crafting system (with associated new kind of infusion), new artifacts, etc. and, of course, the new campaign. I need to confirm, but I think everything but the new races should be available in the original campaign.

Tinkering involves a set of generic trees which. Each tree has talents for three schools of crafting, investing points unlocks the ability to craft more advanced items in that school and the chance to unlock a new schematic. These items are tinkers, so items you attach to items (just like the demonologist) to unlock either various bonuses (I started with the schematic for the grounding strap, which gives lightning and stun resist) or skills (I found the recipe for rocket boots, which give an expensive sustain which boosts speed while leaving trails of fire behind you). These skills revolve around steam, which also powers the tinkers' class skills.

Steam has a low maximum, but a high rate of regeneration. Skills are split between normal activate skills, and sustains that drain steam at a rate per turn. I'm still working out how managing steam should work, but already I wish there was a "Deactivate on rest" auto-use setting. Some of these talents are really interesting (very much Warhammer Ork in the case of the sawbutcher talents), but after getting a TW to High Peak I feel like I don't have nearly enough buttons, but I may just need to get used to juggling sustains instead of active talents.

So: I like it so far. I don't regret spending money on it, but part of that is I've sunk an ungodly number of hours into regular TOME and enjoy the community.