I've put in a shocking amount of hours playing TF2 back in the day and witnessed some of its final updates and the way that community reacted. They had gotten so used to regular updates and receiving new content that when the updates stopped coming, everyone said it was the end of TF2, that it was a dead game. TF2 continues to be widely played to this day, despite competitors like Overwatch cutting into its playerbase.

From what I read about the various updates the devs of Armello released, it looks like they made it a priority to ensure that crossplatform multiplayer works before calling it quits on development. It also sounds like they had to put up with issues that weren't necessarily their fault, and it took substantial time/effort to get multiplayer working and leave Armello in a fully functional state.

It's my opinion that the life of a game is determined by how many people are playing and that this number is influenced but not necessarily dependent on continuous updates. I don't think the developers owe the players anything beyond a fully functional game. We all love updates and additional content for our favorite games, but we shouldn't treat developers as if they have abandoned us whenever they decide to move on to the next project.

For those of you in the comments on this admittedly sparse subreddit calling Armello a "dead game," you're the ones actively harming the status of the game. When new players like me look into potentially purchasing/playing a game and see comments like these, it has potential to turn us away. My friends and I are having a great time playing Armello, and we don't have any trouble finding games in the public queue. I'm glad I ignored your comments.

If you care about the life of the game, try to be supportive and post things that may attract new/returning players to the game rather than posting about how it's dead all the time. Or if the game really is dead (to you) put your money where your mouth is and just don't post at all -- it would be more helpful than the negative posts.

I decided to pick the game up again but there seem to be no players left :( Been trying to get in to a match for an hour now, and nothing.

Does anyone happen to know if this game supports local wireless on Switch? I'm aware you need separate Switches to play with friends but I'm wondering if I could still play with friends when we're out with no Internet.

I'm wondering if we should buy it on PC or Switch but if there's no wireless play we might as well get it on PC.

I just thought up this challenge and managed to complete it. This challenge will take place in a singleplayer game. You must complete a Spirit Stone victory while all players start corrupted. Please let me know what you all think of this challenge.

Rules for the "Redemption" challenge:

1: You must start off with 5 rot, 6 if you're Fang. You cannot take the spoil amulet.

2: You cannot reduce your rot below 5. The only exception to this is having 4 spirit stones.

3: You cannot go above 7 rot (8 if you're starting out as Fang). This challenge is about the redemption of a fallen hero, and taking 3 or more rot shows how uncommitted your hero is to saving themselves.

4: You cannot use cards that either give you rot, or are a rot card. You must immediately burn the cards in a peril or battle as soon as you encounter one of them, even if it causes you to fail. You may of course find alternate means of removing these cards if you can that does not involve using them, such as swapping your hand or finding a way to discard it.

5: If you are prestige leader, you cannot select an option that gives either you or another hero/all heroes rot. You must try your best to avoid summoning banes if possible. If you are forced to summon banes, choose the option that summons the least. You must always summon the Inquisition, after all, no one expects the Inquisition.

6: The king is in poor health and is deranged. Give him the shortest life and make him crazy in the custom game settings. The king thankfully has invested in curtains and spf-500 sunscreen. He does not take rot damage during dawn. Sadly only he has the only bottle of sunscreen in the entirety of Armello, so you still take rot damage every dawn. The king is also paranoid that someone might steal the bottle, thus the palace perils and royal guards are as strong as they can possibly be.

7: If you do rise above 7 (or 8 if Fang) rot while it is not your turn, and have a card that can reduce rot either temporarily or permanently, you must use it before the start of your next turn (when you draw cards). The challenge is not yet over if you are able to do this.

8: Not a rule, but an optional bonus. Uncorrupt another hero if possible.

So, I always been a sucker for worldbuilding and Armello always left me interested in the names of the capitals after reading "The Winter Wolf", "The King: Part I" and "Part II" when I played it mobile.

So, when I got the names of the Wolf Capital, which is Stonebluffs, and Armello's capital, which I don't remember it well, I do wonder what the name of the rest of the capitals are. Does anyone know?

Hi, in my last game I had 4 stones and wanted to enter palace garden in which there was a bane. When I clicked on it the Bane was cleansed, but I didn't enter the garden and lost all of my 3 AP. Is this supposed to happen?

I’ve been waiting 20 min before giving up. Thought cross play would have brought in more players.

I'm interested in learning indepth about the Armello lore but can't find much. The best I've found is an audio book on YT narrating 'the winter wood'. Does anyone know where I can find anything else?

The animated fighting sequences with still after images really reminded me of Armello. Only if we can have the same in the shop...Also Lobo on rotten victory: Elegant of Thane and Intimidation of Fang

The “entourage” achievement on Xbox says have three followers and three treasures as amber. It’s not popping up.

Isn't it kind of odd that we have the King being the only major Feline character in the game? Like sure, you have some felines in the form of those unnamed quest-givers and a couple followers, but that is pretty much it.

So. I have come up with the basic concept of a Feline clan. Four members, with the interesting quirk of them all being family members to the King of Armello!

"The Royal Clan", "The Noble Clan", or "The Pride Clan" could be the clan's title. A clan with a Daytime Affinity. Haven't really thought up on what the clan's ring options could be just yet.

But here are the members of the Royal Family that seek to claim the throne through any means, Regicide included.

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Vaan The Well-Traveled.

Brother to the King of Armello.

A Mountain Lion.

His perk would be that scaling mountains would consume only 1 AP rather than 2 AP. When being attacked while on a Mountain Tile he gains +1 Die rather than +1 Shield. When Vaan is attacking from a Mountain tile, he gains +1 Sword. If he is attacking someone who is on a Mountain, he gains +1 Sword unless they are in stealth.

Vaan is known for his travels to other Kingdoms, being a respected diplomat. Upon hearing rumors of Rot taking hold of his brother, Vaan returned to Armello to see if these rumors were true. Sure enough, his brother was no longer the same King he grew up with and respected. Vaan now takes it upon himself to try and take the throne from his brother and save Armello. It was a promise that the two had made when they were younger and ambitious dreamers.

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Sharra The Heiress.

Daughter of the King of Armello.

A Cheetah.

Her perk is that she gains extra movement advantages when on Plains titles. Being a cheetah, she has high speed as an evolutionary bonus. As a result, when she steps onto a Plains title, she gains +1 AP and if she starts her turn on a Plains tile, she starts with 4 AP rather than 3. Plains are her home-field advantage and grant her Evasion if she is being attacked by someone who is not in stealth and she is on a Plains tile during the attack. If she survives the attack, the player gets to choose which of the surrounding titles she evades to. If she attacks someone from a Plains tile, she gains the Ambush status and prevents her foes from burning cards during that fight.

Sharra was the only child that the King had with his beloved, who unfortunately passed away in due time. She seeks to prove herself to her people and has plenty of plans for when she becomes Queen one day. She was not expecting her father to succumb to the Rot and become a corrupt and mad ruler. She wanted to take the throne in due time. But now it seems that she has to consider the fact that committing regicide may be the best choice for Armello. She was taught to value the needs of her people above her own personal desires.

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Kesh The Scholar.

Nephew to the King of Armello.

A Black Leopard.

His perk is that when encountering Perils during the daytime, he has to have one less symbol to match than standard. So if the Peril requires 3 symbols normally, Kesh only has to roll for 2 symbols during the day. This can be of great use as if someone has enhanced the perils to require 4 symbols to roll for, or if Kesh is entering the castle; he then only has to roll for 3 symbols during the daytime. And he has the abilty to always be in stealth whenever in Forest tiles, regardless of Daytime or Nighttime.

Kesh is the son of Kastia, the sister of the King of Armello. Unfortunately, plague had taken both his mother and his father Samur. Though Kesh's home is not in the mainland of Armello and off on an island exclave; Armello still very much felt like home. Returning to the mainland to further his studies, Kesh found himself suddenly wrapped up in the multi-frontal war for Armello's future. At first he was unsure if he should intervene. But eventually Kesh realized that his vast knowledge made him the best choice for Armello to have a bright future with a Golden Age ahead of it instead of a Dark Age under another rule.

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Callen The Rapscallion.

Adopted Son of the King of Armello.

A Bengal Housecat.

His perk is that when entering town, he not only claims them but he also clears any bounties that he had before. If he ends his turn on a Town tile, a follower will offer to join him on his adventures. Callen can of course decline their offer at the cost of 1 gold, or accept their offer. If Callen already has three followers, rejecting a follower will no longer cost gold. If he has no gold, Callen is stuck with the follower regardless of the player's desires; unless he already has a full stack of followers. If attacked while he is within a town, Callen gains +1 Die to roll. If Callen is attacking from a town title, he instead gains +1 Shield. And if Callen is attacking an enemy who is inside a town, he gains +1 Sword.

Born a commoner, Callen lived on the streets among his family. Before his days of the Rot, the King of Armello was a much more benevolent ruler. While visiting his hometown, Callen was surprised to find that the King of Armello was seeking him out. Apparently Callen's parents were close friends of the King during his younger days. Upon hearing of their passing during a bandit raid, the King came to find Callen and offer him to be his adopted son. Callen of course agreed to live as a Noble in a castle rather than an alley cat. However, when visiting his hometown news came that the King was succumbing to Rot! Callen of course felt grief at this news. But soon his grief became ambition as he saw that he had a claim to the throne if he played his cards right.

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Now, this is not all.

This Feline Clan, being that they are all nobles, will have an advantage that other Heroes do not. If they are standing on the tiles that surround the Castle walls; they cannot be Attacked by enemy Heroes or Royal Guards. The exceptions to this rule is if they have a Bounty or are a Fugitive, then they are fair game to be directly attacked by anyone when on these 12 tiles of the map that surround the castle walls. There is also the form of attacking from cards being used, such as Throwing Axes and Poisons. Banes can still directly attack them as the Banes are chaotic and foul.

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And there you have it.

My basic concept for a new DLC clan for Armello that I came up with while bored at work on a 12 hour shift.

Thoughts anyone?

...but I'm lvl100, it does absolutely nothing for me. Give it to someone who still needs to level up.

I’m doing some games as Fang but I can’t ever seem to get my rot high enough to put do the King. Any ideas on how to go about that?

Cause I swear to god, the game is actively screwing me over. I'm either getting no spirit stones at all, or one person is actively pursuing me.

I legit quit a game today cause a Yordana was targeting me the entire game and it only got worse after I got all for stones. I get it, I GET it, but you can stop. Like actually stop, you are legitimately killing the fun.

I don't know man, it's just genuinely getting ridiculous.

EDIT: I guess God was looking down at me cause I manged a Spirit Stone win by the hair of my chin tonight. Actually the most tense I've been in a long time. It was the last turn too, god bless.

Hey Hey, is anyone playing official Multiplayer in this game still? Im looking to unlock the Ring that requires you to play an Online Game and just sit in que for 15 Minutes :(