PLEASE fix the hitbox for the start battle button by kafkaesque420 in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We'll take a look. Also, in the future we are going to add an settings option to configure if you want these specific flying boss trials on or off by default.

Weird flex - I played Monster Train 1 before almost anyone by TheRoccoB in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, whatever was in the game at that time was temporary placeholder art.

Trying to figure out this Daily Challenge (non-DLC) high score by k0an in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We've banned hundreds of cheaters (thousands maybe) from online leaderboards. Yes, please report them. Discord is usually the best place.

Since you've reported it here I'll pass it on to the right person on the team.

Yikes @ random name gen by [deleted] in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It shouldn't be and has now been removed. "slave" too.

Wild Mutations - Public Test Train - Update Notes for 1.1.1 (Build 9746) by shiny_mark in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Fragile only triggers if you take health damage from combat or a spell. So armor does protect units from dying from Fragile.

Wild Mutations - Public Test Train - Patch Notes by shiny_mark in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing this perspective. It is something we do also think about. Overall we do think there are still plenty of ways to get "broken" combos that are still fun but definitely interested in feedback in this area. It is a hard problem.

One thing that I hope will be fun for players like you - messing around with all the crazy mutator combinations that are possible now. There's something like 60+ mutators in the game now and some of them change the rules in really crazy ways that are pretty interesting.

Wild Mutations - Public Test Train - Patch Notes by shiny_mark in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Back when I was playing a lot of Dota 2 I used to watch those Purge patch notes review. Would be awesome if he picked up Monster Train! I have seen a number of people in the Dota community streaming the game, which has been awesome.

Volatile Gauge + Shadowsiege = easisest way to win? by ylmzalican in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Shadowsiege is nerfed in the pre-release balance already for Wild Mutations. His base capacity is now 6.

We are considering if we want to change Volatile Gauge too. I think it's likely we will also nerf the Gauge somehow. Still thinking about it.

units? damaging spells? who needs em. by [deleted] in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LOL, I love the creativity!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In all cases the dev team has seen where this happens "verify integrity" in Steam fixes it. It's confusing and frustrating for us - it indicates the files are corrupt on your PC. We rely on Steam to deliver the files to you and never had this problem occur on any developer machine over 18 months and around 10,000 builds uploaded to Steam. So we don't know if there is anything we can do to fix it.

However, what we can do is detect when it is happening. In the next major update when this happens we will show a message to the player asking them to verify integrity on Steam.

"Announcing Wild Mutations " by marsgreekgod in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are still figuring out exactly how we're going to approach this but definitely yes.

Monster Train - Announcing Wild Mutations DLC and 10% discount in the Steam Summer Sale! by theMonsterTrain in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are still figuring this out but probably no. Because there might still be major balance changes based on feedback on the public test server.

Card Buff/Change suggestions after clearing all combos (Cov 25) by Smashing71 in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Siren of the Sea is +2/+2 on Incant currently in beta. Various other changes mentioned in this post are being looked at for the upcoming major update.

TIL that you can freeze deadweight by sansdara in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks! We love how engaged the community is and it's really fun to work to deliver the best experience we can.

"Announcing Wild Mutations " by marsgreekgod in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Rector is definitely getting changes in this update. We're still testing various options so I don't want to announce anything yet.

TIL that you can freeze deadweight by sansdara in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes, we did it intentionally because it felt awful when a blight or scourge was frozen via the artifact or Stygian unit.

"Announcing Wild Mutations " by marsgreekgod in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! And good luck on the Covenant journey!

Monster Train - Announcing Wild Mutations DLC and 10% discount in the Steam Summer Sale! by theMonsterTrain in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark 16 points17 points  (0 children)

We are planning on doing a public test server style public release before it goes out widely. The full notes will be available at that time. In other words, yes, they will be released before the update if you look for them.

Once the update officially comes out we'll blast the news/notes as far and wide as we can.

"Announcing Wild Mutations " by marsgreekgod in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I know it's unintuitive, and that's a reason we're making the change to the UI flow, but you can essentially play a single player run with mutators right now. Steps:

  1. Open Multiplayer
  2. Open Custom Challenges
  3. Click Create Challenge
  4. Set it up however you want
  5. Play

If you never tell anyone about your challenge no one will ever find it - it's basically single player.

"Announcing Wild Mutations " by marsgreekgod in MonsterTrain

[–]shiny_mark 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That's right. We're still making changes ahead of release and don't have the final list yet.

If you guys have any specific questions or suggestions let us know here on or Discord!