History AuthorsSavingThrow / Paladins

** This patch finally added a proper way to check what level of anti-heal was being applied in a match via an indicator on the scoreboard that updates in real time.

** About thirty different skins were made direct purchase, the great majority being from previous event passes or otehrwise stuck in chests.

* The "Emergence" update revamped the entire store and inventory User Interface to be more consistent and better laid out. While there was some push back on the changes before release, the complaints about it died down as quickly as they started.
* The mid-patch for the "Emergence" update added custom loading screens to the game, which reused the splash art that was once used in the loading frames. This let players who liked the splash art to now see it in-game when loading back into a lobby.

* The ''Dawnforge'' update:
** The ability to make Event Pass levels purchasable with gold (originally just 70 crystals) was in response to the complaints about the gold economy still being too unbalanced and really easy to rack up; this system has ''finally'' given gold a worthwhile use, while the price (70,000 gold; 10,000 more than a newly released champion costs) generally isn't high enough to leave new players feeling left out.
* The "Emergence" update revamped the entire store and inventory User Interface to be more consistent and better laid laid out. While there was some pushback on the changes before release, the complaints about it died down as quickly as they started.

* [=OB64=] is the single most infamous update in Paladins' history, introducing ''Cards Unbound'', a system that changed the game's loadout system to instead be tied to rolling duplicates in chests, severely increasing the game's grind and steering way too far into pay-to-win territory for almost everyone. Though the developers welcomed feedback prior to the update's launch, all complaints were ignored. When the update finally went live, many players left in disgust at seeing what had been done to the game, some vowing never to return even if the system was removed. The game's social media pages became almost completely filled with complaints about the system, yet it seemed as though Cards Unbound was here to stay.\\
However, [=OB67=] eventually launched, which removed the system entirely, restoring the original system and making all cards free for everyone; players were also given gold and VIP points in exchange for how many chests they owned / opened. This update was praised for the change, with some of the players that had left the game coming back now that it had been restored.
* Originally, character voice packs weren't included with the actual champions, needing to be purchased separately if one wanted to use their unique voices in VGS, leaving most players with the default announcer pack. Unless one had purchased the game's Founder's Pack, players would have to test their luck by rolling chests, though the ability was eventually added in the ''Street Style'' update to purchase them with 200 crystals or 60,000 gold. However, all these options only covered getting a single voice pack; if a player wanted others, they'd need to pay more.\\
The developers eventually gave up trying to monetize them though, as in the ''A Tigron's Tale'' update, all voice packs were made free, removing the monotone, yet memetic default announcer. While players were unfortunately not compensated if they had already purchased any voice packs prior, this change helped improve clarity between players using VGS commands and was a generally welcome change.
* Throughout the game's life, there have been countless complaints of the developers ignoring the player base. This has been addressed throughout the years, such as [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Paladins/comments/879jo6/we_will_be_reverting_the_cooldown_increase_to/ changes specifically requested by the players]] to eventually creating the [=AOC=], a group of players who regularly meet with the developers to request specific changes. However, most of these have largely decreased in quantity, and there are those displeased with some of the systems, such as the AoC, for various reasons.
* When Furia was revealed, there were complaints about her LeotardOfPower clashing with her personality as an angelic knight set on protecting the innocent. The day after her reveal, [[https://twitter.com/ThunderBrush/status/1002639617479315456 her design was changed to include pants]], making it much more fitting and drawing less attention to her thigh-groin area. However, this caused a divide between those who preferred the pants and those who didn't. This led the developers to leave her alternate recolor skin pantless so both sides were satisfied. This also started the trend of the developers making minor model changes to recolors of future champions.

* The ''Constellations'' update:
** For years, one of the biggest complaints of the game relates to gold, as it quickly flips from "rather hard and tedious to obtain" into "having nothing to spend it on". As there's little to unlock after obtaining all the champions[[note]]only other notable options being skin recolors, mastery emotes / MVPs, cosmic, and obsidian skins (where applicable)[[/note]], players soon find themselves buried under millions of gold. This is made even more of a problem as one continues playing, especially if one had purchased the Champions / Founders Pack in the past[[note]]which unlocked all available champions and refunded any gold spent on them[[/note]]. While an attempt was made in the ''Sands of Myth'' update to try and address the problem (by releasing five very expensive titles,[[note]]all costing 1 million - 5 million gold each[[/note]]), this didn't help much as most players generally care little for titles, especially since you can only have one equipped at a time.\\
Eventually, in the ''Dawnforge'' update, Event Pass levels became purchasable with gold (originally 70 crystals), and with a new Event Pass being introduced alongside almost every update, as well as the cost being 70,000 gold, (10,000 more than most champions), this system has ''finally'' given gold a worthwhile use, while the price generally isn't high enough to leave new players feeling left at that unfair a disadvantage.