# Hero Siege Patch 6.6.2 + Networking optimization

- Product: Hero Siege (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hero-siege)
- Vendor: Panic Art Studios Ltd
- Date: 2025-03-16
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/269210/view/588387954308678887
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hero-siege/releases/2025-03-16-patch-6.6.2-networking-optimization

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- **changed** — Increased probability to drop unique items by 8%
- **changed** — Monster affix text color changed to white and monster name color changed to its affix color if one exists
- **fixed** — Clan Leader's Pride returned to its original stats
- **fixed** — Proximity tangible monsters and increased their range from 96px to 128px
- **fixed** — Crash with mercenaries when they summon totems
- **fixed** — White Mage Soul Spurn mana replenish and life replenish being swapped and removed combat text from mana replenish
- **changed** — Plague Doctor Crematus Spiraling Cremation now ignores hard walls
- **fixed** — Butcher Slicing Throw Slicing Vortex skill performance when additional points are invested
- **changed** — Server optimizations to address networking performance issues

Patch 6.6.2

- Additional server optimizations to address the networking performance issues. The work continues.
- Added a 8% increased probability to drop unique items
- Made monster affix text color be white and changed the monster name color to its affix color if there is one
- Clan Leader´s Pride returned to its original stats. I was testing one of the crashes with chaos totem and forgot to change it back.
- Fixed a few nasty bugs
- Fixed proximity tangible monsters + increased the range from 96px to 128px
- Fixed crash with mercenaries when they summon totems

White Mage
Soul Spurn: Fixed mana replenish and life replenish being swapped + removed combat text from the mana replenish

Plague Doctor
Crematus - Spiraling Cremation: Now ingores hard walls.

Butcher
Slicing Throw - Slicing Vortex: Fixed the skill being scuffed the more points you put in.