Forum: empire-en

Board: [816] News from the world of Empire

Topic: [102364] Update: Premium Accounts

[-102364] CM Arcanine [None] :: Jan. 30, 2014, 10:32 a.m.

Hey you guys! Here's the new patch notes for the next update!


New premium benefits!

• The new premium mode is here and this time round, it’s open to all players!
• In the Kings Market there is a new range of premium benefits.
• There are a total of 10 premium levels. The higher your premium level, the better the benefits that are available to you.
• Each player starts with premium level 1 and can earn points to increase the level.
• You can use rubies to purchase premium points, but you can also obtain them through the Daily Login Bonus and many game events.
  
  
• In order to reap the benefits available to your premium level you have to unlock premium time.
• Premium time can also be purchased with rubies or be obtained via the Daily Login Bonus and events.
• When you reach a premium level for the first time you will be awarded 24 hours or premium time.
  
  
• Depending on the premium level there are a number of different bonuses available such as free commanders, increased resource production and free recruitment slots.
• Players with active Premium advantages are highlighted on the world map with a special flag. This can be disabled by the player if they wish.
• If the premium benefits are not actively used, so that no premium time is used, then you will lose a portion of the premium points each day, much as is the case with glory

Adaptation of the townhouses

• The townhouses have been revised to make them more attractive. They now give a bigger bonus to the population but will cost more rubies to build.
• Players who have already built townhouses will have the population increase applied for no additional charge.

Please leave us your queries and feedback in the Discussion Thread!

Regards,

Your Empire Team.

[1703174] CM Arcanine [None] :: Feb. 3, 2014, 3:55 p.m.

Hey Everyone!

Here is a list of now confirmed features that will be available with the new Premium Accounts:

Special Castle Flag (This can be turned off at will)

+% Wood Production in the Main Castle

+% Stone Production in the Main Castle

+% Food Production in the Main Castle

+% Wood Production in Outposts

+% Stone Production in Outposts

+% Food Production in Outposts

+% Wood Production in Kingdoms

+% Stone Production in Kingdoms

+% Food Production in Kingdoms

+X Login Bonus keys

+% Speed Boost for Attack

+% Glory Boost for Attack

+% Tax Collector Boost

+X free Production Slots

+X free Recruitment Slots

X Premium Generals for free per day

+% Chance to find items

12h Tax Collector for free

24h Tax Collector for free


Regards,

Steve.

[1703498] Unknown :: Feb. 4, 2014, 11:03 a.m.

Hey Community,

The update will take place tomorrow (05.02) between 08:30 and 11:30 CET. The update should take around 20 minutes.

Regards,
Ethan

[1703861] Unknown :: Feb. 5, 2014, 9:28 a.m.

Dear Community,

Before the update has finished we would like to take the opportunity to provide some further information on the new premium benefits:

We have tried to incorporate some of the more popular features as much as possible into the new premium benefits while adding some new, interesting bonuses into the package, which would help both new and experienced players. The discount to coin costs will not be in the new benefits, but has been replaced with a bonus to tax income. The popular discount to ruby costs has been removed due to the impact it has the economics of the game and the problems in balancing the ruby costs.

I’m sure the biggest question that everyone has right now is – How much will this cost me?

Here is an outline of the number of rubies needed for each level and for the different time packages being offered.
24 Hours of premium time costs 1900 Rubies
7 Days of premium time costs 11100 Rubies
30 Days of premium time costs 38000 Rubies

The premium point packages will be offered in 3 different sizes –
300 Premium Points costs 990 Rubies
1500 Premium Points costs 4500 Rubies
4500 Premium Points costs 9900 Rubies

All the packages can be bought in multiples.

Finally, you will need the following number of premium points for each different level. Every player will automatically be given level 1 at no charge.
As before, individual features will be available for free if the premium advantages are enabled or can be purchased with rubies (e.g. recruitment slots, Prem. Generals, etc.). The Ruby cost of points and time seem high, but we offer a compilation of several interesting features and bonuses, which can be of benefit to you.

Please also do remember that it will be possible to earn premium points and time as rewards for ingame events as well as part of your daily login bonus.

For those who want to buy the premium benefits immediately without earning any points, here is a helpful tip - purchase the rubies during a prime time! That way you will get more rubies for your money and save on the cost of the premium benefits.

We welcome your constructive criticism and comments to these premium benefits in our discussion thread.

We will forward your feedback to the product team from Goodgame Empire. As always our Community guidelines apply in the discussion.

In addition to the opinion of the community we will also conduct internal evaluations and analyses on the acceptance of the features and use of the system after the implementation of the premium benefits. If the premium benefits do not meet the expectations and wishes of the players and our product teams, we will continue to work on improving the system.

Regards,
Ethan