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Board: [816] News from the world of Empire
Topic: [106900] Update: War Declarations and Tribute Demands
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CM Arcanine [None]
:: May 14, 2014, 12:57 p.m.
Tribute Demands
- It is no longer possible for non-aggression pacts to be formed instantly. Instead, peace offerings must be made first.
- When creating a peace offering, Diplomats of an alliance (those with the rights) will now demand or offer a Tribute.
- Tribute is a percentage of the Alliance Funds, i.e. raw materials, coins and rubies, which one demands or offers in order to officially end the war.
- If the other Alliance accepts the peace offering, the percentage of the Alliance Funds, minus high transport costs, will be automatically transferred to the other alliances funds.
- It is also possible to offer a "White Peace" in which no tributes are offered or demanded.
- Once a decision is made and peace is declared, no new wars can be activated through the acts of war (attacks/failed sabotages) for a certain amount of time.
- Peace offerings only last for a limited time, and if they are not responded to, will expire and must be made again.
Automatic Declaration of War
- If a member of an Alliance attacks a member of another Alliance, or fails a sabotage attempt, a state of war will automatically be triggered between the two alliances.
- All members of the alliances involved will be notified of the declaration of war via in-game message.
New Event: Free Instant Finish
- This event can show up on occasion and will be unannounced.
- When it runs, a certain remaining amount of time during the construction process can be finished for free.
- Then, for example, you would be able to skip the last 60 seconds during the construction of buildings during that time without charge.
New Reward Levels for the Storm Islands
- There are now new reward levels that alliances can reach with Cargo Points.
- At 15,000 and 50,000 Cargo Points, rubies and coins for the alliance funds will be rewarded.
- This gives lower level alliances a chance to earn some rewards in this kingdom.
New Goods in Luna's Store
- There are now more goods available at Luna's Boat in the Storm Islands that are available to purchase with aquamarine.
- These include higher quantity packages of existing units, tools and decorations.
- The decorations are existing decorations that can only be purchased with Aquamarine and be built into the players Storm Islands castle.
- With the help of these decorations you can simply and effectively increase the public order in your storm island castle. This will make the competition more balanced.
"Open Gates" Resource Looting
- When "Open Gates" are used, the defenders resources will be open to looting from the attacker.
- This now affects the resources secured in the Hideout and the Keep.
- This risk to losing raw materials is intended to make the use of the Open Gates feature more dangerous.
Alterations to Ruby Buildings
- The required level to unlock the expansion levels of the Master Builder, Fire Station, Watchtower, Hospital, Stable and Hunting Lodge have been reduced. The exceptions to this are the Bakery and the Town House.
- In addition, the construction time of many Ruby buildings has been increased.
Some bugs have been fixed with this update.
As usual, you can tell us your opinions and give us your suggestions in the Discussion Thread found here!
The date and time of the update will be announced at a later date.
Regards,
Your Empire Team.
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CM Arcanine [None]
:: May 14, 2014, 1:13 p.m.
Just to add to this folks, here's more information regarding the Alterations to Ruby Buildings.
Construction times have been adjusted for the following buildings:
Name|Levels
Bakery 1-4 ([1] 3:28:20 [2] 13:20:00 [3] 26:40:00 [4] 41:31:40)
Construction Crane 1-2 ([1] 5:12:30 [2] 8:32:30)
Master Builder 1-5 ([1] 3:20:00 [2] 13:53:20 [3] 28:53:20 [4] 46:56:40 [5] 61:23:20)
Castle Moat 2 ([2] 72:00:00)
Fire Station 1-4 ([1] 4:10:00 [2] 16:40:00 [3] 31:15:00 [4] 39:55:50)
Glass Works 2-3 ([2] 40:00:00 [3] 55:33:20)
Hunting Lodge 2-3 ([2] 35:52:25 [3] 61:40:00)
Military Hospital 1-5 ([1] 3:36:40 [2] 13:53:20 [3] 26:40:00 [4] 43:20:00 [5] 59:01:40)
Olive Press 2-3 ([2] 25:33:20 [3] 37:55:00)
Town House 3-12 ([3] 1:41:00 [4] 3:11:40 [5] 3:53:20 [6] 6:16:40 [7] 10:06:00 [8] 12:19:20 [9] 14:58:00 [10] 37:43:06 [11] 39:14:10 [12] 50:20:50)
Stables 2-3 ([2] 4:07:00 [3] 12:09:10)
Dry Storehouse 2-3 ([2] 20:00:00 [3] 33:20:00)
Stronghold 2-5 ([2] 5:12:30 [3] 12:19:35 [4] 18:57:30 [5] 27:46:40)
Drill Ground 1-3 ([1] 3:57:54 [2] 16:17:26 [3] 29:28:33)
Watchtower 1-5 ([1] 3:26:15 [2] 3:47:30 [3] 4:20:00 [4] 7:17:30 [5] 12:16:40)
and here for the decorations:
Nymph Fountain (0:13:30)
Dragon Fountain (0:39:00)
Dovecote (1:05:00)
Jousting List (2:40:00)
King's Tree (1:37:30)
Festival Square (3:07:30)
Gold Knight (2:10:00)
Here are the buildings with reduced expansion level requirements:
Master Builder 2-5 (req. level 12)
Fire Station 2-4 (req. level 12)
Hunting Lodge 2-3 (req. level 53)
Military Hospital 2-5 (req. level 13)
Stables 2-3 (req. level 9)
Stronghold 2-5 (req. level 9)
Drill Ground 2-3 (req. level 16)
Watchtower 2-5 (req. level 13)
Regards,
Steve.
Construction times have been adjusted for the following buildings:
Name|Levels
Bakery 1-4 ([1] 3:28:20 [2] 13:20:00 [3] 26:40:00 [4] 41:31:40)
Construction Crane 1-2 ([1] 5:12:30 [2] 8:32:30)
Master Builder 1-5 ([1] 3:20:00 [2] 13:53:20 [3] 28:53:20 [4] 46:56:40 [5] 61:23:20)
Castle Moat 2 ([2] 72:00:00)
Fire Station 1-4 ([1] 4:10:00 [2] 16:40:00 [3] 31:15:00 [4] 39:55:50)
Glass Works 2-3 ([2] 40:00:00 [3] 55:33:20)
Hunting Lodge 2-3 ([2] 35:52:25 [3] 61:40:00)
Military Hospital 1-5 ([1] 3:36:40 [2] 13:53:20 [3] 26:40:00 [4] 43:20:00 [5] 59:01:40)
Olive Press 2-3 ([2] 25:33:20 [3] 37:55:00)
Town House 3-12 ([3] 1:41:00 [4] 3:11:40 [5] 3:53:20 [6] 6:16:40 [7] 10:06:00 [8] 12:19:20 [9] 14:58:00 [10] 37:43:06 [11] 39:14:10 [12] 50:20:50)
Stables 2-3 ([2] 4:07:00 [3] 12:09:10)
Dry Storehouse 2-3 ([2] 20:00:00 [3] 33:20:00)
Stronghold 2-5 ([2] 5:12:30 [3] 12:19:35 [4] 18:57:30 [5] 27:46:40)
Drill Ground 1-3 ([1] 3:57:54 [2] 16:17:26 [3] 29:28:33)
Watchtower 1-5 ([1] 3:26:15 [2] 3:47:30 [3] 4:20:00 [4] 7:17:30 [5] 12:16:40)
and here for the decorations:
Nymph Fountain (0:13:30)
Dragon Fountain (0:39:00)
Dovecote (1:05:00)
Jousting List (2:40:00)
King's Tree (1:37:30)
Festival Square (3:07:30)
Gold Knight (2:10:00)
Here are the buildings with reduced expansion level requirements:
Master Builder 2-5 (req. level 12)
Fire Station 2-4 (req. level 12)
Hunting Lodge 2-3 (req. level 53)
Military Hospital 2-5 (req. level 13)
Stables 2-3 (req. level 9)
Stronghold 2-5 (req. level 9)
Drill Ground 2-3 (req. level 16)
Watchtower 2-5 (req. level 13)
Regards,
Steve.
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CM Arcanine [None]
:: May 16, 2014, 3:02 p.m.
Hey folks,
The update will take place on Monday, 19.05.2014, during the morning/noon (approx. 9:30 - 11:00 AM CEST), and will take about 30 minutes per server. During this time, playing will not be possible.
Regards,
Steve.
The update will take place on Monday, 19.05.2014, during the morning/noon (approx. 9:30 - 11:00 AM CEST), and will take about 30 minutes per server. During this time, playing will not be possible.
Regards,
Steve.
[1766245]
CM Arcanine [None]
:: May 19, 2014, 6:41 a.m.
Hey folks,
To give us time to further evaluate feedback, the update has been delayed until further notice.
Regards,
Steve.
To give us time to further evaluate feedback, the update has been delayed until further notice.
Regards,
Steve.
[1766338]
Unknown
:: May 19, 2014, 8:54 a.m.
Dear Empire Community,
Thank you for your constructive feedback concerning the next planned update to the game. We are going through and reading your posts, but it may take some time to respond to everything.
As you may have already seen, todays update has been moved to give us time to make a change to the tribute system which will be included in the update. Following a second look at the system the decision has been made that although the system will remain, we will be removing the option to demand/offer rubies as tribute. You will still be able to use coins and resources.
We have not yet confirmed a new time and date for the update, but will announce it in the forums when it is ready.
Regards,
Ethan
Thank you for your constructive feedback concerning the next planned update to the game. We are going through and reading your posts, but it may take some time to respond to everything.
As you may have already seen, todays update has been moved to give us time to make a change to the tribute system which will be included in the update. Following a second look at the system the decision has been made that although the system will remain, we will be removing the option to demand/offer rubies as tribute. You will still be able to use coins and resources.
We have not yet confirmed a new time and date for the update, but will announce it in the forums when it is ready.
Regards,
Ethan
[1766537]
Unknown
:: May 19, 2014, 12:38 p.m.
Hi all,
The update will take place tomorrow around 9am.
Regards,
Ethan
The update will take place tomorrow around 9am.
Regards,
Ethan