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Board: [816] News from the world of Empire

[-113232] CM Arcanine [None] :: Nov. 14, 2014, 9:04 a.m.

Dear Lords,

The next Goodgame Empire update awaits you with many new features! We will fill Goodgame Empire with lots of new content, new levels to be achieved, new buildings for construction, expansions and much more.

Lots of content means a lot of work. Therefore, we chose the new content to be distributed in multiple updates. We hope that we can explain the changes and make it much more understandable. We also have plenty of time to test individual features before the update, so as to eliminate imperfections and correct errors.

The first batch of new features includes the following changes for your empire:

Kingdom resources are available everywhere

Coal from the Everwinter Glacier, olive oil from the Burning Sands and glass from the Fire Peaks can now be shipped to all other kingdoms.
The Great Empire will have it's own special resource: iron ore. However, this is only unlocked at level 70.
Thus, there are 7 resources that are available in all kingdoms: wood, stone, food, iron ore, coal, oil and glass.
However, the kingdom resources can still only be obtained in their respective Kingdom. Example: The mining of coal is only possible in the Everwinter Glacier, but they can be shipped anywhere

The kingdom resources may now be traded with other lords.
However, you can only obtain the kingdom resources from other lords if you have already reached the required experience level to access the corresponding kingdom.
Example: You can only receive coal at level 25 , regardless of whether you have already entered the Everwinter Glacier or not.
After you have reached the required experience level for a specific kingdom, you are then able to loot that kingdoms resource in all the other kingdoms through Player vs Player combat.

Resources from other kingdoms are now required for the construction of buildings across all kingdoms.
With this change, the various kingdoms are closely linked and are now very important for progressing in the game.

New Rankings League: Level 70

In the rankings there will be some changes to the leagues:
The league 50-70 will now be the 50-69 League.
An additional league has now been implemented for lords that are Level 70.
This also affects the rankings in tournaments.
This change is a prerequisite for the new Legend system.

After Level 70: The Legend Level

All lords who reach level 70 unlock a new levelling system: the Legend level.
Each lord with experience level 70 now receives the the additional Legend level 1
By collecting legend experience points the legend level rises.
You can level the Legend Level up to 500.
Legend experience points are obtained in the same way as ordinary experience is: by attacks, the construction of buildings or quests.
There are always new quests and they cant run out anymore.
The Legend Level is shown below the experience level.
Lords with experience level 70 remain at this level. So there is no change in glory or other calculations that depend on the level.

With increasing Legend Levels, new buildings will be unlocked.
There are up to 100 new building levels.
The new production facilities that produce wood, stone, iron ore and food, will produce more resources at the first stage, compared to the max stage of the old production buildings.
The Stonemason, Flour Mill and Sawmill will get new levels. Also production of iron mines can be increased with the new iron works.
In addition, there are new stages for the encampment and the tavern.

Other changes:

The Hero's banner will now be available for lower level players through the armourer.

It will take a very long time to reach a high Legend Level. With future updates the Legend Level will get more features. For example, additional bonuses, which will only be usable against other lords with Legend Levels. There are also a lot of new quests and achievements.

We are sure the changes around the Legend Level opens up many questions. We'll try and answer all of your questions and collect your criticism and feedback HERE in the discussion thread .

The date of the update will be announced at a later date

Regards,
Your Empire-Team

[1882243] CM Arcanine [None] :: Nov. 18, 2014, 7:42 a.m.

Heya folks,

This update will go live TODAY! at the usual time of 9-11:30 AM CEST.

Also; to clear it up, the part about the updates being split just means update by update, these patch notes are for one entire update!

Enjoy!

Regards,

Steve.