Skull Fountain Tomb of Three-Eyed Khan
Forum: empire-en
Board: [816] News from the world of Empire
Topic: [337690] August Update - Feature Teaser
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Friedrich IV (US1) [None]
:: July 19, 2017, 3:36 p.m.
Fooood!!! A strong knight requires a good meal and a pint of beer after an exciting battle. How can the shaking hands of a weary warrior hold his sword and shield with a stomach filled with nothing but glory and victory?! We know you are always attentive to this resource and so we prepared a nice feature for you to avoid desertions of your troops due to intentional downtimes.
Starvation during intentional downtimes
We are glad to present you with one of the most requested community features! One of the most annoying things with downtimes is not even the fact you cannot enjoy our game for 30-45 minutes (though that one is pretty up there, we know), but the disappointment that sets in when you return to your castle after maintenance to find a fleeing army, disgruntled and unfed vagrants of the Great Kingdom. Even if you do not lose them to the ravages of a rumbly tummy, it always takes a lot of time to prepare and distribute the food you need to feed all your units until the downtime is over. Well this feature changes things:
During our maintenance players will not lose troops due to starvation.
During this time your units will not consume food, but food will also not be produced in any of your locations.
This system will not affect the production of other resources.
You will now see fewer troop desertions after intentional downtimes.
Disclaimer: We
would like to clarify what intentional and unintentional downtimes are.
By intentional downtimes we rare referring to scheduled periods of time
during which the server is deactivated to update the game, perform
hotfixes or general maintenance. Unintentional (or unscheduled)
downtimes happen when servers shut down due to power loss, hard drive
crashes, bugs that limit access to the game etc. This system can only be
applied for intentional downtimes that we are previously aware of and
are within our control.
Increase equipment storage
We previously mentioned to you that we were aiming to increase equipment storage with our next update. We know it’s something you have all been asking for a lot and you would like to see more space in equipment storage as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the feature won’t be rolled out for you with this update, but never fear! It is still planned and we are doing our best to implement this change with the update after next one.
You can ask questions about the update as usual HERE in this thread.
This is just the first of many teasers, we will soon be revealing more in the comments of this thread.
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ang1243 (GB1) [GB1]
:: July 26, 2017, 9:58 a.m.
Monthly Content Package - August
Read on to see what's included in the next update's Monthly Content Package!
Foreign Invasion Reward Changes:
With this update, there will be 10 new Activity reward you can fight for.
These new activity rewards will be added on top of the existing ones.
The new rewards will be the following:
Activity reward N° | Glory Required | Reward |
41 | 715000 | 5 Fast Travel Feathers |
42 | 822411 | 1500 Vip Points |
43 | 989744 | 125 Invader mask |
44 | 1034282 | 10 Minute Skips 24h |
45 | 1169347 | 3 Large common material sack |
46 | 1243743 | 200 Veteran deathly horror 200 Veteran demon horror 48000 food |
47 | 1325231 | 24 Wheel of Fortune tickets |
48 | 1597633 | 1 Random gem level 8 |
49 | 1736977 | 200 Hero's banner |
50 | 2013668 | Skull Fountain (270 PO) |
Additionally, the top1 reward for Alliances will be exchanged with a brand new decoration, Tomb of the Three-Eyed Khan (285 PO)
Skull Fountain Tomb of Three-Eyed Khan
New Combo Tools in the Armorer
- Combo Tools are special tools providing two effects instead of one and you will find four new tools of this type in the Armorer:
Name | Cost | Effect |
Onslaught Bridge | 210 | -15% Moat Protection +5% Glory |
Wolverine Ram | 192 | -20% Gate Protection +5% Glory |
Elite Tonnelon | 185 | -20% Wall Protection +5% Glory |
Elite Spiked Shields | 203 | +15% Ranged soldiers' defense +5% Glory |
New Research levels
Additional research levels will be added:
Workbench: Increases the production speed of tools in all castles
6 new levels → final level = 15
Lvl 10 → +4%
Lvl 11-15 → +3% (each level)
Force March: Increases the travel speed of units being stationed
5 new level → final level = 10
+5% each level
Shady Business: Increases the travel speed of spies
3 new levels → final level = 10
+5% each level
Minstrel: Increases the glory points received in battles
5 new level → final level = 10
+1% each level
Biographer: Increases the honor gained
5 new level → final level = 10
+2% each level
New packages in the Equipment Trader
- The Legacy of the Eagle Demon and Power of the Elements set, previously available only through private offers, will now show up in the Equipment trader too.
- Given the high cost of these items, the option to purchase them will be visible only to those players that have the possibility to buy them and thus avoiding to overload the vendor for every player.
Legacy of the Eagle Demon
Set Effects:
2 out of 9 - +20% Earlier Attack Warning
3 out of 9 - +25% Glory earned when defending
4 out of 9 - +30% Moat Protection
5 out of 9 - +20% Gate Protection
6 out of 9 - +40% Wall Protection
7 out of 9 - +50% Combat strength for melee units
8 out of 9 - +50% Combat strength for range units
9 out of 9 - +40% Combat strength when defending the courtyard
Item Name | Cost | Effects | |
Nechra’s Breastplate | 349000 | 33% Wall Protection 19% Glory earned when defending 16% Earlier Attack Warning | |
Nechra’s Helmet | 249000 | -16% Resources lost after being looted 23% Earlier Attack Warning 12% Gate Protection | |
Nechra’s Greataxe | 299000 | 31% Moat Protection 22% Gate Protection 17% Combat strength for range units | |
Nechra’s Bracelet | 199000 | 19% Gate Protection 23% Wall Protection 15% Combat strength for melee units | |
Son of the Eagle | 399000 | 15% Combat strength for defence units 10% Combat strength when defending the courtyard | |
Lizard’s Eye | 149000 | 10% Combat strength when defending the courtyard 15% Earlier Attack Warning | |
Eagle’s Eye | 149000 | 20% Unit limit on the castle wall 17% Combat strength for melee units | |
Fly’s Eye | 149000 | 5% Combat strength when defending the courtyard 15% Unit limit on the castle wall | |
Goat’s Eye | 149000 | 10% Unit limit on the castle wall 15% Combat strength for range units |
Power of the Elements
Set Effects:
2 out of 9: +20% Later army detection
3 out of 9: +30% Glory earned when attacking
4 out of 9: -30% Enemy moat protection
5 out of 9: -20% Enemy gate protection
6 out of 9: -40% Enemy wall protection
7 out of 9: +50% Combat strength for melee units
8 out of 9: +50% Combat strength for ranged units
9 out of 9: +60% Combat strength when attacking enemy courtyards
Item Name | Cost | Effects | |
Sacred Tree Armor | 349000 | -33% Enemy wall protection 24% Glory earned when attacking 16% Later army detection | |
Fire Starter | 299000 | -31% Enemy moat protection -22% Enemy gate protection 17% Combat strength for ranged units | |
Storm Helmet | 249000 | 20% Army travel speed 16% Resources looted 23% Later army detection | |
Eternal Spring Water | 199000 | 23% Army travel speed -23% Enemy wall protection 15% Combat strength for melee units | |
Elementalist | 399000 | 20% Unit limit on the flanks when attacking enemy castle lords 10% Combat strength when attacking the courtyard of enemy castle lords | |
Ignis | 149000 | 20% Combat strength when attacking enemy courtyards 15% Later army detection | |
Aqua | 149000 | 20% Unit limit on the flanks 15% Army travel speed | |
Terra | 149000 | 10% Combat strength when attacking enemy courtyards 17% Combat strength for melee units | |
Aura | 149000 | 10% Unit limit on the flanks 15% Combat strength for ranged units |
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Minos [None]
:: July 27, 2017, 2:42 p.m.
Rebalance of the gift peddler
Everyone has at least one fellow warrior out there on the battlefield who is still learning the basics of warfare. But everyone was a rookie at least once, perhaps you are strong enough now and wish to thank your supporters for their help in making you the mighty warrior you are today. No matter what kind of Gifter you are, the gift peddler is the perfect way for you to make your friends happy!
We rebalanced the gift trader to give every type of player the chance to make use of her wares.
The packages are now based on your level and your activity in the game!
Low and mid levels can gift an unlimited amount of resources but no tools.
High levels can max out all the goods in the gift peddler's wagon.
But that’s not all, the rebalancing will continue. Expect brand new packages coming this summer to support your friends with cool event tools to help them make better progress in the game!
Reworked castle overview
It has been a long-term request for many players and we agree, the game has grown in content over the last few years and it became a little frustrating to keep track of everything, especially the overview of your castles with all its resources and troops, something really essential! And for every castle lord that info can be the difference between victory and defeat.
The economy overview now has 4 separate tabs for resource, military, miscellaneous and currency overviews.
The resource overview shows not only the common resources but also all the precious kingdom ressources you own in your main castles, outposts, metropolis, capitals, monuments and laboratories.
The military tab gives you a good overview of your bloodthirsty horde of soldiers. Here you can not only station them but also filter for offense/defense units and tools. Besides that, you can now see the food consumption for all units in your castles. Note: The shown food consumption is only the accumulated food consumption of all troops and does not include any bonuses from the bakery etc.
Under miscellaneous you will find your public order, protection, market barrows, city guards, population and also your aquamarine stock and cargo points!
Last but not least, the currency tab. Here you will have a good overview of all your event currencies. This list can contain Khan tablets and medals, Samurai tokens, pearls, minute skips, lucky wheel tickets, fast travel feathers, talismans, rune gold and runestones.
Optimized kingdoms and events transfer
As mentioned above, the Empire has grown massively in content. New cool elements have been implemented and old ones optimized. But there are still some parts of the game that became grey and wrinkled over time, like the transfer dialog for kingdoms and events. With this update we will make it fresh and smooth again, like a baby’s bum!
New filters for offense/defense units and tools will make your kingdom transfer way more convenient.
You will see the troop/tool amount, their food consumption (accumulated of all selected troops, not including any food bonuses in the target castle) and the overall travel costs.
Overall, this will help you to plan your next move more accurately and easily with less unnecessary clicks. May the next battle commence!
Other changes:
To make might calculation more understandable, you will see the might value of the decoration in the building properties, which you can find in the bottom left menu after clicking on a decoration.
We changed the text for a few bonus effects:
+% combat strength of all units in the courtyard ➔ +% combat strength when attacking enemy courtyards
+% travel speed on the return journey ➔ +% army return travel speed