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Topic: [341233] Update: Summary -27/09/2017| ⌚ ~ 09.30-13.00 CEST | ⌛ Downtime ~ 60 mins

[-341233] ang1243 (GB1) [GB1] :: Sept. 22, 2017, 9:29 a.m.

Brave warriors,

Here is our patch notes summary for the upcoming update!

Features:

• Long Term Point Event: Ha-Ha-Haaaalloween [LINK]

• Monthly Content Package [LINK]

• Equipment trader with Berimond invasion rewards

• Khan’s Revenge - Medal Boosters

• A Beginner Quest Chain

• New Tool (Fleet shield)

• Equipment trader prices adjusted

• New Prime Day Units (Master swordsman and Master archer)

• New Buildings (University and Forge)

• New Nomads Invasion Top X rewards

• Equipment trader with old LTPE sets

Additional Changes:

• In our next update, we will reduce the free skip time to instantly finish construction from 10 to 4 minutes. This decision is based on the evaluations of the current game progression and especially on player behavior in early stages. Therefore, we adapted our system according to this analysis and players should have a more streamlined progression through the game with this adjustment.

• After the update, new players will notice the new layout style of the Starter package. The content will stay the same, we will only change the layout of these offers.

• You will be able to see prime sale discounts in the fight screen dialog, so you can make last minute additions to your armies before commencing battle.

• The prime sale window will list all items of a category which are on sale! You will see all the best discounts in one list!

Upcoming Events - October 2017

 War of the Realms (1st-5th of October)
 The Battle for Berimond (1st-5th of October)
 Nomad Invasion & Khan's Revenge (5th-10th of October)
 War of the Bloodcrows (10th-14th of October)
 Samurai Invasion (14th-19th of October)
 War of the Realms (19th-23rd of October)
 Nomad Invasion (NO Khan's Revenge) (23rd-28th of October)
 War of the Bloodcrows (28th of October - 1st of November)
 The Battle for Berimond (28th of October - 1st of November)

 The Thorn King will start on the 9th of October and will last until the 30th of October.

Bugfixes:

• "Friend of the true King" - This quest was not working for a few players. Right after the first reports we investigated that issue and tried to fix it for the current LTPE. We wanted everyone to enjoy this quest but unfortunately, a proper solution was not possible. We were able to fix it, but not for the running LTPE. It will be available again for everyone with our upcoming Halloween LTPE in October! We would like to apologize for any inconvenience that you may have experienced due to this issue, and for the wait to have this issue fixed.
• World Map - Bookmarks: It was not possible to immediately set the bookmark for a coordinated attack. Players had to enter the attacker selection dialogue window before they were able to set the bookmark. 
  
• Events - Bladecoast: the "Kraken" was called "tower" in the battle report.
  
• Military - Defense - "Combat Strength for all units stationed in main castles" bonus was not shown correctly. For example, there is "10% combat Strength for all units stationed in main castles" in the Kala set and it should show 199% when you enter the defensive mode in the main castle, but it showed 189%. It was only a display issue, the bonus worked properly during the battle. 
  
• Alliance - Chronicle: Incorrect text ("Capital-owner {0} has joined the alliance") was shown when a player with a capital joins or creates an alliance.
  
• Alliance - Funds: Entering numbers with your keyboard was broken.
• Economy - Overview - "Send Resources" tooltip was not shown in castle overview window.
  
• Alliance - Funds - Alliance resources became negative after passing a threshold, preventing upgrades

You can discuss these changes HERE!

The plan is to release the update on Wednesday 27th September between 09.30am and 1pm CEST. But as always, do not take these times as guaranteed, be aware of possible delays due to unforeseen circumstances.

Your Empire Family

[4840343] ang1243 (GB1) [GB1] :: Sept. 27, 2017, 7:43 a.m.

Due to the complexity of the update we cannot run any invasion event during the downtime. It will help to avoid some risks to break the event. Thus, the Samurai invasion will start right after the update and not at 10:00 CEST as you are used to seeing it. We will need approximately 5-10 minutes to start the invasion after the downtime.

[4840379] ang1243 (GB1) [GB1] :: Sept. 27, 2017, 8:30 a.m.

Hey peeps,

The maintenance is on now, it hopefully shouldn't last as long as we expected.

I'll post again when we're back online

Angus

[4840410] ang1243 (GB1) [GB1] :: Sept. 27, 2017, 8:53 a.m.

Hey everyone,

The maintenance is over, we're back online now, will let y'all know if there are any complications

Angus