Maintenance Downtime: 08.10.2013 /  10:30-12:00

Content:

• New crafting recipe to turn roman sandals into leather straps.

Features:

• Gaul Outposts feature. Players can now hold all 7 sites outside their village for a much longer time by constructing an outpost. Regular supply of an outpost allows players to hold a site theoretically for ever.
• New and pretty loading screen background
• New brawlers overview (pvp)

Tweaks:

• Stats icon for previewing a 2nd weapon with same stats in same slot was changed
• Added countdown (phoenician trade screen) to announce the end of the phoenician market event
• Added unlock requirements to tooltips of locked villagers in brawler-dialogs
• Tweaked UI of inventory-bags for better usability
• The crafting cost of empty barrel has been reduced by swapping the required steel bar with an iron bar.
• Placed bet is now displayed separately when winning a brawl

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issue where the <TAB> key didn’t work as expected when you tried to jump from the recipient text field to the subject text field
• PvP stats of locked villagers are no longer displayed in their tooltips (when choosing the villager as attacker/defender)
• Several text changes/improvements
• Fixed issue where sometimes an error was thrown when locking the pc while still in the loading screen
• Fixed some (minor) font issues
• Fixed issue where the vertex buffer may have exceeded after very long play sessions
• Fixed an issue where some users experienced an error when swapping buildings after a live-update

Known issues:

• Internet Explorer users may experience Flash player version issues, especially with IE10
• External buildings may be blocked despite the Roman camps having been defeated (could be the reason why certain quests and/or achievements cannot be completed)
• [Browser] Rarely, error #3672 when playing/loading the game in Chrome
• Some user might run into an error when crafting potions at druid circle
• The game throws an error when receiving mails while having lots of actions queued
• Statistics for brawls won and lost (as defender) not correctly displayed in statistics category tab “village brawls”.A game refresh is needed to see the correct PvP defender statistics. Same goes for the PvP achievement: win x brawls as a defender.
• It’s not possible to store more than 20 brawl report mails (+ brawl rewards) in your inbox. Don’t forget to pick up your brawl rewards as soon as possible!

Maintenance Downtime: 09/24/2013 – 10:30-12:00

Content:

• New PVP weapons have been added, which can be found at the Phoenician.

Features:

• Phoenician Market has been implemented. The Phoenician will arrive at the villager and offer PVP weapons or other goods for sale (newspaper, dipper, rolling pin, club, swordfish)

Tweaks:

• A couple of Quests requiring resin had the required resin amount reduced slightly.
• Druid Quests received some tweaking. The Druid quest progression was changed slightly. Most quests unlock now at a later level.
• Red Ribbon crafting recipe unlocks now at tailor level 3, previously level 4 and had its unlock price changed accordingly.
• Added click-effect and glow-effect for selected items in inventory search.
• Usability of inventory search improved
• Added current and max strength information to HUD strength indicator tooltip.
• Added acoustic feedback when you click on the sesterce button in the matchmaking screen.
• Now possible to use potion via villager portraits.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issue where the dropspec for lumber hut and mine was not working correctly (for users who have created their account before update #5).
• Fixed a bug, where the text-cursor was displayed after using the “jump to page” feature in tournament ranking.
• Fixed a bug where the mail attachment indicator did not disappear when the player picked up the mail attachments.
• Fixed text bugs for decoration/building upgrade-previews.
• Fixed minor PvP animation issues.
• Fixed issue where it was possible to get stuck in harvest from farm tutorial.
• Using the “restore down” button in Firefox to decrease and then increase the window size no longer results in an error.
• Game no longer throws an error when leaving it in background/inactive/locked PC for a while.
• Game no longer throws error when a certain sound-file could not be loaded (was a rare issue!)
• Fixed issue where it was not possible to click the replay or claim button in pvp report mail after receiving a legion victory mail.
• It’s no longer possible to jump to non-existing pages in tournament ranking list.
• Fixed some villager animation issues.
• Fixed issue when deleting a replay mail, if it was the last mail in the inbox.
• Fixed minor click-sound inconsistencies.

Known issues:

• Internet Explorer users may experience Flash player version issues, especially with IE10.
• External buildings may be blocked despite the Roman camps having been defeated (could be the reason why certain quests and/or achievements cannot be completed).
• [Browser] Rarely, error #3672 when playing/loading the game in Chrome.
• Game sometimes throws an error when trying to complete the achievement “Gaulish Strongmen” – after a game refresh, the achievement can be completed without an error.
• Some user might run into an error when crafting potions at druid circle.
• The game throws an error when receiving mails while having lots of actions queued.
• Achievement pop-up for the achievement “good student” does not trigger
• Statistics for brawls won and lost (as defender) not correctly displayed in statistics category tab “village brawls”. A game refresh is needed to see the correct PvP defender statistics. Same goes for the PvP achievement: win x brawls as a defender.
• It’s not possible to store more than 20 brawl report mails (+ brawl rewards) in your inbox. Don’t forget to pick up your brawl rewards as soon as possible!
• Sometimes, the game throws an error when a recently finished building upgrade triggers the “home sweet home” achievement. Game refresh solves the problem.
• new potion names are too long, they get cut off in the potion crafting dialog.

Maintenance Downtime: 09/10/2013 / 10:30-13:00

Content:

• More villager cheer animations have been added. Villagers are now cheering when completing a quest and when being fed.

Features:

• A new Inventory Searchbar. 
• PVP Weapons for defenders.
• Option to view the previous tournament results.

Tweaks & Bug Fixes:

• Cool downs for PVP brawlers have been changed. Players who do not have all villagers unlocked can now brawl more often.
• The Bard has now the highest cool down and received a significant block increase thanks to his awesome martial arts skills .
• Player is no longer restricted to click on buttons in the game during the PvP tutorial.
• fixed pathfinding for a specific wood-tile near druid circle.
• fixed issue where the villager’s health bar (in PvP) was not correctly displayed when skipping the brawl-animation.
• fixed painful noise when chopping woods.
• fixed decoration-/upgrade-description
• several text changes/improvements.
• PVP leaderboard GUI improvements including page search function.

Known issues:

• Lumberhut and Ore Vein rare drops only work for players that started playing after update #5. 
• Internet Explorer users may experience Flash player version issues, especially with IE10.
• External buildings may be blocked despite the Roman camps having been defeated 
• [Browser] Rarely, error #3672 when playing/loading the game in Chrome.
• Game sometimes throws an error when trying to complete the achievement ‘Gaulish Strongmen’ – after a game refresh, the achievement can be completed without an error.
• Game sometimes throws an error when leaving it in background/inactive/locked PC for a while.
• Using the ‘restore down’ button in Firefox to decrease and then increase the window size may result in an error.
• Mail attachment indicator does not disappear when the player picks up the mail attachments.
• Some user might run into an error when crafting potions at druid circle.
• The game throws an error when receiving mails while having lots of actions queued.
• Achievement pop-up for the achievement ‘good student’ does not trigger.
• Statistics for brawls won and lost (as defender) not correctly displayed in statistics category tab ‘village brawls’. A game refresh is needed to see the correct PvP defender statistics. Same goes for the PvP achievement: win x brawls as a defender.

The Village Brawl – HOW TO!

Brief overview: Through the new building “boxing ring” you can now challenge other villages to compete with you. If you’d like to compete with another village, a matchmaking system will automatically find you a suitable opponent. To meet a challenge, you’ll select villagers for your attack and defense. As a courageous challenger you may even wager certain items on your victory in this contest. If you prevail, you’ll get twice the amount back – even of rare items! To see how well your village is faring, there is even a ranking to keep you updated about your standing.

IMPORTANT: No villagers are actually being injured during this purely sporting contest!

PLEASE NOTE: This first season of “The Village Brawl” is a pure test-season! If there are no serious issues, the first real season will start after this 2-3 weeks test. BUT: prices and rewards are already available in the test season! 

1. How do I access the PvP feature?

It is only possible to fight other players once you’ve built the boxing ring in your village. To build the boxing ring, select an available building lot for a residential building.

The building window will pop up and you may now select the boxing ring.

This is the boxing ring. If you click on the building, the building menu will open.

Chose your defenders by clicking the „Choose your defenders“ button. To do so, just click the helmet icon.

2. How do I defend my village?

After clicking the helmet icon „Choose your defenders“, the defender window will open. Here you may chos,e who should fight for your village. To do so, click one of the three characters.

Select 3 characters to defend you. Click them again to deselect them.

To arm your fighter, click PICK WEAPON or chose a different one using CHANGE WEAPON.

3. How do I chose my opponent?

You’ve selected your defenders. Now you’ll want to find an attacker! To do so, click the „Challenge another village“ button. Now you’ll be presented different opponents.

• Peter is available for a fight. You may accept this opponent or have a new one generated
• Chose your wager

Once you’re done with these steps, the window should look like this:

4. Select your attackers

After you have chosen an opponent, you have to select the villagers you want to attack them with.

As you already know, clicking characters allows you to select and deselect them.

Click „Accept“ when you’re satisfied with your choice.

Now chose a weapon for your attackers and you’re ready to fight!

5. How do I start the fight and how will it take place?

Now click the „Brawl“ button and you’re good to go. Observe it as long as you like or simply skip it.

You won? Rejoice in your wager and don’t forget to check the ranking to see who’s the strongest Gaul!

6.Where do I find the ranking?

To look at the ranking, access the according menu on the boxing ring. Click the trophy icon and the ranking will pop up.

Compare your own rank and your accumulated score with the results of other players.

7. Which rewards await you in the top 100?

Gold Rank (Rank 1 to 10)

• 300 roman helmets
• 5000 sesterces
• 3 menhirs
• one random item: balanced sword / helmet winged / quality shield

Silver Rank: (Rank 11 to 30)

• 50 roman helmets
• 2000 sesterces
• 2 menhirs
• one random item: sword / helmet horned / balanced shield

Bronze Rank: (Rank 31 to 100)

• 10 romam helmets
• 1000 sesterces
• 1 menhir
• one random item: poor sword / helmet / shield

Good luck and cunning for your struggle for the top spot!

P.s: The next time you log in, you’ll be shown the other players whom you’re competing with for the top spots.