Features – Guild Level and Buffs
• A new currency – guild XP – drops when fighting against Romans and participating in village brawls.
• All members of a guild can collect guild XP to level up the guild! There are 30 levels in total.
• A new guild level unlocks a mighty bonus that helps you and your friends against the Romans. The unlocked bonus affects all members of the guild.
• In the guild overview you can see how many guild XP each member has collected for the guild.

Features – Guild Tournament
• The guild tournament will start with live update 23 and ends every two weeks.
• You participate in the guild tournament by brawling against other villages in the village brawl.
• The guild score is the sum of all active attacking and defending villages in your guild.
• The guild score resets at the end of the tournament – all guilds have to start from zero again.
• No rewards yet at the end of the tournament – these will be implemented later.

Features – other
• We added a visual indicator (green outline) for building upgrades/villager trainings when you have collected all necessary items to start the upgrade.
• There is a new wave animation for the water in Gaul.
• A permanent Gaul outpost (resistance points) can now be constructed without having bought a temporary outpost before.

Content
• New achievement: “collect guild XP”
• 8 new quests.
• 2 new items: Egyptian fish can now be caught in egyptian fishing grounds – you can use it to cook a nice Egyptian fish stew at the tavern – use it as merchandise.
• 2 new villager trainings now available for each villager (except for the druid) to increase their strength.

Tweaks
• Maximum strength of legions slightly increased (high level players have to deal with stronger legions).
• Increased weapon durability of the following weapons: poor sword, whip, balanced spear.
• All items in the game that you can craft at workshops can now be bought with roman helmets in the market.
• Items in the market no longer have a level restriction.
• Attack screen: the strength of your villagers against is now the sum of the villager strength and the “villager bonus”. Previously it was displayed without including the “villager bonus”.

Bugfixes
• Added a tooltip to the brawl weapon in the village brawl dialog (you can now see the weapon stats of the weapon of your opponent during the brawl).
• The game no longer resets guild settings when guild name/abbreviation is invalid (when creating or updating guilds).
• Fixed issue where the upgrade Roman helmet icon (button) was overlaid by other buildings.
• Messages that include an URL-Link (or a long word without breaks) are now displayed correctly in the received message.
Possibly fixed – issues are under observation:
• It’s possible that 2 legions spawn within a short period of time. We are not sure what causes this issue – any information on this might help us in our investigation.
• Issue with delivery of mails: sometimes mails don’t arrive in a player’s inbox right away. This is possible with mails sent by other players, but also with system messages (level up, resistance level reward, etc.)
• It’s possible that client and server are out of sync regarding item drops which can lead to an error.
• Sometimes a “unique not set” error occurs when loading the game.
• Error when receiving mails while having lots of actions queued.

Known issues:
• 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). This issue might not be visible in the game – the game shows an error when you encounter it.
• Statistics for brawls won and lost (as defender) are 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!
• Constructed Outposts in Egypt and in Gaul might not display the correct amount of time left – please refresh your browser once in a while to prevent server-client syncing issues (especially when you are planning to extend the outpost time).
• Rarely, a quest line quest (Asterix or Obelix quest lines) cannot be completed although the client is already showing the rewards. You have to complete all objectives to get the rewards (you can see the objective list in the quest portrait tooltip on the left side).
• One time Roman helmet offer that triggers with a level up are not available in the regular Roman helmet market. Please start the paying process in the dialog that triggers with the level up (to get the bonus roman helmets).
• [chat] Sometimes, the connection to a specific chat room fails – you have to refresh the game in this case.
• [chat] You disconnect from the chat server completely when you try to connect to a chat room that is already full. Unfortunately, the information if a chat room is full or not is not displayed in the game. You have to refresh the game to reconnect to the chat server (you get transferred automatically to a room that isn’t full yet).
• The “building upgrades bought” statistic of players who have been inactive for a very long time is not correct under certain circumstances. The statistic is counting building upgrades AND completed villager trainings, whereas your own building upgrade statistic is only counting the building upgrades WITHOUT the villager trainings. (the player with the display issue has to log into the game at least once in order to update the building upgrade statistic).
• [facebook] Facebook share text does not differentiate between legions attacking you and legions attacking others.
• Sometimes the game shows an error when unloading the cargo ship.
• [mail] level up overflow mails are not marked as “unread”.

Known issues (guild):
• Guild banner, name and invitation setting changes are not immediately effective for other players or guild members. They have to wait a few minutes until the changes are visible on the friendsmap.
• New guild members who have joined a guild are not visible on the friendsmap right away. Wait a few minutes or refresh the game to see the member on the friendsmap.

Hello Asterix & Friends Community,

on Tuesday, July 29th we will release Update 23. Due to this, the game won’t be accessible from 10:30 AM until approximately 12:30 PM. We will provide you with further informations on the patch and coming changes over the next few days.

Please note:

• the gameserver is not available tomorrow (27.05.2014) during maintenance from 10:30 – approximately 15:30.
• buying roman helmets is not possible from within the game, starting 0:00 CEST/GMT+2 on 27.05.2015 until end of the maintenance (10:30 – approx. 15:30)!

New features

• You can now share your Asterix and Friends experiences with your Facebook friends.
• Reworked brawl-screen with slicker design, which now facilitates the overall brawling experiences, as all the information needed is now on one screen.
• Pop-up notification triggers when a brawl tournament has ended (showing you the top ranked players and your own rank)
• Introducing the guild feature: join forces with your friends and create your own guild! Choose your name and banner layout from a vast range of graphical options. Furthermore the guild chat room makes it easy to stay connected with your friends and help each other out. (4 roles: chief, elder, warrior, villager)
• Growl notification, when legion spawns at own/friend/guild colleague village
• Your guild colleagues are listed in the friends section of the tournament leaderboard
• Players you follow will be deleted from friendsmap – you will receive a mail with a player list (new friendsmap follow limit: 15 players – rest is reserved for guild members)
• Reworked building upgrades: You now can see at a glance which building upgrade is in progress, as it is displayed over the building. This reworked feature needs some tactical thinking: choose the timing of the upgrade wisely, as resource generating buildings (such as butcher, fish market, farm, mine and co.) do not produce resources during the upgrade time and the fabrication of new items is not available when a building upgrade is in progress. (workshops: not possible to craft items or to cook dishes, druid and druid circle: not possible to brew potions). You can cancel an upgrade in progress at any time.
• Overall number of participants in the village brawl is now displayed in the tournament ranking dialog
• Further functionality in tournament leaderboard: send messages and follow players directly from within the leaderboard using the newly added buttons.

New Content

• 17 new quests (repeatable and non-repeatable) especially addressing the cooking of Gaul dishes
• One new achievement to complete and to earn Roman Helmets

Bugfixes

• [pvp] Fixed display issue where the info “you are not ranked yet” was displayed although you were already ranked
• [chat] Fixed several issues with chat scroll bar when resizing the chat window
• [chat] Fixed issue where it was not possible to scroll chat content with mouse wheel
• [chat] There was an issue with the chat command /l (for chat room list) where the online player count was not correctly displayed. We had to disable this info completely – only the list of available chat rooms is now displayed
• [pvp] It’s no longer possible to load empty leaderboard pages
• [chat] Usernames in combination with the chat command /w (whisper) don’t get censored anymore
• The achievement (all tiers) where you have to conquer the farm x times is now ready for completion for anyone who has constructed the permanent outpost. User who have not constructed the outpost yet can still complete the achievement by conquering the farm many times OR by construction the perma outpost.
• Fixed issue where it was not possible to buy a “one time roman helmets offer” (triggers sometimes with level up) – a browser pop-up blocker was preventing the user to open the roman helmet shop.
• Fixed display issue where the brawler strength bar refilled after winning a brawl with only one brawler
• We might have fixed the out of sync error when receiving mails while having lots of actions queued. Please inform us in case you still run into this issue.

Known issues

• 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) This issue might not be visible in the game – the game throws an error when you encounter it.
• 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!
• Constructed Outposts in Egypt and in Gaul might not display the correct amount of time left – please refresh your browser once in a while to prevent server-client syncing issues (especially when you are planning to extend the outpost time)
• Rarely, a quest row quest (Asterix or Obelix quest rows) cannot be completed although the client is already showing the rewards. You have to complete all objectives to get the rewards (you can see the objective list in the quest portrait tooltip on the left side)
• It’s possible that 2 legions spawn within a short period of time. We are not sure what causes this issue – any information on this might help us in our investigation.
• One time roman helmet offer that triggers with a level up are not available in the regular roman helmet market. please start the paying process in the dialog that triggers with the level up (to get the bonus roman helmets).
• [pvp] Tournament mails that have been sent out before live update 20 (15.04.2014) have a small spelling error in the message text (the league system did not exist back then)
• [pvp] Tournament end reward information screen does not display the ranking position and points the players have achieved at the END of the tournament. It’s the current status, meaning the information can be different from the actual end result.
• [chat] Sometimes, the connection to a specific chat room fails – you have to refresh the game in this case.
• [chat] You disconnect from the chat server completely when you try to connect to a chat room that is already full. Unfortunately, the information if a chat room is full or not is not displayed in the game. You have to refresh the game to reconnect to the chat server (you get transferred automatically to a room that isn’t full yet).

Known issues GUILD

• Guild banner, name and invitation setting changes are not immediately effective for other players or guild members. They have to wait a few minutes until the changes are visible on the friendsmap.
• New guild members who have joined a guild are not visible on the friendsmap right away.Wait a few minutes or refresh the game to see the member on the friendsmap.

Introduction

There now is a total amount of 15 leagues. Each one has its own trophy (gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood), which is separated into 3 sub-leagues (e.g. gold 1, gold 2, gold 3), which is indicated by the number on the trophy.

Only active users, who have won/lost a fight as attacker at least once, take part in the ongoing tournament and therefore get a trophy and rewards, according to the league, at the end of the tournament.

The classification is conducted by percentage distribution of all actively participating users in the tournament (see “user distribution” in the table above).

Questions and Answers

Q: Do I get tournament end rewards when I’ve only won/lost village brawls as defender?
A: No. Players who are not actively attacking another village are not ranked in the ongoing tournament and don’t get rewards, but they are still displayed in the leagues (trophy icon is missing – see screenshot).

Example in Screenshot: Village_592, Gernix, Bixbox and Boxingo are not in the tournament and don’t get the reward (the trophy icon is missing)

Q: What is the meaning of the colored arrows in the ranking screen?
A: With every ranking update (every day 4:30 a.m.) the leaderboard updates the player rank positions and compares your old rank with the new rank.

Icon Explanation:

-you have earned points and reached a higher rank position. Great!
-you have lost points and your rank position. Equip your brawlers with weapons and climb up to the top!
-you are on the same rank position as before, nothing has changed…

Q: What happens to my score when a tournament ends?
A: As before, every tournament lasts for 14 days, however at the end of each tournament there won’t be a reset of your placement. Your score and rank within a league are saved, which allows you to ascend, or even descend as you lose points if a brawl is lost.

Q: Who are the top players?
A: The top players are shown in the “Top players” leaderboard. These players have reached the gold 1 league and have the highest score on the server.

Q: Where can I see the rank of my friends?
A: On the leaderboard you can track your tournament progress as well as the progress of your friends. Click on the “Friends” tab to see the progress of your friends across ALL leagues.

Each entry lists the name of the player, the score, the league and the rank within the league and additionally, if their rank position has changed.

Please note: the gameserver is not available tomorrow (15.04.2014) during maintenance from 10:30 – 13:00

New CHAT features

• Trade chat: this channel is intended to be used for trading with other players and should not be used for general discussion!
• Online friends (players you follow) are listed when joining a chat room (only when your friends are in the same chat room)
• New chat command: /users or /u – list all users (usernames) who are currently in this chat room. Warning: please avoid using this chat command in the new trade chat room.
• New chat command: /r – reply to the last whisper (send message in chat to the last user who has messaged you in private)
• We have reduced the number of chat rooms from 20 to 10 and we have increased the player limit from 200 to 400 per chat room
• Possible to adjust the height by clicking on the button next to the close button (on top of the chat window)
• Spam filter (the number of chat messages sent within a short time period is limited)
• Added blink effect to chat button (when folded) when other users send messages to chat room or whisper you

New tournament system

• New tournament leaderboard for village brawls
• From now on there will be 15 leagues (previously 5) and all players will get rewards (at the end of the tournament) when they have attacked another village at least once
• Rank score doesn’t get reset when a new tournament starts – the points are saved for the next tournament
• Further details are listed in the pvp tournament FAQ 

Tweaks

• Quest objectives of repeatable quests in Gaul are easier than before – villagers do no longer demand expensive items
• Adjusted quest rewards for all repeatable quests in Gaul – completing repeatable quests are now more rewarding
• Food icon above a villagers head is no longer clickable (cannot restore strength by clicking on icon). In addition we changed the size and the position of the quest/food icon when the villagers is currently offering a quest AND is recovering from a fight against romans.
• The village brawl achievements “finish tournament with golden ranking” is no longer available with the new tournament system. If a player has the 2nd or 3rd tier of this achievement in progress, it will be completed automatically and the according rewards will be available to claim in a mail (sent from your Asterix & Friends team).Please note that we are already planning to add new tournament achievements (meaning you get a chance to claim the rewards that are currently not available).
• Made a few changes in the bad words list – conversation in chat and mail should be better now (we removed Asterix & Obelix license names and many other words)
• Added 30 more inventory pages that can be unlocked with roman helmets
• [village brawl] Slightly decreased the strength of all heroes that can be unlocked with resistance points in village brawl

Bugfixes

• [chat] Fixed issue where it was not possible to open the inventory to send gifts when you opened the message center via chat
• [chat] Fxied issue where it was not possible to send messages after you have been reconnected to chat server
• [chat] Fixed issue where new players did not connect to chat server in the first game session
• [chat] Fixed issue where using the arrow keys while typing in chat resulted in panning the game map
• [chat] Fixed issue where the chat server did not reconnect you to same chat room after you have lost the connection to chat server
• [chat] Fixed issue where the mouse panning was not toggled off when releasing mouse button (cursor in chat window)
• [chat] Fixed issue where the autoscroll toggle button could be interacted with when the click “began” outside of the button area
• [chat] Fixed issue where the underscore character was displayed in bold in the chat
• [chat] Fixed error that prevents user from adding friends to a full friendsmap (occurred when following / sending messages via chat)
• Fixed issue where it was possible to earn tournament points with decimal places (resulting in display issue in tournament leaderboard)

Known issues

• 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) This issue might not be visible in the game – the game throws an error when you encounter it.
• 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!
• The game throws an (out of sync) error when receiving mails while having lots of actions queued
• Constructed Outposts in Egypt and in Gaul might not display the correct amount of time left – please refresh your browser once in a while to prevent server-client syncing issues (especially when you are planning to extend the outpost time)
• Rarely, a quest row quest (Asterix or Obelix quest rows) cannot be completed although the client is already showing the rewards. You have to complete all objectives to get the rewards (you can see the objective list in the quest portrait tooltip on the left side)
• [Egypt] Egyptian workers are sometimes called “villagers” in some descriptions (upgrade a worker, equip a worker, …)
• It’s possible that 2 legions spawn within a short period of time. We are not sure what causes this issue – any information on this might help us in our investigation.
• One time offer that trigger with a level up are not available in the regular roman helmet market. please start the paying process in the dialog that triggers with the level up (to get the bonus roman helmets).
• [pvp] Message “you are not ranked” displayed when opening the tournament leaderboard for the first time (just reopen the leaderboard, to see the correct message)
• [pvp] Older tournament mails do not display the correct text (the league system did not exist back then)

KNOWN ISSUES CHAT

• User has to wait some time (duration variable) until information is displayed that chat server connection is lost. The chat reconnects after several minutes automatically. If this is not happening, you have to refresh the game to reconnect to the chat server.
• You disconnect from the chat server completely when you try to connect to a chat room that is already full. Unfortunately, the information if a chat room is full or not is not displayed in the game. You have to refresh the game to reconnect to the chat server (you get transferred automatically to a room that isn’t full yet)
• Some issues when resizing the chat window (chat scroll bar)
• Not possible to scroll chat with mouse wheel