Maintenance: 18.03.2014, 10:00-12:30 

Features

• new cooking feature allows player to create merchandise items to increase the sesterce production in commercial buildings! At every commercial building you can cook 3 different dishes.

Tweaks

• added small icons to recipe selection list in the crafting dialog to indicate the difference between PvP and PvE weapons
• added Magic Potion particle effect to Egyptian workers when using the potion to boost them
• added growl (small information pop-up in the HUD) when receiving Mails from a different user. Playername and the subject is displayed
• changed functionality of debris: now you need more clicks to free a building lot from debris.
• tweaked overall game progression after tutorial (added one new quest)
• minor changes in tutorial
• [PVP] adjusted pvp brawl tournament rank range for silver, bronze, stone and wood (new tournament ranks: 101-1000, 1001-2500, 2501-5000, 5001-8000)
• [PVP] doubled ALL pvp weapon effects (except for strength buff)
• [PvP] it’s now possible to lose ranking points when you lose a brawl as attacker or as defender
• list of achievements now accessible in HUD – added indicator when you have achievements ready for completion
• new achievement sorting: sorted by progress percentage; completed achievements are now available at the end of the list
• first merchandise slot unlocks now with building level 2 (previously: building level 3) for ALL commercial buildings; additional merchandise slots unlock with building level: 3, 7 and 11 (previously: building level 7, 11, 15)
• [PvE] weapons with strength buff: the villager cannot have less than x strength when a spear/sword is equipped (example: Pointandklix equips a poor spear, strength +2; strength cannot fall below 2)
• new travel map does no longer have a “close” button. Please click on the village where the Portrait of Pointandclix is displayed to “close” the travel map.

Bugfixes

• [PvP] only active players are now in the PvP matchmaking pool
• added info about upgrade/training duration when selecting the next possible upgrade/training
• fixed some issues with the tutorial arrow not being displayed correctly
• fixed a minor display issue where the druid quest icon kept popping up if potion crafting was finished
• there is now an information pop-up when you click on a building lot, although all buildings are already constructed
• fixed issue where it was possible to stand with avatar in water below Egyptian Pier
• fixed issue where it was possible to travel to Egypt although bridge was blocked by Romans

Known issues

• External buildings may be blocked despite the Roman camps having been defeated
• [Browser] Rarely, error #3672 when playing/loading the game in Chrome
• 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)
• Issues when fighting against a Roman Unit (patrol, camp, legion) where it’s possible to lose a fight with a 100% win chance. Please add the steps to reproduce when you encounter this issue (for example: Used food to regain strength – yes or no? Villager is equipped with sword/spear/shield/helmet. Overall strength of your villagers VS. overall strength of the Roman Unit)
• [Egypt] Egyptian workers are sometimes called “villagers” in some descriptions (upgrade a worker, equip a worker, …)
• [mail] Words in quotation marks are not displayed in message

Maintenance Downtime: 04.03.2014,  10:00 – 12:30

Features:

• The Winter Event ends and Spring is coming back to Gaul. Snow balls are no longer dropping.
• New and bigger travel map with cloud background.

Content

• new achievement: travel to Egypt

Tweaks:

• Fishing grounds and boar trails respawn a bit quicker now at early levels.
• The Sesterce production of the Fish Market and the Tavern Sesterce production has been reduced. Butcher remains unchanged.
• The initial Sesterce cap of Fish Market and Tavern has been reduced slightly.
• Merchandise value has been increased. This means selling items at the Butcher, Fish Market and Tavern pays off more than previously.
• Dates and strawberries can be sold at the Tavern now.
• We removed the quest to collect from the Butcher’s from the tutorial and placed it at a later stage.
• We got rid of a couple of obsolete tutorial texts and arrows.
• villager training and building upgrades are now separated in the statistics menu
• It’s now possible to center the position on a villager by clicking on the villager portrait in the strength box in the HUD

Bugfixes

• [Egypt] fixed issue where the resistance points production tick timer got reset when picking up produced resistance points from the palace
• [Egypt] fixed an issue where the game threw an error (#2032) when traveling to Egypt
• Fixed display issue where the PvP tutorial was displayed in the Egypt level
• We might have fixed the out of sync error when clicking on boar trails / when harvesting from commercial or external buildings

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.
• [Browser] Rarely, error #3672 when playing/loading the game in Chrome
• 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. DonÕt 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 (rare)
• 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)
• Issues when fighting against a Roman Unit (patrol, camp, legion) where itÕs possible to lose a fight with a 100% win chance. Please add the steps to reproduce when you encounter this issue (for example: Used food to regain strength – yes or no? Villager is equipped with sword/spear/shield/helmet. Overall strength of your villagers VS. overall strength of the Roman Unit)
• Egypt icons (like crocodile or Egyptian buildings) are missing in quest objective list after loading the game
• Error when clicking on the phoenician trader in the moment he disappears

EGYPT

• [Egypt] Egyptian workers are sometimes called ÒvillagersÓ in some descriptions (upgrade a worker, equip a worker, …)
• [Egypt] The palace construction progress bar may not display the correct progress. Please make sure to update the palace status once in a while (by clicking on the palace) to get the latest palace status!

Maintenance Downtime: 18.02.2014,  10:30 – 12:00

Features

• Gaul Outposts can be bought permanently with Resistance Points. This option is available in addition to temporary Outposts.
• If the player has two or more Outposts in an Area (Gaul or Egypt) the Outposts start producing small quantities of resistance points.
• Villager walk cycles. Gauls living in your village are now walking around.
• Snow Ball – Winter Special, snow balls drop in rare cases from forests, rocks and fields. Snow balls can be used in combat against the Romans.
• The palace has a new state now. After finishing the palace it will need some additional repairs every two weeks.

Content

• Snow Ball achievement – collect lots of snowballs to earn this achievement.
• Minor tutorial changes, we removed redundant text in a few areas.

Bugfixes

• It’s no longer possible to get stuck in the zoom tutorial when the player refreshes the game directly after using the zoom out button
• Inbox / outbox does no longer jump back to first page when deleting message
• It’s no longer possible to use strength potion on Edifis
• [Egypt] fixed issue with PvP brawl replay in Egypt
• Fixed issue where it was not possible to unlock brawlers with resistance points after completing the PvP tutorial
• Fixed issue where it was possible to get stuck in the defeat legion tutorial
• Fixed issue where the legion defeat statistics did not get updated correctly when defeating legions on the friendsmap
• Fixed issues with the daily login bonus food reward overflow mail
• New mail system bugfix applied: messages (with and without attachment) should now arrive correctly in the player’s inbox
• Mails sent from a Game Master (for example: ingame Update announcement from the Asterix and Friends Team) do not get automatically deleted after 30 days

Tweaks:

• Some text-changes/improvements
• Adjusted growl notification background for events related to Egypt/Gaul
• Added timestamp to messages which are older than 24 hours
• Adjusted dialog queue priority when completing achievements
• Added growl notification when palace construction overall productivity decreases
• Magic potion charges are now displayed in avatar’s tooltip in attack screen
• New icon for friends displayed (players you follow) when adding a user to a new mail

Known issues:

• External buildings may be blocked despite the Roman camps having been defeated 
• [Browser] Rarely, error #3672 when playing/loading the game in Chrome
• Statistics for brawls won and lost (as defender) not correctly displayed in statistics category tab ‘village brawl’. 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. DonÕt 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 (rare)
• 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)
• We are aware of the problems concerning the PvP tournament and we are currently improving the PvP tournament system
• Issues when fighting against a Roman Unit (patrol, camp, legion) where it’s possible to lose a fight with a 100% win chance. Please add the steps to reproduce when you encounter this issue (for example: Used food to regain strength – yes or no? Villager is equipped with sword/spear/shield/helmet. Overall strength of your villagers VS. overall strength of the Roman Unit)
• Just a display issue: Brawler strength bar refills, if you win a brawl with only one brawler

Known issues: EGYPT

• [Egypt] Egyptian workers are sometimes called ÒvillagersÓ in some descriptions (upgrade a worker, equip a worker, …)
• [Egypt] The palace construction progress bar may not display the correct progress. Please make sure to update the palace status once in a while (by clicking on the palace) to get the latest palace status!
• [Egypt] resistance points production tick timer resets when clicking on the palace to pick up the produced resistance points.
  You can avoid this issue by picking up the resistance points when the palace is full.

Of the numerous submissions for the Sat1 event “30 years – 30 wishes”, Richard scored the big prize.

Since his childhood days his heart belongs to the tales of Asterix, browsing through every comic excitedly, thereby following the village community’s eventful and humorous story. Wether it is brawls with defiant Romans or the cozy boar feast with everyone getting together after a successful adventure – he is as fascinated by the world of Asterix as we are.

Never would Richard have dared to dream of becoming a part of this story.

This only made it more exciting when his application to become a comic Gaul was actually chosen as part of Sat1 “30 Jahre. – 30 Wünsche“. From his beard through his distinctive facial features to his strong figure – the man from Dachau, Germany, has all the qualities of a true Gaul.

All that makes him a great choice for a character in the Asterix & Friends game. Using three photos, his character got digitalized and cartooned at Rabcat studio in Vienna. Of course Richard was there as well, to oversee the final polishing and admire the finished work.

 

All involved fully agreed that the result in game worked out very well.

From now on, you’ll find him easily recognizable and in a matching Gaulish outfit, as a patroling village guard in the world of Asterix & Friends.

We wish him lots of success and would again like to send our heartfelt congratulations to the real Richard S.

 

Maintenance downtime: 04.02.2014 – 10:30-12:30

Features

• Unlockable Equipment Slots – the player has now the possibility to unlock two more equipment slots for Resistance Points. Villagers can only have one type of equipment equipped at the same time. one weapon, one helmet, one shield.
• Complete overhaul of the in-game mail feature. There is now an outbox making it easier for players to keep track of their conversations and items can be attached from within the mail GUI.
• In addition we created an all new interface for better usability.

Content

• The Phoenician is now a quest giver. He offers a pool of 10 repeatable quests that unlock from level 25 on.

Balancing & Tweaks

• Tutorial received a couple of bigger ad smaller changes.
• We made the tutorial shorter by moving the legion tutorial.
• During the navigation part of the tutorial you only need to click once to change the zoom level
• some text-changes/improvements
• construction signposts displayed instead of transparent Roman camps
• outpost countdown bar (in outpost window) now displays days instead of hours

Bugfixes

• [PvP] it is now possible to see the brawler stats of locked PvP characters BEFORE unlocking them
• fixed several issues concerning sending messages and the mail system
• fixed a display issue where the travel line was displayed above the first time screen when clicking on pier for the first time in Gaul
• fixed the issue where it was not possible to complete the ‘train all workers to level x’ achievement. Please try to pick up your rewards in the achievement menu!

Known issues

• External buildings may be blocked despite the Roman camps having been defeated
• [Browser] Rarely, error #3672 when playing/loading the game in Chrome
• 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 (rare)
• Some issues with daily login bonus food reward overflow mail (not possible to pick up the food, because your food storage is full) – sometimes the mail inbox does not display all your mails (after you’ve received a daily login bonus overflow mail) – sometimes it’s not possible to delete the mail (error occurs)
• 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)
• [PvP] not possible to unlock brawlers with resistance points after completing the PvP tutorial (game refresh is needed)
• [Statistics] legion defeat statistics updates when other players defeat (completely) legions on your friendsmap without your help. But it’s a client-only issue, after a game refresh the statistic resets (shows the correct count)

EGYPT

• [Egypt] Egyptian workers are sometimes called ‘villagers’ in some descriptions (upgrade a worker,  equip a worker, …)
• [Egypt] The palace construction progress bar may not display the correct progress. Please make sure to update the palace status once in a while (by clicking on the palace) to get the latest palace status!
• [achievement] [Egypt] some issues with the complete the ‘train all workers to level x’ achievement
• [Egypt] PvP brawl replay has no background when player opens the replay in Egypt