Age Of Empires Online -- Celeste Fan Project

New Addition to Vanity Island

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Hello there fellow Celestians! It brings me great joy to tell you that there is a new island available in Vanity Island now!

This island features decorative fountains from all 6 civilizations, plus a vast number of Statues of Egyptian and Greek gods! (namely Zeus, Poseidon, Ptah and Ra)
Would you like more Capital City decorations? Let us know in the comments below! :)

New Skirmish and PvP maps!

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Hey there Celeste people! It brings me great honor to tell you that we now have some brand new Skirmish and PvP maps exclusive to Project Celeste!

1. Marshlands
2. Persian Quarries
3. Wildwoods

These maps have been added to the Skirmish Hall and the PvP Arena in your Capital City. Once we receive enough feedback about the maps, we will finetune them and add them to the ranked PvP map pool over at Sparta. Game on, everyone!

Sidenote: If any of you are knowledgeable in RMS map making, please contact us for your submissions. Well made maps will be reviewed and added to the game!

PvP Balance Update #14

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Greeks:

Priest:

  • Can now heal single units in-combat, and prefers healing friendly units over converting enemy units. Healing rate reduced to 25, from 40
> Balance Team's Comment: Single-Target converting Priests are one of the least utilized units in PvP mode right now. We are trying to change the utility of these Priests by allowing them to heal single units in-combat to reward good mechanics and micro. We will keep an eye on this change to see how it impacts gameplay and go from there.​

[Tech] Divine Vision:

  • Upgrade Cost reduced to 600 Gold, from 800 Gold
> Balance Team's Comment: We feel like quite a few of the lategame Champion Upgrades don't see much use because they are too expensive for what they offer. This change aims to address this issue.​
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PvE New Legendary and Global Advisors!

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Hello there everyone! I'm pretty excited to share with you our all-new Advisors, available ONLY in Celeste! So without further ado, let's jump into the details, shall we?

Official Community Challenge #1 Participants

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Greetings fellow PvP'ers!

Here you will find the list of participants for the Community Challenge of this week! We had more sign-ups than expected so there won't be any matches against the Balance Team (unless, of course, we have connection issues and don't have any replacements), however all participants will earn 1.5x the regular rewards this week only!

If we have more sign-ups next week, we will extend the number of games for each stream to 4 or even 5 so people get the chance to play against the balance team.

1v1 Games:

PedroAlmeida72 vs VindicatoR
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cG_ZertoN vs Totombo
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2v2 Game:

Maximillian
and asianguy316 vs Totombo and rtsgamer
The games will be streamed, as usual, on...

Official Community Challenge #1 Sign-up Thread

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Greetings, fellow Celeste players!

I am glad to announce that the Community Challenge is back, and this time with better rewards than ever!

From now on, we will have 2 games of 1v1 and one game of 2v2 per Challenge, which will be streamed on the Official Project Celeste Twitch Channel. Saturday, December 8th at 8pm GMT

The rewards for participation are as follows:
  • 900 Empire Points for winning, 300 for losing
  • 25,000 Coins for winning, 5,000 for losing
While signing up, please make sure to include your PvP level (beginner, intermediate, high level) so we have an easier time matching you with an equally skilled opponent! And don't forget to mention if you want to play in the 1v1s or the 2v2!

As a bonus, players can choose to play against a member of the PvP Balance Team to earn TRIPLE the rewards for winning (and double the rewards for losing).

Sign-ups are open until Friday 8pm...

Zahhak's Sword of the Undying

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Hello there everyone! With the Halloween Event, I am happy to bring you a limited edition piece of gear, Zahhak's Sword of the Undying! Find out all you need to know about how to get one for yourself in the attached infographic!

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Good luck and happy hunting everyone, let us know what you think about the Sword below! :D

New Vanity Sets!

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Find out more details about the new Vanity Gear here!

PvP Balance Update #13

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Greeks:

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Egyptians:


Elephant Archer
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  • Attack Speed increased by 200%, Attack Damage reduced by 50% (overall DPS increased to 75, from 50.) Splash Damage removed, from 1. Now cannot miss its target and is 100% accurate.
> Balance Team's Comment: Egypt has a lot of AoE damage in its arsenal by the time it reaches Age IV, including War Elephants, Champion Axemen and Catapults. This made Elephant Archers seem pretty unappealing, especially since they share their production facility with War Elephants. This change aims to turn Elephant Archers into more of a "Sniper" unit. We realize that this is a very drastic change to how the unit functions and will be keeping a close eye on how it affects gameplay.
Scout:
  • Attack Speed increased by 100%, Attack Damage reduced...

Server Server Update [Oct 22, 2018]

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New Features:
  • Enhanced Crete information in game.
  • Skirmish "Champion Mode" add (not available in coop).

Halloween Event [2018]:


The Halloween event will start the 23 October and end the 6 November (will maybe be extended for a week).
During all the duration of the event you will win some "Halloween Points" when you collect guarded camp, try to collect more than the others to win great reward (ladder will be available soon).

More contents for the Event will come in the next few days.

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  • Special Items (only available during the event buyable against Halloween Points"):
  • New Black Cat Set is available at the Fantasy Store on Vanity Island.
  • Classic Halloween Vanity Set is available at the Fantasy Store on Vanity...

PvP Balance Update #12

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Persians:

Immortal:
  • Hitpoints reduced to 280, from 300. Pierce Armor removed, from 0.20
> Balance Team's Comment: Immortals are seeing more use in early Age III than ever before, and that is indeed what the change to them in PvP Balance Update #11 was meant to do. However, they are way overperforming in their role, this change should help make them easier to deal with for other Civilizations while keeping their power level in Age IV intact.
Immortal Champion:
  • Now increases Immortals' hitpoints by 25%, from 20%, and additionally grants 25% Pierce Armor. (for a base Pierce Armor of 0.20).
> Balance Team's Comment: See...​

Server Server Update [Sept 22, 2018]

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New Features:
  • Enhanced Sparta PvP information in game.
  • Ranking for 2v2 Sparta is now working (season reward for 2v2 Sparta have been enabled).
  • Discord rich presence.
Enhancements:
  • Arena champion mode checked as default.
  • Some gear have been renamed:
  • Divine Wall Joints -> Wall Joints of Persepolis
  • Divine Vest of Foresight -> Amunet's Vest of Foresight
  • Divine Runed Gorget -> Leucon's Lucky Leather Armor
  • Divine Thrusting Xiphos -> Theia's Exalted Xiphos
  • Divine Bronze Plating -> Artificer's Iron Plating
  • Divine Warpaint -> Vercingetorix's Copper-Ore Warpaint
  • Divine Blessed Javelin -> Neith's Blessed Javelin
  • Divine Battle Horn -> Brann's Bronze-Runed Battle Horn
  • Divine Spear -> Heavy Spear of Siavash
  • Divine Axe -> Brann's Boar-Slaying Battle Axe
  • Divine Breastplate -> Breastplate of Alexander
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PvP Balance Update #11

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Greeks:

Ballista Trireme
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  • Cost increased to 400w/250g, from 200w/150g. Population count increased to 5, from 4.
> Balance Team's Comment: Siege Ships are one of the most powerful tools available to 3 of the 6 civilizations in the game, providing significant amounts of pressure on enemy structures from a very safe distance. We felt that this advantage came with too little of an investment so we decided to make them costlier to better adjust to their power level.
Egyptians:

Spearman
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  • Training time increased to 10 seconds, from 9.
> Balance Team's Comment: Barracks play has shown itself to be one of the best, if not the best playstyles for the Egyptian civilization. But we feel that currently this style's power level is a little too much compared...​

Server Server Update [May 18, 2018]

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New Features:
  • "Sparta Happy Hour" : Every day at 5AM UTC and 5PM UTC Sparta rewards are increased for one hour.

Web A survey about the web features

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ProjectCeleste.com has been updated recently with a new look and a lot of new features (PvP and Crete leaderboards, user profile, ...), you can thanks @n4bb12 for this awesome work.
A lot of other cool features can be add to improve your user experience and even extend the game with some new features you can access from anywhere (computer, phone, ...).
That why we ask you to complete this survey to know on what you want us to focus first, don't hesitate also to submit your idea of what you would like to see (why not an auction house? we can't do it in game but we can make one into the website who can be accessed even from your phone so you can bid at any time^^).

Survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdO9tLTQWo_WFoiLgjFDVh0Tj4_ye3LCSYhyTxTnps9CsGJuQ/viewform

Note: If you have some "Java Script" and want to help on this project to brink all this ideas to life contact us ;)

Server Server Update [April 20, 2018]

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New Features:
  • An "Offline Mode" has been add (Require "Sparta" xLive), it allow you to play offline custom scenario (solo only) made by the community using the "Game Editor". You can access it by launching directly Spartan.exe without using the launcher. (Note: an button to start it will be add soon in the launcher)
Bug-Fix:
  • Fix issue with some quest who was becoming crazy.
  • Fix some issue with quest from "Cyrus The Great Pack"
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Server Server Update [April 17, 2018]

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New Features:
  • A few new legendary gear have been add to game, let's some mystery for now...
Enhancements:
  • Battle Of Thymbra and Holly Man quest (Cyrus The Great Pack) are now playable in solo or coop.
  • Balance patch for ""Cyrus The Great" quest pack.
Bug-Fix:
  • Fix issue with quest from "Cyrus The Great" quest pack.
  • Fix some freeze/crash issue in game with "Sparta xLive".
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PvP A survey about PVP

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We have been doing some changes to PvP lately in the hope to improve it. Still we would like to hear your opinion about PvP and what you think about it. Note that this survey applies to all players (including PvE players).

Here is the link to the survey: https://goo.gl/forms/H3kn3FrK7yFowyEb2

Server Server Update [April 13, 2018]

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New Features:
  • "Cyprus The Great" quest pack is now available to anyone, but only champion supporter will have access to repeatable/elite/legendary version of choose quest until complete testing (avg 1/2 weeks).
  • Two "Capital Consumable" (Xp & Coin boost) are now working and available at the Empire Store against some EP.
Enhancements:
  • You will be rewarded with some chest by playing Ranked 1v1 PvP (the "winner" chest use the same loot table has any legendary quest).
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Bug-Fix:
  • Fix issue with "Holly Man" quest from ""Cyprus The Great" quest pack.
  • Fix issue with "missing price" on some inventory item (will only affect new item after this update).
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[Require Celeste Launcher v2.0.3.0 at least]

Server Server Update [March 26, 2018]

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Bug-Fix:
  • Fix issue with Sparta and Crete ranking.
  • Fix issue where the Winter Event 2017 rewards was not distributed like excepted.
  • Fix several issue with new quest pack "Cyprus The Great".

[Require Celeste Launcher v2.0.3.0 at least]