Age Of Empires Online -- Celeste Fan Project

Greeks:

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Egyptians:

War Elephant:

• Now has a Baseline Snare Resistance of 0.75

Chariot Archer:

• Hitpoints increased to 300, from 280.

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Persians:

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As we prepare to finally launch the Romans, we want to take the opportunity to spotlight Paul Flores, who was the one of the original Gas Powered Games developers of Age of Empires Online and the architect of the original version of the Romans. As we have discussed at length, our Romans draw heavily on Paul’s original concepts, though we had to make a number of significant changes to them. For the last couple of years, Paul has generously given us his time off and on to guide us along our journey developing the next civilization in AoEO. Never underestimate the luxury of having an expert to bounce ideas off.

Paul graciously agreed to answer some general questions for us to give all of you some insight into development over the years.

So glad to be finally sharing my story about Age of Empires Online! My name is Paul Flores. I’ve been a game designer in the industry for a little over 10 years. Growing...

Greeks:

Hippikon:

• DPS increased to 30, from 24.

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Egyptians:

Camel Rider:

• Baseline Melee-Cavalry Armor increased to 0.20, from 0.00. No longer deals bonus damage vs other Camel Riders

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Persians:

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Celts:

Carpentom:

• Pierce Armor reduced to 0.40, from 0.50.

Hello there Celeste players! We are back again with another Developer Update blog (it's a big one!).

This time, we are going to spotlight a few of the important changes that are included in this patch, which is one of the most fundamentally impactful ones we've ever had.

A recent look at our logs showed that a surprising number of our players spend most of their time playing everything but Legendary Quests. A closer look to the Legendary Quest rewards and comparing them with original Legendary Quests showed us that the Celeste Quests' rewards were very disorganized and all over the place. We have went ahead and classified all end-game Quests based on their difficulty (and adjusted Legendary Quests' rewards based on both their difficulty level and their cooldown timer, as you will see below.)...

Hello there Celeste players! The Halloween Event is finally here.

Once the Event starts (00:01 UTC 2020/10/23), go to your Empire Store in your Capital City and find all the new quests for the event. You don't need to update your game.

You can find every detail regarding what's new in the event in the attached graphics! We hope that you all have lots of fun playing with friends during the event.

We have a couple of objectives with our seasonal events. First, we want to inject excitement into the calendar to break up the year a bit and keep players coming back. Second, we want to use each event’s temporary nature to our advantage as little development laboratories to experiment without committing to anything long term. In this way, events are quite different than every other piece of content we add, all of which is envisioned to remain in the game forever.

Halloween marks the beginning of our 3rd year running...

Hello there Celeste players! We are back again with another Developer Update blog.

Here, we are going to spotlight a few of the important changes that are included in this patch, alongside some updates about the Halloween Event, and a small little surprise for you in the end!

You can find the complete details of the changes to Advisors in their own dedicated blog post HERE.
Thanks to Kire, the enemy units in Legendary Quests will now look considerably more visually pleasing. Don't get intimated by the new looks, though! These new helmets will change absolutely nothing in these units' stats, so Quest difficulty is...

Greetings, fellow Celeste players! Here's a quick review of the changes coming to existing Advisors with today's patch, making them more interesting/viable for players throughout their questing adventures. This includes buffs, reworks, and in a few rare cases, nerfs to some particular Advisors!

Here's the list of changes:

• Development Team's Comment: Some of the Economic Advisors, while looking pretty good and useful at first glance, simply couldn't compete with some of the powerful options available in Age I, such as Closet Organizer Irene, Apprentice Mason Philon and Slave Driver Zephyros, so we're adding in an element of Conservation to these Advisors. What is Conservation, you might ask? It's when you get more resources out of a resource node than you normally would. For example, one Berry Bush holds 300 Food. When you have 30%...

Hello there Celeste players! We are back again with another Developer Update blog.

Here, we are going to spotlight a few of the important changes that are included in this patch, alongside some updates about the Roman Civilization.

We are proud to announce that the reworked PvP Arena is finally here!

With tons of awesome new features, playing custom PvP matches with your friends has never been more fun or easier. Take a look at the newest additions to the Arena below:
As of the time this post is being written, the current "Competitive Map Pool" is as follows:

• Arabia
• Oasis
• Sheltered Pass
• Treasure Island
• Equal Footing
• Bandit Canyon
• Mountain Crossing
• Great Lake...

Hello there Celeste players! We are back again with another Developer Update blog.

Here, we are going to spotlight a few of the important changes that are included in this patch, alongside some updates about the Roman Civilization and also some of our plans for the future.

The way almost every upgrade works in AoEO is that the upgrade value gets added to the current stats of units, on a percentage-based system. While this is an excellent way to balance them, it can sometimes be confusing for players to know which upgrades have been researched by the opponent. Now you don't have to worry about this anymore!

Upgrades that will appear on the Unit Stats Tooltips: (as of the time this Blog is written)

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Hi everyone!

Today we are announcing the release of Celeste Launcher 3.1.1.

This is the final release marking the completion of the redesign of the launcher. Before this release, we have been through a number of iterations involving beta testing of the redesigned launcher.

It is by no means a complete re-write, but the entire user interface has been redesigned. Version 3.1.1 is the new Celeste Launcher!

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You can download the new launcher from HERE.
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How to upgrade to the new Launcher:

1. Delete Celeste_Launcher_Gui.exe
2. Delete Celeste_Launcher.exe (if it exists in your installation directory)
3. Drag and drop the contents of the entire zip folder to where the location of...

Greeks:

[Tech] Prodromos Champion:

• Bonus Damage vs Buildings reduced to 25%, from 50%.

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Egyptians:

Priestess of Ra:

• Training Time reduced to 20s, from 30s.

Hello there Celeste players! The Summer Event is finally here.

Once you update your game, go to your Empire Store in your Capital City and find all the new quests for the event, as well all the good stuff we had from last year!

You can find every detail regarding what's new in the event in the attached graphics! We hope that you all have lots of fun playing with friends during the event.

So let's break down the details of the event in a question-based list:

1. How do I access the special event content?

2. What are the new contents available in the event?

• New mini-game style Quests and a very difficult Legendary Quest, with awesome rewards....

Hello there Celeste players! It's me and I'm back again with another Developer Update blog. Did you miss me yet?

Here, we are going to spotlight a few of the important changes that are coming in the next patch, alongside some updates about the Roman Civilization and also the Summer Event for this year.

This is something that has been a point of confusion for many new players. The Celts are the only civilization that have access to a crafting school exclusive to them. This makes it so that players would ideally want to have this crafting school alongside one more, since each civilization can learn up to a maximum of 2 crafting schools.

This change aims to help reduce this confusion and to better guide players towards making their crafting school choices.

It's the middle of summer, the sun is hot, the Summer Event is late, the Romans are slow, the blog is overdue, COVID is in full bloom, and everyone's a little edgy. PF2K is taking a much deserved vacation of indeterminate length, so I have appointed myself this week’s messenger. Rather than pretend to fake PF2K's graphics, we are going to do an old fashioned mailbag episode. I asked players on discord, the forum, and in the game to submit questions. Then I answered a bunch and spread a few of them around the horn to get some other Devs out of their shells. (I took some editorial liberties to revise some of their quotes, so apologies in advance.)

Also, I am super jammed up in real life this week and flat-out in the Romans (I still don't have my Quest Giver lines finalized). To cut corners and time, I didn't send all questions to all Devs. So Devs, please add more answers below!

How much do you hope and expect the player count will rise after the Rome release?...

As we develop the Romans, we are showing you how we are building them, who is building them, and why we are building them the way that we are. Though we have finally revealed every Roman Unit, Building, and Technology, we are continuing to present all their miscellaneous extra features as we design them.


Speaking of the Campaign, we are pleased to say we are finally turning the corner and have essentially every quest drafted and ready for playtesting. All told, we count about 70 Quests. We have assigned them all Quest Givers, experience points, rewards, and laid out a working map of the complicated order that each quest is unlocked.

Here is a look at how the quests shape up:

As we develop the Romans, we are showing you how we are building them, who is building them, and also why we are building them the way that we are. Though we have finally revealed every Roman Unit, Building, and Technology, we are continuing to present all of their miscellaneous extra features as we design them.

Recently, we have been firmly entrenched in that late-stage of development where the civ feels almost totally finished but yet we are struggling under the weight of a near endless punchlist of details. That fidgeting feeling of constant tinkering and polishing.

While it often feels like we are going around in circles, we are also slowly spiraling our way upwards. This week, our 3d team has been polishing and ironing out bugs in a number of units. The Clinicus had a major bug that is now fixed. We are also excited to show off the Romans' improved Ram and Scorpio, alongside the Onager and the...

Hello there Celeste players! We are back again with another Developer Update blog.

Here, we are going to spotlight a few of the important changes that have been applied to the game, alongside some updates regarding the Roman civilization campaign and a letter of gratitude towards the community, for the yearly donation goal of 2019.

Priestess of Ra can now equip Vanity Staffs. This is one of the things that felt missing from the original game, so we went ahead and gave her a Vanity Staff slot. Who doesn't want huge elephant scepters on their Priestesses? We sure do!
A common question among many new players is "Why can I not repack some of my warehouses? It looks like every other warehouse in my capital city!"

Despite having identical looks and names...

Greeks:

Prodromos:

• Hitpoints increased to 420, from 400.

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Egyptians:

[Tech] Ptolemy's Masonry:

• Functionality Changed: Now decreases War Elephants and Elephant Archers' Train time by 25%, instead of decreasing the cost and build time of Fortresses. Tech name changed to "Ptolemy's Might", Cost...

Hello there everyone! We are really excited to tell you that The Adventures of Brennos and Comontorios Quest Pack is finally upon us, available for everyone at Level 35+!


Help King Brennos and Warlord Comontorios fight the Helvetii and the Oxubii in all-new battlegrounds, who are being led by 4 valiant champions:

• Donnotaurus is Orgetorix's most trusted Warrior, and his most skilled one, too! Undefeated in 1-on-1 combat, he challenges you to attack him at his base. Attack him only if you are sure you can defeat him, as his unmatched strength will make quick work of your army otherwise.
• Divico, is the very first Helvetti commander you will see. Wielding an axe made of pure Gold, he lays waste to his enemies without mercy. Think twice before getting close to him, as his cleave...