Server Maintenance - [March 27, 2021]

[martinmine]

Age Of Empires Online Celeste Fan Project will undergo planned server maintenance on the 27nd of March 2021.
11:00 UTC (12:00 CET): The server will stop responding to login requests, meaning you will not be able to log on from this time.
12:00 UTC (13:00 CET): Start of maintenance.
12:30 UTC (13:30 CET): Expected end of maintenance.

Note: We will be posting timestamps in 24h format from now on.

 

[martinmine]

Game server is now in maintenance mode and authentication has been disabled. Server maintenance will start in 60 min.

 

[martinmine]

The server is now shutting down and starting update. Expected downtime is 30 minutes.

 

[martinmine]

We have encountered some issues during deployment and we are expecting another 30 minutes downtime.

 

[PF2K]

Server back online:

Changelog:

• Balance Changes:
  • Roman Legionary: Charge Attack Range increased to 18, from 14. (To match the Norse Berserker). Movement Speed Boost while doing a Charge Attack increased to +100%, from +75%.
• Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue where Romans were not able to train Scorpios in "Persian Coercion".
  • Fixed an issue with the Roman Enneris where it had perfect accuracy against all targets, instead of only Buildings.
    
  • Fixed the Roman Liburnian Sails for the Capital City Vanity version.
    
  • Fixed the Map Script for the Arena map "Connected Rivers".
    
  • Fixed an issue where the second Roman Capital City song wouldn't play properly.
    
  • Updated the tooltip on "Essence of the Cobra" in Champion Mode to properly indicate its effects (+20%, instead of +30%)
    
  • Fixed the overlapping Guard Towers in the Sparta PvP region.
    
  • Fixed an exploit in the Greek quest "Keep Them Under Our Wing".
    
  • Fixed the Roman Abacus upgrade to make sure it functions as intended. (Thanks RekiemOne for this!)
    
  • Fixed an issue in the quest "Unite the Tribes" where some units would get stuck in the forest. Made some minor adjustments to the map.

• Roman Campaign:
  • Not Safe For Work: Increased the timer to 18:30, from 15:00. Fixed an issue where the quest wouldn't fail after the timer expired.

• Celtic Invasion of Rome:
  • Legendary: The Siege of Clusium: Made some adjustments to the quest's difficulty, fixed some exploits.

• Art Updates:
  • Updated the Icon for Halloween Points.
  • Added new Loading Screens for Daily Login Rewards and Quest Line Completion Menus.
    
  • Updated and iproved all animations for the Roman Engineer. Added a special idle animation to help identify idle Engineers easier.
  
  
• Champion Mode Changes:
  • Greeks:
    • -
  • Egyptians:
    • -
  • Celts:
    • -
  • Persians:
    • -
  • Romans:
    • Bellum Romanum: Upgrade Cost reduced to 800g, from 1000g.
  • Babylonians:
    • -
  • Norse:
    • -
  • Global:
    • -
• Updated the Champion Mode Website to the latest build.

• UI Updates:
  • Significantly improved the Treasury and Capital Report UIs. Added special color-coding for Event points text containers. Temporarily removed the "Workshop Inventories" section of the Capital Report UI.
  • Made small adjustments to the Friends List UI.
    
  • Added tooltips for maximum stack size for all materials.
    
  • Changed the "Sack of Coins" item name to "Coin" for the version that is only worth 1c. Icon updated to match the name.
    
  • Made several adjustments and changed the font of items' prices in the Global Marketplace UI to allow for better readability. Fixed the background alignment for item rows 2 and 4.
    
  • Made several adjustments to the Quest Map (and the World Map) to ensure that all texts fit in all languages.
    
  • Minor adjustments to the Crete and Sparta UIs

• Other Updates:
  • Removed the Alliance Wars menu from Carthage, Delos and Farafra Oasis. They may be restored in the future, when and if Alliance Wars are re-implemented.
  • Changed the lighting set on the Sparta PvP region to "Roman Night".
    
    • This affects the Region only, not actual PvP matches.
  • Fixed a description inconsistency in Leather-Worker Ptolemais' tooltip.
    
  • Various improvements to French, German, Spanish and Italian versions of the game.
• Backend Changes:
  • Fixed a memory issue that could cause the server to lag at some times.