Server Maintenance - [March 4, 2022]

Changelog:

Deathmatch and Lightning game modes now available in the Arena. Details about these two game modes will be made available in a separate blog.

• Balance Changes:
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• Sparta PvP Updates:
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• Map Updates:
  • Hillfort: Optimized Gold Deposit and Stone Mine spawns.
  • Acropolis, Overpass, Camp Lagoon, Spiral Valley, Four Lakes: Reduced the size of the map and adjusted the scaling of the map size in games larger than 1v1.

• Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue where the Roman Engineer was not disabled as intended in the "Tiny" PvP map.

• Quest Updates:
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• Art Updates:
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• Champion Mode Changes:
  • Greeks:
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  • Egyptians:
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  • Celts:
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  • Persians:
    • Asabara: Bonus Damage vs Ranged increased to 1.75x, from 1.5x.
    • Spearman: Bonus Damage vs Cavalry increased to 3.75x, from 3.5x. Cost reduced to 35f/30g, from 40f/30g.
    • Ram Ship: Bonus Damage vs Ships reduced to 2.5x, from 3.0x.
    • Shield Wall: Upgrade cost reduced to 125f/125g, from 150f/150g.
  • Romans:
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  • Babylonians:
    • Ram Ship: Bonus Damage vs Ships reduced to 2.5x, from 3.0x.
  • Norse:
    • Spearman: Bonus Damage vs Cavalry increased to 2.75x, from 2.5x.
    • Skirmisher: Hitpoints increased to 115, from 110.
    • Raider: Bonus Damage vs Ranged increased to 2.25x, from 2.0x. Baseline Snare Resistance increased to 0.30, from 0.20.
  • Global:
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• Updated the Champion Mode Website to the latest build.

• UI Updates:
  • Improved the Skirmish Hall Hero Selection interface.
  • Upated the hover-over tooltips for all Crafting Schools (Engineering School, Metalworking School, etc.) to display correct information.
  • Added several new tooltips for unit garrison information. Units and buildings that can garrison other units now display their maximum garrison capacity on their hover-over tooltips.
  • Updated the Champion Mode gear statistic tooltip to mention "Champion Mode" instead of "Champion PvP".
  • Optimized the minimap terrain colors for the Tundra terrain set for better readability.
  • "Train Only Town Center Units" optional objective renamed to "Train Only Town Center and Economy Units" for better accuracy.

• Other Updates:
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• XLive Changes:
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• Backend Changes:
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