Server Maintenance - [May 15, 2021]

Changelog:

• Balance Changes:
  • Roman Aquilifer: Population Count increased to 2, from 1.

• Sparta PvP Updates:
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• Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue where the Skip Quest feature was not working properly.
  • Fixed some visual glitches and bugs on various buildings in different regions.

• Roman Campaign:
  • Deliver the Supplies: Fixed an issue where the Merchant Transport started its movement long before the intended time.

• Quest Updates:
  • Race, Race Vemundr!: Now also grants 5 Empire Points.

• Art Updates:
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• Champion Mode Changes:
  • Greeks:
    • Rampart Wall (Age IV Wall Upgrade): Now available to the Greek civilization.
    • Hypaspist Champion: Now increases Hitpoints by +30%, from +25%. Upgrade cost increased to 300g, from 250g.
    • Hoplite: Cost reduced to 40f/35g, from 40f/40g. Snare increased to 0.80, from 0.90.
      
    • Toxotes: DPS reduced to 10, from 11. Wood cost reduced to 40, from 45. Training Time reduced to 12 seconds, from 13.
      
    • Sarissophoroi: Pierce Armor increased to 0.50, from 0.40. Maximum Range increased to 6, from 5. Training Time reduced to 15.2 seconds, from 16.
      
    • Ashlar Masonry: Now increases Buildings' Hitpoints by 30%, from 25%. Upgrade cost increased to 150w/150s, from 100w/100s.
  • Egyptians:
    • Chariot Archer: Movement Speed reduced to 7, from 8. Baseline Snare Resistance of 0.50 added.
    • Elephant Archer: Now has 1.50x Bonus Multiplier vs Ranged. DPS reduced to 46, from 52.
      
    • Elephant Archer Champion: Now grants +10% Movement Speed, instead of +50% Melee-Cavalry Armor. Upgrade cost reduced to 800g, from 1000g.
      
    • Camel Rider Champion: Health Buff reduced to +10%, from +15%.
  • Celts:
    • Silver Age: Research Time reduced to 60 seconds, from 65.
    • Longswordsman Champion: Melee-Infantry and Pierce Armor buff increased to +30%, from +25%. Now also grants +30% Splash Damage Armor. Upgrade cost increased to 400, from 300.
      
    • Woad Raider: Bonus vs Priests increased to 2.0x, from 1.75x
      
    • Horseman: Now has 0.20 Baseline Splash Damage Armor.
      
    • Swanship Champion: Now also reduces Training Time by 25%.
  • Persians:
    • Takabara: DPS reduced to 9, from 10. Bonus Multiplier vs Ranged increased to 2.75x, from 2.5x.
    • Mounted Archer: DPS reduced to 8, from 12. Bonus Multiplier vs Cavalry increased to 6.0x, from 2.75x.
      
    • Mounted Archer Champion: Bonus Multiplier vs Cavalry reduced to +15%, from +50%. Now also grants +20% Maximum Range.
      
    • War Wagon: DPS reduced to 46, from 52.
  • Romans:
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  • Babylonians:
    • Bowman Champion: Upgrade cost reduced to 400g, from 450g.
    • Lancer: Hitpoints reduced to 420, from 440. Baseline Melee-Infantry Armor increased to 0.40, from 0.30. DPS reduced to 15, from 17.
      
    • Mounted Archer: DPS reduced to 7.5, from 10. Bonus Multiplier vs Cavalry increased to 6.5x, from 3.25x.
      
    • Mounted Archer Champion: Upgrade cost reduced to 800g, from 1000g.
    • Chariot Archer: Movement Speed reduced to 7, from 8. DPS increased to 28, from 25. Baseline Snare Resistance of 0.50 added.
      
    • War Chariot: Pierce and Crush Armor increased to 0.50, from 0.40.
      
    • Siege Tower: Ranged Attack DPS reduced to 5.5 (per garrisoned unit), from 6.5
  • Norse:
    • Throwing Axeman Champion: Now grants +20% Maximum Range from 30%. Upgrade cost increased to 450g, from 400g.
    • Skirmisher Champion: Upgrade cost reduced to 250g, from 300g.
      
    • Great Hall: Moved to Age II, from Age III. Hammer of Thor and Freyja's Blessing Upgrades moved to the Great Hall.
      • Hammer of Thor: Research Time reduced to 30 seconds, from 40 seconds. Upgrade cost reduced to 150w/150g, from 200w/200g/100s. Moved to Age II, from Age III.
      • Freyja's Blessing: Research Time reduced to 30 seconds, from 60 seconds.
  • Global:
    • Fortified Tower: Research Time increased to 60 seconds, from 30.
    • Stronghold Tower: Research Time increased to 60 seconds, from 30.
      
    • Town Center: Garrison Capacity reduced to 15, from 50.
• Updated the Champion Mode Website to the latest build.

• UI Updates:
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• Other Updates:
  • Community Help Required: Do you experience the "White Screen Bug"? It's a somewhat rare bug that makes your game textures load incorrectly, particularly loading screens. This makes the game show you a white screen instead. To help analyze what causes this bug, we have added a new hotkey for generating a log file when you encounter this bug.
  • Here's how to get the log file:
    • Press the Shift + F-10 key on your keyboard to generate this log file.
    • Navigate to your "Documents/Spartan" folder, find the "debug_info.txt" file.
    • Send that file to us over Discord (me or one of the other Lead Developers) or post it here on the forums!

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• XLive Changes:
  • Added the Create Debug Info Log hotkey. More information above.
  • Added Splash Damage Armor as an attribute that is displayed on units that have it baseline.

• Backend Changes:
  • Fixed an issue where the server would fall into a deadlock bug, leading to data loss.