Server Maintenance - [May 20, 2023]

Changelog:

• Balance Changes:
  • Sacred Deer: Now has 200 Food, from 250.
  • Several anti-Ranged Ranged units changed:
    • Greek Peltast: Attack Range increased to 20, from 12.
    • Egyptian Slinger: Attack Range increased to 20, from 18.
    • Celtic Slinger: Attack Range increased to 20, from 15.
    • Persian Takabara: Attack Range increased to 20, from 15.
    • Babylonian Slinger: Attack Range increased to 20, from 18.
    • Norse Skirmisher: Attack Range increased to 20, from 18.
  • Ram-type units' cost changed:
    • Greek Battering Ram: Cost changed to 150w/60g, from 250w/80g.
    • Egyptian Siege Tower: Cost changed to 200w/80g, from 260w/210g.
    • Celtic Ram: Cost changed to 50f/120w, from 150w/20g.
    • Persian Battering Ram: Cost changed to 150w/60g, from 250w/80g.
    • Roman Battering Ram: Cost changed to 150w/60g, from 250w/80g.
    • Babylonian Siege Tower: Cost changed to 240w/80g, from 300w/100g.
  • Babylonian War Chariot: DPS increased to 32, from 20. Bonus vs Ranged increased to 5.0x, from 4,0x. Maximum Range increased to 20, from 18. Line-of-sight increased to 22, from 20. Hitpoints reduced to 575, from 800. Pierce Armor increased to 0.50, from 0.
  • Babylonian Royal Guard Champion: Bonus vs Buildings debuff reduced to -25%, from -50%.
  • Persian Cataphract: Melee-Infantry Armor increased to 0.40, from 0.30. Bonus vs Siege increased to 2.5x, from 2.0x.

• Sparta PvP Updates:
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• Map Updates:
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• Advisor Updates:
  • Added over 45 Advisor reworks and changes. These changes will be highlighted in a dedicated blog momentarily.

• Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue where the quests from the "Aiding Socrates" Legendary quest pack were not included in the Legendary quest rotation for the Athens region.
  • Fixed mail read panel being writeable
  • Fixed mail receiver name when composing a new message while visiting a city
  • Fixed an issue with the Norse Port where it didn't rotate as intended while placing it in Capital Cities.
    • (NOTE: Users might need to move their existing Ports to another location and move it back in order to fix potential visual issues.)

• Quest Updates:
  • Several Elite quests' Empire Points rewards have been adjusted to be consistent with other Elite quests (30 Empire Points, from 15):
    • Elite: Recapturing Midgard
    • Elite: Resistance in Sistan
    • Elite: Just Deserts
    • Elite: Invasion of Verona
    • Elite: Invasion of Dunum
    • Elite: Liberating Thebes
    • Elite: Liberating Fayum
    • Elite: Liberating Giza
    • Elite: Liberating Dahshur

• Art Updates:
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• Champion Mode Changes:
  • Greeks:
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  • Egyptians:
    • Elephant Archer: Train Time reduced to 21s, from 22s.
    • Ptolemy's Might: Cost reduced to 250w/250g. Research Time reduced to 60s, from 80s.
  • Celts:
    • Bowman: DPS reduced to 11, from 12.
    • Sacred Deer: Now has 200 Food, from 250.
    • Gift of Sequana: Now grants +30% Healing, from +40%
    • Gift of Morrigan: Now grants +25% Damage Boost, from +30%.
  • Persians:
    • -
  • Romans:
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  • Babylonians:
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  • Norse:
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• Global:
  • Silver Age: Cost reduced to 300f/300w/300g, from 350f/350w/350g. No change to research time.
    • Egyptian Temple of Set: Cost reduced to 300f/300w/300g, from 350f/350w/350g. Build time reduced to 100s, from 110s.
    • Celtic Silver Age: Cost reduced to 400f/400g.
  • Golden Age: Cost reduced to 1000f/1000w/1000g/800s, from 1200f/1200w/1200g/800s. No change to research time.
    • Egyptian Temple of Ptah: 1000f/1000w/1000g/800s, from 1200f/1200w/1200g/800s. No change to build time.
    • Celtic Golden Age: Cost reduced to 1200f/1200g/800s, from 1500f/1500g/800s.
  • Fortress: Cost reduced to 350w/450s, from 450w/550s. Hitpoints reduced to 7000, from 7250. (Except Norse and Egyptian Forts. See below)
    • Egyptian/Norse Fortress: Cost reduced to 450w/300s, from 550w/450s. Hitpoints reduced to 5750, from 7000.

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• Updated the Champion Mode Website to the latest build.

• UI Updates:
  • Fixed several inconsistencies between the Quest Rotation UI's displayed values and the actual rewards handed out by the server.
  • "Display Trade Preview" now also works on Docks (default Hotkey: Shift + Z)

• Other Updates:
  • Tarsos has been temporarily removed from the Quest Rotation system's possible regions.
  • Bahram's Bulk Bundles: Material stack size and price adjusted to match the new maximum stack size for materials.
  • Grand Architect Master's Masterpiece and Grand Architect's Masterpiece (Capital City decoration): Can now be built by all civilizations.
  • Several Bahram's Lottery gear stats updated:
    • Bahram's Branded Arm Guard: Cost increase reduced to +13.8%, from +15.8%. Now also grants +52.7% Line-of-sight.
    • Bahram's Best Battle Armor: Movement Speed increased to +5.9%, from +2.1%.
    • Bahram's Beloved Bow: Cost reduction increased to -10.1%. Now also increases Train/Research Rate by +2.9%
  • Two new Epic Reinforced Constructions have been added to the loot tables:
    • Walls of Severus
      • Cost: -3.1%
      • Health: +61.6%
    • Royal Babylonian Fortifications
      • Build Time: -5.1%
      • Health: +61.6%
    • These two items are available at levels 36 through 40.

• XLive Changes:
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• Backend Changes:
  • Fixed an issue preventing users from entering their email addresses using non-lowercase characters.