03-22-2011 Update

[Settlers]

An important notice about the updates on the open and closed beta servers:

The issue about the Galon quest "Black Nad" has been partially solved. However, during later investigations, it has been discovered that the players still can not obtain rank 7 due to other reasons. Players who are considering to do this quest will not be able to achieve a new rank even if they manage to complete it. The ranks of these players will be given to them at a later time. Moreover, it has been discovered that there still are some errors on the dialog that comes after the quest. Players might get stuck at some parts of this dialog. All these errors will be fixed with the next update.


The updates we have announced a few days ago on the closed beta (03-18-2011 Update) will be live on our open beta server tomorrow. For this reason, our open beta servers will be down for maintenance tomorrow (03-22-2011) between the hours 10:00 and 16:00 GMT +2. The details concerning tomorrow's update are below.

Important Notice: The downtime may increase. In such a case, an announcement will be made on the forums.

March 22, 2011 - Closed Beta Update

o PvP Arena has been added to the region map.
o The dialogs with the companions have been updated.
o The ambient sounds of the battlefields have been organized.
o The error that caused sold items to be displayed on the inventory list has been fixed.
o A language choice has been added to the log in screen, the choice here will be remembered for the later sessions.
o An account creation button has been added to the log in screen.
o A new commander creation button has been added to the character selection screen.
o The animation that is displayed when an important incident occurs has been optimized.
o The problem that prevented the units from attacking when the animations are off has been fixed.
o The time remaining to gain rank is now displayed on the quest window.
o New items have been added to the game.
o The issue that caused the scroll bar to appear late on the chat window has been fixed.
o Titles have been added to the jail and trade windows.
o It is now possible to train units according to the army power on the unit training window.
o A general grammar check has been conducted.
o For easier usage, a button to go for a skull hunt has been added to the quest and advisor windows.
o The new items that have been won or bought are now highlighted on the list during the game session.
o The equipped items are now described with an icon on the commander panel.
o New construction animations have been implemented.
o Tooltips have been added on the sections that display army power on the army management panel.
o New names have been added to the credits section.
o The resource limit, which was temporarily deactivated, has been reactivated.
o The sounds of the janissary have been organized.
o The item list at the battle result screen has been organized.
o While scrolling through the base screen the animations will stop playing now.
o Kavawolf animation has been updated.
o The maximum unit training amount has been upped from 1000 to 9999.
o The visual that appears under the selected unit has been updated.
o After performing an attack, without bringing the cursor to another square, it was impossible to move that unit again. This has been fixed.
o Brief summaries and helpful information has been added to all the optional quests. (As a new branch of dialog, it can be turned off if so desired)
o In the case of trying to visit the people or guilds that give optional quests before rank 3, the visit ensures; however, the dialog branch that leads to the quests can not be reached. Also, the reason why the player can not receive a quest currently is told to the player clearly.
o Before the complete definitions of the base commander stats on the commander panel (ASA/DEF/TAC/WIS), brief bits of information have been added to explain what the corresponding stat exactly does.
o To make the term army power more understandable, tooltips have been added to the army power indicators on the army management screens. Similarly, in the case of not being able to go on a campaign due to the army power not being suitable, tooltips explaining what army power exactly means have been added to the error messages that appear.
o For the arena module, a special explanation has been added to the entering battle section.
o The Galon quest "Sins of Their Ancestors" has been made easier.
o The rank requirements of Campus Extensions and Preceptors' Residence for Galons and Laboratory and Masters Assembly for Pyrokans have been reduced from 7 to 6.
o The error that was occuring in the dialog with Nadezhda Mikhaela during one of the last quests of Galons has been fixed. This error was preventing the players from finishing the quest and acquiring rank 7.
o 16 new illustrations have been added to the game (mostly for Pyrokan quests)
o The CP requirement of Rogue Atrónists has been upped from 70 to 100 (The Purple Scorpion unit's CP requirement was already increased to 100, by this change the rogue atrónist unit, which is controlled by the AI, has been made even.
o The drop chance of the items from the optional quests has been re-determined.
o The army power value of the Archer Legionnaires of the Galons has been increased from 6 to 8.
o The players will now be able to earn money (battle spoils) from the optional quests that are suitable for their rank.

Detailed Rank - Optional Quest (Guild Quest) relation list
Optional Quest Level - Max Rank
1 - 4
2 - 4
3 - 5
4 - 5
5 - 6
6 - 7

Here, the max rank indicates the maximum rank you can have to earn battle spoils from the optional quest at the corresponding level.
o The defense value of the unit "Archer Tower" has been decreased to 65 from 100.