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#1 Mojawk

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 16:56

Hi all,

In this latest update, we have made the following changes:

Relics

We have changed relics so they now only have a single level of empowerment. When a relic is now empowered, it grants double the bonuses. Once a relic is empowered, a small upkeep cost of gold (per guild member) is required to keep it empowered. This will automatically be taken from your guild's bank (the same as structure upkeeps are taken). If your guild has insufficient gold to cover the upkeep cost, the relic will lose it's empowerment.

Note also, the maximum bonus obtainable from all relics combined is now 10% per stat.

This update brings relics into line with the balance of the game.

Please note due to this change, the empowerment of all relics has been reset, however if you had previously empowered the relic, you can choose to re-empower it without paying the initial empowerment cost again. This is to ensure guilds are not automatically paying the upkeep without their knowledge.

Creature Stats

We have been improving our back-end tools for developing new creatures, which you will see the results of in this weeks content update. Once the content update is released, we'll be looking for feedback on the difficulty of the new creatures.

Item Drop Rates

We have been monitoring the item drops from creatures and are devising a more standard approach for drop chances based on the creature types. This should make the game more balanced and fun for everyone and we will be putting this update live tomorrow.

In-house Testing

As you may know, we now have 2 dedicated in-house game testers. Our aim is to improve the game by ensuring the new content is always released to a very high standard.

~ The Fallen Sword Team

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#2 Savanc

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:07

Relics

We have changed relics so they now only have a single level of empowerment. When a relic is now empowered, it grants double the bonuses.

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Note also, the maximum bonus obtainable from all relics combined is now 10% per stat.

I see most of the relics (unempowered) have a 1% bonus on some stats (attack, armor, etc.).
Empowering will now double it, so I'd say it goes to 2%.
So does a guild now need to hold 5 relics to get a 10% bonus? :shock:

#3 wayoun

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:09

Horrible update - just gonna leave it at that

#4 Removed22342

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:10

Am I reading it correct that empowering the Ethereal Pillars costs 222m gold?

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:11

Guys please alter this, paying so much to add 1% to add to stats is nuts, no one is going to do this, please change it to 5% per relic, and a max of 10% overall

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:11

Relics

We have changed relics so they now only have a single level of empowerment. When a relic is now empowered, it grants double the bonuses.

.....

Note also, the maximum bonus obtainable from all relics combined is now 10% per stat.

I see most of the relics (unempowered) have a 1% bonus on some stats (attack, armor, etc.).
Empowering will now double it, so I'd say it goes to 2%.
So does a guild now need to hold 5 relics to get a 10% bonus? :shock:


Yep, needs changing...

#7 Blixen

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:12

Excelent update!

Not sure how the relics works now- but as long as they are nerfed heavily- its good.

#8 chyboy

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:13

horrible plz change it back... this is like umm... one of the top worst updates this year... so plz change it back... [the Relic part] :evil:

#9 chyboy

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:15

Guys please alter this, paying so much to add 1% to add to stats is nuts, no one is going to do this, please change it to 5% per relic, and a max of 10% overall




umm... uhhh... we did it lol... :lol:

#10 Removed22342

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:16

I like relics getting nerfed but is this really right:

Attempt Empower (222,200,000 Gold)

#11 fs_ldudearino

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:16

Putting a max on total stat gains is fine but only getting a 1% bonus for empowering is not worth the gold.

#12 Savanc

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:16

I agree with the upkeep per hour idea. (I'm not sure how much it really costs, so it might be too high or low; I don't know yet).

But a base of 1% that can go up to 2% is a bit .... out of balance.

Maybe 1% and 5%; 2% and 8%; 2% and 10%; something like that would be better.

#13 ThunDar

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:18

I like relics getting nerfed but is this really right:

Attempt Empower (222,200,000 Gold)


it was about 6.5 mil for the xroads, and 4k upkeep.
did a travel to blue chasm, it was 3k upkeep, not sure about empower cost.

way to much for only +2 stats and would be very expensive to hold several.

hmmm taking relics back in style ...? 8~)

#14 vamunre

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:19

wow, im pretty sure the real reason behind this is stamina, the higher ca level we all use is more stamina lost.

#15 iut044

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:19

agreed the relics update needs changeing .

#16 Scoops1972

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:20

I assume this update is actually a mistake and in fact HCS meant to post that they have permanently fixed the reason for the DB Connection Error that has been appearing today?????

#17 fs_andypearce

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:20

Guys please alter this, paying so much to add 1% to add to stats is nuts, no one is going to do this, please change it to 5% per relic, and a max of 10% overall




umm... uhhh... we did it lol... :lol:


I nearly did too, before I found out it only went up 1%...

#18 Removed22342

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:20

It went down to 22m now :P

#19 Hoofmaster

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:21

I like relics getting nerfed but is this really right:

Attempt Empower (222,200,000 Gold)


it was about 6.5 mil for the xroads, and 4k upkeep.
did a travel to blue chasm, it was 3k upkeep, not sure about empower cost.

way to much for only +2 stats and would be very expensive to hold several.

hmmm taking relics back in style ...? 8~)


We've tweaked the costs. They should be reasonable now :)

#20 dragon1234

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 17:21

I sure hope that you guys are gonna go through ALL of the relics currently available and change the bonuses from the current 1% right now to 2% or 3%...

dragon1234 - Ranger - lv 45

NoExercise - Tank - lv 45

DragonStorage - Storage - lv 13



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