Balancing Update II
Greetings, Tribal Warriors!
On Tuesday, Febrary 2nd the final balance changes will be enabled globally. We'd like to thank you all for testing the balance changes on our Beta realms and all your feedback! With your help we have polished the final values of the the Balancing Update II.
The Headquartes now have a new feature. Each HQ level will allow you to finish building upgrades in your queue 30 seconds before the upgrade is completed. So, on HQ level 30 you will be able to click 'Finish for free' 15 minutes before it is automatically completed!
While revisiting the building times again we have set a few new rules for our final changes, and these are as follows:
- Building upgrades should never take more than 36 hours in the normal upgrade range from levels 1 to 30.
- Early game building upgrades should not break the game flow of the first few game sessions. Players should not get stuck with a full building queue too early in the game.
- Building times should consist of even numbers which are easy to read.
- Successive building upgrades should always take longer than previous levels to allow the feeling of progression in the game.
With this and your feedback in mind we have now come up with the final values you can read in all detail here. We have compared the final building times with previous Balancing Update II values as well as the original values based on Headquarters level 20, which back then decreased the building times significantly already (a feature which has been removed a while ago).
Units
| Unit | Recruitment Time (in seconds) |
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[TR][TD]Archer[/TD][TD]from 1500 down to 180[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Axe Fighter[/TD][TD]from 1320 down to 150[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Berserker[/TD][TD]from 1800 down to 480[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Catapult[/TD][TD]from 7200 down to 450[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Heavy Cavalry[/TD][TD]from 3200 down to 600[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Light Cavalry[/TD][TD]from 2100 down to 360[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Mounted Archer[/TD][TD]from 2400 down to 450[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Ram[/TD][TD]from 4800 down to 480[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Spearman[/TD][TD]from 840 down to 90[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Swordsman[/TD][TD]from 1200 down to 120[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Trebuchet[/TD][TD]from 1800 down to 480[/TD][/TR]
Building Times
Headquarters
Nobody wants to wait too long to get new buildings unlocked. The main idea was to ease up game progression by making the Headquarters upgrade a lot faster than before these balance changes.
| Level | at HQ Level 20 (before new game balance) | Times after first balance changes | Final building times |
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[tr1][td2]1[/td2][td2]00:11:05[/td2][td2]00:00:30[/td2][td2]00:00:30[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]2[/td2][td2]00:24:35[/td2][td2]00:02:00[/td2][td2]00:02:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]3[/td2][td2]00:34:46[/td2][td2]00:05:00[/td2][td2]
00:03:00
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[td2]4[/td2][td2]00:44:30[/td2][td2]00:05:00[/td2][td2]00:05:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]5[/td2][td2]00:54:45[/td2][td2]00:05:00[/td2][td2]
00:07:00
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[td2]6[/td2][td2]01:06:02[/td2][td2]00:10:00[/td2][td2]
00:09:00
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[tr1][td2]7[/td2][td2]01:18:44[/td2][td2]00:10:00[/td2][td2]
00:12:00
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[td2]8[/td2][td2]01:33:14[/td2][td2]00:10:00[/td2][td2]
00:15:00
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[tr1][td2]9[/td2][td2]01:49:51[/td2][td2]00:15:00[/td2][td2]
00:18:00
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[td2]10[/td2][td2]02:09:01[/td2][td2]00:15:00[/td2][td2]
00:21:00
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[tr1][td2]11[/td2][td2]02:31:10[/td2][td2]00:30:00[/td2][td2]
00:25:00
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[td2]12[/td2][td2]02:56:48[/td2][td2]00:30:00[/td2][td2]00:30:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]13[/td2][td2]03:26:29[/td2][td2]00:30:00[/td2][td2]
00:35:00
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[td2]14[/td2][td2]04:00:53[/td2][td2]01:00:00[/td2][td2]
00:45:00
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[tr1][td2]15[/td2][td2]04:40:47[/td2][td2]01:00:00[/td2][td2]01:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]16[/td2][td2]05:27:03[/td2][td2]01:00:00[/td2][td2]
01:30:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]17[/td2][td2]06:20:43[/td2][td2]02:00:00[/td2][td2]02:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]18[/td2][td2]07:22:59[/td2][td2]03:00:00[/td2][td2]03:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]19[/td2][td2]08:35:12[/td2][td2]04:00:00[/td2][td2]04:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]20[/td2][td2]09:59:00[/td2][td2]05:00:00[/td2][td2]05:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]21[/td2][td2]11:36:13[/td2][td2]06:00:00[/td2][td2]06:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]22[/td2][td2]13:29:00[/td2][td2]07:00:00[/td2][td2]07:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]23[/td2][td2]15:39:51[/td2][td2]08:00:00[/td2][td2]08:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]24[/td2][td2]18:11:39[/td2][td2]09:00:00[/td2][td2]09:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]25[/td2][td2]21:07:44[/td2][td2]10:00:00[/td2][td2]10:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]26[/td2][td2]24:32:01[/td2][td2]11:00:00[/td2][td2]11:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]27[/td2][td2]28:28:58[/td2][td2]12:00:00[/td2][td2]12:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]28[/td2][td2]33:03:49[/td2][td2]13:00:00[/td2][td2]13:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]29[/td2][td2]38:22:38[/td2][td2]14:00:00[/td2][td2]14:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]30[/td2][td2]44:32:25[/td2][td2]15:00:00[/td2][td2]15:00:00[/td2]
Barracks
The Barracks have been changed for the same reason as the HQ. No need to wait too long to unlock new units, so here you go!
| Level | at HQ Level 20 (before new game balance) | Times after first balance changes | Final building times |
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[tr1][td2]1[/td2][td2]00:00:02[/td2][td2]00:00:30[/td2][td2]
00:01:00
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[td2]2[/td2][td2]00:01:14[/td2][td2]00:01:00[/td2][td2]
00:02:30
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[tr1][td2]3[/td2][td2]00:04:34[/td2][td2]00:02:00[/td2][td2]
00:04:00
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[td2]4[/td2][td2]00:09:39[/td2][td2]00:04:00[/td2][td2]
00:05:30
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[tr1][td2]5[/td2][td2]00:16:19[/td2][td2]00:06:00[/td2][td2]
00:07:00
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[td2]6[/td2][td2]00:24:40[/td2][td2]00:08:00[/td2][td2]
00:08:30
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[tr1][td2]7[/td2][td2]00:34:59[/td2][td2]00:10:00[/td2][td2]00:10:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]8[/td2][td2]00:47:41[/td2][td2]00:12:00[/td2][td2]00:12:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]9[/td2][td2]01:03:18[/td2][td2]00:14:00[/td2][td2]00:14:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]10[/td2][td2]01:22:30[/td2][td2]00:16:00[/td2][td2]00:16:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]11[/td2][td2]01:46:04[/td2][td2]00:18:00[/td2][td2]00:18:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]12[/td2][td2]02:15:00[/td2][td2]00:20:00[/td2][td2]00:20:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]13[/td2][td2]02:50:29[/td2][td2]00:25:00[/td2][td2]00:25:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]14[/td2][td2]03:33:59[/td2][td2]00:30:00[/td2][td2]00:30:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]15[/td2][td2]04:27:17[/td2][td2]00:45:00[/td2][td2]00:45:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]16[/td2][td2]05:32:32[/td2][td2]01:00:00[/td2][td2]01:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]17[/td2][td2]06:52:22[/td2][td2]02:00:00[/td2][td2]02:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]18[/td2][td2]08:29:58[/td2][td2]03:00:00[/td2][td2]03:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]19[/td2][td2]10:29:13[/td2][td2]04:00:00[/td2][td2]04:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]20[/td2][td2]12:54:50[/td2][td2]05:00:00[/td2][td2]05:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]21[/td2][td2]15:52:34[/td2][td2]06:00:00[/td2][td2]06:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]22[/td2][td2]19:29:22[/td2][td2]07:00:00[/td2][td2]07:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]23[/td2][td2]23:53:43[/td2][td2]08:00:00[/td2][td2]08:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]24[/td2][td2]29:15:54[/td2][td2]09:00:00[/td2][td2]09:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]25[/td2][td2]35:48:24[/td2][td2]10:00:00[/td2][td2]10:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
Tavern
The Tavern now takes a lot more time to build than before Balancing Update II. This is intended as the Tavern is a mid to late game component of the game. However, we agree with your feedback and think the original balance adjustments were a bit too much. The last building upgrade is now 24 hours, so we cut it by around 28% of the building time.
| Level | at HQ Level 20 (before new game balance) | Times after first balance changes | Final building times |
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[tr1][td2]1[/td2][td2]00:00:13[/td2][td2]00:01:00[/td2][td2]
00:05:00
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[td2]2[/td2][td2]00:02:31[/td2][td2]00:08:00[/td2][td2]
00:10:00
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[tr1][td2]3[/td2][td2]00:06:51[/td2][td2]00:20:00[/td2][td2]00:20:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]4[/td2][td2]00:13:09[/td2][td2]00:40:00[/td2][td2]00:40:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]5[/td2][td2]00:21:54[/td2][td2]01:00:00[/td2][td2]01:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]6[/td2][td2]00:34:01[/td2][td2]01:40:00[/td2][td2]
01:30:00
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[tr1][td2]7[/td2][td2]00:50:45[/td2][td2]02:30:00[/td2][td2]02:30:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]8[/td2][td2]01:13:52[/td2][td2]03:20:00[/td2][td2]
03:30:00
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[tr1][td2]9[/td2][td2]01:45:42[/td2][td2]05:00:00[/td2][td2]05:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]10[/td2][td2]02:29:32[/td2][td2]06:40:00[/td2][td2]
07:00:00
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[tr1][td2]11[/td2][td2]03:29:43[/td2][td2]10:00:00[/td2][td2]
09:00:00
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[td2]12[/td2][td2]04:52:17[/td2][td2]13:20:00[/td2][td2]
11:00:00
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[tr1][td2]13[/td2][td2]06:45:22[/td2][td2]18:20:00[/td2][td2]
14:00:00
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[td2]14[/td2][td2]09:20:01[/td2][td2]25:00:00[/td2][td2]
18:00:00
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[tr1][td2]15[/td2][td2]12:51:18[/td2][td2]33:20:00[/td2][td2]
24:00:00
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Hospital
The Hospital now takes significantly longer than prior to the Balancing Update II. Essentially, the Hospital is a luxury building which can save you tons of resources and time by saving some of your units. Considering all these factors actually shows that the Hospital is well worth the wait!
| Level | at HQ Level 20 (before new game balance) | Times after first balance changes | Final building times |
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[tr1][td2]1[/td2][td2]00:00:09[/td2][td2]00:00:25[/td2][td2]
00:03:00
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[td2]2[/td2][td2]00:01:40[/td2][td2]00:00:45[/td2][td2]
00:05:00
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[tr1][td2]3[/td2][td2]00:04:34[/td2][td2]00:01:30[/td2][td2]
00:10:00
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[td2]4[/td2][td2]00:08:46[/td2][td2]00:03:00[/td2][td2]
00:15:00
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[tr1][td2]5[/td2][td2]00:14:36[/td2][td2]00:30:00[/td2][td2]00:30:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]6[/td2][td2]00:22:40[/td2][td2]01:00:00[/td2][td2]01:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]7[/td2][td2]00:33:50[/td2][td2]02:00:00[/td2][td2]02:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]8[/td2][td2]00:49:14[/td2][td2]04:00:00[/td2][td2]04:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]9[/td2][td2]01:10:28[/td2][td2]12:00:00[/td2][td2]12:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]10[/td2][td2]01:39:41[/td2][td2]24:00:00[/td2][td2]24:00:00[/td2]
Hall of Orders
The Hall of Orders hadn't been touched by the initial balance changes. It basically had the same raw building times as before Balancing Update II. Of course, these times are neither even nor do they fit our 'max 36 hours' rule. We have therefore evened out the numbers accordingly, but as this is a luxury building meant for end game scenarios, we have somewhat increased the building times compared to the HQ building time reduction from the past.
| Level | at HQ Level 20 (before new game balance) | Times after first balance changes | Final building times |
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[tr1][td2]1[/td2][td2]00:27:15[/td2][td2]01:12:15[/td2][td2]
01:00:00
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[td2]2[/td2][td2]01:17:56[/td2][td2]03:26:33[/td2][td2]
02:00:00
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[tr1][td2]3[/td2][td2]02:15:07[/td2][td2]05:58:05[/td2][td2]
03:00:00
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[td2]4[/td2][td2]03:26:43[/td2][td2]09:07:48[/td2][td2]
05:00:00
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[tr1][td2]5[/td2][td2]05:00:48[/td2][td2]13:17:09[/td2][td2]
08:00:00
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[td2]6[/td2][td2]07:06:55[/td2][td2]18:51:21[/td2][td2]
12:00:00
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[tr1][td2]7[/td2][td2]09:57:18[/td2][td2]26:22:53[/td2][td2]
16:00:00
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[td2]8[/td2][td2]13:48:16[/td2][td2]36:34:56[/td2][td2]
21:00:00
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[tr1][td2]9[/td2][td2]19:01:42[/td2][td2]50:25:34[/td2][td2]
28:00:00
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[td2]10[/td2][td2]26:07:13[/td2][td2]69:13:11[/td2][td2]
36:00:00
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Chapel
The Chapel only has one building level and is also a unique building in the game. A construction order which took less than 15 seconds was always prone to cause trouble in the game's frontend, which is why we have increased it to 30 seconds instead now. With the new HQ feature, which will allow you to instantly finish it for free, this won't really alter the game experience for this building apart from one additional click.
Church
The Church is a whole different story. This was one of the most discussed buildings when it came to the latest balance changes. It takes significantly longer to upgrade compared to the old HQ building time reduction feature with an average HQ level of 20. However, we also felt the need to protect players from actions in the middle of the night, where players potentially could noble into a Province, build a Church and start conquering you villages before you woke up from a good night's sleep! With the instant build feature this is still possible, but players will need to invest Crowns for this.
But we do agree that the first level of the Church did take too long still, which is why we reduced it from 10 hours to 6 instead which we think is a fair compromise for both off and def players. The other two Church levels remain untouched as they are luxury upgrades.
| Level | at HQ Level 20 (before new game balance) | Times after first balance changes | Final building times |
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[tr1][td2]1[/td2][td2]04:04:31[/td2][td2]10:00:00[/td2][td2]
06:00:00
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[td2]2[/td2][td2]05:30:06[/td2][td2]15:00:00[/td2][td2]15:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]3[/td2][td2]07:25:38[/td2][td2]24:00:00[/td2][td2]24:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
Academy
This was a simple one for us when we revised the changes from Balancing Update II to come up with the final version of the new building times. We want players to go out and conquer new ground as soon as possible as this is the core mechanic of the game! No one wants to go through all the pain matching the building requirements for the Academy, gathering all the resources and then still have to wait almost a day for it to finish. This is why we reduced it to 10 hours instead.
Rally Point
With the new Rally Point feature in mind it just made sense to increase building times for the Rally Point.
The reason why we adjusted the last building upgrade here has to reasons: First, we wanted to provide the feeling of progression, so the building times for levels 4 and 5 can't be identical; second, the value of this building has increased quite a lot with the new functionality.
| Level | at HQ Level 20 (before new game balance) | Times after first balance changes | Final building times |
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[tr1][td2]1[/td2][td2]00:00:00[/td2][td2]00:00:15[/td2][td2]
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[td2]2[/td2][td2]00:00:34[/td2][td2]00:05:00[/td2][td2]00:05:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]3[/td2][td2]00:07:32[/td2][td2]08:00:00[/td2][td2]08:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]4[/td2][td2]00:45:44[/td2][td2]16:00:00[/td2][td2]16:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]5[/td2][td2]03:23:33[/td2][td2]16:00:00[/td2][td2]
24:00:00
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Statue
The Statue is a good example of high level building times that simply take too long for no particular reason. You have pointed this out and we can do nothing but agree here. 12 hours was simply too much, so we made it 8 instead.
| Level | at HQ Level 20 (before new game balance) | Times after first balance changes | Final building times |
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[tr1][td2]1[/td2][td2]00:00:31[/td2][td2]00:00:15[/td2][td2]
00:02:00
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[td2]2[/td2][td2]00:06:12[/td2][td2]00:05:00[/td2][td2]
00:10:00
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[tr1][td2]3[/td2][td2]00:27:30[/td2][td2]01:00:00[/td2][td2]01:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]4[/td2][td2]01:35:12[/td2][td2]04:00:00[/td2][td2]04:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]5[/td2][td2]04:58:21[/td2][td2]12:00:00[/td2][td2]
08:00:00
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Market
And here we have yet another example for unjustified and very long building times. We have now adjusted this by chopping the times in half on average. These building times are now closer to the original times again.
| Level | at HQ Level 20 (before new game balance) | Times after first balance changes | Final building times |
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[tr1][td2]1[/td2][td2]00:01:35[/td2][td2]00:04:00[/td2][td2]
00:05:00
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[td2]2[/td2][td2]00:06:49[/td2][td2]00:20:00[/td2][td2]
00:15:00
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[tr1][td2]3[/td2][td2]00:12:31[/td2][td2]00:40:00[/td2][td2]
00:25:00
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[td2]4[/td2][td2]00:18:36[/td2][td2]00:50:00[/td2][td2]
00:35:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]5[/td2][td2]00:25:21[/td2][td2]01:10:00[/td2][td2]
00:50:00
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[td2]6[/td2][td2]00:33:08[/td2][td2]01:30:00[/td2][td2]
01:10:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]7[/td2][td2]00:42:15[/td2][td2]01:50:00[/td2][td2]
01:30:00
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[td2]8[/td2][td2]00:53:04[/td2][td2]02:30:00[/td2][td2]
01:50:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]9[/td2][td2]01:05:58[/td2][td2]02:55:00[/td2][td2]
02:10:00
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[td2]10[/td2][td2]01:21:27[/td2][td2]03:20:00[/td2][td2]
02:30:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]11[/td2][td2]01:40:02[/td2][td2]04:20:00[/td2][td2]
03:00:00
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[td2]12[/td2][td2]02:02:23[/td2][td2]05:25:00[/td2][td2]
03:30:00
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[tr1][td2]13[/td2][td2]02:29:17[/td2][td2]06:40:00[/td2][td2]
04:00:00
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[td2]14[/td2][td2]03:01:41[/td2][td2]08:00:00[/td2][td2]
04:30:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]15[/td2][td2]03:40:41[/td2][td2]10:00:00[/td2][td2]
05:00:00
[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]16[/td2][td2]04:27:39[/td2][td2]11:40:00[/td2][td2]
05:50:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]17[/td2][td2]05:24:12[/td2][td2]14:20:00[/td2][td2]
06:40:00
[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]18[/td2][td2]06:32:19[/td2][td2]17:20:00[/td2][td2]
08:00:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]19[/td2][td2]07:54:18[/td2][td2]20:50:00[/td2][td2]
09:30:00
[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]20[/td2][td2]09:33:00[/td2][td2]25:00:00[/td2][td2]
11:00:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]21[/td2][td2]11:31:47[/td2][td2]30:00:00[/td2][td2]
12:30:00
[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]22[/td2][td2]13:54:45[/td2][td2]36:40:00[/td2][td2]
15:00:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]23[/td2][td2]16:46:46[/td2][td2]45:50:00[/td2][td2]
18:30:00
[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]24[/td2][td2]20:13:43[/td2][td2]53:20:00[/td2][td2]
22:30:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]25[/td2][td2]24:22:41[/td2][td2]63:20:00[/td2][td2]
28:00:00
[/td2][/tr1]
Resource Buildings
Although the Timber Camp, Clay Pit and Iron Mine had slightly different building times for various upgrade levels, we still feel that comparing them to the same numbers makes this list a lot less cluttered and way easier to read as the new times are identical for all resource buildings now anyway.
These buildings were also not following our 'max 36 hours' rule, so we adjusted it and the last building times are now on average very close to their original times compared to the HQ20 average.
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[tr1][td2]1[/td2][td2]00:00:00[/td2][td2]00:00:10[/td2][td2]
00:00:30
[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]2[/td2][td2]00:00:01[/td2][td2]00:00:15[/td2][td2]
00:01:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]3[/td2][td2]00:00:09[/td2][td2]00:00:20[/td2][td2]
00:01:30
[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]4[/td2][td2]00:00:32[/td2][td2]00:00:30[/td2][td2]
00:02:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]5[/td2][td2]00:01:13[/td2][td2]00:01:00[/td2][td2]
00:02:30
[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]6[/td2][td2]00:02:15[/td2][td2]00:02:00[/td2][td2]
00:03:30
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]7[/td2][td2]00:03:39[/td2][td2]00:05:00[/td2][td2]00:05:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]8[/td2][td2]00:05:31[/td2][td2]00:10:00[/td2][td2]00:10:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]9[/td2][td2]00:07:56[/td2][td2]00:20:00[/td2][td2]00:20:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]10[/td2][td2]00:11:01[/td2][td2]00:30:00[/td2][td2]00:30:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]11[/td2][td2]00:14:56[/td2][td2]00:40:00[/td2][td2]00:40:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]12[/td2][td2]00:19:51[/td2][td2]00:50:00[/td2][td2]00:50:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]13[/td2][td2]00:26:00[/td2][td2]01:00:00[/td2][td2]01:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]14[/td2][td2]00:33:41[/td2][td2]01:15:00[/td2][td2]01:15:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]15[/td2][td2]00:43:14[/td2][td2]01:30:00[/td2][td2]01:30:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]16[/td2][td2]00:55:05[/td2][td2]01:45:00[/td2][td2]01:45:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]17[/td2][td2]01:09:46[/td2][td2]02:00:00[/td2][td2]02:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]18[/td2][td2]01:27:54[/td2][td2]02:30:00[/td2][td2]02:30:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]19[/td2][td2]01:50:17[/td2][td2]03:00:00[/td2][td2]03:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]20[/td2][td2]02:17:52[/td2][td2]04:00:00[/td2][td2]04:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]21[/td2][td2]02:51:49[/td2][td2]05:00:00[/td2][td2]05:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]22[/td2][td2]03:33:33[/td2][td2]06:00:00[/td2][td2]06:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]23[/td2][td2]04:24:48[/td2][td2]07:00:00[/td2][td2]07:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]24[/td2][td2]05:27:42[/td2][td2]08:00:00[/td2][td2]08:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]25[/td2][td2]06:44:47[/td2][td2]09:00:00[/td2][td2]09:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]26[/td2][td2]08:19:13[/td2][td2]10:00:00[/td2][td2]10:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]27[/td2][td2]10:14:49[/td2][td2]11:00:00[/td2][td2]
12:00:00
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[td2]28[/td2][td2]12:36:13[/td2][td2]12:00:00[/td2][td2]
14:00:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]29[/td2][td2]15:29:05[/td2][td2]24:00:00[/td2][td2]
16:00:00
[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]30[/td2][td2]19:00:20[/td2][td2]48:00:00[/td2][td2]
18:00:00
[/td2]
Farm
We intended to increase building times for the Farm when compared to the old system and an average HQ level of 20, however the latest building upgrades didn't match our new set rules. We have changed those back, so they are closer to the original values.
| Level | at HQ Level 20 (before new game balance) | Times after first balance changes | Final building times |
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[tr1][td2]1[/td2][td2]00:00:02[/td2][td2]00:00:20[/td2][td2]
00:01:00
[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]2[/td2][td2]00:00:40[/td2][td2]00:00:30[/td2][td2]
00:01:30
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]3[/td2][td2]00:02:02[/td2][td2]00:01:00[/td2][td2]
00:02:00
[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]4[/td2][td2]00:03:55[/td2][td2]00:02:00[/td2][td2]
00:04:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]5[/td2][td2]00:06:15[/td2][td2]00:05:00[/td2][td2]
00:07:00
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[td2]6[/td2][td2]00:09:05[/td2][td2]00:10:00[/td2][td2]00:10:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]7[/td2][td2]00:12:31[/td2][td2]00:30:00[/td2][td2]
00:20:00
[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]8[/td2][td2]00:16:40[/td2][td2]00:40:00[/td2][td2]
00:30:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]9[/td2][td2]00:21:42[/td2][td2]00:50:00[/td2][td2]
00:45:00
[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]10[/td2][td2]00:27:50[/td2][td2]01:00:00[/td2][td2]01:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]11[/td2][td2]00:35:17[/td2][td2]01:15:00[/td2][td2]01:15:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]12[/td2][td2]00:44:22[/td2][td2]01:30:00[/td2][td2]01:30:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]13[/td2][td2]00:55:25[/td2][td2]01:45:00[/td2][td2]01:45:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]14[/td2][td2]01:08:52[/td2][td2]02:00:00[/td2][td2]02:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]15[/td2][td2]01:25:14[/td2][td2]03:00:00[/td2][td2]
02:30:00
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[td2]16[/td2][td2]01:45:07[/td2][td2]04:00:00[/td2][td2]
03:00:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]17[/td2][td2]02:09:18[/td2][td2]05:00:00[/td2][td2]
03:30:00
[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]18[/td2][td2]02:38:41[/td2][td2]06:00:00[/td2][td2]
04:00:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]19[/td2][td2]03:14:22[/td2][td2]07:00:00[/td2][td2]
05:00:00
[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]20[/td2][td2]03:57:42[/td2][td2]08:00:00[/td2][td2]
06:00:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]21[/td2][td2]04:50:16[/td2][td2]09:00:00[/td2][td2]
07:00:00
[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]22[/td2][td2]05:54:02[/td2][td2]10:00:00[/td2][td2]
08:00:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]23[/td2][td2]07:11:21[/td2][td2]12:00:00[/td2][td2]
10:00:00
[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]24[/td2][td2]08:45:05[/td2][td2]14:00:00[/td2][td2]
12:00:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]25[/td2][td2]10:38:39[/td2][td2]16:00:00[/td2][td2]
14:00:00
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[td2]26[/td2][td2]12:56:14[/td2][td2]20:00:00[/td2][td2]
16:00:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]27[/td2][td2]15:42:51[/td2][td2]24:00:00[/td2][td2]
18:00:00
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[td2]28[/td2][td2]19:04:34[/td2][td2]30:00:00[/td2][td2]
22:00:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]29[/td2][td2]23:08:44[/td2][td2]36:00:00[/td2][td2]
26:00:00
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[td2]30[/td2][td2]28:04:14[/td2][td2]48:00:00[/td2][td2]
30:00:00
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Warehouse
The Warehouse is essentially (especially later building upgrades) a convenience opportunity, which is why it was always our intention to have longer building times. The latest iteration of this building basically goes more back to its roots.
| Level | at HQ Level 20 (before new game balance) | Times after first balance changes | Final building times |
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[tr1][td2]1[/td2][td2]00:00:00[/td2][td2]00:00:15[/td2][td2]
00:00:30
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[td2]2[/td2][td2]00:00:25[/td2][td2]00:00:30[/td2][td2]
00:01:00
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[tr1][td2]3[/td2][td2]00:01:32[/td2][td2]00:00:45[/td2][td2]
00:01:30
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[td2]4[/td2][td2]00:03:14[/td2][td2]00:01:00[/td2][td2]
00:02:00
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[tr1][td2]5[/td2][td2]00:05:29[/td2][td2]00:01:30[/td2][td2]
00:02:30
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[td2]6[/td2][td2]00:08:20[/td2][td2]00:02:00[/td2][td2]
00:04:00
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[tr1][td2]7[/td2][td2]00:11:53[/td2][td2]00:05:00[/td2][td2]
00:06:00
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[td2]8[/td2][td2]00:16:18[/td2][td2]00:10:00[/td2][td2]00:10:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]9[/td2][td2]00:21:47[/td2][td2]00:20:00[/td2][td2]00:20:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]10[/td2][td2]00:28:36[/td2][td2]00:30:00[/td2][td2]
00:40:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]11[/td2][td2]00:37:02[/td2][td2]00:45:00[/td2][td2]
01:00:00
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[td2]12[/td2][td2]00:47:29[/td2][td2]01:00:00[/td2][td2]
01:30:00
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[tr1][td2]13[/td2][td2]01:00:25[/td2][td2]01:15:00[/td2][td2]
02:00:00
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[td2]14[/td2][td2]01:16:25[/td2][td2]01:30:00[/td2][td2]
02:30:00
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[tr1][td2]15[/td2][td2]01:36:12[/td2][td2]01:45:00[/td2][td2]
03:00:00
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[td2]16[/td2][td2]02:00:37[/td2][td2]02:00:00[/td2][td2]
03:30:00
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[tr1][td2]17[/td2][td2]02:30:44[/td2][td2]03:00:00[/td2][td2]
04:00:00
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[td2]18[/td2][td2]03:07:54[/td2][td2]04:00:00[/td2][td2]
05:00:00
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[tr1][td2]19[/td2][td2]03:53:40[/td2][td2]05:00:00[/td2][td2]
06:00:00
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[td2]20[/td2][td2]04:50:03[/td2][td2]06:00:00[/td2][td2]
07:00:00
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[tr1][td2]21[/td2][td2]05:59:26[/td2][td2]07:00:00[/td2][td2]
08:00:00
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[td2]22[/td2][td2]07:24:47[/td2][td2]08:00:00[/td2][td2]
10:00:00
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[tr1][td2]23[/td2][td2]09:09:43[/td2][td2]09:00:00[/td2][td2]
12:00:00
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[td2]24[/td2][td2]11:18:41[/td2][td2]10:00:00[/td2][td2]
14:00:00
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[tr1][td2]25[/td2][td2]13:57:06[/td2][td2]12:00:00[/td2][td2]
16:00:00
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[td2]26[/td2][td2]17:11:37[/td2][td2]14:00:00[/td2][td2]
18:00:00
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[tr1][td2]27[/td2][td2]21:10:24[/td2][td2]16:00:00[/td2][td2]
20:00:00
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[td2]28[/td2][td2]26:03:24[/td2][td2]18:00:00[/td2][td2]
22:00:00
[/td2]
[tr1][td2]29[/td2][td2]32:02:50[/td2][td2]20:00:00[/td2][td2]
26:00:00
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[td2]30[/td2][td2]39:23:37[/td2][td2]24:00:00[/td2][td2]
30:00:00
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Wall
Our point of view on the Wall remains unchanged. We have generally increased its building time significantly to counter turtling villages in the game to some extent. With this Rams have become more important allowing unit diversity in its wake as well.
However, we did apply our 'max 36 hours' rule which altered the last few levels of the Wall compared to the initial building time changes.
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[tr1][td2]1[/td2][td2]00:00:05[/td2][td2]00:00:30[/td2][td2]
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[td2]2[/td2][td2]00:01:58[/td2][td2]00:05:00[/td2][td2]00:05:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]3[/td2][td2]00:06:15[/td2][td2]00:15:00[/td2][td2]00:15:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]4[/td2][td2]00:12:18[/td2][td2]00:30:00[/td2][td2]00:30:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]5[/td2][td2]00:20:02[/td2][td2]00:50:00[/td2][td2]00:50:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]6[/td2][td2]00:29:40[/td2][td2]01:20:00[/td2][td2]01:20:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]7[/td2][td2]00:41:37[/td2][td2]01:50:00[/td2][td2]
02:00:00
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[td2]8[/td2][td2]00:56:25[/td2][td2]02:30:00[/td2][td2]
03:00:00
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[tr1][td2]9[/td2][td2]01:14:48[/td2][td2]03:20:00[/td2][td2]
04:00:00
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[td2]10[/td2][td2]01:37:36[/td2][td2]04:20:00[/td2][td2]
05:00:00
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[tr1][td2]11[/td2][td2]02:05:54[/td2][td2]06:00:00[/td2][td2]06:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]12[/td2][td2]02:41:01[/td2][td2]07:00:00[/td2][td2]07:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]13[/td2][td2]03:24:34[/td2][td2]09:00:00[/td2][td2]09:00:00[/td2][/tr1]
[td2]14[/td2][td2]04:18:32[/td2][td2]11:40:00[/td2][td2]
12:00:00
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[tr1][td2]15[/td2][td2]05:25:24[/td2][td2]14:20:00[/td2][td2]
14:00:00
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[td2]16[/td2][td2]06:48:10[/td2][td2]18:00:00[/td2][td2]18:00:00[/td2]
[tr1][td2]17[/td2][td2]08:30:33[/td2][td2]22:40:00[/td2][td2]
22:00:00
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[td2]18[/td2][td2]10:37:09[/td2][td2]28:00:00[/td2][td2]
26:00:00
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[tr1][td2]19[/td2][td2]13:13:35[/td2][td2]35:00:00[/td2][td2]
31:00:00
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[td2]20[/td2][td2]16:26:48[/td2][td2]43:20:00[/td2][td2]
36:00:00
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Further Balance Changes
Adjusted Construction
The building times (as mentioned above) and costs have been adjusted to allow a more fluent flow in your game experience. Early in the game you will be able to construct your buildings a lot faster while at a later stage in the game buildings will be more expensive and will take longer to upgrade.
This change will make the game more accessible without losing its strategic depth in mid and endgame phases.
New Quest Lines
The quests have been fully overhauled to accompany the building and unit changes introduced with this update. All quests are now more story driven and focus on helping players with each game feature more thoroughly. The quest lines have been taylored for new players to learn the game more efficiently.
Furthermore, the Resource Deposit and Second Village features will only be displayed on your map as soon as you have reached respective stages in the new quest lines, so new players are not overwhelmed with additional features.
The new quests will not show up for existing accounts immediately. The migration process may take a few days to take effect. New players will immediately get the new quest lines.
Headquarters and Barracks
A lot of players didn't understand (or weren't even aware) of the construction and recruitment time reductions the Headquarters and Barracks had to offer. This functionality is way too complex which is why we have chosen to remove these functions from the Headquarters and Barracks. Building and recruitment times have been adjusted and are now easier to read.
In their stead we have implemented new technologies in the Barracks in version 1.38, and now, also the new 'Finish for free' feature in the Headquarters and building queues.
Hospital Beds
The Hospital will get significantly more expensive with this update, but its value will also increase a lot. In this update the capacity for your Hospital will be changed to 1000 beds on max. level (up from 300). Saving your units will now become more attractive.
Rally Point
The Rally Point will now speed up your raid attacks against Barbarian villages. Each building level will increase the speed by 50% up to a 350% attack speed against Barbarians on max level. The costs and build times for the Rally Point upgrades have been increased due to the huge advantage it now provides:
- Rally Point Level 1: unchanged
- Rally Point Level 2: unchanged
- Rally Point Level 3: 5.000 Wood (up from 250), 5.000 Clay (up from 500), 6.500 Iron (up from 750); build time: 8 hours (up from 1 hour)
- Rally Point Level 4: 17.000 Wood (up from 1.000), 19.000 Clay (up from 1.500), 22.000 Iron (up from 2.000); build time: 16 hours (up from 2 hours)
- Rally Point Level 5: 48.000 Wood (up from 5.000), 52.000 Clay (up from 6.000), 56.000 Iron (up from 12.000); build time: 24 hours (up from 4 hours)
Spies
All Spies will now be twice as fast when spying another village, however they will be only half as fast in reaching their destination when on a Sabotage mission as previously. The costs and recruitment times have been drastically reduced for all spies:
- Spy 1: 500 Wood, 500 Clay, 500 Iron (up from 200); recruitment time: 2 minutes (down from 30 minutes)
- Spy 2: 1.000 Wood (down from 2.500), 800 Clay (down from 2.500), 1.200 Iron (down from 1.000); recruitment time: 10 minutes (down from 2 hours )
- Spy 3: 2.000 Wood (down from 5.000), 1.800 Clay (down from 5.000), 2.200 Iron (up from 2.000); recruitment time: 30 minutes (down from 6 hours)
- Spy 4: 5.000 Wood (down from 10.000), 4.500 Clay (down from 10.000), 6.000 Iron (down from 9.000); recruitment time: 2 hours (down from 12 hours)
- Spy 5: 12.000 Wood (down from 50.000), 10.000 Clay (down from 50.000), 18.000 Iron (down from 20.000); recruitment time: 3 hours (down from 24 hours)
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The Tribal Wars 2 Team
