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The launch of the Alpha 4 and Medieval Age went well - without critical crashes - although there were plently of bugs related with medieval buildings, units, techs, etc. Today's update fixes a large number of those issues, as well as shedding some light on our current progress. Today's update changes - Huts/Houses/Cottages - There will now be 10 buildings allowed per age and their bonus is 1% per level. However, the reduction of construction time capped will be as low as 50% (was 20% before)
- Hut and Tower construction times and prices are roughly reduced twice
- Awareness ability now gives +2 cells per ability and has a proper description (icon to follow soon)
- Population has increased for Medieval buildings to compensate for the large amount of huts and their bonuses
- Seminary requirements for Theatre and Opera House were swapped
- Palisade level 10 wood price is reduced to fit level 18 Lumber Shed storage limit
- Communality has been renamed to Collectivism
- You can no longer hide resources from plunder with traders. When the enemy attacks and there are no resources to plunder, they will rob your traders standing in the market.
- Descriptions have been added to medieval buildings
- Fixed bugs for various Medieval buildings like storage which were not recognized in various requirements, Seminary hiding tech tab and allowed to be built along with Library and so on.
What are we up to now? Currently we are working on a proper moderation system which will allow players to report abuse/insults with a single click - which allows us to punish the offenders quickly and easily. This ability is the only thing standing in the way of the team sending out a large number of invitations to those people who have registered on the website and our past players from our other games. If you are one of those waiting for it - hang in there - we are working on it. We are still working on the long-promised "surprise" that should have been a Christmas present, but it was too complex to have it ready in time. So the Christmas present is the Alpha 4 launch like we had initially planned :) The "surprise" update will come after the New Year. The future of Alpha 4 Alpha 4 will be here for a long time, roughly as long as Alpha 3. Its main purpose is to test the game with a large number of players, hence the massive amount of invites planned soon. Also, we do not plan to wipe the game at the end of life. Instead, a separate parallel server will be launched with a new version - and the existing server will be locked for new registrations. The existing server will co-exist with the new one for some time before it will ultimately be shut down. This is one of the reasons why there will be no Enkord Cash refunds anymore, so use your existing Enkord Cash wisely and treat the donations as... well "donations" ... and not a purchase of goods/services which would give you some kind of warranty. The only thing required, in order for the new server and the new stage of testing to begin, is probably the new age (Renaissance). Even though we do not have the new stage ready, we will still be able to introduce other new things without having to reset your progress. New quest locations are planned as part of our regular updates - as was the case with Keepers Village & Ruins of New Kyiv when they were released. Changes in the team Starting from 2015 Guro is no longer working for us. He has been with us for 8 years straight but now decided it is time to move on. He has worked on the original Totem Tribe & Totem Tribe Gold, Emerald Tale, and Totem Tribe II: Jotun so far. He was a valuable part of the team and we will miss him. Wish him luck in his new endeavors.
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Best of luck to you Guro. May your future endeavors bring you success and happiness. We will miss you. |
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Let me first say that we will miss you Guro and good luck to you and your family---I wish you the best! Bers can't wait for the crowding to begin :))))---and I am glad there will be new quest locations. Can't wait to see further progression! |
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Thank you Guro for all your hard work and dedication to the Totem Tribe family of games!! I wish you the best and pray you and yours are safe. Life is short...make the most of it while you can! Be happy!!!!! |
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May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind stay at your back
May there always be work for your hands to do.
May your purse always hold a coin or two.
May the sun always shine on your windowpane.
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you. (Irish proverb)
Wishing you every success with your new life down under Guro :)
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Best of luck Guro. You will be missed and thanks for the fantastic work. |
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You will be missed Guro. Watch out for those kangas, I here they have a mighty kick! |
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G'day, mate - Best of luck, Guro, to you and your family on this new adventure in your lives. It sounds very exciting. You will be missed. Pop in and say hi sometime and let us know how it's going. I will be curious to know how your first Vegemite tasting experience goes ; ) |
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Best wishes for you and your family, Guro. You will be missed. Thank you for all your hard work. |
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i hope that when the game is relased you play it a bit, to see the changes and all the progress. Best of the lucks for you |
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I have never thought that so many people would care. Thank you so much and happy New Year to you all and your dearest. |
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Guro yes we care :) I will miss you also. Hope you find happiness with whatever you do. |
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I do not understand the changes to house/huts/cottages. You have capped it at 50% but also added population to compensate? So now we are being penalized twice? it sure feels like it to me. |
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I do not understand the changes to house/huts/cottages. You have capped it at 50% but also added population to compensate? So now we are being penalized twice? it sure feels like it to me.
In fact they have me feeling bored. and that is something new to me here. |
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The population was added in Medieval Age. |
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Well I am feeling the change to 1% in all heros including brand new one. I actually logged off out of boredom just now for the very first time versus because I had to. Maybe I will play again later. Waiting for a hut to build that only gained me 5 seconds in time for other construction just seems not worth bothering
Edited 2 minutes later by Tuey.
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50 same type of buildings for industrial age? Thats a very boring town |
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You don't have to build them all. |
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Well I am back to complaining about the change to 1% for huts and the 50% cap. In stone age this is just a painful change. Building times have increased dramatically. 5 hours to build a level 10 garden. you say start before I go to bed these long buildings but there are only long buildings to build. So I guess you just want to us log on before we go to bed at night? I feel like we have stepped by to Alpha 1. I know I am who complained to you when the cap was at 10% telling you I could build way to fast. I also think that 20 % is a little to low. But 50 % is way to high and I am not sure it can even be reached in stone age now anyhow with only a 1 % gained per hut level. Also you say you have reduced the requirements and time a hut takes to build but I do not see what that actually changes. The requirements were not that bad and when you gained time on everything else they were well worth it in my opinion. But this change has really taken the fun out of the game. Also I agree that there are now too many houses to build. you say don't build them all but I like to have times reduced by them. but I also don't know where in the world I am going to put even the 30 I can now have and then I think why bother since I am gaining so little by building them. Which then makes me say why bother to even play since everything now takes so long. I realize that I have been way to addicted to this game but that is because it was very fun. Now you are taking that fun out. I guess you are after only casual players? I have tried giving this change a chance with a new hero as sometimes that is the only answer to see what the change does from the beginning but with a new hero it is even more apparent that this change is just no fun. |
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