Age 59 Proposed Changes

Below please find the proposed changes for Age 59. Age 58s' races were pretty balanced so this time around we are mixing things up. In addition to the race/personality changes we are going to make some changes to honor as well as some (final?) changes to the explore formula. You can comment on these changes here.

Schedule
End of Age 58: Tuesday 10th September, 12.00 GMT
Start of Age 59 Freeze: Tuesday 10th September, 18.00 GMT
Start of Age 59 Protection: Friday 13th September, 18.00 GMT
End of Age 59 Protection: Monday 16th September, 18.00 GMT

Race Changes

Avians
-30% Attack Time
+30% Birth Rate

No Access to Stables

Fanaticism, Greater Protection
Elite: 6/2, 525gc, 5NW


Dwarves
+30% Building Efficiency
Free Building Construction
Can use credits to raze buildings

-10% attack gains
Can't use Accelerated Construction

Fools Gold, Quick Feet
Elite: 6/3, 700gc, 5.25NW


Elf
+30% wpa
Revives dead troops
-50% defensive losses

Nightmares, Amnesia, Pitfalls, Mages Fury
Elite: 5/3, 600gc, 5NW


Faery
+20% Spell damage (instant spells)
+20% Sabotage damage

All racial spells
Elite: 3/5, 800gc, 5.25NW


Halflings
+10% population
+50% TPA
-50% thief cost

-20% Birth Rate

Invisibility, Town Watch, Aggression, Animate Dead
Soldiers: 2/2 Elite: 4/4, 300gc, 4NW


Human
+30% Science Effectiveness

-10% population

Tree of Gold, Fountain of Knowledge, Clear Sight
Elite: 6/4, 1000gc 5.5NW


Orcs
+30% Attack Gains
Free draft
+15% Enemy casualties when attacking

-20% science effectiveness

Reflect Magic
Elite: 7/1, 700gc, 5.75NW


Undead
-50% Offensive losses on attacks you make
Converts some Specialists into Elites on successful land attacks
Spreads and is Immune to The Plague
No Food Required

Basic Thievery (Intel operations only)
-1 General

Town Watch
Elite: 7/2, 1000gc, 6NW



Personality Changes

The Merchant
+20% Income
Gain 50% more Specialist and Building Credits


The Sage
Every 4 acres generates 1 book
-50% cost of science


The Rogue
+1 Stealth recovery per tick
Access to all thievery operations, including 3 unique to rogues: Greater Arson, Assassinate Wizards and Propaganda


The Mystic
Access to Meteor Showers
All Guilds are twice as effective
+1 mana per tick in War


The Warrior
+1 General
+15% OME in war
Enhanced Conquest range


The Tactician
-15% Attack Time
Accurate Espionage


The Cleric
-50% Your Military Casualties (on attack or defense)


The War Hero
-50% train time
Immune to Dragon effects
Immune to The Plague


Mechanic Changes

Explore formula: Curve heavily adjusted, no longer exponential

Honor: We are looking at changing honor. We will keep how honor works generally but we want to reduce some of the issues with it. The proposal is as follows

• Remove population mod from honor and replace it with Building effectiveness
  OR
• Reduce the population mod on honor to 1%
  
  
• Decrease attack honor gains/losses in war to make it slightly more stable
  
• Increase honor gains out of war
  
• Modify the formula with regards to top and bottom feeding gains.

TF/Intel display: We are also tweaking the display of the targetfinder and intel pages slightly to improve usability.

Sitting: We are considering reducing the minimum time on sitting, but we want to ensure it is not abusable or unbalanced.

War Win Chart: We are totally changing this for age 59.