Age 97 Final Changes

Welcome to the Final Changes for Age 97!

Schedule:

WoL Age 96 End: Saturday June 25, 2022 @ 00:00 GMT
WoL Age 97 Open: Sunday June 25, 2022 @ 13:00 GMT
WoL Age 97 Start: Wednesday June 29, 2022 @ 18:00 GMT
WoL Age 97 End: Saturday, September 3, 2022 @ 00:00 GMT



General Mechanics

• Specialists once again convert to Elite Units on successful Traditional March Attacks for all Races
• Military Wages penalty from the Kingdom Wall removed
• Daily Activity Bonus will be calculated from the average Income of the last ingame Month
  
• Provinces will no longer be affected by Dragons during Protection
  
• An indicator for current MAP (Multi-Attack Protection) level will be visible on State Council
  
• Out of Range Wars will no longer transfer War Score
  
• Aggressive FCF will no longer transfer War Score

Buildings

• Farms production reduced from 70 to 60 bushels per tick
• Training Grounds now also reduce Mercenary costs by 2% (max 50%)
  
• Universities now increase Science Book generation of all Categories; base Book generation effect reduced to from 2% to 1% (max 25%)

Science

• Cunning Science has been split into Sorcery:'Increased Instant Spell Damage' and Cunning:'Increased Sabotage Operation Damage'
  
• Cunning Science efficiency scaling reduced to ~2/3 of current
  
• Sorcery Science efficiency scaling reduced to ~2/3 of current
  
• All Personalities will generate bonus Science Books based on their area of focus (see Personalities section for more information)

Relations

• Military Casualties will be proportionally reduced by the scaling Effectiveness penalty for hitting into/out of War
• Points needed for reaching War Tiers have been adjusted (each tier provides additional bonuses to the winning Kingdom of a War)
  
  War Score Tiers
  
  • Tier 1: 120
  • Tier 2: 140
  • Tier 3: 165
  • Tier 4: 190
  • Tier 5: 220

Rituals

• Number of Casts needed to start a 100% strength Ritual changed from 80 to 3 times the number of provinces in the Kingdom (to a minimum 45 Casts for 15 provinces or fewer)
• Undercasting a Ritual has been removed
  
• The overcast Ritual efficiency formula has been adjusted to account for the new requirement
  
• Ritual effects have been adjusted
  
  Rituals
  
  • Affluent: +15% Income, +20% Draft Rate
  • Barrier: -20% Damage from Enemy Instant Magic & Thievery Operations, -10% Combat (Resource) Losses
  • Expedient: -20% Training Time, -20% Training Cost, -20% Construction Time, -20% Construction Cost
  • Expropriation: removed
  • Godspeed: -10% Attack Time, +20% Honor Gained in Combat, +20% Credits Gained in Combat
  • Havoc: +20% Offensive WPA & TPA, +5% Instant Spell Damage, +5% Sabotage Damage
  • Onslaught: +10% Offensive Military Efficiency, +15% Enemy Military Casualties on Attacks
  • Stalwart: +10% Defensive Military Efficiency, -15% Military Casualties

Spells

• Returning Spell - Miner's Mystique: Peasants provide a stable, supplemental source of Income from mining precious metals, generating an extra 0.3gc each (medium duration)
  
• New Spell - Salvation: protects military in battle, reducing all Military Casualties by 10% (medium duration)
  
  
• Abolish Ritual - Rune Cost reduced
• Amnesia - availability changed to limited (Heretic)
• Bloodlust - Self and Enemy Military Casualties adjusted to +15%/+15%
  
• Chastity - effect changed to -50% Birth Rate
  
• Divine Shield - average duration reduced by ~15%
• Expose Thieves - effect has been changed to -1 Stealth Recovery per Tick (short duration); difficulty and cost increased
  
• Fanaticism - average duration reduced by ~25%
• Invisibility - TPA bonus reduced to +10%
  
• Meteor Showers - availability changed to War only
• Support Spells list has been updated
  
  Support Spells
  
  • Minor Protection
  • Greater Protection
  • Fertile Lands
  • Magic Shield
  • Natures Blessing
  • Love and Peace
  • Builders Boon
  • Inspire Army
  • Patriotism
  • Illuminate Shadows
  • Wrathful Smite
  • Divine Shield
  • Fanaticism
  • Mist
  • Salvation
  • Town Watch
  
  (note: in order to cast a particular Support Spell, you must have access to it)
  
  

Operations

• Sabotage Wizards Damage cap reduced by 50%
  
• Assassinate Wizards meter points value increased to .12
• Arson meter points value increased to .08
  
• Greater Arson meter points value increased to .1

Dragons

• Dragons no longer have baseline effects
  
• Dragons maximum duration reduced from 120 to 48 Ticks
  
• Dragons now also require an extra 1/10 of their GC cost as Food to launch
  
• Dragon page will now show Cost and HP w/o starting a project
  
• Dragon stats and effects have been adjusted
  
  Dragons
  
  • Amethyst Dragon: removed
  • Emerald Dragon: (HP and Cost scaling reduced to Ruby's scaling)
    +15% Military Casualties
    -15% Combat Gains
    -50% Credits Gained in Combat
  • Ruby Dragon:
    -10% Military Efficiency
    +20% Military Wages
    -25% New Draftees
  • Sapphire Dragon:
    -25% WPA/TPA
    +10% Instant Spell and Sabotage Damage taken
    -25% Spell Duration
  • Topaz Dragon:
    -25% Building Efficiency
    -15% Income
    Instantly Destroys 2% of Buildings, and then again every 6 Ticks

Races


Avian
Bonuses
-15% Attack Time
+50% Elite Conversions in Combat

Access to Clear Sight, Fanaticism

Penalty
No Access to Stables and Horses

Soldier - 3/3, 1.5nw
Offensive Specialist - 10/0, 4.0nw
Defensive Specialist - 0/10, 5.0nw
Elite Unit - 15/4, 1500gc 7.25nw
Mercenary - 8/0, 0.0nw
Prisoner - 8/0, 1.6nw
War Horse - n/a


Dark Elf
Bonuses
-50% Spell Rune Cost (excluding Ritual)
+25% Self Spell Duration
+25% Offensive Spell Duration

Access to Chastity, Gluttony, Mage's Fury, Mage's Ward, Sloth

Penalty
-20% Birth Rate
+25% Explore Costs

Soldier - 3/3, 1.5nw
Offensive Specialist - 11/0, 4.4nw
Defensive Specialist - 0/10, 5.0nw
Elite Unit – 5/12, 1350gc 7.25nw
Mercenary - 8/0, 0.0nw
Prisoner - 8/0, 1.6nw
War Horse - 2/0, 0.6nw


Dwarf
Bonuses
+20% Building Efficiency
-50% Construction and Raze Cost

Access to Miner's Mystique, Mist

Penalty
+50% Food Consumption
-15% Thievery Effectiveness (TPA)

Soldier - 3/3, 1.5nw
Offensive Specialist - 10/0, 4.0nw
Defensive Specialist - 0/10, 5.0nw
Elite Unit - 13/6, 1500gc 7.5nw
Mercenary - 8/0, 0.0nw
Prisoner - 8/0, 1.6nw
War Horse - 2/0, 0.6nw


Elf
Bonuses
+50% Rune Production
-20% Military Wages

Access to Ghost Workers, Town Watch

Penalty
No Access to Dungeons

Soldier - 3/3, 1.5nw
Offensive Specialist - 10/0, 4.0nw
Defensive Specialist - 0/12, 6.0nw
Elite Unit - 12/5, 1350gc 6.5nw
Mercenary - 8/0, 0.0nw
Prisoner - 8/0, 1.6nw
War Horse - 2/0, 0.6nw


Faery
Bonuses
+25% Magic Effectiveness (WPA)
-1 Self Spell Mana Cost

Access to Blizzard, Fool's Gold, Invisibility, Pitfalls

Penalty
-5% Population

Soldier - 3/3, 1.5nw
Offensive Specialist - 10/0, 4.0nw
Defensive Specialist - 0/11, 5.5nw
Elite Unit - 4/13, 1350gc 7.25nw
Mercenary - 8/0, 0.0nw
Prisoner - 8/0, 1.6nw
War Horse - 2/0, 0.6nw


Halfling
Bonuses
+10% Population
+25% Thievery Effectiveness (TPA)

Access to Mystic Aura

Penalty
+15% Military Casualties

Soldier - 3/3, 1.5nw
Offensive Specialist - 9/0, 3.6nw
Defensive Specialist - 0/10, 5.0nw
Elite Unit - 10/5, 1200gc 5.75nw
Mercenary - 8/0, 0.0nw
Prisoner - 8/0, 1.6nw
War Horse - 2/0, 0.6nw


Human
Bonuses
+25% Income
+25% Credits Gained in Combat

Access to Fountain of Knowledge, Salvation

Penalty
+1 Self Spell Mana Cost

Soldier - 3/3, 1.5nw
Offensive Specialist - 10/0, 4.0nw
Defensive Specialist - 0/10, 5.0nw
Elite Unit - 13/5, 1800gc 7.0nw
Mercenary - 8/0, 0.0nw
Prisoner - 8/0, 1.6nw
War Horse - 3/0, 0.9nw


Orc
Bonuses
+20% Combat (Resource) Gains
-50% Draft Cost

Access to Bloodlust

Penalty
-50% Bonuses from Honor
+10% Combat (Resource) Losses


Soldier - 3/3, 1.5nw
Offensive Specialist - 10/0, 4.0nw
Defensive Specialist - 0/10, 5.0nw
Elite Unit - 14/4, 1600gc 6.75nw
Mercenary - 8/0, 0.0nw
Prisoner - 8/0, 1.6nw
War Horse - 2/0, 0.6nw


Undead
Bonuses
Spreads and is Immune to the Plague
No Food Needed
Prisoners Convert to Elite Units over Time (3%)

Access to Animate Dead

Penalty
Cannot Train Elite Units
No Access to Hospitals

Soldier - 3/3, 1.5nw
Offensive Specialist - 12/0, 4.8nw
Defensive Specialist - 0/9, 4.5nw
Elite Unit - 14/6, 7.75nw
Mercenary - 8/0, 0.0nw
Prisoner - 8/0, 1.6nw
War Horse - 2/0, 0.6nw



Personalities


The Artisan
+30% Building Capacity and Production (Homes, Banks, Farms, Stables, Towers, Dungeons)
-30% Building Damage taken from Arson, Greater Arson, Tornadoes, Raze Attacks
-25% Build Time
Access to Tree of Gold
+25% Economy Science Book Production
Starts with +600 Soldiers, +600 Specialist Credits and +200 Building Credits


The Cleric
-30% Military Casualties
Immune to the Plague
Can Cast Support Spells on Kingdom Members (must have access to the particular Spells)
Access to Divine Shield, Greater Protection, Illuminate Shadows, Wrathful Smite
+25% Economy Science Book Production
Starts with +600 Soldiers, +600 Specialist Credits and +200 Wizards


The Heretic
+75% Wizard Production
-50% Thieves Lost on Thievery Operations
+15% Instant Spell Damage
+15% Sabotage Damage
Access to Amnesia, Nightmares, Vermin
+25% Arcane Arts Science Book Production
Starts with +400 Thieves and +400 Wizards


The Mystic
+100% Guilds Effectiveness
+1 Mana Recovery per Tick
-50% Wizards Lost on Failed Spell Casts
Access to Meteor Showers
+25% Arcane Arts Science Book Production
Starts with +800 Wizards


The Rogue
+75% Thieves' Dens Effectiveness
+1 Stealth Recovery per Tick
-30% Thief Cost
Access to All Thievery Operations
+25% Arcane Arts Science Book Production
Starts with +800 Thieves


The Sage
+10% Science Efficiency
-30% Science Book Losses on Learn Attacks
Access to Revelation
+25% Science Book Production
Starts with +400 Soldiers, +400 Specialist Credits and 2000 Science Books in each Category


The Shepherd
-15% Combat (Resource) Losses
Each Acre generates 3 Bushels of Food per Tick
Each Acre holds 4 War Horses and generates .1 per Tick
Access to Reflect Magic
+25% Economy Science Book Production
Starts with +800 Soldiers and +800 Specialist Credits


The Tactician
+1 General
Accurate Espionage
Access to Aggression, Quick Feet, War Spoils
+25% Military Science Book Production
Starts with +800 Soldiers and +800 Specialist Credits


The War Hero
+50% Bonuses from Honor
-30% Honor Loss in Combat
+10% Dragon Slaying Strength
Access to Hero's Inspiration
+25% Military Science Book Production
Starts with 800 Elites


The Warrior
+15% Offensive Military Efficiency
+15% Enemy Military Casualties
-75% Mercenary Cost
+25% Military Science Book Production
Starts with +800 Soldiers and +800 Specialist Credits


Changelog:
* Clarified Support Spellcasting
* Fixed some typos
* Updated Open and Start due to extended maintenance