Age 54 Final Changes and Start Times

Age 54 start dates and Age 53 end dates:

Tuesday May 8th, 12.00 GMT - End of age
Tuesday May 8th, 18.00 GMT- Start of Freeze
Friday May 11th, 18.00 GMT - Start of Protection
Monday May 14th, 18.00 GMT - End of Protection

For Age 54 the following changes will be implemented (use the Show Text button to see age 53 details). Thanks to everyone that contributed.

Race Changes

Avian
-25% Attack Time
+40% Sabotage damage

- 10% attack gains
No Access to Stables

Spell book: Town Watch, Vermin, Mystic Aura
Elite: 7/2, 600gc, 6.25NW

Avians
Bonuses:
* - 30% attack times
* Defensive Specialist Strength +1

Penalty:
* - 10% attack gains
* No access to stables

Other Information:
* Offensive Specialist: Griffins (5/0)
* Defensive Specialist: Harpies (0/6)
* Elite Unit: Drake (7/4, $650, 6.5 nw)
* Spell book: Clear Sight, Town Watch, Fanaticism

Dwarf
+ 15% BE
+ 30% Spell Damage (Instant Spells)
Free Building Construction
Can use credits to raze buildings

+ 50% Food consumption
Accelerated Construction not available

Spell book: Quick Feet, Fanaticism, Fools Gold, Clearsight
Elite: 7/3, 750gc, 6.5NW

Dwarves
Bonuses:
* + 20% BE
* Free Building Construction
* Can use credits to raze buildings

Penalty:
* Accelerated Construction not available
* - 25% thievery effectiveness
* + 50% food consumption

Other Information:
* Offensive Specialist: Warriors (5/0)
* Defensive Specialist: Axemen (0/5)
* Elite Unit: Berserker (6/5, $700, 6 nw)
* Spell book: Vermin, Quick feet

Elves
+50% WPA
+1 mana in war
+ 1 defence specialist strength

Spellbook: Pitfalls, Mages Fury, Amnesia, Nightmare
Elite: 6/4, 700gc, 6NW

Elves
Bonuses:
* + 2 mana per tick in war
* Defensive Specialist Strength +1
* +30% damage on instant offensive spells.

Penalty:
* None

Other Information:
* Offensive Specialist: Rangers (5/0)
* Defensive Specialist: Archers (0/6)
* Elite Unit: Elf Lord (7/3, $600, 6 nw)
* Spellbook: Mystic Aura, Clear Sight, Pitfalls, Amnesia, Reflect Magic, Mage's Fury

Faery
+ 30% Spell Damage (Instant Spells)
+ 30% Sabotage damage
+ 30% WPA and TPA

-10% Population
Offensive Specialist Strength -2

Spellbook: All racial spells
Elite: 3/8, 1000gc, 7.5NW

Faery
Bonuses:
* + 50% magic effectiveness
* + 50% thievery effectiveness

Penalty:
* - 10% population
* Offensive Specialist Strength -1

Other Information:
* Offensive Specialist: Magicians (4/0)
* Defensive Specialist: Druids (0/5)
* Elite Unit: Beastmasters (3/8, $1000, 8.0 nw)
* Spellbook: All spells

Halflings
+50% TPA
+1 stealth
- 50% thief cost

-15% Birth Rate

Spellbook: Invisibility, Town Watch
Soldiers: 2/2
Elite: 5/6, 550gc, 5.75NW

Halflings
Bonuses:
* + 1 extra stealth per tick
* - 50% thief cost
* + 10% Population
* Espionage operations are 100% accurate in war

Penalty:
* -20% birthrate

Other Information:
* Soldiers: 2/2
* Offensive Specialist: Strongarms (5/0)
* Defensive Specialist: Slingers (0/5)
* Elite Unit: Brutes (5/6, $500, 6.25 nw)
* Spellbook: Animate Dead, Town Watch, Quick Feet, War Spoils, Aggression

Humans
+10% Population
+ 50% Sabotage damage
+ 50% Spell Damage (Instant Spells)
+ 1 Offense specialist strength

Spellbook: Tree of Gold, Fountain of Knowledge, War Spoils
Elite: 5/5, 500gc, 5NW

Humans
Bonuses:
* + 30% income
* + 40% Damage on Sabotage Operations

Penalty:
* - 20% magic effectiveness
* Offensive Specialist Strength -1

Other Information:
* Offensive Specialist: Swordsmen (4/0)
* Defensive Specialist: Archers (0/5)
* Elite Unit: Knight (8/3, $800, 6.5 nw)
* Spell Book: Greater Protection, Fountain of Knowledge

Orcs
+20% gains
Can train elites with credits

-75% Combat Instant Spell Damage and Duration
-75% Sabotage Damage

Spellbook: Bloodlust, Fanaticism, Aggression, Reflect Magic
Elite: 9/2, 850gc, 7.25NW

Orcs
Bonuses:
* + 25% gains
* Trains elites with credits

Penalty:
* - 10% building efficiency
* - 50% thievery and magic damage (on offensive operations)

Other Information:
* Offensive Specialist: Goblins (5/0)
* Defensive Specialist: Trolls (0/5)
* Elite Unit: Ogre (9/2, $800, 6.75 nw)
* Spellbook: Fanaticism, Aggression, Bloodlust

The Undead
-50% Offensive losses on attacks you make
Successful land attacks convert specialists to elites
Spreads and is immune to The Plague
No food needed

- 25% science effectiveness

Spellbook: Greater Protection, Town Watch, Animate Dead, Chastity
Elite: 9/3, 1000gc, 7.5NW

The Undead
Bonuses:
* -50% Offensive losses on attacks you make
* Successful land attacks convert specialists to elites
* Spreads and is immune to The Plague
* No Food required

Penalty:
* - 20% science effectiveness
* Access to basic thievery operations only (neutral relations ops)

Other Information:
* Offensive Specialist: Skeletons (5/0)
* Defensive Specialist: Zombies (0/5)
* Elite Unit: Ghoul (9/3, $1000, 7.0 nw)
* Spellbook: War Spoils, Nightmares, Chastity

Personality Changes

The Merchant
+30% Income
-50% Money Losses on Plunder Attacks
Immunity to all Income Penalties (Riots, Plagues, etc.)

The Merchant
* +40% Income
* -50% Money Losses on Plunder Attacks
* Immunity to all Income Penalties (Riots, Plagues, etc.)

The Sage
+ 25% Science effectiveness
-66% Losses on Learn Attacks
Immune to The Plague

The Sage
* + 20% Science effectiveness
* - 20% Book Costs
* -20% Research Time
* -75% Losses on Learn Attacks
* Every 4 Acres of land produces 1 Science Book per Hour

The Rogue
+1 Stealth recovery per tick
Access to all thievery operations, including 3 unique to rogues: Greater Arson, Assassinate Wizards and Propaganda
Thieves Dens are twice as effective (subject to DBE)

The Rogue
* +1 Stealth recovery per tick
* Access to all thievery operations, including 3 unique to rogues: Greater Arson, Assassinate Wizards and Propaganda
* Thieves Dens are twice as effective (subject to DBE)

The Mystic
Access to Meteor Showers
All Guilds and Towers are twice as effective
+50% Spell Duration (For Duration Spells Only)
+1 mana per tick in War

The Mystic
* Meteor Showers spell
* All Guilds and Towers are twice as effective
* +30% Spell Duration (For Duration Spells Only)

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

The Warrior
* +15% Enemy Casualties (on attack or defense)
* -15% Your Military Casualties (on attack or defense)
* 10% more OME in war
* + 50% bonuses from honor

The Tactician
Gain 50% more Specialist and Building Credits
-15% Attack Time
Accurate Espionage (in war)

The Tactician
* Gain 30% more Specialist and Building Credits
* -15% Attack Time
* -30% Military Training Time
* -50% Land Losses when Ambushed

The Cleric
- 50% Your Military Casualties (on attack or defense)
Animate Dead spell always active (reawakens all troops lost on defense/offense as soldiers)

The Cleric
* - 50% Your Military Casualties (on attack or defense)
* 1 extra General

The War Hero
+50% more bonuses from honor
-50% draft cost
-50% train time
-50% Land Losses on Ambush Attacks

I did not exist in Age 53

Mechanic Changes

If you have a reservation with a kingdom it will not be possible to create a random province in another kingdom.

Failed attacks have a chance to move the meter 1 point proportional to the amount of offense sent. An attack that fails by sending 70% of the offense required to break has a 70% chance to move the meter 1 point.

Plunder, Learn, Massacre and Raze are now worth 2 points on the meter

The war declaration range for kingdoms will be changed to 25% smaller or 33% larger

War will end automatically if your opponents networth drops to 50% of yours. This will only occur after a minimum of 7 days of warring and is calculated on tick.

A war ending will grant, for both kds:
All land currently out with armies at war end returns home immediately.
Instant population growth of 20% of your max pop if you are under 50% of your max pop
+500% Birthrate
30% reduction in training costs of all troops.
Draft cost reduced 50%

Winning a war will grant the following:
+10% honor taken from the opponents honor pool
100 books of science per acre based on your median province
3 times your median provinces acres in spec credits
Free building credits to the total of your current unbuilt acres