Evolution of Ages: Settlements news & patch notes

Hi everyone and welcome to a State of the Game Update. So first up, I have posted a few times on the forums but not everyone reads every post I make, so it is likely that many of our player base are wondering where is Update 1.4 and DLC 1. So lets address that first before we go into when it they are due out. 1) Sadly I have not been very well of late and worse yet, I did not rest last time I was unwell and this led to a series of back to back illness that ended up in me being very sick. 2) I was also burn't out as far as development goes. Instead of wanting to get more cool stuff added, I needed to take a break from looking at 100k lines of code each day. So where are we now? Well the good news is that I have taken some sound advice and just done something else for a while. For those who take a look at my profile, I have a youtube channel and I have been playing games and enjoying myself a bit. (Although I am not very good at it - lol) I have taken up regular walks and am feeling much better. Although don't get too excited, I am still only about 80% of the way back to full health. I have also built up a bit of a fire in my passion for development again and want to get back to adding some great content for the game. So, what is the state of Update 1.4 and DLC 1? Update 1.4 The good news here is that all of the hard work has been done. I need to add an interface for the 2 world buildings, the Hall of Heroes and The Graveyard. Linking up the legendary skills for the halls will take some playtesting and balancing but that is not taxing work. DLC 1 The moonstone glade is also in a very good place. The only thing holding me back on this is a new way to add extra journal updates so I can link all the story together. Not a lot of work but still enough to need planning before I go ahead and code it. So how long before it is all out? I would say I only have around 100 hours of work left to get these launched. In the past I would happily do a 70 hour working week and so I would say things like : 10 days and it will be out. But I still need a break, I am not well enough yet to go crazy and when I get back to work it will be more like 20 hours a week instead of 70. So, all is ok. Both updates are almost complete but they will be out when they are ready. I am still reading and replying on the forums and for those who want to see how much I suck at other games you are welcome to watch my youtube channel and call me a noob in the comments also (lol), I may reply to you their if you are nice :) Until then, do not worry, more content is on the way. I am well and looking forward to getting back to work. Keep safe and enjoy life. Tormunda.

Hi all of you wonderful people and welcome to another update to Evolution of Ages: Settlements This update is more of an overhaul of minor issues that have been outstanding or posted on the forums of late.

List of Fixes

• Changed the name of Militia training on the world skills page from Military Training, which was incorrect.
• I have overhauled the storage values. Not only do they now work as intended but also you have a tooltip on your storage to explain where all of the storage has come from.
• I have added the option to change between static monsters and dynamic monsters, onto the combat screen itself. You can now switch views between the new way monsters move based upon agro and the old way the combat used to run, which I understand is better for quick spamming of attacks.
• I have changed the icons on the combat screen for the 3 display options so that they are in keeping with the other icons on the screen.
• Smelting was incorrectly listed as an advanced skill on the pop-up info page. It is correctly displayed as a basic skill on the character sheet.
• Nuclear power has been overhauled and a tooltip has also been added to the building. I will explain power below.

Power

Power can often be confusing once you unlock Electricity. I am adding extra information to the game to try and make this easier to understand, however I am also going to give an overview below.

Wind Power

Some machines use wind power, you do not need to do anything else with these beyond making sure they are placed above ground.

Solar Power

As with wind, these will look after themselves as long as they are used above ground.

Coal (Steam) Power

You need to have access to coal for these machines to be used. Coal is produced from a coal mine and each mine can power a maximum of 4 machines.

Oil Power

Things start to get confusing here. The oil rig cannot produce Oil without machines to power it. You cannot use an oil powered engine if you are not producing oil. So you need to start off using another type of power to get things going.

Electric Power

This is where we need to take a moment to understand the power chain else it will suddenly all stop. An Electric Power Station needs machines to make electricity but those machines cannot run on electricity themselves. So you can end up with a situation where you have electric machines in the oil rig and oil machines in the power station, which are both reliant on each other. One machine change and it can all shut down. At least 1 coal machine in the chain can help solve this.

Electricity Grid Upgrade

This is an upgrade available in the town centre. Once built it will provide 1 extra electricity for free. (Thus solving a lot of the power chain issues).

Nuclear Power

The Nuclear power station provides 2 power +1 extra per Electricity Grid Upgrade you have in the game. The good news here is that the Nuclear power station does not need machines to produce its energy. This makes the power supply chain almost obsolete.

Nuclear & Fusion Machines

These advanced machine types do not need any supply of power and are the most powerful machines in the game. They are ideal for getting maximum production from late game factories.

End game power

It is still useful to have some electricity being produced in the end game as powerful production robots are available that still require power. I hope this helps.

Where is the DLC?

It is still moving along. I had to make the call between faster updates but a risk to my health and thus less updates in the long term or slightly slower updates but a healthy developer who will make more updates in the long term ! Yes I can see you at the back shouting, "Forget health, I want my DLC!" lol. It will get here when it is ready :)

Hi folks, This was going to just be a hotfix for the Treasure bug on test but I decided to add a little extra!

New World Skill Interface

I have built a new interface for the world skills. All world skills in the game are now listed on the new GUI. There are now tooltips for each skill, explaining what they are used for. There is now a clear experience bar, showing how close you are to the next level.

New World Skill

Yes! You even get a new world skill.

Logical Thinking!

This skill is gained through unlocking new tech in the science lab. You can also research this skill from era 6, although it is expensive and slow due to the effect of this skill. What does it do? It directly adds its level to the Science point output of your science lab. With a maximum of an extra 10 points per cycle, this can really help boost the speed of the science lab. As always I am constantly improving the game, with new interfaces, better clarity and new toys for you to play with. Enjoy!

Hello and welcome to this first update of July. This is build 1.3.9.9 (or 1.4.0.24, as it is part of the 1.4 update build). First, some scouting changes....

SCOUTING

You can now set scouting to auto select your next scout. This option can be made in both the settings menu and on the scouting screen. This option will help to reduce the amount of clicks required to send out your scouts. Next up, you can now send 8 scouts! This is something that has been requested a few times and although it is now available, it is the one feature that stops this update going straight into live. This is due to possible hidden issues with 8 scouts. If there are no major issues after a few days, I will move this update into live.

CHANGES

• Spears now use the Polearm feats!
• The treasure table should no longer detach from the game
• The treasure screen is now moveable
• The slayer screen is now moveable
• The Boss screen is now moveable
• Some of the menu items have moved, they now appear when you mouse over other menu items.
• A new menu item has been added for the world building menu, this is not available as yet.
• Extra tooltips have been added to some buttons and items to help with clarity.

FIXES

• Fixed some sound issues. Sound should now be more controllable.
• You can no longer multi fire artillery
• Fixed an issue with some stats carrying over between fights
• Fixed an issue where the support row would not gain stats

Hello and welcome to another regular mini update. This time I am going to release a new play mode... Yes, some of you already love it and have made this your own little game: Now everyone else can have a go and the challenge has expanded.

Stone Age Challenge.

In order to play this mode you need to go into the game settings menu and turn on Stone Age Challenge. This mode is only available to a) New games or b) a current game that is in era 1 and on challenge rating 5. In this mode, ALL BOSSES will spawn (even Toxicity!) While this mode is on, you will not be able to research anything from era 2+, all higher era equipment drops will have to come from boss fights. This mode can be turned off at any time.

Static Combat Monsters

Some players have requested the old style combat whereby the front line monsters do not move. There is now an option in the settings menu where you can switch to this style. Work is still going on with update 1.4 and DLC, for updates please check in with my twitter channel.

Other changes

• Fixed graphical error on the character sheet
• Improved the tooltip response on the character sheet
• added back the missing pet tooltip information on both the character sheet and the pet selection menu
• added a new play mode: Stone Age Challenge. (In the Settings menu)
• added option: Static Combat Monsters. (In the settings menu) whereby the front line monsters no longer move around. This is very much like the old style combat that used to be in the game.
• fixed an issue where the dodge skill would stack when using the taunt option.
• Fixed an alignment error on the character sheet.
• Fixed a scaling error on the character sheet.
• several minor improvements.

Hi, This is just a small patch to fix a few bugs. However, at the same time I added a few community requested game options. 1) Turn off helmets by default. Now when a new character is created, they will start with the show helmet flag set to off. If you manually set the helmet to on, then this character will save with that personal override. 2) No Battle Report You can turn end of combat battle reports off via this game option. All stat gains for your characters will still calculate. Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where completing a task would cause combat to stop.
• Fixed an issue where setting characters to melee or ranged would reset.

I am working on the DLC content for a while before I push any 1.4 update to the test branch, so hold on in there, I am still here if I go quiet :) Tormunda. Always get the latest news on what I am doing, including sneak peaks at 1.4 and DLC 1 on my twitter feed. Twitter

Hi all, The update 1.3.9 has moved to live.

CHARACTER SHEET!

• Larger portraits
• Ability to drag the screen via top bar
• Stats have been changed to numeric to allow for numbers beyond 5
• Skills have been changed to numeric to be inline with the Stats but also to make room for the delete skill option to be available on the main sheet.
• Race and Sex have been added
• Skills have been colour coded, based upon difficulty. (Difficulty directly effects how much XP is required to advance that skill).
• Lots of new artwork
• Clearer options for Availability, Combat and Helmet showing.
• All of the new gameplay statistics have been added
• Equipment, gameplay Stats, Backgrounds and Edges can now be accessed via buttons.
• You can now cancel reading a book. The book will return to your collection.

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Skill Changes

As part of this update, some of the skills have had their experience requirements changed. The rate of XP is as below. Basic: x1 Advanced: x2 Specialist: x3 Mastery: x4 or x5

• Combat medic upgrades from Advanced to Specialist
• Dodge was incorrectly listed as Basic in the skill notes.
• Shields were incorrectly listed as Basic in the skill notes.
• Marksman upgrades to Mastery 4 to be in-line with other Critical skills.
• Gunslinger upgrades to Mastery 4 to be in-line with other Critical skills.
• Assassin upgrades to Mastery 4 to be in-line with other Critical skills.
• Search downgrades from Mastery 4 to Specialist
• Climbing downgrades from Mastery 4 to Specialist
• Swimming downgrades from Mastery 4 to Specialist
• Negotiate down downgrades from Mastery 4 to Specialist
• Martial Arts: Wasp downgrades from Mastery 5 to Mastery 4

Changes and Fixes

• Added the missing Toxicity Boss battle background.
• Fixed a bug that could cause combat to stop when in autocombat mode and using a warmachine.
• Fixed Goliath appearing correctly on the map.
• Fixed the in combat effects for Goliath
• Goliath is now larger on the world map.
• The game now will launch on the last monitor it was set to. (If set via the options menu, not a dragged window. Should the screen no longer be available, the game will launch on the default monitor).
• The Combat report now displays the game difficulty, the game era, the boss difficulty, the boss rarity and the boss name.
• Fixed some sound issues.
• Character List menu updated with the new artwork changes.
• Pet2 did not correctly clear from dead characters.
• Tools did not correctly clear from dead characters.
• Skill notes have been updated.
• Various minor performance and code cleanups.
• Added missing character sheet artwork.
• Added the scouting button back onto the character sheet
• Fixed an issue with modern road calculations
• Removed the customisation menu
• Added feats onto the character sheet
• Added the ability to change character face etc onto the main character sheet
• Cleaned up some code and made some other minor changes
• Added Legendary feats to the character sheet (Although the list is hidden for now)
• Added Legendary Skills onto the character sheet. (Same as feats)
• Added the ability to filter the feats to remove the ones you already have.

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Hi all, Just to let you know that I have just pushed out a small update to the character sheet. The update adds the Feats submenu onto the main character sheet as well as the ability to change sex, face, hair and voice. The Scouting button has also been placed back on the character sheet. Fixes and changes

• Added missing character sheet artwork.
• Added the scouting button back onto the character sheet
• Fixed an issue with modern road calculations
• Removed the customisation menu
• Added feats onto the character sheet
• Added the ability to change character face etc onto the main character sheet
• Cleaned up some code and made some other minor changes
• Added Legendary feats to the character sheet (Although the list is hidden for now)
• Added Legendary Skills onto the character sheet. (Same as feats)
• Added the ability to filter the feats to remove the ones you already have.

As always, catch the latest news and update information on my twitter feed. Twitter

Update 1.3.9 is now available on the Test Branch.

New CHARACTER SHEET!

As part of the 1.4 update and to get ready for the new features coming with that update, the character sheet has been redone.

• Larger portraits
• Ability to drag the screen via top bar
• Stats have been changed to numeric to allow for numbers beyond 5
• Skills have been changed to numeric to be inline with the Stats but also to make room for the delete skill option to be available on the main sheet.
• Race and Sex have been added
• Skills have been colour coded, based upon difficulty. (Difficulty directly effects how much XP is required to advance that skill).
• Lots of new artwork
• Clearer options for Availability, Combat and Helmet showing.
• All of the new gameplay statistics have been added
• Equipment, gameplay Stats, Backgrounds and Edges can now be accessed via buttons.
• You can now cancel reading a book. The book will return to your collection.

Things not complete at this point.

• The Feats button still takes you to the old customisation sheet.
• There is a blank button below the feats button. This does not work at the moment but will be used to access some of the customisation options when that screen is retired.
• Game Stats: Crafted: Epic is not yet available as there are no epic crafts available.
• Skill 18 is locked and is part of DLC 1: The Moonstone Grove
• Legendary Skills are not available until free Update 1.4

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Skill Changes

As part of this update, some of the skills have had their experience requirements changed. The rate of XP is as below. Basic: x1 Advanced: x2 Specialist: x3 Mastery: x4 or x5

• Combat medic upgrades from Advanced to Specialist
• Dodge was incorrectly listed as Basic in the skill notes.
• Shields were incorrectly listed as Basic in the skill notes.
• Marksman upgrades to Mastery 4 to be in-line with other Critical skills.
• Gunslinger upgrades to Mastery 4 to be in-line with other Critical skills.
• Assassin upgrades to Mastery 4 to be in-line with other Critical skills.
• Search downgrades from Mastery 4 to Specialist
• Climbing downgrades from Mastery 4 to Specialist
• Swimming downgrades from Mastery 4 to Specialist
• Negotiate down downgrades from Mastery 4 to Specialist
• Martial Arts: Wasp downgrades from Mastery 5 to Mastery 4

Changes and Fixes

• Added the missing Toxicity Boss battle background.
• Fixed a bug that could cause combat to stop when in autocombat mode and using a warmachine.
• Fixed Goliath appearing correctly on the map.
• Fixed the in combat effects for Goliath
• Goliath is now larger on the world map.
• The game now will launch on the last monitor it was set to. (If set via the options menu, not a dragged window. Should the screen no longer be available, the game will launch on the default monitor).
• The Combat report now displays the game difficulty, the game era, the boss difficulty, the boss rarity and the boss name.
• Fixed some sound issues.
• Character List menu updated with the new artwork changes.
• Pet2 did not correctly clear from dead characters.
• Tools did not correctly clear from dead characters.
• Skill notes have been updated.
• Various minor performance and code cleanups.

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Hello and welcome to beta release 1.3.8 As work continues on update 4 there are still opportunities to release content for Update 3.

COMBAT REPORT

The first new feature is the combat report. When combat is over you will be given a pop-up report that allows you to review the activity of each character and see how they performed compared to the others. This feature will feed into a new feature coming in Update 4. (See below)

Attack Quickkeys

The community has requested the ability to press a key to set attacks. The keys QWERT have been linked to the various attack types, allowing for a quicker allocation of attacks.

Era 9 Housing (Modern housing)

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Era9 Roads

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/d62e7d91f40b33700599de7478af4a114d38603b.png The final upgrade to the road system and increase in supply speed. Now your settlements can look like they belong in era9.

Era9 Warehouse

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UPDATE 4

The work continues and you may be wondering when you will get your hands on the new content, as well as what kind of new content will be coming free in the next update. Legendary Skills and Feats: These skills and feats are extremely powerful and will be sought after by all of your characters. However each character may only even have one of these, making it useful for less used characters to be played so they can obtain them. Wondrous Buildings: Special buildings that get built from their own interface. 2 Buildings will be released as part of update 4. The Graveyard: When built you will not only be able to review dead characters but should you have enough gold and enough death urns, you can even bring them back from the dead. The Hall of Heroes: Once built, when your characters pass certain milestones, this building will unlock special bonuses, Legendary Skills and Legendary Feats.

DLC 1

As well as work on Update 4, the first Paid DLC is also in progress. I can now announce its name: The Moonstone Grove. Without giving away too many spoilers on what is in store, I can let you know that there will be: New Monsters, New Items, New Pets, a New adventure, a New Village, a New Playable Race (Yes you read that correct!), a New World Map, New buildings, New Legendary Skills and Feats and more. The DLC is an optional purchase and is there to add extra content for players who want more adventure for their characters. The game can be played, enjoyed and completed without it. The DLC is aimed at era 1-2 and if successful, future DLC's will continue to add content all the way to era 10 and beyond.

Changes and Fixes in this build.

Fixed: The bear helm did not sit correctly on male heads. Fixed: Removed the tooltip pop-ups on plots that could not be built upon (mainly settlement 7) Added: There are now plot signs on areas where buildings can be placed. Changed: Reduced the to-hit bonus from the Inspire skill. Fixed: Combat pets did not clear correctly upon character death. Changed: Continued code improvements as part of Update 4. As always, check out my twitter feed to get the latest inside information. Twitter Take care and enjoy! Tormunda

Hello to all and I hope you are all doing well in these times. Although the current live update has been listed in the beta branch as part of the 1.4 build, there are a few updates and enhancements in there that deserve to be moved into live. The live build is listed as 1.3.7 to make it clear that the 1.4 update is still to come.

What is new in 1.3.7

Combat text.

In combat there is a button to turn this on/off. Doing so will give you a new text feedout when you mouse over characters and monsters.

A new item selection interface.

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• Cleaner world map images
• Fixed a memory leak from combat.
• Toxicity now correctly spawns.
• Scouting for bosses at era 6 or above would sometimes allow you to scout for them, even if none were available.
• Some items continue to be tweeked and rebalanced.
• Several performance improvements.
• Adding the extra combat text uncovered a few minor glitches in combat that have been fixed.
• Equipment images in the item selection interface have been improved in quality.
• Fixed a few minor art glitches
• Fixed an issue where you could select double strike without the skill.
• Fixed an issue where the 'click to send scouts' settlement circle would not work.
• Launching the game and then exiting straight away no longer warns you that you have not saved the game.
• Opening the character sheet from the science lab no longer hides the character sheet.
• Merchant Jamby has stopped people calling him Jambie on some menu's.
• A long standing character status error has been fixed.
• Character feedback on formation and inspire in combat, is now correct.

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Today's beta update should be the last of the beta updates for 1.3 Combat speed should now be as good if not faster than in 1.2 Extra support has been added for 4k screens, allowing them to fully enjoy the game at high resolution. Many other minor bugs have been fixed. Combat text is not available at the moment. So I will explain why. Once 1.3 is complete, I will be moving onto 1.4 free (with many more game quality enhancements) and the first paid DLC. During this time I am going to add a battle report screen at the end of a fight that will give greater detail into how your characters performed. As part of this I will be collecting a lot more data in combat and as such it is only right that I merge the combat text scripts with the new data capture scripts. So both will come out at the same time. As long as there are no show stopping issues, the current 1.3 beta will go live tomorrow. I recommend all players take the time to switch to the beta path to test the current update on their machines before it moves to live.

I have made several changes to the new combat and added bug fixes, as listed below.

• Faster combat. The overall speed of combat has been improved.
• Auto Combat toggle. If you need that extra boost of speed, you can toggle automated combat on/off as you wish.
• Threat values. Threat numbers have been added to the monster mouse over text. As well as this threat details have been added to various action tooltips to help understand how much threat each action will produce.
• Improved mouse response when clicking on a monster rapidly. The updates and quicker combat should provide a smoother response when attacking monsters quickly.
• Improved Reserve character mouse over response.
• Supply Issue fix. This is the second update for this, please let me know if the issue is resolved.
• A bug that would cause a decrease in ultra rare drops on very high difficulty settings has been fixed.
• A line 0 bug error has been caught and fixed.
• An issue that could cause a combat lost response when an automated combat was won, has been fixed.

This small update fixes a few minor issues in the 1.3 update.

• AutoCombat Now Gives XP! - Not really a bug but a change in the way auto combat works in the game.
• A small diplomacy bug has been fixed
• Several minor back system bugs and artwork glitches have been resolved.

Next week I will launch a new beta update, focused on adding some changes to the current combat system. Things that are in scope for the first wave of changes.

• Adding some kind of text feedback which used to be available in the previous combat.
• A way for a player to view the value of threat against each character
• A focus fire option to allow for quicker attacks against a single target, speeding up turn cycles.

Tormunda

UPDATE 3: ENHANCED COMBAT

Welcome to the third and free major update to Evolution Of Ages: Settlements. This update focuses not only on overhauling the combat screen and combat mechanics but also on adding lots of extra equipment, bosses and feats as well as high definition portrait artwork. For new players, the game offers 100's of hours of gameplay and for those who have played before, this is an ideal time to take up the challenge once again and enjoy not only the new combat system but also the more balanced and enjoyable progression path through the game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/6dd1dab078123c087d2f61badd50ea31c1427f9a.png Here is an overview of some of the new changes to combat. The combat screen visuals have changed, enemy agro is now clearly displayed as each of the front line enemy move towards the character generating the most threat. This new mechanic allows for quick and easy understanding of threat generation, enabling ideal tank-agro management. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/4e54d1bc4def03c901b083fc2c0eca85b97b1e5d.jpg All monsters and characters now record and generate threat throughout the combat. There is no more sneaking off to the back in order to drop threat. (Although threat is quickly lost while you are out of sight.) Armour damage has been introduced into battle. Your characters are able to repair this damage between fights, however losing armour in the middle of a fight could be devastating. All equipment and pets have been reworked so that they are specialists in certain types of combat, making all set-ups viable and increasing options. This is especially so with regards to new bosses and some of the new boss mechanics that have been added. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/1a1e20804dc22f313f7b07e557ca8c64e61e764a.png Another long requested feature has been added. The ability to let the computer fight the battle for you. This feature can be turned on at any point in the fight, allowing you to manually handle the difficult parts of the combat until it is clear that victory is at hand. Once activated, the computer will only hand back control if your characters are about to die. (Please note: No experience is earned while in automatic mode). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/dbe9f956d88465ea9b3ac505f9a3719771bd7b60.png As part of the combat overhaul, all equipment was re-balanced and many new items added. These include: 11 Suits of Armour, 33 Weapons, 6 Misc Items, 3 New Shields as well as several new Recipes, a Science research step and 7 new Character Feats. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/1953532c225ec33d79801d4bfbae6436ba03d364.png To add more challenges for those of you who wish to test themselves. 4 new bosses have been added, including the first Era 9 Boss. 4 new Steam Achievements have been added so you can show off your victories over these bosses. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/069dcfce83acf8c628667ad261cee5b18318fd1e.png It has long been requested by the community that the portraits were improved. This update is happy to answer this request with all portraits now being upgraded to high definition. This is just the first planned upgrade to the games artwork, with plans to improve more of the games art in the future. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/e716d960ff0c4f1bbe0d1b3612104ec6ac0822e8.png Thanks to the testing of the dedicated and much loved community of this game, many historical bugs have been brought to light and squashed. Adding to this an overall performance sweep, the game is more accessible than ever. Now is the time to take up the challenge. Save mankind and defeat the blight.

Hello and I hope you are all well in these times. With many people unable to work and probably unable to earn money, I am focusing on adding content to a game you already have, free of charge. I would rather that, than pushing out a new one that will cost money people can ill afford to spend.

Beta Combat (Step 1) Update

So people have things to play, I have released what content I have completed for now. There is stuff missing from the combat pass, but the combat is stable enough to allow you to start playing with it and reporting bugs.

What is missing?

• Many monsters are still awaiting their new images.
• All of the new boss monsters are not in game yet.
• There are still some artwork updates to finish.

What have you releases then? Well, that is a lot to go through... There have been many performance and function changes to systems outside of combat. This enhancement will continue while I finish Update 1.3 However, the main focus of this update is on combat.

COMBAT

• The whole screen has been redone.
• Every weapon mechanic has been re-balanced to fit the objective of each weapon type.
• There is no text readout. All combat feedback is now visual.
• The 2nd pet has been removed from combat, it will still offer combat buffs as well as crafting and production buffs but will not fight.
• Many pets have been re-balanced.
• Armour can now be damaged. Acid attacks and criticals will reduce your armour value slightly. This damage is repaired between battles. Main tanks should now equip over the 90% cap in order to have some extra armour to counter these effects.
• There were many small errors in the old combat. These were found and fixed during the rebuilding of the system. So you may find some things are easier or harder just because of a fixed broken system, rather than a new one.
• Threat is now clearly displayed by the monster locations.
• Threat is not lost once a character goes into a reserve position.
• Characters in reserve can still generate threat if they are doing a lot of damage.
• Characters in reserve can now select all weapon attack modes based upon their skill.
• Automated combat

AUTOMATED COMBAT

That's right. You can now sit back and watch your people get slaughtered! You can fight a battle normally for as long as you wish. Once you decide that things are safe to just 'finish' the fight, or you just like being cruel, you can automate the rest of the battle. Please note the following points.

• Once started, you cannot stop the automated system.
• If a character is close to death, the system will drop out of automation in an 'attempt' to save them.
• They still may die if other monsters are still left to attack before you get a turn.
• NO XP will be awarded while the system is in automated mode. So do not use it if you want the experience.
• Full treasure will be awarded for a battle that finishes in automated mode.

High Definition Artwork

I have started rolling out a few of the new portrait artworks. Once I have finished pushing out the new boss fights and mechanics, I will be moving onto updating all of the character and equipment pieces to a higher definition. Have a go at the new combat system in beta even if you do not wish to stay in beta. There are a lot of changes to how things work. Stay safe all. I will be fixing issues and rolling out content to beta over the next few days without posting a new news item until the bosses are in and working. Enjoy. Tormunda

This was going to wait until Monday, but I knew you all wanted something new for the weekend. This is the second part of the 1.3 update and focuses on re-balance of Armour, Helmets, Misc items and Pets. It also has a few bug fixes and the initial upgrade on artwork.

Artwork upgrade.

I have enhanced some of the old code to improve performance. I have upgraded the Portrait pixel count to allow for much better portraits. NEW Portraits are NOT in game yet. I will be working on these during pass 3 and pass 4 with the plan to have them done for 1.3 to go live. The new armour that has been added in this update does have the improved artwork.

Bug Fixes

The following recently reported bugs have been fixed. Other bugs, mainly to do with combat, will be fixed during the combat pass (Part 3).

• Fixed the fine tribal shield not linking with the non-fine version on the resource list.
• Fixed, Improved the slow artwork rendering.
• Character maximum hit points now recalculate after battle, taking into account any hit point gain from kills.
• The placeholder "Minted coins" should not appear in your item list. Note: If extra coins are produced when crafting, you will not end up with extra coins if you were crafting X qty. Instead the craft process will complete having used up less raw materials.
• You should no longer be able to trade with a merchant once they have left.

New Items

There are many new items added to the game in this pass, including new weapons. Many of these new items will not be available until the 4 new Boss Encounters have been added. (Pass 3)

ARMOUR REBALANCE

The goal of the re-balance was to make sure all armour types are of value and new suits are available during the course of the adventure. The Changes and Definition of each armour are below. HEAVY ARMOUR Quantity: 29 Rares: 3 Starting Era: 1 Ending Era: 10 Heavy armour is designed to sacrifice everything for raw protection. Many suits also offer bonus hit points to help the warrior survive in the thickest of combat. The missing 'Fine Steel Breastplate' has been added as well as a boss drop. LIGHT ARMOUR Quantity: 23 Rares: 5 Starting Era: 2 Ending Era: 9 Light armour fills 2 main roles. 1) The ability for high dodge characters to be able to utilise this while adding armour. 2) To enhance the group commander. The focus of light armour has shifted slightly to award greater Status, Ranged Defence and Health. 4 new craftable light armours (2*Common, 2*Fine) have been added as well as an ultra rare boss drop. CLOTHING Quantity: 15 Rares: 6 Starting Era: 3 Ending Era: 9 Clothing has been enhanced. While it was there to offer better production speeds for crafters, it now also improves the chance of crafting criticals. 2 new craftable clothing (1*Common, 1*Fine) have been added as well as a rare drop, a boss drop and an ultra rare boss drop.

HELMETS

Quantity: 36 Rares: 12 Starting Era: 1 Ending Era: 10 Festival Items: 2 Helmets were rebalanced to make sure that the stats of each helmet were correctly aligned with its rarity.

RINGS

Quantity: 36 Rares: 12 Starting Era: 1 Ending Era: 10 The role of rings is to allow for bonus Status to be obtained, giving a boost to leadership abilities. A boss drop and an Ultra rare boss drop ring have been added.

MISC ITEMS

Quantity: 54 Rares: 29 Starting Era: 1 Ending Era: 10 Festival Items: 5 These cover all kinds of special functions and have not been changed. 1 new boss drop Misc has been added.

SHIELDS

Shields were covered in a recent update. 1 new Ultra Rare Boss drop shield has been added.

WEAPONS

A few minor changes were made since pass 1. A new Boss drop Era 8 Hammer has been added to the CLUB/MACE line.

PETS

A few pets have been adjusted based on the difficulty of obtaining them. Some improving while others weakening. No new pets have been added. I am now moving on to the 3rd part of the 1.3 update. This will add 4 new boss fights and some new combat mechanics. During this pass I will be looking to improve combat as well as adding in some of the new portrait upgrades. Please let me know of any bugs in this beta release on the forums, thank you. Tormunda

The content for the 1.3 update is going to be quite large, as such I will be breaking the update up into several smaller beta passes. Each pass adding specific content or features. Once all of the 1.3 update is in beta and the bugs have been ironed out, it will move into live. Everyone is free to switch to the beta branch and play this version, please be aware that there may be bugs. Currently your save games will work in beta but will not work if you then move them back into live, so make a backup of your saves.

PASS 1

This pass focuses on weapon re-balancing and making sure each weapon type fits its role correctly. The Tech tree has also been changed to add another stage into the Ballistics branch. If you have already passed this technology you will obtain the missing blueprints. There are hundreds of changes to the current weapons and over 30 new weapons have been added. So I thought it would be best for me to go through the weapon groups and help players understand what each group is for and highlight any major changes that way.

DAMAGE.

First of all I would like to talk about damage. Many players look at the raw damage of a weapon as the main factor for progression. To this end I will explain the various parts of damage. BASE DAMAGE: Example: 8-15 This is the core damage of the weapon with a low-high roll. PENETRATION: Example 5 This is the amount of the target's armour that is ignored. If your target had 10 armour and you used the above example weapon, you would actually be doing 13-20 base damage. However vs an unarmoured target it would still be 8-15 DAMAGE / SKILL POINT: Example 0.3 This is a very important number as it is how much extra damage you do per skill point you have in the weapon type. (I.e: Archery). Although a level 10 Archer would only be doing an extra 3 points of damage on a 0.3 item, rare drops can have up to 0.6 D/S making the weapon far more valuable to your skilled characters.

WEAPON GROUPS

SPEAR-STAFF-POLEARM Quantity: 20 Rares: 4 First Era: 1 Last Era: 9 The spear is your baseline starting weapon. They are designed to have slightly higher initiative than the other starting weapons and some penetration. Between era 2 and 4 they switch to the staff weapons. These are very fast attack weapons obtaining 2 attacks at just 3 skill. They use 2 hands but you are able to block with them. They are excellent at skilling up quickly. Polearms fill the role from era 5 to era 9. Like the staff they are 2 handed blocking weapons but they lack the speed of the earlier weapons, gaining more damage instead. The most Lethal of all the Polearms is the Energy Lance which requires Warrior 6. CLUB-FLAIL-MACE Quantity: 15 Rares: 3 First Era: 1 Last Era: 7 The Club/Mace weapon line is designed to have a higher critical chance than other base melee weapons. It's stagger critical effect can help reduce the combat effectiveness of enemy targets, giving your team a chance to wear down the enemy. The Fails that are available in eras 5-6 have great anti-block values, making them ideal to get past defenders using shields. This weapon group requires very little skill with most top end weapons only needing Warrior 3 AXES Quantity: 16 Rares: 4 First Era: 1 Last Era: 8 Axes swap the initiative and penetration of spears for ability to hit and slightly higher critical chance. They are a great versatile melee weapon that also has the ability to destroy enemy shields. Like the Club/Maces, a Warrior skill of 3 is enough to use all but the rarest of Axes. SWORDS Quantity: 19 Rares: 5 First Era: 2 Last Era: 7 The sword skill line is designed for pure critical damage. Their critical effect is an extra 20% damage bonus. To maximise the effect of using this weapon group, you should always focus on trying to raise your skill level to the max and increasing critical chance. DAGGERS Quantity: 14 Rares: 4 First Era: 2 Last Era: 7 The Dagger skill line is designed to key off of the Intellect stat, allowing for smart but weak characters to have a melee weapon they can use in case of attack. They are extremely fast, allowing for 2 attacks at just 3 skill as well as having a small amount of penetration and anti-block ability. All but 3 daggers require no skill to use at all, making them suitable for late game characters with low combat skills. MARTIAL ARTS Quantity: 11 Rares: 1 First Era: 4 Last Era: 9 Not using any weapons and trying to kill the enemy with your fists is a difficult role to use in Settlements. For those brave enough to try it, there are several items in game to assist in damage output. No matter which weapon you use, the main damage and defence of the weapon group comes from the martial arts skills themselves, not the weapons. PISTOLS-SHOTGUN Quantity: 21 Rares: 3 First Era: 6 Last Era: 9 Pistols are dual wielding melee weapons. They cannot shoot into the rear ranks of the enemy. Pistols come in all forms from the slow Flintlock to the high speed Machine Pistols. Their core roll is high critical, penetration late game melee damage. With the rare pistol "The Widowmaker" having a D/S value of 0.6 it can be lethal in the hands of a 10 skill gunslinger right up until end game. Shotguns are 2 handed close melee weapons that can be used to block as well as having a good chance to hit and usually 100% chance to avoid being blocked. If you are going into a boss fight with a high amount of blocking enemy, shotguns are the way to go. ASSAULT RIFLES-SNIPER RIFLES-SUPPORT RIFLES Quantity: 23 Rares: 3 First Era: 6 Last Era: 10 Like the pistols, the Rifle group is designed to be high Critical, high Penetration late game weaponry. Slower than the pistol and usually more suited to reserve shooters. The assault rifle is your 1 size fits all end game weapon. It can be used in the range slot for your reserves to use, it can be used in the melee slot with a blocking ability and can also shoot at rear enemy from the melee position. Perfect for taking down monsters that do not stay still. Sniper rifles cannot be used in melee and are only of use to your reserve shooters. They are very slow but with the highest penetration values in the game. They also cannot be blocked and with the Mosin-Nagant having a 0.6 D/S, they deal high damage to single targets. With the exception of the Mini Gun, Support Rifles cannot be used in melee. They are high rate of fire machine guns, focused on hitting as many targets as possible, they are ideal for thinning out the trash mobs. I hope the above breakdown is helpful to all players, although the core storyline can be completed using whatever weapons you like from a roleplaying point of view. For those players who focus on trying to take down the hard challenge bosses, using the correct weapons is a key tactic. I will be focusing on armour / helms and some initial graphic improvements during Pass 2. Enjoy! Please report any bugs on the forums with the words BETA in the title.

With everyone staying at home and maybe short on money, I thought it was apt to add value to existing games. I am currently working on another content update for EoA:Settlements that I hope to move to beta sometime in the next few days. What will be in it? More of everything. More weapons, rare drops, boss monsters! Something requested for several times: A full rebalance of all weapons, especially firearms. Stay well, stay indoors! Tormunda

Hi and welcome to the Shield Overhaul patch. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/5ba64bee08951bae23fa9ab5bb1fe9da30b377c4.jpg This patch is to re-balance what shields are available and when, while also adding clear progression to the shield line. I have added the Tribal Shield recipe into the crafting options for era 2. The Hoplite shield now moves into a rare drop slot in era 3 where it belong. The current shields in the game now progress as follows. Name Era Block Melee Block Ranged Block Quantity Armour Bonus Defence Penalty Skill Needed From Wicker Shield 1 10 10 8 2 0 None Crafted Wooden Shield 1 12 15 11 3 0 None Crafted Fine Wooden Shield 1 14 17 12 3 0 None Crafted Tribal Shield 2 13 16 11 3 0 None Crafted Fine Tribal Shield 2 15 18 11 4 0 None Crafted Bronze Shield 3 17 22 13 5 2 Shields1 Crafted Fine Bronze Shield 3 19 25 17 5 1 Shields1 Crafted Hoplite Shield 3 21 25 19 5 0 Shields2 Rare Drop Wolfman Shield 3 16 26 13 5 0 None Boss Drop Round Shield 4 19 23 18 6 1 Shields2 Crafted Fine Round Shield 4 21 26 22 6 0 Shields2 Crafted Knight Shield 5 20 30 20 7 2 Shields3 Crafted Fine Knight Shield 5 25 35 25 7 1 Shields3 Crafted Rack's Shield 5 25 35 25 8 1 Shields2 Boss Drop Riot Shield 7 25 35 28 8 2 Shields3 Crafted Fine Riot Shield 7 25 35 30 9 1 Shields3 Crafted Tactical Shield 8 25 35 32 9 2 Shields4 Crafted Fine Tactical Shield 8 26 35 34 10 2 Shields4 Crafted {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/d1f352093eb41291ce0eb4b0a94d2a9ac069b95d.jpg

• Stances now correctly save/load.
• An issue with a missing scout bug has been fixed.
• A few minor graphic changes.

As always please let me know of any issues and I will address them right away. Enjoy the game! Tormunda

Build 1.2.5.22.64 has moved from the beta branch to live. This build is the last of a series of small fixes that have taken place over the course of this week. Due to the nature of releasing several fast hot fixes, the chances of other unforeseen minor issues creeping in and possible. As such please post on the forums if you encounter anything out of the ordinary or if things do not act like they did before. As always I work on bug fixes before content and you will get my full attention. Thank you. Tormunda.

HOT FIX Build 1.2.5.17.64 There was an issue where a newly purchased game would not load correctly. This has been resolved.

Welcome to Development Diary 2 for Evolution of Ages: New Horizons

Dev Diary #2: SUPPLY

In Settlements the process of supplying your crafting buildings was an arbitrary value that suggested there were many more people about that were working for you. In New Horizons those people are now in view and you will have much more control over how supply works.

An overview of the crafting process

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/0d305a5b9b8dd85067b507e0777f739b6f1c8dea.jpg In the above picture you see a work flow as follows: GATHERER Gathering buildings obtain base resources from the world, governed by the value of each terrain tile. The resources they will gather will be either base resources and/or foods. Workers then carry the base resources to the nearest warehouse that is flagged to store them and has room. (Yellow Arrow) Foods go to their own storage locations and do not use workers (Grey arrows) WAREHOUSE Each warehouse can select what resources it wishes to store. Workers then carry these to crafting buildings for further processing. (Yellow Arrow) CRAFTER A crafting building will process resources into one of the following things: Components, Finished goods or Foods. Workers will then carry components to a warehouse that is flagged to store them. (Yellow Arrow) Foods and Finished items go to their own storage locations and do not use workers. (Grey Arrows) FOODS In Settlements everything used the same food resources. This led to a fight over the same resource for research and healing. In New Horizons there are now 3 food resources.

• Base Foods: These will be consumed by your Workers. If there is not enough base food your workers will still do their job but very slowly.
• Research Foods: These will be consumed by research buildings and turned into Research Points that can be spent to unlock technology.
• Healing Foods: These can be consumed by injured characters and militia as well as used to create some in-combat healing items and empower some healing skills in battle.

FINISHED ITEMS Things like tools, armour, weapons, augment gems etc do not go back into a warehouse. Instead they are available in a generic pool, much like in Settlements.

EXAMPLE

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/dcd52aaa8973a56ccb7c0c4b24921339dff040ca.jpg Here is a small example of a startup village. The crashed ship acts as a large warehouse. Workers are carrying various base resources and components to and from the warehouse and as they travel they will make their own pathways and trails. ROADS As you can see in the above example, workers will make their own little paths over time. These paths can be deleted or upgraded by you into roads. Roads will further boost the speed of your workers (as well as items and technology) to allow them to do their job faster. Which will become more important if you wish to bring resources from great distances. That is it for this developer diary. I hope you enjoyed it and look forward to the next diary. If you have any questions on how things will work in EoA: New Horizons, please post them on the forums. A big thank you to you the community, without whom these games would not be possible. Tormunda

Just a short announcement to say thank you to all those who tested and reported bugs in the beta build. I have now moved this build into live for all to enjoy. Should there be any more urgent bugs I will, as always, fix them as a matter of urgency. I will be working on EoA:2 and Dev Diary #2 for the rest of Feb but will return to add more fun and mayhem to EoA:1 Please note: Anyone playing on the beta branch may now move to the default branch without impact to their save game. Tormunda

The following update is released to the BETA BRANCH. Instructions: Right click the game in your library and select properties. Then betas and then select BETA from the drop down menu.

New Features and Content Update 1.2.5

Hello and welcome to the first update of 2020. This update has quite a few changes to core systems as well as adding some extra goodies to general gameplay. Due to the core changes this update will remain in the beta branch for some time until I am happy that it can move to the default branch. May I suggest that you give the beta branch a try, your save games will work and continue to work once you switch back to the default branch.

New Screen Support

The game was designed to work on the standard 16:9 ratio monitors and as such has been an issue for those with 21:9 ratio ultra wide screen monitors since launch. To this end I have created a new interface for the 21:9 ratio players. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/e0a7e1797b3a544f3cb6c76e42791d8e0c5eb9f9.jpg On the right is the normal game play window for the game, however on the 21:9 screens you can see that I have relocated the Settlement statistics display to the left of the screen and the whole right hand side has been given over to the text update panel. 4:3 and other screen ratio monitors. I have made sure the game still plays in the 4:3 square monitor ratio and a new setting is available in the options menu: Force 16:9. What Force 16:9 will do is make sure the default display is used no matter what monitor ratio you are using.

Monitor Hot Switching

For those with more than 1 monitor, in the options menu there will be a display of up to 3 monitors connected to your computer. You can click on these images and instantly move the game to which ever monitor you wish. The game will automatically re-scale the GUI and fonts for the new monitor even if in the middle of combat.

New Sound System

Due to a few historical sound issues and 1 recent sound issue, I have changed the code for the sound output. If you had an issue with game freezing due to sound before, please try this current release and give feedback on the issue.

New Content

The Thrasher

A new rare boss event has been added to The Spawn boss encounter. This event will not trigger until at least era 6 or unless you have increased the boss challenge rating.

Bosses, achievements and the Boss Hunter Book

All rare bosses have now been added to the Boss Hunter book, along with the shadow images of their equipment. New Steam Achievements have been added for all of the rare bosses and an extra one for 5 rare boss kills.

Monsters and Pets

• 3 new monsters have been added to the game as well as 3 new character pets.
• The new pets will allow you to have your very own barb spitting plants.

Hard and Challenging Difficulty Changes

On the higher difficulty levels some creatures can use special abilities not available to them on other difficulty settings. Some of these have been changed: Growth and use Bandages: These actions are now restricted to enemies in the reserve rows and if used they will not be able to have an attack that turn. Regeneration: This is a new ability given to some enemies. It will give them a chance each turn to heal some hit points. This ability is unaffected by the enemy combat position nor does it stop them from attacking.

Restricted Spawns

Changes have been made to the spawning system. Examples of this are the Sandmen. They will no longer be able to attack settlement 7 nor group in staging areas for this location. The reason for this is that the swamplands are the domain of the vampire and are avoided by the shapechanging sandmen.

Many other Changes

Many other changes have been made as listed below.

• Waiting monster numbers now update when spending diplomacy.
• New characters no longer have the chance to inherit dead character backgrounds.
• You are now stopped from spending diplomacy and coin once the gathering numbers of enemies have reached 0.
• Attack animations have been added to the Ice Worm Queen.
• Greater Ice worms can now appear in settlement 6 from era 9 onwards.
• New artwork and animations have been added for Greater Ice Worms.
• Changed the artwork for the ice worm lava.
• Scouts now have increased chances to find what they are looking for.
• The Cartographer skill has been given a boost to better assist scouting.
• Fixed an issue with the Boss Hunter book not showing the templates for items.
• The world map did not correctly update scout activity when sending scouts
• Cleaned up many various GUI niggles.

Welcome to the first Development Diary for the next game and Chapter of Evolution of Ages. Each Development Diary will cover a specific part of the new game and explain the differences between it and the first. The new game is still early in development and this is an ideal time for the community to give feedback and ideas as the development progresses. So how does the storyline progress? Many of you may not have completed the first game and as such can skip the spoiler! After leaving Earth, the survivors head out into the stars, travelling for the only known location where the ancient humans may have gone. Mars! After many long months, Mars finally comes into view and to your surprise the planet is a mass of blue water with many islands. Around the planet is a complex grid of satellites, forming some kind of artificial ionosphere. It seems the ancients had found a way to terraform planets and make Mars into a new home. The flight team adjusts course and heads towards the nearest landmass when suddenly a huge explosion impacts into the side of the craft. Orbital defence systems have locked onto your ship and are in the process of launching a second and final missile strike. The Captain takes the only measure he can and accelerates the ship towards the ground. Death by missile strike or death by impacting the planet.... With a prayer he closes his eyes and hopes someone may survive. After an unknown amount of time the first cryogenic pods for the earth survivors runs low on power and brings its occupants to life. Staggering from the wreckage of the spacecraft, a few survivors make their way out onto the new horizon.... Once again you are back to basics: Sticks, stones and trying to obtain food.

Developer Diary 1: The World Generator!

In Settlements the world is a fixed image that allows for the spawning of icons that you can click on and a space for new icons to appear due to scouting missions. In New Horizons the whole world is randomly generated and displayed in classic hex format. This world is covered in a fog of war type effect and you will need to send out scouts to uncover the land around you. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/e39cfd0b23370ff9cabf09af87008ba3e333945c.jpg In the above picture you can see that the ship has crashed into a swamp. The good news is that you have lots of wood, stone and water nearby, the bad news on this map is that your hauliers will have a hard time moving resources at speed (more on this later!)

Goals

The new system will allow for maximum re-playability, with each game being a new world map. I am currently at a point whereby 80% of all worlds generated are balanced so that you have the resources you need within reach and a map that is enjoyable. As the game progresses I will continue to fine tune this, however the downside of having a random world is that some worlds will always be easier than others! As we progress through the various development diaries I will explain how Scouting, building, crafting, encounters and missions all work on this world map as well as how you will need to lay out warehousing so that hauliers can move materials quickly between buildings. A forum post is available for everyone to give feedback and discuss the new game. All of the issues raised by the community in the first game are taken on board and changes have been made to the next game to make sure everyone can enjoy the game to the max. Tormunda.

Minor Hotfix for the Ruined House.

• The Dig and Search skills required has been lowered to better reflect the era of this adventure.
• If you do not have a high enough skill, the text output will tell you how much skill was required. (Previously it reported the wrong value).

Patch 1.2.4.4.64

Just a quick patch today with some minor changes as listed below. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/5ba64bee08951bae23fa9ab5bb1fe9da30b377c4.jpg

• The Tactical Shield Recipe has been added to the science unlock progress, it should now be available the same time as the Tactical Armour and Helmet. Anyone who has already progressed this far will receive the recipe when they next load a saved game.
• The Stage 1 Christmas tree now has a golden glow to make it stand out.
• The amount of baubles needed to reach the highest stage of the Christmas tree now clearly show.
• Hit points for pets in combat now correctly calculate based upon the characters Beastmastery skill.
• Removed the debug box that appeared when right-clicking on the stars on the character sheet.
• When digging in the last room of the Copper mine, the player will not be moved into the hidden room instead of just a small passage being shown. (This action requires a mining skill of 4).

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/dd71c04c0e2fe17d1dd3cc09a9cd24b229ef4290.png As well as the annual Christmas event, this year I am also adding a few new items and changes to the game. The Highwayman {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/4290c7c6ff4dd5dd7a58f360d269496e6652e84e.png This new era 6 rare drop is the first head item to have misc skill bonuses added to it. When worn it will increase the damage of your characters gunslinger weapons. The Woodsman {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/724531a4fa42a612af45c07345f62f6f9a7f64b0.png The Woodsman is an era 5 rare drop that will boost the Critical Damage chance of archers. This item will stack with any critical bonuses obtained from special arrows. The Cowboy {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/8241f27c439155766106afc2c130f145edb27da4.png Era 7 was in dire need of extra headwear and the Cowboy hat is ideal. It is a rare drop that will add damage to your characters gunslinger weapons and is a direct upgrade to the Highwayman, offering more damage and a point of Status. On top of that it also drops the threat gain of the wearer, making it ideal for a healer/leader role. Black Bess {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/a681b9e3868ce8fa8b4dfdac4a54a60e37a8ed2e.png What Highwayman would be without a new set of pistols? Black Bess is a rare drop for era 6 that rewards the character with a slight edge over the Fine Flintlock and with all rare drops it rewards larger bonuses per skill point.

DUAL WIELD

The dual wield system was not working correctly and as been fixed in this update. The ranged damage display on your character will now show your off-hand melee weapon statistics and now works as intended. This should allow characters to experiment with not only twin melee weapons but later on be able to place a sword in the prime melee hand and a pistol in the off-hand, as well as twin pistols. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30745047/5ba64bee08951bae23fa9ab5bb1fe9da30b377c4.jpg The following changes have also been made.

• The livestock building has been given a slight boost to meat production.
• The text for the farm boosting pet has now had it's tooltip change to explain only food production building boosts. This does NOT include the livestock farm as that buildings main role is to produce hide & wool.
• The cost of buying the warrior skill from the character feat menu has been increased.
• The Tech tree for era 9 now explains that the Nuclear Power Plant produces electricity based upon the amount of Electric Grids that you have built across all Settlements. Warning: Without a full set of Electric grids, the Nuclear plant does not produce much electricity.

Happy Christmas Tormunda