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Hello Leaders,
Welcome to the March State of the Nations! This is going to be an exciting update. Today I’ll be talking about things that are happening in April, giving an update on stalemates in World War, and addressing World War Replays.
Before we look at what’s coming up, I wanted to take a minute to thank you, the players, for your continued support and patience. With the release of 5.3 and the introduction of the Stronghold, we caused a few bugs that created issues for players when interacting with the new building and Troop Tactics. Some of those bugs have been fixed, but we’re still working to correct the remaining problems. Again, thank you for your patience as we address these issues.
This past Friday, the DomiNations team held an hour-long Q&A session answering questions specifically related to World War matchmaking and sandbagging. If you’re interested, please check out the thread. Be sure to leave feedback about the Q&A process so the team can improve on it for the next time!
April is always an exciting month for us! On April 1st, 2015, DomiNations officially launched on iOS and Android. To celebrate our 2nd Anniversary we will be running a series of events all month long, including the return of Alliance Gifting. Additionally, for new players or people just hoping to move up to the next Age, we’ll have weekly discount events reducing Town Center upgrade costs in various Ages throughout the month. Check back often for more details as we announce these Anniversary events.
While we’re happily planning our Anniversary celebrations, there’s one group that hasn’t been so happy: the bunnies. Since the launch of DomiNations, over 3.1 billion bunnies have been hunted by players. As announced earlier, they’ve had enough! Channeling their rage, these bunnies have learned to breathe fire and are out for vengeance. For one time only, these Fire-breathing Bunny Armies are available for purchase. Once this sale ends, these adorable yet deadly troops will be retired and will never be sold again. Get them while they’re hot!
In addition to the Anniversary events that will be taking place in April, we will also be releasing the 5.5 update! Let’s take a look at some of the new features in 5.5.
Marco Polo, the Traveling Merchant, is coming to DomiNations! Each time Marco Polo visits your city he will bring a new set of goods that you’ll be able to purchase for Trade Goods, National Trade Goods, or Crowns. He will remain in your city for a limited period of time before he packs up and heads out for his next adventure. The next time he shows up, he’ll have a new set of goods to trade you.
5.5 will also add Alliance Challenges. Players in an Alliance will be able to post one of their Town or War Base layouts in the Alliance chat. From there, anyone in that Alliance will be able to try attacking the base, including the player that initially posted the challenge. As this is a purely friendly battle, the attacker will not lose troops, tactics, etc. and no resources or trade goods will be stolen. Use this feature to practice your attack strategies and help your allies design stronger bases!
As exciting as Marco Polo and Alliance Challenges are, I have a feeling that this next feature will prove to be 5.5’s most popular. We will be greatly reducing World War stalemates by rolling out an update to the criteria for determining victory. In addition to number of stars and destruction percentage, time in battle will now be considered. In the event that stars and destruction are the same, the Alliance with the least amount of time elapsed in battle will be deemed the victor. On the results windows for individual battles and the World War as a whole, you will now be able to see the time elapsed for each battle. To avoid discouraging players from using their second attack, only the best attack against a given War Base will be counted towards time elapsed.
Finally, 5.5 will also introduce a number of new building upgrades for players in the Atomic Age. Farms, Caravans, and Oil Wells will be receiving another upgrade level. The University will also get its first Atomic upgrade as well as a new Great Leader: Amelia Earhart. You will need a level 4 University to begin researching her skills and a level 6 University to finish them. Her capstone research, The Ninety Nines, increases Air Capacity by 1!
As promised in the introduction, I wanted to give an update on World War Replays. Unfortunately, World War Replays are not ready to be included in the 5.5 release. There is good news though, stay with me! Some time after 5.5 comes out, we will be launching a World War Replays beta testing period which will last for several weeks. During this time, players will be able to view World War Replays, and we’ll be using the live data we collect to address the remaining bugs. We’ll be looking to get feedback from the community based on the success of the beta, and we’ll give more information about this after 5.5 is released.
Between the 5.5 update and the Anniversary events, DomiNations is shaping up to have another big April. Be sure to check back often so you don’t miss any of the Anniversary celebrations that are happening all month long!
Thanks,
Brian
Welcome to the March State of the Nations! This is going to be an exciting update. Today I’ll be talking about things that are happening in April, giving an update on stalemates in World War, and addressing World War Replays.
Before we look at what’s coming up, I wanted to take a minute to thank you, the players, for your continued support and patience. With the release of 5.3 and the introduction of the Stronghold, we caused a few bugs that created issues for players when interacting with the new building and Troop Tactics. Some of those bugs have been fixed, but we’re still working to correct the remaining problems. Again, thank you for your patience as we address these issues.
This past Friday, the DomiNations team held an hour-long Q&A session answering questions specifically related to World War matchmaking and sandbagging. If you’re interested, please check out the thread. Be sure to leave feedback about the Q&A process so the team can improve on it for the next time!
April is always an exciting month for us! On April 1st, 2015, DomiNations officially launched on iOS and Android. To celebrate our 2nd Anniversary we will be running a series of events all month long, including the return of Alliance Gifting. Additionally, for new players or people just hoping to move up to the next Age, we’ll have weekly discount events reducing Town Center upgrade costs in various Ages throughout the month. Check back often for more details as we announce these Anniversary events.
While we’re happily planning our Anniversary celebrations, there’s one group that hasn’t been so happy: the bunnies. Since the launch of DomiNations, over 3.1 billion bunnies have been hunted by players. As announced earlier, they’ve had enough! Channeling their rage, these bunnies have learned to breathe fire and are out for vengeance. For one time only, these Fire-breathing Bunny Armies are available for purchase. Once this sale ends, these adorable yet deadly troops will be retired and will never be sold again. Get them while they’re hot!
In addition to the Anniversary events that will be taking place in April, we will also be releasing the 5.5 update! Let’s take a look at some of the new features in 5.5.
Marco Polo, the Traveling Merchant, is coming to DomiNations! Each time Marco Polo visits your city he will bring a new set of goods that you’ll be able to purchase for Trade Goods, National Trade Goods, or Crowns. He will remain in your city for a limited period of time before he packs up and heads out for his next adventure. The next time he shows up, he’ll have a new set of goods to trade you.
5.5 will also add Alliance Challenges. Players in an Alliance will be able to post one of their Town or War Base layouts in the Alliance chat. From there, anyone in that Alliance will be able to try attacking the base, including the player that initially posted the challenge. As this is a purely friendly battle, the attacker will not lose troops, tactics, etc. and no resources or trade goods will be stolen. Use this feature to practice your attack strategies and help your allies design stronger bases!
As exciting as Marco Polo and Alliance Challenges are, I have a feeling that this next feature will prove to be 5.5’s most popular. We will be greatly reducing World War stalemates by rolling out an update to the criteria for determining victory. In addition to number of stars and destruction percentage, time in battle will now be considered. In the event that stars and destruction are the same, the Alliance with the least amount of time elapsed in battle will be deemed the victor. On the results windows for individual battles and the World War as a whole, you will now be able to see the time elapsed for each battle. To avoid discouraging players from using their second attack, only the best attack against a given War Base will be counted towards time elapsed.
Finally, 5.5 will also introduce a number of new building upgrades for players in the Atomic Age. Farms, Caravans, and Oil Wells will be receiving another upgrade level. The University will also get its first Atomic upgrade as well as a new Great Leader: Amelia Earhart. You will need a level 4 University to begin researching her skills and a level 6 University to finish them. Her capstone research, The Ninety Nines, increases Air Capacity by 1!
As promised in the introduction, I wanted to give an update on World War Replays. Unfortunately, World War Replays are not ready to be included in the 5.5 release. There is good news though, stay with me! Some time after 5.5 comes out, we will be launching a World War Replays beta testing period which will last for several weeks. During this time, players will be able to view World War Replays, and we’ll be using the live data we collect to address the remaining bugs. We’ll be looking to get feedback from the community based on the success of the beta, and we’ll give more information about this after 5.5 is released.
Between the 5.5 update and the Anniversary events, DomiNations is shaping up to have another big April. Be sure to check back often so you don’t miss any of the Anniversary celebrations that are happening all month long!
Thanks,
Brian
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