Summer for the Ages 2023 Makes Waves!

Greetings Leaders,

This year’s Summer for the Ages is just around the corner, and we’ve got plenty of opportunities for you to speed through your Age Upgrades! Age Rush returns with even bigger discounts for upgrades in the first set of Ages and instant Age Ups. This year you can expect the following schedule for Age Rushes:

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Classical, Medieval, Gunpowder, Enlightenment, Industrial, and Global Ages will all begin with a 60% Discount to upgrades and Age Up resource requirements on 7/2. The 60% Discount will then become a 50% Discount starting 8/6, this will then become a 40% Discount starting 9/17 until the end of Summer for the Ages on 10/15.

Atomic, Cold War, Space, Digital, Information, and Drone Age will all begin on their respective dates with a 50% Discount on upgrades and Age Up resource requirements. Changing to 40% and then 30% in the final leg of SftA. This will be the first time Drone Age will be included in these discounts! (Additional Upgrade Levels 11.10 and beyond will not be included in this year’s SftA)

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Updates to Rewards for the Month of July
  • Season Passes and Episode Passes will retire the 5m and 30m Speed Up rewards, the 1h Speed Up will be the lowest you can obtain!
  • Legendary Artifacts will be available in special Event Passes, including one in the FREE reward track this July!
  • A new NTG chest that offers MORE NTGs appearing more consistently. This will replace the current NTG Chest you’re familiar with available from Marco’s Wares.
  • Our Council Recruitment offerings are being upgraded in Quest Event rewards. Free Recruitments will be upgraded to Premium Recruitments in Episode Quest rewards. Note: This will not initially apply to the Council Daily Claim but will come in a future release.
  • Group Leaderboards are being reintroduced to select Weekly Episodes in a more competitive fashion; Speed Ups no longer grant XP, and Bonus Stars are now awarded to all players equally regardless if they purchased the Premium Pass or not.
  • Global Leaderboards will also return to select Episode and Season Passes.

Museum and Council Building Discount
As each set of Ages enters their Age Rush period you’ll be able to take advantage of an extra 20% Discount on Museum and Council Chamber Building Upgrades!

Updated Conqueror’s Chest
For SftA the Conqueror’s Chest will be updated with increased rewards, including Legendary Recruitments. You can find Valuable Speed Ups, Livens Flame Projector, C-119 Hangar, and more! As always to obtain these chests you must complete two battles in a winning war.

Improved Combatant and Cadet Chests
Acquiring these chests will also feature updated rewards including Legendary Recruitments.

Additional Daily Video Retrain
Keep the battles going with an additional Video Retrain available throughout all of Summer for the Ages!

Resource Boosts
Throughout Summer for the Ages, you can expect varying levels of Resource boosts. Starting 7/2 you’ll gain 20% more Food, Gold, and Oil until 7/16. Check out the increases every two weeks in the Week Ahead posts for updates!

Forest Expansion Discount
You can save 50% on resource costs for Forest Expansions during the entirety of Summer for the Ages!


*Edits made to accurately reflect SftA discount dates
 
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Greetings Leaders,

This year’s Summer for the Ages is just around the corner, and we’ve got plenty of opportunities for you to speed through your Age Upgrades! Age Rush returns with even bigger discounts for upgrades in the first set of Ages and instant Age Ups. This year you can expect the following schedule for Age Rushes:

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Classical, Medieval, Gunpowder, Enlightenment, Industrial, and Global Ages will all begin with a 60% Discount to upgrades and Age Up resource requirements on 7/2. The 60% Discount will then become a 50% Discount starting 8/6, this will then become a 40% Discount starting 9/17 until the end of Summer for the Ages on 10/15.

Atomic, Cold War, Space, Digital, Information, and Drone Age will all begin on their respective dates with a 50% Discount on upgrades and Age Up resource requirements. Changing to 40% and then 30% in the final leg of SftA. This will be the first time Drone Age will be included in these discounts! (Additional Upgrade Levels 11.10 and beyond will not be included in this year’s SftA)

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Updates to Rewards for the Month of July
  • Season Passes and Episode Passes will retire the 5m and 30m Speed Up rewards, the 1h Speed Up will be the lowest you can obtain!
  • Legendary Artifacts will be available in special Event Passes, including one in the FREE reward track this July!
  • A new NTG chest that offers MORE NTGs appearing more consistently. This will replace the current NTG Chest you’re familiar with available from Marco’s Wares.
  • Our Council Recruitment offerings are being upgraded in Quest Event rewards. Free Recruitments will be upgraded to Premium Recruitments in Episode Quest rewards. Note: This will not initially apply to the Council Daily Claim but will come in a future release.
  • Group Leaderboards are being reintroduced to select Weekly Episodes in a more competitive fashion; Speed Ups no longer grant XP, and Bonus Stars are now awarded to all players equally regardless if they purchased the Premium Pass or not.
  • Global Leaderboards will also return to select Episode and Season Passes.

Museum and Council Building Discount
As each set of Ages enters their Age Rush period you’ll be able to take advantage of an extra 20% Discount on Museum and Council Chamber Building Upgrades!

Updated Conqueror’s Chest
For SftA the Conqueror’s Chest will be updated with increased rewards, including Legendary Recruitments. You can find 5-Day Speed Ups, Livens Flame Projector, C-119 Hangar, and more! As always to obtain these chests you must complete two battles in a winning war.

Improved Combatant and Cadet Chests
Acquiring these chests will also feature updated rewards including Legendary Recruitments.

Additional Daily Video Retrain
Keep the battles going with an additional Video Retrain available throughout all of Summer for the Ages!

Resource Boosts
Throughout Summer for the Ages, you can expect varying levels of Resource boosts. Starting 7/2 you’ll gain 20% more Food, Gold, and Oil until 7/16. Check out the increases every two weeks in the Week Ahead posts for updates!

Forest Expansion Discount
You can save 50% on resource costs for Forest Expansions during the entirety of Summer for the Ages!
I really liked all these new features and implementations in SftA. Congratulations and I have no complaints.

However, I confess that I was hopeful of seeing some reduction, even if minimal, in the time of improvements/upgrades, mainly for the intermediate ages (from the Enlightenment Age to the Digital Age).
I believe that the reduction in the time of improvements could help many players who left the game to come back or not lose players who are still active, but getting discouraged in imagining themselves needing 5 years to fight in the advanced Ages.
In addition to facilitating resources that are something constant in updates and very welcome, it is necessary to correct known problems and a policy that allows new players not to get discouraged due to the time to reach the last Ages, which are always what everyone seek.
Not losing players along the way increases the player base and that's good for business and also for the community.

Or a more interesting way to reduce upgrade times that could benefit everyone equally, but with more significant impact on lower and middle Ages would be to improve the request for help to the alliance in reducing upgrade times. In addition to increasing the help time or increasing the times you get help, also implement an additional help for training Troops, Tactics, Generals and Coalitions in the Blacksmith/Arsenal.

Thank you for the news on SftA and here's my feedback as a contribution.
 
Rafar makes some good points. Increasing player base is important as is maintaining interest for maxed players. The world war element of this game remains the reason most of us play. There needs to be more focus oj this from a rewards, leaderboards, tournaments standpoint. It has been year(s) since you had events that required World War participation and I don’t recall any improvement or modification to the World War interface in at least the last 2-3 years. This remains why most of us play. Focus on it.
 
Updated Conqueror’s Chest
For SftA the Conqueror’s Chest will be updated with increased rewards, including Legendary Recruitments. You can find 5-Day Speed Ups, Livens Flame Projector, C-119 Hangar, and more! As always to obtain these chests you must complete two battles in a winning war.
Is this Legendary Recruitment for Council?
 
You need to cut upgrade time , not upgrade cost.
I hope you will do that soon.
I’d like to second Tedi’s suggestion here. Make “Rush” and actual “Rush” by “rushing” the time needed for upgrades. Diminished resource cost really is meaningless beyond about Gunpowder age.
 
Also please consider making a season of Triumph entirely dependant on World War attacks, defends, etc. rather than multiplayer.
 
Additional Upgrade Levels 11.10 and beyond will not be included in this year’s SftA , does this means barracks troops upgrades are included or no?
 
I’d like to second Tedi’s suggestion here. Make “Rush” and actual “Rush” by “rushing” the time needed for upgrades. Diminished resource cost really is meaningless beyond about Gunpowder age.
I think you rush cus you can upgrade your TC in an instant.
 
Additional Upgrade Levels 11.10 and beyond will not be included in this year’s SftA , does this means barracks troops upgrades are included or no?
Any additional levels we added into 11.10 and any that may be added beyond that during this year's SftA period will not see a discount. Info to drone will be instant yes.
 
@Harlems369th do you realise that nobody care about resource discout.
Game is pushing resource discount for years and never TIME DISCOUNT or permament cut times for 50%.
If you are listening players, like you sad, than it's time for change.

But also voice of community is that everyone doesn't want general spawn radius 13 and you say you listen to players and you will leave it. Definitely you are not listening.

I am calling you to make 2 poll question and you will easy see what community want.

1. Do you want time discount or resource discount?
2. Do you want general radius to go normal or range 13?

To be honest, I don't know how to create a poll here. If I know I will do it so you can see.
Thanks
 

@Harlems369th do you realise that nobody care about resource discout.
Game is pushing resource discount for years and never TIME DISCOUNT or permament cut times for 50%.
If you are listening players, like you sad, than it's time for change.

But also voice of community is that everyone doesn't want general spawn radius 13 and you say you listen to players and you will leave it. Definitely you are not listening.

I am calling you to make 2 poll question and you will easy see what community want.

1. Do you want time discount or resource discount?
2. Do you want general radius to go normal or range 13?

To be honest, I don't know how to create a poll here. If I know I will do it so you can see.
Thanks
1. I would prefer a time discount. The upgrading times are way too long and time is more valuable than the resources
2. General spawn radius 13. The spawn radius is a change that you can make changes. I at first didn’t like it but with anything you need to make adjustments. Which is why this is a strategy game. I wish I could create a poll but not sure how to either on here.
 
The event for the instant transition from the information age to the age of drones has begun, but no one can improve the city center. Shows still 17 days
@Harlems369th
 
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