Update Notes for v2.2.x (iOS and Android)

[Hunter Killer]

Yes it is intended to lure you into clicking on it from previous habit. All I am saying is that it just takes a few days to lose that habit. And there is a confirmation before it actually use crowns. In one month, no one will be talking about this button anymore.

My point is that this game is still well balanced for non-paying players and I don't mind having to be a bit more careful because they add extra buttons to use crowns. It's a fair trade to keep the game playable if you don't want to buy crowns.

 

[Storm Wind]

guys can you explain this improvement in new update:

• Offensive blessings are no longer used when a player times out of a battle without deploying any troops or war tactics

how it work and what mean ?

 

[forgetthis]

The core problem is that BHG keeps shifting the rules, and they keep shifting the rules in ways that take things away from the gameplay. Meanwhile, they don't fix the core gameplay issues.

I also can accumulate enough crowns to switch nations without spending a dime, but why switch nations when the next re-balance might be around the corner? Now that they're adding in other nations, they've got even more incentive to nerf the most popular empire types to be as worthless as the Greeks - in the name of "re-balancing", of course.

I'm glad you enjoy the game. Personally, I don't play nearly as much, which I'm sure my attackers are grateful for.

 

[Lord Adahn]

Still not impressed with the animal blessing and never will be. Especially considering the gather blessing wasn't reduced which negates any claimed intent of "balance". I researched the 50% time increase at the library and would obviously use gather and animal blessings together. With the animal blessing cut in half it makes the gather blessing still at the original time rather a waste. Buying crowns on a bi-weekly basis means I've spent more money on this game than any pc or console game would ever require, DLCs included, and, considering other issues that keep cropping up I won't be continuing that habit until the game is less buggy and truly more balanced for the players satisfaction.

 

[Hunter Killer]

It probably means that if you enter a battle with an armor blessing and just look at your screen for the clock to tick down to 0 without doing anything, you will lose the battle but your blessing will not be used.

 

[Nathan Win]

To be honest, I rarely use the animal blessing because i don't get diamond that often. When I do, I used it on defense blessings. Plus, I'm able to get enough furs and leathers while in peace treaty that I don't need the animal blessings. Plus, I have the Angkor Wat and the daily boat bonus. This nerf doesn't really affect me, and really I don't see it as a big game changer.

As for the "Finish troops" icon, I did click on it many times at the beginning out of habit, but luckily there is another confirmation window before you actually use your crown. I've been able to adapt, so I don't see it as a big deal either.

I really like the improvement of not losing your blessings when your game crashed and not launching troops.

Overall, this patch is Ok.

 

[The Huns]

As for the troop management option: simply brilliant. Most people wouldnt even have considered this a must-have but now that you have it some people will no doubt try it and guess what - just means more food you'll use. Sure it's not a lot but it just further underscores the devs' mindset when making changes. (Yes l know - just go into battle then make changes after some troops are lost)

This one I disagree with you on. There have been many times when I have a full load of Raiders for a raiding run and a request for troops comes in. I'm not going to give them raiders as those are useless on defense. Here I can drop a Raider and train some Crossbowmen to donate.

 

[Ravenlord]

Glad you could find a use for it. IMO, such a minor addition like troop management inside your own Civ isn't really something of note. Now, if you could manage your troops individually during a battle ... THAT would be something!

 

[Marcurion]

I became a fairly regular user of Animal blessing as, like many others here mention, it is a great way to:
1) get a lot of gold and food in a short time, especially with the bears,
2) get a full pack of mercinaries (Ronin specifically) quickly.
I tried the new Animal blessing and it seems to me that the spawn time of animals is reduced a bit more. It looks to me that you get new animals a bit faster. This should make up for the shorter blessing duration a bit in my point of view. Also, I was able to stack up on my Ronin, so that target looks acceptable to me.
What does annoy me in relation to the Animal blessing change is:
1) the Gathering blessing time has not been halved, so they are not in sync. When you want to make full use of the Gathering blessing now, you have to get 2 Animal blessings,
2) it's very hard to get diamonds, needed for the Animal blessing, but they are suspiciously easily robbed from me. Even when all my other trade goods are stocked near full, robbers get one of my one or two diamonds. I think that stinks, and it stinks badly.

I think that instead of adding new content or 'balancing' / nerfing the game, BHG should focus on fixing the many bugs now and quickly. There are some annoying issues that are there for a LONG time now and they just don't seem to get addressed. I am also extremely annoyed by the, to me, mindless behaviour of the support staff who keep asking for screen shots, even though they add no value to my support request. Please put some intelligent people on the support staff who are not just following some script and start using a real support method like ITIL on requests, so that bugs get promoted to problems and fixed. I like the game, even with its flaws, but this support and bug fixing area is really amateuristic to an IT professional like me.

 

[Marcurion]

I keep getting robbed of diamonds... This is becoming is clear 'cheat' to me.

 

[Barns]

I became a fairly regular user of Animal blessing as, like many others here mention, it is a great way to:
1) get a lot of gold and food in a short time, especially with the bears,
2) get a full pack of mercinaries (Ronin specifically) quickly.
I tried the new Animal blessing and it seems to me that the spawn time of animals is reduced a bit more. It looks to me that you get new animals a bit faster. This should make up for the shorter blessing duration a bit in my point of view. Also, I was able to stack up on my Ronin, so that target looks acceptable to me.
What does annoy me in relation to the Animal blessing change is:
1) the Gathering blessing time has not been halved, so they are not in sync. When you want to make full use of the Gathering blessing now, you have to get 2 Animal blessings,
2) it's very hard to get diamonds, needed for the Animal blessing, but they are suspiciously easily robbed from me. Even when all my other trade goods are stocked near full, robbers get one of my one or two diamonds. I think that stinks, and it stinks badly.

I think that instead of adding new content or 'balancing' / nerfing the game, BHG should focus on fixing the many bugs now and quickly. There are some annoying issues that are there for a LONG time now and they just don't seem to get addressed. I am also extremely annoyed by the, to me, mindless behaviour of the support staff who keep asking for screen shots, even though they add no value to my support request. Please put some intelligent people on the support staff who are not just following some script and start using a real support method like ITIL on requests, so that bugs get promoted to problems and fixed. I like the game, even with its flaws, but this support and bug fixing area is really amateuristic to an IT professional like me.

Yes, if you check the Info for AB it says +55% now when it used to be +77% so it's been double-nerfed to the point of uselessness. :/

 

[Gambrinus]

yeah, i used to use the AB all the time, but since they double nerfed it i haven't used it once, as it's a complete waste of trade goods (especially diamonds).