Round 85 Changes

Gameplay

• Factions are now assigned round modes, by default Standard, Standard Duration, Deathmatch, and Deathmatch Duration. Factions are only playable in rounds in game modes available to them.
• Unit attribute ethereal added to list of unit attributes which makes a unit unconvertible.

Factions

Dimensionalists

• All units gain +10% casualties per recent invasion sent (in the last 12 ticks).

Revenants

• Enabled for Deathmatch and Deathmatch Duration rounds.

Spirit

• Restored! For deathmatch only.
• Perks:
  • No food consumption.
  • No drafting.
  • -50% construction costs.
• Resources used: mana, gems, souls.
• Construction materials: mana, gems.
• Peasants (Essences) produce 0.12 mana/tick.
• Units:
  • Wisp: 3/4 — 80 mana, 1 peasant — immortal, converts each enemy casualty into 1 soul.
  • Apparition: 5/3 — 100 mana, 1 peasant — immortal, converts enemy casualties into 1 soul.
  • Phantom: 0/8 — 140 mana, 1 soul — immortal, converts enemy casualties into 1 soul, does not count as population.
  • Spectre: 8/7 — 180 mana, 1 soul — immortal, converts enemy casualties into 1 soul, captures the soul of every fifth displaced peasant, plunders up to 10 souls, does not count as population.

Advancements

• No changes.

Buildings

• Gem Mine disabled for Reptilians.
• New — Pylon (Spirit only): houses 30, no jobs, +0.5% mana production per 1% (max +50%).
• New — Siftery (Reptilians only): produces 14 gems/tick, increases gem production by 0.40% per 1% (max +40%).
• Normal Vaults disabled for Reptilians and a Reptilian specific variant created which only protects gold and gems and which are build on swamp.

Decrees

• No changes.

Deities

• No changes.

Improvements

• No changes.

Quickstarts

• No changes.

Research

• Income from interest now capped at 1/5 of raw production (down from 1/1).
• Free Market changed from +20% to +10% raw production from peasants.

Resources

• No changes.

Spells and Sorcery

• Harmony duration changed from 48 to 24 ticks. Cost doubled.

Sabotage

• Partial overhaul.
• Units are assigned Sabotage Point value:
  • Spies: 1
  • Other units: [Offensive Power] * ([Counts As Spy] + [Counts As Spy On Offense] + [Counts As Spy On Sabotage])
  • A unit with 6 OP and which counts as 0.5 spy has 6*0.5=3 sabotage points.
• Sabotage ops now have a base damage and the amount of damage actually dealt is calculated as: [Base Damage] * (([Sabotage Point Sent] / [Target Land Size]) / ([Target Defensive SPA] * 10))) * [Saboteur Damage Boosts] * [Target Damage Reductions]
• Mostly new line-up of ops. See Scribes.

Theft

• No changes.

Titles

• No changes.