Round 86 Changes

Gameplay Working on some new ideas and concepts, but nothing major this round. World News 2.0 An almost entirely technical change only, but one which was well overdue. The previous World News code was a huge mess. In terms of game impact, just some minor cosmetic changes that will become apparent during the round. General…

Gameplay Barbarians Desecration Instead of desecrating individual battlefields, bodies are now tracked on a round level. No more picking specific battlefields. You just send units out to desecrate and they do their thing. Units returns after 8 ticks. Bodies decay at a rate of 2% during the day (06:00—18:00) and 0.5% during the night (18:00-06:00)….

Gameplay getRecentlyInvadedCount() changed from default of 6 hours to of 24 ticks. getRecentlyInvadedCountByAttacker() changed from default of 2 hours to 8 ticks. This function is currently used to determine whether additional land is discovered when hitting the same target or whether to ignore range limitations temporarily after a hit. isOwnRealmRecentlyInvadedByTarget() changed from default of 6…

General Tick Service 1.1: a bunch of technical changes will be tested (and changed) during the round. Expect things to get buggy and spicy as I try new features to reduce/remove frozen ticks (or at least reduce the damage they cause). Casualties Calculator 1.1: big under the hood changes. All old stats and imps (before…

Gameplay Exploration removed. Psionics Cult specific. Psionic strength is a measurement of the overall mental fortitude of a dominion. It is calculated as ([Base] * (1 + [Psionic Strength Perks] + [Psionic strength from units]) / [Population]. Base is 1.00 for everyone except Cult, whose base is 1.50. There are currently no psionic strength perks….