All players are invited to join the Open Beta for update 1.5.9 of FOG2 Medieval. Instructions for accessing the beta can be found [url=https://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=113311]at this link[/url]. In particular we would like you to test the new ELO Ranking system by playing MP games with the Ranged Challenge box ticked. Note that all Beta rankings will be reset when the beta is over – they will NOT carry forward to the release version. Please also look out for and report any issues with any of the other changes, especially the addition of Swifter than Eagles armies to Time Warp. (On the[url=https://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=728] Slitherine forum[/url]) [b][h2]Changelog:[/h2][/b] [b]ELO Ranking System[/b] - An ELO ranking system has been added for MP games. - This is optional and challenges can be set as ranked or unranked. - A green ranked game symbol appears in the MP lobby for ranked games. - Ranked challenges show the challenger’s current ELO rating in the “Accept Challenge” Tab. - On-going ranked challenges show both players’ rankings in the tooltip in the “My Games” tabs. (At present their current rankings are shown, but in a future update the tooltip will instead show their rankings at the time the challenge was accepted – which are what scoring depends on - see below). - A player’s ranking starts at 1000 and then goes up or down depending on victories or defeats in ranked games. The amount it goes up or down depends on the relative existing rankings of the two players at the time when the challenge was accepted. - Beta ELO rankings for FOG2 Medieval are [url=https://www.slitherine.com/leaderboard/elorating/beta/field-of-glory-ii- medieval]shown here[/url] [b]Time Warp[/b]: - Added Swifter than Eagles armies to Time Warp modules. [b]Field of Glory: Kingdoms Beta:[/b] - If you are in the Kingdoms beta, and have exported a battle, the Kingdoms Battle button will appear in the Battles menu. Click on it to play your Kingdoms battle and export the result. - Currently Kingdoms will not restart automatically, you will need to restart it manually. [b]Army Lists:[/b] - Indian (Muslim) and Indian (Rajput) lists revised. [b]Key Bindings:[/b] - Added R (Zoom in) and F (Zoom out) to the list of customisable Key Bindings. [b]Bug Fixes:[/b] - Fixed issue of small units of pre-dismounted MAA in Genoese army (arrived by ship without horses) being able to remount at Deployment. - Fixed Hot Seat bug whereby rear line side B infantry got assigned to Team 7 in non-enemy-fortified battle. (Only mattered if HotSeat turned off after side B deployment, as AI would not work as intended). - Anglo-Saxon Hirdsmen (Time Warp) cost increased from 57 to 61. - Fixed bug that prevented men from stepping forward correctly when unit is attacked in rear right corner. - Fixed Vijayanagaran general names. - Corrected dismounted name of Best-Equipped Cavalry.