Hi everyone! We're excited to announce that this update brings a brand-spanking new [u]free[/u] game mode: [b]Defend the Castle[/b]. In Defend the Castle, you (and your allies) will have to defend your circles against waves of enemies that grow increasingly powerful. Defeat the invaders quickly, because the clock keeps ticking, with new waves spawning every 2 minutes or so. Do your best not to be overrun! You win the game if you manage to survive a harrowing [b]20[/b] waves of bloodthirsty barbarians, greedy goblins, wily wizards, dangerous dragons, and more! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35983334/fb882fc2fdf5a5c5b37273ef4b27035b1ffe71fc.gif[/img] If you're also on the [url=https://discord.com/invite/IcebergInteractive]Iceberg Interactive Discord server[/url], you may have already tried Defend the Castle in its beta stages. If so, here's how the game mode has changed since then: [list] [*] The first wave is easier and spawns earlier [*] The four corner circles are harder to conquer [*] Wave strength scaling has changed -- the final wave should now be twice as difficult as before! [/list] Thanks to all who provided feedback during the testing period! [h2]Balance changes[/h2] [list] [*] Witch level 2 (Elder witch) strength rating increased from 700 to 900 [*] Master Chiller strength rating reduced [*] Frog witch level 2 strength rating increased [*] Wizard strength rating reduced at levels 2-4. Level 2 damage increased from 20 to 30. Level 3 damage increased from 40 to 60. [*] Evil mermaid price increased from 90 food to 100 food [*] Mermaid archer range reduced from 10 to 8. Price increased from 50 wood, 200 food > 50 wood, 210 food [*] Mermaid spear-man range reduced from 8 to 7. [*] Mermaid spear-man attack cooldown increased from 0.9s to 1.2s [*] Mermaid spear-man hp reduced from 300 to 250 at level 1. From 750 to 550 at level 2. [*] Mermaid spear-man poison damage at level 1 reduced from 10 x 30 s => 6 x 30 s. At level 2 from 15 x 30s => 10 x 30 s. [*] Fishery: fish spawning cooldown increased from 25s to 30s at level 1 [*] When fish consume food (e.g. pumpkins) they now need 50% more food to create +1 new fish (they work similar to bears multiplying). [*] (FoN DLC) Bear price increased from 365 food, 10 gold => 400 food, 15 gold. Bears multiply about 50% slower in nature now. [*] (FoN DLC) Seedling, Treeknight, Chiller, Elf Archer, Wereworker, Healing fairy and Launcher strength ratings adjusted to reflect real strength more accurately [*] (FoN DLC) Wereworkers xp requirement increased from 150 to 250 at level 1 and from 150 to 350 at level 2 [/list] [h2]Other changes and fixes[/h2] [list] [*] If the game was saved up to 15 seconds ago, quitting the game will not count as a loss in terms of victories and losses with each leader, game mode etc. [*] Due to the new gamemode, there's a known issue where history of wins and losses from Terraform gamemode (Terraform DLC) has transferred to Defend the Castle. This can be manually fixed by editing sections "gameModeVictories" and "gameModeLosses" in Progress.dat file in C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Circle Empires\Circle Empires Rivals\cloud\progress.dat [*] Estonian localization updated [*] Fixed inconsistency with Korean language option name in localization list [*] Numerous fixes to the Defend the Castle mode [/list] And that's it for now. Go give Defend the Castle a try, and let us know what you think! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35983334/9b414b73649ef6e135fc849500d00dd591842c95.gif[/img] [h2]Connect with us to stay up to date![/h2] [url=https://www.discord.gg/iceberginteractive][img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33747657/9119f9723f0fc27715ad69be3a3dbd2c57eb6f99.png[/img][/url] [b]Circle Empires[/b] [list] [*] [url=https://twitter.com/CircleEmpiresG]Twitter[/url] [*] [url=https://www.facebook.com/CircleEmpires/]Facebook[/url] [/list] [b]Iceberg Interactive[/b] [list] [*] [url=http://www.twitter.com/iceberg_int]Twitter[/url] [*] [url=https://www.facebook.com/iceberginteractive]Facebook[/url] [*] [url=https://www.youtube.com/iceberginteractive]YouTube[/url] [*] [url=https://www.twitch.tv/iceberg_int]Twitch[/url] [*] [url=https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/iceberg]Steam Publisher Page[/url] [/list]